2009 Photos and a Record Year
Monday, November 30, 2009 3:41 PM by atom
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Here's something I'm thankful for: the photos are (finally) up for OshCon 2009! 39 images of tabletop gaming goodness, shot by yours truly and Adam Bartlett of Heart Felt Wool (thanks, Adam). You can go gaze upon them right here or over on the left side of the page.

Looking back, this year's convention was our biggest ever. Recession be damned, we had a record 233 attendees over the two days and also more vendors than ever before. I'd like to thank all of our players, all of our vendors, all of our gamemasters and all of our staff for making OshCon 2009 a great event.

I'll be working with the university in the next month or so to plan for OshCon 2010, and you'll be able to hear about it here first, so stay tuned.

Event Schedule Coming to a Close
Monday, October 05, 2009 10:52 AM by atom
If you haven't entered your events for OshCon 2009, then you've only got a little time left! We will be closing event registration as of noon Central Time tomorrow, Tuesday October 6, so if you're still interested in being a GM, get your event in quickly!

Also, if you entered an event in the last few weeks, please take a look at the Schedule page to make sure it's on there. We were having a security issue with our web form and it was eating GM submissions from folks using some Norton and Trend Micro Internet security software, so just make sure it's on the list, and if it's not, please enter it again. The security block has been fixed so we won't have any issues in the future, yet it'll still keep the spammers out.

The new design for the OshCon 2009 official t-shirt is now up on the Merchandise page. Take a look and, if you're interested, make sure to get yours early during the convention. They'll be $12 and quantities are limited.

Lastly, don't forget to follow us on Facebook and on Twitter. As to the latter, we'll be posting pictures and captions all during OshCon this weekend so if you can't be there, you can still feel like you're there, sort of. And remember: if you're twittering from OshCon, remember to use the #oshcon hash tag so "tweeps can find your tweets!"

Only One Month Away! Event News and More!
Friday, September 11, 2009 3:53 PM by atom
There's only one month left until OshCon 2009, so if you're planning to run events at the convention, you'll want to get your events in quickly! Last year, we had 43 events on Saturday and 21 events on Sunday. As of this posting, we already have 40 events signed up for Saturday and 19 events signed up for Sunday, and there's still 30 days until the convention! So, if you have a specific time you'd like to run your event, get it in soon before the time slots start to fill up.

If you like your networking social (and who doesn't?) then you're in luck: you can now follow OshCon on Facebook and you can also follow OshCon on Twitter. Actually, we'll be posting photos of OshCon on Twitter during the convention so if you can't make it, you can still follow along as it happens. And if you're twittering from OshCon, remember to use the #oshcon hash tag so tweeps can find your tweets!

The 2009 PDF poster for OshCon is now available in the left column of the web site. Feel free to print it out and hang it around your cubicle, your dorm, your school or wallpaper your whole town with it. (Disclaimer: don't actually wallpaper your whole town. That'll take forever.) Click here to get it and use it.

Lastly, there'll be new t-shirts for OshCon 2009. The design's not finished yet, but it'll be posted here as soon as it's ready and the t-shirts will be available for purchase at the convention. Also, if you missed out on last year's t-shirt, there will still be some available at the convention this year, so make sure to grab yours right away.

Dealer Area Full; GMs: Get Events Entered Soon!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:55 PM by atom
We are no longer taking dealer requests for OshCon 2009, as all the tables are full. You can check out all of the dealers we'll have this year at the Dealer Info page. If you are a dealer who didn't get in this year, but want to go on to a waiting list (in case a current dealer has to cancel) you can go to the Dealer Info page and send us an email.

Also, there's less than two months until the convention, so if you're considering running some games, hit the Be a Gamemaster page for more info and to enter your events. We take event submissions up until the Monday before OshCon, but if you want to run games in a certain time slot (we only have so many tables, you know) you should enter your events now! Also, the longer they're on the web site, the more they're seen by site users and the more people will know about what you're running, so get your events in today!

OshCon 2009 Trailer Video
Friday, July 17, 2009 9:31 PM by atom

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