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Post by Dan @ 03:44pm 04/07/08 | 19 Comments
Just a reminder that Gen Con Oz is up and running in Brisbane this weekend - the first visit to Australia for the big-name sic-fi and gaming event.
Four whole days of computer games, board games, card games, miniature war games, role play games …and more! If you like games you’re gonna love Gen Con Australia!

Touted as “The best four days in gaming”, it is the biggest ever interactive game-playing convention in the country! More than 500 games and tournaments!

And…Meet tons of games and sci fi celebrities, from Stargate and Firefly, to Dragonlance!

Tickets $22, and Children under 12 are free with a paying adult! Four day passes are also available for $66.

There’s something for everyone at Gen Con™ Australia this Thursday to Sunday at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Doors open at 9am each day.
More details can be found over at the official Gen Con Oz website. Anyone going? Already been?

Comments:

Post by CaPt0
@ 03:50pm 04/7/08
My brother is there for all day every day running events with his wife. Took anual leave for it!

Looks interesting, taking up 2 convention halls 1 is just for gaming. (card games and role play)



Post by darkjedi
@ 03:51pm 04/7/08
I completely forgot about it :(

Dirty too, as amongst other things there's supposed to be a playable demo of Force Unleashed on show there!


Post by Nailbomb
@ 03:58pm 04/7/08
SciFi Celebs? I'd go with Johnny Drama was there. VICTORY.



Post by trog
@ 04:00pm 04/7/08
Children under 12 are free with a paying adult!
Hell yeh, I'm going to pick me up a bunch of free kids!


Post by TicMan
@ 04:00pm 04/7/08
Sounds like a sausage fest.


Post by infi
@ 04:20pm 04/7/08
Hell yeh, I'm going to pick me up a bunch of free kids!


And then do what exactly?


Post by TicMan
@ 04:23pm 04/7/08
Then move to Miles.


Post by Chakas
@ 04:56pm 04/7/08
BiMonSci-FiCon!


Post by -=Blade=-
@ 05:16pm 04/7/08
Yer we're running a LAN there, it's a bit crazy. Got a full house for CS:S comp tomorrow with $3000 cash prizes plus some 24" screens, video cards, etc.

TF2 comp tonight with $500 cash for the winners.

ugh i need sleep!


Post by d0mino
@ 06:16pm 04/7/08
thers a tf2 comp? I'd so be in for that. why was i not informed earlier?


Post by The GuVna
@ 01:01am 05/7/08
You snooze you loose, ta for the $500 Lan Smash :)


Post by scuzzy
@ 03:13am 05/7/08
And then do what exactly?
get them farming gold in WoW


Post by CHUB
@ 08:00am 05/7/08
TF2 comp? whaaat?

FFS :( I need some moneys.


Post by Dead_Rock
@ 09:42am 05/7/08
any rts game comps? :P


Post by koopz
@ 10:14am 05/7/08
there's a lan there!@#!#!??


Post by trog
@ 12:15pm 05/7/08
thers a tf2 comp? I'd so be in for that. why was i not informed earlier?
Yeh its a little weird how this event was publicised. On one hand they managed to get people on Triple J to refer to this as the "world's biggest gaming convention" (haha) but there was pretty much nothing that we got through our usual PR contacts about this. We only stumbled across it completely randomly a couple weeks ago.


Post by koopz
@ 02:37pm 05/7/08
the organisers need to understand how the internet works and stuff


Post by FraktuRe
@ 04:35pm 05/7/08
You snooze you loose, ta for the $500 Lan Smash :)


Holy shit we won? I was supposed to be on that team.. completely forgot >_>


Post by Khel
@ 07:02pm 05/7/08
I didn't even realise that had anything to do with video games, I thought it was a D&D type gaming convention. Only because theres a guy at work who is a massive D&D fan and wanted to go up to Brisbane for this convention. Apart from him though, I didn't even hear anything about it.


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