Where?  The Rutland Square Hotel, St James Street, Nottingham.
When? 29th April to 2nd May 2005 - the first Bank Holiday weekend.
What time? 18:00 Friday night to 14:00 Monday.
What did you have in mind? Boardgames, Spielchamps UK, Silly Drive,
Freeforms, RPGs, Playtesting. And anything else you want to do.
Please fill in the boxes on the form and we'll try and make the
convention you want.
Where do we play? The Rutland Square Hotel has three meeting
rooms exclusively for our use in the hotel., plus another for children
But I live in Nottingham - I don't want to stay in the hotel? That's
okay, you can sign up for the con without having to stay in the hotel.
If you're not staying in the hotel, please come and spend some money
in there at the Bar
Bar? Yes, of course. Any special requests for Real Ales or Bar Snacks?
Accommodation? Twin and Double Rooms in the hotel are £35 per night
per person for Bed and Breakfast with two sharing. Single occupancy is
£45 per person per night. The hotel also has a number of Premier
rooms, which can have extra beds, please contact them directly (0115
941 1114, mention MayCon) to arrange this
How much does it cost?
			    		 In advance   		     On the Door
			 Up to March 30th From April 1st
Per day 		 £10 	 £12  £15
The whole weekend 	     £30 	 £35
How do I sign up? Fill in the form, send it to us with a cheque
payable to "UK Freeforms" or e-mail maycon2005@...
I'd like to run a game / freeform / RPG session - can I?  Yup!. Tell
us, and we'll put it into the events list. We'll put a timetable
together based on who wants to play and what people want to run.

Booking forms available from the Yahoo group
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/MayConUK

MasterCon 2005 is this weekend - 18th to 20th March 2005.

Unfortunately, Eve Smith has been seriously ill in the last week. She is
now out of hospital, but has been ordered to take two weeks complete rest,
so neither she nor Keith will be there. Therefore I am taking over the
running of the convention for this year. This has come as rather a surprise
to me, as I'm sure it will be to you, so please be nice to me, make things
as easy as you can, don't get too upset if things don't quite go perfectly,
etc.

Other than that, the convention will be the same as it has been in the last
couple of years - same location, same games (plus maybe some new ones),
same friendly atmosphere, etc.

If you are coming along, and you have not told Keith and Eve, please let me
know a.s.a.p.

If you want a room in the hotel, please book it yourself. If you have any
problems doing this, then please let me know, and I'll do what I can to help.

More information can be found at http://www.ellought.demon.co.uk/mastercon

David.

PSYCHOCON 2005

2pm Friday 21st to 6pm Sunday 23rd October 2005 in Harrogate!

The Event:
A Board Games convention open to ALL! Tournaments to include:
Diplomacy, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Formula De, Acquire -
more to be announced, all with prizes! Other games: Well... please
bring any favourite games with you, there is bound to be opportunity
and players available to participate. The more the merrier! This
year's PSYCHO CON will be bigger and better!

Registration Fee:

£8 per day, or £15 for the weekend if booked before 31st July
2005.

£10 per day or £20 for the weekend if after 31st July or paying
on the door.

Children under 7 are FREE. Children 12 and under are half price.
If not booking for the weekend, please specify which day(s) you will
be attending.

A downloadable booking form is available from
http://www.psychozine.co.uk/psychocon

The Venue:
The Crown Hotel, Harrogate

Accommodation:
You must book your own accommodation directly with The Crown Hotel!
The Hotel is holding some rooms for us for a limited period! Please
book as soon as possible!

The rates we have negotiated are:
£30 pppn B&B for a twin or double room.
£37.50 pppn B&B for a single room.
Please call reservations on:
0845 602 6787 or 0870 609 6115 and Quote: Group 1392

More information about The Crown Hotel and directions can be found
on it's website. These rates are only available until 31st August
2005! The Hotel is very close to the town centre and convenient for
local restaurants, shopping and Harrogate's many attractions!

Catering & Bar Facilities:
The Con Bar will be available from 11:30 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 23:00
each day, with the Hotel bar available outside these hours. Teas and
Coffees available (£1 per cup) throughout the day. Bar snacks will
be available either from the Con Bar or from the Bronte bar until
10pm. Dinner will also be available in the Hotel restaurant. A
plethora of restaurants is available only a few minutes walk from
the Hotel!

Latest PSYCHO CON information can be found on the psychopath
website: http://www.psychozine.co.uk

PUERTO RICO comes to MSO Cambridge for a third year with a new referee (Ian
Pearson) and a new system P.R.U.N.E.S.

DATE:     7th May 2005

Details:   http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/msocam/schedule.html
             puertorico@...
              http://www.finchleygamesclub.org/~ian/PR_MSO.htm

Hi All,

ManorCon is fast approaching - this year, it's the 15th to the 18th July
2005. This year, it's back to Shackleton Hall at Birmingham University. The
hall's been refurbished last summer, so it's all looking shiny and new inside.

The deadline for booking is now just over a week away. Bookings must be
received by June 17th - otherwise you'll have to book on the door and pay
the higher price. If you need a booking form, it can be downloaded from the
ManorCon website, http://www.diplom.org/manorcon

Meanwhile, if anybody is organising another games convention in the next 12
months, then please let me know, so we can include it on the Upcoming
Conventions page of the ManorCon Programme Booklet. And if you'd like to
take out a full page advert in the Programme Booklet, please contact me for
details - I need to know a.s.a.p., and will need to have the advert by the
end of the month.

David.

I'm just passing this info on - contact Pete for me info (details below).

Frome, Somerset, UK, July 10th 2005
£1

This years Frome GamesCon will be taking place at the Cheese
and Grain Building in the Market Yard in Frome on Sunday
July 10th from 10am 'till 5pm.

We have lots of free games to play, tournaments,
competitions, talks, displays, prizes, CCG's, RPG's, fantasy
artwork, manufacturers, games for sale, games authors,
miniatures, wargames, free parking, well you know the sort
of thing and of course there will be food and drink
available all day!

The main attraction of course is to share space with like
minded people, play games, meet new friends and have fun!

We have also commissioned a specially made real ale for the
event called appropriately enough "WassAle".

We have 30 plus explainers helping out and the whole event
should be a bit of fun.

Frome is in Somerset in the UK between Bath and Glastonbury
and this event is one of the very few in the area during
2005. Various clubs will also be present, so this is your
chance to come to Somerset and have fun!

We are holding the event as part of the Frome Festival
(www.fromefestival.co.uk) to give you more reasons for
travelling to Somerset to see us. Tthere are over 140
events spread over ten days, so why not make a weekend of it
and see Van Morrison the night before or stay on at the
venue after the GamesCon and see Arthur Lee and Love.

The Frome GamesCon is being jointly run by Wassail Games and
Iksentrik Models, both of Frome. For further information on
the GamesCon, please call Pete on 01373 469946 or use the
e-mail link here on this site.

Website : www.wassailgames.com

I've posted about this before so apologies to anyone who's seen.

I host a bi-monthly house con in Hinckley where I live, anybody in the
Midlands who is interested please feel free to get in touch.

Andrew

Hi, the Mind Sports Olympiad is again in Manchester this year, and
(fingers crossed) we're hopeful for more people to turn up to MSOCON,
the bit for friendly people who play the sort of boardgames you like
to play (unless you play Diplomacy, in which case you want the
previous weekend.)

This year we've got the usual tournaments, plus Markus Welbourne of
JKLM Games running a JKLM tournament, and a Victor Ludorum,
administered in a comatose fashion by Geoff Brown. It's all on the
usual August bank holiday weekend, ie the end of August.

Cost is £20+£10 late fee, which covers Friday morning to Monday early
evening.

I'll try to put the flyer up in the files section here, but at any
rate you can book online at

http://www.msoworld.com/2005/msocon.html

See

http://www.msoworld.com/2005/schedule.html

for more tournament details and start times.

Persons who can bring copies of any of the tournament games
(especially Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, Lost Cities...) are especially
welcome.

thanks,

Martin Burroughs

PSYCHOCON 2005

PSYCHOCON 2005 is approaching quickly!

It takes place from 21st October to 23rd October @ the Crown Hotel,
Harrogate, UK.

Full details can be found at:
http://www.psychozine.co.uk/psychocon/

The closing date for EARLY BIRD registrations has been put back to
31st August 2005!! This coincides with the date that the hotel will
release hotel rooms for general sale!

So... if you plan on attending this year, please get your
registration forms in quickly, and most importantly, get your room
booked at the hotel BEFORE they are released to the general public!

Thanks

MIKE

PS Could any zine editors or website publishers please pass on this
information to their subscribers.

PPS As last year, if any zine editors or website publishers send me a
SHORT piece about their zine/website, I will ensure that it is
included within the psychocon booklet!

Registration website:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/edc2006/onlineform.php


The 2006 European Diplomacy Championship dates are now confirmed.

Shaun and I went to see the place today and booked the venue & dates. I will
update the EDC website (address above) with more details in a week or two, which
will feed back to everyone who registered on the website.

For now we have the following which is 100% confirmed:

Dates:  3-5 March 2006 (Opens 2pm Friday 3rd, Finish Sunday 5th at 6pm)
		 (you may come earlier or stay later, but this is the
time we 	 have the convention room booked for).

Location: Lee Valley Youth Centre, Cheshunt.
		 (Cheshunt is about 15 minutes by train half way between Stanstead Airport &
London Liverpool Street station, on the main train line between these two
locations. The venue is ONE MINUTE walk from the station)

The cost will be (to be confirmed) £27.50 for the Saturday night and £20 for the
Friday. The £27.50 gets bed, breakfast and evening meal. The £20 gets B&B only.
Prices are not 100% confirmed because there will be new rates next year, not
expected to increase too much.

The rooms are all shared dormitories with 4-8 beds in each. There are some dorms
with just two beds but these will cost a bit more. There are hotels near by, if
anyone wants a higher standard of accommodation.

There are five "lodges" and up to 25 people can stay in each (i.e., each lodge
has 5 or 6 dormitories). Each lodge has it's own communal area to cook & play
games all night if you want.

The main area we will play games in will cost £520. Some of this will be
recovered from the English players (£12 each) the rest (and the cost of
trophies) will come out of my pocket, so there may be a "donations bucket" to
those generous few amongst you.

The venue has an on-site bar and several pubs near by. The town (a short
walk) has high street shops where you can stock up on goodies etc.

This is as close as we can get to a good airport for foreign visitors, so we
expect all you foreign players to come.

The important thing to foreign players is to BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS EARLY to get
cheap deals. If you book now you may get a flight for just £5!

Also (when more details are announced) you will need to BOOK YOUR ROOMS early
too; they have 125 beds but will offer these to other visitors too.
Rooms will need to be booked by players themselves - The website will have more
details in a couple of weeks.

Please register at the website at the top of this email to receive future
updates, and tell your friends too.

Catch you soon
Toby

Greetings and Salutations
2005-08-24-1400.

Continuum is a biannual roleplaying, freeform and board games
convention held at Beaumont Hall, part of the Leicester University
campus Halls of Residence, from July 28th - 31st, 2006.

Continuum features the games and settings of Chaosium, Issaries and
other notable companies, as well as hosting many large and small
freeform games.

Noted for its friendly and accessible atmosphere, the convention is
open to gamers of all ages, although attendees younger than 18 will
require a signed permission slip and be accompanied by a responsible
parent or guardian.

Goto:
http://www.continuum.uk.net/


Cheers

Darran Sims.

_____________________________________
Go to Continuum!
Web  - http://www.continuum.uk.net

MASTERCON XIII
Hosting EuroDipCon XIV
3rd - 5th March 2006
Lee Valley Youth Hostel, Windmill Lane, Cheshunt, Herts
http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/861.html

PROGRESS REPORT #1 incorporating the REGISTRATION FORM

MasterCon is on the move once again. Keith and Eve Smith have stepped down from
organizing the event after 4 years. This MasterCon is unique in that it will be
in a new location and will also be hosting EuroDipCon - the first time since
1998! The main organizer and Tournament Director for the Diplomacy will be Toby
Harris. Toby needs no introduction, he is a larger than life character who has
been in the hobby for about 20 years. In fact he was the winner of EuroDipCon
the last time it was hosted by MasterCon.
I am Shaun Derrick, previous organizer of MasterCon from 1994 until 2001 and I
am coming out of 'retirement' just for this particular convention. I will be
taking a background role, having found a location for the event.
David Norman will be helping with the Diplomacy scoring. With his considerable
experience in this field, things will, I am sure, run very smoothly.
Emeric Miszti is our website guru and he will be monitoring that side of things.
Of course, MasterCon isn't just Diplomacy. There will be lots of casual gaming
and an 18xx tournament  which has been a mainstay of MasterCon since the
convention began.

ACCOMMODATION

There are two main options for accommodation, the hostel accommodation and the
Marriott hotel. There may be local Bed and Breakfast options, but you would need
to arrange these directly if you wish to pursue that option.

The Lee Valley Youth Hostel has been completely refurbished and re-opened last
year. For those of you who consider Youth Hostels to be shabby claustrophobic
shacks, then you will be very pleasantly surprised how modern this one is. The
rooms are all en-suite and have 2,4,6 or 8 beds in each. They are very spacious
rooms with each lodge holding approximately 24 beds and have kitchen facilities
and enough space for gaming away from the main gaming room if you wanted it.  It
is classed as a 5 Star Youth Hostel and is certainly much better than I expected
it to be. Take a look at the website above.

The gaming room is in the main block with the restaurants, snack bar, shop and
'Games room' (This has a table football game). It also has a balcony for those
who want to get some fresh air or do their diplomacy outside. Smoking is not
permitted in any of the buildings so smokers will have to go onto the balcony of
the gaming room or outside the building.

Access is very easy. By car it is just half a mile from the main street through
Cheshunt town centre down Windmill Lane, plenty of parking available free of
charge. By train you can alight at Cheshunt station which is just across the
level crossing - literally a one minute walk! By air Stansted would be ideal as
there is a direct regular rail service from Stansted to Cheshunt station. More
specific details on train times and directions will follow in a future progress
report.

Being close to London there may be a number of people who won't need
accommodation, but will merely commute to/from the venue. There is a direct
service from Liverpool Street station to Cheshunt.

The Marriott Hotel is about 2 miles away from the venue. This is for those who
want rather more luxury than the Hostel. The hotel is on the junction of the A10
and A1170 at Turnford, the northern end of Cheshunt.

ACCOMMODATION RATES

The Lee Valley Youth Hostel
1 bed in a 4,6 or 8 bedded room -  £20.00 for Friday 03 March
					 £27.50 for Saturday 04 March
					 £20.00 for Sunday 05 March

1 bed in a 2 bedded room -  £40.00 for Friday 03 March
					 £47.50 for Saturday 04 March
					 £40.00 for Sunday 05 March

The rate for Friday and Sunday includes breakfast. The rate for Saturday
includes breakfast and dinner. The Saturday rate is a mandatory Dinner, Bed and
Breakfast rate, whether you take the Dinner or not.
All hostel bookings must be booked direct with the Youth Hostel.

Lee Valley Village YHA,
YHA (England & Wales) Ltd,
Windmill Lane,
Cheshunt,
Hertfordshire (UK),
EN8 9AJ.
Tel: 01992 628392 (00 44 1992 628392),
Fax: 01992 643984 (00 44 1992 643984)
Email: leevalley@..., www.yha.org.uk

Please mention that you are part of EDC or European Diplomacy Championship so
that they can apply the correct rate.

The Marriott Cheshunt Hotel
The hotel will hold some rooms off for me but I don't think this is necessary at
this stage.

The rate is £80.00 per night for a room whether there are 1 or 2 people in the
room. This rate includes breakfast and VAT. If anyone wants the rate for 3
people in a room, let me know.
However, if you are certain that you want to stay at this hotel and can book in
advance, there is currently a web fare of £76.00 for up to 2 people in the room
B&B, but you have to pay in advance and the rate is non-refundable. If you want
to book this hotel not using the web fare, then please contact me. I would
advise anyone even thinking of booking the hotel to let me know so that I can
calculate the number of rooms required.
If there are any Marriott card holders out there, you may get a better rate by
contacting the hotel direct.

The hotel details are...
Marriott Cheshunt Hotel
Halfhide Lane
Turnford
Broxbourne,
Hertfordshire EN10 6NG
Phone: 01992 451245
Fax: 01992 440120

ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Sponsorship!
This would be nice, of course, but efforts so far have proved fruitless. Tesco
have their head office in Cheshunt and I have tried to get some money out of
them - result = no response!! Does anyone know how to get to the right people in
this organization?

Prizes!
There will be prizes for the top 7 in the Diplomacy and a trophy for the 18xx
winner. Certificates will be awarded for Best Countries. If any more tournaments
are arranged, there will be a trophy for it. If anyone can supply some game
prizes... ?

Games Stand!
Dave Lunn from Gameseb will be present at MasterCon. He will be offering a
discount of 10% on all purchases throughout the weekend.
http://www.games-web.co.uk/

This Progress report has been produced by Shaun Derrick, 313 Woodway Lane,
Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2AP  Email: shaun.derrick@... or
sderrick@...

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REGISTRATION FORM

NAME (and nationality):

ADDRESS:

POSTCODE:

TELEPHONE:

EMAIL:

The fee for the convention is £12.00 for the whole weekend if paid by Friday 24
February 2006 (No fee for non-UK residents who can also register by email on
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/edc2006/). Any payments after that date will have to
be on the door will be £15.00. Do not to send registration fee cheques after 24
February as they may not be received in time.

Please make cheques payable to TOBY HARRIS and send them along with this
registration form to Toby at - 10 Charlotte Bronte Drive, DROITWICH,
Worcestershire WR9 7HU

WDC had 85 players.
EDC had 70 players.

For its 20th Birthday as many players as the total of those 2 together are
expected for the French NDC the next 29th & 30th of October. And not the least
of the players which should include the 4 of the 5 last World champion plus
many more World Class players among which most of the contenders of the GP
2005.

What a better way to celebrate this birthday but to join Paris City center again
? Especially when you know it is hardly 2h40 from London City Center in
Eurostar.
You can also expect some surprises in and outside the convention. Paradox, the
new editor of the PC version of Diplomacy will be there, and it will be
possible to test the game during the convention.

So come and join a week-end of partying or serious competition : whatever you
are after we have it for you in Paris, city of light.

Though we expect that the following website :

http://www.18centres.com/php/tournaments/2005_10_29_XXCDF_va.php

should answer most of your questions, do not hesitate to join the organisation
at mailto:contact_frenchNDC@yahoogroups.com if you need to know more.

Looking forward to meet you all friends, there.
For the organisation Team,
Yann.

November approaches, and so does Midcon 2005.

Taking place at its usual venue of the Birmingham City Thistle Hotel, Midcon
offers the opportunity to play board games with like-minded folk, play in
the National Diplomacy Championship, participate in quizzes, or generally
hang-around at the bar.

Room rates are £47 per person per night for a single room or £37.50 per
person per night for a twin or double, breakfast inclusive.

The convention fee is £15 before 1st November, and £18 thereafter. We have
also introduced a daily rate for this year.

An electronic booking form and further details may be found at
www.midcon.org.uk. There are still a number of rooms left, but bookings are
going well, so don't leave it too late to register, or else you may have to
stay elsewhere! And remember, the Midcon committee does not accept bookings
after the 1st November - you have to go directly to the hotel, who will not
guarantee convention rates after that time.

We hope to see you there.

The Midcon Committee

Attn MidCon attendees,

Following my 'Conquista Hispania' playtests of last year, I would like
some players to do likewise with my new game: History of the
World...Cup (Football, of course). My intention is to produce a board
for each World Cup so that a complete history can be played over a
period of time. I have already created the 1930 and 2002 World Cup
boards and should have 1998 ready shortly. I have only playtested it
solo and it 'seems' to work quite well, despite me continually
changing my mind on how to utilise the Defence cards! I expect the
1930 version of the game to take about 1 hour once the rules have been
explained. The 2002 version will probably take 2.5 hours.

Intrigued? Well, I will see you at MidCon...

Shaun Derrick

When? 26th to 29th May 2006 - the Late May Bank Holiday weekend.

What time? 18:00 Friday night to 14:00 Monday.

What did you have in mind? Boardgames, Card games, Treasure Hunt, SpielChamps UK, Silly Drive, Freeforms, RPGs, Playtesting. And anything else you want to do.
Please fill in the boxes on the form and we'll try and make the convention you want.

Where do we play? The Ramada Hotel has three meeting rooms exclusively for our use in the hotel, plus another for children

But I live in London - I don't want to stay in the hotel? That's okay, you can sign up for the con without having to stay in the hotel. If you're not staying in the hotel, please come and spend some money at the Bar.

Bar? Yes, of course. Any special requests for Real Ales or Bar Snacks?

Accommodation? Twin and Double Rooms in the hotel are £65 per night per room for Bed and Breakfast.

How much does it cost?
                                            In Advance                        On the Door
                        Up to March 30th        From April 1st
Per day                         £12                        £15                £15
The whole weekend                     £35                        £42

How do I sign up? Fill in the form, send it to us with a cheque payable to "UK Freeforms" or e-mail maycon2006@...

I'd like to run a game / freeform / RPG session - can I?  Yup! Tell us, and we'll put it into the events list. We'll put a timetable together based on who wants to play and what people want to run.

UK SpielChamps is the UK Heats for the EuropeMasters European Board and Card Games Championships (formerly known as Intergame) at Essen Spiel in October 2006

This year’s Tournament will take place during MayCon*, at the Ramada Hotel, Bath Road, Heathrow, on Sunday 28th May 2006

Teams of four will compete in four games, requiring a mixture of Skill, Planning, and a little Luck, including both new games and established favourites.

Reiner Knizia is sponsoring this year’s event, donating prizes, and he hopes to be there to present them on the day

This year’s games are; Louis XIV, Saint Petersburg, Tower of Babel and Escape from Atlantis

The entry fee is £5 after April 1st. Each team will need to bring at least one copy of each game to the tournament. If you need any of the games please email us on maycon2006@...
                                       

To enter a team, please download and return the form in the Files section, (together with a cheque for £5 after April 1st) made payable to UK Freeforms to; SpielChamps, PO Box 32495, London, SE18 7XF

* Entry to MayCon is NOT required in order to compete in UK SpielChamps, but we hope you’ll want to attend anyway - please see www.maycon.org for more details.

Games Club Open Day
Saturday 4th February 2006 10am till 4.30pm
Ladywood Arts and Leisure Centre, near Fiveways, Birmingham.
BOARD-GAMES (Memoir 44, Formula De demos)
CARD-GAMES
TOY-SOLDIERS / wargames
Blood Bowl
DnD minis and Heroclix/ Mechwarrior Tournaments
MODELS AND PAINTS  TEA AND SNACKS AVAILABLE
CHILDREN UNDER 14 VERY WELCOME WITH ADULT SUPERVISION
•www.itstime4games.com for more details.
Location of our Openday
The open day is on Saturday 4th February will be held at the Lady Wood
Arts and Leisure Centre, 316 Monument Road, Ladywood, Birmingham. B16 8TR

Greetings and Salutations
2005-12-21-1645.

An updated list of the UK and Irish conventions. Please let me know
if I have missed off any or if details are wrong. I hope you find
this information useful.

0 Stabcon 2006. Britannia Hotel, Stockport, UK.
Friday 6th - Sunday 8th January 2006.
bookings@...

0 Warpcon XVI. University College Cork, Ireland.
Friday 27th - Sunday 29th January 2006.
http://www.warpcon.com/

0 Conception 2006. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch,
Dorset, UK.
Wednesday 1st - Sunday 5th February 2006.
http://conception.modus-operandi.co.uk/

0 Leprecon 27. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Friday 24th - Sunday 26th February 2006.
http://www.leprecon.ie

0 K2 2006.Killarney Country Club, Killarney, Ireland.
Friday 3rd - Monday 6th March 2006.
lir@...

0 Itzacon II. NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th March 2006.
http://www.itzaconeire.com

0 Conpulsion 2006.Teviot Student Union, Edinburgh University,
Scotland.
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th March 2006.
www.conpulsion.org

0 Sillicon 8. The HUB, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Friday 31st March - Sunday 2nd April 2006.
http://sillicon.redbrick.dcu.ie

0 Battlemasters 2006. Digby Hall, Leicester University, UK.
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd April 2006.
http://www.eurolog.org

0 Salute Zero Six. ExCel, London, UK.
Saturday 22nd April 2006.
http://www.salute.co.uk/

0 Excaliber 2006. Honicombe Manor Holiday Village,St Annes Chapel,
Callington near Plymouth, Cornwall. UK
Friday 28th - Sunday 30th April 2006.
http://www.horsemenevents.com/

0 Beer & Pretzels XVII. Town Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, UK.
Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th May 2006.
http://www.spiritgames.com/bnpdetails.php

0 Maycon. The Ramada Hotel, Bath Road,  Heathrow. UK.
Friday 26th - Monday 29th May 2006.
maycon2006@...

0 Tentacles. Castle Stahleck, Bacharach, Germany.
Friday 2nd - Monday 5th June 2006.
http://www.tentacles-convention.de/

0 0 Vaticon 12. UCD Student Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
Sunday 11th - Monday 12th June 2006.
http://gamesoc.ucdsoc.com/

0 Q-Con 2006. King's Hall Confrence Centre, Belfast..
Friday 23rd -Sunday 25th June 2006.
http://www.q-con.co.uk

0 Ubercon 2006. Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Cork.
Friday 14th - Sunday 16th July 2006.
http://www.uberconcork.com/

0 Continuum 2006. Beaumont Hall, Leicester University, UK.
Friday 28th - Monday 31st July 2006.
http://www.continuum.uk.net.

0 Contrition. Dooley's Hotel, Waterford, Ireland.
Friday 25th - Sunday 27th August 2006.
No known contact details.

0 Confess 2006. Venue ?? Sligo, Ireland.
??? September 2006.
http://www.flatearthsoc.com

0 Furnace 2006. Sheffield. UK
Sometime in October
Details to follow.

0   Gaelcon 2006. Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Ireland.
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th October 2006.
http://www.gaelcon.com/

0 Recombination, New Hall, Cambridge, UK
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th August 2007.
http://www.recombination.org.uk/

Cheers,
DARRAN SIMS
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http://www.continuum.uk.net
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Hi All,

It's now only 5 weeks to MasterCon - so time to start thinking about
getting organised.

The Youth Hostel is now full - or at least nearly full, depending on which
report you believe... If you want to stay there, it might be worth
contacting them, but do it now. And if you find it's full, don't be surprised.

The other option, is to stay at the Marriott Hotel. This is a recently
refurbished, four star hotel. The prices are 65.00 per room per night for a
single room, or 70.00 per room per night for a twin or double room. So if
you were intending to take a 2-person room at the Youth Hostel, the hotel
is actually cheaper!!! The hotel is about a mile from the convention.

If you want to stay at the hotel, you can book through Shaun Derrick.
shaun.derrick@... . This is a special rate that Shaun has secured, so
you cannot book directly with the hotel at these prices.

Any questions, feel free to ask.

David.

ManorCon is a large board games convention that has been running since 1983.
The 200-250 attendees each year stay and play in a large, modern University
Hall of Residence with bar and canteen facilities and ample room for both
tournament and open gaming. There is free car parking available and the site
is also within easy reach of public transport and the City Centre of
Birmingham with its pubs, restaurants and nightlife.
ManorCon features a large array of different games and tournaments, from the
old favourites such as Acquire, 18xx, Diplomacy and United, to the
relatively recent German games like Die Siedler Von Catan, Euphrat & Tigris
and Puerto Rico. A few of the tournaments are formally organised, with games
starting at specific times, but most are played on an Ad Hoc basis - just
find a group of players to play, write the result down on a results sheet,
and put it in the appropriate envelope for scoring at the end of the
weekend.

If such competitive play is not your scene, there is always a large amount
of open gaming, from the serious games like Modern Art and Samurai, to the
less serious Perudo (always more fun after a couple of beers), and some
years there has even been a game of Cuddly Animals Diplomacy . Or
alternatively, play one of the games which has a tournament, but agree
beforehand that the game will not be entered.

So, if this sounds like a good idea, then why not come along and give it a
go, either just for the day to start with, or jump in the deep end and go
for the whole weekend. And if it sounds like fun, but you don't recognise
any of the games mentioned, then don't worry, people are always prepared to
teach beginners - how do you think we learned to play.

For more information check out http://devel.diplom.org/manorcon/about.htm

Hi
I would just like to mention the bi-annual Discworld convention August
17 -21st 2006, held at a hotel in Leicestershire for 4 fun filled
days, there is a games room and a specific Thud games room.  Also
traders such as the astonishing Reckless Encounters who sell all
manner of RPG games through their website and will be having a stall
at the convention.

Link to DW Con  http://www.dwcon.org
Link to Reckless encounters online store
http://recklessencounters.co.uk

Happy gaming!!

If anyone wants more info from me then please email me at
mandzxxx@...
Mandz xx

PSYCHOCON 2006 - A GAMES CONVENTION

The dates and venue are as follows:

13th to 15th OCTOBER at the RIVA Hotel, LEEDS

More details and a downloadable booking form can be found at:

http://www.psychocon.co.uk

cheers

MIKE

Greetings and Salutations
2006-07-04-1350.

Convention update as from July 2006.

This is the present update of conventions I know about. I am still
waiting for some organisers to get back to me about their conventions
so expect regular updates.
Please let me know if I have missed any out?

0 AmberCon UK 2006. Renaissance Hotel, Reading, UK.
Friday 7th - Sunday 9th July 2006.
http://www.ambercon.org.uk/

0 DrakCon 2006. Albyn School, Queens Road, Aberdeen.
Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th July 2006.
http://www.drakcon.fsnet.co.uk/#thisyear

0 Ubercon 2006. Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Cork. Ireland.
Friday 14th - Sunday 16th July 2006.
http://www.uberconcork.com/

0 Continuum 2006. Beaumont Hall, Leicester University. UK.
Friday 28th - Monday 31st July 2006.
http://www.continuum.uk.net.

0 Contrition. Dooley's Hotel, Waterford. Ireland.
Friday 25th - Sunday 27th August 2006.
No known contact details.

0 Shadow Con II. Northfields, West London, W13 9SS.
Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd September 2006.
http://www.shadow-warriors.co.uk/Shadow_Con2.htm

0 Confess 2006. The Southern Hotel, Sligo. Ireland.
Saturday 30th September - Sunday 1st October 2006.
http://www.flatearthsoc.com

0 Excaliber 2. Honicombe Manor Holiday Village, St Annes Chapel,
Callington near Plymouth, Cornwall. UK.
Friday 6th - Sunday 8th October 2006.
http://www.horsemenevents.com/

0 Spiel 2006. Essen, Germany.
Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd October 2006
http://www.merz-verlag.com/spiel/e000.php4

0 Furnace 2006. The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. UK
Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th October.
http://www.rpgfurnace.com/

0 Gaelcon 2006. Clontarf Castle, Dublin. Ireland.
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th October 2006.
http://www.gaelcon.com/

0 Dominicon 2006. N.U.I Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland.
Friday 17th - Sunday 19th November 2006.
http://www.dominicon.ie/

0 Dragonmeet 2006. Kensington Town Hall, London, UK.
Saturday 2nd December 2006.
http://www.dragonmeet.com/

0 Conception 2007. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch,
Dorset, UK.
Wednesday 31st January - Sunday 4th February 2007.
http://conception.modus-operandi.co.uk/

0 ConFlagration 2007.Queen Margret Union, Glasgow University.
Scotland.
Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th February 2007.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tankypoos/GUGSWEB/conflagration.html

0 K2 2007. Killarney Country Club, Killarney.
Friday 2nd - Monday 5th March 2007.
lir@...

0 Battlemasters 2007. Digby Hall, Leicester University, UK.
Friday 13th - Sunday 15th April 2007.
http://www.eurolog.org.uk/

0 Recombination, New Hall, Cambridge, UK
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th August 2007.
http://www.recombination.org.uk/

0 Gen Con UK 2007. University of Reading, Berkshire. UK.
Thursday 30th August - Sunday 2nd September 2007.
http://www.horsemenevents.com/

0 Continuum 2008. Beaumont Hall, Leicester University. UK.
Friday 1st - Monday 4th August 2008.
http://www.continuum.uk.net.

_________________
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DARRAN SIMS
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There will be a rail strike from noon this Friday until noon on
Saturday. This may affect some attendees to ManorCon.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_bulletins/additional_info/TOC_str
ike_one_arrangements.html

Shaun

Those travelling by train to ManorCon will be pleased to know that the
Rail strike has been called off.

I spoke with Alan Farrell at the weekend.

Alan is running an Einfach Genial (aka Mensa Connections) tournament in
Nottingham on 1 October 2006.
The event will start at 2pm, entry will be £5, and will be held at the
Britannia Hotel.

Directions and details of the hotel are on:
http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotel_home.asp?Page=357

ManorCon is moving...
ManorCon has been held at the University of Birmingham every year since
ManorCon I
in 1983. There are many memories here - days gone by when there were over
350 people
playing games for the weekend, when it used to hold the largest Diplomacy
Tournament
in the world with over 100 players taking part every year. Days when the
second largest
tournament was the Acquire tournament, and when the most played train game
was
Railway Rivals. Days when some of our younger gamers weren't even born!
In the past few years, ManorCon has been moved around the different halls a
few times,
as it has dodged the renovations work that's been going on around us. But we've
stuck
with it, following the light at the end of the tunnel, when all the
renovations are
complete, the disruptions are no more, and we can have ManorCon in a rebuilt
modern
venue.
Unfortunately, it has now become clear that the light at the end of the
tunnel is just a
bloke with a torch. We can now see the result of the renovations, and it is
clear that they
are not designed to host a convention like ManorCon. So after 24 years, it's
time to
move.
After considering many venues, we have decided that ManorCon XXV will be
held on
20th - 23rd July 2007, at Stamford Hall at the University of Leicester.
There were many
things that made us choose this venue. We can have exclusive use of the hall
for the
whole weekend. We can play games and have meals in the same hall. We have
enough
rooms to be able to properly accommodate the Diplomacy, the Second Hand
Games
Sale, the Pop Quiz, the Treasure Hunt, etc, all in rooms suited to their
needs. We have a
bar, which can sell all the things we drink, including Real Ale. Leicester
University
already hosts a number of games conventions of various types, so they have a
good idea
what to expect. And on top of all that, their prices are lower than those
that we are
currently paying.
The site is also very easily accessible, both by car and public transport.
By car, it is 4
miles around the Leicester outer ring road from the M1. And by train, there
are direct
trains to Leicester from many locations, including London St Pancras and
Birmingham
New Street, and then there is a frequent direct bus service from the train
station to the
venue.
All-in-all, we are really looking forward to this move. After the problems
of last year, we
wish we could have moved there this year, but the time required to find a
new venue and
then to organise everything made this impossible. So we look forward to
seeing you at
ManorCon XXV in Leicester in 2007.