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Convention Announcelllents Convention Announcelllents OCTO BER FANTAS Y RBVBL or call: Michael Duran t at (219) 422-9964 . $12 until Oct. 31, and $15 thereafter . Tickets for O ctob er 3 1-Nove mb er 1 the banque t are $19 if purchased befo r e Nov. 30. Come to the Paradise Village Inn in West Bend , NO VOCO N 3-D, Novem b er 21 Write to: SFSFS Secretary , P.O. Box 70143 , Ft. WI. for the Halloween weekend. Featu red will be Thi s one-day gaming event , which is sponsored Lauderdale FL 33307. several RPGA events , including AD&.D Feature by the Ohio Gamin g Association, w ill be he ld from and Mas ters tournaments and Chill, Call of 10 A.M. to midnight at the Un iversit y of Akron in U NIV ER SE 88, Janu ar y 1·3 , 1988 Cthu lhu , Boot Hill and MechWarrior tourna­ Akron , Ohio. Numerous role-pla ying games and This game convention will be held at the Airport ments . The conventio n also will host a Saturday miniatures competitions will be sponsored , along Hilton and Towers in Los Angeles, Calif. Featured evening Halloween party and raw liver toss . Cos­ with an auction , a dealer s' room , and various events will include over 150 game tow-naments (fan• tumes are encouraged. Special gues t: Jean Rabe . other activities . Member ship fees are $5 for the tasy role-playing games , board games, war games, Other activities inc lude several role-playing and day, with no additional event fees. Wr ite to: NEO· and family games), an exhibition room , films, semi­ boa rd games. The gaming hall will open the eve­ GS, Box 412 , Cuyahoga Falls OH 44222. nars , and more. There will also be a full program of ning of Oct. 30. Pre-reg istration is $5 a day or $10 science fiction and fantasy events . Admission is for the weekend. On-site registration is $6 and D AL LAS FANTAS Y FAJR, Nove mb er 27 -29 $19.50 until December 5, and $25 at the door. Write $12. Admiss ion to the Halloween party is $6. All Sponsored by Bulldog Productions , this comic to: UNIVERSE88, Dept. D, P.O. Box 2577, Anaheim RPGA members ca n re ce ive a $2 discount on reg• book , science fiction , and film supershow ta kes CA 92804; or call: (213) 867-4140. istratio n costs. For m ore information contact place at the Mar riott Park Centra l, 7750 1-635 at Keith Polster , 1812 West Morgan Drive , Apt. 6, Hwy 45 , in Dallas , Tux. Guests include Carole Nel­ CHI MB RA CON V, Januar y 29-3 1, 1988 West Bend, Wl., 53095 For hotel reservations , call son Dougla s, Steve Erwin, Kerry Gammill, and This science fiction and fantas y convention will 414·334-2256 , and mention you are a gamer to re• many others. Other fea tu res include a huge deal­ be he ld at the Univers ity of North Car olina cam­ ceive a room discount. ers' room , a professional art show , an art contest , pu s in Chap el Hill, N.C. Guest s of hono r include an art auction , video rooms , a masquerade , nu­ Nancy Spr inger , Hugo and Nebula Awar ds winn er SAN DI BGO GAMIN G CON VEN TION me rous workshop s, previews of upcoming mo­ Or son Scott Card , Colleen Doran , Allen Wold, Lisa Nov emb er 6-8 tion pictures , and a var iety of gaming events and Cantrell , and Mark van Name. Events include a This three-day gaming convention will be held at open gaming competition. Tickets for thi s event costume works hop and contest (costumed guests the exquisite Hotel San Diego, 339 West Broadway are $20 thro ugh November 1 and $25 thereafter. receive $1 off admission for Saturday registra• Street in San Diego, Calif. Events will include a wide Write to: Bulldog Productions, P.O. Box 820488, tion), an Outer Limits Cantina Variety Show , filks• variety of role-playing, board , and miniatures game Dallas TX 75382; or call: (214) 349-3367. inging , gaming, pane ls, and more . Admission tow-naments, along with a large dealers ' room and a prices are $6 per day, $11 for two da ys, and $15 host of open games . Registration is $15 until October D RAG O NMBET BALTIMOR E for all three da ys. Preregistration for all three 30, or $20 at the door. Special two-day and one-day Nov emb er 27 -2 9 days is $,12.50. Write to: 15·A University Gardens, registration fees are available at the door. Write to: Sponsored by Games Workshop U.S., this sci­ Chapel Hill NC 27514 ; or call: (919) 933-3003. SAN DIEGO GAMING CONVENTION, P.O. Box ence fiction and fantasy gaming convention will 881424, San Diego CA 92108; or call: (619) 569-1685 be held at th e Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel in Bal­ GENG HI S CON IX, Febr ua r y 12 - 14, 19 88 between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. timore , Md. Events include all ty pes of games, Jo in the Horde as GENGHIS CON 1X move s lo with an extensive miniatures gaming schedule winter qua rters at the Airport Hilton in Denver , ROC K-CO N XIV, Novemb er 7-8 taking place over the lengt h of this three -day af­ Colo. This co nvention is sponso r ed by the Denver This year's ROCK-CON gaming convention will fair. Gaming eve nts are sponsored around the Gamers Association and the Colorado Military be h eld at the Wagon Whee l Reso rt in Rockton, LU. clock , with a program of films and videos showing Historians. Events includ e all varieties of board , Special gues ts include Gary Gygax , Jim Ward , Tom concu r rently . A miniature s painting workshop is miniatures , computer , and role- playing games. Wham , and Lou Zocchi. Special features w ill in• also held at no additional expense to reg istrants. The ever-popular game auctio n will make an­ elu de over 60 different gaming events, along with T his wo rkshop features artists spotlighted in the ot her app earance this year. Special gaming events a dea lers' room with over 40 exhibitors. Other "Tobletop Heroes " section of White Dwarf maga­ include competitions in VICfORY IN THE PA· even ts include a miniatures painting con test zine. Registration for th is even t is $20. One -day ClFIC, TITAN, CIVILIZATION, KJNGMAKER, and (prizes awarded) and various miniatures competi­ registration is $7.50 at the doo r. Write to: Timothy ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER. The Colorado Mill• tio ns. Admission for both days is $5, w ith no addi­ D. Olsen, Games Wor kshop, 231 Park Avenue , Bal• tary Historians will also sponso r one of the first tional gami ng fees. Conve ntion hours are 10 A.M. timore MD 2120 1; or call: (301) 752-1493. qualif ying round s for the WRG Ancients National to mid nigh t Saturday and 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Sun­ Champ ionsh ips. Registra tion is $12 until Janua ry day. Wri te to: ROCK-CON XIV information or P ELI -CON '87 , Nov e mb er 27- 2 9 31, 1988 , and $15 thereafter. Write to: Denver Game Schedu ling, 142250 Hansberry Road, Rock­ This convent ion will be the first comics and Gamers Assoc iatio n , P.O. Box 2945, Littleton CO ton 1L 61072 . Please make all checks payab le to gaming convention spo nsored in the New Orleans 80161. Black Haw k Distributors . ar ea. Held at the Clarion Hotel on historic Canal Street in Downtown New Orleans , PELI-CON '87 OR CCO N 11, Febru ar y 12- 15 , 1988 XAN AD U IV, Nove mb er 13-1 5 will take place just block s away from the ever• Brought to you by STRATEGICON, the people who This science fictio n convention will be held at popular French Quarter . Guest artists from sev• also brought you ORIGINS' 86, this gaming conven· the Ramada Inn on Music Valley Drive in Nash­ era! comic book publi shers will be present for lion will be held at the Lost Angeles Airport Hyatt ville, Tonn. Poul Anderson will be guest of honor. panel discussions and autograph sessions. Oth er Hotel. Role-playing, wargame , compute r game, and A sm all numbe r of RPGA'" Netwo rk tournamen ts guests will inc lude Ned Dameron , George Alec Ef• family board game tournaments are offered , as well will be fea tured , along with a few events spon­ finger , Pat Adkins , David "Zeb" Cook , Mike Curtis , as various seminars and demonstrations, a flea mar • sored by D.A.G.R. Membershi ps are $15 until Oc­ and Kirk Alyn. Game events feat ured include an ket, a game auction , and an exhibitors ' area. Write to: tober 1; $20 thereafter. Wr ite to: William 1racy , AD&.D®game tournament , an AD&.D game triv ia ORCCON 11, c/o DTI, P.O. Box 8399, Long Beach CA c/o XANADU SF Con, P.O. Box 2328 1, Nashv ille TN con test, Pente , BATILESYSTEM'", and BATTLE· 90808; or call: (213) 420-3675. 37202-3281. TECH®game competitions , and a variety of minia­ tures , board , and role-playing games. Prizes will CON T EMP LATIO N 88 PBN TA CON m, Novemb e r 14 be awarded for most events. Other features in• Fe bru ar y 2 6-28, 1988 This one-day gaming conventio n will be held at elude a film and video room , a dea lers ' room, and Th is science fiction , fantasy , and gaming con­ the Whistle r Ballroo m and Grand Wayne Gallery a 24-hour gaming room.
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