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Continuum 2010: Game Highlights Updated: 8 March 2010-03-08 Here are some of the games already planned for this year’s convention. If your game isn’t listed here then contact Mike at bingopajamas@gmail.com with your game details! You’ll be able to sign up for these games and lot of others at the convention – they’ll be game signup sheets in the main hallway (outside the dining room). If you’ve not already booked your ticket and accommodation for Continuum 2010 then go to http://www.continuum.uk.net and get yourself sorted before it’s too late! Mongoose Living Campaigns! Continuum is proud to announce the launch of Mongoose Publishing's 'Living Glorantha' campaign at this year's convention. Continuum 2010 will see the launch of Living Glorantha and the continuation of Living Traveller (debuted at Conception 2010). Allowing you bring specially created characters from scenario to scenario, event to event, Living Campaigns aim to emulate the massive online experiences but conducted with the intimacies of the table top. Both Living Traveller and Living Glorantha are intended to be growing, developing, living events in which characters take part in the epic events of the Third Imperium and Glorantha's Imperial Age. These are games for heroes and heroes in the making - saviours of their worlds, or possibly their destroyers. Join us at Continuum for the birth of a new and dynamic development of immortal Glorantha! A whole sack o’ Cthulhu! Heaving and squirming like a squamous thing! Ex Kult of Keepers Rik Kershaw-Moore, Wim van Hove, Keary Birch and Paul Fricker will be orchestrating horror and madness throughout the convention. Wim van Hove will be running some classic Kult scenarios, and on Saturday night Wim and Rik will be joining forces to run a special version of Milan Conference for 8 players. This scenario has been proven to give players nightmares – you have been warned! Rik Kershaw-Moore will also be running come Call of Cthulhu games single-handed, as well as the Ghostbusters RPG (Sandy Petersen’s ‘other’ game!) and the uber cool sci-fi pulp that is Spaceship Zero the RPG. Keary Birch will be bringing his usual chills and spills with a brand new Call of Cthulhu scenario titled – Camp Sunny 2: The Return! Be afraid, be very afraid…. Paul Fricker… well lets just say that Paul will be running an original new scenario using a very special version of the Call of Cthulhu rules (oh, and someone called Mike may be doing the same…) The Dice are NOT your friends… Cruel Dice is a brand new rpg system that’s been designed by the creative powerhouse that is Alan Bligh and John French, the lead writers of Warhammer 40KRPG: Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader and the soon to released Deathwatch. When not writing about corruption, chaos and Space Marines, Alan and John have been tinkering with Cruel Dice. Be amongst the first to try out the system with two very different scenarios. Dino-Geddon II: More Awesome! More Destruction! More Action! Can you handle the raw power of Dino-Geddon? Can you? This year convention attendees are invited to bring their own remote controlled (dinosaur operated) car to face off against the conventions own machines of death. Only the strong survive. Plus we have a load of other great tabletop rpg action, miniature gaming and live action/freeform gaming – details on all these and more to follow soon!

There are several ways to get tickets for you to attend Con-Quest Midlands 2010. 1. Press this Paypal link below and buy a ticket on-line. Remember to fill in you name and contact details. You will collect your ticket from the convention desk on the door on the day so avoiding any long queues at the box office. To Paypal link on Con-Quest site. 2. If you are in Derby you can buy tickets over the counter at the Derby LIVE box office either at the Assembly Rooms box office located at the Market Place or at the Derby Theatre box office in the Westfield Centre. Opening hours are 10:00 until 20:00 Monday to Saturday. 3. You can ring the Derby LIVE box office 01332 255800 and buy tickets over the phone. Both credit and debit cards are accepted for payment. Credit cards incur a £1 booking fee [debit cards don’t incur a fee] and postage will incur a charge of 50p. When collecting tickets from the box office the card used for payment must be seen. 4. On-line through the Derby LIVE box office system. Go to the Derby LIVE Con-Quest website and click the ‘Buy Now’ link. Check it says ‘Con-Quest 2010 RPG Convention’ and click ‘Buy Tickets’ Select the amount of tickets you would like to book and click the ‘Continue’ button. Select your concessions and click the ‘Continue’ button Check your ticket summary, if this is correct click the ‘Continue’ button. Enter your personal details and credit card details. Please note Derby LIVE charge a processing fee of £2 per transaction (not per ticket). Click the ‘Purchase’ button to complete the transaction — you may wish to print the Transaction Complete page for your reference though an e-mail confirmation will be sent to you. All tickets purchased within the UK more than 7 days prior to Con-Quest will be posted to you.

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Here is the latest update. Know of any I have missed? 0 Leprecon XXXI. Goldsmith Hall, Pearse St. Dublin 2, Ireland. Friday 12th - Sunday 14th March 2010. http://www.leprecon.ie 0 CONcrete Cow 10. Old Bath House, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, UK. Saturday 20th March 2010. http://www.mk-rpg.org.uk/Concrete_Cow 0 10th Raiders of the Game Cupboard. The Salvation Army Citadel, Burton upon Trent, UK. Saturday 20th March 2010. http://raidersofthegamecupboard.co.uk/ 0 Conpulsion 2010. Teviot Student Union, Edinburgh University, Scotland. Saturday 26th - 28th March 2010. http://www.conpulsion.org 0 TravCon10. Redwings Lodge, Sawtry, Huntingdon, UK. Saturday 26th - 28th March 2010. http://www.bitsuk.net/Travelling/page33/page33.html 0 Vaticon 16. UCD campus, Dublin, Ireland. Saturday 26th - 28th March 2010. http://sites.google.com/site/vaticon/ 0 Con-Quest Midlands 2010. Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK. Saturday 10th April 2010. http://www.con-quest.co.uk 0 Student Nationals RPG Championships 2010. Heriot Watt, Edinburgh, UK. Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th April 2010. http://www.studentnationals.org.uk/index.php 0 Salute 2010. ExCel, London, UK. Saturday 24th April 2010. http://www.salute.co.uk/ 0 Beer & Pretzels XXI. Town Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, UK. Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th May 2010. http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/bnpdetails.php 0 Eternal-Con.de 2010. Castle Stahleck, Bacharach, Germany. Friday 21st - Monday 24th May 2010. http://www.eternal-con.de//node/24 0 UK Game Expo 2010. The Clarendon Suites, Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Friday 4th - Sunday 6th June 2010. http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk 0 Continuum 2010. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK. Friday 2nd - Monday 5th July 2010. http://www.continuum.uk.net 0 AmberCon UK '10. Harben House, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK. Friday 09th - Sunday 11th July 2010. http://www.ambercon.org.uk/ 0 PaizoCon UK 2010. Aston University Business School, Birmingham, UK. Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th July 2010. http://paizocon.co.uk/ 0 Brocon 2010. The University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th July 2010. http://brocon.skynet.ie/ 0 Furnace 2010. The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. UK Saturday 09th - Sunday 10th October 2010. http://www.rpgfurnace.com/ 0 OddCon 2010. Park Inn, Telford. UK. Friday 15th - Sunday October 17th 2010. http://www.oddconuk.org.uk/ 0 Spiel 2009. Messe Essen, Essen, Germany. Thursday 21st - Sunday 24th October 2010. http://www.merz-verlag.com/spiel/e000.php4 0 Indiecon '10. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 4th - Monday 8th November 2010. http://www.indiecon.net/ 0 Curious Consequences. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st November 2010. http://www.ishtari.co.uk/consequences/c/ 0 Dragonmeet 2010. Kensington Town Hall, London, UK. Saturday 27th November 2010. http://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/ 0 Conception 2011. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Wednesday 26th - Sunday 30th January 2010. http://www.conceptionuk.org/ 0 Constitution 2011. New Hall, Cambridge, UK. Friday 19th - Sunday 21st August 2011. http://www.constitution-con.org.uk/

Games are starting to be added to the website and we have also confirmed that Alessio Cavatore will be running demos of Shuuro. Additionally, both Nick Kyme and Gav Thorpe from Games Workshop’s Black Library will be in attendance signing books and chatting with fans.

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A call for games for Continuum 2010 from Mike Mason Hello everyone If you are wanting to run games (rpg, card, board or some crazy new gaming invention) please email me with what you're planing - bingopajamas@googlemail.com - once I have everything sorted I'll start posting games up to the main continuum website. Please feel free to advertise your games here too - but please email me them as well (I will not be checking this site for 'new' games - it's a big internet and I only have so much time to check it ; ) - so without going on and on, if you email me then you'll know I have your game info. Otherwise don't assume that I'll have it. For every game you pre-rgeister with me and then run at the convention, you'll get a beer token (for a free drink - soft or alcoholic) at the event. The beer token is an original piece of art - Cthulhu drinking a pint of beer - drawn by the brilliant Bob Shaw. It's a collectors item in its own right. So - to register you game you need to do two things: 1. sign up to attend Continuum (see website for details http://www.continuum.uk.net) 2. Fill in a game registration form and send it to me at bingopajamas@gmail.com Game sign up form available from the website. If you have any problems finding it or filling it in, then you can just email me with the following: GM/Facilitator Title of game System Number of players required When you want to run it (Fri, Sat, Sun - morning, afternoon, evening) Max Number of Players Length of Game Some blurb on what the scenario/game is about (up to 500 words) Anything else you need to tell me Thanks for your support and look forward to hearing about some ace games! Cheers Mike M Continuum Game Czarina

The Continuum 2010 registration form is now available from here: Continuum 2010 Registration Form It is a form fill-able PDF so you will be able to type in your details and save it. The one on the Continuum 2010 website in the 'Register' section is out of date and due to server problems we can't change it. :cry: Email it back to me completed at darransims@googlemail.com or you can print it off and post it to me via snail mail. The postal address is at the bottom of the form. There are a couple of key questions that need answering that would assist in placing you in accommodation and making the event much better for you. They include a call for games and events, as well as where you want your room located and who do you wish to be roomed near you. Any Freeform games should be sent to Simon Bray directly via the Contacts list on the Continuum website. Some rooms will be located near the bar that gets quite noisy during the night - fine if the residents in the rooms spend their time in the bar. :wink: Other rooms are not quite as close to the John Foster Facilities Centre though still on site but should be quieter [depending on neighbours of course!]

Here is the first promotional video for the RPG Convention Con-Quest that takes place in Derby on Saturday 10th April 2010. Enjoy!

Run A Game - Get In Free! Well its that time of year, the festiveness has well and truly faded and being stuck indoors really sucks when there's nothing to do... but wait - how about you get yourself a con scenario together, or learn the secrets of that new boardgame you got for Christmas? Here at Con-Quest we like things simple (like us), so here's the deal. Get yourself a game together and mail me the details (evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com) and I’ll see to it that you’re booked in with a table, and better still that you get in for free on the day. Get booked in early enough and you can choose where you want to be. We've got plenty of tables in the main hall which is great for demos and boisterous action, there's the quieter Reception Suite and chilled and sophisticated '45 Suite, ideal for relaxed games. Pass on to me the usual sort of details and I'll get your name on the guest list and a table of choice marked for your use. GM/Facilitator Title of Game System (if different from above) Slot (morning or afternoon) Max Number of Players Length of Game Short Description (up to 500 words) Tags(any short, snappy key words, such as age, experience needed, drop in or sign up?) e.g. PG13, newbie friendly, fairly traditional, pirates, funny accents Look forward to seeing what you've got to offer guys!

To all Continuees, Christmas is upon us this week; frantic shopping trips jostle with wondering where to put all the relatives, or where to hang the stocking. The UK looks like its going to be snow-bound for the first Christmas in yonks, and Eurostar has thrown in the towel. The credit crunch crunches and swine flu oinks. But are we down-hearted? of course not, because we know that 2010 brings Continuum: The Year We Made CONtact. It will, of course, out-shadow the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Football World Cup in terms of importance and stature, but, by keeping it low-key we ensure its purity. So, let me extend Yuletide greetings on behalf of Continuum Central - Colin, Darran, Lawrence, Mike and Simon - and wish you all a prosperous New year. We look forward to next summer and seeing you at John Foster Hall. (PS - if you're looking for the special last minute something, a sign-up to Continuum could be just the thing... ) Have a great holiday. Loz 0 Continuum 2010. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK. Friday 2nd - Monday 5th July 2010. Continuum

I started in 1981 with RuneQuest II. I think if I had started with D&D I think I wouldn't still be in the hobby.

Booking is live at Derby LIVE. Yes you can book on-line. Direct Link.

My first game [& Love] was RuneQuest back in 1981. I was introduced by my older brother as I had been drawing some maps. The first scenario was from Chaosium's Apple Lane supplement 'Rainbow Mounds'. I was playing a Black Fang Brotherhood Assassin who managed to fall off the bridge into the water. The GM, a friend of my brother, then switched to dealing with how my sister was doing with her character. Only after an hour did he reveal I had been rescued by Newtlings. After that I brought the rulebook along with the RQ boxset miniatures from Derby's CoOp. I do remember doing my English Speaking Board exams on Glorantha every year while at school. Since then I have been playing RuneQuest, I remember clubbing together to buy one copy of RuneQuest III from Games Workshop in Nottingham as it was too expensive. I only switched to Hero Wars in 2000, then onto HeroQuest.

A call for games from Evilgaz Greetings! At the prestigious, inaugural Con-Quest I shall be your dashing host for games of all varieties. We’d like to encourage you all to put on games - RPGs, CCGs, Board Games, Miniatures, whatever you like – and are considering how we can reward the noble souls who step forward to run/facilitate something; it will probably be free entry into the event for the day, but I know that the vibrant UK gaming scene will be full of eager volunteers whether this is the case or not! To register your game(s) before the convention, you will need to email me at the gaming hotline address (evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com) and I’ll see to it that you’re booked in with a table and advertised on the website in a timely fashion just as soon as we’ve got the fully functioning site in place. Pass on to me the usual sort of details: GM/Facilitator Title of Game System (if different from above) Max Number of Players Length of Game Short Description (up to 500 words) Tags(any short, snappy key words, such as age, experience needed, drop in or sign up?) e.g. PG13, newbie friendly, fairly traditional, pirates, funny accents We’re a fairly broad church and if you want to run something, we’re here to support you . From D&D 4e to Polaris via Dead of Night and Savage Worlds, traditional to radical, chess to Heroclix, demo game to playtest, Last Night on Earth to Warmachine – label up what you want to run and we’ll do our best to promote it and provide you what you need from the venue. To avoid clashes and overlaps the day will be split into two slots for games that will run for 3.5 or 4 hours with a gap in between for food, refreshments, wandering the trade hall, etc. Day will be split into slots Slot 1 = 10:30 until 14:00 Slot 2 = 15:00 until 19:00 Any questions or queries drop me a line at evilgaz@ukroleplayers.com and I’ll do my best to answer them when I can. I look forward to seeing a bursting schedule of diverse games and know that the UK gaming community won’t disappoint! Gaz (Evil) Not sure you’re up to it? Well, we have confidence in you. Ask around the forum for friendly advice and check out the links below for some other resources: Evilgaz’s Top Ten Covention Game Pitfalls Darran Sims’ “Convention Gaming Advice” UK Roleplayers Collected Advice

Con-Quest Lives ! Con-Quest: The Midlands Show is a new gaming convention taking place at the Derby Assembly Rooms on Saturday 10th April 2010. Formerly known as ‘Dragonmeet Midlands’, Con-Quest is a one day show packed with all manner of gaming activities and trade stands. Whether it’s role playing games, board and card games or miniature wargames, Con-Quest has them all, as well as trade stands offering everything from the very latest releases to collectables and hard to find items. Whatever your gaming needs Con-Quest aims to deliver! The event will be taking over the majority of the Derby Assembly Rooms, offering numerous areas for demonstration and participation games, artist displays, game manufacturers and designers, trade stands and areas to simply meet up with friends and catch-up on one of the bars or cafes on site. The event is family friendly and welcomes both veteran gamers as well as those just wanting to find out more about the gaming hobby. Tickets are on sale now from the Assembly Room box office - http://www.derbylive.co.uk and keep checking back to the Con-Quest web site at http://www.con-quest.co.uk for the latest updates. For trade enquiries please contact darransims@gmail.com Long live Con-Quest! Tickets are on sale from the Derby LIVE Assembly Rooms Box Office. http://www.derbylive.co.uk Telephone: 01332 255800 Advance price £6.00 [£7.00 on the door on the day].

The kitchen area of the flats as seen from the lounge area. A nice large kitchen table, with five chairs, to eat your meals from or play some excellent games! The lounge area as seen from the kitchen. Five comfy chairs with a coffee table in the centre. Ideal for a nice and relaxed game? The fridge/freezer, microwave and electric oven. Plenty of worktop space to prepare your meals and lots of cupboard space for storage. Everything including the kitchen sink!

The desk in one of the bedrooms. There is a desk lamp, a phone, mini-kettle with tea/coffee condiments, an Internet connection, and two power sockets. The mini-kettle and tea/coffee condiments on the desk. Just bring extra if you drink many a cuppa. The inside of the wardrobe in the bedroom. Plenty of space for all your clothes [and all those frocks for the freeforms!] The en suite bathroom with shower. The shower cubicle is large with a modern shower unit. The kitchen and lounge area in one of the flats. Perfect area to socialise with your fellow flat mates as you cook, clean, iron your clothes or have a drink. This is also big enough to host a game in either at the kitchen table or in the lounge area or both! Just reach over to the fridge to get a cold drink or put the kettle on to make a brew.

Accommodation at John Foster Hall. I thought I would go through and mention about the accommodation we have at John Foster Hall for Continuum 2008. The Conference Facilities Building is centred amongst the new and very modern development that consists of several pavilion style accommodation blocks. Each pavilion block is four-stories high and each floor contains two flats. Each flat has four or five single occupancy en suite bedrooms and a shared kitchen and lounge. This means that a group of five friends can share a flat together as they share the communal space together but also five strangers can occupy a flat as each bedroom has its own key. The kitchen is fully functional with fridge/freezer, microwave, electric oven, electric kettle, iron, ironing boards, vacuum cleaner, mop and bucket, and there may be a selection of cutlery and crockery. There is also a large kitchen table with five chairs as well as plenty of worktop space for food preparation. A full list of contents will be posted nearer the time of the convention. Some of the kitchens may not be fully stocked with all the items due to natural shrinkage with contact with the students. Just off the kitchen is the lounge area. The lounge has a large window lets in plenty of daylight. There are five comfy lounge chairs and a small coffee table making this a nice place to relax in. There are ten chairs in total in the kitchen/lounge making it very useful for running games in, you can either be in the lounge or around the table in the kitchen. There is plenty of space to move about, even for those of us who are ‘standard gamer size’! With each flat having this extra space ideal for gaming this opens up the possibility that more games can be ran during the convention. Just book the time and space with your flatmates first. Advertise your game with pavilion name and flat number and your gamers can arrive at your pavilion and ring your doorbell to be let in. Or just run the game for all your flatmates, whether you know them or not, simple! You will be issued a set of keys when you register at the main reception desk in the Conference Facilities Building. The main key will open the door to your flat as well as your own bedroom door. The little key will open the post box in the pavilion entrance foyer and the key fob itself will open the main door to the pavilion electronically. The flats are numbered 1 to 8 while the bedrooms in each flat are lettered A to E. All accommodation will be single occupancy bedrooms with en suite bathroom. You will be issued a set of towels and some basic toiletries but you will need to bring with you your own wash kits, bathrobes and other personal hygiene items. The bathroom will have toilet roll and the single bed will have fresh bed sheets, two pillows with fresh pillowcases and a duvet with bedspread. There is a desk in your bedroom with built-in drawers, shelves by the window, a desk lamp, mini-kettle with a small selection of tea/coffee condiments, two power sockets, a phone, and an Internet connection. We do not currently have a list of the charges for using the phone or connecting to the Internet as yet. Next to the desk is a medium-sized wardrobe with space to hang clothes as well as plenty of shelves to store folded clothes or other items. The en suite bathroom, consisting of toilet, washbasin and shower cubicle, is located as you enter the bedroom. It has its own lockable door and is light and airy. The good thing about this accommodation is that it is brand new. Very little wear & tear would have happened over the two years that it has been opened and even students will treat things better when they are new! The front of the Pavilion [accommodation blocks]. Each has a wide path to the doorway and has plenty of lush growth between each of the pavilions. There is also plenty of car parking nearby. The front door of one the pavilions. The main door is nice and wide for easy access. Door bells to each of the flats in the pavilion. The key fob on your room keys will open the pavilion door electronically. The post boxes for the flats. The small key on your room keys will open your flat’s post box. The entrance foyer of the pavilion. Note the lift for easy access to the higher floors avoiding all those stairs. The inside of the lift. Plenty of space to get your luggage in and up to your room. The inside of one of the bedrooms. A single bed with a bedside table unit and light. A set of towels with basic toiletries will be waiting you on arrival.

John Foster Hall Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 2LG, is part of the University of Leicester's halls of residence. Completed in October 2006, this is a brand new building with modern conference facilities. The amphitheatre in front of the main Conference Building The good thing is that we will have a greater number of en suite bedrooms to offer our membership along with more conference space to use for gaming rooms. The conference organisers at the University of Leicester have sent us these publicity photos of the venue and they do look fantastic! The Conference Building entrance foyer. Note the plasma screen. The Swithland & Tilton conference room. Note the sliding partition that makes it two rooms. The Oakham & Rothley conference room. Note the sliding partition that makes it two rooms. The Main Dining Hall. The Bar! See some more photos here: Continuum 2010 Venue - a set on Flickr

Here is a listing of the RPG conventions that will take place over the next year or so. I am quite chuffed as it is top and tailed by two of the conventions I have been heavily involved in organising as well as having another big convention that I am doing in there! [I am almost a convention listing myself ] 0 Furnace 2009. The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. UK Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th October 2009. Furnace 0 Game '09. Palace Hotel, Manchester, UK. Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October 2009. http://gamecon.game-host.org/apex/f?p=101:1:3373311856348190 0 Spiel 2009. Messe Essen, Essen, Germany. Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th October 2009. Internationale Spieltage SPIEL 0 GamesFest 4. The Watford Colosseum, Watford, UK. Saturday 24th October 2009. Home 0 Gaelcon 2009. D4 Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. Saturday 24th - Sunday 26th October 2009. The Irish Games Association's Portal 0 OddCon 2009. Park Inn, Telford. UK. Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November 2009. OddConUK - The Slightly Odd Convention 0 Chimeriades 2009. Lycée agricole Legta Valabre, Aix-en-Provence, France. Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November 2009. chimeriades - CHIMERIADES 0 Dominicon N SPAAAAAAAAACE!!! 2009. N.U.I Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland. Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November 2009. http://www.dominicon.ie/ 0 Indiecon' 09. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 12th - Monday 16th November 2009. Indiecon - Home 0 Curious Consequences. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd November 2009. Consequences C 0 Dragonmeet 2009. Kensington Town Hall, London, UK. Saturday 28th November 2009. Dragonmeet - Home 0 Ludicrus '09. Kesgrave Community Centre, Ipswich, UK. Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th December 2009. Ludicrus 09 Games Festival - Ludicrus Games Festival 0 WarpCon XX. University College Cork, Ireland. Friday 29th - Sunday 31st January 2010. Warpcon XX, coming to a UCC near you soon! | Warpcon 0 Conception 2010. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Wednesday 27th - Sunday 31st January 2010. Conception Eleven... Gaming Heaven! • Home 0 Conflagration 2010. Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow. Scotland. Saturday – Sunday February 2010. Conflagration : 21st - 22nd February 2009 0 Leprecon XXXI. Goldsmith Hall, Pearse St. Dublin 2, Ireland. Friday 5th - Sunday 7th March 2010. leprecon.info - 12-14 March 2010 0 CONcrete Cow 10. Old Bath House, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, UK. Saturday 20th March 2010. Concrete Cow - Milton Keynes RPG Club 0 Itzacon VI. NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. Friday - Sunday March 2010. Itzacon | Ðаши d10s доходÑÑ‚ до 11 0 Conpulsion 2010. Teviot Student Union, Edinburgh University, Scotland. Saturday 26th - 28th March 2010. Conpulsion 2010 0 Dragonmeet Midlands 2010. Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK. Saturday 10th April 2010. Derby Assembly Rooms Saturday 10 April 2010 10am until 7pm 0 Student Nationals RPG Championships 2010. Heriot Watt, Edinburgh, UK. Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th April 2010. The Student Nationals 0 Salute 2010. ExCel, London, UK. Saturday 24th April 2010. The South London Warlords Wargaming, Roleplaying and Military Modelling Club 0 Beer & Pretzels XXI. Town Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, UK. Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th May 2010. Beer and Pretzels Games Weekend 0 Eternal-Con.de 2010. Castle Stahleck, Bacharach, Germany. Friday 21st - Monday 24th May 2010. Welcome to Eternal-con.de | Eternal Convention - Kontinuum: 0 UK Game Expo 2010. The Clarendon Suites, Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Friday 4th - Sunday 6th June 2010. UK Games Expo 2009 Home Page 0 Continuum 2010. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK. Friday 2nd - Monday 5th July 2010. Continuum

New update! A few TBC dates on some of the 2010 events. 0 AmberCon UK '09. Harben House, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK. Friday 10th - Sunday 12th July 2009 AmberCon UK * 10th-12th July 2009 * Harben House, Newport Pagnell! 0 PaizoCon UK 2009. Aston University Business School, Birmingham, UK. Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th July 2009 Home - Paizocon UK: A convention for Pathfinder Society players run by players 0 Sceaptune Games Open Games Day. Shipton Bellinger Sports & Social Club, Tidworth, Hampshire, UK. Saturday 25th July 2009. Sceaptune Games - News 0 Constitution 2009. New Hall, Cambridge, UK. Friday 31st July - Sunday 2nd August 2009. Constitution 0 Ropecon 2009. Dipoli, Espoo, Finland. Friday 31st July - Sunday 2nd August 2009. http://www.ropecon.fi/2009/index_en.html 0 Confess 2009. Southern Hotel, Sligo, Ireland. Friday 18th - Sunday 20th September 2009. bebo.com - Profile from Confess <confess09> 0 CONcrete Cow '09½. Old Bath House, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, UK. Saturday 19th September 2009. Concrete Cow - Milton Keynes RPG Club 0 Furnace 2009. The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. UK Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th October 2009. http://www.rpgfurnace.com/ 0 Game '09. Palace Hotel, Manchester, UK. Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October 2009. http://gamecon.game-host.org/apex/f?p=101:1:3373311856348190 0 Spiel 2009. Messe Essen, Essen, Germany. Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th October 2009. Internationale Spieltage SPIEL 0 GamesFest 4. The Watford Colosseum, Watford, UK. Saturday 24th October 2009. Home 0 OddCon 2009. Park Inn, Telford. UK. Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November 2009. OddConUK - The Slightly Odd Convention 0 Chimeriades 2009. Lycée agricole Legta Valabre, Aix-en-Provence, France. Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November 2009. chimeriades - CHIMERIADES 0 Dominicon N SPAAAAAAAAACE!!! 2009. N.U.I Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland. Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November 2009. Dominicon 0 Indiecon' 09. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 12th - Monday 16th November 2009. Home 0 Curious Consequences. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd November 2009. Consequences C 0 Dragonmeet 2009. Kensington Town Hall, London, UK. Saturday 28th November 2009. Dragonmeet - Home 0 Ludicrus '09. Kesgrave Community Centre, Ipswich, UK. Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th December 2009. Ludicrus 08 0 WarpCon XX. University College Cork, Ireland. Friday - Sunday January 2010. W A R P C O N :: 2 0 0 9 0 Conception 2010. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Wednesday 27th - Sunday 31st January 2010. Conception Eleven... Gaming Heaven! • Home 0 Conflagration 2010. Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow. Scotland. Saturday – Sunday February 2010. Conflagration : 21st - 22nd February 2009 0 Leprecon XXXI. Goldsmith Hall, Pearse St. Dublin 2, Ireland. Friday 5th - Sunday 7th March 2010. leprecon.info - 2010 0 Itzacon VI. NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. Friday - Sunday March 2010. Itzacon | Ðаши d10s доходÑÑ‚ до 11 0 Conpulsion 2010. Teviot Student Union, Edinburgh University, Scotland. Saturday 26th - 28th March 2010. Conpulsion 2010 0 Dragonmeet Midlands 2010. Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK. Saturday 10th April 2010. Web hosting, domain name registration and web services by 1&1 Internet 0 Student Nationals RPG Championships 2010. Heriot Watt, Edinburgh, UK. Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th April 2010. The Student Nationals 0 Salute 2010. ExCel, London, UK. Saturday 24th April 2010. The South London Warlords Wargaming, Roleplaying and Military Modelling Club 0 Beer & Pretzels XXI. Town Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, UK. Saturday - Sunday May 2010. Beer and Pretzels Games Weekend 0 UK GAME EXPO 2010. The Clarendon Suites, Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Friday 4th - Sunday 6th June 2010. UK Games Expo 2009 Home Page 0 Continuum 2010. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK. Friday 2nd - Monday 5th July 2010. Continuum

Posted from the Moon Design Development Blog, vingkot . Moon Design is proud to announce that the HeroQuest Core Rules are now available for sale from HeroQuest – Glorantha | Your Gateway to Adventure or HeroQuest – Glorantha | Your Gateway to Adventure! You can directly order copies of the new HeroQuest Core Rules book and download pdfs from the website. We regret to inform you that our current eCommerce vendors do not support bundles of books and pdfs. We are exploring options to fix that in the future but until then, comfort yourself with the knowledge that the money will be going to make sure we have more money to pay for art and writers! BTW, we are still working out the kinks with Plimus (our PDF vendor). If it takes a little while for you to get an email with the download link - be patient. They are still checking to make sure that we aren't some sort of nefarious international outfit! The first dozen or so PDF downloaders are likely to get some initial weirdness (for example, you may get a phone call from Plimus just to make sure that you really ordered the PDF). Just be patient and we will make sure that you will get your PDF! But without any further ado: Anything you can imagine, you can play… HeroQuest is the innovative, dynamic, and flexible rules engine by Robin Laws, suitable for play in any genre or setting. It present a simple and flexible system that allows Game Masters to make decisions the way authors and screenwriters do when creating novels, TV episodes and movies. HeroQuest encourages creative input from your players, resulting in an exciting, unpredictable narrative created through group collaboration. Its resolution methods and scalable character levels make it equally suited for any genre, from epic fantasy to satirical soap opera. Whether your next game idea draws on horror, war, westerns, martial arts, pulps, cyberpunk, cliff-hangers, giant robots, super-powered heroes, space opera, cop action, corporate intrigue, furry animals, swashbuckling adventure, Greek tragedy or even drawing room comedy, HeroQuest can handle it! You can even use HeroQuest to emulate a musical – although it won’t do the singing or dancing for you. Completely rewritten by the Robin Laws, this new edition opens and details running the core system for any genre. What’s in this book? This book contains everything needed for play: Character Creation – describe your character and get playing in minutes. Overcoming Obstacles – handling conflict, be it with swords, words, magic, superpowers, guns or armies. Playing Stories – how to vividly run your adventures in engaging and creative ways. Narrating - the secrets for balancing the give and take between narrators and players. Followers and Support – how your sidekick, followers, horde, army or community help you. Creating Genres – details for creating and detailing your game world. Gaming in Glorantha - a separate section on applying this system to Glorantha. Quick Reference – so you don’t have to hunt for the information you really need. However, the new HeroQuest Core Rules are not the only new thing for sale on the new and upgraded glorantha.com website! We will have much of the Stafford Library up and for sale in both book form and as downloadable pdfs, including: Glorious Reascent of Yelm - THE Dara Happan background book Arcane Lore - Greg's notes on the development of his thoughts concerning heroquesting and Gloranthan magic The Middle Sea Empire - THE background book for the God Learners and the Jrusteli Empire History of the Heortling Peoples - THE background book for the Orlanthi of Sartar and Heortland, as well as the Arkat Wars, Harmast and the EWF We will also have a number of older books back in print and for sale in both book form and as downloadable pdfs, including: Dragon Pass: Gazetteer of Kerofinela Imperial Lunar Handbook, volumes 1 and 2 Blood Over Gold Men of the Sea Masters of Luck and Death With the exception of Dragon Pass: Gazetteer of Kerofinela (which is statless), these books were written for First Edition HeroQuest but can easily be retrofitted for the new HeroQuest Core Rules. Check out the website and maybe buy yourself a book or download. Or two. Or three (or four, five, six or more!)

The dates for Continuum 2010 are Friday 2nd to Monday 5th July 2010. The Yahoo Group is at: Continuum2010 : Continuum The Facebook event is at: Login | Facebook More news will follow over the next few weeks!