FallCon - A Cornucopia of Gaming

Time for a big announcement folks! That's right FallCon is launching a Canadian Game Design of the Year Contest!

Inspired by similar contests in France and Italy (among others), FallCon has decided to support the Canadian Game Hobby by fostering the creative talent behind the game designs. So if :

• you've ever thought about designing your own board or card game,
• you have an old design collecting dust in your closet
• you've been rejected on Dragon's Den

NOW is a great time to submit your design to us. Full contest details can be read here.

We are also looking for fair & impartial judges so if you would like to participate in the selection process, give the judge duty descriptions a read and send Brent an email to let him know how you'd like to get involved.

We welcome all comments, questions and feedback. Hope you're as excited as we are about this!


Brent & Jasen
 

As we all gather to celebrate in the holiday season, it provides us with an opportunity to express our gratitude to you for the last year. So first and foremost, on behalf of the whole FallCon committee, thank you for your support of our convention and activities over 2009.

In preparation for our 2010 convention, we recently encountered an unexpected challenge.  Much to our dismay and disappointment, we discovered we could not secure our regular gaming weekend of September 17-19, 2010.  We tried to find a workable solution to retain our usual date but to no avail. Unfortunately, our existing venue is not in a position to accommodate us on this date and other venues that meet our standards are simply outside the bounds of fiscal responsibility when considering the size of our convention. Therefore, we need to announce that our new date for next year’s FallCon is October 15-17, 2010.  Note that only the date has changed; the location of the Calgary Marlborough Community Hall still remains our venue of choice.

We are well aware that your gaming plans may be disrupted by this news, especially those of you who travel from outside of Calgary to attend our convention.   We are also aware that we will likely miss seeing some of the regular faces that make our event so distinctive. And for that we are truly sorry. However on the other side of the coin, we are also excited that the new date may bring many new faces.  Bottom line, FallCon is continuing forward and we have already secured both September and October dates for 2011. Based on attendance and your feedback, we will take this opportunity to see which date will be more attractive to you.  An announcement of that date will be made after our October 2010 event.  Comments and concerns are always welcome in our Contact Us page or on our Blog.

May the spirit of Christmas, the laughter, the fun and the gathering of family and friends surround your gaming table and home.   We look forward to a new year with anticipation and hope that we will see you across the game table sometime soon in 2010.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Steve Zanini - Head FallCon Elf

A quick reminder that I will be closing the online preregistration sometime after 8pm this evening. If you intend to preregister and possibly prepay for the con, please do so sometime today. Otherwise, registrations will take place throughout the convention this weekend.

Did I mention FallCon is THIS WEEKEND?!

The members of the FallCon Gaming Society had a quick meeting last night to discuss some last minute details and I gotta say, we are all really pumped for this weekend. We hope you are too!

See you on Friday,

Jasen