| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 15 Apr 2013 9:26 a.m. PST |
GM registration deadline for the PEL is April 25th. That's just 11 days away! There are some great looking games coming in… Be sure to register your game by next Thursday. link General Pre-registration will begin immediately after the PEL is posted online at our website. NJcon5 is New Jersey's Premier Wargaming Convention
June 7th & 8th 2013
NJ Convention Center – Edison, New Jersey See you there! -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| WarWizard | 15 Apr 2013 10:53 a.m. PST |
I am hoping to make it this year. |
| 114th Pennsylvania | 20 Apr 2013 6:52 a.m. PST |
Just Registered my game of Bushy Run 1763. Looking forward to the show. |
| Lord Ashram | 21 Apr 2013 6:14 a.m. PST |
Hm, I don't know much about this convention. How large is it compared to, say, Fall In and the like? |
| 47Ronin | 21 Apr 2013 9:38 a.m. PST |
NJCon is only in its fifth year, Lord Ashram, so it is much smaller than Fall In, which has now been around for a while and could draw support from the other two HMGS (East) conventions (Historicon and Cold Wars) when it started. In those five years, NJCon has already outgrown its original location. We'll see if that trend continues. NJCon has had an attendance in the hundreds, mainly from the Northeast, with a decent selection of games and dealers (Brigade Games, On Military Matters) from which to choose. For a young convention, it has pretty solid GM support. Some GMs who no longer wish to attend Historicon have moved over to NJCon instead. For them it's a 2-3 hour drive (and home for dinner) versus a 5-6 hour drive to run the same game. Look for the PEL on line. You may like what you see. |
| Lord Ashram | 21 Apr 2013 11:24 a.m. PST |
I'll take a look! Thanks for the info… I am not very connected in the world of the conventions so I have very few frames-of-reference:) What is the vendor situation usually like? Thanks! |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 21 Apr 2013 7:23 p.m. PST |
The convention hall has 16 vendor booths/slots as presently configured (vendors usually occupy 1-3 booths). We may have to consider expanding our vendor marketplace in 2014 if we experience the same growth we did in 2012.
Here is this years vendor list which was sold out prior to March. njcon.org/marketplace/vendors Here's the main web page. Take a look around to see what we have going on. njcon.org Hope to see you there! Regards, -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 22 Apr 2013 9:35 a.m. PST |
Five days to go until NJcon5 PEL deadline. link Should be published on the website after the weekend. Regards, -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| generaljl | 04 May 2013 11:30 a.m. PST |
when is the pel going to be up |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 05 May 2013 8:12 p.m. PST |
Having some minor difficulties with the games database populating to the PEL. We have been working on this over the weekend and it should be resolved shortly. There is an excellent variety of games that have been submitted and at present count we have around 45+ games with more games coming in daily. We hope to have the PEL posted in a day or so… thank you for your patience! -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 06 May 2013 8:54 p.m. PST |
The NJcon5 Preliminary Events List (PEL) is now online. It can be found here: link More games are coming in and will be added in the coming days. One month to go until NJcon5!
-NJcon5 Dispatch
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| 47Ronin | 07 May 2013 2:53 p.m. PST |
Glad to see that the PEL is available for review. An interesting mix of games. Add in the vendors who will be there and you have the makings of a nice day (or two) of gaming and shopping. |
| essayons7 | 10 May 2013 6:40 a.m. PST |
Looking forward to it!!!! |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 10 May 2013 10:15 a.m. PST |
Check out the game sign-up feature when you pre-register for the convention. This is new for this year. Sign up for two games at the time that you register. njcon.org/pre-register -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 12 May 2013 10:26 a.m. PST |
NJcon5 Food Concession Improvements! The single biggest concern we consistently heard last June was regarding the food quality, limited food options and costs. This therefore became our single biggest area for improvement in 2013. If you plan to attend early next month you will see "Oink and Moo BBQ" set up just outside the front door. They were recently featured on "Good Day New York". O&M servers will provide gaming table service (extremely tournament friendly) and will be serving breakfast lunch and dinner. Link: oinkandmoobbq.com/menu We also plan to make runs to "Harold's New York Deli". If you've never sampled "Harold's" be prepared to share these wargamers sized portions! Pizza/Italian eatery options will also be in the mix. The Convention Center has allowed us to provide these options to you and we expect to reduce costs on many snacks and drinks sold on the premises. We hope these improvements will further enhance everyone's gaming experience! See you there on June 7th & 8th. -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 02 Jun 2013 8:54 p.m. PST |
NJcon5 Pre-Reg ends Tuesday night 6/4. Last chance to register at the the lower weekend rate of just sixteen bucks. ($20 walk-up weekend rate) A GREAT value any way you look at it. njcon.org/pre-register Hope to see you when the show starts on Friday! -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| NJcon5 Dispatch from the Front | 05 Jun 2013 8:51 a.m. PST |
Online registration is now closed…
Preregistration is up over 20%… very nice positive trend. Hope to see you this Friday and Saturday! -NJcon5 Dispatch |
| 47Ronin | 06 Jun 2013 2:41 p.m. PST |
A 20% pre-reg increase? Perhaps the move of Historicon is having an impact. We'll see. See you Saturday. |
TRUgamer  | 06 Jun 2013 3:24 p.m. PST |
I can't wait… heading up tonight. Looking forward to some serious gaming fun this weekend. See you there. Tom |
| 114th Pennsylvania | 06 Jun 2013 5:47 p.m. PST |
I think 20% of our visitors wanted to save $5. USD :-) Just set up the Vendor Hall and Tourney area. Windsword LLC was the first to arrive. I tried to look in their storage boxes for their Old Glory 15's….ooooh Shiny! Looking for another great show! Our returning Vendors..
On Military Matters
Brigade Games
Windsword LLC
Age of Glory
Silver Eagle
Maplewood Hobbies
Warstore Collectibles
Major Objective Games Tourneys
Flames of War
Fields of Glory Ancients Over 48 Scheduled Games and a Bring and Buy market. See you all this weekend for our 5th Year! |
