The long search for our 2012 venue appears to be over! PrairieCon XXXIII will be held June 1-3rd at Assiniboine Community College. For those familiar with the college, we will be making use of the Gymnasium, Cafeteria and a handful of classrooms.
The committee has finally recovered from the madness that was PrairieCon XXXII, which we consider to be one of our most successful conventions to date.
Sadly, the Brandon University Gymnasium, which has been the home of PrairieCon for the past several years, will be unavailable to us in 2012 due to renovations and construction of the new BU gymnasium. Because of this, we are in the process of searching for a different venue for the convention in 2012. We will let you know once we are able to confirm the location and date of PrairieCon XXXIII.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make PrairieCon XXXII one of our most successful conventions to date! We will do some website updates and confirm dates for PrairieCon XXXIII in the coming weeks.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to our record-shattering pre-registration numbers! If you haven't registered yet, don't worry - there is still plenty of room for you. Alot of games still have room for at the door registrations. On-site registration opens at 4:30 pm on June 3rd.
New game added in Slot 7. Give Portable Galactic Empire a try! Take command of a empire and rule the galaxy. A fast paced card game for 3-6 players.
Risk 2210 has been added to Slot 3. Come join the battle on earth, in the sea and on the moon!
Three new games have been added to the schedule: San Juan in slot 3, Stone Age in slot 7 and Hex Hex in slot 8. We have also increased the number of participants in several events - see the Games page for details.
As you likely know, the Assiniboine River in Brandon has reached record-setting levels this Spring and has flooded some areas. I want to assure everyone that PrairieCon will not be directly impacted by this. Please check the most up to date travel information before you come to Brandon for road closures.
PrairieCon pre-registration is open for business from May 1st - May 30th.
Just in case you don't have enought board game choices, Dominant Species (GMT Games) has been added to the schedule in slot 2 and Tobago (Rio Grande Games) has been added in slot 6.
We have just made a deal with Fusion Gaming to increase the prize of the Magic: The Gathering Two Headed Giant event to $200 in Fusion Gaming store credit! Check out the games section for full details.
With PrairieCon XXXII just around the corner (June 3-5), we have been furiously assembling our games schedule... and it is mostly finished! Check out the games selection on the Games page (subject to change).
The date for PrairieCon XXXII has been set for June 3-5, 2011 at the Brandon University Gymnasium! Online pre-registration will commence May 1st and the games list will undergo continuous additions and revisions until then.
Thanks to everyone who made the Spring Gamesday a tremendous success! This was our last Gamesday before PrairieCon.
Thanks to everyone who came out and made the Winter Gamesday a temendous success! We are back at the Central Community Centre for the Spring Gamesday on March 19th!
I hope that everyone has had a fun and safe holiday season. We here at PrairieCon wanted to remind you that our Winter Gamesday is fast approaching on January 15th at the North End Community Centre. Please bring out all of the new games that Santa left under your tree this year - Gamesday is the perfect opportunity to give them a try!
Remember that the Fall Gamesday is coming up Saturday, October 16th at the Central Community Club!
Visit the Gamesday Page for all your Gamesday news!
Thanks to everyone who came out to PrairieCon XXXI this year! We had another very successful convention, and the committee is excited and energized to do it all over again.
We very much appreciated the suggestions and comments that players put into the suggestion box throughout the weekend. If anyone has any other thoughts on what they would like to see changed or improved upon for next year, feel free to email us or post a comment in the forum.
Pre-Registration will be open until Thursday, June 3rd. If you have already purchased a pass and have not registered your game selections by then, you will have to do so at the door on Friday. The Paypal will be open till noon, and the Pre registration page on the website will be open till 5pm.
Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!
Want to read the on-site program for PrairieCon XXXI? You can do so here:
Lo-Res version
Hi-Res version
We have had a few last minute changes to the game schedule:
- Lord of the Rings Fantasy Battles has been replaced by War of the Ring and Warhammer Pick-Up Gaming in slots 5-6.
- Ticket to Ride has been added in slot 3.
- Killer Bunnies has been added in slot 4.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot card game has been added to slot 7.
- Serenity the Role Playing Game has been added to slots 7 and 8.
I apologize for the last minute changes, and I thank you all for your kind patience.
- Games Coordinator
PrairieCon registration is open for business!
Pre-registration went live at midnight last night, and the registrations are coming in fast and furious. Games are starting to fill up, so do not put off registering until the last minute!
As you may have noticed our new website is up thanks to the hard working web goblins we keeep kicking around here. It has the new art, a slick new design, a new colour scheme, a gallery and a whole lot of new and exciting features. The games are up under the, surprise, games button, and as you can see we have a variety of games running in every slot. I'm sure you can find something to do all weekend. I know I am working on turning into Triplicate Girl so I can go to everything I want to, but no luck so far.
As the dates of Prairie Con proper draw close I am happy to announce that pre-registration will be opening up on the first of May. You will be able to purchases passes soon (not by the April 14th date promised, but soon). Regardless of when your pass is purchased, registration will not commence until May 1st. So get a list of what you want to play ready for the grand opening!
This year we are trying something really cool and allowing you to do everything from your computer. Yes, even buy your pre-registration pass! That will be up as soon as possible. There will be a big yellow Paypal button - you cannot miss it!
Thanks for your patience and continued support of our convention. We all look forward to seeing you in June!
Prairiecon Committee President 2010,
Elizabeth Clark
Lodging for the convention will once again be available at the Brandon University residences. These are basic residence rooms with semi-private bathrooms, air conditioned, furnished, linen, towels, soap provided.
Reservations can be made by phone: 204 727 9761 or 204 727 7394. Credit cardnumber required, one night stay will be charged even if room is cancelled. Reservations can be made up to June 1.
Rates are currently $25.95/night for single occupancy and $22.95/person/night ($45.90/night) double occupancy, plus taxes.
Just kidding. It just feels like it sometimes.
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