BGG.CON 2007 Schedule

THURSDAY, November 15th
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Registration: 10am-9pm (Atrium Gallery)
10:00am-'til: Open Gaming (Trinity Ballroom)
10:00am-11:00pm: Game Library Open
12:00pm-6:00pm: Vendor Area Open (Trinity Ballroom)
12:00am: Midnight Madness Thoughthammer Prize Giveaway (Trinity Ballroom)

FRIDAY, November 16th
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10:00am – 11:00pm: Registration (continues in Atrium Gallery)
8:00am – ‘till: Open Gaming (Trinity Ballroom)
10:00am – 11:00pm: Game Library open
11:00am – 6:00pm: Vendor Area open (Trinity Ballroom)
12:00pm: Mark Simonitch gaming demos (Trinity Ballroom)
2:00pm: Treasure Hunt (Oak Ballroom)
5:00-8:00pm: Franz-Benno Delonge Memorial TransAmerica Tournament - Pre-register by making a donation to the Franz-Benno Delonge Fund Raiser: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/boardgamebabylon. (Oak Ballroom)
8:00pm: Texas Hold'em Tournament (Oak Ballroom)
12:00am: Midnight Madness Thoughthammer Prize Giveaway (Trinity Ballroom)

SATURDAY, November 17th
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8:00am - ‘till: Open Gaming (Trinity Ballroom)
10:00am - 11:00am: Flea Market (Oak Ballroom)
10:00am - 11:00pm: Game Library open
11:00am - 6:00pm: Vendor Area open (Trinity Ballroom)
6:00pm: Golden Geek Awards & Grand Prize Drawings (Trinity Ballroom)
7:00pm: Game Show - Sponsored by Boards & Bits (Oak Ballroom)
8:30pm: GeekSpeak Live w/ Friedemann Friese! (Oak Ballroom)

SUNDAY, November 18th
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8:00am - 3:00pm: Open Gaming (Trinity Ballroom)
10:00am – 1:00pm: Game Library open - please check in all games by 1pm
11:00am - 3:00pm: Vendor Area open (Trinity Ballroom)
3:00pm: BoardGameGeek.CON officially concludes

So the game library won't be open at all on Sunday? We'll have to content ourselves with playing all of our new acquisitions?

Looks like a typo - we'll be open until 1pm.

When is the Math Trade?

I don't know - these are just the BGG official events. I think Mischa will post something to the math traders to let them know when that will happen.

I requested the Math trade be before the Flea Market. Hopefully that will happen. I was hoping for something like Friday 7 pm.

SATURDAY, November 17th
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2:00pm: Tigris & Eurphrates Tournament

Follow the link to sign up.

This sounds neat. Where are they holding this thing and how do I sign up? Will they have someone there to watch my kids?

So.. since my flight doesn't get in until 9:30PM, I can't come in on Thursday?

The time for the math trade is still being discussed. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/219595

We are really flexible - you can come in - this is mostly for volunteers being able to leave.

Does that mean Thoughthammer will have a presence at the con? If I order from TH, will they deliver to the con for free?

Yehuda

Quick update: The Math Trade is currently scheduled for Saturday at 1pm. Folks can always meet up at a convenient time for them, but it's handy to have everyone in one place.

AFAIK they are just coming to game.

Ooh... what does this one mean?

It's not an official event, but there's a TransAmerica tournament (a fundraiser for the American Cancer society) being run in memory of designer Franz-Benno Delonge on November 16th from 5 to 8 PM. Details in this thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/231742

It means puzzles and clues and generally an event that I personally find very exciting! Treasure Hunts aren't something that one can do casually, on a given afternoon, since you need a large group of people and some genuis-like person to create the Hunt itself. I'm especially looking forward to this one...

Is there any "signing up" that needs to be done? Or just show up at 2:00? Anything we need to bring to it to help us (pad/paper, calculator, telescope, cauldron, etc.)?

We'll have a designated are for sign up sheets in the main ballroom. Most events require a sign up of some sort.

Hows about the "Flea Market?" Is there anything we would need to do in advance if we want to dump some crap on sell some quality gaming merchandise to our fellow Geeks?

Thanks for the note here! We coordinated timing with the official events. I'll ask Aldie if it can be on the schedule.

Please donate before November 15th to play in the tournament! Here's the donation link again for those who missed it.

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/boardgamebabylon

...Sheylon
www.boardgamebabylon.com

What's the Game Show?

The venue of WeaselPenisCircus domination.

-MMM

I'm sure that's a clever and amusing answer, but sadly, I don't have any context to appreciate it in.

I may be mistaken, but didn't WeaselPenisCircus get pwned last year?

At least last year - The game show was family feud. Everyone who wanted to play broke up into teams of 4 or so and tried to guess the top X most popular answers and you got points for how correct you were. It was a lot of fun.