GloranthaCon VII
May 22-25, 1998
Los Angeles, California
U.S.A.
It's almost here! Everything and everyone are coming together
for
GloranthaCon VII, which will take place in conjunction with the Gamex
Convention at the LAX Wyndham Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
FEATURED GUESTS
Greg Stafford, the creator of Glorantha, and Robin Laws, the author
of
the new Glorantha RPG, will be Guests of Honor. Guests of Distinction
will include Sandy Peterson, Michael O'Brien (MOB), Larry DiTillio,
David Hall, David Cheng, David Dunham, and Stephen Martin.
EVENTS
Regular GloranthaCon events will include Stafford Reads, Trollball,
Gloranthan Storytelling, and the Glorantha Auction.
NEW GLORANTHA RPG DEMONSTRATIONS
Our featured game will be the demos of the Glorantha RPG, the new game
coming from Issaries, Inc. Robin Laws and a specially trained demo team
will run and teach the game on Saturday and Sunday.
There is still some room for GM's for the new game. Anyone interested
should contact Roderick Robertson at
<Roderick_J_Robertson@ccm.sc.intel.com>.
Additional events already scheduled are Once Upon a Time in Glorantha
(Gloranthan version of the storytelling card game); Three Heads are Better
than One (a freeform LARP); two Gloranthan miniatures games; and seminars
on Mythology of the Red Moon, Glorantha RPG, History of the Orlanthi, The
Seattle Farmer's Collective Cultural Exchange, Secret History of Sun County
Seminar, and the First Age. Recently added events include the Diet
of Lyrms mini-LARP, the Lismelder Initation, and an eight-hour Glorantha
boardgame session.
REGISTRATION
Please register through us for GloranthaCon. Preregistration
at $27.50 can still be accepted, but get it in quickly! At-the-door registration
is
$33.00. Checks and money orders must be in U.S. funds and should
be made out to "Strategicon." Please mail them to:
GloranthaCon c/o Janice Sellers
Chaosium, Inc.
950 56th St.
Oakland, CA 94608
Preregistration materials will then be mailed to you.
HOTEL
The convention will take place at the LAX Wyndham Hotel, 6225 W. Century
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045; (310) 670-9000. Room reservations
must be made directly with the Wyndham. The convention room rate
is $84 (plus taxes)/night for a single, double, triple, or quad.
The cut-off date for this rate is May 8, 1998. The Wyndham runs a free
shuttle between the hotel and L.A. International Airport. For those driving,
parking at the hotel is $6/day ($9 for valet parking) with convention validation,
and free (but still $9/day for valet parking) for hotel guests.
For further information, please contact Janice Sellers at
<janice@chaosium.com>.
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