Role Playing Games Line-Up at GottaCon 2011

Today we announce our role playing games line-up planned for GottaCon 2011. Below please find a list of the vast variety of modules and game systems planned for GottaCon 2011, which will be held February 4th to 6th, 2011 at Pearkes Arena in Victoria BC (3100 Tillicum Road).

If you want to secure your seat at one of these awesome games simply do the following:

How to Pre-Register for Events:
1) Pre-purchase a ticket via our website, warhorn site or store location
2) go here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/attendee/new.php
3) Create a user account
4) Wait for GottaCon Staff to clear you (remember only people who have purchased tickets can pre register for events). You will receive an email letting you know you have been cleared.
5) Once you have been cleared, you browse the event listing (while logged in) by going here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php
6) Then you sign up for the events you want.

A Selection of RPGs from the Line-up for GottaCon 2011 (by day and time)

Friday Evening (7pm to 11pm)

FantasyCraft - The Darkest Hour
By Nathan Smela
Start Time: 7:00pm
# of participants: 4 - 6 (Characters will be provided)

Grimm RPG - Escape from Witch Tower
By Scott Hamerton.
Start Time: 7:00pm
# of participants: 3 – 6 (Characters will be provided)

Friday Night at Midnight

D&D 3.5 - GottaCon Midnight Madness: Elemental Skeins (D&D)
By Ryan Downing.
Start Time: 12:00am (midnight)
# of participants: 12 - 24 (Characters will be provided)

Saturday Morning (9am to 1pm)

D&D 4th Edition - Path of the Nomad: Welcome to the Carnival
By Path of the Nomad.
Start Time: 9:00am
# of participants: 3 – 6 (Pregen characters can be provided)

Gore! RPG - Secret Cross: Hollenhaus
By Steve Saunders.
Start Time: 9:00am
# of participants: 2 - 6 (Characters will be provided)

Saturday Afternoon (2pm to 6pm)

Dynamic Gaming System - It Came From Beyond EPA Standards!
By Third Eye Games.
Start Time: 2:00pm
# of participants: 2 - 6 (Characters will be provided)

Over the Edge - The Island of Director Morose
By Chris Slater.
Start Time: 2:00pm
# of participants: 3 - 6 (Characters will be provided)

West End Games D6 - Mass Effect : The Steepest Step
By Nathan Patten.
Start Time: 2:00pm
# of participants: 3 – 5

Saturday Evening (7pm to 11pm)

D&D 4th Edition - Living Forgotten Realms: CORM1-7 Patronage and Pestilence
Start Time: 7:00pm
# of participants: 3 – 6 (Please have a character ready to play)

Pathfinder Society #2-13: Murder on the Throaty Mermaid
By Vancouver Island Gaming Guild.
Start Time: 7:00pm
# of participants: 3 – 6 (Please have a character ready to play)

Savage Worlds - F(l)ight for Survival
By Takeda Mataroshi.
Start Time: 7:00pm
# of participants: 2 - 6 (Characters will be provided)

Saturday Night at Midnight

Ubiquity - Zombie Island: Celebrity Edition
By Mike Sansregret .
Start Time: 12:00am (midnight)
# of participants: 4 - 6 (characters will be provided)

Sunday Morning (9am to 1pm)

DEMO - Axes of the Heavens Playtest
By Crosstime Games - Eric Seaton
Time: 9:00am
# of Participants: 1 - 6 (characters will be provided)

DEMO - D&D 3rd Edition - Intro to Dungeons and Dragons
By Todd Glawson.
Start Time: 9:00am
# of participants: 1 – 6

Sunday Afternoon (2pm to 6pm)

??? - I’m Not Telling You What You’re Playing
By Steve Saunders.
Start Time: 2:00pm
# of participants: 2 – 8

Custom System- To Jupiter and Beyond
By Scott Hamerton.
Start Time: 2:00pm
# of participants: 3 – 6

There are more than 57 events over three days. WOW that is a lot of events!!!! GottaCon would like to thank all the event coordinators for making these events possible and a special thanks to the crew at the Vancouver Island Gaming Guild for their efforts to bring out a huge team of GMs and modules. For complete details on the above events including descriptions please download our event listing here http://www.gottacon.com/components/gottaconeventlisting.pdf or view the events on the Warhorn site here http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php.

We hope you find a few games above to your liking and will come out to GottaCon 2010!

Board Games Line-Up at GottaCon 2011

Today we announce our board games line-up planned for GottaCon 2011. We have a great line up of events this year as well as numerous tournaments in popular board games. To see the list of games available by day and time please visit our website announcement here:

http://www.gottacon.com/?p=595

If you want to secure your seat at one of these awesome games simply do the following:

How to Pre-Register for Events:
1) Pre-purchase a ticket via our website, warhorn site or store location
2) go here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/attendee/new.php
3) Create a user account
4) Wait for GottaCon Staff to clear you (remember only people who have purchased tickets can pre register for events). You will receive an email letting you know you have been cleared.
5) Once you have been cleared, you browse the event listing (while logged in) by going here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php
6) Then you sign up for the events you want.

GottaCon would like to thank all the event coordinators for making these events possible and a special thanks to the VCON, Skyhaven Games and Interactivity Games and Stuff crews for their efforts to bring out a huge team of board game masters. For complete details on the above events including descriptions please download our event listing here http://www.gottacon.com/components/gottaconeventlisting.pdf or view the events on the Warhorn site here http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php.

We hope you find a few games above to your liking and will come out to GottaCon 2011!

GottaCon Advance Ticket Price Ends this Monday

If you plan on attending GottaCon 2011 and the massively huge and impressive amount of games available this year you should buy your ticket while they are still on sale and save yourself some cash. Full weekend tickets can now be bought for $30, but after January 24th you will have to buy your ticket at the door and it will cost you $40. Buying your ticket now also lets you sign up in advance for any events that you really want to get into on our Warhorn site. It just makes sense to buy them now.

There are multiple ways to get tickets!
1) Paypal – Pay from the comfort of your own home via our [url=http://www.gottacon.com/?page_id=10]website[/url].
2) Purchase a ticket at a local participating retail location – Listed below.

[url=http://www.theconnectiongames.com]The Connection Games[/url]
located at:
8136 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-261-4588
and
2945 Renfrew St. Vancouver, BC
Phone 604-327-4585

[url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Duncan-BC/Dice-Bag-Games/260262627630?v=info]Dice Bag Games[/url]
Located at:
60 Queens Road Duncan, BC
Phone: 250-597-1992

[url=http://www.dragonimpact.com/?gclid=CIDjnoLn66ICFQQKbAodPWVKXg]Dragon Impact[/url]
Located at:
764-B Yates Street Victoria, BC
Phone: 250-590-8880

[url=http://sites.google.com/site/evogamingleague/home]EVO Games[/url]
Located at:
1089 – 105 Langford Parkway Victoria B.C
Business Phone: 250-590-8803

[url=http://skyhavengames.proboards.com/index.cgi?]Skyhaven Games[/url]
Located at:
3458 Tillicum Rd Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 477-1519

[url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21485482875]Yellow Jacket Comics[/url]
Located at:
649 Johnson St. Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 480-0049

[b]IMPORTANT![/b]

It is very important to remember that when you purchase your ticket that you include your first and last name and the full name of the individual(s) that the ticket(s) are for as well as a phone number and/or email address we can contact you at to confirm your purchase was received. Once you have purchased your ticket we will update our records, then all you have to do is sign up for events and show up on February 4th to 6th and enjoy the show.

If you don’t get your tickets in time, don’t worry tickets will be available at the door. Event preregistration via Warhorn will remain open for those that pre-purchased tickets until January 31, 2011. Thank you and see you at GottaCon!!
 

GottaCon 2011 is in Three Days

GottaCon 2011 is only three days away, starting at 5pm on February 4th, 2011 which will bring 50 straight hours of non-stop gaming goodness. Whether you like video games, trading card games, role playing games, miniatures, or board games we will have something for you. GottaCon also features a variety of exhibitors, face painting, full body painting demonstrations, a Lego kids build for the young and old, a costume contest as well as our ever popular silent gamer’s auction. GottaCon is also happy to have added a board game library this year that includes games from; Fantasy Flight, Days of Wonder, Rio Grande, Steve Jackson Games, Mayfair Games, AEG, Zman Games and others.

We are also pleased to release a link to our web version (PDF, 7MB) of the GottaCon 2011 Program. We hope you enjoy it!! All the ads are linked to their respective sites where possible.

Link: http://www.gottacon.com/components/images/gottacon_2011_program_web.pdf

For a complete list of all our events please visit our website
Link: http://www.gottacon.com/?page_id=225

We are expecting a great turn out this year. If you are part of the line-up on Friday to get through the doors please be patient as we work as hard as we can to get you in as fast as possible.

GottaCon 2011 Wrap-up

GottaCon 2011 saw over 20% growth from last year, with more than 1100 people coming through the doors. There were more vendors and sponsors, which meant more prizes and giveaways. That said, GottaCon 2012 is now on the radar and planning will commence shortly!! GC 2012 dates are February 3 to 5, 2012.

GottaCon would like to thank all the fantastic volunteers and event coordinators who came out and made the event great. Also thanks too Paul Puhallo, EVO Games, Lower MainLAN, Rida Vanderkam, Starlit Citadel, Anime Evolution, IRL Events, VicLUG, VIGG and Interactivity Games for coming out and organizing some great tournaments.

Check out photos from the event on our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53735751473&v=photos. Add your own and tag your friends.

If you have any feedback please send a email to Carson Upton cupton@gottacon.com

Look for more information on GottaCon 2012, Feb 3 to 5, soon!