<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Four weekends from today, you could be playing any game your heart desires with your friends at <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/" style="text-decoration:none;">Gateway</a>! Strategicon’s last gaming convention of the year will be held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel this Labor Day weekend, September 4-7, 2015.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Our initial room block at the Hilton sold out early, but we have opened a second block at $124 per night for single or double occupancy (two double beds or one king bed), $144 for triple occupancy and $164 for quad occupancy. To take advantage of the convention rate, book your room from our dedicated <a href="https://aws.passkey.com/event/14104424/owner/50954/home" style="text-decoration:none;">link</a>.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Interested in running a game or event at the con? The deadline for submissions is August 14; event pre-registration opens August 15.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Special Guests: Jack Greene, Jeff Siadek, Rick Loomis and Doug Malewicki</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">A wargamer since the 1960s, Quarterdeck Games designer Jack Greene has worked for SDC (best known for Conflict magazine) and Avalon Hill. He has a dozen published games and will be showcasing his latest, <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Bear Flag Republic, as well as a boxed, bilingual version of <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Ironbottom Sound III at Gateway.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Gamesmiths and Gorilla Games founder Jeff Siadek has been a fixture of the L.A. convention scene since 1979. At Gateway he will run Huge Battlestations and give previews of his new projects <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Palaces, <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Draftcraft and <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Daredevils, as well as <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">the Best Expansion Ever, which expands <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Worst Game Ever. The end result may or may not be the best or worst game ever.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Game designer Rick Loomis brought play-by-mail (PBM) games into the electronic age, starting with a Raytheon 704 minicomputer in 1972. He also founded Flying Buffalo, best known for publishing <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Tunnels and Trolls, as well as the popular <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Nuclear War card game, designed in 1965 by aerospace engineer and inventor Doug Malewicki. <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Nuclear War celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a special edition, and Malewicki himself will run a tournament at Gateway on Sunday, September 6.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Hail, Brave Adventurers!</div> Wizards of the Coast recently announced a new Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League storyline, <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Rage of Demons. Two new Adventures will premiere at Gateway: <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Bane of the Tradeways (levels 1-4) and <span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Herald of the Moon (levels 5-10). New and experienced players are encouraged to rally and register for Adventurers League games in advance via <a href="https://warhorn.net/events/gateway-2015" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Warhorn</a>. <div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Games > Labor</div> From our 40-merchant-strong Dealer Room to our Paint and Take miniature painting pavilion, bolstered by our massive library of games, Gaming 101 sessions for beginners and more tournaments than you can shake a lance at, anybody with a pulse is sure to find something exciting at Gateway. Behold the full convention schedule and register at: <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/" style="text-decoration:none;">http://www.strategicon.net</a>. </body></html>