Ziggurat Con

[mythfish]

(Original words not mine, but I wanted to share this...I see Goodman Games is already on the list of publishers who is helping out!)

When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone. Ziggurat Con, being held June 9 from 1200 to 2100 hours at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, is open to all allied military personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq.

KBR and MWR (the army’s Morale Welfare & Recreation Department) have graciously allowed service members to use part of the Community Activity Center to hold the Game Day. The Ping Pong room will be set up for RPGs (Role-Playing Games, not to be confused with the rocket propelled grenades which share the same acronym), and the DVD Movie room will be playing Anime Movies all day in support of the event.

The largest problem with running a Con in Iraq, of course, is that there are no local stores or game publishers, and few game books on the post. Even dice are in short supply, with many soldiers breaking the unwritten taboo held by many gamers and sharing dice. Thankfully, many game publishers have also lent their support, and have agreed to supply game products to help the Con along. aethereal FORGE, Sovereign Press, Final Redoubt Press, Goodman Games, Paizo Publishing and Steve Jackson Games are among those that have thrown in their support for the convention. But Amberson indicated that the soldiers could definitely use more.

"This convention is currently in drastic need of prizes and giveaways for the troops," he said. "Everything donated will go directly to the troops, or to MWR to use as loaner books for the soldiers."

For more information, contact SPC David Amberson at the following address: david.amberson (at) iraq.centcom.mil

Donations can also be sent to SPC Amberson directly at the following address:

SPC David Amberson
A Co 86th Sig Bn
APO, AE 09331

They’re planning to run the following games (and will be happy to get additional games):
Babylon 5 RPG, Cyberpunk 2020, D&D, D&D RPGA, GURPS, Historic Miniatures Battles, Magic Tournament, MechWarrior Miniatures, Rifts, Shadowrun, Starship Troopers, White Wolf System-Vampire, White Wolf System-Werewolf, XCrawl

[Willthechased]

Email has been sent! What a fantastic idea, not only will I get to help out some guys that are having what could only be imagined as a rotten time but my wife will be glad to have some extra room back in the office!
Actually, I showed this post to her and even though she's no gamer (far from it), coming from a career military family she thought the idea was brilliant!
-W-

[superfan]

I would be willing to donate misc RPG leftovers from my "dungeon of doom" aka my basement as prizes, as well as donate my time as a prize to whip up Dunjinni maps for any module a person likes (within reason).

Count me in. I support the troops and deeply respect their sacrifice. It's this damn war I can't stand and the ones running the show!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.rrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh

Ben "superfan" Waxman