A Small Dealer Mix-Up
Monday, July 12, 2010 2:22 PM by atom
Just a quick note: when I updated the Dealer Info pages for OshCon 2010, I left out a small piece of important information. The PRICE. It was just a glitch on my part, and didn't mean anything. Anyway, just to clarify: the dealer price per table is still the same as it was last year (and the year before, etc.) at $25 per table. If you're interested in being a dealer, we've still got some tables left, so sign up now, and sorry for the confusion!

2010 Event and Dealer Registration is Now Open!
Friday, May 28, 2010 1:57 PM by atom
The headline says it all: You can now register events through our handy-dandy web form. They don't get dropped into the database instantly (we manually go through them to check for spambots and such) but they usually get entered the same day. If you've run events at OshCon in the past, nothing has really changed this year, except that we should have more space, since we're expanding into the basement of the Gruenhagen Center. If you haven't been a gamemaster at OshCon before, feel free to email us at info@oshcon.org with any questions.

Also, dealer registration is open, so vendors should head to the Dealer Info page and sign up to get their booths. Any questions, hit the same email as above. We had 233 attendees last year, so there are plenty of people there ready to buy what you're selling. See you at the convention!

OshCon 2010 Announced
Friday, April 23, 2010 9:34 AM by atom
Even though the date was actually changed on the website a few months back and there have been some posters and flyers in some places since the end of February (most notably the Fire and Ice convention in Manitowoc), today we are officially announcing the date for OshCon 2010! Mark your calendars for October 9-10, 2010 and make sure you'll be at the Gruenhagen Conference Center on the UW-Oshkosh campus for all the games, demos, tournaments and dealers that will fit!

Speaking of space, this year we'll be expanding down into the basement as well, so we'll have more room for gaming tables. Therefore, we hope to expand some more into some tournaments in collectible card gaming and miniatures. Keep checking here for more information.

Lastly, we'll be opening up the schedule to new events (go here to see the big list of last year's events) and opening up vendor registration in mid-May, so check back then, and if you want to be alerted to all the happenings as related to OshCon, make sure to sign up with the mailing list over to the left.

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!"

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