| 1. | ConnCon | | | Events held in Connecticut throughout the year. Includes may systems of roleplaying and wargames. Features a number of ongoing campaigns.
members.aol.com |
| 2. | Dragonflight | | | August event at Seattle University, Washington, featuring board games, miniatures, roleplaying, CCGs and computer games.
www.dragonflight.org |
| 3. | JonesCon | | | Gainsville, Florida, in January. Mostly miniatures and historical games. A no-frills convention at a low price.
www.jonescon.org |
| 4. | Con of the North | | | Non-profit, all volunteer games convention held annually in St. Paul, Minnesota. Roleplaying, war, board, miniatures, collectable card, and computer games.
www.conofthenorth.com |
| 5. | CobbCon | | | Held in a mystery location with twelve selected players (not open to the general public, although you are welcome to apply). Bed and breakfast atmosphere.
www.freeyellow.com |
| 6. | PolyCon | | | Held every year in late June on California's Central Coast. Has several Live Action Role Playing games, several tournaments, three days of non-stop gaming, RPGA, and several dealers in attendance.
polycon.punk.net |
| 7. | Virginia Role Players Association | | | Hosts two conventions in Richmond, Virginia: Patriot Games (May) and Reindeer Games (December). Roleplaying, CCGs, Camarilla, miniatures.
www.VRPA.org |
| 8. | Dreams' Haven | | | Puts on LARP/ren-faire style events in northern California. Currently has one event, The Last Inn, that runs twice a year.
dreamshaven.virtualave.net |
| 9. | Intercon | | | Sponsored by the Interactive Literature Foundation. Conventions held regularly in various locations. Lots of live-action roleplaying (LARPing).
www.ilfinfo.org |
| 10. | ConQuest | | | Held in Northern California every Labor Day weekend. Features many different kinds of games, including miniatures games, role playing games (RPGs), board games, collectible card games (CCGs), and live action role playing games (LARPs). Welcomes all gamers and their families.
www.con-quest.com |
| 11. | BPA World Boardgaming Championships | | | Contains all needed information about the World Boardgaming Championships, held annually in Hunt Valley, MD and sponsored by the Boardgame Players Association. The convention runs 100 boardgame tournaments.
www.boardgamers.org |
| 12. | Valley Games Day | | | A charity day in December 99 sponsored by the American Gamers Association and benefiting needy children.
www.odgw.com |
| 13. | Prezcon | | | Held in February. Board games, miniatures and CCGs.
www.prezcon.com |
| 14. | PrinceCon | | | Over the course of twenty-two years, the PrinceCon system has grown from RPG infancy into rich fantasy world in which scores of players gather every year to pit their imaginations against a few of the most talented GMs around.
www.princeton.edu |
| 15. | Midsouthcon | | | Science fiction, fantasy, science, horror, and gaming convention held in Memphis, TN, in late March.
www.midsouthcon.org |
| 16. | TennCon | | | A full weekend of gaming held each October, in Knoxville TN. Representatives from dozens of manufacturers on hand, plus many games--from roleplaying games to card games to miniatures games to board games--run much of the day and all night.
www.tenncon.com |
| 17. | MACE | | | Held in North Carolina. Featuring LARPs, roleplay, board, card and miniature games. Events by Hollow Hills, Game Society, RPGA and more.
www.justusproductions.com |
| 18. | Total Confusion Conventions | | | Three Northeast gaming conventions: Total Confusion (Andover, MA), MassConfusion (Worcester, MA), ConMan (Merrimack, NH). Includes roleplaying games, RPGA events, Vampire, LARPS, miniature, board and card games, painting contest, art shows.
www.totalcon.com |
| 19. | Nuke-Con | | | Supported by a not-for-profit group that promotes the positive educational, creative, and social benefits of gaming, through the yearly convention and monthly events and located in Omaha, Nebraska.
nuke-con.homepage.com |
| 20. | Origins International Game Expo and Fair | | | Thousands of games to play, including strategic war simulations, board games, card games, and miniatures. Held on the Fourth of July weekend, in the heart of Columbus, OH, a couple blocks away from the Midwest’s largest fireworks celebration. Managed by Wizards of the Coast.
www.wizards.com |
| 21. | Gen Con Game Fair | | | Recognized as the largest gaming convention in the US. Aims to offer something for every science fiction, fantasy, or general game-playing fan. A good spot to spend a squelching August, surrounded by famous celebrities, thousands of games, and shopping opportunities.
www.wizards.com |
| 22. | Florida Con-Quest | | | Regular conventions held in various Florida locations. Live action games, CCGs, miniatures, PlayStation, Nintendo.
www.angelfire.com |
| 23. | Winter Fantasy | | | January, in Fort Wayne, IN. Roleplaying, RGPA Summit (seminars/discussions). Managed by Wizards of the Coast and featuring many of WotC's games.
www.wizards.com |
| 24. | EveCon | | | Held in early January in Frederick, Maryland. Board games, strategic miniature games, card games, war games, video games, and a live-action roleplaying game (LARP).
www.fantek.org |
| 25. | U•Con | | | Held in Ann Arbor, MI, in November. Roleplaying games, CCGs, board games, miniatures, train games, LARP, DCI-sanctioned Magic tournaments, dealers' room, auction, specialty gaming tracks.
www.deathstar.org |
| 26. | Festival of Dreams | | | A gathering of LARPs from around the South East, held in Atlanta, GA.
www.larp.com |
| 27. | Gamicon | | | Annual game fair held in Iowa City, Iowa. Offers roleplaying, CCGs, board and strategy games, miniatures events, and live-action roleplaying games (LARPs), as well as special guests, an auction, and free pop all weekend (That's soda, for those not from the mid-west).
www.sflis.org |
| 28. | DunDraCon | | | A February convention in San Ramon, California. Featuring board games, miniatures, card games, LARP, roleplaying, and SCA.
www.dundracon.com |
| 29. | BASHCon | | | Hosted by UT-BASH (The University of Toledo Benevolent Adventurers' Strategic Headquarters). Typically held in late February or early March, it is a three-day event filling much of UT's Student Union with: dealers from all over the Toledo area and beyond; an auction; and, of course, gaming of all sorts.
sites.netscape.net |
| 30. | JohnCon | | | All-gaming convention run for 48 straight hours on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. RPGs, board games, CCGs, and more mundane games.
www.jhu.edu |
| 31. | GameCon | | | Oakland convention held Memorial Day weekend. Lots of miniatures, roleplaying, LARP, board games, card games.
www.game-con.com |
| 32. | ManaFest | | | San Francisco, July. Three days of family gaming fun covering collectable card games, classic and modern board games, roleplaying games and miniatures. Activities include tournaments, special events, demonstrations, prizes, a game flea market and an exhibit hall filled with game manufacturers from around the country.
www.manafest.com |
| 33. | Egyptian Campaign | | | A three-day annual convention held in March at Southern Illinois University. Features games, auction, contests, dealers.
www.siu.edu |
| 34. | ShaunCon | | | Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in November.
hometown.aol.com |
| 35. | OurCon | | | April, UMass' Campus Center, Amherst, MA. Mostly roleplaying with a touch of CCG and LARP.
www.umass.edu |
| 36. | PentaCon | | | The largest and oldest gaming convention in the state of Indiana. It includes roleplaying games, miniatures games, board games, live action games, and some networked computer games. In addition, there is a large dealers area, special guest personalities, seminars, demonstrations by the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a charity raffle, a charity Jail-N-Bail, and a flea market.
www2.fwi.com |
| 37. | Slug-a-Thon | | | A one-day gaming convention in the South Bay area (Silicon Valley) in November. Featuring board games, card games, dealers room, flea market, miniatures, open gaming, roleplaying, and Live Wiz-War.
www.slugathon.com |
| 38. | International Camarilla Convention | | | A gathering of members of the Camarilla (an ongoing worldwide campaign set in White Wolf's World of Darkness setting). Usually held in October, in a different city each year.
vampire.tamu.edu |
| 39. | ThunderCon 99 | | | Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in June.
hometown.aol.com |
| 40. | Bay Area Games Day | | | A full day of convention-style open gaming at a very low cost. All sorts of strategy games: abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and non-collectible cardgames.
www.best.com |
| 41. | Orbcon | | | Columbus, Central Ohio, February. Includes: RPGA events Magic, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, miniatures events, board games, live action rpgs, scheduled rpg events, dealers.
www.marcon.org |
| 42. | Little Wars | | | A wargaming weekend in April in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Run by HGMS Midwest.
user.aol.com |
| 43. | Duracon | | | RPGA gaming convention, March. A full weekend of roleplaying games in Durham, North Carolina.
pages.hotbot.com |
| 44. | PointCon | | | Central Wisconsin, April. Featuring roleplaying games, strategy games, board games, collectible card games, Japanese animation, science fiction, and live action games.
www.uwsp.edu |
| 45. | TechCon | | | Run each April by the GameMasters Guild of IIT in Chicago, IL. A three-day event that features both role-playing and war games.
harpo.cns.iit.edu |
| 46. | OpCon | | | A mini-convention hosted by the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Club at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, IL (near Chicago), in April. Mainly a gaming convention.
oprfhs.org |
| 47. | Orion | | | Toronto, Canada, in April. Roleplaying, board games, computer games, tournaments. Run by the Rigel Group.
www.rigelgroup.org |
| 48. | SAGA Con | | | Miniatures gaming in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Also roleplaying, LARP, and card games.
lonestar.texas.net |
| 49. | WarFair | | | A miniatures convention in June, in Atlanta, GA.
www.mindspring.com |
| 50. | Milwaukee Summer Revel | | | Wisconsin's other gaming convention for role-playing, board games, miniatures. June.
www.rli-net.net |
| 51. | WarFaire | | | May, Piscataway, NJ. Lots of wargames and board games.
www.timewarpcomics.com |
| 52. | Complete Strategy Gaming | | | Organizers of ShoreCon (September) and MonCon (March), two NJ conventions. Board games, card games, miniature games, role-playing games, computer network gaming, live-action events.
gameconvention.com |
| 53. | Great River Gaming Guild | | | Presents a yearly convention called QuinCon in Quincy, IL, as well as a series of Mini-Cons throughout the year.
www.angelfire.com |
| 54. | Genghis Con | | | February. Board gaming, RPGA roleplaying, miniature games, auctions, collectable card games, anime, junior con, live action, one of the region's largest dealers rooms. Presented by the Denver Gamers Association.
www.denvergamers.com |
| 55. | SunQuest | | | Runs many games conventions in the Orlando, FL area.
www.sunquestgames.com |
| 56. | Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention | | | A gathering of fans of Jon Tuffley's science fiction rules for miniatures. Various events with prizes, a miniatures contest, a vendors area, and open gaming. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
people.canoe.ca |
| 57. | Rocky Mountain Benefit Gamers Association | | | Raises money for small, local charities in the Rocky Mountain region, typically by holding various events throughout the year, many of which are gaming (like board games and role-playing games, not gambling) related.
bengames.org |
| 58. | ShadowCon | | | LARP convention based on the Shadowrun system. Held in Red Bank, NJ, in November.
www.psi-13.com |
| 59. | WinterCon Gamefest | | | One-day convention, January, in Warren, Mich. Roleplaying events, miniatures events, board game events, open gaming, on-site food, auction, collectible card games.
www.oeonline.com |
| 60. | CyCon | | | Iowa State University's annual convention devoted to fun and games. Games, tournaments, auctions, prizes, lectures and special guests from the gaming industry. March.
www.stuorg.iastate.edu |
| 61. | Razorbattles | | | Live action, M:tG, computer network games, video games, roleplaying, wargames. Fayetteville, AZ. April.
members.xoom.com |
| 62. | Octocon | | | A slower-paced 'relaxacon', held in Cincinnati in October. Run by the Cincinnati Fantasy Group.
www.cfg.org |
| 63. | RuneCon | | | RPGs, miniatures, board games, LARP, CCGs, painting contest. New Britain, CT. July.
www.runecon.com |
| 65. | InConJunction | | | Science fiction/fantasy convention with a strong gaming track. Includes events such as roleplaying, miniatures, and collectible card gaming, tournaments with prizes, RPGA events and much more. Indianapolis, IN. July.
www.indy.net |
| 66. | HexaCon | | | July, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Includes roleplaying, board gaming, miniatures, live-action roleplaying, dealers room, miniatures painting contest, used-game auction, sanctioned Magic collector card game tournaments. Past special events have included 'Bot Bash, where the participants pit their robotic creations against each other.
www.casfs.org |
| 67. | CastleCon | | | Muskogee, Oklahoma, in August. HMGS standards in effect, with no more than 10% non-historical games allowed. Miniatures games from all historical periods are welcome.
www.tornadoalley.org |
| 68. | ConGames | | | Offers roleplaying games, collectible card games, miniatures games, board games, dealers room free to the public, charity raffle benefiting wildlife rescue, and a guest of honor. July. Tampa Bay, FL.
home.att.net |
| 69. | The Once and Future Con | | | Fredericksburg. Magic: the Gathering, roleplaying, Diplomacy, board games.
www.geocities.com |
| 70. | SumCon | | | A series of monthly RPG mini conventions in Hillsborough, NJ, run by Greg Barry. Features White Wolf and AD&D.
mh005.infi.net |
| 71. | Big Muddy Historical Game Association (HGA) | | | Promotes, organizes, and presents historical miniature gaming opportunities for its membership and the general public through historical game presentations at conventions, hobby/game shops, libraries, museums and schools. St. Louis metropolitan area.
www.apci.net |
| 72. | Rudicon | | | Rochester. Roleplaying, war games and card games. During the fall quarter generally around or before the first of november. Games Workshop and White Wolf are regular guests.
www.rudicon.org |
| 74. | Southern Front | | | Historical miniatures wargaming, featuring Napoleonics, Seven Years War, American Revolution, American Civil War, Ancients, Naval (all periods), British Colonial, WWI-II, Air Combat. September. Raleigh, North Carolina.
www.concentric.net |
| 75. | Cogcon | | | Each September, in Rolla, Missouri. Roleplaying, CCGs, wargames, computer games.
www.rollanet.org |
| 76. | Millennium | | | September, in Austin, Texas. Lots of miniatures games. Could probably do with some help fixing the CAPS LOCK key.
www.geocities.com |
| 77. | Protocon | | | October, at Texas A&M University.
stuact.tamu.edu |
| 78. | DarkCon | | | RPGA gaming, LARP, miniatures.
members.tripod.com |
| 79. | Sierracon | | | Northern Nevada's only annual gaming convention. Columbus Day weekend. Roleplaying, miniatures, collectible card games.
members.xoom.com |
| 80. | Con on the River | | | Roleplaying, cards, LARP. Winona, MN. October.
www.luminet.net |
| 81. | Uni-Con | | | CCGs, roleplaying, LARP. Joplin, MO. November.
biz.ipa.net |
| 82. | MassCon | | | Largest northeast gaming convention. Offers over 400 scheduled events, among them several roleplaying games including RPGA events, miniature, board and card games. North Chelmsford, MA. November.
www.totalcon.com |
| 83. | Games University | | | Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board games and miniatures. Held in Southern California.
members.aol.com |
| 86. | OmniCon | | | Held in Tucson, Arizona, every March, and featuring board games, collectible card games, fantasy miniatures, historical miniatures, LARP, RPG, wargaming. Formerly known as A Gathering of Gamers (AGOG).
www.swga.org |
| 87. | Plattecon Mu | | | Held in March in Platteville, Wisconsin, on the UW Platteville campus in the Ullsvik Center. Includes: White Wolf, SJ Games, WOTC CCGs, Atlas Games.
vms.www.uwplatt.edu |
| 88. | CONspiracy | | | Mission, BC, Canada, in February. Features roleplaying, CCGs, miniatures and board games.
www.longshotsystems.com |
| 89. | Dairyland | | | Annual science fiction convention, located in Beloit, WI. Events include roleplaying games, live action-roleplaying, network computer gaming, as well as wargaming and CCG tournaments.
www.beloit.edu |
| 90. | Chaos Con | | | Run every March by the Clarksville Gamemasters Guild. Features roleplaying, miniatures, card games, board games and LARP.
www.clarksville.com |
| 91. | Spring Offensive | | | Focuses on miniatures and card games. Held in Illinois in April.
members.xoom.com |
| 92. | Cod Con | | | Held in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in April. Events include Magic:TG, AD&D, L5R, Live Action Vampire, and Battletech.
members.tripod.com |
| 93. | Winter War | | | The Conflict Simulation Society hosts this event every first full weekend in February, in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Lots of miniatures and wargames, and a good selection of roleplaying too. One of the oldest games conventions in the world.
www.prairienet.org |
| 94. | ShadowCon IV | | | Annual convention just over the river from Memphis offers roleplaying, movie room, SCA-esque fighting, auction, friday night dancing, SCA and mundane merchanting, SCA-esque fencing, costume contest, open/pick-up gaming, con suite, and indoor swimming pool.
www.geocities.com |
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