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27 Sep
Posted by David Miller as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games, Miniatures, Modern Board Games, RPGs, War Games
We tend to think of summer as the height of convention season, but actually quite a number of events are held throughout the rest of the year. Some of those taking place in the next 2 months include:
RinCon, October 9-11 in Tucson, Arizona — A popular regional convention for playing games of all types, RPGs, board games, miniatures, CCGs, and LARPs.
Essen Spiel, October 22-25 in Essen, Germany — The world’s largest tabletop game fair, with 150,000 or so attendees. More of an expo, where publishers from all over the world introduce their latest products.
Euro Quest, November 12-15 near Baltimore, Maryland — Lots of open gaming with a few tournaments. Focused on strategy board games. I’ll likely be there.
BoardGameGeek.Con, November 19-22 in Dallas, Texas — Another convention for playing games, focused on board games. Also a great place for playing the latest Essen releases in the United States. Yehuda will be attending this one.
Chicago Toy & Game Fair (aka CHITAG), November 21-22 — An expo for industry and the public with more focus on mass-market than hobby games. Also has events for toy and game inventors.
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Don’t for get Neoncon 2009.
There’s also MACE, November 6-8 – a regional convention in High Point, NC, that has tons of RPG’s, boardgames, LARP’s, and other fun stuff.
http://www.justusproductions.com/mace.php
October 15-18 is Con on the Cob, in Hudson, Ohio. Guest of honor is Larry Elmore.
Also, I’d add VCon – Vancouver’s Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Gaming Con on Oct 2 – 4, 2009. VCon.ca
CharCon, THE West Virginia Gaming Convention, will be in at the Civic Center in Charleston, WV on October 23, 24 and 25. We will also have special guest Larry Elmore along with horror artist Billy Tackett. For details go to http://www.charcon.org.
Thanks, everyone, for all the additions! I wish I could go to every one. The big events are great for the spectacle, but the smaller cons are good for playing games and meeting people.