Post by badmike on Mar 3, 2015 10:38:25 GMT -6
Welcome to the 7th Annual North Texas RPG Convention! The NTRPG Con focuses on old-school Dungeons & Dragons gaming (mainly OD&D, 1E, 2E, or Basic/Expert) as well as any pre-2000 type of RPG produced by the classic gaming companies of the 70s and 80s (TSR, Chaosium, FGU, FASA, GDW, etc). We also support retro-clone or simulacrum type gaming that copies the old style of RPGs (Swords & Wizardry and others). We also support newer versions of some classic RPGs (D&D 5E, for example). All RPG games are welcome at the Con, but we do not schedule card or board games except in special circumstances...unlike most other cons we are primarily old school RPG focused! Our sponsors this year are Black Blade Publishing (http://www.black-blade-publishing.com/) and Gamehole Con (Gamehole Con), and Frog God Games (Welcome to Frog God Games | Frog God Games) is again a room sponsor. We still have places for several more full and limited sponsorships.
Our convention dates are: Thursday June 4, 2015 @ noon until Sunday June 7, 2014 @ 1800. You can register for the convention now at Ntrpgcon.com. Registration for events begins at 12:01 am April 15th, so please make sure you have registered and paid your fees beforehand at the ntrpgcon.com site! We will be adding events during the next few months in a variety of games, so check back often to see what new games have popped up on the schedule.
Standard Registration starts August 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015 and will be $55.00 for the entire four day weekend.
Late registration will be from May 1, 2015 through May 15, 2015 and will be $65.00, as will be the fee for walkups at the Con. Single day tickets for each day are also available.
Registration fees are non-refundable, if you cancel, your fee will be rolled over to 2016.
This is our third year at the DFW South Marriott, and for the first year we will have the ENTIRE hotel (including all meeting rooms) for the length of the con, from Wed night onwards! This is a great hotel with lots of space for all sorts of gaming activities (we have the entire grand ballroom, atrium and all boardrooms, accommodating over 30 tables of gaming), it is only a couple of minutes south of DFW airport and easily reached by shuttle. This venue also features a full restaurant and bar, as well as being right in the center of an area with many restaurants and coffee shops within walking distance.
We have many, many confirmed special guests from the early days of the hobby attending in 2015, pulling out all the stops as you will see by this list: Wolfgang Baur, Bob Bledsaw Jr., Stephen Chenault, Chris Clark, David 'Zeb' Cook, Liz Danforth, DARLENE, Jeff Dee, Larry Elmore, Matt Finch, Joseph Goodman, Jeff Grubb, Ernest G. Gygax Jr, Allen Hammack, Jennell Jaquays, Timothy Kask, Doug Kovacs, David 'Diesel' LaForce, Steve Marsh, Frank Mentzer, Mark Nelson, Erol Otus, Steve Perrin, Merle Rasmussen, Lawrence Schick, Dr. Dennis Sustare, Jeff Talanian, James M. Ward, Bill Webb, and Steve Winter. For the first year and continuing on from here, we will have special "Friends of the Con" guests every year, these are people who have significantly contributed to the success of the con and continue to support the con by their presence and contributions to the hobby. This year two individuals who have attended every NTRPG con are honored, Bill Barsh and Allan "Grodog" Grohe!
This year games include AD&D 1E and 2E, D&D 5th Edition, Gamma World, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperboria, Top Secret, Metamorphosis Alpha, Swords & Wizardry, OD&D, Basic D&D, GURPS, Traveller, Tunnels & Trolls, Boot Hill, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Castles & Crusades, Cavemaster, Classic Battletech, and many more! Included will be our 6th annual Mythrus Tower game run by Matt Finch and Bill Webb; Also this year we will feature our 5th annual chariot racing classic Circus Maximus (trophy awarded); Avalon Hill's classic man-to-man combat game Gladiator (trophy awarded), and more. Included is the 4th Annual NTRPG Con AD&D tournament (run once again by Pacesetter Games). We also will have a lot of gaming goodness for sale at several dealer's and special guest tables set up (this year expanded to 20 tables) along with a raffle and auction. Several seminars are scheduled including an art panel featuring Otus, Dee, LaForce, Easley, Elmore, Jaquays and Kovacs. And back for a second run is the wild weird and wacky Midnight Auction, hosted by Badmike and Lloyd Metcalf and co-hosted by that infernal jokester Satan!
Besides Garycon, this is the premier old school style convention in the country with more classic gaming available than any other con in the south, run by some of the giants of the industry. NTRPG Con has quickly become the best place in the south to meet and game with the past icons of the industry that typically only attend conventions in the midwest or northeast.
Rooms at the beautiful Marriort DFW South are only $107 a night! A bargain!!! The link is on the Frontpage of the NTRPGcon. (NTRPGcon.com)
If you are thinking of running an event at the con, please feel free to post the details in this thread (along with any questions you might have about this con or past NTRPG cons) or email me at mikebadolato@ntrpgcon.com
Discussion of Con events, guests, games, and misc is now at ntrpgconforum.com!
Mike B.
Our convention dates are: Thursday June 4, 2015 @ noon until Sunday June 7, 2014 @ 1800. You can register for the convention now at Ntrpgcon.com. Registration for events begins at 12:01 am April 15th, so please make sure you have registered and paid your fees beforehand at the ntrpgcon.com site! We will be adding events during the next few months in a variety of games, so check back often to see what new games have popped up on the schedule.
Standard Registration starts August 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015 and will be $55.00 for the entire four day weekend.
Late registration will be from May 1, 2015 through May 15, 2015 and will be $65.00, as will be the fee for walkups at the Con. Single day tickets for each day are also available.
Registration fees are non-refundable, if you cancel, your fee will be rolled over to 2016.
This is our third year at the DFW South Marriott, and for the first year we will have the ENTIRE hotel (including all meeting rooms) for the length of the con, from Wed night onwards! This is a great hotel with lots of space for all sorts of gaming activities (we have the entire grand ballroom, atrium and all boardrooms, accommodating over 30 tables of gaming), it is only a couple of minutes south of DFW airport and easily reached by shuttle. This venue also features a full restaurant and bar, as well as being right in the center of an area with many restaurants and coffee shops within walking distance.
We have many, many confirmed special guests from the early days of the hobby attending in 2015, pulling out all the stops as you will see by this list: Wolfgang Baur, Bob Bledsaw Jr., Stephen Chenault, Chris Clark, David 'Zeb' Cook, Liz Danforth, DARLENE, Jeff Dee, Larry Elmore, Matt Finch, Joseph Goodman, Jeff Grubb, Ernest G. Gygax Jr, Allen Hammack, Jennell Jaquays, Timothy Kask, Doug Kovacs, David 'Diesel' LaForce, Steve Marsh, Frank Mentzer, Mark Nelson, Erol Otus, Steve Perrin, Merle Rasmussen, Lawrence Schick, Dr. Dennis Sustare, Jeff Talanian, James M. Ward, Bill Webb, and Steve Winter. For the first year and continuing on from here, we will have special "Friends of the Con" guests every year, these are people who have significantly contributed to the success of the con and continue to support the con by their presence and contributions to the hobby. This year two individuals who have attended every NTRPG con are honored, Bill Barsh and Allan "Grodog" Grohe!
This year games include AD&D 1E and 2E, D&D 5th Edition, Gamma World, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperboria, Top Secret, Metamorphosis Alpha, Swords & Wizardry, OD&D, Basic D&D, GURPS, Traveller, Tunnels & Trolls, Boot Hill, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Castles & Crusades, Cavemaster, Classic Battletech, and many more! Included will be our 6th annual Mythrus Tower game run by Matt Finch and Bill Webb; Also this year we will feature our 5th annual chariot racing classic Circus Maximus (trophy awarded); Avalon Hill's classic man-to-man combat game Gladiator (trophy awarded), and more. Included is the 4th Annual NTRPG Con AD&D tournament (run once again by Pacesetter Games). We also will have a lot of gaming goodness for sale at several dealer's and special guest tables set up (this year expanded to 20 tables) along with a raffle and auction. Several seminars are scheduled including an art panel featuring Otus, Dee, LaForce, Easley, Elmore, Jaquays and Kovacs. And back for a second run is the wild weird and wacky Midnight Auction, hosted by Badmike and Lloyd Metcalf and co-hosted by that infernal jokester Satan!
Besides Garycon, this is the premier old school style convention in the country with more classic gaming available than any other con in the south, run by some of the giants of the industry. NTRPG Con has quickly become the best place in the south to meet and game with the past icons of the industry that typically only attend conventions in the midwest or northeast.
Rooms at the beautiful Marriort DFW South are only $107 a night! A bargain!!! The link is on the Frontpage of the NTRPGcon. (NTRPGcon.com)
If you are thinking of running an event at the con, please feel free to post the details in this thread (along with any questions you might have about this con or past NTRPG cons) or email me at mikebadolato@ntrpgcon.com
Discussion of Con events, guests, games, and misc is now at ntrpgconforum.com!
Mike B.