LVO 2023 – All The Info You Need To Know

Hey everyone! LVO 2023 is just a few days away!!! We are super excited to have you all on board! This year will be far bigger than ever! 

Here is  all the important info regarding the LVO. From what time the bars are open, to the location of each event. 

Registration/Check In:

Before  arrival to the LVO,  please make sure to have your QR codes ready so you can quickly get the correlating swag for the various events you are participating in, any items that are included in packages you may have purchased, and your con badge to enter the LVO. These will be emailed to the email account used to make the purchased through the Frontline Gaming website. If you are unable to find the QR codes that were emailed, then please bring a printout of your order showing your email address so we can assist you.

***Special note for events using BCP***

If you are playing the 40K Champs, 40K Friendly or AoS Champs please make sure to check in on the BCP app up to 24 hours before the event. You should be checked in to BCP before you enter the hall so that pairing can go live ASAP and we can begin round 1 on time.

3 Rules that will be strictly enforced:

Con Badge

You must have a con badge (in the form of a silicon bracelet) worn and visible at all times when at the LVO. No one will be allowed to enter the hall if they do not have a con badge. Event tickets allow you to play in an event, but you must also have a con badge. You can pick up your con badge at the front registration desk at the event, but we highly encourage everyone to preorder their con badge from our website so you do not hold up the line.

No Outside Food or Drink

The RIO has informed us that they will be closely monitoring this. Please respect the RIO’s rules. 

Be Respectful

People are coming in from around the world to attend the LVO and nobody wants their experience tarnished by a jerk of an opponent. Please also treat the judges and TOs with the same respect you want them to have for yourself. They are the true saints of the LVO and work miracles to help make this thing happen. And finally, please remember we are all guests of the RIO so lets not trash the place- when done with your food, toss it out please. After a game, please tuck your chair back under the table. Thanks!!!

Hall Location:

All events and the exhibitor hall are located in the Rio Conference Center which can easily be accessed from the main RIO Resort following the Convention Way passage that is near the entrance to the pool. 

HERE is a map showing how to get to the LVO from the RIO.

Hours: 

The LVO will be open to the public from 8:00AM to 9:00PM with some game systems lasting longer or have special circumstances to extend their hours later into the evening. But security may not let people in the hall after 9:30PM.

The exhibitor hall where The Army Painter sponsored repair station is, along with the demo area  is open from 8AM to 7PM* Friday and Saturday and 8AM to 4PM on Sunday. (*several vendors may close by 6PM)

Grab and Go Breakfast is located in the main entrance Rotunda by registration and will be open from 7:30AM-11:30AM. Coffee and a breakfast sandwiches will be on hand for you to grab something before round 1. Protip:  It is cheaper and faster than getting anything in the resort! 

Lunch is located in the Exhibitor Hall from 11AM-3PM. After 3PM there will no longer be food sold in the hall, so make sure to grab lunch before 3PM.

Bars are located in the Exhibitor Hall and the RIO Pavilion (40K and AoS Champs hall) and will be open from 10AM-6PM. DRINK SPECIAL: Bucket of Beers, so that you and your opponent can have a damn good game no matter what the dice rolls look like.

Event Swag:

Some events have partnered with various companies and sponsors and have been part of the FLG Events circuit for all of the 2022 season, so the participants  of these events will receive swag. Only ONE item per player may be provided. People cannot pick up something to hand to their friend or bring home an item for someone not in attendance (unless the TO approves of it). We just do not have extras and things like the FLG Challenge  Coins that certain events earn are designed purely for players in attendance. 

A fun addition for 2023, several community members will be roaming the halls randomly handing out cool stuff to people rocking epic armies or simply being awesome sports. A very generous fan of the FLGN will be handing out drink tickets to people playing “Nurgle” themed armies while staff from Gamers Grass will giving away tufts all weekend long as they roam LVO looking for armies that stand out!

At Frontline Gaming, we believe characterful cosplayers should be rewarded, especially at the LVO! Come to the LVO in a sweet costume and visit the front registration desk after 10AM each day to get a gift from us!

Scavenger Hunt #LVO2023:

Take some photos, have some fun, and win a prize! 

How to play:

For each of the items listed HERE, share a photo on Facebook, Instagram and/or TicTok while tagging #LVO2023. Then, once you have completed at least 7 of the 10 photos, come up to registration any day after 10AM and before 6PM to show a staff member your posts. You will then received the #LVO2023 Scavenger Hunt Prize and eternal glory…and help share some of the fun of the LVO for those who were unable to attend this year.

International Attendees:

At FLG events we are extremely grateful for every player that comes to roll dice with us, but at the LVO we want to take the opportunity to really thank the people traveling from abroad. Flying in from overseas to the USA to come play at the Frontline Gaming Las Vegas Open is a big deal! It is a massive time and financial commitment for our international players to make this trip and so everyone at Frontline Gaming wants to show their appreciation by offering to help you however we can throughout the weekend: Need a bottle of water? Just tell us. Looking for some dinner recommendations? The team is comprised of a lot of locals and is happy to help. Want advice on how to best navigate the Vegas airport on the return flight home? We got your back. Additionally, please come up to the registration desk so we can give you a small gift as a token of our appreciation.

FLG Challenge Coin:

If you are in an event that earns a Front Line Gaming Challenge Coin, the LVO coin will be provided to you by the event’s judges. Do not come to the front desk for your Challenge Coin like is normally done at our other FLG events. Only tournaments that are part of the full Frontline Gaming circuit of events earn Frontline Gaming Challenge Coins.

LVO FLG Challenge Coin Perk:

If you have Frontline Gaming Challenge Coins from previous Frontline Gaming events, please present them to the Registration Desk between 10AM -8PM Friday, 10AM -8PM Saturday, or 8AM-11AM Sunday. You will receive the FLG Challenge Coin Tour of Duty gift if this is your first time attending the LVO with a Challenge Coin. If you have 3 or more Challenge Coins from  the 2022 season, we have something special for you!!! In addition, showing a Challenge Coin will get you entry into the amazing FLG Challenge Coin Raffle for EACH of the Challenge Coins you present. The FLG Challenge Coin Raffle has the following prizes you can win:

• Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy complete set of Two Thing Coats Paints

• Artis Opus set of brushes

• About $1,250 of A Song of Ice and Fire minis!!!
  • One of each of Single Faction Starters (9 in total) as well as Heroes Box #1 for each faction.

Preorders:

If you have items that came with your ticket or was pre-ordered LVO merch, these items will need to be picked up at the front Registration Desk by 11AM on Sunday. Any items unclaimed by then will be forfeited without refund/replacement and may be sold to another person. 

Thursday Night Pre Game Party and Early Registration :

Thursday night is epic and you do not want to miss out. Early Registration is open from 4PM-8PM so you can get your con badge for the weekend as well as all items included with packages and preordered. By going to early registration, you make Friday way easier as you can easily enter the hall and go straight to the breakfast line or find your table. Anyone who has purchased a HIGH ROLLER Package or is attending the Vanguard Tactics LVO Workshop may go straight to the dedicated VIP Registration line.

The LVO Pre Game Party will take place during early registration. The Exhibitor Hall will be open for special sales and early shopping so you can pick up things before they sell out! You can read more about these specials HERE. There will also be a cash bar open till 8PM, demo games of Kill Team, Warhammer Underworlds and Warcry, plus an action-figure-scale game of Kill Team conducted by War Room Games which is fun to watch. There is also the Duncan Rhodes: How I Paint Space Marines seminar (a ticketed event), and the Vanguard Tactics LVO Workshop (a ticketed event) taking place before the GW Preview.

The Games Workshop Preview is a ticketed event promptly starting at 8:30pm on Thursday. People will not be allowed to enter once the preview has begun. No cameras or cell phones may be out during the preview. The hall will be monitored by both FLG and GW staff as well as RIO security. While this event is a ticketed event, the tickets are FREE and purely used to control the number of attendees. Please get your ticket in advance from HERE.

Schedule:

Thursday

• The LVO will open for early registration at 4PM.
• The exhibitor hall and bar will also open for early shopping at 4PM.
• The Vanguard Tactics LVO Workshop is taking place at 4PM – this is a ticketed event.
• At 8:30PM the Game Workshop Preview will take place. You must have a ticket to attend. Yes, you may bring drinks from the bar to the Preview.

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

*Note direct links to each player packet are on the schedule above 

List of Halls and Events

A super useful high res map of the LVO 2023 can be found HERE. 

On the schedules above you can see where an event is taking place as well as have a link to each tournament’s Player Pack, however below is the full list along with the primary Hall Bosses noted.

Rio Pavilion (40K and AoS Champs Hall)

Hall Boss: Scott Reed (AoS Champs TO)

40K Champs

AoS Champs

Long War Doubles

40K Knight Joust

40K Sunday RTT

Amazon

Hall Boss: Tyson Koch (MCP Champ TO)

30K

Bolt Action

FoW/TY

40K Friendly

Malifaux

MCP

Warmachine

MonPoc

Conquest

Infinity 

Adeptus Titanticus

BattleTech

Brasilia

Hall Boss: LJ Pena (SW Legion TO)

SW Legion

SW X Wing

SW Armada

LotR

A Song of Ice and Fire

Kill Team 

Miranda

Hall Boss: Jason Butler (FLG Staff)

Exhibitors

Demos

Palma, Coco, Jaguar

Hall Boss: Seth Amsden (Paint Class Coordinator)

Painting Classes

Tropical

Hall Boss: Mark Perre  (Blood Bowl TO)

Blood Bowl

AoS Narrative

Warhammer Underworlds

Lambamba, Tango, Conga

Hall Boss: Amazon’ Hall Boss, Tyson Koch (MCP Champs TO)

Lambamba- Mixed use space

Tango- Batman

Conga- Zone Mortalis

RIO Resort Info

The RIO is a large resort, but as the LVO is a massive event with thousands of attendees, the resort will be very busy between servicing LVO attendees as well as other guests. We have been told the Resort is almost all sold out and expecting quite a crowd during the weekend of the LVO. To help you plan your weekend, HERE is a list of on-site restaurants along with their hours of operation of each day. Reservations are recommended. There are also many shows at the RIO including the famous Penn & Teller. HERE are the schedules for the shows just at the RIO – make sure to get your tickets in advance for these shows and any show at a Caesars property from HERE.

Assistance during the event:

Every event has their designated TOs and Judges, many of whom will be wearing yellow FLG tees. They are knowledgeable and ready to help however they can, but they all know how to reach FLG admin if necessary.

Anyone in a black FLG Staff Tee, works directly for FLG and can assist you as well. 

When in doubt, please head to the front registration desk.

Myself, the entire crew of Frontline Gaming Staff, volunteers, media streamers and judges can’t wait to see you all soon!

– Kicker Kalozdi, Frontline Gaming Events Manager

Side note:

If you are already planning your next FLG event, be sure to check out the full calendar of 2023 FLG events! The Cherokee Open is NEXT MONTH quickly followed by our newest event, The Rocky Mountain Open!