[Deptheads] promo email

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

This is what I'm planning on sending out to the mailing list by  
tomorrow night. Read it over and if there are any problems let me know  
NOW!

Eric

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Hear YE! Hear YE! 
ORCCON 2009 <http://www.strategicon.net> is coming to save you from a lame Valentine's Day! Who needs overpriced Hallmark cards and stale chocolates when you can have four days of dice-tossing fun instead?

ORCCON 
Orccon happens President's Day weekend - February 13th to 16th - at the LAX Radisson. Stay at the hotel for the Special Orccon rate of only $99 per night. Pack four friends in a room and that's just $25 per night! Book your room before January 23rd for this special discount. 

PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW!!!
Full Convention Badges are only $40 until February 9th. Visit www.strategicon.net to register online. The price drops to $35 if you belong to Bakersfield Board Gamers, BoardGameGeek, Boardgame News, Camarilla, DCI, HMGS, LA Games, Live Effects, Orange County Board Gamers, PolyCon, Quest Club, RPGA, SoCal ASL Club, SoCal Gamers, SoCal Games Day, The Random Wargamers or Westside Gamers. 

GUEST OF HONOR
Michael Schacht is our Guest of Honor for Orccon 2009! He is the designer of Zooloretto which won the 2007 Spiel des Jahres award (It's the Academy Award for boardgames) and many other honors, including the Golden Geek Awards for Best Family Game and Best Children's Game. Michael has also designed and published over 100 other great games! 

BROADSIDE BASH
Warhammer players from across the Southwest gather for this year's Grand Tournament being hosted by Pacific Marauders. Last year's event was a major success and great fun. Visit www.broadsidebash.com for details. In addition, Games Worshop fans should not miss our two Megabattles or the Blood Bowl Weekend Tournament (see the Events page for details).

RPGA LIVING FORGOTTEN REALMS
The new edition of Dungeons & Dragons is the most popular RPG game in decades and Orccon is hosting dozens of official Forgotten Realms events - including a special interactive event ONLY held at Orccon. Visit www.warhorn.net/Orccon2009 for details. RPGA membership is free!

SPORE!
Our Computer Gaming Room hosts the Spore Creature Creation Contest - make a monster and win prizes! There will also be a special Kids Only Spore event on Sunday. Plus drop in anytime to play new games and old favorites on Xbox, PC and Playstation. 

WWE RAW DEAL CHARITY EVENT
Orccon is hosting the first annual Adam Crites RAW Deal Tournament being held to honor Southern California's RAW Deal leader, Adam Crites who passed away last year. Cost: $20.00 to enter the tournament. All entry monies will be going to the Adam Crites Memorial Fund. The Grand Prize will be an ECW World Tag Team Championship replica belt autographed by several Superstars! 

MAGIC: THE GATHERING 
So do you like Red/Black or Green/Blue? Orccon is proud to be the biggest SoCal destination for M:tG events and we are hosting SEVEN tournaments at Orccon! Plus Warlord, WarCraft and Monsterpocalypse too! 

HISTORICAL WARGAMING
Join us for Flames of War, Guns at Gettysburg, Mein Panzer, Circus Maximus plus the Orccon Special Projects Team hosts Mustangs & Messerschimitts and large scale General Quarters events. 

LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAYING 
Is the Camarilla hosting a Valentine's Night Vampire LARP? Come and find out! Don't forget your toga and costumes for our Roman Senate and House of the Blooded events. 

SPORE!
Our Computer Gaming Room hosts the Spore Creature Creation Contest - make a monster and win prizes! There will also be a special Kids Only Spore event on Sunday. Plus drop in anytime to play new games and old favorites on Xbox, PC and Playstation.

These are just some of the many great events and tournaments. Don't forget all of your other favorites will be back this year as well. Come and defend your title in games you won or strike out and learn something new in Open gaming. And don't forget this is the first chance to start working on your Gamer of the year title. The winner for 2008 will be announced at Orccon!
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