<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class="">Strategicon presents our first show for 2023 — Orccon 2023 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton over Presidents Day weekend (Feb 17 to 20). </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(29, 30, 31); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We need games! If you'd like to run a game please sign up to do so at <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/?run_event" class="">www.strategicon.net/?run_event</a>. We can only run the games we have volunteers to run! The deadline to register a game id Friday Jan 27 as </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #1d1e1f" class="">the next day game pre-registration starts at Noon PST (Jan 28)!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Would you like to earn a free badge to Orccon 2022? On top of more games, we 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 <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/?volunteer" class="">www.strategicon.net/?volunteer</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Orccon 2023 already has several hundred events planned. Highlights include:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Strategicon is once again hosting a Catan qualifier tournament for the national Catan championship. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">The event starts on Saturday at 4 pm. Participants will play three games and those with the best records will qualify for the Finals on Sunday night at 7 pm. The winner will get an invitation to the National Championship Event usually held at Origins in Columbus Ohio.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This Orccon we are bringing a Big tournament of </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #353535" class="">Lords of Waterdeep </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">to those of you still itching for a game later in the evening. On Friday and Saturday at 9 pm there will be qualifying rounds for the Lord of Waterdeep Tournament. The final round will be Sunday night at 9 pm. You are welcome to play in both qualifiers.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This Orccon we are going to try something different. We will be offering a B.O.D. (Big On Demand) Tournament. We will be using Splendor for our first attempt at this new style of tournament. Here is how it works: Get an official tournament score card from Boardgames Headquarters. Play Splendor. Turn in your score card with everyone's badge numbers and scores. That's it! You can play anytime until 5 pm Sunday afternoon. You can play anywhere you like, with anyone who is attending the convention. And you can play as many times as you want! Orccon is all Splendor all the time! Your scores will be run through an Elo system and on Sunday night the four players with the highest Elo scores will play in a final game to determine the winner.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Adventurers League is hosting a special Dungeons & Dragon 5th ed. event on Saturday at 7 pm. "The Ark of the Mountains" Over 100 adventurers will try to save the town Beregost from the wrath of the cloud giants. Can it be done?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">We've expanded and improved our family area on the second floor. It now has its own room and set hours. There will be a number of games, puzzles and coloring options for families and younger players. Many of our Kids and Family events are scheduled in the area. Come and check us out.</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We also will have our paint and take table running all day Saturday and Sunday. Learn to paint miniatures — all materials provided, including a figure to learn on.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Stay with us at the LAX Hilton! We currently have rooms available for every night of the show, but they are going fast. Reservations must be made by Thursday February 2nd to get the convention rate.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(29, 30, 31);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">So join us for Orccon 2023!</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Go to <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(22, 82, 202);" class="">www.strategicon.net</span></a> to register and we will see you in just over </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #161718" class="">three weeks</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(29, 30, 31); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(29, 30, 31);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">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: <a href="http://www.strategicon.net/?covid19_policy" class="">www.strategicon.net/?covid19_policy</a>. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #161718" class="">And, as we have the last four cons, we have an electronic pre-verification system</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> in place for those that pre-register allowing attendees to skip a pile of paperwork and lines. Thank you for your patience.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; color: rgb(29, 30, 31);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>