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Conventions
  • Archon 29
    Science Fiction and Gaming Convention
    Collinsville, Illinois (St. Louis, Missouri area)
    Date: Sep 29-Oct 2, 2005

  • CanGames
    Friendly Mayhem since 1977
    Annual gaming comvention, Ottawa Ontario Canada
    Date: May 20-22, 2005

  • Chicago International Toy and Game Fair
    A showcaes for all types of toy and game companies
    Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
    Date: Sep 2-4, 2005

  • ConFusion
    Sponsored by: University of Victoria Games Club,
    Victoria British Columbia, Canada
    Date: Oct 21-23, 2005

  • Con Quest Game Convention
    San Francisco California USA
    Date: TBA, 2005

  • Con Version XXI Science fiction and Fantasy Convention
    Calgary AB, Canada
    Date: TBA, 2005

  • Carry On Dominicon
    Game Convention in Ireland.
    NUI Maynooth campus, in Maynooth Ireland (not far from Dublin)
    Date: March 11-13, 2005

  • Double Exposure Inc.
    They run the following gaming conventions:
    • Dreamation 2005
      East Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, New Jersey USA
      Date: January 27-30, 2005
    • Dexcon 8
      East Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, New Jersey USA
      Date: July 13-17, 2005
  • Dragonflight Gaming Convention
    Seattle Washington USA
    Dragonflight is a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the hobby of gaming in the Northwest. Based in Seattle, Washington, we play roleplaying, miniatures, board games, card games, and computer games.
    Date: Aug 26-28, 2005

  • DreamCon
    DreamCon is a multi-genre convention held in Jacksonville, Florida
    Note: Due to funding difficulty DreamCon will not be held this year, but an effort is underway to run again in 2006!
    Date: TBA, 2006

  • Dundracon 29
    The Worlds Longest Continuously Running Roleplaying Game Convention
    San Ramon California USA
    Date: Feb 18-21, 2005

  • FallCon
    Fall Convention featuring a wide variety of tabletop games.
    Calgary, AB, Canada
    636 Marlborough Way NE, Calgary Marlborough Community Association Centre
    Doors open on Friday at 5:30pm
    Date: Sep 23-25, 2005
  • FlatCon 2004
    Bloomington, IL USA
    FlatCon is a gaming extravaganza hosted at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Roleplaying, miniature, board, and card games and tournaments from a wide variety of genres will be represented and demonstrated.
    Bloomington/Normal Interstate Center
    Date: Sep 23-25, 2005

  • GamerCon 2
    Rock Island IL USA
    GamerCon is 3 days of great gaming with a little for everyone! You will find RPGs, RPGA events, WizKids Events, miniatures, board games, M:TG and other CCGs, vendors, door prizes, onsite concessions and even open gaming tables for quick pick up games.
    Date: Oct TBA, 2005

  • GryphCon
    A gaming convention at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Run by the U of G Games Club.
    April 1-3 2005

  • Hero's Gambit 2004
    Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada
    Saskatchewan's premiere games convention
    Date: TBA, 2005

  • Impossible Realities
    "Adventures in the 4th Dimension": 4th Annual Gaming Convention
    Saint John, NB, Canada
    80 Market Place Road, Carleton Community Center
    Doors open at 6 PM, Games start at 7 PM
    Admission: $20CAD for the whole weekend
    Date: Sep 9-11, 2005
  • KeyCon Gaming and Fantasy Fiction Convention
    Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
    Date: May 21-23, 2005

  • Mayhem 1st Annual Convention
    Featuring Warhammer 40k, AD&D 2nd and 3rd edition, Vampire, Werewolf, and Inominee
    Belleville, Ontario CANADA
    May13-15 2005 (registration is $30CAD)
  • Nuke Con
    Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, IA
    Date: Sep 30-Oct 2, 2005

  • OGC 2005
    The "Open Gaming Convention" with games appropriate for all ages
    At the Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH
    Date: July 29-31 2005

  • Strategicon Strategy Gaming Conventions
    They run Gateway, OrcCon and Gamex Conventions:
    • Gateway 2005
      Date: Sep 2-5, 2005
    • OrcCon 2005
      Date: Feb 17-20, 2005
    • Gamex 2005
      Date: May 27-30, 2005
  • U-Con Gaming Convention
    Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
    Role Playing, Collectible Card Games, Board Games, Miniatures, Train Games, Live Action RPGs, Exhibitors' Hall, Auction, Specialty Gaming Tracks, and much more!
    Date: Nov 4-6, 2005

Sites of Interest
  • ADnD.com
    A banner-free on-line community with News, Surveys and Forums revolving around 2nd and 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons. A great resource for D&D fans!
  • Battlegames
    Online magazine for wargamers, created by Henry Hyde.
  • Boardgame Players Association
    The Boardgame Players Association is a non-profit corporation established to support the shared interests of board game players everywhere. The BPA wishes to serve as a portal for boardgamers to enjoy their favorite games.
  • Dire Destiny
    An online comic of the dramatic variety, done with hand-drawn flair by Robert Kendzie and Mikolai Ostapiuk... "No one can escape destiny."
  • Dragonsfoot
    Here at Dragonsfoot you will find more free, quality and original First Edition AD&D resources than anywhere else on the net. Available here are new Adventure Modules, Gaming Worlds, Character Classes, New Monsters, Articles and much more.
  • Dungeons & Dorks
    Online comic and gaming resource.
  • The Escapist
    The reality of fantasy games. Making the world a better place for games and gamers since 1995. The Escapist is a website devoted to gaming advocacy; dispelling the myths behind strategy and role-playing games, and educating the public to their real-world benefits.
  • Family Games
    Game site with content suitable for the whole family.
    Features art from Brigid Skelton.

  • The Gaming Report
    "Where Gamers Get Their News"
  • Gloriana
    Gloriana is a group of students of European Martial Arts of the 11th through 17th Centuries, with an emphasis on longsword and rapier, based in Victoria BC.
  • Jolly Games
    Jolly Games: The website of the man who invented Wiz War.
  • Kanaka Keep Gamers Guild
    The guild is a non-profit social club and forum for gamers, run by gamers. Based in North Burnaby and Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada.
  • Lairs.com
    Lairs.com sells three main categories of interactive gamebooks: role-playing, educational, and puzzle solving. The role playing novels are aimed at ages 12 and up and have plenty of action. The educational gamebook lines try to encourage pre-teen reading by offering clean, campy versions of adult genres — like horror, action and romance. The puzzle books are mysteries which contain everything necessary to solve the puzzle — except for the brand-name detective. When the story ends, it is the reader who must dazzle with his or her out-of-the-box thinking and deductive reasoning. Great fun!
  • Yahoo Group: Mini Dealer Discussion
    This group has been setup for miniature hobbyists to discuss good and bad experiences with hobby supply dealers and to recommend dealers to other hobbyists or warn them of problems they've had. This group is also the place to alert others in the miniature painting hobby of new products and hobby supply dealers.
  • Nervillsaga
    Kyle Weems's Nervillsaga is a lighthearted on-line comic that shows an intimate knowledge of the triumphs and absurdities of fantasy gaming. Good stuff!
  • New Game Bits
    New Game Bits is a Canadian site where you can buy used games and jigsaw puzzles, as well as find the rules you might have lost, from games you already have!
  • National Gamers Guild (USA)
    All types of gaming news, board games, tabletop rpg games, electronic games, convention listings.
  • Nukeland on-line Comic
    Toy-based webcomic, Fuxx0r3d Nukeland Cinema. Hilarious adventures of your favorite action figures.
  • OpenRoleplaying.org
    A great resource site for tabletop roleplayers of all descriptions. News, Reviews, Chat, Game Tips, Online Library, Editorials, and lots more, in a refreshingly attractive format.
  • The Ravenloft Mists
    A dedicated site for Dungeons and Dragons that has focuses on the Ravenloft Campaign Setting.
  • The RPG Times
    A Creative Look at Roleplaying. A long-running monthly e-zine featuring contributors from across the globe, but based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Star Crossed Destiny
    an online illustrated novel being put together by Juno Blair B, a talented writer with an action-manga style of illustration.
  • Toys Webs
    A Valuable Toy Directory and Information Resource.
  • TreasureTables.org
    GMing advice, tips, ideas and resources • Dedicated to helping GMs
  • The Trumpeter Tabletop Gaming Society
    Founded in 1964, held their first convention in 1973 and is still going strong. Monthly game nights, quarterly conventions, held in and around Vancouver BC Canada.
  • Vancouver Gaming Guild
    The Vancouver Gaming Guild was created in 2001 with the purpose of creating an online community of people who play roleplaying games (RPGs) and related games, to make it easy to find players and GameMasters (GMs) for these games. No fees. They run monthly game days in at least two game stores per month, and also run four conventions a year.
  • XYZ Head Quarter
    A Belgian site (in English) with a fantasy gaming forum, amongst other things.
Dice Related Sites
  • ARJAN VERWEIJ's Dice Collection
    "I am a passionate dice collector since I got several special dice many many years ago. On this site you can see pictures of a few thousand dice from my collection: dice from different countries, dice with 4-100 faces, dice from different materials, and dice with various types of markings, and dice as old as 2000 years!!!!"
  • Kevin Cook's Dice Collection
    At last count Kevin had 11,949 dice. He's going for a world record!
    Kevin trades but does not sell dice.

  • Dice Maniacs Club (The Random Fandom)
    MSN discussion group for dice fans,
  • Dice-Play
    An information site on all things dice related... from how to tell if someone is cheating at craps, to magic tricks with dice, to odds, to dice history.
  • Fair Dice
    Article on the geometry of dice: Fair Dice
  • Game Cabinet Dice Article
    Article on dice: loaded and fair, and their statistics
  • Giulio Ferrari's Homepage (Dice Collection)
    An Italian dice collector says, "I have a collection of a few hundred dice. I'm interested in any kind and shape of dice, but I especially love odd-faced dice and game dice. Here are some photos of dice I have in my collection..."
  • International Bone Rollers Guild
    Around since 1995, this website has a wealth of information, pictures, trivia and links for the dice lover in all of us.
  • Ivars Peterson's Math Trek
    Article on Unfair Dice
  • Significance: When to "trust" a "result"
    Determining Significance: The Chi Squared Test (testing dice for randomness)
Miniature Related Sites
  • Master Class Miniatures
    "Welcome to Master Class Miniatures, the home of professional miniature painter Jonathan Clapperton."
  • Miniature Wargaming
    A great source of information and links for the miniature wargamer. Site run by John Retzer.
  • Miniatures Painting Guild
    Information on how to paint your miniatures.
  • Slave To Paint
    "This website is dedicated to the craft of painting miniatures, and a chance for us to show people what we do in the little spare time we have! As slaves, we mainly paint 28-30mm models..."
  • Wolfbane Painting Studio
    An award-winning painter of miniatures.
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