FallCon - A Cornucopia of Gaming

Here's a new video that we made for Fallcon 22. This is just to whet your appetite for Fallcon 23! Hope you enjoy it!

Are you game?



See you at Fallcon 23!

We've received a number of great submissions for the Canadian Game Design Contest. In retrospect, we feel that we didn't give folks enough time to submit designs, especially considering we only made the announcement via the blog. As a result, we've decided to extend the contest by another 2 months. The new deadline is now May 31st.

To make things fair for the designers who have already submitted their entries, these designers may send in a single revised version of their submission (including photos & rules). All entries should be sent to designcontest@fallcon.com.

We look forward to seeing your designs! The entries so far have been very promising.

Jasen & Brent

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