"Hurricon 2019, Orlando, Fl Sept 26 to 29" Topic

Hurricon site on Tabletop games is available. There are 3 pages of events already. The Park Inn is now the Days Inn. Phone number is the same. I called the hotel directly to book my room. To me it seems the easiest, most direct way. Got immediate answers to my questions and was able to register my requests. The rooms come with continental breakfast. I submitted my game – Attack on Mudawwarah Station 1918. It is time to buy badges, book rooms and submit/sign up for games.

Nick always puts on a great game. He not only puts on his own game using The Sword and the Flame but also coordinates with other GMs to keep the table filled with TSATF games the whole convention. Table has been a big hit.

The formal name is The Days Hotel by Wyndham Celebration. Address remains the same. For those of you who have been before we will be in the South Tower this show. To meet the stricter Wyndham requirements the hotel is undergoing a comprehensive upgrade. The North Tower, which is the one we are normally in and mere steps from the Convention Center is closed for its turn this show. It will be reopened in time for RECON. The South Tower was just finished so you will be able to try out the new rooms. The Convention Center renovations will be done by HURRICON so no problems there. The lobby will be under renovation while we are there but also will be done by RECON. Good news for many of us, a Starbucks will be included as part of the renovations!

For more, to include a list of games as they are submitted, go to the Table Top site:
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I will be there!

Thanks Marc. Can you release the deadline dates for pre-registration and game submission so people know how much time they have?

Well next week I will try to get reservations. I got the Days Inn change notice.

Nick;

Will try and get some firm dates but in the past GM submissions cut off 3 1/2 weeks from con and pre-reg and game sign-ups 2 1/2 weeks ahead.

Rudy;

The switch over to the new reservation system has been trying to say the least but believe it is fixed. You can use the "Reserve Room Through This Link" in large blue letters just above a copy of the advertising card on the table top site, it should be fixed now:
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Or call the hotel direct at 407-396-1400 and select option 1. The group code is 092619HMG

We regret the problems with the reservations which usually goes smoothly but am sure folks recognize this was a hotel issue.

I got the reservation today and they said it was at the 82$ rate and no resort fees.

Thanks for the update Rudy. The Board, especially Scott, has been working overtime to make sure it all works.

And, as always, look forward to seeing you and of course browsing your incredible variety of books!

We've got our room, called the hotel, no problem! I uploaded my game on tabletop last night. Again, without any problems or hiccups. I'm looking forward to seeing the game grid. Bring it on folks, upload your games.

So far 2 of our 7 TSATF games have been submitted and are available on Tabletop games. Jeff's game hasn't appeared yet. There are 4 more games coming. Please be patient as the other 3 gms get their games together.

4 games are now listed on the schedule and 1 is almost full. TSATF players need to pre-reg and sign up. These games always go fast.

The direct link for the show and the PEL is:
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The hotel like is here:

tinyurl.com/HURRICON2019

Hope this helps, we would love to see you there.

As of today Mark Cooledge has 2 spots left in his game, Jeff Baumal 1 spot and me 4 spots. Dan Gurule has all 8 spots available. We have a month and a half to go before game registration ends and nearly half the spots at 4 TSATF games are taken. If you haven't registered consider doing it soon.

TSATF table update: There are four games on the schedule and one submitted but hasn't appeared yet. So far 2 games are closed, mine has two slots left. One game has 8 slots open and we still have 6 weeks to go to sign up. Don't wait til the last minute. get your slot now.

TSATF table update: The last 2 games have been submitted and should appear on the schedule soon. There will be 7 games totally, 1 for each time period from thursday night to saturday night. 2 games are closed, 1 has 2 slots left and another 4. 3 games have all slots available. Time to sign up.

TSATF got me hooked on playing Colonials. I think, by now, I have played in at least one game by each of the GMs who Nick has herded together to put on TSATF table for the whole convention. NEVER a bad game I have enjoyed each one I played. So even if you have only a passing interest in the period grab a spot! Part of the fun of conventions is trying a period or genre you havent before. And both the players and GMs are very welcoming.

Making travel plans now. How much goes on thursday? Wednesday?

What are the dealer hours? is there a flea market?

Nothing going on Wednesday. Set up is thursday starting about noon. Thursday evening has become so popular with pick up games and such it is now also a regularly scheduled gaming session (8pm-midnight). The main gaming room also holds the vendors. It is open to the public from 9am-midnight but opens earlier for the vendors. The vendors are allowed to set their own hours within that rather large window. The flea market is friday from 6pm-8pm.

You can check out the games so far link

Don't forget to hit the "…" for more of the schedule.

The schedule for the TSATF table is set and is as follows:

Thursday 8pm to midnight Pirate Raid Dwight Jones
Friday 9am to 1 pm Retribution Dwight Jones
Friday 2pm to 6 pm Special Delivery Mike Lucas

Friday 8pm to midnight Algeria 1900 Mark Cooledge
Saturday 9am to 1 pm Sudan Beach Holiday Dan Gurule

Saturday 2pm to 6 pm Attack on Mudawwarah St. Nick Zizo

Saturday 8pm to midnight Bashaw's Dilemma Jeff Baumal

Mark's and Jeff's games are closed. Mine has 2 slots open, Mike's has 4 slots open, the other 3 have all slots available as of now.

TSATF table up date:

Algeria, Bashaw and Mudawwarah are now closed.

Special Delivery has 3 slots open

Pirate Raid, Retribution and Sudan Beach are still open.

Pre registration is starting to pick up along with game registration. Don't wait. Sign up.

There are 78 games listed on the schedule. 2 have been cancelled, 4 are closed, but 72 remain open. Plenty of games for everyone with more to come. Thirteen vendors have recorded their booths, but its really 15 because Richard Borg and Rudy Nelson will be there. Time to pre register.

TSATF table up date: follows are the games, their times and # of slots open.

Pirate Raid Thurs 8 pm 5/6 Dwight Jones
Retribution Fri. 9 am 6/6 Dwight Jones
Special Delivery Fri. 2 pm 2/6 Mike Lucas
Algeria Fri. 8 pm 0/6 Mark Cooledge
Sudan Beach Sat. 9 am 4/8 Dan Gurule
Mudawwarah Station Sat. 2 pm 0/8 Nick Zizo
Bashaw's Dilemma Sat. 8 pm 0/6 Jeff Baumal

My game was designed for 6 to 8 players, so please don't put your name on a waiting list. It is full and I won't be adding players.

Marc and Nick , Thanks for all the updates. Hurricon 19 looks to be shaping up to being a very good con . Maybe this has already been answered somewhere , but what is the food situation in the hotel i.e. the Hallway setup and the food court ?

The hotel has made some changes to the convention area but they assure us that the food concession will be up and running as usual. Of interest is they now have a continental style breakfast for free! Not sure where this will be set up since construction ongoing but for those who want a light breakfast bodes well for the future.

Also awaiting final status of the food court. No word yet on whether the Starbucks will be open in time for HURRICON or not. Several fast food restaurants have recently opened within a relatively short, and safe walking distance of the hotel as well giving folks more options without having to move our cars.

Keeping fingers crossed some updates to the hotel's bar area. Not bad but rather small and not all that conducive to the critical after action stories from the games!

The ne of the best concession areas in the convention circuit.