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• 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 Midwests largest fireworks celebration. Managed by Wizards of the Coast.
  
• Gen Con Game Fair Recognized as the largest gaming convention in the US. Aims to offer something for every science fiction, fantasy, or general game-playing fan. A good spot to spend a squelching August, surrounded by famous celebrities, thousands of games, and shopping opportunities.
  
  
• JonesCon Gainesville, Florida, in January. Mostly miniatures and historical games. A no-frills convention at a low price.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Global Gaming Expo A trade show hosted by the gaming industry, for the gaming industry.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• EconoCon V April 21, 2001, Plymouth, NH. Sponsored by the PSC Gaming Club, this convention is geared toward being affordable.
  
• Games University Focuses on demonstration games for roleplaying, card games, board games and miniatures. Held in Southern California.
  
• 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.
  
• Complete Strategy Gaming Organizers of ShoreCon (September) and MonCon (March), two NJ conventions. Board games, card games, miniature games, role-playing games, computer network gaming, live-action events.
  
• Koncentricity: Ground Zero Arkansas' largest gaming, comics, and collectibles convention. October 26-28, 2001. RPGA events, Steve Jackson games, and others. Plus costume contest, dealers, and other stuff.
  
• 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.
  
• UB Con Annual gaming convention around March and April, featuring roleplaying, card games, board games, and miniatures. In Buffalo, NY, USA.
  
• SAGACon Springfield, Missouri. Star Trek tournaments, RPGA events, and live action roleplaying.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Midsouthcon Science fiction, fantasy, science, horror, and gaming convention held in Memphis, TN, in late March.
  
• ProtoCon Student-run gaming convention at Texas A&M University.
  
• CastleCon Annual games convention held each summer with HMGS standards in effect.
  
• ThunderCon 99 Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in June.
  
• Sierracon Northern Nevada's only annual gaming convention. Columbus Day weekend. Roleplaying, miniatures, collectible card 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Uni-con Three-day gaming convention held in Joplin, MO.
  
• International Camarilla Convention A gathering of members of the Camarilla (an ongoing worldwide campaign set in White Wolf's World of Darkness setting). Usually held in October, in a different city each year.
  
• WarFair A miniatures convention in June, in Atlanta, GA.
  
• Orbcon Columbus, Central Ohio, February. Includes: RPGA events Magic, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, miniatures events, board games, live action rpgs, scheduled rpg events, dealers.
  
• Game Storm Held in Portland, Oregon, in March, and featuring board games, role playing games, collectible card games, and miniatures.
  
• 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).
  
• Virginia Role Players Association Hosts two conventions in Richmond, Virginia: Patriot Games (May) and Reindeer Games (December). Roleplaying, CCGs, Camarilla, miniatures.
  
• The Madison Wordplayers Meets monthly at Borders Book Shop for word game fun in Madison, Wisconsin.
  
• Chicagoland Gamer's CONclave Site for Chicagoland's November 23-25, 2001 Con. Held at the Indian Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, IL.
  
• Gamefest Full gaming conventions located regionally around the US.
  
• Keeper of Ancient GenCon Lore If you want to know about GenCon this is the Site! Great listing of Milwaukee hotels.
  
• 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.
  
• Great River Gaming Guild Presents a yearly convention called QuinCon in Quincy, IL, as well as a series of Mini-Cons throughout the year.
  
• DarkCon RPGA gaming, LARP, miniatures.
  
• Bakkenalia Brett and Cyndi Bakke host Labor Day celebration, food, friends, fun. Roleplaying games, German table games, LARPs, war games, train games.
  
• Florida Con-Quest Regular conventions held in various Florida locations. Live action games, CCGs, miniatures, PlayStation, Nintendo.
  
• 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.
  
• Millennium September, in Austin, Texas. Lots of miniatures games. Could probably do with some help fixing the CAPS LOCK key.
  
• Dreams' Haven Presents the Phoenix Inn, a live action fantasy festival held twice a year in northern California.
  
• 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.
  
• Revelations Convention 2001 A gaming convention at Southern Maine Tech College - Portland Maine
  
• Little Wars A wargaming weekend in April in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Run by HGMS Midwest.
  
• Chaos Con Run every March by the Clarksville Gamemasters Guild in middle Tennessee. Features roleplaying, miniatures, card games, board games, computer gaming, anime, charity and gaming auctions, costume balls, LARP, and more!
  
• 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 CCG/TCG games.
  
• OurCon April, UMass' Campus Center, Amherst, MA. Mostly roleplaying with a touch of CCG and LARP.
  
• 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.
  
• BCon Role-playing and board game convention held on the campus of Bradley University in Peoria, IL late in February.
  
• Con on the River Roleplaying, cards, LARP. Winona, MN. October.
  
• 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.
  
• SiliCon Annual science fiction & gaming convention held in Sunnyvale CA near San Jose, CA. Features artists' colony, dealers room, art show, fan tables, fencing demo, belly dancing, seminars, filking, masquerade ball, GOHs, Scheduled & Open Board Gaming, RPGs, CCGs, & more to come!
  
• The Once and Future Con Fredericksburg. Magic: the Gathering, roleplaying, Diplomacy, board games.
  
• UCon Held in Ann Arbor, MI, in November. Roleplaying games, CCGs, board games, miniatures, train games, LARP, DCI-sanctioned Magic tournaments, dealers' room, auction, specialty gaming tracks.
  
• FreeCon 2001 Three-day roleplaying convention in the Lansing, Michigan area.
  
• Cogcon Each September, in Rolla, Missouri. Roleplaying, CCGs, wargames, computer games.
  
• 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.
  
• TechCon Run each April by the GameMasters Guild of IIT in Chicago, IL. A three-day event that features both role-playing and war games.
  
• Spring Offensive Focuses on miniatures, role-playing and card games. Held in East Peoria, Illinois in April.
  
• 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.
  
• MarsCon Features southeastern Virginia's premier science fiction/fantasy/gaming Relax-a-Con.
  
• Egyptian Campaign A three-day annual convention held in March at Southern Illinois University. Features games, auction, contests, dealers.
  
• SAGA Con Miniatures gaming in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Also roleplaying, LARP, and card games.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Castle LARP Annual World of Darkness LARP event held in Oregon, Illinois.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Southern Front Historical miniatures wargaming, featuring Napoleonics, Seven Years War, American Revolution, American Civil War, Ancients, Naval (all periods), British Colonial, WWI-II, Air Combat. September. Raleigh, North Carolina.
  
• Octocon A slower-paced 'relaxacon', held in Cincinnati in October. Run by the Cincinnati Fantasy Group.
  
• Razorbattles Live action, M:tG, computer network games, video games, roleplaying, wargames. Fayetteville, AR. April.
  
• Barracks Battles One-day miniatures game convention organized by Big Muddy HGA in St. Louis, MO during March.
  
• Cod Con Held in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in April. Events include Magic:TG, AD&D, L5R, Live Action Vampire, and Battletech.
  
• GameCon Oakland convention held Memorial Day weekend. Lots of miniatures, roleplaying, LARP, board games, card games.
  
• CyCon Iowa State University's annual convention devoted to fun and games. Games, tournaments, auctions, prizes, lectures and special guests from the gaming industry. March.
  
• 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.
  
• WinterCon Gamefest One-day January convention in Warren, MI. Roleplaying, miniatures, board games, open gaming, on-site food, auction, collectible card games.
  
• PointCon Central Wisconsin, April. Featuring roleplaying games, strategy games, board games, collectible card games, Japanese animation, science fiction, and live action games.
  
• Dragonflight August event at Seattle University, Washington, featuring board games, miniatures, roleplaying, CCGs and computer games.
  
• DunDraCon A February convention in San Ramon, California. Featuring board games, miniatures, card games, LARP, roleplaying, and SCA.
  
• MOBICON IV MOBICON, a three day fantasy convention and gamers mecca held in Mobile, AL. From roleplaying games, board games, collectible card games, miniature games, live action roleplaying, Computer gaming, anime rooms.
  
• 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.
  
• Command Con Three-day miniatures convention run by Big Muddy HGA in St. Louis in November.
  
• Archon St. Louis Science Fiction hosts the Archon Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention, held annually in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Large gaming section.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Prezcon Held in February, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Board games, miniatures and CCGs.
  
• MaineCon This is the official site for Southern Maine's newest Gaming Convention.
  
• Intercon XVI 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.
  
• Festival of Dreams A gathering of LARPs from around the South East, held in Atlanta, GA.
  
• ShadowCon LARP convention based on the Shadowrun system. Held in Red Bank, NJ, in November.
  
• 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).
  
• UncommonCon: The Shocking Truth A cultural event featuring comic books, role-playing games, science-fiction & fantasy art & literature, anime & manga, and all related hobbies & art forms. Dallas, TX, USA.
  
• MACE Held in North Carolina. Featuring LARPs, roleplay, board, card and miniature games. Events by Hollow Hills, Game Society, and RPGA.
  
• ShaunCon Roleplaying, miniatures, card, and LARP games presented by the Role-Players Guild of Kansas City, Ltd, in November.
  
• Plattecon Mu Held in March in Platteville, Wisconsin, on the UW Platteville campus in the Ullsvik Center. Includes: White Wolf, SJ Games, WOTC CCGs, Atlas Games.
  
• ConnCon Events held in Connecticut throughout the year. Includes may systems of roleplaying and wargames. Features a number of ongoing campaigns.