Adepticon 2008 Latest News
AdeptiCon 2008 – April 11-13
Crown Plaza Hotel, Rosemont, IL (Just outside of Chicago)
Less than two weeks remain until AdeptiCon 2008, the “Can’t Miss” event of the year. Here’s the last bit of news before the Big Event!
Games Workshop Guest of Honor Spotlight
We caught up with Phil Kelly and asked him to respond to questions near and dear (or not) to the heart of every Games Workshop Hobbyist. Find out what you don’t have to ask him during the AdeptiCon weekend! View the spotlight at the link below:
http://www.adepticon.org/files/2008kelly.pdf
Three last minute Q&A sessions with Games Workshop Games Developer Phil Kelly have been added to the AdeptiCon 2008 events schedule. The seminar is $15.00 and each seminar is limited to 20 tickets.
Friday Events
2:30PM – 4:00PM – Phil Kelly Interactive Q&A Session
7:30PM – 9:00PM – Phil Kelly Interactive Q&A Session
Saturday Events
10:30AM – 12:30PM – Phil Kelly Interactive Q&A Session
Online Registration Closes on April 8th!
Online registration for AdeptiCon 2008 will close on April 8th at 1700 CST (5:00 PM Central time). After that, you can still register onsite on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday at AdeptiCon itself. But don’t risk missing out on the events of your choice – register online at http://www.adepticon.org/cart today!
Last chance to play – Tournament Waiting Lists
If you would like to get your name on a waiting list for an event that has sold out (i.e. is no longer available in the webcart), please send an email with your first and last name along with the event name to [email protected].
The following events are sold out as o 04/02/08:
Lord of the Rings Team Tournament
Warhammer Fantasy Championships
Warhammer 40K Combat Patrol Tournament
Please Note: Waiting lists only apply to tournament events. There will not be a waiting list for free events, demos or seminars. Please feel free to stop by the Open Gaming area at any point over the weekend and they will do their best to fit you in to a game and/or introduce you to the people running the demos for an ad hoc session.
Master-Class Auction Entries
You’ve all seen the greens of this year’s limited edition AdeptiCon model. As in previous years, we’ve sent copies of the model to noted painters in the hobby (many of whom are teaching one or more of our Hobby Seminars) and will be auctioning off these superbly-painted figures at AdeptiCon 2008.
Click on the link below to go to our gallery of Masterclass Auction entries:
http://www.adepticon.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3809
Shop ‘til you Drop
AdeptiCon 2008’s vendor hall will feature many of our sponsors, listed below. In addition, the Games Workshop Chicago Battle Bunker will be offering many of their standard Games Workshop product, as well as making ForgeWorld products available onsite.
Companies:
Games Workshop
Forge World
Black Library
Gale Force 9
Blue Table Painting
The Warstore
Armorcast
Hammer and Brushing Painting
40K Radio
Win A Free Army!
All participants in one of our Warhammer Historical demos will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a 2000 point Spartan army supplied by Artizan Designs, as well as a chance to be the first player with the new Romans from Wargames Factory. Remember, all demos are FREE with your AdeptiCon weekend badge.
Sponsor Highlight: Wargames Factory
Wargames Factory www.wargamesfactory.com is a new manufacturer of 28mm multi-part hard plastic miniatures suitable for Warhammer Ancient Battles, Field of Glory, and other historical battle games. The first sets releasing in late spring include Caesar’s Legions and Celt Warband with 48 figures per box and retail for $29.95. Additional ranges will include Medieval English and French (Longbowmen, Men-at-Arms, Knights, and Crossbowmen), Imperial Romans, Ancient Greeks, and the armies of the Third Crusade. Miniatures are produced in 100% recycled hard polystyrene plastic and will be available at your local hobby store and TheWarStore.com.
See you at AdeptiCon 2008
~And the Fly Lords will be there en masse. If you have any special requests or questions you want us to ask Phil Kelly (keep em clean boys) lets hear em.
