Annual gaming conference returns to Orono

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – SnowCon, Maine’s longest-running annual tabletop gaming conference, is returning for its sixteenth 12 months this weekend on the Black Bear Inn and Conference Center in Orono.

SnowCon brings collectively tabletop avid gamers of all ages and pursuits for a weekend crammed with a wide selection of open gaming alternatives.

The occasion provides a welcoming area for veterans and newcomers to play, be taught, and join.

Event co-founder Monique Bouchard says there will likely be one thing for everyone.

“We have every kind of game you can really imagine. Collectable card games, board games, regular classic table-top games, role playing games, things that are mixes and hybrids of those,” she mentioned.

Bouchard says this 12 months will deliver some new surprises as nicely.

“This particular Snowcon, I know of two sets of past attendees who have founded gaming companies and are going to be bringing new games that they’ve developed to Snowcon,” she mentioned.

Registration and badges can be found on-line by means of the ‘SnowCon TableTopEvents’ portal and have to be bought upfront.

Attendees can join all scheduled video games by means of that portal as nicely.

Weekend passes are $50, whereas Saturday-only passes are $35 and Sunday-only passes are $25.

The conference kicks issues off Saturday at 9 a.m. and can go till 11 p.m. after which picks issues again up 9 a.m. Sunday, earlier than wrapping up at 9 p.m. that night.

Registration opens at 8 a.m. on each days.

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