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Special Props

We are happy to tell the world of the support we have received from these fine companies:

Quite possibly the foremost Military History authority in the world.  Great products that allow you to take your gaming to the next level, even for you RPGers out there.  Now they even have their own Miniature Game, Field of Glory.

A great RPG company to spend your money with, if you are into that sort of thing

Check out the games of theirs that we are running, and see what you like.

About Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Pinnacle began in 1994 with Fields of Honor (a historical miniatures game) and The Last Crusade (a collectible World War 2 card game designed by John R. Hopler).

Certainly what we're best known for is Deadlands, which has now been going strong since 1996. Deadlands has appeared as a roleplaying game, a miniatures game, a collectible card game, a collectible disk game, and a comic book. The roleplaying game can be found in its original "classic" edition, in the d20 system, and "Reloaded" for our current house system, Savage Worlds. It has also been translated into Steve Jackson Games' popular GURPs system.

Wanted: Explorers willing to risk life and limb to seek out strange new worlds, survive fantastic adventures, and uncover lost and mysterious truths!

Introducing the all-new Explorer's Edition of Savage Worlds! The award-winning, fast, furious, and fun Savage Worlds rules are now more accessible than ever in this gorgeous, full-color, and totally portable volume! No more agonizing over who gets the book. No more searching for bag space. The Explorer's Edition combines the revised rules of the last edition with all-new art, setting previews, and an exclusive One Sheet ™ adventure

A superb producer of military simulation games, from small units to grand strategy. 

Plus, they produce "Twilight Struggle"  A fantastic game of the cold war.  If you get a chance try it out at Michicon.

Fantasy Flight started out as a publisher of European comics in the US. They weren't successful until they published the first edition of Twilight Imperium and have since grown to be the 5th largest publisher of boardgames in the world. They have in-house design, art, and development staff, but also are the US publishers of a variety of outside designs. They are known for their large quantities of quality components and flashy art style.

Door Prizes and Raffle

We have some great Prizes for you to win this year. We have board games, Source books, Minis, and history books to choose from this year, so come on out and win some games.

We have a new prize for this years Raffle, not only can you choose among  some great games from  our prize table, after the tireless work of our new board member Alan Meranda, we have tickets to GenCon up for grabs this time around. So try your luck and get some tickets.  Remember the raffle donations go to helping us to keep Michicon & Wintercon at an affordable price.

Important New Policy Concerning Prizes from games!

Warhorn Sign up page set.

The Warhorn site is up and running.  All the events on up, be sure to read the descriptions as some games run longer than the time slot allotted them.  Also note, there will be at con sign up for games as well, this is just a way for you to "preregister" for games.  With the system we have, you are manually placed on the sign in sheet, as long as you have  told us you are present to the con.

MichiCon Dates are Set!!!

We are excited to announce May 1st & 2nd 2009 are the dates for this year's MichiCon.  We have decided to hold it at Oakland University (the site of last years WinterCon), and we hope to fill up the rooms with love & gaming.  Okay, really just gaming, get your love somewhere else.

What we need right now, is some commitments form people to run some games for the Convention.  There are sign ups on the respective pages that are working, so get to it!

We will be setting up a Warhorn.net site, called Michicon.. go figure.  You can sign up for games there, once there are games to sign up for.  We are still finalizing some of our games so that is why not all of them are on the site yet.

The hours are 2pm-11pm on Friday May 1st & 8am-11pm on Saturday May 2nd.

We will be at the Oakland Center on the Campus of Oakland University. See map.

The pricing is as follows:

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What to Expect..

1. Miniatures:  Our Miniatures Games run the gambit from historical to sci-fi, not to mention the fantastical.  To see what we ran to WinterCon (to get an Idea of what we run) go to the Miniatures page.  Sign up to run your miniature game, even if the only one who knows the rules is you.  Chances are you can find someone who wants to learn it.



2. Board Games: We run standards like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Munchkin, Puerto Rico and more.  Plus we are sure to run some games you have never played before.  Beyond that we also run tournaments in some of your favorite games.  Sign up to run your favorite, so that others can enjoy it with you.



3. Role-Playing Games: Our Director, John Jamieson, has begun a campaign to revitalize the role-playing segment of MDG.  So he is asking for your help to make this year's MichiCon a great success by signing up to GM some games.  And of course, once the games are set, you can help by signing up to play.  
   
   
4. Card Games: We still need someone to organize the Card Games portion.  We know that there are Magic: the Gathering Players out there, not to mention the Legend of the Five Rings Players, and Lord of the Rings, Yu-gi-oh!, and others.  So, who out there is willing to step up and be the Card Game Director?  Perhaps you!

Exhibitor Information

Here’s the information on MichiCon Gamefest Exhibitor tables.

By reserving table space at MichiCon, exhibitors have read and agree to comply with the conditions, restrictions and other requirements herein. Dealers shall comply with all restricitions noted in the Oakland Center Decorations Policy:

http://www4.oakland.edu/?id=2271&sid=28

Campus map:

http://www4.oakland.edu/upload/docs/About%20OU/OUMAP_BW_web.pdf

The Oakland Center is Building #13. The Gold Room is near the center’s North entrance adjacent to Wilson Blvd. There is a ramp nearby for unloading next to the building’s receiving dock between Room 130 and the Oakland Room:

http://www4.oakland.edu/view_popup.aspx?id=3218&sid=28

Only 7-8 tables are presently available, so there is a conditional limit of 2 tables per dealer.

All tables are rectangular (8 ft x 2.5 ft).

Table fees are $30 per table (payable at the convention).

Setup and teardown:

Convention Registration Area opens Friday at 1:00 pm.

Set up on Friday by no later than 5:00 pm.

The Dealer Room (Gold Room C) will be locked up Friday at 9:00 pm. Other convention events will continue until 11:00 pm.

Gold Room C will be unlocked on Saturday at 9:00 am. Other rooms will be unlocked at 8:00 am. You can stop sales at your table(s) any time after 5:00 pm. The convention closes at 11:00 pm.

OTHER DEALER RESTRICITONS AND CONDITIONS:

No weapons or weapon replicas shall be sold.

No uniforms or costumes shall be worn by dealers or their sales representatives.

No uniforms, military memorabilia or similar items shall be sold at the dealer’s tables(s).

FLEA MARKET TABLES:

Flea market tables will be available to convention attendees starting at 6:00 pm on Saturday. Flea Market sales hours shall be 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm on Saturday only. Flea Market sellers shall be restricted to selling open, used merchandise or single copies of games/items still in shrink wrap (i.e. we will not knowingly allow “back door” dealer operations or sales).

Please contact me if you have any questions or have any special needs or requirements. I looking forward to see you at MichiCon.

Matt Kiriazis