Showing posts with label gaming convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaming convention. Show all posts

Tuesday

Millennium Con 12+1, 2010 in Pictures



Millennium Con 12+1 proved to be a fun-filled, game-packed weekend for all who attended. In addition to the people there for gaming, we met a lot of great vendors as well: Splintered Light Miniatures, 2 Hour Wargames, Combat Painter StudiosBattle Mart, & Reaper Miniatures.

Reaper hosted a paint-&-take through-out the convention, offering the chance to try out their paints on a Reaper miniature that you could then take home for free. Bryan and Shannon were gracious enough to let us paint a couple of our own Reaper minis to try out their paints. (This also provided the opportunity to paint a couple of our gaming group's adventurers for our Warhammer Quest party - a double bonus!)



Having primarily used Citadel paints from Games Workshop to paint miniatures, the quality of Reaper paints offered a pleasant surprise. It also seems the design of their bottles would prevent some of the issues with drying out that Citadel paint pots have - which means less wasted paint in the long run.

Featured miniatures painted by GeektGear.com Co-Owner, Alisha K. Ard

Thursday

Getting Ready for Millenniumcon 12 + 1

Friday is the start of Millenniumcon 12+1, and we will be there! Millenniumcon offers a variety of miniature gaming, board games, card games and tournaments. Lone Star Historical Miniatures will be hosting the historical miniatures and board gaming events, while the RPGA events will be hosted by local RPGA volunteers.

The Flames of War Tournament kicks off Millenniumcon 12+1 on Friday afternoon, with check-in at 12:00 PM, first round starting at 1:00 PM. This is a no-holds-barred Late War Qualifier for the 2011 Nationals in Austin. Here is one of the first chances to qualify! 1750 points.

Convention pre-registration is now closed, but you can still register at the door:

   3-Day Pass can choose from all game slots - $30
   Friday Pass chooses only from Friday Games - $10
   Saturday Pass chooses from all four Saturday time slots - $20
   Sunday Pass chooses only from Sunday games - S10.

GeektGear.com will have a booth in the Dealer's room, where we will be selling our T-shirts, Geekt Buttons and Geekt Magnets. There will also be opportunities to win a free GeektGear T-shirt for some of the lucky winners of game matches or tournaments. You can find us there at the following times:
Friday:         7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday:     8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday:       8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

It's all happening at the Wingate Inn, 1209 N I-35, in Round Rock, TX 78664. Here's a complete list of the games being played this weekend. This is guaranteed to be a fun-filled weekend - we hope to see you there!


Article by: Alisha K. Ard

Texas Gaming Championships - GeektGear.com T-shirts to the Winners!

GeektGear.com is giving t-shirts to winners in each category of the Texas Gaming Championships sponsored by Mad Wizard Games. The Championship categories include: Yu-Gi-Oh!,  World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, Magic: The Gathering,  Pokémon, and Dungeons & Dragons.



If you missed the Regional Qualifiers in Austin (September) and Dallas (October), there is still opportunity to participate in upcoming events.


Article by: Alisha K. Ard