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     This is a page of gaming conventions which I have attended or am considering attending. I have started writing up convention reports on the ones I attend. See Warhorn.net for a more comprehensive listing of gaming events in general. Below the conventions are listed alphabetically, divided into three categories.

• Conventions I Recently Attended (past 3 years)
• Conventions I Attended in Years Past
• Conventions I Have Been Interested In

Conventions I Recently Attended

AmberCon NorthWest: November in Portland, OR

A gaming convention at a historic hotel in Portland, Oregon -- inspired by the Amber series by Robert Zelazny and the Amber Diceless RPG by Erick Wujcik. GMs should submit games by Sep 3. Deadlines for preregistration are July 2 (must have at least 60 members by this point), and August 27.
ACNW 2005 Report
ACNW 2006 Report
ACNW 2007 Report
ACNW 2008 Report

 

3DBCon: April in San Francisco, CA

An experimental mini-convention (with seven events) hosted at Three Dollar Bill Cafe at San Francisco's LGBT Community Center. Billed as "a gaming convention for the people, by the people."
3DBCon 2005 Report
3DBCon 2006 Report

 

ConQuest: End of August in Burlingame, CA

A Bay Area convention, recently gone through change of ownership, and renamed "Pacificon". GMs should submit games by end of July. Pre-register by early August.
ConQuest 2003 Report
ConQuest 2004 Report
ConQuest 2005 Report
ConQuest 2006 Report
ConQuest 2008 Report

 

DundraCon: Mid-February in San Ramon

A large area convention, the "World's Longest Continuously Running RPG Convention". GMs should submit games by New Years. Preregister by end of October at reduced price, or by end of January otherwise.
DundraCon 2005 Report
DundraCon 2007 Report

 

End Game's Mini-Con: Quarterly in Oakland

This is single-day mini-convention emphasizing recent independent games, held at a local game store in Oakland ("End Game"). They are being scheduled quarterly, starting in 2006.
April Fool's 2006 Mini-Con Report
July 2006 Mini-Con Report
October 2006 Mini-Con Report
January 2007 Mini-Con Report
April 2007 Mini-Con Report
July 2007 Mini-Con Report
October 2007 Mini-Con Report
October 2008 Mini-Con Report

 

GenCon Indy: August in Indianapolis

I attended my first GenCon -- the largest gaming convention in the U.S. and probably the world -- in 2006. The start date for event submissions is early January. Events must be submitted by the event submission deadline, which is mid-April.
GenCon Indy 2006 Report
GenCon Indy 2007 Report

 

Go Play NorthWest

A mini-convention of indie gamers in Seattle, held in early summer starting in 2007.
Go Play NW 2007 Report
Go Play NW 2008 Report

 

Knutepunkt: Spring in Scandanavia

A cross-Scandanavian live-action role-playing theory convention. The name means "Nodal Point", and it changes name year to year as it rotates between Sweden (Knutpunkt), Denmark (Knudepunkt), Finland (Solmukohta), and Norway (Knutepunkt). Each year a book is published: articles should generally be submitted by December.
Knutepunkt 2005 Report
Knutpunkt 2006 Report
Solmukohta 2008 Report

 

KublaCon: Late May in Burlingame, CA

A relatively new Bay Area convention. GMs should submit games by mid-April. Preregister at reduced price by end of February.
KublaCon 2004 Report

 

Nerdly Beach Party: various times at San Simeon, CA

This is a new mini-convention run on the campgrounds at San Simeon State Beach Park in central California. It's been run three times, once in 2007 and twice in 2008.
Nerdly Beach Party Spring 2008 Report
Nerdly Beach Party Summer 2008 Report

 

WisCon: Late May in Madison, WI

WisCon is a feminist science-fiction convention. However, I have run a role-playing game there in 1997, and moderated a panel on "Gender in Gaming" in 2006. Next year I hope to run another game or two.
WisCon 2006 Report

Conventions I Attended in Years Past

Origins: July 4th weekend in Columbus, OH

I haven't been to Origins in many years, but I have fond memories of it.

 

Strategicon/Gamex: Late May in Los Angeles, CA

An Los Angeles area local gaming convention, I went to two of these during the two years I was working at UC Irvine.

Conventions I Have Been Interested In

DragonFlight: August 26-28, 2005 in Seattle

A local Northwest gaming convention.

 

GenCon SoCal: November in Anaheim, CA

This isn't quite local to the Bay Area, but large enough and close enough that it's worth mentioning. Sadly, it was cancelled after a few years.

 

PolyCon: Jun 24 - 26 in San Luis Obispo, CA

A small central coast gaming convention, supposedly running since 1983 at Cal Polytech SU. Since it's semi-local (2.5 hours drive), I might check it out.

ProtoCon: September 15-17 in College Station, TX

A small gaming convention at Texas A&M University, hosted by the gaming club there. It's about an hour outside of Houston, where my parents-in-law live, so could be combined with a visit.

See Warhorn.net for a more comprehensive listing of