The MechaniCon - West Chester, PA, November 4-6 - 40K, PP, WFB

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We may be in the middle of summer, but fall is coming soon. And with fall comes MechaniCon! This year we’re especially excited to add an indy circuit Warhammer Fantasy event, and a big Privateer Press presence thanks to Chris Nanry, the Press Ganger organizing the horde of events.

Tickets are on sale now at www.themechanicon.com/1/. Check out the web site for more event information and to find out about new events as they’re added to the schedule. Hope to see you there!

MechaniCon 2011
November 4-6, Days Hotel, West Chester, PA
www.themechanicon.com/1/

Main events
• Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament, an Independent Tournament Circuit event (70 players, Sat/Sun, 1850 pts)
• Warhammer Fantasy Battle Independent Tournament Circuit event (32 players, Fri., 2000 pts)
• Warmachine/Hordes - The East Coast Rumble (Sat/Sun, 50 pts)


Other featured events

Friday:
• Warhammer 40K Tournament - Forge World Army Lists are legal (32 players, 3 games,1850 pts)
• Battlefleet Gothic Tournament (16 players, 3 rounds, 1500 pts)
• Warmachine/Hordes - Highlander event (35 pts)
• Warhammer 40K Kill Team Tournaments by the Berks-PA Gaming Club


Saturday:
• Warmachine/Hordes - Mangled Metal,Tooth and Claw Tournament (35 pts)
• Philly Fall Brawl Blood Bowl Tournament
• Iron Ogre Painting Competition - categories for GW, PP, and all other manufacturers
• Privateer Press Painting Challenge
• Warhammer 40K Kill Team Tournaments by the Berks-PA Gaming Club
• Chris Bledsoe Memorial Charity Auction, benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society


Sunday:
• Warcaster Thunderdome event
• Munchkin Card Game Tournament

All Weekend:
• Warmachine/Hordes - Open Arena
• Heroscape events by The Mid-Atlantic Regional 'Scapers – see web site for details

WITH MORE EVENTS TO COME!


Scheduled vendors and manufacturers:
• The WarStore
• Battlefront/GF9
• Mantic Games


Hotel rooms:
Rooms are available with a group discount rate of $89 plus tax. To receive the group rate for hotel rooms, call the Days Hotel at 610-692-1900 and mention the code "MechaniCon Conference". Any cancellations of reservations within 24 hours from the date of arrival will be billed for one (1) night's room and tax.

***Important note to our guests from previous years – the convention is at the same hotel, it’s just under new management.***

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We have been quiet on the boards but busy at the workshop. Here are some pics of prep work and some of the great donations for the charity event.

Some of the new pieces being added this year
http://www.themechanicon.com/1/wp-content/uploads/Scenery1.jpg

We have received tons of donations for this year's Chris Bledsoe Memorial Charity Auction.
http://www.themechanicon.com/1/chris-bledsoe-memorial-charity-auction-2011/2011/08/

We have over 5000 comic books, and they will be available as lots of Short Comic Boxes (about 175 per box). We have over 20 boxes loaded with a diverse collection. All the books were donated by a close friend of Chris. Note - these boxes have a random mix of everything from the collection and many boxes include rare books.
http://www.themechanicon.com/1/wp-content/uploads/Auc.Comics.jpg

We are happy to offer many gaming tables in this year's auction, from basic 4'x6' platforms to finely detailed gaming tables. This one is "re-charitied" and was crafted by Brian Niro from Gentleman's Ones for this year's Heroes of Armageddon which benefitted Doctors without Borders. Mike Clark, from Showcase Comics and Games and a family friend of Chris donated this half of the great display table.

A Gentleman's Ones
http://agentlemansones.blogspot.com/

Heroes of Armageddon
http://heroesofarmageddon.blogspot.com/

Doctors Without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/


http://www.themechanicon.com/1/wp-content/uploads/Auc.table1b.jpg

We also have hundreds of old RPG books, Board, Card and Video Games, as well as loads of other cools stuff.

Many more projects are wrapping up for this year's event and with only a month to go it is now crunch time. We have some new announcements, some links and photos to share.

Tickets are going fast for many events, with the Heroscape events being a top seller. Tickets are still available for all events and hotel rooms are filling up very quickly. Place your order and get your reservations soon to confirm your space at this year's event.


We are pleased to report that ROBOTECH BATTLES will be demoed on Friday and Saturday at the convention this year.

http://www.themechanicon.com/1/another-new-indie-game-shows-off-at-the-con-robotech-battles/2011/10/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-MechaniCon/139581129046
http://twitter.com/#!/The_MechaniCon


The Privateer Press events added this year really getting lots of love. We have loads of loot and a horde of great gamers getting registered. This is shaping up to be one of the premier weekends for PP gaming behind other greats like Lock and Load, Adepticon, Gencon and Templecon.
You can follow the main thread for the PP events here on Dakka Dakka:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/391161.page;jsessionid=B17EA335C97DDED5392B85902B1 B3545
The main thread over at the Privateer Press Boards can be found here:
http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?75622-The-East-Coast-Rumble-2011-Mecahnicon-Nov-4-6th


The Noobhammer Podcast will be in attendance this year. They have been putting on a great show and have recently joined Beasts of War as the hosts of Beasts of War Radio. Meet the guys and chat about your hobby and gaming thoughts. In their latest Episode 9, you can hear the shout out about our event 23 minutes in! fnord
http://www.noobhammer.com/
http://www.beastsofwar.com/beasts-of-war-radio/announcing-beasts-war-radio/


Swag bags are getting lots of donations. Here is a pic of the tape measure for the players participating in the Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament and the East Coast Rumble.

http://www.themechanicon.com/1/wp-content/uploads/tape-measure-2011.jpg

We also will have T-shirts available in the next week or so. The artwork is being finalized and once that is done you will be able to buy a shirt at Printfection. We will not have a markup for the shirts, so our price is your price.


We will have more updates over the next couple weeks once we get a chance.