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Unity Games
February 6, 2010

Where: Wolburn Hilton, Wolburn, MA
Description: Unity Games is back - and better than ever! Another phenomenal day of gaming is lined up and we are excited that our 16th big Unity Games event will be held Saturday February 6, 2010. This is the same great game room at the Woburn Hilton Hotel that we had last year and we are pumped for a return trip to this venue. The hotel is located only 10 miles from Downtown Boston with convenient access to I-93 and I-95.





Dreamation
February 18 - 21, 2010

Where: The Morristown Hyatt & Conference Center Morristown, New Jersey
Description: Over 600 Events in EIGHT continuous gaming tracks...
*New NAGA Modules including LEGENDS OF THE SHINING JEWEL, ARDNA: FLESH AND BLOOD and CYBERGENERATION: STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION!
*RPGA Network Modules Featuring the All-New D&D 4th Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign!
*Role Playing featuring D&D, World of Darkness, HERO System, and much more!
*Hordes of cutting edge and small press role playing games run by their creators and designers, such as With Great Power..., Polaris, Ganakagok and The Burning Wheel!
*Wargaming featuring Warhammer 40,000, Warzone, Chronopia, BattleTech, Flames of War and much more!
*Board & Card Gaming with many favorites including Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, Amun Re, Alhambra, St. Petersburg, MONOPOLY, and much more!
*Computer Gaming on Eight Networked Computers and Video Gaming on a GIANT LCD Screen!
*Collectible Gaming featuring World of WarCraft, Dragon Dice, Shadowfist, Magic: The Gathering and much more!





Total Confusion
February 18 - 21, 2010

Where:Mansfield Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA (508) 339-2200 (Mansfield is about 20 miles Southwest of Boston).
Description: Largest convention in New England. Over 400 scheduled games and events, among them RPG including TC Realms, Living City, Living Greyhawk & RPGA, Puffing Billy, miniatures, board games, LARP and dealer exhibits.





COLDWARS
March 11 - 14, 2010

Where: Lancaster Host, 2300 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster PA 17602 (800) 233-0121
Description: HMGS East premier spring event. Over 2,000 attendees, 100 dealer exhibits and hundreds of minature events. Including special guests, ancient tournaments and a painting contest. A CGC favorite





GMT GAMES EAST 2010
March 26 - 26, 2010

Where: Crowne Plaza in downtown White Plains, NY
Description: One Day of nothing but GMT games, games, games. GMT board and card games --- and only GMT games. No tournaments, but games are being run constantly, some scheduled, as well as open game areas. GMT will also be there selling their games, and several designers will be running games, as well as putting on demos of prototypes of games under development or in consideration by GMT.



Havoc XXVI
March 26 - 28, 2010

Where: Maironis Park in ShrewsburyMA. For additional information check the Havoc website at:
Description: Our friends at BattleGroup Boston present their annual convention of miniatures and boardgames. Historical and Fantasy miniatures, board games, card games, and dealer exhibits.





POINTCON
April 17, 2010

Where: Thayer Hall, 4th Floor, West Point Military Academy
Description: POINTCON is the Cadet Wargames Committee's annual gaming convention. This year marks the events 32nd year.





MEPACon
May 21 - 23, 2010

Where: Holiday Inn Scranton East, conveniently located just off of Route 81, at 200 Tigue Street, Dunmore, PA, 570-343-4771
Description: Multigenre including but not limited to board games, CCG, RPG, LARP, plus historical and fantasy miniatures.





NEAT III
Northeast Epic Armageddon Tournament
June 26, 2010

Where: Time Machine Hobby, 71 Hilliard St, Manchester, CT
Description: Entrance is FREE!!!!
New players are welcome!! The tournament is for fun and bragging rights.
If you do not have an army, one will be provided for you. For details, click on this link NEAT II Information or email David Susco the.epic.gamer@gmail.com





DEXCON
July 7 - 11, 2010

Where: The Morristown Hyatt & Conference Center Morristown, New Jersey
Description: Over 600 Events in EIGHT continuous gaming tracks...
*New NAGA Modules including LEGENDS OF THE SHINING JEWEL, ARDNA: FLESH AND BLOOD and CYBERGENERATION: STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION!
*RPGA Network Modules Featuring the All-New D&D 4th Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign!
*Role Playing featuring D&D, World of Darkness, HERO System, and much more!
*Hordes of cutting edge and small press role playing games run by their creators and designers, such as With Great Power..., Polaris, Ganakagok and The Burning Wheel!
*Wargaming featuring Warhammer 40,000, Warzone, Chronopia, BattleTech, Flames of War and much more!
*Board & Card Gaming with many favorites including Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, Amun Re, Alhambra, St. Petersburg, MONOPOLY, and much more!
*Computer Gaming on Eight Networked Computers and Video Gaming on a GIANT LCD Screen!
*Collectible Gaming featuring World of WarCraft, Dragon Dice, Shadowfist, Magic: The Gathering and much more!





HISTORICON
July 8 - 11 2010
Valley Forge Convention Plaza

Where: Valley Forge Convention Plaza, Valley Forge, PA
Description: The "mother of all miniature conventions."Don’t miss this one! HMGS-East presents four days of historical miniature gaming, plus hundreds of dealer exhibits and flea market tables. The MECCA of the miniature hobby. CGC will be very well represented at Historicon.

The New 2010 Convention Venue: Here is a snapshot of what is offered at the VFCP, and in the local Valley Forge, PA area.

108,000+ Square Feet of Historical Miniature Gaming
2,500 FREE Parking Spaces
Several Bars, Restaurants and Food Concessions onsite
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is approximately 30-40 minutes (shuttles available) to the convention site
Easy load in/out access to gaming areas with 24 hour gaming
Same great convention, cozy new location no “big box” feel with a bigger Exhibitor Hall, better Flea Market, more
seminars, and the largest number of and best historical games in North America!

Also in the area for history and family activities:









World Boardgaming Championships
August 2 - 8, 2010

Where: Lancaster Host, 2300 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster, PA 17602
Description: Six full days of round the clock gaming. Over 1300 attendess will participate in Tournaments, Open Gaming, Dealer Exhibit, Game Auction, Fleas Market and much more.





NEGA Con
August TBD, 2010

Where:University of Maine at Farmington, in Farmington, Maine
Description: The New England Gaming Association host two full days of multigenre Gaming. Miniatures, board games, Magic: The Gathering and much, much more. For more information, email: drabuano@yahoo.com or snail to PMB 387, 250 Center Street, Auburn, ME 04210



Council of Five Nations XXXIII
October 8 - 10, 2010

Where: Proctor's Theatre and Conference Center,432 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
Description: Council of Five Nations is an annual gaming convention held every year on Columbus Day Weekend in October. It is one of the longest-running adventure gaming conventions in the world. This year is the 32nd convention sponsored by the Schenectady Wargamers Associaiton (SWA)

Council strives toward the goal of "quality over quantity". We're a relatively small con, but we try to have top-notch events. We predict an attendance of about 250 this year. As with all the Councils over the years, our goal is a nice balance between role-play games, miniatures, board games and other stuff.





Carnage 13
November 5 - 78, 2010

Where: Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT
Description: Over two-hundred events for boardgames, CCGs, Fantasy Miniatures, Historical Miniatures and Role Playing Games





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ELLISCON XIX November 17, 2007
Where:  H. H. Ellis Technical High School, 613 Upper Middle St, Ellington, CT 06239
Description: Twelve Hours of Miniature, Board and Card Games: Military, Political, Fantasy and Transportation Games for only $8.00.

Ye Olde Gaming Week (YOGWe) November 19 -25, 2007
Where: Ye Olde Commons, Charlton, MA
Description: Features games of all genres from early in the morning  to late into the night. Play miniatures on the World’s Largest Wargaming Table! Play Chess with 4' high pieces!Live your dream in a facility devoted to the world of medieval LARP!For more information, go to the CGC Gaming News Online Forum.