Dragon's Hoard opened last year and is located at 3026 W. Bullard Ave, and will host a fundraiser on Nov. 4. All game proceeds will be donated to Valley Children's Hospital. Photo by Ben Hensley

On Nov. 4, Fresno tabletop game store Dragon’s Hoard, in partnership with nonprofit Extra Life, will host a 12-hour fundraiser for Valley Children’s Hospital — the first of many fundraisers, store owners hope.

From 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., the store will celebrate the event with 2-hour table gaming sessions, from which 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the hospital. Additionally, $5 dice rolls will take place throughout the event, with guests guaranteed to receive prizes including various restaurant gift cards and other prizes valued $5 or more. In addition to 100% of game revenue donated to Valley Children’s Hospital, half of the dice event proceeds will be donated to the hospital.

“We’re really a community-based gaming [store],” said Dragon’s Hoard co-Owner Brady Baxter. “Any time we can, as a business, gather enough people to make this beneficial to wherever we’re trying to help, we will do it.”

The store is home to 12 “dungeon masters” of the popular Dungeons & Dragons game,  all of whom, according to Baxter, have been more than willing to donate their time to the fundraiser and other events hosted at the store; recently, Dragon’s Hoard relocated from their original location into a home with additional retail and gaming space. 

Nord Games, a game manufacturer that produces tabletop cards, decks and boxes, is also donating prizes for the event.

The fundraiser is made possible by Extra Life, a nonprofit organization that has raised more than $130 million for various organizations since 2008. The nonprofit is a program of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

“It’s National Game Day Nov. 4, so a lot of streamers, a lot of stores, a lot of community people around the U.S. are putting on events like this and we wanted to be a part of it,” Baxter said.

Dragon’s Hoard is located at 3026 W. Bullard Ave., and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Gamers interested in participating can still sign up for the fundraiser in person or by calling the store at (559) 375-1635.