FallCon - A Cornucopia of Gaming

We're setting a deadline of Saturday, July 11th at midnight MT for voting on our People's Choice Game. So you only have a few more days to nominate and vote for your favorite games over on BGG. Again, if you don't have a login for BGG (get one now!) you can always post a comment here on the blog and we'll make sure to count your vote in the final tally.

We've got a number of great suggestions so far. The top vote-getters at this time are:

• Glory to Rome (great alternatives to San Juan and Race for the Galaxy)
• In the Year of the Dragon (great game, extremely popular at FallCon 21)
• Die Macher (a classic "heavy", published by Calgary's own Valley Games)
• Santiago (a great, nasty fun game)
• Stone Age (a dice game done right)
• Jamaica (beautifully designed family Pirate race game)
• Tichu (one of the best partnership card games; combination Poker & Janitor)

So get out there and make your voice heard!
 

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Just a quick update to highlight the fact that we now have our miniatures events up on the schedule. We'll have the 3 remaining slots allocated as soon as possible but this should give our miniatures enthusiasts something to mull over should they wish to register to get that special early-bird pricing.

Those of you who've already taken a look at our roster of game events might be wondering:

"People's Choice? What's that?"

We noticed lagging numbers in our Settler Variants Events over the last couple years and decided to open the schedule up a bit to allow a crowd favorite on Friday night instead. A geeklist has been setup on BoardGameGeek to accept nominations and votes. We're looking for a fun, tournament worthy addition to our schedule so head over to the geeklist, nominate a favorite and vote for all the games you'd be willing to play. Keep in mind, you may want to check the geeklist regularly to see what other people nominate.

If this is a successful initiative, you can be sure we'll implement a People's Choice Event again next year.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/43337

UPDATE: For those of you who don't have a BGG account, feel free to nominate/vote for games in the comments for this blog post. I'll update the geeklist as often as possible with your nominations & votes as long as the comments are NOT anonymous.