This is a group to provide information on the Chattanooga Rail Gaming Challenge. Begun in 1997, this is a fan based convention that is one of the longest running conventions devoted primarily to play of railroad based boardgames in the USA. This convention is held in January or February each year and draws players from as far away as England. Although the major focus is two separate tournaments, there is some open gaming areas and some Euro style games are played every year. I update my web page at least once a year usually in the fall with details on next year's event. For up to date information on the convention visit:
http://home.chattanooga.net/~derrick/gaming05.htm
Some discussion can sometimes be found in the Yahoo group devoted to 1830 and other related games (search under 1830 or follow the link)
Although the title of this email identified the location as St. Louis, the text of the attachment was not explicit on the geography. The tournament site and
This event may be of interest to Chattanooga RGC group members. I attended last year and although it is not limited to rail games I was able to play 18FL and
The Chattanooga Rail Gaming Challenge was held January 15-17, 2010 at the Residence Inn by Marriott. We had 57 players this year which was down just a bit from
Chattanooga was, as always, great fun. I think maybe the numbers were down a little (42 in Grand Prix)but games were happening pretty much non-stop from 9am
Thanks to Mark for another fun con, and from the PB room thanks to Debbie for another great job as conductor. It was also fun having our U.K. friends drop in