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[Evil5757 at aol.com]

Change the name to "UNCHARTED SEAS"
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 1/3/2010 10:41:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
ealdrich at apple.com writes:

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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