[Deptheads] email blurb 1

[tim at stugiii.com]

Could you flesh out the Flames of War section a bit?  Just pull the info off the event listing
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at apple.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:40:59 
To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
Subject: [Deptheads] email blurb 1

Here is the first email blast I'll send out tomorrow morning. If I'm  
missing something critical it wasn't one the web site :-p (or I was  
too tired to notice). Anyway, if you see issues let me know and I'll  
fix them.

Eric

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ORCCON 2010
Presidents' Day Weekend
February 12th-15th

Happy New Year! Now that it's 2010 it's time to get ready for the best  
gaming experience in California this Presidents' Day weekend — Orccon  
2010

ORCCON returns to the LAX Radisson for Presidents Day Weekend (Friday  
February 12th through Monday 15th) where you can play 500 different  
events and win $4000 in prizes! Join 1000 gamers for a holiday weekend  
full of board games, card games, miniature war games and video game  
tournaments! Play your favorite traditional games and Euro games,  
historical, collectible, strategy and family games. Orccon also hosts  
LARPs, painting contests, kid's events, war college seminars, really  
bad movie night and roleplaying games.

PREREGISTER!
Give yourself the gift of Orccon! Buy your convention badge for only  
$40. Members of many gaming clubs receive an additional discount.  
Visit www.strategicon.net for all the details!

FREE VALET PARKING AT THE RADISSON
The convention room rate is $99 per night. That's $25 per night if you  
pack four buddies in a room. Valet parking is FREE for one car per  
hotel room. Call 1-800-333-3333 to book your hotel room. Ask for the  
special convention rate!

SPECIAL GUESTS!
Matt Leacock, Designer of Pandemic and Roll Through the Ages: the  
Bronze Age will be our Guest of Honor this year. Joining him will be  
Dana Lombardy, designer of Streets of Stalingrad and more recently  
Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1.

TICKET TO RIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER
Orccon 2010 will host the Pacific US Regional Qualifying Tournament  
for the North American Ticket to Ride Championships. To participate  
you must sign-up on the Days of Wonder web site (http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/tournament/signup/?id=42&event=1100 
) AND you must also register for the Orccon convention by visiting  
their website.

SPONSORED MAGIC: THE GATHERING TOURNAMENTS
Orccon is sponsoring four different DCI Sanctioned M:tG tournaments  
throughout the weekend. The First Prize for each tourney is a brand  
new booster box of Planechase - the newest Magic set!

BROADSIDE BASH and LORD OF THE RINGS!
Frodo Lives! Broadside Bash is the official Games Workshop Independent  
Grand Tournament being run by Pacific Marauders (http://www.broadsidebash.com 
).
This is the 3rd annual Grand Tourney include Warhammer 40k, Warhammer  
Fantasy and War of the Rings.

WWE RAW DEAL CHARIY EVENT
Orccon will be hosting the 2nd Annual Adam Crites RAW Deal CCG  
Memorial Tournament. Both events have fabulous prizes!

FLAMES OF WAR NATIONAL QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT
For the second consecutive year Orccon is hosting a qualifier for the  
2010 Nationals Tournament.

WARMACHINE/HORDES
That right, Warmachine and Hordes is back at Orrcon, and its new and  
better than ever!! With the release of the new Mark II version of the  
rules sets from Privateer Press (http://www.privateerpress.com) the  
game system and tournament rules set have been updated to reflect  
player feedback and has been improved and updated!! ORCCON is  
sponsoring an official Privateer Press 25 point tournament on Saturday  
of the convention.

MALIFAUX
Malifaux is the hottest miniature game to come out of Gencon  
Indianapolis in 2009. This is a diceless 28mm miniature system wrapped  
around Wyrd Miniature games (http://www.wyrd-games.net) line of  
miniatures.

UNCHARTED ISLES	
This is the heir apparent for everyone's small scale fantasy Man-O- 
War. The scale is slightly larger, but it brings everyone's favorite  
races back into play with Humans, elves, orcs and dwarfs playing a  
central theme.

MINIATURES BOOT CAMP
Our successful Miniatures Boot Camp will be back for Orccon. Boot camp  
games provide attendees the opportunity to learn from experienced and  
welcoming players. Ask questions, try out tactics, or test-drive  
something new. Come demo Flames of War, Malifaux, Warmachine,  
Uncharted Seas, and many others!

WARGAME BOOT CAMP
Want to learn a new war game or an old war game that you've been  
meaning to play for a decade or more? Orccon hosts the third War Game  
Boot Camp where we teach old and new games to those who want to learn.

Go to www.strategicon.net right now and get your Christmas presents!!


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