ConnCon:
Events held in Connecticut throughout the year. Includes may systems
of roleplaying and wargames. Features a number of ongoing campaigns.
http://members.aol.com/ConnCon/
Dragonflight:
August event at Seattle University, Washington, featuring board
games, miniatures, roleplaying, CCGs and computer games.
http://www.dragonflight.org/
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.
http://www.conofthenorth.com/
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.
http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/cobbcon/intro.htm
Virginia Role Players Association:
Hosts two conventions in Richmond, Virginia: Patriot Games (May) and
Reindeer Games (December). Roleplaying, CCGs, Camarilla, miniatures.
http://www.VRPA.org/
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.
http://www.con-quest.com/
Carnage on the Mountain:
An annual gaming convention the first weekend in November at the
Ascutney Mountain Resort in Brownsville, Vt. Features RPGs,
Historical and Fantasy Miniatures, CCGs, Board Gaming, LARPs, and
Networked Computer Gaming.
http://www.carnagecon.com/
Midsouthcon:
Science fiction, fantasy, science, horror, and gaming convention
held in Memphis, TN, in late March.
http://www.midsouthcon.org/
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.
Http://www.tenncon.com/
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.
http://www.totalcon.com/
Florida Con-Quest:
Regular conventions held in various Florida locations. Live action
games, CCGs, miniatures, PlayStation, Nintendo.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/FloridaConQuest/
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.
http://www.wizards.com/rpga/winterfantasy.asp
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).
http://www.fantek.org/fantek/econ/
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).
http://www.sflis.org/gamicon/
DunDraCon:
A February convention in San Ramon, California. Featuring board
games, miniatures, card games, LARP, roleplaying, and SCA.
http://www.dundracon.com/
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.
http://www.jhu.edu/~johncon/
Barracks Battles:
One-day miniatures game convention organized by Big Muddy HGA in St.
Louis, MO during March.
http://www.apci.net/~ipw4/bigmuddy/barracks.htm
Gamefest:
Full gaming conventions located regionally around the US.
http://www.advantageconvention.com
Global Gaming Expo:
A trade show hosted by the gaming industry, for the gaming industry.
http://www.globalgamingexpo.com/
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.
http://www.manafest.com/
Egyptian Campaign:
A three-day annual convention held in March at Southern Illinois
University. Features games, auction, contests, dealers.
http://www.siu.edu/~gamesoc/ecgamcon/index.htm
ShaunCon:
Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the
Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in November.
http://hometown.aol.com/RPGKC/shaun.html
OurCon:
April, UMass' Campus Center, Amherst, MA. Mostly roleplaying with a
touch of CCG and LARP.
http://www.umass.edu/rso/gameclub/ourcon/
ThunderCon 99:
Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the
Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in June.
http://hometown.aol.com/RPGKC/thunder.html
SAGA Con:
Miniatures gaming in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Also roleplaying,
LARP, and card games.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~glover/saga/
Great River Gaming Guild:
Presents a yearly convention called QuinCon in Quincy, IL, as well
as a series of Mini-Cons throughout the year.
http://www.angelfire.com/il/QuincyGuild/
Game Storm:
Held in Portland, Oregon, in March, and featuring board games, role
playing games, collectible card games, and miniatures.
http://www.pdxgames.com/
SAGACon:
Springfield, Missouri. Star Trek tournaments, RPGA events, and live
action roleplaying.
http://sagacon.8m.com/
MOBICON:
Annual fantasy and gaming convention in Mobile, AL. Features
roleplaying, board, miniature, computer, and collectible card games,
live action roleplaying, and anime rooms.
http://www.mobicon.org/
CastleCon:
Annual games convention held each summer with HMGS standards in
effect.
http://www.fantek.org/fantek2/ccon/
Millennium:
November, in Austin, Texas. Emphasis on miniatures.
http://www.millenniumcon.com/
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.
http://oprfhs.org/activ/scifi/opcon.html
Die Con:
Game convention located in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Its purpose
is to promote adventure gaming in the Midwest. Features RPGA, RPG,
miniature, board and collectable card games.
http://www.diecon.com/
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.
http://www.nuke-con.com/
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.
http://www.bright.net/~tomb/pentacon.html
EconoCon VI:
April 27, 2002, Plymouth, NH. Sponsored by the PSC Gaming Club, this
convention is geared toward being affordable.
http://oz.plymouth.edu/~gaming/conVI.html
Octocon:
A slower-paced 'relaxacon', held in Cincinnati in October. Run by
the Cincinnati Fantasy Group.
http://www.cfg.org/octocon/
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.
http://www.casfs.org/hexacon/
The Once and Future Con:
Fredericksburg. Magic: the Gathering, roleplaying, Diplomacy, board
games.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/5478/main.html
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.
http://www.rudicon.org/
World Annual Gaming Summit:
Annual meeting of the interactive gaming industry in Miami, Florida.
Includes conference overview, sponsorships, exhibitor opportunities,
agenda, registration, pricing, brochure, and related conferences.
http://www.srinstitute.com/part_iter_site_page.cfm?iteration_id=355
Cogcon:
Each September, in Rolla, Missouri. Roleplaying, CCGs, wargames,
computer games.
http://www.rollanet.org/~cogcon/
Dragon*Con:
The world's largest fantasy/SF convention, held annually in Atlanta,
GA, on Labor Day weekend.
http://www.dragoncon.org
PortConMaine.Com:
An anime/gaming convention for Portland, Maine. A yearly convention
that will just get better and better!
http://www.portconmaine.com
Dreikonigsnacht (Twelfth Night):
A Role Playing experience, sanctioned by the Camarilla. Held in St
Louis early in January at the Henry VIII Conference Center and
Hotel.
http://www.12th-night.org/
Con on the River:
Roleplaying, cards, LARP. Winona, MN. October.
http://www.luminet.net/~heydrich/
BPA World Boardgaming Championships:
The World Boardgaming Championships, held annually in Hunt Valley,
MD and sponsored by the Boardgame Players Association. The
convention runs 100 boardgame tournaments.
http://www.boardgamers.org/
Command Con:
Three-day miniatures convention run by Big Muddy HGA in St. Louis in
November.
http://www.apci.net/~ipw4/bigmuddy/commdcon.htm
KublaCon:
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.
http://www.beloit.edu/%7Ebsffa/KC/
Archon:
St. Louis Science Fiction hosts the Archon Science Fiction/Fantasy
Convention, held annually in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Large
gaming section.
http://www.stlf.org/archon/
Prezcon:
Held in February, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Board games,
miniatures and CCGs.
http://www.prezcon.com/
UB Con:
Annual gaming convention around March and April, featuring
roleplaying, card games, board games, and miniatures. In Buffalo,
NY, USA.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/sarpa/old/conven.html
MarsCon:
Features southeastern Virginia's premier science
fiction/fantasy/gaming Relax-a-Con.
http://www.marscon.net
Games University:
Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board
games and miniatures. Held in Southern California.
http://members.aol.com/gamesucon/
The Madison Wordplayers:
Meets monthly at Borders Book Shop for word game fun in Madison,
Wisconsin.
http://fun2play.com/wordplayers/
Marmalade Dog:
Marmalade Dog is a gaming convention held each year by the Western
Michigan Gamers Guild (WMGG) on the campus of Western Michigan
University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The largest in SW Michigan, this
convention features role-playing games, collectible card games,
board games, special events and guests.
http://www.wmgg.org/marmaladedog/
Uni-con:
Three-day gaming convention held in Joplin, MO.
http://www.unicon-joplin.com/
FreeCon 2001:
Three-day roleplaying convention in the Lansing, Michigan area.
http://freecon.tripod.com/
Cod Con:
Held in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in April. Events include Magic:TG,
AD&D, L5R, Live Action Vampire, and Battletech.
http://members.tripod.com/Codscifi/Codcon.htm
Chicagoland Gamer's CONclave:
Held yearly on Thanksgiving weekend at the Indian Lakes Resort in
Bloomingdale, IL, The Chicagoland Gamer's CONclave is a three-day
celebration of the gaming hobby. "Chicagoland Gamer's CONclave:
We've got game! How about you?"
http://chicagogamecon.org
BCon:
Role-playing and board game convention held on the campus of Bradley
University in Peoria, IL late in February.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/2367/con.html
Castle LARP:
Annual World of Darkness LARP event held in Oregon, Illinois.
http://castle_larp.tripod.com/
ProtoCon:
Student-run gaming convention at Texas A&M University.
http://stuact.tamu.edu/stuorgs/gaming/protocon/default.html
Con*Stellation:
An annual science fiction convention held in Huntsville, AL which is
sponsored by the North Alabama Science Fiction Association. It
features a full line of events from gaming to panel discussions.
http://www.con-stellation.org
Winter War:
The Conflict Simulation Society hosts this three-day 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, started in 1974.
http://winterwar.prairienet.org/homepage.html
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.
http://www.originsgames.net/
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.
http://www.stonehill.org/vid_con.htm
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. Indianapolis, IN.
July.
http://www.inconjunction.org
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.
http://davekohr.best.vwh.net/gamesday/
MACE:
Held in North Carolina. Featuring LARPs, roleplay, board, card and
miniature games. Events by Hollow Hills, Game Society, and RPGA.
http://www.justusproductions.com/
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.
http://bashcon.iwarp.com
Games University:
Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board
games and miniatures. Held in Fullerton, Southern California.
http://www.gamesucon.com/gu.htm
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.
http://www.totalcon.com/masscon/mainpage.html
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. Princeton, New Jersey.
http://www.princetongames.org/princecon/
UCon Gaming Convention:
Held in Ann Arbor, MI, in November. Roleplaying games, CCGs, board
games, miniatures, train games, LARP, dealers' room, auction, and
specialty gaming tracks.
http://www.ucon-gaming.org
Intercon:
Intercon is produced by independent local groups working in close
cooperation with LARPA (http://www.larpa.org), and has consistently
featured some of the best, most innovative, diverse, and exciting
LARPs produced. If you enjoy live roleplaying, you won't want to
miss Intercon.
http://www.larpaweb.org/intercon/
