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Post by johnnywannabe on Feb 18, 2008 12:16:05 GMT -5
Years ago, in the early 80s an annual game convention was held at the U of W. It was pretty decent. I remember that KS attended one year and people oo-ed and aw-ed. I can't remember the convention's name and I'm hoping someone here might recall.
[My apologies if I posted this thread in the wrong area].
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Post by Gilvan Blight on Feb 18, 2008 14:00:58 GMT -5
It was the Windsor Gamesfest, put on by the Windsor Gaming Society a long standing (and now defunt) University club.
I was the President of the club when it crashed to the ground with the advent of CCGs and the increased popularity of PC and Console gaming.
I have heard rumors that there is a new gaming club at the U but it's been a while since I attended so cannot confirm.
The most memorable Windsor Gamefest to me was the year Richard Garfield was there giving away starters to some new fangled card based roleplaying game. I was too narrow minded to get involved. Happily running my Warhammer 40K (Rogue Trader Rules) Tournament upstairs while the rest of the gaming scene was converted over to Magic The Gathering. By the end of the weekend Sunday, even I had been won over when Thardon and another friend bought up copious amounts of cards (which we could have gotten free the two days prior) and showed us this amazing new game. I was broke for the next 4 or so years before I finally kicked the CCG Habbit.
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Post by johnnywannabe on Feb 18, 2008 14:32:35 GMT -5
I only attended the con three times, but all three times were memorable. The first time I attended I played in five tournament games - Boothill (hated it), an AD&D game that took the Monty Hall style of gaming and ran with it (loads of fun), a Bushido game (What! It isn't made by TSR!? - a great game but I was too stupid to appreciate it), an AD&D game of the serious sort (I felt the DM was biased and determined to award his friend the win), and a large Napoleanic miniature game (very fun). The second time I played in a number of AD&D games and tried my hand at Palladium. The third time was in the mid to late 80s. I only went for a brief stint and played in a small-publisher's game. The game was called KGB (Kats Gone Bad) and the PCs were non-cat animals. It was a great concept and a good laugh, but I don't think the author ever got it published. A shame. Games like Squirrel Attack! enjoy some well-deserved popularity and, of course, TMNT had great success.
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