[ArneCon2024] Reports are Coming in

[Havard]

ArneCon 2024 Reports Are Coming In




As mentioned, ArneCon 2024, took place this weekend, from October 4-6. Managed by the creators of the Secrets of Blackmoor documentary (Griff Morgan and Chris Graves), the convention honoring the legacy of D&D Co-Creator Dave Arneson was held at The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, in Minneapolis MN. Although I haven't seen any numbers of participants for this year's events, organisers stated early on that the plan was for this to be a small and cozy event. Morgan stated that the convention was a highly successful and my impression is that everyone had a great time.


It is also nice to see photos of Morgan hanging out with Vic Dorso of DaveCon. It seems that any rivalry that may have existed between the two conventions is now ancient history and Morgan stated that he plans to attend at DaveCon next year.



I know that some announced guests did end up not showing up and a few events may not have occurred according to the program, but it looks like they had more than enough games and activities to keep the attendees busy. Some of the games were live streamed and can be viewed here. Among the Blackmoor Bunch who were present were Dave Wesely, Ross Maker, Dave Megarry, Bill Hoyt and possibly others.



In particular, I have to say I found Rob Kuntz adventure particularly interesting, involving legendary Blackmoor characters like Marfeldt and the Wizard of the Woods as well as reference to places like the Duchy of the Peaks and the Realm of the Egg of Coot.



Did you attend the convention? I would love to hear from you!



-Havard

See full version on my blog: https://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/20...ng-in.html

[Havard]

More details:

-Victor Raymond was running Tekumel Games

-David Megarry ran Jon Snider's Star Empires RPG, which Griff talks about here: https://x.com/Blackmoor_Film/status/1844755047541833871

-Paul Stormberg ran Blackmoor. (City of Blackmoor, probably?)

- Griff Morgan ran Holmes D&D with the Zenopus dungeon

- David Wesely ran one of the largest Braunstein: Banania Games of in history with 26 players (he had 30 characters available)


-Havard

[Havard]

Griff Morgan ran his adventure Spiral Keep which it sounds like he wants to publish. He doesn't remember, but he thinks he had as many as 12 players.