Last minute info for PrairieCon XXXVIII attendees!
A reminder for anyone attending on Friday afternoon that it's a regular business day for the college and parking is restricted. An area will be set aside for PriaireCon attendees, probably in the southwest corner of the lot (see map below), with signage indicating it is reserved for us. Parking anywhere else in the college parking before 4:30pm could get a ticket, which would be a lousy way to start of the convention. After 4:30 and for the rest of the weekend, parking is free everywhere on the parking lot.
Registration and gaming for slots 1 and 2 (Friday afternoon) will be in the gymnasium. After 5pm and for the rest of the weekend, registration will be set up in the cafeteria.
If you're a smoker, please respect that the only places ACC allows smoking is in the smoking areas outside the doors marked with a white "S" on a grey square on the map below.
Good news, everyone! After Dark Winnipeg has come on board as a sponsor of the 38th Annual PrairieCon Dungeons and Dragons Tournament! The After Dark gaming lounge in Winnipeg is a great establishment, with plenty of board games and a great space for running rpg's - if you are in Winnipeg, be sure to check them out. Thanks so much to Michael and the After Dark team for sponsoring our event.
As many of you know, Rick Pemkowski hand-paints a set of miniatures to be used as prizes for the D&D Tournament every year. Behold his handiwork:
Wow.
After just two weeks of pre-registration, we have 44 players for the D&D Tournament! That is the highest levels we have seen in many years. As a result of this, we added an additional DM for Saturday to accommodate one more group. With a couple more weeks of pre-registration remaining, we have only two spots left open on Sunday and 8 on Saturday. If you are thinking of joining the game, don't delay!
The last two pieces of character art from Alyssa Fraser are in. Meet The Con Artist and The Enforcer:
In just under 6 hours, the link will be published live at the top of the home page on here on PrairieCon.com.
Once you get to the registration site, then you will have to:
Create an account, with an email validation
Purchase your pass (or redeem your gift pass)
Then choose your games!.
There is no 'save games' button at the bottom of the site. Your game choices are saved as you select them!
*IMPORTANT*If people have technical problems during registration, they have to use the "Contact Us" through the registration page.
Please do not go and post on Facebook looking for help or support. The Contact Us button goes directly to the web administrator who built the registration system and he is the only one who can help you if there is a technical issue.
We don't foresee any issues, but we want to make sure you have your problem resolved as soon as possible!
Happy Gaming!
Registration is tomorrow!
As this new character artwork (by Alyssa Fraser) for the D&D Tournament shows, The Rookie is just as excited as I am!
The tournament has been play-tested by our loyal cadre of DM's, and it is all ready to go. All that remains is for you to register!
A quick reminder: if you intend to participate in the D&D Tournament as a team, each of your players will need to register, just like they normally would every year. To indicate who is on your team, have your team captain send an email to craigdedrick@hotmail.com
I would also like to remind everyone that you can pre-order buttons featuring your team name and the six different character portraits from Alyssa Fraser at Alyssamaydraw@gmail.com by May 19th.
Happy registration everyone!
I have shared quite a bit of information and artwork for the D&D Tournament over the past few weeks, but it occurs to me that I have told you all virtually nothing about the scenario itself, "Shadows over Blue Harbour":
The world is not a good place for humanoids, or “demi-humans,” as the humans call you. The humans have established military dominance over the less populous other races, such as the elves, orcs, dwarves, gnomes and halflings. Only The Resistance, a loose organization of humanoids, stands against human domination. In order to accomplish your mission, your group of rebels must sneak into the human-only city of Blue Harbour as a growing shadow from the sea ominously covers the city in darkness.
If that isn't enough to get you excited, check out the artwork for one of the characters, "The Leader," by Alyssa Fraser:
Remember that you can order team-themed buttons featuring the character artwork from Alyssa by sending her an email at: alyssamaydraw@gmail.com by May 19th.
