[Strategicon-announce] Orccon 2023 is next week!

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Strategicon presents our first show of 2023 — Orccon 2023 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton over Presidents Day weekend (Feb 17 - Feb 20). Preregistration for the show and events ends by end of day Monday February 13th, so don't miss out!

We still need volunteers for all sorts of things. Run games, help with the family area, work the registration desk, whatever — we need people to make a live convention happen. If interested in getting in for free in exchange for 8 hours works please sign up at www.strategicon.net/?volunteer.

Orccon's 2023's schedule is packed with almost 700 events -- so many events that we cannot possibly list them all here. Highlights include:

Love RPGs? We have RPGs! Old School Gaming! Everything from straight up 1st edition D&D as well as Old School Essentials  and DCCRPG.  Player vs. Player D&D tournament with prize support. We have living world all-day DCCRPG events. Come in and hit a dungeon and go or stay for more.

Happy Jack's RPG show is back.  Tons of fun games from your favorite HJ GMs as well as a show where we recap the events of the weekend and generally have a fun time! Welcome back from your hiatus guys and gals!

Jonathan Albin is here with Parallels and demos of his NycosRPG. Come get in some games with a true TTG luminary.

Viva Variety! There is more out there than D&D and we have it. Mork Borg, Blades in the Dark, Fate of Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu, GURPS, Savage Worlds, Paranoia, Blade Runner, Tales of Xadia, Marvel Super Heroes, Star Trek, Dr. Who and more! Check out a variety of settings and systems to let your imagination go wild!

We've got Pathfinder and Starfinder as well! The Los Angeles Pathfinder & Starfinder Society is offering several Learn to Play sessions on both Saturday and Sunday as well as several seesions for those who already play the game.

But there's so much more!

Michael Mirth presents "An Evening of Close Up Magic" (limited seating) on Saturday night and "An Evening of Magic & Comedy" on Sunday night. Michael is a frequent performer at Magic Castle and his presentations will absolutely blow your mind.

From Stone Blade Studios, makers of the hit game Ascension, comes SolForge: A unique take on a card-dueling game with upgradable cards and a mix-match mechanic of two different decks. Creatures, spells, and Forgeborn come in unique, algorithmically-generated faction decks. We have both sealed and constructed tournaments. We even have a session to teach you the game!

Paint your minis! Orccon offers our Paint and Take painting demonstration both Saturday and Sunday -- all materials provided. We are also doing a painting tutorial with a step by step guide on the "Slap Chop" method. Concentrating on undershading and contrast paints. Want to learn to paint great minis in just minutes? Check out the live tutorial, Sunday 11am in the Carmel room.

Reality Simulations Inc. returns after a long hiatus with both Duel 2 and Dwarves vs Orcs. Duel 2 is an old school turn-based man-to-man combat in the arena and in Dwarves vs Orcs lead you clan or tribe while exploring and conquering the Savage North. Both games run all weekend out side out dealer room. Drop in at any time.

Demos! Demos! Demos! Come learn the latest games at the Game Library! New titles from publishers like Rio Grande, Queen, Fantasy Flight, Days of Wonder, Gamewright, Mayday Games and more will be explained to new players looking to try them out.

In video games, Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator returns for Orccon 2023. We also have tournaments of Multiversus, Marvel Snap, and StarCraft 2.

We have hundreds of games of all genres -- too many to list here. In addition to the above, we also have Magic: the Gathering, Werewolf, Ticket to Ride, Power Grid, Dungeons & Dragons, over 100 different board games, and a whole lot more.

For those that like to shop we have over 40 vendors in our dealer room. Many old favorites along with some fresh faces. A wide variety of games and game-related paraphernalia for every type of gamer. We also have the Strategicon Flea Market and the Strategicon Game Auction. Here you can find that missing gem for your collection or possibly clear your closet of your surplus games.

So join us for Orccon 2023! Go to www.strategicon.net <http://www.strategicon.net/> to register and we will see you in just over a week! We even have T-Shirts!

Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic we request that if at all possible attendees be vaccinated, and that includes children 5 to 11 this show. The state of California and Los Angeles county has dropped the mask mandate and Strategicon has followed suit. However, if either the state or country reinstates the mask mandate we will do so. Our policy with respect to COVID-19 can be found here: www.strategicon.net/?covid19_policy. And, as we have the last four cons, we have an electronic pre-verification system in place for those that pre-reg allowing attendee to skip a pile of paperwork and lines. Thank you for your patience.


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