Anyone want to travel to Fresno, CA for an Old-School RPG Con?

[Necron 99]

I ran across this advertisement online, thought it sounded pretty awesome and love the look. If this becomes an annual thing, and Gary Con continues to, well, do things that I'm increasingly not agreeing with, then I could see checking it out if it ends up being more than a single day convention.

I also love the last lines in the blurb, no facebook or other social media groups/pages, just an email list for sharing ideas and getting updates, "Hopefully before all our heroes have been banished..."

I think it's pretty clear, to whom that last bit is aimed.

[Ancalagon]

The mid-October timeframe works well for me. If they expand to at least three full days of old school gaming goodness then I'd consider it. The way GC is going with LARPS, costumes, agenda-driven forums, and increasing WotC presence... let's just say its good to keep options open.

[Necron 99]

The mid-October timeframe works well for me. If they expand to at least three full days of old school gaming goodness then I'd consider it.

That was my line of thought, 3-4 full days would make it worth the trip and I would definitely be up for switching if it means getting to a con that actually keeps it old school. I know NTRPG tries to do the same, unfortunately that June schedule is just too hard for me to work around for attending, otherwise I'd be all for it. I've said it before, Gary Con is quickly becoming not only just another gaming convention, it's really starting to become the WotC flagship of conventions. I may be wrong, but from what I hear, they don't carry the presence at conventions like Origins and GenCon, that they used to have.

And, at least for me, it's such a shame, it really is. I wanted a change from attending Origins and DragonCon because I was tired of doing the big con scene, I wanted to attend Gary Con specifically to get away from the other stuff. I wanted to just back to the basics; now, even that seems to be fleeting.

[Ancalagon]

*BUMP*

[Necron 99]

I've heard nothing about this convention since the original announcement, I assume the covid bug and lock downs put a kibosh on it. Plus it's CA, and right now that state is .