KingCon Postponed

Rather than scramble and offer an inferior experience, it has been decided to postpone KingCon until the Fall giving us time to find a new venue. This will give us time to make KingCon an even better event than it would have been this May. It is unfortunate that the hotel garage collapsed, but we will make the best of it and make it an event to remember! As soon as we have that new date, we will post it on the KingCon website: www.kingcon.ca.

Meanwhile, certain events will happen anyway. The Warhammer 40K and Fantasy events will take place at Kingston's Gaming Nexus on the 15th and 16th of May. The Board Game Blitz will run at Minotaur on Sunday, May 16th. 4-Colour 8-Bit will run it's Legacy Tounament on Sunday, May 16th as planned.

KingCon Tickets

King Con Tickets are now on sale at 4-Colour/8-Bit, Minotaur and Nexus.
Friday night - free
Saturday - $8.00
Sunday - $8.00
OR buy all three for $12.00!

Settlers of Catan King Con Feeder Tounament

We will be holding a Settlers of Catan King Con Feeder Tounament at Minotaur on May 2nd starting at noon. Cost $10.00. The winner will get tickets to KingCon and a seat at the KingCon Settlers of Catan Eastern Canadian Qualifier Tournament.

Come sign up at Minotaur!

The winner of the KingCon Settlers of Catan Eastern Canadian Qualifier Tournament will get a seat at the Eastern Canadian Championship Tournament, which will consist of a table of four players. The Winner of the ECC will get a free trip to Germany to play Settlers in a castle at the World Catan Championship Tournament.

Publish Post

Soviet Era Board Games

I don't read Russian, so I have no idea what the names of these board games are, let alone how they were played, but I love the artwork. Some of the box art is awfully dire.

Check out the following link:

http://babs71.livejournal.com/355037.html

Worldwide Dungeons and Dragons Game Day

Saturday, March 20 from 12 - 4pm.

Come to Minotaur and help us test out the new Player's Handbook 3! Pre-gen characters showcasing the new classes will be provided.

Scrabble for Literacy

The Queen's Students for Literacy are running a Scrabble Night at Minotaur to raise money for literacy programs on Thursday, March 4, starting at 7pm. Admission is $5 per game and $10 for the tournament. There will be prizes. Come support a most worthy cause and show off your mad scrabble skills!

KingCon Website & request for submissions

Another way to get information about KingCon is to go directly to www.kingcon.ca. I encourage any and all suggestions, comments & ideas.

We are also looking for people to run games. The three stores involved will be running tournaments and gaming sessions, but having individuals come and run games, will make the con that much more interesting! There are few if any limits on what you can run as a game. Board gaming, role playing, CCG's, card games, table top minis, etc. are obvious choices, but we are very open to other ideas. For example a local club will be running a couple of table hockey tournaments.
We even are happy to consider things that aren't games as long as they fit: mini's painting workshops, comic jamming, chainmail design, what ever brilliant ideas you can come up with!

So, let us know if you are interested in running something, by posting on this blog, the KingCon website or by emailing or dropping into 4-Colour/8-Bit, Minotaur or Nexus and letting us know!