All Entries Tagged With: "Convention"
Vul-Con Trophies Are Amazing!
Vul-Con, the gaming convention taking place in Phoenix, Arizona on February 25th and 26th posted a shot of the amazing trophies for their main events. Roman swords! I will be posting more information about Vul-Con as the date draws closer. Livingdice is a sponsor of this convention, so I will be there in person. Drop [...]
Phoenix Comicon 2011– A Gamer’s Perspective
Phoenix Comicon 2011 was my first comic book convention, so I write this post with no real baseline for comparison. I started in the exhibitors area, just to check out what was for sale because my wallet seems to open more freely at conventions. Must be something in the $4.00 bottles of water. The vendors [...]
Trask Invades Phoenix Comicon for Gaming Action
I am not normally one to attend comic/pop culture conventions, but one of my regular gaming group notified me that there is substantial gaming at Phoenix Comicon this year. With this information I acquired media credentials and decided to drop by this Saturday. Other than my usual reporting duties, I may sneak in a game [...]
Vul-Con Arena 1 at Gamers’ Inn Aprils 2nd, 2011 in Mesa, AZ
Vul-Con, the newest game convention in the southwest is not until February 2012, but that has not stopped them from running some warm-up “arena” events. I am a sponsor of the convention and hope that interested gamers in the Phoenix, Arizona area would drop by for some gaming action. Here are the games on offer [...]
Free Advice to Game Publishers: How to Demo a Role-Playing Game at a Convention
I specifically went to Gen Con 2009 seeking new games. Almost every slot I played was a “no experience required” event and everyone at the table was totally new to the game world and system. After four days of demos and intro games run by game publishers I noticed some serious deficiencies with how the [...]
Tankfest 2009–A Tank Convention
I had to post about this because it is just interesting and generally makes me sad I no longer live in the UK. The Tank Museum in Dorset, UK is doing a weekend event of historical education, reenactments and most importantly, driving around in World War II era tanks. I am not biggest fan of [...]
Gamer Tools Review: The ZÜCA Wheeled Bag
The ZÜCA is quite possibly the world’s best gamer bag for convention goers. Trask has been asking me to do a review for a while. He even featured it in this year’s ‘10 Christmas Gift Ideas for a Role-Playing Gamer‘ due to all my man-love speech. So, without further ado, I will begin… Trask and [...]
2009: A Year of Fear and Wonder in Gaming
I know I am a bit early for the “exciting things in the new year” posts that appear around December 29th every year on most blogs. I am posting early to beat the year end rush. 2008 proved eventful to the gaming community. Gary Gygax, creator of “Dungeons and Dragons,” co-founder of “TSR” and the [...]
Gen Con For Sale? A Purchase Offer is Pending!
A “Letter of Intent for the Purchase of the Assets of Gen Con LLC Chapter 11” was filed on 11-20-2008 with the bankruptcy court. The “Letter of Intent” is a summary of the terms and conditions of a potential Gen Con purchase by the “Gen Con Acquisition Group.” I summarized the highlights below and have [...]