[UK] Con-Quest Midlands 2011

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Darran

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Just to let you all know that Con-Quest Midlands 2011 will take place on Saturday 30th April 2011 at the Derby Assembly Rooms.


Tickets from the Box Office are now live from Friday 1st October 2010.


You can now get your Early-Bird tickets at the special rate of £6.00 via the Con-Quest website using Paypal. :D


More news about events and games will follow...



 
With the success of the first Con-Quest we are going to do it all again in 2011 only bigger and better than before.
Dates are Saturday 30th April 2011 and we are at the Derby Assembly Rooms again.


Run A Game - Get In Free!



We endeavour to provide a wide and far reaching games programme for our attendees to showcase what UK role players can offer.
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 18:30

To register your games before the convention, you will need to email me at the gaming hotline address at darransims@googlemail.com and I’ll see to it that you’re booked in with a table and advertised on the website.
Pass on to me the usual sort of details:

  • GM name
    Title of Game
    Game System
    Game Slot
    [morning or afternoon?]
    Quiet or Display Game? [In a quieter room or in the main hall]
    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?]


We’re happy to get any kind of game with a variety of settings or genres for all tastes and gaming philosophies.
From D&D 4e to Polaris via Dead of Night, RuneQuest and Savage Worlds, traditional to radical, chess to Heroclix, demo game to playtest, Last Night on Earth to Warmachine with a little Call of Cthulhu along the way – 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.


For those that are unsure or are not confident GMing a game for strangers we will offer support and help.
Some advice below may be helpful for novice Con GMs and experts alike:

Evilgaz’s Top Ten Covention Game Pitfalls
Darran Sims’ “Convention Gaming Advice”
UK Roleplayers Collected Advice
 
We do have some breaking news! :D



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 2011 by providing a special coupon code for 20% off the following products:

Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion [Pinnacle Entertainment]
• Realms of Cthulhu [Reality Blurs]
• Karma Roleplaying System Core [Bards and Sages]
• FantasyCraft [Crafty Games]
• Fat Dragon's Dragonshire Deluxe [Fat Dragon Games]




The code will be printed in the Con-Quest 2011 Convention Booklet that every attendee of Con-Quest 2011 will receive on arrival.
The code will be valid from 30-04-11 for three months.
 
We are proud to announce that we will be having a game seminar taking place at Con-Quest 2011.

'Come and ask Alessio Cavatore all sort of questions about games he has designed, like Kings of War, as well as about the latest project in development for both Mantic and Warlord Games'.

Details and timings will appear in the programme.


Alessio Cavatore
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After studying biology at Turin’s university, Alessio Cavatore has moved to the UK at age 25 to work as a translator for Games Workshop.

One year later he became a games developer, and has continued to do that job for the last fifteen years. For Games Workshop he has worked on several game systems and supplements, like Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40,000 and the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.
He is now the managing director of the company he co-founded River Horse Ltd, in order to publish games of his own making. The first one is Shuuro, the game of creative chess, soon followed by its four-player expansion Turanga.

He also hires his games-design skills as a consultant for many gaming companies out there, like Mantic (for which he has written Kings of War) and Warlord Games.
 
The relaxed and friendly gaming convention Con-Quest is back again at the Derby Assembly Rooms on Saturday 30th April 2011!

Our inaugural year was a great success, with hundreds of delegates coming along and joining the fun, including fifty games masters, a live action performance group and several demo teams, retailers, traders and more!

We have a top class programme of games on offer already, with great game masters , old and new, signed up to run wide variety of fantastic games - but we aim to go bigger and better, so can still squeeze a few more in.
We also want some more wargames, battleboards that really impress and show off our hobby.
It would be nice to see some Mongoose Publishing games like RuneQuest at Con-Quest.

If you want to run an RPG, or some drop-in games like skirmish wargames, card games and board games, you can get in to the event early and totally free with one of our sassy Volunteer Wristbands. What's more, we have a GM Lounge with a water cooler, tea, coffee and hot chocolate for you to relax and freshen up between games.

If you want to help out in other ways, volunteers are also wanted to run the Bring & Buy stall and assist at the game sign-up boards, so if you want to support us that way, there's all the benefits above for you too!

If you are interested in helping out then send Darran a line at darransims@googlemail.com

Current list of some of the game systems already offered:
Mongoose Traveller.
Dungeons & Dragons
Basic D&D/Labyrinth Lord
Traveller
Dark Heresy
Apocalypse World
Savage Worlds
Realms of Cthulhu
Barbarians of Lemuria
The Laundry RPG
Pathfinder RPG
Wordplay
Ghostbusters International
SLA Industries
Feng Shui
Dresden Files
3:16 Carnage
 
We are happy to announce that Team 8 will be running games at Con-Quest!


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Team8 was originally formed by a group of independent gamers to promote new material for existing games, we now offer Convention Support, Printing Services, and RPG support.

Punishment Tour
3:16 Carnage. GM = John Wilson.

One of Our Agents is Missing
The Laundry RPG. GM = Sue Wilson.

A Midsummer’s Nighmare 2
SLA Industries. GM = Ash.

The Body in Question
Basic D&D/Labyrinth Lord. GM = John Wilson.

Race Through Time
Feng Shui. GM = Ash.

Hangover City
Dresden Files. GM = Sue Wilson.

A Hole in the World
Nerdvana [Beta Sysytem]. GM = John Dodd.

Black sky, White Terror
Deathwatch. GM = John Dodd.
 
We a delighted to announce the first six traders and stall holders that will be attending Con-Quest 2011.

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The Dice Shop Online

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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.

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House Atreides

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

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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.

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Cubicle 7

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

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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.

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Genki Gear

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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!

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Magic Geek

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

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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.

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Leisure Games

Leisure Games, specialist games retailer and mail order service, stocking what is probably Europe’s widest range of RPG’s, Indie Press RPG’s, Board games, Card games and War games since 1985.

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Leisure Games is a specialist Games retailer. We stock only Games, and pride ourselves in having a remarkable breadth of stock of Games of all types (except computer Games!). We stock Roleplaying, Wargames, Collectable Card Games, Board Games from all over the World, Miniatures, Traditional Games and Non-Collectable Card Games.
We also stock accessories, such as dice, scenery, game mats, counter trays, card sleeves etc., so if you are looking for something to do with Games give us a try!

We operate a Worldwide Mail Order Service which has the highest reputation for being fast, efficient and friendly. We use First Class mail or 48 hour guaranteed delivery for UK destinations, and Air Mail for Overseas destinations.

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