Tuesday, July 9, 2013

July Games Convention Calendar update

We added a lucky 13 conventions this past month which if my total count is right pushed us a hair over 600 cons!  All but two of these new cons were outside of the US.

Three more online gaming cons were added to the list and it really looks like that trend is taking off.  Virtuacon will be the first offering by the people at RPGGeek.com, LUG Con claims to be quarterly (although September will be their 2nd event) and the people who ran last year's 30th Anniversary Star Frontiers Online Con are in the preliminary stages of putting together another!

Here are the new listings:

Gamer Convention Calendar for Australia:

  • Hobarts Winter Gamesfest (August 10, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)


Games Con List for Canada:

  • Impossible Realities (September 13 – 15, St. John's, NB, Canada)
  • Unplugged Expo (October 26-27, Toronto, Canada)
  • StrDexCon (January ?-?, London, ON)


Europe Game Cons:

  • Cardboard and Sun (August 27-31, Paros, Greece)
  • OctoGones (October 4-6, Lyon, France)
  • Cardboard and Snow (January ?-?, Yllas, Finland)
  • Pyrkon (March ?-?, Ponzan, Poland)


Gaming Convention Online List:

  • Jacker Con (July 19-21, Online)
  • LUG Con (September 20-22, Online)
  • Virtuacon (October 18-20, Online)



USA Game Conventions Calendar:
Capital Region Games Con:

  • OmegaCon (September 27-29, Charlottesville, VA)


Gamer Cons List for South Atlantic Region:

  • Puerto Rico ComicCon (May 24-25, San Juan, PR)



We also added a new affiliate this past month: BoardGameTravel.com. They run two vacation conventions each year and they are offering GCC's followers a 50 euro discount on their summer con if you book by July 15th. That con: Cardboard & Sun is in August on the Greek Isle of Paros. Use coupon code: GCC135 when booking for the discount. (They've also extended this offer to friends of our followers, so feel free to share!) More details are at their website: www.boardgametravel.com