Badmike wrote:Guys;

The Events List is up....check it out when you get a chance.  Event signup will begin as soon as the majority of games are up. Note that when the time comes, you will have to be signed up for the con itself before you can register for games or events.

Mike B.

http://www.ntrpgcon.com/index.php?option=com_dtregister&Itemid=65

So is it time to start checking in every 6 hours to look for the event sign up?
I need sleep Man!:wink:

This is going out to all the registered attendees from the 2009 Con last year.

I know some of you have already registered at the new website, others have
already registered for the Con this year, so bear with me... I just wanted
to be sure the info was out to everyone.

The North Texas RPG Convention 2010 will be held June 03 through June 6
this year in Irving Texas.

Go to http://NorTexCon.com for more information on all aspects of the Con.

Registration for the Con and for Vendor Tables/Shelves is already open,
registration for Game Events opens on February 01. If you want to run a
game, please contact Mike: MikeBadolato@ntrpgcon.com

We have 7 special guests this year which include:

Rob Kuntz, Tim Kask, Paul Jaquays, Dennis Sustare, Jim Ward, Steve Winter, Jason Braun

There will be other "known" names from the RPG gaming industry in
attendance as well.

Hope to see you there

Doug Rhea
NTRPGCon

Mythmere1 wrote:You're asking what we think about a striptease by Jason? )

Hopefully it's something more like the one at the 1979 Star Trek Lub-Con, featuring "exotic dancers" from "The Middle Eastern Dream Dancers," "Lubbock's first middle eastern dance assn." (Assassins Guild? Association? Who knows?) It doesn't specify in the program I have from this convention, but I've always wondered if the dancers wore green body makeup. Ah, for the days of Wendy Pini visiting cons dressed as Red Sonja. Therefore I vote for strippers in green body paint &/or chainmail bikinis (AC 8 or better).

Please do come if you can...

Two great updates!

First, it's going to be a Swords and Wizardry kind of year!  Matt "Mythmere" Finch, author of S&W, is kicking off a 5-part round-robin megadungeon crawl into the depths of Mythrus Tower. Starting Thursday night, and continuing Friday morning, Friday night, Saturday morning, and Saturday night, characters will enter a deadly megadungeon to see what treasure they find, and what kind of creatures they face,  as they try to explore as many nooks and crannies of Mythrus Tower as possible! The entire Black Blade Publishing clan will be in on this; Matt, Allan Grohe, and Jon Hershberger will all be DMing sessions of this adventure, using the S&W core rules or the original OD&D rules (whichever you can get your hands on).

Players from earlier expeditions may use their same characters (with all their xp and treasure), and new players may freely join the party. Information, including maps, may be freely shared by those who undertook one of the earlier expeditions; in fact, this is encouraged. Treasure that's looted by earlier expeditions will be gone; bodies left behind will still be there. This is an ongoing series of expeditions, not the same scenario being played over and over again.

Notes: Newly generated characters are also entered into the "Book of Names" of the Swords & Wizardry World of Mythrus campaign. These characters can be brought into later World of Mythrus events with their existing levels and equipment.

Mythrus Tower is a vast megadungeon, with all the traditional features from traps to tricks to wandering monsters. Bring your A-game; the upper levels are easy, but this is the real thing, not an introductory module.

Second; Jon Hershberger is going to time travel us back to the "good old days" with a 8 hour (or longer?) session set in the Wilderlands.   He is running a special "Castle of the Mad Archmage" AD&D adventure/dungeon crawl all day Sunday. It will be broken up into two sessions, morning and afternoon. Players can continue their characters into the second session (if they survive), or new players can join after a lunch break.  All in all, you can play from 9 am until 6 pm (or later) Sunday, reliving those great days when a typical weekend D&D session lasted until all the pop in the fridge and chips in the cupboard were gone! A special treat for any locals, or those staying over Sunday night.

Along with the megadungeon seminar Saturday afternoon, this weekend's schedule will be a pleasant experience to anyone who loves the old style dungeon crawl!

Mike B.

Badmike wrote:First, it's going to be a Swords and Wizardry kind of year!  Matt "Mythmere" Finch, author of S&W, is kicking off a 5-part round-robin megadungeon crawl into the depths of Mythrus Tower. Starting Thursday night, and continuing Friday morning, Friday night, Saturday morning, and Saturday night, characters will enter a deadly megadungeon to see what treasure they find, and what kind of creatures they face,  as they try to explore as many nooks and crannies of Mythrus Tower as possible! The entire Black Blade Publishing clan will be in on this; Matt, Allan Grohe, and Jon Hershberger will all be DMing sessions of this adventure, using the S&W core rules or the original OD&D rules (whichever you can get your hands on).  

And it will be a blast! If you've never played OD&D before, it's a hell of a lot of fun. Try it out.

There was a question posted on Knights & Knaves asking of someone over seas purchased raffle tickets would we ship the items over seas...

Well of course... Mike is a pro at that sort of thing.

Last year I think we only had about 3-4 people win that were not at the Con that we had to ship their winning item(s) to them (some others won, but purchased stuff so we could ship their winnings with the purchase).

In any case, we did not charge any shipping in the USA for items won. I used FedEx Ground and it cost me about $7.00 per shipment.

So should those of you over seas wish to purchase raffle tickets, and should you win something, we will eat the first $7.00 of shipping, and you'll just have to pick up the rest of the shipping.

lucyjoyce wrote:
Did not want you to have to ship my winning items to me this year, so bought my airline ticket tonight!  Woot!

To those unable to come, I'd recommend buying raffle tickets.  A good way to contribute to a worthy endeavor, and you just might get lucky!

Yippeee!  LJ is coming!  Now we CAN have the jello wrestling!!!!!  

Mike B.

sauromatian wrote: Therefore I vote for strippers in green body paint &/or chainmail bikinis (AC 8 or better).

I think the green paint would gunk up my luxurious pelt! I don't even want to think about what chainmail would do to it. KELLY CLARKSON!!!