TempleCon 2009 February 5, 2009

The TempleCon 2009 multi-genre gaming convention is coming to the Providence Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Providence. Now in its fourth year, TempleCon is an annual event with a steampunk theme, hosting a variety of casual and competitive games in a luxurious social setting. TempleCon attracts both national and international steampunk fans, top competitive gamers, and casual gamers to play board games, role-playing games, video games, card games, and table-top miniatures games, enjoy steampunk-themed performances, and participate in a variety of other events.

TempleCon 2009 will be hosting the Northeast Regional Qualifier for the Vampire: the Eternal Struggle collectible card game; Privateer Press' exclusive WARMACHINE miniatures HARDCORE event, plus WARMACHINE and HORDES miniatures Championship Tournaments; Xbox 360 and Wii tournaments in our LAN video gaming room, including a Smash Bros tournament and Gears of War events; Warhammer 40K and Fantasy miniatures tournaments; a Flames of War miniatures Northeast Regional Qualifier tournament and additional Flames of War action; a North American Diplomacy Federation Grand Prix Tournament, a Legend of the Five Rings Samurai format tournament; collectible card gaming events organized by local game store Die Hard Games, including a special edition of Magic: the Gathering's Friday Night Magic at the Biltmore, a Magic: the Gathering Conflux Release Tournament, Magic: the Gathering Draft Tournaments throughout the weekend, a Versus tournament, and an Ultimate Fighting System tournament; Heroscape events throughout the weekend presented by the North Eastern Scapers Association; multiple Shadowfist events, including the Rhode Island State Shadowfist Championship Tournament; multiple RPGA Dungeons and Dragons role-playing events; Call of Cthulhu role-playing, including a special session run by Writer Guest of Honor CJ Henderson; Unhallowed Metropolis role-playing, including a premier event by Guest of Honor Writer Simon Berman; a fully-stocked board game room with favorites such as Ticket to Ride, Arkham Horror, Tannhauser, and more; One World By Night/World of Darkness live-action role-playing; game demonstrations throughout the weekend including Munchkin and other Steve Jackson Games demonstrations, Infinity and Alkemy demonstrations by Table Top Gamers, Avatars of War demonstrations by the Heralds of War, and card game demonstrations by WHE Games; with myriad other gaming events as well.

TempleCon 2009 will feature artwork, literature, and appearances by Artist Guest of Honor Heather V. Kreiter, best known for her work on the collectible card games Vampire: the Eternal Struggle and Warlord; Artist Guests of Honor Bajema and Myke Amend, known for their collaborative steampunk creations as well as their individual work in science-fiction/fantasy and steampunk themes; and Writer Guest of Honor CJ Henderson, best known as the author of the Teddy London supernatural detective series and the Jack Hagee hardboiled PI series. A variety of dealers will be selling games and related items in TempleCon's Clockwork Bazaar and expo space.

Gaming Industry Guests of Honor at the convention include “Press Gang Quartermaster” (Director of Organized Play) Dan Brandt and Developer Kevin Clark, both from Privateer Press; also in attendance will be White Wolf Representative and three-time Vampire: the Eternal Struggle North American Champion Ben Peal.

TempleCon 2009 features steampunk and fin-de-siecle themed performances by the Ocean State Circus Performers, a group of Providence-based performers and artisans committed to bringing the art and joy of circus to everyone in and around the Providence area; Salem performance artist Aepril Schaile, best known for her hypnotic blend of mid-eastern dance, modern dance, and mythic themes; Kaia Morningstar, the Northampton-based tribal fusion bellydance instructor and director of the Mahasti dance troupe, who will be teaching a bellydance class later that afternoon at TempleCon; and local belly dancer, burlesque dancer, and fusion performer Ameena. In addition, this event features a weekend-long steampunk costume contest, a miniatures painting contest, and more!

For more information, please check out http://www.templecon.org/. Feel free to stop by our forums and join the discussion or start one of your own: http://www.templecon.org/forum/
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We hope to see you there!

Official Website: http://www.templecon.org/