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Gen Con History Week 10

Congratulations to our new winners at www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...

Mortice's story about ALMOST going to Gen Con at the Playboy Club ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=218

mjbrown111's story about cheating to make a young gamer happy ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235

Jeff Thetford's photo of an angel, and Josiah Jenson's picture of a costumed gamer and her son outside the Ram ...





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Think you can do as well? There's still time! Four new topics were posted today ...

Best Story from an Overseas Gen Con - Due Noon, Mar 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience while at an overseas Gen Con (UK, France, Australia, etc.).

Best Gen Con Nightlife, Party, or Local Hangout Story - Due Noon, Mar 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience about the Nightlife, Party, or Local Hangout at Gen Con.

Album: Overseas Gen Con - Due Noon, Mar 19, 2007
Submit your best photo while at an overseas Gen Con (UK, France, Australia, etc.).

Album: Nightlife, Party, or Local Hangout - Due Noon, Mar 19, 2007
Submit your best photo of the Nightlife, Party, or Local Hangout at Gen Con.

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And there's still one week left to post submissions for these topics ...

Best Indianapolis Story - Due Noon, Mar 12, 2007
Submit your best story or experience from when Gen Con was hosted in Indianapolis from 2003 to present.

Best Awards Ceremony Story - Due Noon, Mar 12, 2007
Submit your best story or experience involving an Awards Ceremony at Gen Con.

Album: Travel - Due Noon, Mar 12, 2007
Submit your best photo involving getting to or getting home from Gen Con.

Album: Awards Ceremony - Due Noon, Mar 12, 2007
Submit your best photo involving an Awards Ceremony at Gen Con.

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Posted by Michelle N.
3/05/2007 12:43:00 PM

In 40 Years of Gen Con, gaming guru Robin D. Laws chronicles the story of every gamer's lifetime. It's a documentary history that reaches out to four decades of gamers to form a vast collage of the Gen Con experience from every point of view -- from the gamers playing in the halls, to the staffers behind the scenes, to the exhibitors on the sales floor. 40 Years of Gen Con is a treasure trove of personal interviews with game industry insiders and luminaries, including ...

Peter Adkison * Dave Arneson * Ron Edwards
Larry Elmore * Kaja Foglio * Phil Foglio * Matt Forbeck
Ed Greenwood * E. Gary Gygax * Tracy Hickman
Kenneth Hite * Steve Jackson * Harold Johnson * Tim Kask
Ian Livingstone * Douglas Niles * Mike Pondsmith
Mark Rosewater * R. A. Salvatore * Duke Seifried
Greg Stafford * Lisa Stevens * John Tynes * Jim Ward
Margaret Weis * Jordan Weisman
John Wick * Steve Wieck * Skip Williams

... and many, many more. This epic collection of oral histories, photographs, reminiscences, and more tells the inside story of the best four decades in gaming!

RELEASED IN AUGUST 2007 FOR GEN CON'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY

This web site was designed specifically for Gen Con attendees to share their personal stories and photos, and to vote for their favorite submissions ... the contributors of the 50 top-ranked submissions each received a FREE 4-day pass to Gen Con Indy 2007! We also selected some of the submissions to use in the book, and those contributors recieved a complimentary copy of it and their name in the credtis. To see all of the submissions, visit the photo gallery and the story forums ... they're closed to new submissions, but they're still a great piece of Gen Con history!