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[GargoyleKDR]

We know that more information is going to be presented around the time of GDC (March 5-9). What other conventions are on PGI's schedule for MWO?

PAX East?
PAX Prime?
Others?


- Garg.

[MaddMaxx]

Plenty of choices in NA.

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North America

[edit] Canada

• CanGames – Ottawa ON, Canadian May Long Weekend
  
• Fragapalooza – Edmonton in June
  
• Hal-Con – Annual gaming/sci-fi convention held in October in Halifax
  
• Hammercon - Annual gaming convention held in November in Hamilton, Ontario
  
• Pure Spec – Annual fan culture festival held in November in Edmonton, Alberta
  
• Spellstorm - Annual gaming convention held in February in Toronto, Ontario
  
• Game Summit – Annual family gaming event held on family day weekend (February) in Ottawa, Ontario
  
• Fallcon - FallCon: Calgary's Annual Boardgame and Miniatures Convention, Calgary Alberta, October 14–16, 2011
  
• Chaosludik - Miniature wargaming convention held in November in Montreal QC
  
• ConBravo! (in Burlington in late July)

[edit] United States

Arranged by regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau
[edit] North East

[edit] New England
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont

• Anonycon - Stamford, Connecticut in early December
  
• Carnage - Fairlee, Vermont in early November
  
• ConnCon - Stamford, Connecticut in late March.
  
• ConnectiCon - Hartford, Connecticut in July.
  
• HAVOC - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in late March.
  
• Hobby Bunker Game Day - Malden, Massachusetts in late August
  
• Huzzah - Portland, Maine in mid May.
  
• Intercon – Chelmsford, Massachusetts in early March
  
• OGC – Nashua, New Hampshire in July
  
• Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East - Boston, Massachusetts in late March
  
• TempleCon – Providence, Rhode Island in February
  
• Total Confusion - Mansfield, Massachusetts in late February.
  
• Vericon – Cambridge, Massachusetts in late March.
  
• Unity Games - Woburn, Massachusetts in early February.

[edit] Middle Atlantic
New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

• DEXCON – Morristown, New Jersey in July
  
• Dreamation - Morristown, New Jersey in February
  
• METATOPIA - Morristown, New Jersey in November
  
• Fall In! – Adams County, Pennsylvania in November
  
• Historicon – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in July
  
• I-CON – Long Island, New York at Stony Brook University in March/April
  
• MEPACon – Scranton, Pennsylvania in March/April and October/November
  
• PrezCon - Charlottesville, Virginia - Labor Day weekend
  
• PrinceCon – Princeton, New Jersey
  
• UberCon – Edison, New Jersey in October
  
• World Boardgaming Championships – Lancaster, Pennsylvania in August
  
• Arcon - Oswego, New York, date varies but always in the Spring
  
• Council of Five Nations - Schenectady, New York in early October
  
• Queen City Conquest - Buffalo, New York, in September
  
• UB Con - Buffalo, New York, in April

[edit] Midwest

[edit] East North Central
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

• A&G Ohio - Cincinnati, Ohio in March
  
• Bashcon - Toledo, Ohio in February
  
• Con on the Cob - Hudson, Ohio in October
  
• D&D Experience – Fort Wayne, Indiana in January
  
• Games Day – Chicago, Illinois
  
• Gaming Hoopla - Janesville, WI
  
• Gary Con - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in March
  
• Geek.Kon - Madison, Wisconsin in September or October
  
• Gen Con – Indianapolis, Indiana in August
  
• Marcon – Columbus, Ohio around Memorial Day
  
• Marmalade Dog – Kalamazoo, Michigan in the first quarter
  
• MichiCon - Rochester, Michigan, in mid-summer
  
• Origins Game Fair – Columbus, Ohio in late June
  
• Penguicon – Troy, Michigan in April
  
• PentaCon - Fort Wayne, Indiana in November
  
• StarCon – Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan in March
  
• U-Con – Ann Arbor, Michigan in November
  
• WinterCon - Rochester, Michigan in December
  
• Winter War - Champaign, Illinois in February
  
• Wolfcon - Chicago Illinois in November the three days after Thanksgiving

[edit] West North Central
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota

• Geekway to the West - St. Louis, Missouri in late May
  
• Masquerade Society - Farmington, Missouri in late September.
  
• Gamicon – Iowa City, Iowa in February
  
• Fields of Honor – Des Moines, Iowa in September
  
• Nuke-Con – Omaha, Nebraska around the first of October
  
• Con of the North – St. Paul, Minnesota in late February.
  
• PretzCon - Omaha, Nebraska in April.

[edit] South

[edit] South Atlantic
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia

• Atlanta Game Fest - Atlanta Georgia - January and May
  
• Bayou Wars - New Orleans in June
  
• CharCon - Charleston, West Virginia late October
  
• Con Carolinas - Charlotte, North Carolina - early June
  
• DragonCon – Atlanta, Georgia on Labor Day weekend
  
• Euro Quest (EQ) – Maryland in early November
  
• GnomeCon - Savannah/Pooler, Georgia - April
  
• Heat of Battle - New Orleans In August at the WWII Museum
  
• MACE – High Point, North Carolina - November
  
• Mini MACE - Greensboro, North Carolina - September
  
• MAGFest – National Harbor, Maryland
  
• MegaCon – Orlando, Florida
  
• Momocon – Atlanta, Georgia in March
  
• PeliCon - Pensacola,FL In July Pelicon.info
  
• Southern Front – Raleigh, North Carolina
  
• Stellarcon – High Point, North Carolina - March
  
• SynDCon - Washington, DC area in the spring
  
• Trinoc*con – Raleigh, North Carolina
  
• Waterloo – Greenville, South Carolina for boardgame Napoleonic Wars
  
• Winter Activation Meeting (WAM) – Maryland

[edit] East South Central
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee

• CoastCon - Biloxi, Mississippi (typically in early March)
  
• Hypericon – Nashville, Tennessee (early Summer)
  
• MidSouthCon – Memphis, Tennessee
  
• MOBICON – Mobile, Alabama (May)
  
• Tennessee Game Days - Nashville, Tennessee (Late Spring)
  
• Chattacon - Chattanooga, Tennessee (end of January)
  
• PlayOnCon - Birmingham, Alabama (typically in July)
  
• gamecon Memphis - Memphis, Tennessee (late Sept)
  
• Game Fest South - Chattanooga, Tennessee (August)

[edit] West South Central
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas

• Texicon [1] General Gaming Convention - Fort Worth, Texas 3rd weekend of July
  
• ScrewAttack Gaming Convention (SGC) - Texas in Summer
  
• BGG.CON - Irving, Texas in late November
  
• TrollCon - Little Rock, AR - mid summer
  
• OwlCon [2] - Rice University, Houston, Texas in early February
  
• MAG CON - General Gaming Convention and fundraiser - New Caney, TX (Houston area), April 14-15, 2012

[edit] West

[edit] Mountain
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming

• Phoenix Vul-Con - Phoenix, AZ (February)
  
• GEEX Show - Utah
  
• NeonCon - Las Vegas, NV (November)
  
• Genghis Con - Denver, CO (February)
  
• SaltCON - Salt Lake City, UT (February)

[edit] Pacific
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington

• BlizzCon – Anaheim, California in October - computer gaming (Blizzard Entertainment, creators of World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo)
  
• DunDraCon – San Ramon, California on President's Day weekend in February - primarily RPGs and LARPs, but also includes some card and board gaming
  
• Celesticon – Redwood City, California on Labor Day Weekend - RPG, SciFi/Fantasy/Historical Miniatures, Euro/Family/Historical Boardgames, CCG/CMG and a War College
  
• E For All – Los Angeles, California in October
  
• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – Los Angeles, California in July - computer gaming
  
• GameStorm – Portland, Oregon in March
  
• Games Day – Los Angeles, California in May
  
• Gamex – Los Angeles, California in May
  
• Gateway – Los Angeles, California in September
  
• Kublacon - Burlingame, California on Memorial Day weekend in May - Large convention for RPGs, LARPs, card games, miniatures, and tabletop board games. Has a room and several events dedicated exclusively to younger players.
  
• Enfilade - Olympia, Washington on Memorial Day weekend in May - Northwest Historical Miniature Gaming Society annual wargaming convention
  
• MineCon - Las Vegas, Nevada in November - computer gaming
  
• Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show – Seattle, Washington in June
  
• OrcCon – Los Angeles, California in February
  
• Pacificon Game Expo - Santa Clara, California, Labor Day Weekend, Over 30 years of gaming! Approximately 1200 attendees.
  
• Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Prime – Seattle, Washington on the last weekend in August or Labor Day Weekend
  
• RadCon, Science Fiction and Fandom Convention, Pasco, WA Annually on President's Day Weekend
  

[Omigir]

holy.. sonofa...

that is allot

[osito]

thanks for the list. now i know what months to use my vacation days on. I am saving my sick days for the game release though. 24/7 mech warrior.

[Karrig Fetladral]

You guys got that right...I didn't even know about almost all of them, inly a few I knew of. I might do the same and plan on going to some of those events...

[Aaron DeChavilier]

ok, now I have to go to Connecticon (yeah just gave my state away o.o) ; too bad I scrapped my Atlas costume last year D:
http://on1-k.deviant...set=24#/d26yiro


I ran out of time to make the thigh gaurds, shoes, any identifiable markings whatsoever, or shoulder guards <sigh>

FD - y u no make wearable design (lol)

but perhaps, this summer...I shall reforge the AS7-D

Edited by Aaron DeChavilier, 31 January 2012 - 01:23 PM.

[Cyote13]

There is a big one over here in Cologne, but it is in Sept or something. Would love for these guys to be there even if it is after launch.

Edited by Cyote13, 11 February 2012 - 09:14 PM.