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Council of Five Nations - General Information Overview

Council of Five Nations XXX (2007)

General Information Overview

Last Update: September 18th, 2007

Council of Five Nations is our annual gaming convention, held every year on Columbus Day Weekend in October. It is one of the longest-running adventure gaming conventions in the world. We'll be sponsoring our 30th Council on October 5-7, 2007.

Please use the links below to get the most up-to-date info on the status of the convention. If you have specific questions or requests, you can email us at council@swa-gaming.org.

Event Registration

The full pre-registration packet is available for you to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format now. In response to your feedback, we're now offering it in a larger-print, easier to read 8.5x11" format. 26 pages total, 488 KB file size.

Please click here to download it now.

If you have trouble with the download file, or need us to send you a printed booklet, please email us at council@swa-gaming.org with your mailing address and we'll send you one via US Post.

You can use our Online Registration Form to register for the con. This is our preferred registration method.

When you submit the form, you will be directed to a PayPal page to pay. You can use your existing PayPal account. Or, you can pay with any major credit card. You do not need to have a PayPal account to use our online registration.

You can also mail us your printed registration form via the US Postal Service.

Online Event Listings & Convention Information

You can click here to view the full chronological listing of events (the same material that appears in the pre-reg booklet download).

You can click here to see the informational text from the pre-registration packet.

You can click here to see the listing of all the RPGA D&D games.

You can click here to see the listing of all the Historical Miniatures events.

You can click here for the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tournament page.

You can click here to see the list of Kid Friendly events.

Star Fleet Battles

Council of Five Nations is the home of the largest SFB Rated Ace tournament in the country. Many of the best players in the world will be there this year. We're also always willing to teach the game to new people. There will be a coupon in your registration packet good for a free game of Star Fleet Battles. Guaranteed to be redeemable any time before 1:00pm on Saturday, and we can probably find someone to train you later in the weekend too.

You can click here for the page dedicated to the Star Fleet tournament.

Directions & Parking

Council of Five Nations XXX will be held at the brand new Proctor's Theatre and Conference Center, in the heart of downtown Schenectady, New York.

You can click here to get directions to Proctors, including MapQuest maps.

You can click here to view and download maps and directions for your most convenient parking options.

Hotels

Please click here to get details on the four hotels we are recommending for your Council of Five Nations stay.

Running games at Council

It's not too late to run an event at Council. We'd love to add a few more games to the schedule. We can't offer you the full GM discount (free entry), since your event did not make it into the pre-reg booklet. But if we accept your event submission, we're happy to offer you a $10 discount on registration.

You can click here to read the Game Master Invitation for Council of Five Nations that went out June 25th, 2007.

You can click here to download a PDF version of the Game Master Invitation.

You can click here to use our online form to submit an event you'd like to run.

The Council Discount Auction

Please click here to download the Council Auction Seller's materials in PDF format (140 Kb)

Help us promote Council of Five Nations

We need all the help we can get in spreading the word! We've got promotional flyers available for download on the web site.

You can click here to download the current general flyer.

You can click here to download the flyer that highlights our slate of Historical Miniatures events.

Please consider downloading, printing out a few, and asking your local game store to post it for us. You can also bring a few to your local gaming group.

Thank you!

The Council of Five Nations Philosophy

Council strives toward the goal of "quality over quantity". We're a relatively small con, but we try to have top-notch events. We predict an attendance of about 250 this year. As with all the Councils over the years, our goal is a nice balance between role-play games, miniatures, board games and other stuff.

Why do you call it Council of Five Nations?

The Native American Iroquois tribes called the Upstate New York area their home. Each autumn, there would be a great gathering of the five tribes, or nations. You can click here for the Wikipedia page that gives a lot more information, and related links.

We call our annual convention The Council of Five Nations in homage to the Iroquois autumn gatherings from long before most of us had ancestors here. This is also the source of the official Council logo, the Iroquois warrior.

Questions or Comments?

You can contact us directly at council@swa-gaming.org.
You can also call Dave at (518) 464-1977, any day until about 11pm Eastern time.

Please click here to download the Council Pre-Registration packet in PDF format.

Please click here to Pre-Register via the online form (with immediate PayPal or Credit Card payment)

Please click here to read the pre-registration booklet informational text (the stuff besides the event listings... see below)

Please click here for Directions to Council of Five Nations.

Please click here to go to the Council Hotel page.

Please click here to go to the Council Parking page.

Pages highlighting our Game Events

Please click here to go to the Chronological listing of all events.

Please click here to see the listing of all the RPGA D&D games.

Please click here to see the listing of all the Historical Miniatures events.

Please click here for the Star Fleet Battles tournament page.

Please click here for the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tournament page.

Please click here to see the list of Kid Friendly events.

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