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Congratulations to our new winners at www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...
Balthor's story about using "Mr. Shiny Black Helmet" (aka Darth Vader) to place in his first tourney ...
http://forum.genconhistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=140
Fathead's story about a halfling who tried to stuff himself down a privy chute ...
http://forum.genconhistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=202
Mike Hawkin's photo of boardgaming at the Ram and Henry Chi's picture from the SoCal True Dungeon ...
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Think you can do as well? There's still time! Four new topics were posted today ...
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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And there's still one week left to post submissions for these topics ...
Best Playboy Resort Gen Con Story - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best story or experience from when Gen Con was hosted at the Playboy Resort in 1977.
Best Story about a Volunteer, Staff Member, or Exhibitor - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best story or experience about a Volunteer, Staff Member, or Exhibitor at Gen Con.
Album: Seminar - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best photo while at a Seminar during Gen Con.
Album: Kids or Families - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best photo of Kids or Families at Gen Con.
Labels: winners
Posted by Michelle N.
2/27/2007 11:38:00 AM
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Congratulations to our new winners at www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...
Henchman213's story about a chainmail bikini's miraculous powers ...
http://forum.genconhistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=146
JesterSB's story about a cell phone call during a seminar with R. A. Salvatore ...
http://forum.genconhistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=125
Cynthia Hart's Hogwart's LARP photo and Bart Miller's picture of "Cardhalla" ...
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Think you can do as well? There's still time! Four new topics were posted today ...
Best Playboy Resort Gen Con Story - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best story or experience from when Gen Con was hosted at the Playboy Resort in 1977.
Best Story about a Volunteer, Staff Member, or Exhibitor - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best story or experience about a Volunteer, Staff Member, or Exhibitor at Gen Con.
Album: Seminar - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best photo while at a Seminar during Gen Con.
Album: Kids or Families - Due Noon, Mar 5, 2007
Submit your best photo of Kids or Families at Gen Con.
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And there's still one week left to post submissions for these topics ...
Best RPG Story - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best story or experience during a Role Playing Game at Gen Con.
Best Miniatures or Wargame Story- Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best story or experience during a Miniatures Battle or Wargame at Gen Con.
Album: Board Game - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best photo during a Board Game at Gen Con.
Album: Alternate US Gen Con - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best photo while at Gen Con East, Gen Con South, or Gen Con SoCal.
Labels: winners
Posted by Michelle N.
2/19/2007 01:23:00 PM
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Congratulations to our new winners at www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...
Genconjunkie for his story about luring a friend into talking to a mannequin ...
ValentineW for her experience in the Klingon Jail 'N Bail ...
Artoo716 for his first Gen Con experience ...
Anastasia Becker for her costume photo and Michael Dockery for his Minis photo ...
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Think you can do as well? There's still time! Four new topics were posted today ...
Best RPG Story - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best story or experience during a Role Playing Game at Gen Con.
Best Miniatures or Wargame Story- Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best story or experience during a Miniatures Battle or Wargame at Gen Con.
Album: Board Game - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best photo during a Board Game at Gen Con.
Album: Alternate US Gen Con - Due Noon, Feb 26, 2007
Submit your best photo while at Gen Con East, Gen Con South, or Gen Con SoCal.
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And there's still one week left to post submissions for these topics ...
Best Costume Story - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience involving Costumes at Gen Con.
Best Seminar Story - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience in a Seminar at Gen Con.
Album: LARP - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best photo while Live Action Role Playing at Gen Con.
Album: CCG/Card Game - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best photo while playing a CCG or Card Game at Gen Con.
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This week we've made a slight change to voting ... only registered users will be able vote from now on, due to the non-unique block voting that appeared in several entries recently. We've also decided that anyone who benefits significantly from such voting will have all of his or her entries disqualified from that topic. We hope that this will keep the promotion fair to everyone who enters.
Labels: winners
Posted by Michelle N.
2/12/2007 03:44:00 PM
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Congratulations to our new winners at www.GenConHistory.com ! They include ...
Mikus476 for his story about leading a zombie infiltration of a Vampire LARP, and getting busted!
http://forum.genconhistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=74
Jason R. Griffin's photo with celeb Kari Byron.
Robert Armstrong for his photo with industry luminary R A Salvatore.
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Think you can do as well? There's still time! Four new topics were posted today ...
Best Costume Story - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience involving Costumes at Gen Con.
Best Seminar Story - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best story or experience in a Seminar at Gen Con.
Album: LARP - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best photo while Live Action Role Playing at Gen Con.
Album: CCG/Card Game - Due Noon, Feb 19, 2007
Submit your best photo while playing a CCG or Card Game at Gen Con.
And there's still one week left to post submissions for these topics ...
Best Milwaukee Story - Due Noon, Feb 12, 2007
Submit your best story about when Gen Con was hosted in Milwaukee, WI from 1985 to 2002.
Best Board Game Story - Due Noon, Feb 12, 2007
Submit your best story or experience during a board game at Gen Con.
Costumes - Due Noon, Feb 12, 2007
Submit your best photo involving Costumes at Gen Con.
Miniatures & Wargaming - Due Noon, Feb 12, 2007
Submit your best photo involving Miniatures or Wargaming at Gen Con.
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Labels: winners
Posted by Michelle N.
2/05/2007 12:34:00 PM
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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!
This website is copyright 2007 Trident, Inc. d/b/a Atlas Games. All rights reserved. GEN CON, the Gen Con logo, and The Best Four Days in Gaming! Are trademarks of Gen Con LLC. All rights reserved. Used under license. Submission of a story constitutes agreement with our Terms of Publication -- Stories. Submission of a photo constitutes agreement with our Terms of Publication -- Photos.