Con-Quest. Derby, UK

[Darran]

Con-Quest Lives !

Con-Quest: The Midlands Show is a new gaming convention taking place at the Derby Assembly Rooms on Saturday 10th April 2010.

Formerly known as ‘Dragonmeet Midlands’, Con-Quest is a one day show packed with all manner of gaming activities and trade stands. Whether it’s role playing games, board and card games or miniature wargames, Con-Quest has them all, as well as trade stands offering everything from the very latest releases to collectables and hard to find items. Whatever your gaming needs Con-Quest aims to deliver!

The event will be taking over the majority of the Derby Assembly Rooms, offering numerous areas for demonstration and participation games, artist displays, game manufacturers and designers, trade stands and areas to simply meet up with friends and catch-up on one of the bars or cafes on site.

The event is family friendly and welcomes both veteran gamers as well as those just wanting to find out more about the gaming hobby.

Tickets are on sale now from the Assembly Room box office - http://www.derbylive.co.uk and keep checking back to the Con-Quest web site at http://www.con-quest.co.uk for the latest updates.

For trade enquiries please contact darransims@gmail.com

Long live Con-Quest!

Tickets are on sale from the Derby LIVE Assembly Rooms Box Office.
http://www.derbylive.co.uk
Telephone: 01332 255800

Advance price £6.00 [£7.00 on the door on the day].

 

[Darran]

A call for games from Evilgaz

Greetings!

At the prestigious, inaugural Con-Quest I shall be your dashing host for games of all varieties. We’d like to encourage you all to put on games - RPGs, CCGs, Board Games, Miniatures, whatever you like – and are considering how we can reward the noble souls who step forward to run/facilitate something; it will probably be free entry into the event for the day, but I know that the vibrant UK gaming scene will be full of eager volunteers whether this is the case or not!

To register your game(s) before the convention, you will need to email me at the gaming hotline address (evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com) and I’ll see to it that you’re booked in with a table and advertised on the website in a timely fashion just as soon as we’ve got the fully functioning site in place. Pass on to me the usual sort of details:

GM/Facilitator
Title of Game
System (if different from above)
Max Number of Players
Length of Game
Short Description (up to 500 words)
Tags(any short, snappy key words, such as age, experience needed, drop in or sign up?)
e.g. PG13, newbie friendly, fairly traditional, pirates, funny accents

We’re a fairly broad church and if you want to run something, we’re here to support you . From D&D 4e to Polaris via Dead of Night and Savage Worlds, traditional to radical, chess to Heroclix, demo game to playtest, Last Night on Earth to Warmachine – label up what you want to run and we’ll do our best to promote it and provide you what you need from the venue.

To avoid clashes and overlaps the day will be split into two slots for games that will run for 3.5 or 4 hours with a gap in between for food, refreshments, wandering the trade hall, etc.

Day will be split into slots
Slot 1 = 10:30 until 14:00
Slot 2 = 15:00 until 19:00

Any questions or queries drop me a line at evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com and I’ll do my best to answer them when I can.

I look forward to seeing a bursting schedule of diverse games and know that the UK gaming community won’t disappoint!

Gaz (Evil)

Not sure you’re up to it? Well, we have confidence in you. Ask around the forum for friendly advice and check out the links below for some other resources:

Evilgaz’s Top Ten Covention Game Pitfalls
Darran Sims’ “Convention Gaming Advice”
UK Roleplayers Collected Advice

 

[Darran]

Booking is live at Derby LIVE.
Yes you can book on-line.
Direct Link.

 

[Darran]

Run A Game - Get In Free!

Well its that time of year, the festiveness has well and truly faded and being stuck indoors really sucks when there's nothing to do... but wait - how about you get yourself a con scenario together, or learn the secrets of that new boardgame you got for Christmas?

Here at Con-Quest we like things simple (like us), so here's the deal. Get yourself a game together and mail me the details (evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com) and I’ll see to it that you’re booked in with a table, and better still that you get in for free on the day. Get booked in early enough and you can choose where you want to be. We've got plenty of tables in the main hall which is great for demos and boisterous action, there's the quieter Reception Suite and chilled and sophisticated '45 Suite, ideal for relaxed games.

Pass on to me the usual sort of details and I'll get your name on the guest list and a table of choice marked for your use.

GM/Facilitator
Title of Game
System (if different from above)
Slot (morning or afternoon)
Max Number of Players
Length of Game
Short Description (up to 500 words)
Tags(any short, snappy key words, such as age, experience needed, drop in or sign up?)
e.g. PG13, newbie friendly, fairly traditional, pirates, funny accents

Look forward to seeing what you've got to offer guys!

 

[Darran]

Here is the first promotional video for the RPG Convention Con-Quest that takes place in Derby on Saturday 10th April 2010.




Enjoy!

 

[Darran]

Games are starting to be added to the website and we have also confirmed that Alessio Cavatore will be running demos of Shuuro.

Additionally, both Nick Kyme and Gav Thorpe from Games Workshop’s Black Library will be in attendance signing books and chatting with fans.

 

[Darran]

We are proud to announce the first of our traders.
News of the others will follow in the next few days

The Dice Shop Online

The Dice Shop Online is Europe's largest volume retailer of dice. With over 4000 different dice wherever you live, whatever games you play, we have what you need and you should expect nothing but the best service from our team.

 

[Darran]

There are several ways to get tickets for you to attend Con-Quest Midlands 2010.

1. Press this Paypal link below and buy a ticket on-line. Remember to fill in you name and contact details.
You will collect your ticket from the convention desk on the door on the day so avoiding any long queues at the box office.


To Paypal link on Con-Quest site.


2. If you are in Derby you can buy tickets over the counter at the Derby LIVE box office either at the Assembly Rooms box office located at the Market Place or at the Derby Theatre box office in the Westfield Centre.
Opening hours are 10:00 until 20:00 Monday to Saturday.

3. You can ring the Derby LIVE box office 01332 255800 and buy tickets over the phone. Both credit and debit cards are accepted for payment. Credit cards incur a £1 booking fee [debit cards don’t incur a fee] and postage will incur a charge of 50p. When collecting tickets from the box office the card used for payment must be seen.

4. On-line through the Derby LIVE box office system.
Go to the Derby LIVE Con-Quest website and click the ‘Buy Now’ link.
Check it says ‘Con-Quest 2010 RPG Convention’ and click ‘Buy Tickets’
Select the amount of tickets you would like to book and click the ‘Continue’ button.
Select your concessions and click the ‘Continue’ button
Check your ticket summary, if this is correct click the ‘Continue’ button.
Enter your personal details and credit card details. Please note Derby LIVE charge a processing fee of £2 per transaction (not per ticket).
Click the ‘Purchase’ button to complete the transaction — you may wish to print the Transaction Complete page for your reference though an e-mail confirmation will be sent to you.
All tickets purchased within the UK more than 7 days prior to Con-Quest will be posted to you.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Just to add to this, Mongoose will be present, so come down and hassle us over which games you want us to bring out!

 

[lastbesthope]

Just to add to this, Mongoose will be present, so come down and hassle us over which games you want us to bring out!

I won't be able to make it to hassle you in person, but ARMAGEDDON 2089 please!!!!!!!!!

LBH

 

[Darran]

We are proud to announce our second trader.

House Atreides at www.hacards.com are specialists in 2nd hand role-playing games.

They stock thousands of items, from the mundane to the rare and valuable, for hundreds of different game systems, plus single cards for many CCG systems.

 

[orion21x]

Ohh..ounds cool, and the site too.
Can you tell us more about them> thanks.. =)

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cloud b sleep sheep

 

[Darran]

More news on our traders, here is Viva Hate.

Viva Hate specialises in Music, T.V. & Film merchandise. We stock everything music, from Metallica Hoodies to Slipknot Wallets.
We sell Film & T.V. merchandise from Star Wars Back Packs to Southpark figures as well as large ranges of 2000 A.D., Marvel, D.C. Comics and Living Dead Dolls.

 

[Darran]

We have exciting news of our next trader and publisher. A prolific publisher gaining many interesting titles and games, they are worth keeping an eye on.

Cubicle 7 Entertainment is a British-based publisher and events company, specialising in the games industry.

Founded in 2006, by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, the company has published role-playing games from a list of licensed and home-grown properties including Victoriana, Starblazer Adventure (based on DC Thomson’s 80’s Starblazer comic series), SLA Industries, Qin: The Warring States and the recent Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space (licensed from the BBC).

Cubicle 7 also works with a number of publishing partners helping bring their creations to print and into distribution.

In June 2009 Cubicle 7 announced it had joined the Rebellion Group.

 

[Darran]

We have more news on our traders.

Genki Gear great Original designs from UK artists.
At Genki Gear we take the great style of Japanese culture, Anime, Sci-fi and gaming and mix with our unique humour and style!

 

[Darran]

We are pleased to announce one of our traders is Pagan Angel.

Pagan Angel is a small family run business offering quality sterling silver jewellery, Pagan, Wiccan + other symbolic pieces, cutting edge steel and rubber jewellery, collars + cuffs, gaming themed jewellery as well as handcrafted pieces including circlets and various head pieces. Plus gaming, gothic, fantasy and quirky logo T-shirts for all alternative markets and a range of gothic and rock and roll accessories.

 

[Darran]

We do have some breaking news!



We are very excited about the sponsorship and support we are getting off DriveThruRPG!
Many thanks to Sean P. Fannon for sorting this out for us.



DriveThruRPG is proud to support Con-Quest Midlands 2010 by providing a special coupon code for 20% off the following products:


• Brave New World (AEG)
• Fantasy Craft (Crafty Games)
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space (Cubicle 7)
• Heavy Gear Blitz! Locked & Loaded - Rulebook Rev 1.1 (Dream Pod 9)
• Dragonshire: Mega Bundle Set (Fat Dragon Games)
• The Dungeon Alphabet (Goodman Games)
• Fuzzy Heroes, 2nd Edition (Inner City Games Designs)
• RuneQuest II (Mongoose Publishing)
• Rifts (Palladium Books)
• Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion (Pinnacle Entertainment)
• Cyberpunk v.3 (R. Talsorian Games)
• Realms of Cthulhu (Reality Blurs)


The code will be printed in the Con-Quest 2010 Convention Booklet that every attendee of Con-Quest 2010 will receive on arrival.
The code will be valid from 10-04-10 for three months.

 

[Darran]

Here is another one of our great traders/game publishers.

D101 Games is a small press company based in the Manchester area putting out story driven roleplaying games, since 2008. We have our roots in the D100/Gloranthan community and continue to support that via our fanzine ‘Hearts in Glorantha’, our complete D100 game “OpenQuest” and its supplements of which the Swords and Sorcery setting “The Savage North” is the first.

We are also moving into new territory with the release of ‘Wordplay: The Big Five’, a universal story telling engine where description links seemlessly with a d6 dice mechanic supported by four unique settings, and the upcoming release of ‘Monkey: The Storytelling Game’ of the ‘Journey to the West’.

Our demo Games masters will be running games of ‘OpenQuest: Savage North’ and ‘Monkey’ during the con.

As well as copies of ‘Hearts in Glorantha’ and ‘OpenQuest’, we will also be debutting ‘The Savage North’ and ‘Wordplay: The Big Five’ at Con-Quest.

 

[Darran]

We are very excited to announce another trader/publisher – Mongoose!

Based in Swindon, UK, Mongoose Publishing was founded in 2001 and within 6 months became the UK’s largest publisher of roleplaying games. Initially concentrating on d20 based products, Mongoose Publishing’s first book was the Slayers Guide to Hobgoblins, part of the Slayers Guide series of books. Subsequent product lines followed in rapid succession with the release of the Encyclopaedia Arcane, Travellers Tales, Quintessnential and Cities of Fantasy series of books.

Mongoose has earned a reputation for producing quality licensed products to sit alongside their generic fantasy ranges and their first licensed book, the Judge Dredd roleplaying game, proved to be an instant hit. Further licensed products followed with roleplaying games based on Slaine, Babylon 5, Conan, Lone Wolf, Macho Women with Guns, Paranoia and Runequest. Mongoose’s newest licenced roleplaying game, Traveller, brings back the classic science fiction roleplaying game.

Mongoose Publishing’s miniatures games and roleplaying games continue to provide gamers with fantastic worlds in which to immerse themselves, and the company has become a recognised force in the world of hobby games.

 

[Darran]

We have more news on our traders, this time Magic Geek.

Magic Geek are CCG traders primarily focusing on Magic: The Gathering.

We stock a large range of single cards and boxed product. As one of the UK’s Advanced Level tournament organizers we also run regular monthly events at our Birmingham and Stafford venues. Finally, as we are board game fans we stock a growing range of card and board games too.