Congress of Gamers - By the gamers for the gamers!!

A DC-Metro Area Gaming Convention

Oct. 9-10. 2010 • Rockville Senior Center, Rockville, Md •

Countdown to Congress of Gamers:

Event	Day	GM	Description	Location (map)
Registration	Saturday/Sunday	Kaarin Engelmann	Register on-site in the Dining Room from 9-8 Saturday or 9-4 Sunday. Online pre-registration is available for a discount.	Dining Room
Refreshments	Saturday/Sunday	Commerce Dept.	Refreshments will be available from 10-10 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. We'll have sodas, water, juice, crackers, chips, pretzels, candy, and cookies.	Kitchen
Math Trade	Saturday/Sunday	Commerce Dept.	Math trade games should be available and checked-in by noon on Saturday. Additional details will be made available closer to the convention.	Kitchen
Bring & Buy	Saturday/Sunday	Commerce Dept.	The Bring & Buy will be open from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-2 on Sunday It will be possible to bring as many games as you like. Online preregistration will be available approximately Sept. 1.	Dining Room
Diplomacy	Sunday	Joseph Wheeler	Brought to you by the Potomac Tea & Knife Society as a pre-con for their Tempest in a Teapot event the following weekend. You are welcome to play at Diplomacy at CoG, even if you have never played before.	Card Room
Euro Caucus	Saturday/Sunday	John Weber	Play in this wildcard tournament consisting of some of the most popular Eurogames (based on rankings at BoardGameGeek.com) over the course of the two days. Demos precede each game. You may drop in and out of the Caucus, as time permits. The event starts on Saturday at 10 am, with starts scheduled about every 2 hours. The games will include Ingenious, Dominion, Endeavor, Princes of Florence, Race for the Galaxy, Settlers of Catan, Power Grid, Age of Empires, Carcassonne, Vegas Showdown, Ticket to Ride, Ra, Puerto Rico, Stone Age, Agricola, and Automobile. Details are available on the EuroCaucas page.	Carnation Room
Rio Grande Game Design Contest	Saturday/Sunday	Kaarin Engelmann	Instead of the Iron Design Challenge, this year CoG will be the Washington, D.C. venue, advancing a finalist to the 2010 Rio Grande Design Contest at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair, Nov. 20-21. Get more details on our Design Contest Page and read the FAQs.	Board Room
Robo Race to the White House	Sunday	Marc Houde	Practice being a legislator (i.e., robot) bumbling about the capitol building (i.e., factory) and taking potshots at people (i.e., robots) in your line of sight! We'll start at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Special rules will be in effect and players could see boards from any edition of the game and expansion sets.	Carnation Room
CoG Racing Series	Saturday/Sunday	Mark Mitchell	You are welcome to play in any of the individual events regardless of your interest in the series. The overall winner of the series will be determined based on a points system earned in all events. Scoring for each of the games will be the same as used in the Formula 1 series (10 - 1st, 6 - 2nd, 4 - 3rd, 3 - 4th, 2 - 5th, and 1 - 6th). The schedule will be announced approximately Sept. 1.	Dining Room
Alternative Race Circuit	Saturday	Ken Sheffield	Try some rare racing games!	Dining Room
Embassy from China	Saturday/Sunday	Todd Heidenreich	Learn and play the ancient, strategic boardgame Go. In this game, two players alternately placing black and white stones on the vacant intersections of a line grid. Go is noted for being rich in strategic complexity despite its simple rules. Demos and games will take place continuously.	Carnation Room
De Bellis Vasingtonium	Saturday	Chris Brantley	Congress of Gamers is happy to welcome the 5th annual "Wars of Washington, DC" DBA historical miniatures tournament. DBV is a four round, 15mm open tournament fought on 30" square boards. *Will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.* Set-up begins at noon.	Card Room
Over Flanders Fields	Saturday	Chris Brantley	It is March 1918, and the German Kaiserschlacht offensive is underway. A rag-tag patrol of Triple Entente fighters comes face to face with three Friedrichshafen Multi-Engine Bombers! And escorts! With Allied ack-ack overrun, a flight of the giants is coming to bomb airfields, hospitals, churches, and who knows what else! Maybe the Louvre! No, not even the Huns would stoop so low. This is a "Stop Them" mission designed for any number of players using the fast and popular "Wings of War" miniatures. Players should bring their own Wings of War miniatures (except Fokker D7 or Sopwith Snipe). Some loaners available. Allied pilots encouraged. No preregistration is required -- planes may join in at any time, even coming into the battle late. All Wings of War optional rules will be used along with a simple altitude system. The scenario is based upon the recently-released "Flight of the Giants" Wings of War expansion. Gamemaster: David Kuijt *Will run 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.*	Card Room
Seminar: DBA Tutorial - Learn to play the Game	Saturday	David Schlanger and David Kuijt	Here's your chance to learn more about the DBA (ancient wargaming) rules for fast, friendly gaming with miniatures. There will be ready to play games for beginners with armies deployed for action, as well as help provided by experienced DBA gamers (The Two Davids). Armies and Terrain will be provided. No DBA experience necessary! Take your knowledge from the Tutorial and participate in the DBV Tourney and the Ruler of the Nile event. Spend all day playing DBA! Gamemasters: David Kuijt and David Schlanger (WADBAG)*Will run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. All welcome; no experience necessary.*	Card Room
Open Gaming	Saturday/Sunday	Mark Guttag	We're setting aside a significant amount of space for Open Gaming. Try out new games. Play the games your friends won't. Try out alternate strategies. Make new friends. We also offer opponent matching, particularly for wargames. Contact us if you are interested.	Dining Room, Sunroom, overflow in Carnation Room