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Welcome to the SWA Web Site

The Schenectady Wargamers Association, Inc. (SWA) is an Adventure Gaming club serving the Capital District area (Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga) of upstate New York. We support all forms of adventure gaming: Role Play * Board Games * Miniatures * Card Games (Collectible and otherwise) * Computer Games * Live-Action / Interactive Literature * and whatever else you've got. We sponsor a three-day convention, Council of Five Nations, every October on Columbus Day weekend. We also sponsor a one-day Game-a-thon every month. Even if you're not local, we've got news and content representing what's going on with the Adventure Gaming hobby all around the Northeastern United States. Welcome to our web site! Feel free to stay and browse around for awhile. If you have any questions, please contact us and ask.

Game-a-thon: Saturday, May 12, 2012

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We're still recovering from the double record-setting attendance from the past two Thons, so it took us a little extra time to get this schedule out.
The next SWA Game-a-thon is this coming Saturday, May 12th.
Here's the schedule of events.

Both Sessions ( 11am - 10pm+ )

Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
Evening Session ( 5pm - 10pm+ )
Pathfinder Events ( 11am - 10pm+ )

For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the May Game-a-thon page.

Several event descriptions have links to BoardGameGeek. Check them out for game reviews, pictures, rules and player aids.

We hope to see you there.


(Huge!) Game-a-thon: Saturday, April 21, 2012

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It seems like we've got some momentum from the record-breaking attendance at last month's SWA Game-a-thon.  GMs have been coming out of the woodwork to run games at the upcoming April 21st Thon.  Ten games in the AM slot, nine games in the PM slot, and an all-day Napoleonic game as well.  Huge!

Needless to say, we have something for everyone.  RPGs, historical minis, board games, space minis, rail game, classic games, Star Trek, monsters, Conan, Game of Thrones, Euro games, WW1, WW2, and more.  It's all here.

And, on top of all this, April is a Swap Meet month as well.  Buy a table to sell your stuff.  Bring your spare cash and get some good deals on used games.  We'll send out another message to highlight the Swap Meet.

Here's the outrageously impressive schedule preview...


Both Sessions ( 11am - 10pm+ )

Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
Evening Session ( 5pm - 10pm+ )
Pathfinder Events ( 11am - 10pm+ )

Quarterly Swap Meet
Three people have posted what they're bringing to the Swap Meet on the SWA web site.
You can see those posts here:  http://swa-gaming.org/node/1950

If you're bringing stuff too, we encourage you to post your inventory list as well.  The more we do this, the more interest it will generate, which is good for everyone selling!

For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the April Game-a-thon page.

Several event descriptions have links to BoardGameGeek. Check them out for game reviews, pictures, rules and player aids.

We hope to see you there.


Pre-Registration for Huzzah! 2012 is Now Open

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Hi Folks,

I wanted to pass on this update about Huzzah!

Just want to send out an update that pre-registration for Huzzah! 2012 is now open! Huzzah! has become one of New England's premier historical miniature wargaming conventions and the 2012 convention is being held the weekend of May 4th, 5th and 6th. With over 70 games and tournaments scheduled for the weekend the time to act is now! Please visit the registration site to sign up for the games you want to play before they all fill up.

Register: http://huzzahcon.com/registration/

Game List: http://huzzahcon.com/registration/event_list.php

Games and Speakers
With over 70 events scheduled for the weekend, a terrific lineup of historical miniatures, board games, and tournaments.

Accommodations
The event hotel, Fireside Inn and Suites, is nearing capacity for room reservations so if you want to have the convenience of parking the car when you arrive and staying onsite, call them to make arrangements before its too late. The special room rate of $69 will be ending soon. Mention Huzzah! when you call to obtain the discounted rate. If you prefer to play live action Frogger crossing the street, there is a Super 8 and Motel 6 with lower rates.

Other Events
· Ancients gaming has expanded for Huzzah! 2012 and begins Friday with a Basic Impetus tournament, and we have a Warrior Ancients Tournament all day on Saturday.
· The Flames of War tournament is now all weekend long. Gordon of Adler Hobbies has been working on the terrain and the rules and it looks like a cool twist on the usual tournament format.
· The MHWA club invitational game is A Boxer Summer, which will run on Saturday night. Join us for an exciting recreation of the Siege of the Legations in Peking during that hot, dusty summer of 1900. This game will feature a wonderful recreation of the various legations; the prototype of which can be viewed on our website. This will be a great game, lots of fun!
· MHWA is excited to share that Gordon of Adler Hobbies will be running a Tabletop Terrain contest at Huzzah! 2012. This is a fun way to promote and reward game masters who put so much time and energy, and money, into their tabletops!
· Over 70 games in the PEL, you can check them out here

Vendors
We have assembled a terrific group of vendors offering attendees a wide variety of miniatures, terrain, books, rules, painting services, and much more. If you can stay with us long enough to game, you should at least visit with us and shop with the vendors!

Ticket Auction
Dozens of awesome prizes will be won by lucky bidders at our ticket auction this year. "Five gets you Ten" is what we say. $5 gets you ten tickets, which you can distribute into the baskets of the prizes you wish to win. Many of the prizes will be drawn for just between game sessions, but some prizes will run all weekend. Bid as often as you like up to the time of drawing. Proceeds help the MHWA pay for Huzzah!, with the balance of the proceeds going to our club effort to start student gaming clubs.

Huzzah! Helm
This lobster pot style helmet, donated by Richard Claydon of Boston Trained Bands, is truly cool, and one club will take it home to hold for a year. The New England club earning the most points (registered attendees, game masters, distance to club location, painting contest winners, and "best of" winners) will have their name and the year engraved on the helmet, and hold it until next year's convention. Learn more about the Huzzah! Helm .

Flea Market
Sunday we will host the flea market and registered attendees are welcome to bring their figs, games, etc to buy, sell and swap. All attendees are welcome to shop.

More, more, more!
I have to wrap this up or I'd keep typing. Huzzah! is going to offer a terrific weekend of gaming. Please, plan to join us for a day, or for the weekend. Support the historical wargaming industry in New England. Bring new people into the hobby. Visit with old friends, and make new ones. Join us for Huzzah!

Registrations will be accepted at the door, but why wait? Get yourself into the games you want to play before the games are full.

Thanks,

Andre Kruppa
Huzzah! Historical Wargaming Convention for New England
May 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2012
Portland, Maine
http://www.huzzahcon.com


WE NEED HEROES! - Pathfinder at ZP on Wednesdays

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Zombie Planet will be hosting Pathfinder Society adventures Wednesday nights. This Wednesday evening (3/21/2012) we will be having an interest/character building session from 8pm to 10pm. For those of you who are unaware the Pathfinder Role Playing Game is basically a cleaned up version of Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 or for those in the know the 3.5 OGL. The Pathfinder Society (PFS) is the organized play program of Pathfinder that allows you to play and advance your character by participating in sanctioned sessions held around the world.

Depending upon support and participation from the local gaming community we plan on running an adventure every Wednesday night from 6pm-10pm (starting 3/28/2012). More specifically over the next several weeks we will be running introductory scenarios for those of you who are interested in learning about the Pathfinder Role Playing Game and/or about the Pathfinder Society Organized Play program. Pre-generated characters are available for those of you who just want to show up and see what this is all about. Otherwise you are welcome to make your own character and jump right in.

So come on down novice and veteran players alike, make some friends, roll some dice, slay some ogres and be who you are destined to be!

More info on Pathfinder RPG:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG

More info on Pathfinder Society:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety

Zombie Planet:
http://zombie-planet.com/

For more info about this event please contact Mike: galguth {at} gmail [dot] com.

For more information about the Pathfinder Society in the Albany Capital Region contact Evan: CapitalRegionVC {at} gmail [dot] com.


HAVOC! Registration

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This Sunday (3/18) is your last chance to pre-register for the Havoc! Miniatures convention. We have 77 events scheduled from Friday night through Sunday ranging from ancients to the distant future. So hop on the website and pre-register for the games you want to get in. Don't let your favorite events get away this year!

http://havoc.battlegroupboston.org/

Reminder: This year we also have a consignment store. Pre-register your items, print out tags and attach to the item. We'll sell them for you so you can earn money while you play in events.

For additional details visit this page:

http://havoc.battlegroupboston.org/consignment.php

P.S. This year we'll have the ability to accept Credit Cards (unfortunately not Debit Cards), so don't let a minor cash-flow problem stop you from attending the convention!

Bruce Carson

Havoc Coordinator

Email: bcarson /at/ asgoth.com


Spring Meltdown, April 21st

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On April 21st, the Green Mountain Gamers' traveling game days return to Lyndonville for Spring Meltdown 2012. It's a whole day of tabletop gaming in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

In addition to the usual riot of pick-up games, Dark Tower Gaming from St. Johnsbury will host sealed deck and standard constructed deck Magic tournaments. Dark Tower will be vending Magic cards, and Triple Play is coming up from West Lebanon to hawk other tabletop games.

For more information about Spring Meltdown and future Green Mountain Game Days, visit
http://www.greenmountaingamers.com/green-mountain-game-days/spring-meltd...

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http://www.greenmountaingamers.com

Check out Held Action, the blog about Vermont and tabletop gaming:
http://www.heldaction.com


Game-a-thons: March = Record Attendance, April = Swap Meet

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Hello Capital District Gamers,

March = Record Game-a-thon Attendance

We are very happy to announce that the March 10th Game-a-thon had record attendance... and the old record (52) wasn't just surpassed, it was crushed!

We had 67 attendees, and this doesn't even count the 6 who were present for the 2012 Northeast TITAN Championships (congratulations to Mycroft Sowizral!).  Seventy-three gamers playing this past Saturday... Amazing!

A big part of this surge can be attributed to two factors:
  1. The return to the Studio of the Fort Orange Gamers, organized by Marvin & Jamie Veeder.  We look forward to hosting their kid-oriented miniatures games every month.
  2. The return to the SWA of RPGA D&D, organized by our new RPGA Czars, Matt Gallinger & Rob Kirker.  We look forward to RPGA action every month too.
And let's not forget all the other GMs who sponsored games: Matt Barker, Tim Carleton, Matt Chambers, Mike Dixon, Troy Ferris, Mike Haggett, Daryl Kimmel, Brett McLean, Jennifer Paperman, Mike Sanchez, Tom Talasco, Will Walker, Evan Whitefield & John Whitehead.


April 21st = Swap Meet

Don't forget that once a quarter, we have a Swap Meet at Game-a-thon.  That's this coming April 21st.

Just in time for Spring Cleaning.  This is a great time to clear those games off your shelf and put a few bucks in your pocket (or spend that cash on new games).  Plan ahead on what you want to bring and sell.  One table is only $2.  If our attendance stays this high, you'll have lots of potential buyers.

Looking for GMs for April

We're looking for GMs for April 21st.  Right now we have commitments of Pathfinder RPG, RPGA D&D, and Conflict of Heroes (WW2 squad-level combat).

You can sign up to run a game using this form:
http://www.swa-gaming.org/GameathonEventRegistration

or by contacting the Thon co-czar at Eric /at/ swa-gaming.org

Or, you can request a game to be run here:
http://www.swa-gaming.org/gameathonsuggestion

Please submit your events by Saturday, March 31st.


March 10th Game-a-Thon Events

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Game-a-thon: Saturday, March 10, 2012

Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )

Evening Session ( 5pm - 10pm+ )

Pathfinder and RPGA Events ( 11am - 10pm+ )

For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the March Game-a-thon page.
Several event descriptions have links to BoardGameGeek. Check them out for game reviews, pictures, rules and player aids.

We hope to see you there.


Adventure Role Playing Camp in Albany: July 9-13

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Hello parents of young gamers in the Capital District,

Dan Masucci, long-time SWA supporter, is sponsoring a week-long summer RPG "camp" experience this coming July.

Please see the graphic below for full details.

You can contact Dan for questions or registration at danmasucci /at/ nycap.rr.com

Adventure Gaming Camp in Albany NY


Call for GMs: March 10th Game-a-Thon (Revised link)

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Our next monthly SWA Game-a-thon is coming up on Saturday, March 10th.

We've already received a World of Warcraft board game event, but we still need more people to run events.
Our new RPGA co-Czars Rob Kirker and Matt Gallinger are planning to run some Living Forgotten Realms adventures.

You can submit events at:

http://www.swa-gaming.org/GameathonEventRegistration

or by contacting the Thon co-czar at bill[at]swa-gaming.org

Or, you can request a game to be run here:
http://www.swa-gaming.org/gameathonsuggestion

Please submit your events by Wednesday, February 29th.


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