Directory: Games: Conventions: North America: United States (65)

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ConnCon - Events held in Connecticut throughout the year. Includes may systems of roleplaying and wargames. Features a number of ongoing campaigns.

Dragonflight - Annual convention held August 10-12 in Bellevue, Washington, featuring board games, miniatures, roleplaying, RPGA, CCGs, computer games, and an auction.

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.

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.

Midsouthcon - Science fiction, fantasy, science, horror, and gaming convention held in Memphis, TN, in late March.

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.

Florida Con-Quest - Regular conventions held in various Florida locations. Live action games, CCGs, miniatures, PlayStation, Nintendo.

DunDraCon - A February convention in San Ramon, California. Featuring board games, miniatures, card games, LARP, roleplaying, and SCA.

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.

Global Gaming Expo - A trade show hosted by the gaming industry, for the gaming industry.

Great River Gaming Guild - Presents a yearly convention called QuinCon in Quincy, IL, as well as a series of Mini-Cons throughout the year.

SAGA Con - Miniatures gaming in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Also roleplaying, LARP, and card games.

MOBICON - Annual fantasy and gaming convention in Mobile, AL. Features roleplaying, board, miniature, computer, and collectible card games, live action roleplaying, and anime rooms.

CastleCon - This convention includes gaming, as well as a LARP.

Millennium - Held every November in Austin, Texas. Offers miniatures, role playing, board games, and card playing events. Special guests and tournaments are also featured.

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.

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.

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.

Octocon - A slower-paced 'relaxacon', held in Cincinnati in October. Run by the Cincinnati Fantasy Group.

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.

The Once and Future Con - Fredericksburg. Magic: the Gathering, roleplaying, Diplomacy, board games.

Cogcon - Each September, in Rolla, Missouri. Roleplaying, CCGs, wargames, computer games.

Dragon*Con - The world's largest fantasy/SF convention, held annually in Atlanta, GA, on Labor Day weekend.

PortConMaine.Com - An anime/gaming convention for Portland, Maine. A yearly convention that will just get better and better!

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.

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.

Archon - St. Louis Science Fiction hosts the Archon Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention, held annually in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Large gaming section.

Prezcon - Held in February, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Board games, miniatures and CCGs.

Games University - Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board games and miniatures. Held in Southern California.

The Madison Wordplayers - Meets monthly at Borders Book Shop for word game fun in Madison, Wisconsin.

FreeCon 2001 - Three-day roleplaying convention in the Lansing, Michigan area.

Cod Con - Held in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in April. Events include Magic:TG, AD&D, L5R, Live Action Vampire, and Battletech.

BCon - Role-playing and board game convention held on the campus of Bradley University in Peoria, IL late in February.

Castle LARP - Annual World of Darkness LARP event held in Oregon, Illinois.

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.

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.

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.

DarkCon - RPGA gaming, LARP, miniatures.

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.

MACE - Held in North Carolina. Featuring LARPs, roleplay, board, card and miniature games. Events by Hollow Hills, Game Society, and RPGA.

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.

Games University - Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board games and miniatures. Held in Fullerton, Southern California.

U•Con 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.

Duracon - RPGA gaming convention. A weekend of roleplaying games in Durham, North Carolina.

FlatCon - A gaming convention located in Bloomington, Illinois. A variety of roleplaying, miniature, board, and card games and tournaments are represented. Vendor range from Anime, gaming, fantasy gifts, and comics.

AnonyCon - Gaming convention in Stamford, CT that features roleplaying games and a variety of other gaming.

HMGS South Information - Historical miniature gaming society with links to the RECON and HURRICON conventions. Also contains agallery of previous conventions.

OshCon - Annual convention for players of table top role-playing games, card games, and miniatures games.

Paladin Works - Maryland based group who run an annual roleplaying event, Conquest.

Wild Gazebo Productions - Organizers of two conventions in Edison, New Jersey; Lollagazebo (November) and A Gazebo of Games (April). Offers board games, CCGs, exhibitors, LARPs, RPGs, minis, RPGA, and an assortment of special events.

EveCon - Held in Reston, Virginia. Board games, strategic miniature games, card, war, and video games, and a live-action roleplaying game (LARP).

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.

KublaCon - Held in Burlingame, CA, May 28-31, 2004. Offers information, events, and news.

PolyCon - Held at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California. Includes history, newsletter, and events.

Game Days 2004 - Held April 22-25, 2004 at the Days Hotel in Timonium, Maryland. Offers information, events, and history.

ARCHON - Science fiction and fantasy theme. Includes miniatures, modeling, video games, an art show, and masquerade. Located in Illinois, United States.

I-Con - Annual host of a variety of sponsored tournaments, demos and open games of all varieties. Offers news, events, downloads, and schedules.

Minnesota Gamers' Convention - Held the weekend before Thanksgiving in the St. Paul Minnesota area. Miniatures, board games, card games (CCGS) are the focus.

ProtoCon - Student-run gaming convention at Texas A&M University.

Marmalade Dog - Held each year by the Western Michigan Gamers Guild (WMGG) on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Features role-playing games, collectible card games, board games, special events and guests.

EconoCon - Plymouth, NH. Sponsored by the PSC Gaming Club, this convention is geared toward being affordable.

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).

CodCon - Held in the spring at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn,Illinois. Features RPGs and CCGs (including tournament events), anime, guest speakers, and game demos.

ShaunCon - Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in November.

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