MEPACON 44 (Spring 2023)

Registration

Badges Closed Tickets Closed

Merch Sales

Suspended

Dates

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Time zone: America/New_York (UTC {{ '2023-04-14 16:00:00' | timezone_offset: 'America/New_York' }})

Location

Bethlehem, PA

Contact Us

Web Site

484-504-9836

Twitter

Facebook

Venue

SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western

300 Gateway Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA

Time zone: America/New_York (UTC {{ '2023-04-14 16:00:00' | timezone_offset: 'America/New_York' }})

Driving Directions

Web Site

(610) 866-5800

The Best Western is out of rooms, however there is a Hampton Inn a short walk and even a shorter drive from the it. We're trying to see how many rooms are available, but don't wait to book! Here's a link for the Hampton Inn Bethlehem. The event itself is still at:

SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western

300 Gateway Dr., Bethlehem, PA.

Hotel features:

Right off of Route 22
Restaurant on site
Food delivery services available
FREE parking!
Better handicapped accessibility
No change in our hours of operation, just a new space
Recently renovated rooms
$109.99 per night for hotel rooms, with free breakfast
Pet friendly
Free Wifi
Greater number of gaming spaces

To book rooms, you can click this link, call the front desk right now at (610) 866-5800 and tell them you’re with MEPACON to reserve your room. We are working on an online code, but in the meantime, you can book directly with the front desk.

MEPACON is literally an amazingly fun time!

Join us in celebrating your, and our, favorite Literary Legends (Author? Character? Setting? ¿Por qué no los tres?) at our 44th convention.

General Information and Social Media

The MEPACON website has a full list of information.

You can stay up to date on the latest Con news on our Facebook Page. We also have a Discord server, where you can virtually congregate with your MEPACON family.

Follow @MEPACON on Twitter.

Updated hotel information:

Well, the hotel is sold out. Not our block, the whole hotel. They've expanded our block at least once, and not only is that full, but there's literally no room at the inn. Only in Bethlehem, am I right? Anyhoo, right next door (almost walking distance) to the Best Western is a Hampton Inn & Suites, which we hope still has room for those of you who sat on getting a hotel until the last minute. Here's a link to their site.

GM Information

Friday night and Saturday afternoon have a very full schedule for board games, card games, and RPGs in the Grande Ballroom. Games submitted for those times might not be able to be scheduled, or might have to be placed in overflow areas, so please consider alternate times.

We are always looking for GMs to run games at our convention. GMs who run 12 or more hours of games are eligible for a free badge and a T-shirt.

On Saturday, from 6 p.m to 8 p.m., we have our Big Event, where we announce contest winners (e.g., coloring contest, cosplay contest), tricky tray winners, and the dice guess winner, then hold an auction. We will not schedule games during that time.

Those wishing to judge for organized campaigns (Pathfinder Society, Starfinder Society, D&D Adventurers League, Shadowrun, etc.) and miniatures games (Star Wars, Star Trek, BattleTech, etc.), email our Director of Gaming, Erik Zane at gaming@mepacon.com.

Registration Dates

Game submission, and player registration is open now until midnight Wednesday, April 5, 2023. We'll use the time between closing online reg to formalize badge and event sheet printing. Full weekend badges can be bought at the door for $65.

Ticket sales for early-bird badge purchasers and Patreon patrons of the appropriate tiers will open at noon on Friday, February 17, 2023. Ticket sales for all other badge holders will open at noon on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Full refunds will be available up until midnight Thursday, April 13, 2023. After that time, we will gladly roll badges over to a future convention. Please contact admin@mepacon.com with any registration questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Gaming begins at 2 PM on Friday!

Code of Conduct/COVID-19 Policy

MEPACON wants you to have a great convention. However, purchasing a badge or registering to run games means that you have read, and have accepted, both our Code of Conduct, and our COVID-19 policy. Not following the Code of Conduct or our COVID-19 policy can result in removal from the convention, without refund.