"GottaCon - Victoria, BC - Feb 6, 7, 8" Topic
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| BBurger | 04 Jan 2009 10:17 p.m. PST |
I'm not involved in running this, but there's a new combined gaming convention in about a month: GottaCon out on the west coast, in Victoria. gottacon.com Miniatures, RPGs, cards, console & PC gaming – they're trying to get everyone out for this one! I know a few of the other Victoria-area gamers are active on TMP (hi, Malcolm) but I hadn't seen a GottaCon annoucement yet so I thought I'd throw it out there. Hopefully some of the Vancouver/Lower Mainland crew make it over, too! |
| TheCaptainGeneral | 04 Jan 2009 11:45 p.m. PST |
I am tempted to go as some of my friends are running games:) I was supposed to put on an Ambush Alley Game with the Trojan bunny but couldn't due to time constraints… |
| battlepack2001 | 05 Jan 2009 8:26 a.m. PST |
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| malcolmmccallum | 05 Jan 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
I'm putting on a game of Swashbuckler (Yaquinto) on the Friday eve using 28mm figs in a constructed tavern. On Sunday I'm running a game of Sharp Practice: The Guns of Monte Matteo. Using perfidious means, the British are going to try to take out a dangerous battery of guns overlooking a pass. They'll need to do it without Gregory Peck and David Niven. We hope to have a few games of Field of Glory on the Saturday but currently nothing is concrete. Miniature games are only a small corner of what this Con is hoping to attract. CCGs, board games, collectible miniatures, roleplaying games, and a hockeysock full of computer gaming are their primary audience. |
| Rassilon | 05 Jan 2009 3:03 p.m. PST |
How close to the Victoria ferry docks (via Seattle) is the location? |
| malcolmmccallum | 05 Jan 2009 3:38 p.m. PST |
About 5km. It is at the Pearkes Arena which is near the intersection of Burnside and Tillicum. You can get to Burnside from Douglas. |
| BBurger | 05 Jan 2009 6:02 p.m. PST |
The Clipper from Seattle comes right into Victoria's Inner Harbour, which is right downtown; the #11 city bus goes right thru downtown to Pearkes Arena. There's a huge number of hotels & motels just north of downtown, pretty much along the busroute between there and Pearkes. Google Maps link w/ Pearkes highlighted:
link BC Transit Victoria, for anyone needing public transit info:
link Victoria Clipper (passenger-only from Seattle to Victoria): clippervacations.com/ferry BC Ferries (cars & pax, Vancouver to Victoria): bcferries.com |
| tchristney | 06 Jan 2009 12:18 a.m. PST |
Cool, a place to play miniatures without having to clean out my basement first! Who knew? |
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