What!? More minis in WI. Yes! Is this like another regional or just a 3 day hangout?

It's not a Regional its a gaming convention being held at the Sheraton in Madison, WI. Follow the link that Tim posted to get more details. We basically just entered several events that we wanted to run over the course of the weekend. We are still waiting on confirmation of time slots but the events posted are confirmed.

This is the first ever Game Hole Con so I can't tell you exactly what that will be like but for anyone not familiar Madison itself is a great town. This location is just down the road from the downtown Capitol area. Lots of great restaurants and a fantastic brew pub.

This should be a very fun weekend so mark your calendars!

Oh. Well looking at the link helped. Dah . Hmm, I'll have to see if i can make it. It looks like fun.

All players* are welcome to join the fun. We'd love to fill up the sessions.

Sidenote: We're trying to get some prize support from the sponsors. The more people that pre-register, we should have more luck getting swag.





* Even Kez is invited to join us. I'll leave a badge and game tickets for you at "Will Call."

Contact me if you need v sets or promos. They are sitting in my living room in boxes.

One week to go for pre-registration. That saves you a bunch of time waiting in line. And it helps us know how many to plan for.

Hope to see everybody there.

Quick update. The new Bounty Hunter Challenge cards will be legal for the 200 point tournament (and Tile Wars) at this event.

Seeing as many attendees will not have attended Gen Con to have acquired the Dooku or Yoda, Hero of Geonosis cards I asked Echo24 if he would be nice enough to upload them onto www.swmresources.com and he has already updated the Bounty Hunter Challenge download link. Thanks again Daniel!

So if you are planning on coming and want to use one of those characters go ahead and print a copy off.

Getting really excited for this weekend!

Quick update on events and schedule.

The Saturday 200 point tournament Swiss rounds will be held during a 1:30pm - 6:30pm time slot. The top 4 after Swiss will square off during the 7:00pm - 9:30pm time slot. Everyone not in the top 4 will be squaring off in some Tile Wars fun! We will have some extra maps and Tiles for anyone to borrow (so long as you treat them nice!) if you don't have them. Tile Wars is also a 200 point format.

Initially there was a bug in the Game Hole Con system that didn't allow you to sign up for the 9:30pm - midnight time slot in which we will be playing Royal Rumble and it wasn't fixed until late in the pre-registration process. As of now I don't know how many people plan to stick around that late but as of now it is still a go. For that format you will need (3) duos that each can be up to 100 points (under 100 is fine). No faction restrictions so feel free to pair up Vong w/ OR, Sith w/ Republic characters. Get creative and have fun!

If you have questions about any of these formats please check the links posted or pm me (Galactic Funk) or Chargers.

A couple other things concerning logistics. First, do whatever you can to have your squads totally set beforehand including writing down your point costs and everything. We will have signup sheets for you to fill out but the quicker we get everything from you the quicker we can get pairings set and the dice rolling!

Also it was announced recently that the organizers of Game Hole Con have arranged for local Madison food carts to be set up in the hotel parking lot to give you multiple quick food options on site. As many of you know who have attended tournaments it makes things really nice if you can get food easily and quickly throughout the day.

Lastly, if you have pre-registered you will need to pick up your badge and any event tickets you have signed up for. If you have not pre-registered you will need to buy a badge for the day (or weekend if you plan to be there more than 1 day). Badge cost for the day is $20. Event tickets are required to play in our events. Cost is $3 for the Swiss rounds (1:30-6:30), $2 for Final 4/Tile Wars slot (7-9:30), and $2 for the Royal Rumble (9:30-midnight). That being said, arrive early to get those things taken care of, walk around and check out the convention, eat some lunch and come check in with us so we can get things going.

Based upon who I have talked to it looks like we have a really awesome group of people coming in for this from multiple surrounding states! Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a great day of mini's!


Oh and if you play X-wing we have a 7pm - midnight time slot Friday night. Room blocks may be gone but the last I checked room rates were still very reasonable!

Actually, the Standard Map List is being used as noted on the GHC events list. We'd left it more open so that all players (including those players who may be less experienced with the tournament format or those who are in the Madison area and have been away from the game for a while but who may be at the Con) can join in and participate.

Any word yet as to how many people are going to attend? I wonder if it will excede the Wisconsin Regional turnout that we had this year....that'd be awesome!