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Cram, Wade Gregory Tripp, Will Vaughan, William (Bill) Reger, William Murray, Yvonne Wallen, and any others that may have been overlooked, typoed, or otherwise maligned! 1 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 CONVENTION FLOORPLAN EXHIBITORS E1 KaijuKraft (Pocket Odyssey) E8 Jeff Porter Illustration E2 Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling E9 Extra Life/ Children’s Miracle Network E3 The Seven Deadlies Game E10 Duel Grounds E4 Orion Trader E11 KantCon E5 Farmer Games E12 APW Plumbing Heating & Cooling E6 Designs by Raquel E13 Game Cafe E7 Michelle Blastenbrei Miniature Painting 2 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 convention center’s own restaurant, The Cyber Cafe, will also be open WELCOME TO MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015! during most of the event offering similar options. We hope to make this an enjoyable and memorable gaming convention GUEST LOUNGE for all attendees. This booklet should contain the information you need, but if you have questions, please ask at the registration desk. Special guests, VIGs, and volunteers can take a load off their feet at the Guest Lounge. Each morning these special folk can enjoy donuts WHAT IS THE MIDWEST GAMEFEST? with coffee and relax in a comfortable lounge chair while they get ready to start the day. Between events they can retreat here to take Midwest GameFest is an annual game convention bringing a number advantage of the water cooler, and enjoy a great place to bring lunch of long standing midwestern game organizations under one roof. or dinner! The Role-Players Guild of Kansas City (Shauncon), Heart of America Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (Borderwars), and Gamer’s EXHIBITORS Haven Game Library (KantCon) have banded together to bring you role-playing games, historical miniatures, board games, card games, We host a number of tabletop gaming and fantasy-related dealers, organized play, workshops, game designers, dealers, benefit events, vendors and small press game companies. Check the Exhibitors for a used game sale and more! The list of events expands up until the details on this year’s dealers. convention, so check back regularly. LODGING Midwest GameFest is pleased to offer room discounts at our HEART OF AMERICA convention hotel, the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. ROLE-PLAYERS GUILD OF KANSAS CITY GAMER’S HAVEN GAME LIBRARY HISTORICAL MINIATURES GAMING SOCIETY HOW DOES MY GROUP, STORE OR I GET INVOLVED? WHERE IS IT? Essentially just shoot us an email at concoordinator@ The Overland Park Convention Center is conveniently located in midwestgamefest.org with your contact information and what you Overland Park, Kansas on College Boulevard between Woodson Street might want to do. See below for additional info: and Lamar Avenue. The facility address is 6000 College Boulevard Gaming Groups We will have a table for flyers and other promotional Overland Park, KS, 66211. Overland Park is part of the Greater Kansas information for area gaming clubs and conventions. Groups that are City Metropolitan Area. interested in greater participation should send us a message with details. Volunteer discounts are a great opportunity for your group or club. See our Volunteers page for details. Stores We will have a wall or table to put out advertisements and other promotional items for the Kansas City area and other game stores. Stores may contact us directly to discuss attending as a dealer, or to provide other support. See our Exhibitors page for details. Individuals Individuals may participate as players and event organizers, and need not be part of a larger group to do so. See our Volunteers and Events pages for details. WHO ARE THE CONVENTION STAFF AND ORGANIZERS? ONSITE FOOD The convention is organized, staffed, and financed by a cadre of Overland Park has some of the region’s best food options, many of experienced conventioneers from the Role-players Guild of Kansas which are only a short drive away. But for folks who want to stay City, with an advisory board made up of participating members/ inside the convention facility and maximize their game playing we organizers from the Heart of America Historical Miniatures Gaming are pleased to offer onsite food options right in the convention pre- Society, the Gamer’s Haven Game Library and other interested folk. function area! Pizza, hot dogs, nachos, wraps, sandwiches, yogurt, The convention is financed by RPGKC coffers, a Kickstarter campaign soda, and more will all be available from 8am to 7pm. Coffee will be for the event, door procedes and sponsorships. available in the pre-function area until noon. In addition to this, the 3 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 MISCELLANEOUS RULES FEATURED ACTIVITIES All PLAYERS must have an appropriate convention badge. Spectators are welcome; please see the Registration Desk for information. BENEFIT RAFFLE Midwest GameFest reserves the right to request that any guest leave the convention premises should staff deem with cause that the Midwest GameFest is holding a benefit event for attendee’s behavior, demeanor, or presence negatively impacts others Harvestors again this year. Help us help those at the convention. in need by attending the raffle Saturday at 6:00 pm. Purchase tickets at the Registration/Will- Events must occur at their scheduled table/locations unless their Call desk. Harvesters is a local food bank, which relocation is approved by convention staff. Games or events may is a centralized food collection and distribution facility that provides NOT be moved to private hotel rooms or other areas of the food and household products to agencies serving people in need. In hotel. 2008, Harvesters distributed more than 28 million pounds of food and household products in our 13-county direct service area in and around The selling or advertising of merchandise by unauthorized dealers Kansas City.