Rock-Con 2003

[Barton]

NOVEMBER 7-9, 2003
at the
Wedgebury Indoor Sports Center, 8800 East Riverside Blvd, Rockford (Loves Park), Illinois 61111
http://www.rock-con.com

I will be running two Champions events:

Saturday Slot 1 9am - 1pm
"Champions of Millennium City"
Champions RPG using Hero System 5th edition
4-6 BEGINNER
Superhero RPG using the classic Hero System. The Champions investigate evil doings in Millennium City (rebuilt downtown Detroit). If you have played Champions in the past or are new to the game, please join us. Paper miniatures and characters will be provided. Players should bring paper, pencils, six sided dice and imaginations.

Sunday Slot 2 2pm-4pm
"Chicago Rumble"
Champions RPG using Hero System 5th edition
4-10 BEGINNER
Superhero RPG using the classic Hero System. An interrupted robbery sets the stage for a superhero vs. supervillian battle. Some role-playing, with lots of combat. If you have played Champions in the past or are new to the game, please join us for this fast paced game. Miniatures and characters will be provided. Players should bring paper, pencils, six sided dice and imaginations.


More info about Rock-Con:

Rock-Con 2003 Game Fair is the Midwest’s premier regional gaming convention. The convention features historical and fantasy miniature gaming, collectible miniatures, role playing, collectible card and board gaming events covering the entire spectrum of adventure gaming.
Rock-Con 2003 will be held at the ISC (Indoor Sports Center) building, located conveniently off of Interstate 90. We have 22,000 sq. ft. of area to use for games and the dealer’s area. There is a full sit-down restaurant/bar overlooking the convention floor. The location is within easy driving distance of many fast food and fine dining restaurants with mainstream and ethnic food choices. There are 8 recommended hotels and inns located within approximately 5 miles of the convention site.
Admission for Rock-Con 2003 is $5.00 for Friday evening, $10 for Saturday and $5.00 for Sunday until 4pm. If you register for the whole weekend at the door, you will pay only $18.00. If you pre-register (available in September 2003) then the price is $15 for the weekend.

[Steve Long]

Holy polyhedrons! That's an incredible bargain in terms of the price of admission. I know a lot of cons, probably smaller ones to boot, that would charge 2-3 times that, or more. Any idea what the annual attendance is? They say they've been around for 30 years and that John Kovalic is slated as a guest, so it must be at least decent-sized.

[Barton]

Do not know what the turn out was for last year. But I can inquire. I am excited.

[Barton]

Expected attendance this year is ... well, who knows? Last year we had 400 paid discrete people and 100 free GMs and dealers. We had an overwhelming response last year and
kudos on massive improvements. We think that will translate into a larger show, but we're reasonably sure we can at least maintain last year's numbers, but we're hoping for more!

Cheers!

Don Perrin
Coordinator RockCon 2003

[Savinien]

Hey, I live in the area. I stopped by briefly with the non-Gamer Significant Other. it is a very nice place but I consider it a fairly smaller convention.

They had a whole Dork Storm area last year. I figure that is mostly due to the fact that John Kovalic lives in the area. If you actually read the Tower and want to find out what a Beef-a-roo is... They have them in Rockford!

Take that Dan Simon!

You to Ned Bacon!

I'll see you there, Barton!

Sav

[Savinien]

Sorry Barton, I'm only going to be able to make it to RockCon on Friday and Saturday. I just recently found out we have a tournament on that Sunday.

What are the chances?

Is anyone else of Hero-dome headed for Rockford in November?

[Barton]

I now have prizes (Champions related Hero books) for my events. I have several people promising to attend my Saturday game (If they all show up I would still have two slots open) and my Sunday event is for 10! Please drop by and check it out.

[Savinien]

I made it to the Saturday event. There were two other guys from these boards playing in that event. It went fairly well, I think.

How did the rest of your slots go, Barton?

[Barton]

My second event was good. "Rumble in Chicago" was a combat based game. I used heroclix minitures and premade characters. I encouraged the players (6 of them; 2 adults and 4 kids) to roleplay as much as possible. They had a good time.
The two teams [they named the teams] were the "Incredible 2 and 1/8" vs. "Two Girls, a Ninja, and Superpowers".
The adults had played Champions over 10 years ago and the kids were new. By the end of the four and half hours they had the mechanics down well and were roleplaying the characters quite well!
I will post more later including photos of the event.

PS Attendence was roughly 600 up from last year!

[jnormandin]

Made it to the Saturday a.m. event myself. Had a blast following Ironclad around trying (unsuccessfully) to keep him from destroying municiple property.

Barton, I enjoyed your gaming style. Thanks again for the invite and drop me an email if you're looking for another player for your regular game.

Jason