<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac5e75e7-5d8e-d7a4-026e-5a765415c600" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Happy New Year from Strategicon Conventions!</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Take a deep breath as you turn over a new leaf, lay aside mundane concerns and focus on what really matters: which games you’ll be playing at </span><a href="http://www.strategicon.net" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Orccon</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">, February 12-15 at the Los Angeles Hilton Airport.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The deadline to register your game is this Friday, January 22. </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pre-convention game sign-up begins at noon the following day.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hotel Update</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pre-registration is at an all-time high and few, if any, hotel rooms remain in our second block. We are working on adding a third block.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">What’s Gnu at Orccon?</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Orccon Special Guests will include ZombieSmith founder Joshua Qualtieri, </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Trekking the National Parks</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> creator Charlie Bink, </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">7th Sea</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">’s John Wick and RPG designer Ben Woerner.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are delighted to be hosting a Catan National Championship (CNC) Qualifier. Qualifying rounds will be held on Friday and Saturday for the Sunday Finals. The winner will go to the Catan National Championship at Gen Con in August. There will be an entry fee of $10 per qualifier.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We also have the honor of presenting the </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dungeons & Dragons</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> Adventurers League Season 3 Epic, “Blood Above, Blood Below”. More than one hundred adventurers have already signed up for this exciting Convention-only mega-event! To join the fight, sign up at </span><a href="https://warhorn.net/events/orccon-2016" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Warhorn.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Orccon will also see the return of the Power Grid World Tour, Paint and Take miniature painting tables, live-action roleplaying, prime shopping at our Dealer Room and Flea Market (now back on the main floor!), Circus Maximus, live entertainment and more </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">X-Wing</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> than you can fire a KX9 laser cannon at. We hope to see you there!</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">To register and peruse the full convention schedule, visit </span><a href="http://www.strategicon.net" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://www.strategicon.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Follow us on Twitter, if you’re into that kind of thing: </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/strategicon" style="text-decoration:none;" class="">@Strategicon </a></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></span></body></html>