Welcome to the Second Arnecon™ Gaming Convention!

October 4-6, 2024

Brought to you by The Fellowship of the Thing, Ltd - creators of the film, Secrets of Blackmoor and the book, The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg.

“...After all, the keynote is, that ‘Anything is Possible’, just that some [things] are more likely than others.”- David Arneson

Officially sanctioned by the Estate of Dave Arneson

Set in an intimate locale, Arnecon is a gathering honoring the creative genius of Dave Arneson, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons, and his game group, The Blackmoor Bunch. It is a panoply of game experiences - featuring miniatures war-games, board games, and role playing games.

Come game with the people who were there when Role Playing was invented. This is shaping up to be the biggest meeting of the original "Blackmoor Bunch" in many years!

A celebration of the friendships formed through gaming - where everyone is welcome and "anything is possible".

Come, try a new game, make new friends, and explore the unlimited possibilities of gaming. Most of all - have fun!

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Ticket Sales Start August 17th!

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Special Guests:

Robert Kuntz

Rob Kuntz is the last designer standing from the Golden Age of D&D’s inception. Co-author of the Greyhawk supplement (1975) & Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (1976), and Dragon Magazine columnist. Friends with both Gygax and Arneson, he participated in the Blackmoor demo game wherein Arneson revealed to Gygax and the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) that he had created a new category of games: the RPG paper and pencil adventure game.

Rob will be refereeing sessions of “Into the Wild Blue Yonder”, an adventure written by him specially for ArneCon 2, using AD&D 1E rules. Also, join him for an autograph session on Saturday afternoon - so bring your old D&D books! This is his first appearance in the US in about 10 years!

Ronin Wong

Ronin started playing RPGs in 1980 when he found the Holmes Basic D&D set. Initially playing solo due to the lack of other gamers, he later became a DM for a group of AD&D players, despite having never seen a group play before. His unique DMing style, which involved fully portraying NPCs with voices and mannerisms, was initially surprising to the players but they ended up enjoying it. In the 90s, Ronin co-wrote the adventure "Paradise Lost" for Shadowrun 2nd edition with Nigel Findley and contributed to the Denver Boxed Set for Shadowrun. Instead of pursuing RPG writing full-time, Ronin pursued a career in music, film, and television, working as an actor, musician, composer, writer, and director. His acting career includes appearances in "Kung Fu," "Man in the High Castle," "Outer Limits," and "DC’s Legends of Tomorrow." He is best known for his role in season 4 of "The Sinner," now available on Netflix.

Alexander Macris

Alexander Macris is a tabletop role-playing game designer, writer, and blogger. He has been lead designer on four complete game systems (Adventurer Conqueror King, Adventurer Conqueror King II, Ascendant, and Modern Spearhead) and has written dozens of tabletop sourcebooks, accessories, and modules. He has written a primer for GMs, Arbiter of Worlds, much of which has also been presented on the Arbiter of Worlds substack and Arbiter of Worlds YT channel. Prior to going full-time as an RPG designer, he was the co-founder of The Escapist, which he ran from 2005 to 2017

Malia Arneson

Dave Arneson's daughter

David Megarry

The first thief character ever in a RPG. Known for creating Dungeon! Fantasy Board Game.

David Wesely

A half-elf in Blackmoor. Known for Strategos - An adaptation of Totten’s Strategos; The American game of war, The Braunstien RPG, Valley Forge, and Co-author of Source of the Nile.

Ross Maker

The worlds first Dwarf character in Blackmoor. Co-author of Source of the Nile.

Paul Stormberg

Owner, The Collector's Trove, and Creator of the Legends of Wargaming & Legends of Roleplaying.

Victoria Perren-Cserep

Victoria grew up at the feet of some of the greatest wargamers of our times. The daughter of Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-creator of the Chainmail wargame.

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Special Event!

Meet and Greet with all the special guests: Robert Kuntz, Ronin Wong, Alexander Macris, Malia Arneson Saturday at 5pm! Bring your books and get them signed! Malia will sign your Dave Arneson books with an "official faux Arneson autograph" (there's a story behind this- ask her)!

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Featured Gaming Events:

Into the Wild Blue Yonder:

Robert Kuntz will be refereeing his adventure written specially for ArneCon 2, using AD&D 1E rules. Sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Ascendant:

The game author, Alexander Macris, will referee a session of his "superpowered role-playing game of infinite possibilities."

ACKS (Adventurer Conqueror King System™):

"Will you survive the perils of war and dark magic to claim a throne? Or will you meet your fate in a forgotten ruin beyond the ken of men?" - also refereed by game author Alexander Macris.

Paradise Lost:

Ronin Wong will referee this adventure he wrote with Nigel Findley for Shadowrun 2E and published by FASA.

Rahaisa:

A super-rare Daystar original version of this D&D adventure from 1980 - meant to be a one-shot, also refereed by Ronin Wong.

Braunstein, the first non-military RPG:

David Wesely will referee a very large 22 player game. Set in a small Prussian town at the time of the French revolution, this character driven RPG is the very game which portends the invention of fantasy role-playing games.

Dungeon! Fantasy Board Game:

The game which helped formulate the dungeon adventure concept as seen in Dungeons & Dragons. David Megarry will give a presentation of his seminal game that has sold millions of copies worldwide.

Banania, a Braunstein Variant:

Set in a fictitious south American country of the same name, where political upheaval has created a power vacuum and numerous factions vie for power. See if you can become the next ruler of the republic. Also refereed by David Wesely.

Chainmail:

We would be remiss if we did not include this medieval miniatures war game at the convention. A rule set by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren that played an important role in the development of Dungeons & Dragons.

Strategos N:

Based on the game by the same name from 1880, yet converted for use with napoleonic miniatures, this is the war game which inspires the creation of further developments in the RPG genre. Ross Maker is preparing a large scenario with which to demonstrate the house war game of the Blackmoor Bunch. No experience necessary - Miniatures provided