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Gaming Conventions
- A-Kon
- June 4 - 6, 2004, Dallas, TX
Phoenix Entertainment
3352 Broadway Blvd. # 470
Garland, Texas 75043
Fax: 972-278-8498, Attn.: Phoenix Entertainment #470
- AnonyCon
- Mostly RPGs. We do D&D, D20 Modern, Cthulhu, Paranoia, and some other systems as well. There are four LARPs over the weekend, and a large variety of miniatures games. There will also be some card and board game demos I think. So I like to think we cover a big part of the spectrum. We don't have any collectible card game events this year, but we may in the future.
December
Stamford, CT
- BASHCon
- We will have many CCG tournaments, clix tournaments, massive rpg games, minitures and our annual rogue trader tournaments. This year we will also have a freaking hugh LAN, with many of your favorite FPS game tournaments. UT-BASH Bringing gaming to the masses.
Feb 27-29, 2004
Student Union at the University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
- BayCon
- The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention
May 28th - 31st, 2004
San Jose DoubleTree Hotel
- Boskone
- Boskone is Boston's annual science fiction convention. A full program of discussion panels, filk, games, anime, an art show, dealers room, and a children's track.
Feb 13-15, 2004
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA
- Chattacon
- Regional SciFi convention located in the southeast. This has been the largest and longest running convention of its type in the region.
January 16-18, 2004
The Chattanooga Clarion
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, Sol-3
- Chicago International Toy & Game Fair
- It was the first show in the Western Hemisphere to provide consumers with the opportunity to preview, play and purchase the widest selection of toys and games offered directly by manufacturers before the fourth quarter when the hot new products are introduced.
Sept 3-5, 2004
Chicago
Pier Associates
6842 N. Kilpatrick Avenue
Lincolnwood,
IL 60712
(847)-677-8277
info@chitag.com
- ConBust
- Conbust is a sci-fi, fantasy, anime convention run by Smithies. This three-day event is meant to allow sci-fi fans and the like the chance to enjoy their interests together. Such events as panels, workshops, and movies are held to strengthen the community, particularly that which is found right on campus.
April 2-4, 2004
Smith College
Northampton, MA
- ConDFW
- ConDFW is a literary science fiction and fantasy event with a strong gaming track.
Feb 20-25, 2004
2/20-25: ConDFW - Dallas, TX
Radisson Hotel Dallas North
Richardson, Texas
- ConQuest
- ConQuest, Northern California's Premier Game Convention on Labor Day Weekend. We encourage families as well as beginners to step into a world of gaming for an entire weekend. Bring your miniature army and show how those battles could have been won. If you love board games, we have them! Experience role playing games with the best players in Northern California. Bring your treasured collectable card games and challenge our game masters. Our live action role playing games are not to be missed.
San Francisco Airport Marriott
467 Saratoga Ave. PMB 1422,
San Jose, CA 95129
831-688-4726
- Creation Entertainment
- SciFi Convention Promotors,
SACRAMENTO, CA
August 28-29, 2004
Doubletree Hotel
THEME OF CONVENTION TO BE ANNOUNCED
- DieCon
- DieCon is an annual, St. Louis-area, gaming convention held in the late spring/early summer at Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL (just minutes from downtown St. Louis, MO).
Not gaming in the gambling, blow-your-life-savings sense; but gaming in the have-fun-without-paying-too-much sense. We're talking actual, interactive game-playing here! Board Games, RolePlaying Games (RPGs), Collectable Card Games (CCGs) and Miniatures Games. With over 100 different games being played during the three days of our convention, you're sure to find something you like. Or come to learn something new -- you might just find a game you've never played before but really, really enjoy!
June 4-6, 2004
PO Box 27
Collinsville, IL 62234-0027
- Dreamation
- Over 400 Events in EIGHT continuous gaming tracks: 15 RPGA Network Gaming events in many different settings! Role Playing featuring D&D, World of Darkness and much more! Wargaming featuring Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Mage Knight, MechWarrior, HeroClix and many others! Classic games like Poker, Spades, Chess, Checkers, MONOPOLY, Pencil Puzzles and Word Games! Collectible Card Gaming featuring L5R, Shadowfist, Magic: The Gathering, MLB Showdown and many more! Computer and Video Console Gaming, both individual and networked for multiplayer action!
Jan 22-25, 2004
East Brunswick Hilton
East Brunswick, New Jersey
- DunDraCon
- The worlds longest continuously running game convention. We offer RPGs, Miniatures, LARPs, CCG, non-CCG CMG, Boardgames, and Seminars to our attendees, along with a 24-hour Anime room and Video Arcade.
Feb 13-16, 2004
San Ramon Marriot
San Ramon, CA
- E3 -- Electronic Entertainment Expo
- If you're in the business of electronic games, you need to be at the center of the games business - E3
May 11-14, 2004
LA Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA
- EveCon
- If you've never been to one of our conventions—this is an ideal place to find others ho share your interests in things such as sci-fi, fantasy, horror, weirdness, science, art, music, movies, books, games, centuries past and future, cultures near and far. If you feel out of place in the mundane atmosphere of day-to-day life, this will be a homecoming for you. Join us!
January 2,3,4, 2004
Sheraton Hotel
Reston VA
- Fanime
- In FanimeCon's ten-year span, we have grown to be one of the largest anime conventions in the country, home to panels, videos and video premieres, special guest appearances, concerts, and more. The 2003 season established a record convention size both in space and attendance, with FanimeCon occupying the entirety of the Santa Clara Convention Center and the adjacent Westin Santa Clara, and being host to over 5,500 attendees. This year's convention, which will be held at the San Jose Convention Center, promises to be the biggest, boldest FanimeCon to date.
May 28-31, 2004
San Jose Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
- Further Confusion
- Further Confusion is a broad-interest sf & fantasy convention with an anthropomorphic slant that occurs in San Jose, California. 'Furries' are intelligent man-similar animals or aliens - like Chewbakka or Yoda from Star Wars - or Bugs Bunny from the cartoons. Further Confusion seeks to highlight anthropormorphic characters in art, music, literature ... and in games. So monsters, aliens and ... gnomes from Zurich fit in with the motif.
Jan 22-26, 2004
San Jose Doubletree Inn
San Jose, California
- GAMECON 20
- GameCon is usually located at the WestPark Hotel in Tyson's Corner, VA. GameCon is a regional gaming convention.
Fall 2004
WestPark, VA
- Games University
- Games University is a demonstration-oriented game convention designed to teach new games to novices and veteran gamers. We have been running our game conventions for 7 years, and although our main goal is teaching games, we also offer tournaments.
April 30 - May 2, 2004
Radisson Hotel in Fullerton,
222 West Houston Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
(562) 233-8676
- Game Developers Conference
- Game industry growth is radically accelerating, and ever-changing market conditions demand evolution. As risks increase, developers must adopt new methodologies and pipelines, as well as anticipate and meet skyrocketing consumer expectation. To continue to engage audiences, developers must reinvigorate existing genres and properties, and create compelling new ones.
March 22-26, 2004
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, CA
- Gen Con -- Indy
- Gen Con is a name that has been one with the gaming world for over 36 years. It began as a meeting between some friends to play games in Lake Geneva, WI - thus the name Gen (Geneva) Con (Convention). Today that name lives on in the gaming industry as the places to go to get the goods. Gen Con has expanded to three shows worldwide. There is one in Europe, Indianapolis, and Anaheim.
August 19-22, 200
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Convention Center
- Gen Con -- SoCal
- Gen Con is a name that has been one with the gaming world for over 36 years. It began as a meeting between some friends to play games in Lake Geneva, WI - thus the name Gen (Geneva) Con (Convention). Today that name lives on in the gaming industry as the places to go to get the goods. Gen Con has expanded to three shows worldwide. There is one in Europe, Indianapolis, and Anaheim.
Dec. 2 - 5, 2004
Anaheim, California
Anaheim Convention Center
- Genericon
- Genericon caters to fans of all types including anime, gaming, web comics, RPGs and LARPing. Genericon's small size allows us to make it a warmer friendlier con. Genericon was originally conceived as an idea to bring the con experience to the students of RPI many of whom are large anime and gaming fans but who don't have the time or money to attend off campus events. Genericon had about 400 attendees last year.
Jan 16-18, 2004
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Campus
Troy, New York
- GAMA Trade Show
- The Game Manufacturers Association is an international non-profit trade association serving the adventure games industry--the companies that bring you great family, strategy, roleplaying, card, historical boardgames and miniatures. The members of GAMA are interested in presenting the many social, educational and entertainment advantages of games. Here at GAMA's Web site, you will find information on the adventure games industry as well as GAMA and the events and activities that GAMA sponsors.
March 15-18, 2004
Orleans Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas NV
- Independent Games Festival
- The Gama Network (producer of Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, and the Game Developers Conference) established the Independent Games Festival in 1998 to encourage innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game developers. We saw how the Sundance Film Festival benefited the independent film community, and we wanted to create a similar event for independent game developers as well as the student population of game developers.
March 24-26, 2004
San Jose, CA
- Invocation
- Invocation II features six four-hour slots from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon of non-stop action, fast-paced Role Playing venues from Old Classics to Cutting Edge gaming systems from a variety of the best that there is to offer in this modern era. This is the second edition of what will become the best French based gaming and role-playing convention not only in the province of Quebec but likely throughout Canada.
Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2004
Galerie Rolland,
École Polytechinque de l'Université de Montréal
Campus de l'Université de Montréal
- JonesCon
- As Gainesville, Florida's only gaming convention JonesCon strives to provide the best pure gaming experience around. We at JonesCon have always had a "Player First" attitude. With that thought in mind we are offering a great weekend of gaming. No movies, no con suites, no expensive guests, just great gaming at a great low price!
16 - 18, January, 2004
Holiday Inn, University Center
Gainesvill, Florida
- KublaCon
- This fast-growing West Coast convention is jam-packed with tons of fun gaming - board games, CCGs, LARPS, miniatures, historicals, computer gaming and more!! Plus a huge dealer room, special events and a hopping flea market
May 28-31, 2004
Hyatt Regency
Burlingame, California
- OrcCon
- Strategicon brings to you the widest array of family, historical, fantasy, and science fiction, board, card, computer, miniatures, and roleplaying games at each and every one of our conventions. We welcome you to visit to the various game retailers and manufacturers in the exhibitor area of the convention, or perhaps attend some of the many seminars, demonstrations, displays, tournaments, and events that make up this convention. Strategicon sponsors Southern California's largest game conventions: OrcCon, Gamex and Gateway.
Feb 13-16, 2004
Westin Hotel
Los Angeles Airport.
Los Angeles, CA
- Origins
- Origins is one of the largest game conventions in North America, offering every form of game experience from board games, trading card games and roleplaying games, to live action games, historical games and miniatures. At Origins, there's something for every gamer.
June 24-27, 2004
Greater Columbus Convention Center
400 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio
- Owlcon
- OwlCon is an annual gaming convention at Rice University, Houston, TX, dating back to 1980. We feature table top and live action role playing games, miniatures games and events, historical miniatures, board games, card games, a dealers' room, and more. OwlCon XXIII gaming events will feature an RPGA interactive, official tournaments for Warhammer 40k, Warmaster, Magic, and Mage Knight; Matchbox-scale Car Wars, World of Darkness tabletop games, a Vampire LARP, a Call of Cthulhu LARP, and many other games with prizes galore! We will also have celebrity GMs and hordes of official demo folks for various game systems. We will also have open gaming, and round-the-clock anime, a TV lounge running movies, and our annual OwlCon party in our onsite pub.
Feb 6-8, 2004
Rice University
Fast Warp MS 526
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
ATTN OwlCon
- Penguicon
- To those of you familiar with Science Fiction conventions, imagine all the convention features you know and love, with the addition of wireless internet access, computer gaming (including the fabulous Celebrity Frag Fest), non-stop Internet access, people who know about online publishing / books on demand / digital art, a programming track involving computing topics and another one focusing on the crossover between Science Fiction and computing.
April 16-18, 2004
Sheraton Detroit Novi
Novi, Michigan
- Poly Con
- PolyCon is the premiere gaming convention of the Central Coast of California. Since 1983, we've provided the gaming community with a place to gather to enjoy gaming and fun. PolyCon is located on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, California.
July 02-05, 2004
Trinity Dorm, Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, California
- Running GAGG
- Running GAGG is a convention for gamers by gamers. We feature events ranging from Role Playing, RPGA, WarGaming, CCG, LARP, Board games, Vendors, to Art Contest. Our 100%Charity Auction is one of our premiere events that you won't want to miss.
Jan 23-25, 2004
MacVittie College Union, SUNY Geneseo Campus
Geneseo, NY
- SimCon
- SIMCON is an annual games convention sponsored by the University of Rochester Simulation Gaming Association (URSGA). Held every March on the University's River Campus, the SIMCON conventions have, for the past twenty-five years, provided a meeting-place where gameplayers from the Rochester area, the surrounding multistate region, and beyond (including attendees from as far away as California) can learn from each other and from experts in the field, exchange ideas, and test their skills against those of their peers in friendly competition.
March 25-28, 2004
Univeersity of Rochester
Rochester, NY
- Toys Games Inventor's Forum
- The Toy and Game Inventors Forum is the first and only toy, game and entertainment based development conference in the world. Each year it brings together inventors, entrepreneurs and industry leaders in a relaxed, noncompetitive atmosphere. Since the first TGIF conference in 1997, the program has grown and evolved under the expert guidance of Rehtmeyer Design & Licensing and today is hailed as "the premier industry event."
TGIF offers unique opportunities for networking that are not available anywhere else. No other venue offers these different groups within the toy industry an opportunity to exchange ideas, make connections, and do business all under the same roof. Each year the synergy at TGIF creates new and exciting results in the toy industry, from licensing products to creative partnerships.
September 10-12, 2004
Rio Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas!
- Total Con
- We offer over 400 scheduled games and events throughout the convention. Among these are serveral Role Playing games including TC Realms, Living City, Living Greyhawk & RPGA, Puffing Billy, Miniatures, Board Games, and Live Action Role Playing (LARP) games. Special events include Japanimation (Anime) as well as our yearly contests.
Feb 19-22, 2004
Holiday Inn Mansfield
Mansfield, MA
- UBCon
- The Strategist's and Role Player's ssociation (SARPA) exist to create a positive environment for gaming of all kinds. SARPA holds an annual gaming convention and strives to link players together and expose players to more games.
March, 2004
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
- UKON
- UKON is an advertising and fundraising convention put on by the Miskatonic Student Union, the gaming club for the University of Kentucky. We work closely with other student groups such as the anime club to try to put on a show with as broad an appeal as possible, running in addition to traditional games video games and an anime room in addition to the dealers as well as demonstrations and booths from a handful of other UK groups.
Jan 30-31, 2004
Student Center at the University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
- VisionCon
- Springfield's best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming, Media convention.
Feb 20-22, 2004
The Clarion Hotel
Springfield, Missouri
- Winter War
- Local game convention one of oldest in world The Conflict Simulation Society will be holding its thirty-first annual Winter War gaming convention, running February 6-8, 2009. The Winter War gaming convention features a variety of board games (from Axis & Allies to Republic of Rome), miniatures (from historical recreations to old west shootouts to modern tank battles) and role-playing events (from Champions to Star Wars), as well as open gaming, dealers and a popular live auction. The first Winter War was a small gathering of gamers held in January of 1974, making the convention one of the longest running game conventions in the world. Last year's Winter War convention had over 400 attendees, with some traveling from as far away as Washington St
Feb 06-08, 2009
Champaign, IL
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