<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b style="font-weight:normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-7f01cfc4-e9bd-d023-6594-4715a6a9012e"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b style="font-weight:normal;" id="docs-internal-guid-3b6bbfcf-e9c1-18fb-aa3c-d91586f8303b"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hail, travelers! </span><a href="http://strategicon.net/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Gamex 2015</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> will take over the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel this Memorial Day weekend, May 22 - 25. If you would like to run a game or event at the convention, the deadline for submissions is May 1; event pre-registration opens May 2.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We have sold out our initial room block at the HIlton. We’ve opened a second block at $124 per night for single or double occupancy through this </span><a href="https://aws.passkey.com/g/50654143" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">link</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Parking rates at the Hilton: $9 general and $20 valet per day for convention attendees.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> A Wild Tournament Approaches!</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Play </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ticket to Ride</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> World Champion Kenneth Heilfron (who qualified at Strategicon last year) on one of three maps with a rolling prize pool. We will also host a stop on the 2015 </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Power Grid</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> World Tour, visiting Russia, Japan, India and Australia.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adventurers League</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In the mood for some </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dungeons & Dragons</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">? Enjoy the worldwide premiere of the newest League adventures, DDEX2-8 "Foulness Beneath Mulmaster" and DDEX2-9 "Eye of the Tempest." Trade your unwanted items, purchase scrolls and potions for gold or just hear the latest gossip at Fai Chen's Fantastical Faire, a Magic Item Trading Post.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">LARP ‘Til You… Darp?</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Live action role-playing will be in full swing with </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Unheroes</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Winner of the 2014 </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Most Appealing to Newcomers</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Golden Cobra Award, which features a group of failed, amnesiac superheroes. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Foam Fighters will host a number of boffer and Nerf combat games.</span></div><br><br><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our regular events are anything but ordinary! Paint and Take lets anyone try miniature painting for free, while the Dealer Room offers games, gear, books and unique creations from local artisans. Seminars, a movie room, live improv, tournaments and a massive library of board and card games (548 and counting!) for the whole family will make Gamex </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">the</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> place to be this Memorial Day weekend! We hope you can join us.</span></div><br><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Peruse the full convention schedule and register now at: </span><a href="http://www.strategicon.net/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.strategicon.net</span></a></b></font></div></b></body></html>