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Titan Tournament Qualification Clarification and Trophy
Submitted by DC on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 22:41. ()

The Northeast Titan Championship starts this coming Friday night and goes all weekend, including 9:00 am start times.

There seems to be some confusion about  the number of games you should plan on playing. You do NOT need to play in 6 games to qualify for the semifinals! It is very possible that you could play in 2 or 3 preliminary games and make it in assuming you do well. 

Whether you're concerned about your chances to make the semis or not, please come by and have fun playing some Titan. We'll be playing all weekend, so stop by whenever it is convenient for you. If this weekend doesn't work for you, we'll be playing more preliminary rounds the weekend of the 26th.

If you are into trophies, I plan on giving one out to the winner of the tournament along with a gift certificate. On top of the trophy will be a golden Titan (a Valley Games Titan figure painted gold). It should be pretty cool.

Gold Titan Trophy

For full tournament details please check out:

http://www.swa-gaming.org/TitanTournamentSWA2010
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Havoc Game Convention Pre-registration is open
Submitted by DC on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 22:37. ()

Everyone,

Havoc is the premiere miniatures convention of the Northeast and has run continuously for 25 years. Havoc XXVI will be held on Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Maironis Park, Shrewsbury MA.

Registration for the Havoc game convention is open. The earlier you register, the better your chances for getting into the game(s) that you want.

Additional details are available on the site.

http://www.havoc.battlegroupboston.org/

Thanks,
    Bruce Carson, Havoc Director

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P.S. This year, to save on expenses, we will not be sending out "snail-mail" postcards. So let all your luddite friends know that the pre-registration is open!
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You are invited to TotalCon 24, Feb 18-21 in MA
Submitted by DC on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 22:25. ()

TotalCon 24 is only weeks away and pre-reg will be opening soon! Coming February 18-21, 2010 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA. www.totalcon.com

This year we are honored to offer...

A great selection for miniature fans! Now is your chance to indulge in old favorites and never before tried games! On hand will be a National Qualifying Flames of War 1750 point Late War event hosted by Adler Hobby and sponsored by Sabol Designs (spots are being filled quickly!). Award nominated, fast paced western classic High Noon hosted by game designer Leo A Walsh, AT-43 sponsored by the New England AT-43 group, Blood Bowl, Classic BattleTech Tournaments, Circvs Maximvs, Arcane Legions Tournaments and demo's hosted by RacNRoll Games, Heavy Gears Demo's, Dogfights!, New England Regional Championship Car Wars Tournament, CAV, Warlord tournament, Heroscape tournaments and teaching tables hosted by the NorthEastern 'Scapers Association, Redneck Formula De, 40k, events hosted by Battle Group Boston and the Boston Trained Bands and more!

Over 140 role-playing events including:*Frank Mentzer, foundeer of the RPGA and TSR former employee/creative advisor to Gary Gygax, running early ed. AD&D events.*Jay Libby, iNDiRPG, co-owner of DillyGReenBEan Games, and Cyberpunk v3 artist running his Xandoria and new GI Joe rpgs.*Brad Younie, Carnivore Games, running his The Unexplained games based on paranormal happenings, endorsed by two actual paranormal groups!*Andre Kruppa, theatrical GM bring lights, props, and music to his highly acclaimed Call of Cthulhu events and has modules published by Chaosium*Mark Edwards, writer for Catalyst Game Labs (former AEG and Maragret Weis Production writer), running his ShadowRun adventures*BedRock Games, a new pen and paper rpg company, coming in to run events on Sunday*Also, another great emersive AD&D 2ed event with theatrical elements plus some rpgs with full Dwarven Forge set-ups.*Two to Three tables of Pathfinder events each slot hosted by the New England Pathfinder Group*Full 14 slots of Living Forgotten Realms (RPGA), events coming as we are waiting for the release of new events for the beginning of the year.(both RPGA and Pathfinder event info can be found at www.warhorn.net/totalconfusion2010/

For boardgame fans, there will be over 230 scheduled events: including a World Wide Catan Championship Pre-Qualifier (the winner receives a trip to Gen Con 2010 to advance to the next round), 10 New England Regional Championships (Carcassonne, Dominion, Pacific Typhoon, Power Grid, Puerto Rico, RA, Race for the Galaxy ,Thurn & Taxis,Endeavor and Stone Age), TotalCon's Chairman of the Board (overal championship), King Philip's War demo's hosted by the game designer, John Poniske, PLUS open gaming with the TotalCon board game library.

Young Players: We host special events for young players like Apples to Apples, Run for your life Candyman, Heroscape teaching tables and the annual favorite: Clays Wars tournament. New this year: Mont Golifier Junior Tournament hosted by GOH John Poniske. In all over 40 events for the the next generation of players!

Don't forget the video gaming, LARPs, MA State Championship Shadowfist CCG event,and more! Also new this year, special Independent Horror, Sci-fi, and Action film screenings in the amphitheater, paint-n-take miniatures, ART SHOW submission WANTED! Enter for a $100 best in show prize!

All offered in affordable comfort at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield MA featuring a heated indoor pool, hot tub, free wi-fi, kids eat free program, on-site restaurant/bar, free parking and free shuttle service to and from the Amtrak and Mansfield train stations for registered hotel guests! Not only a convention...a great complete stay and play weekend winter get-away! Hotel room rates start at just $87 with con code TCE! www.totalcon.com

Come join the fun!!
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Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention - Feb 26-28, 2010, Owego, NY
Submitted by DC on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 22:22. ()

The Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention is a science fiction miniatures gaming convention featuring the rules of GZG including Full Thrust, Dirtside, and Stargrunt.
Free downloads of the rules are available at the convention website.

ECC XIII will be meeting in Owego, NY on Feb 26-28, 2010.  We have been in Lancaster, PA in previous years.

Convention website:
http://www.warpfish.com/jhan/ft/gzgecc/

Photos from ECC XI (2008)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006193&id=1245493738&l=d8aed96c7b

Photos from ECC XII (2009)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2050111&id=1245493738&l=ef5afc5340

If I can answer any questions for you, please contact me at davisje /at/ nycap.rr.com
Jon Davis
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Carnage 12 news, and your chance for a Big Discount
Submitted by DC on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 16:13. ()

Carnage-12: Nothin' But Carnage is coming November 6-8, back at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont.  Carnage is one of the SWA's favorite conventions, and we send a large group every year.

Pre-registration info is now available on the Carnage website:  www.carnagecon.com
Click on the "Pre-Reg Book is online" link in the "News" menu to download their 42-page booklet (folded) in PDF format.

Carnage has over 200 events.  Features include: The Carnage Accords grand Diplomacy tournament, Elder Dragon Highlander tournament, Centuries of Conflict themed historical miniatures event track, a whole weekend of RPGA D&D, and a whole weekend of the very popular Pathfinder RPG.  Lots of board games, miniatues, RPGs and Card games.  Normal fees are $48 for the whole weekend in pre-registration and $60 at the door.

Big Discount Opportunity
Carnage has a nice group discount policy.  In pre-registration only, groups of 5+ can get in for only $40, a 17% discount.

We consider all SWA folks one big happy family, so here's what we can do:
  • Come to Council of Five Nations this coming weekend (Oct 9-11, but you knew that)
  • Have your Carnage 12 pre-registration form completed
    • Or, get a Carnage booket at Council and fill it out on-the-spot
  • Bring your registration form and $40 payment to the Registration Desk before 12 noon on Sunday.
  • Remember, if you're paying by check or money order, make it out to "Carnage Gaming".
  • We'll put them all in one big envelope and hand them to one of the friendly Carnage staff attending Council before they depart on Sunday afternoon.
This way, we all get the discount!

Hope to see you at Council, and then again at Carnage.
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Carnage is looking for Boardgame GMs
Submitted by DC on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 17:48. ()

We are just five months away from Nothing but Carnage.  We are in full swing of getting great games and great GMs to run them. We are planning on presenting another excellent selection of Boardgames for you this year!  Below is a wish list of Boardgames we would love to have at Carnage 12.  This is in no way a complete list.  There are many great games not on this list that we would love to have as well.  Also not all these games will neccessarily be run at Carnage.  But we will try!  So if you are interested in GMing this year and feel comfortable running any of these games, please use our GM submission form at the www.carnagecon.com website.  (or email me directly mrgarabaldi005@yahoo.com with your game or any questions) Be sure to include your prefered time slot to run, as well as a back up slot.   If you want to GM and don't see your game in our wish list.... still go to the GM submission form and submit your game!  All games submissions are welcome!   Our deadline this year is Aug 5th. 

Please click "Read more" below to see the list...
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Northeast Wars IX: 34 Days and Counting
Submitted by DC on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 22:10. ()

With just over a month to go before Northeast Wars IX kicks off, it seems like an opportune moment to update everyone on what's going on this year, April 3rd through the 5th at the Inn at Essex.

* Steve Kenson, creator of Mutants & Masterminds and staff designer for Green Ronin Publishing, returns as our guest of honor to run some games and hold a panel on the state of RPG publishing. We will have more details on this in coming weeks.

* Groups of five or more can preregister at a discount! You can read more about that here:
http://www.northeastwars.com/register/

* Attendees staying at the Inn can use their room receipt to get a discount on merchandise at Quarterstaff Games. The Inn at Essex's convention rate expires March 15th, so make your reservations now.

* Events have been rolling in since we put the call out. Thanks to everyone who's volunteered! There are too many games to name, so just check out the online schedule:
http://www.northeastwars.com/events/

* The Society for Creative Anachronism will be in attendance, showing off their crafts, mock combat techniques and garb.

To learn more about all this and more -- including participating in our new forums and sending in your Northeast Wars photos -- head on over to http://www.northeastwars.com
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TotalCon XXIII, February 19-22, 2009
Submitted by DC on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 23:51. ()

TotalCon XXIII is gearing up for another great event this coming Feb 19-22, 2009 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA.
 
This year we are pleased to offer:
 
*Special Guests of Honor: Frank Mentzer, founder of the RPGA.; Jay Libby, DillyGreenBeanGames and Cyberpunk v3 artist; Brad Younie, Carnivore Games; Jake Alley, World Dominiation,llc games; Mark Edwards, writer, Catalyst Game Labs; K.D. Bourgoine, game designer and writer; and Adre Kruppa, Call of Cthulhu theatrical GM
 
*Over 120 slot choices in role-playing including TC Realms, 14 slots of Living Forgotten Realms, Pathfinder Society, Call of Cthulhu, GURPs, Shadowrun, AD&D and more!
 
*Over 130 slot choices in the board game area including Star Fleet Battles Tournament, Ad Astra demo team, New England Regional Championships, open gaming and an on-site library of games.
 
*Full miniature area featuring NE Regional Car Wars Championship, Flames of War NE regional qualifier 1500 point mid-war event,. AT-43, FoW mega battles, Classic BattleTech Tournament, Giant Monster Smash, and events hosted by BattleGroupBoston and Boston Trained Bands
 
*Young player area w/ demo's, tournaments, and age appropriate gaming for 6-16 year olds
 
*ShadowFist ccg Mass. State Championship, drafts, and demo's.
 
*Exhibit Hall, open video gaming, and more!!
 
Full details and pre-reg available here: www.totalcon.com/Events.html
 
Pre-reg is just $30 for 4 full days of gaming fun or $10 per day plus ticket fees.  Mail-in Group Discounts of $5 off full w/e registrations when 5 or more mail regs together in same envelope!  Pre-reg open until Feb. 15, 2009. Online reg available w/ PayPal.
 
Hotel Rates start at $85 with code TC9.
 
Come join the fun!
 
Sincerely,
Angelia M Heroux
Media Director
Total Confusion, LLC
mediadirector@totalcon.com
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On Target 2009 - Historical Miniatures Con, Feb 20-21, 2009
Submitted by DC on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 23:44. ()

Mark Zaslavsky, long-time SWA supporter and frequent Council GM, would like us to know about On Target 2009, a historical miniatures convention at Fort Dix, NJ, on Feb 20-21, 2009.

From the pre-reg material:

ON TARGET 2009 - A Historical Miniature War Game Officer and NCO Professional Development Program and Gaming Event

Military leaders for centuries have "war gamed" or analyzed a battle to determine if they should enter combat. Historians have analyzed these battles afterwards. Historical war gaming allows you to replay battles in history, using miniature figurines to determine if the outcome could have been changed.  Rules allow for tactics, logistics, changes in plans and execution.  This event will challenge you and give you a perspective on the combat you may not have expected.  Join the operations by coming to the War Game Event.

You can download the pre-registration booklet in PDF format by clicking here.

For more direct information, please contact LTC Mark Zaslavsky at
mark.zaslavsky/at/us.army.mil
(609) 562-2773  (no voicemail)
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POINTCON XXXII USMA Wargames Convention is 25 April 2009!
Submitted by DC on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 22:09. ()

Just wanted to let you know the date for POINTCON XXXII has been determined and the website (www.pointcon.org) has been updated.  

POINTCON XXXII will be 25 April 2009 on the 4th Floor of Thayer Hall, at the United States Military Academy at West Point.  We open at 0800 and go to 2330.  We will be specializing in World War II miniatures, Ancient Miniatures, and hope to have an Advanced Squad Leader event.  Hope to see you there.

Sincerely,
Dr. Steve Waddell
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