Council of Five Nations XXX (2007): Pre-Registration Booklet Text

Council Iroquois Warrior


The Schenectady Wargamers Association, Inc.

presents

The 30th Annual


Council of Five Nations

Gaming Convention



Co-Sponsored by

Two Tin Soldiers
Zombie Planet & Eden Studios
Flights of Fantasy

October 5-7, 2007


at the brand new
Proctors Theatre Conference Center
Schenectady, NY



 

THE COUNCIL OF FIVE NATIONS PHILOSOPHY

Council of Five Nations is one of the longest-running Adventure Gaming conventions in existence.  We strive for Council to be a good, fun, “traditional” gaming convention.  Our goal is to have a nice balance between role-playing, board games and miniatures.  


WHO’S MAKING THIS HAPPEN?

Council of Five Nations XXX is being brought to you by the Schenectady Wargamers Association, Inc.  We’re also happy to have several of our local gaming retailers on board as co-sponsors.

The Schenectady Wargamers Association is an adventure gaming club that has served the Capital District for over thirty years. We sponsor a one-day Game-a-thon every month, and our flagship event, Council of Five Nations, every Columbus Day Weekend in October.  Our excellent web site (www.swa-gaming.org) serves as the hub of a “virtual community” of gamers and gaming organizations around the entire Northeastern United States.  You should check it out if you haven’t already; there’s a lot of good content there.

Two Tin Soldiers is a retailer that caters to historical miniatures and board game enthusiasts.  They specialize in custom mail order and painting services.  Check out their web site at (www.TwoTinSoldiers.com) for more info.

Zombie Planet is the Capital District’s best game store.  They feature role-play, miniatures and card games.  The store also serves as the business offices of Eden Studios, makers of several RPG lines, including  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Conspiracy X, All Flesh Must be Eaten, and others.  Check out their web site at (www.EdenStudios.net/zombieplanet).

Flights of Fantasy sells not only gaming merchandise, but also fantasy & science fiction literature. While FoF is in the process of moving from their current location, let’s set the record straight – they are not closing down!  We’re happy to welcome them to their first Council of Five Nations. Check out their web site at (www.fof.net).


CONTACT & REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please make all checks payable to “Schenectady Wargamers Association.”
Please direct your registrations, questions and comments to:
David Cheng • (518) 464-1977 • 1700 Western Ave #512 • Albany, NY 12203 • council@swa-gaming.org.  


THE CONVENTION SITE  (*BIG CHANGE FOR 2007*)

We had a big upgrade to a hotel last year, and you responded – our attendance doubled, to 220, exceeding our ambitious goal. We’re upgrading again this year, to the brand new Proctors Theatre Conference Center in downtown Schenectady, NY. Consider it a return to our Schenectady roots in honor of this being Council 30.  

Proctors itself is a classic Vaudeville-era theater, and a national landmark. As part of the recent renovation efforts for downtown Schenectady, Proctors received funding to greatly expand into an adjacent space next door (formerly a department store).  This new space holds administrative offices, an Imax theater, retail space, and most importantly to us, thousands of square feet of meeting space.

You can read more about the new Proctors at their web site: (www.proctors.org).


DISABLED ACCESS

Proctors has excellent accessibility for the disabled.  There are elevators serving all areas of the convention.


DIRECTIONS TO THE SITE

The street address of Proctors Theatre:
432 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305

We've got a whole page with directions, MapQuest maps, and other info to make sure you can find us without trouble.  Please click here to go there now.


PARKING

We've got a whole page dedicated to helping you find the best places to park during your stay at Council of Five Nations.  Please click here to go there now.


CONVENTION HOURS

Registration will open at 10am on Friday, October 5th.  Please note that most Friday events don’t start until 2pm.  We are opening early mainly for the Star Fleet Battles tournament.  There might be some pick-up games for hardcore early arrivals.  If you come before 2pm on Friday, bring some games!

Events start at 9am on both Saturday and Sunday. The gaming areas will open at 8am for GMs to set up. The con will close around 9pm on Sunday.


NO SMOKING POLICY

There will be no smoking allowed in the convention areas all weekend.


REGISTRATION

Weekend pre-registration is $27 if we receive it by Wednesday, October 3rd.  After this date, weekend registration is $30. Saturday-only is $15 pre-reg, $18 at the door.  Friday-only and Sunday-only are $10 pre-reg, $12 otherwise.  Please also note that individual events are typically $2 each.  A few events are more, but those tend to have significant prize opportunities.

Please make all checks payable to “Schenectady Wargamers Association.”  

Please note you can also register and pay online.  Please click here to go to that web page now.  We can now accept PayPal payments.  Or, you can pay online with your MasterCard or VISA; you do not need a PayPal account.


GROUP DISCOUNT

The SWA wants to encourage you to get your friends attend with you.  Groups of three or more that send all pre-registrations together will get a $5 discount for each attendee.  (That’s up 150% from last year’s $2 group discount!)  You do not need to be an official or organized gaming club to receive this discount; any 3+ people who pre-register together are eligible.  Please note this offer only applies to pre-registration.

If you pre-register by mail, you must send all the registrations and payments in the same envelope.  Separate checks are OK.

If you pre-register online, please note your group affiliation in the comments section on all the registration forms and make sure everyone takes the discount (it really helps if you submit them all at the same time).  Also (very important), you must make only one online payment to cover the whole group.  The PayPal fees for several small payments really sting, so we must insist on this for you to receive the group discount.


STUDENT DISCOUNT

The SWA understands that todays student gamers are the future of the hobby.  We want to encourage you to attend our events.  So, this year, we’re really slashing the entry fee for full-time students.

Kids age 9 or less get in for free.  You need only pay for the event tickets for individual games.

For all other full-time students:
Weekend pre-registration is $14 if we receive it by Wednesday, October 3rd.  After this date, weekend registration is $17. Saturday-only is $8 pre-reg, $10 at the door.  Friday-only and Sunday-only are $5 pre-reg, $7 otherwise.

Please note that you can stack the Group discount and Student discount together.  That’ll really bring the registration fee way down.  The SWA loves high school and college student gaming groups!  

For our purposes, "full-time students" are people in Kindergarten through college.  The student discount does not cover working adults who happen to be taking a Continuing Education class.  Please help us fulfill the spirit and intent of this policy.

By the way, our monthly Game-a-thon events are FREE to full-time students.  We hope to see more of you at those in the future.


HOTELS

We have a whole page dedicated to the best hotel choices for your Council of Five Nations stay.

Please click here to go to that page now.

THE ANNUAL COUNCIL DISCOUNT AUCTION

We will, of course, sponsor our traditional discount game auction.  It will be held on Sunday afternoon , between the two game event slots.  We will begin at about 2pm, giving you time to grab a bite to eat beforehand.  

All items sold will be subject to an auction fee of at least 10% of the selling price.  If you choose to donate a higher percentage, your items will be given preferential selling treatment.  Click here to download the necessary forms in PDF format.  Or, stop off at the Registration Desk.  All items must be tagged and ready to go by 12:00pm on Sunday.  Bring your tagged items to the Registration Desk.


DEALERS

We’ll have several dealers on hand who are looking forward to selling you stuff:

Two Tin Soldiers will have historical miniatures and terrain.

Zombie Planet will be bringing all sorts of gaming goodness.

Flights of Fantasy will have fantasy & science fiction books, as well as other gaming merchandise.


SPECIAL EVENT TRACKS

We have a bunch of event “tracks” that may appeal to your particular gaming interests.

Kid Friendly Games
We are offering a series of games where younger players are encouraged to attend. If this frees up mom or dad to play in another game, great! We’re asking that you exercise proper parental judgment as to whether your kid is old/mature enough to be participating without your supervision. This is not intended to be Day Care.  That being said, here is the list of Kid Friendly games:
Fri 2pm (A) - Miniatures - Convoy East!   - Schnell - WW2  (1:600 Naval) - Tom Ciampa
Fri 7pm (B) - Miniatures - Mobile Soldier Gundam 0079 - Trevor Lemon's Mobile Soldier 1.1  - Bill  Ashbaugh
Fri 7pm (B) - Miniatures - Bataan! - Battleground WW2 (20mm) - Roger  Van Dusen
Fri 7pm (B) - Miniatures - Dungeons & Dragons Minis - Alex Jurkat
Sat 9am (C) - Board - Acquire - Ralph  Mabb
Sat 9am (C) - Board - Apples to Apples & Dungeon - Karen Seiz
Sat 9am (C) - Miniatures - Napoleonics 101 - Napoleon’s Battles (15 mm) - John Rigley
Sat 9am (C) - Miniatures - Assault on Manesseh IV  - Full Thrust - Jon Davis
Sat 9am (C) - Miniatures - StarFight - Chris Bernardi
Sat 9am (C) - RPG - Charybdus Wave I - Omens - Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 - Christoper J. Ford
Sat 2pm (D) - Board - Zooloretto - Rodney  Sheldon
Sat 2pm (D) - Miniatures - Battle of the Bulge: December 1944  - Trench Wars (Modified) - Frank Luberti Jr.
Sat 2pm (D) - Miniatures - STARCRUISER - Vince Romeo
Sat 2pm (D) - RPG - Charybdus Wave II - Tempest Wave - Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 - Christoper J. Ford
Sat 2pm (D) - RPG - Learn Dungeons & Dragons - Dungeons & Dragons - Alex Jurkat
Sat 7pm (E) - Board - Descent - Alex Jurkat
Sat 7pm (E) - Miniatures - The Battle of Hochkirch, Oct 14, 1758 - Volley & Bayonet (15mm) - Michael Keenan
Sat 7pm (E) - Miniatures - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Hotly Contested Bones - Desperado w/Playmobil - Jennifer Paperman
Sat 7pm (E) - RPG - Charybdus Wave III - The Beast Beyond - Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 - Christoper J. Ford
Sun 9am (F) - Miniatures - Skull Island (Dr. Satan’s Last Stand) - Home Crafted - Mike Paine
Sun 9am (F) - Miniatures - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Hotly Contested Bones - Desperado w/Playmobil - Jennifer Paperman

Star Fleet Battles
We will be running a Star Fleet Battles Patrol tournament all weekend.  We’re even opening the doors early to make sure SFB players have the time to get in as many games as possible.  Registration for this tournament is $5.  If you change your ship mid-tournament, you need to pay a new $5.  Last year we had one of the largest SFB tournaments in the country. We expect to be able to award two Ace Cards this year.

Historical Miniatures
Our convention co-sponsor, Two Tin Soldiers, has helped us to offer an excellent selection of historical miniatures events throughout the convention.  If you’re a special fan of the WW2 era, please note that we’re offering WW2 games during most of our seven time slots.
Fri 2pm (A) - Convoy East!   - Schnell - WW2  (1:600 Naval) - Tom Ciampa
Fri 7pm (B) - Bataan! - Battleground WW2 (20mm) - Roger  Van Dusen
Fri 7pm (B) - Battle of Klock's Field - Conquest of a Continent - American Revolutionary War (25mm) - Veeder & Keyer
Sat 9am (C) - Napoleonics 101  - Napoleon’s Battles (15 mm) - John Rigley
Sat 9am (C) - Close Action Fleet Battle - Close Action - Dan Bostwick
Sat 9am (C) - Battle for the Temple of Mnemosyne - Might of Arms (Ancients) - Jane Pattison
Sat 9am (C) - Gimme Shelter - Battleground WWII  (28mm) - Tom Ciampa
Sat 2pm (D) - Battle of the Bulge: December 1944  - Trench Wars (Modified) - Frank Luberti Jr.
Sat 2pm (D) - Rebels of Mount Hei - Tactica Skirmish 25mm (Fuedal Japan) - Joe Tomasulo
Sat 2pm (D) - Lieutenant Lilycrap’s Bad Day - French & Indian War Home Brew (25mm) - Bob Mulligan
Sat 7pm (E) - The Battle of Hochkirch, Oct 14, 1758 - Volley & Bayonet (15mm) - Michael Keenan
Sat 7pm (E) - The Battle of Bull Run - Fire & Fury (15 mm) - American Civil War - Peter Landry
Sun 9am (F) - Attack on State Farm 41 - Battlefront (15mm) - Bill Flanders & Peter Fett
Sun 9am (F) - The Raid on Widow McClennan’s Farm - French & Indian War Home Brew (25mm) - Bob Mulligan
Sun 9am (F) - Wings of War - Where’s my Wingman? - Wings of War - David Silverstein
Sun 3pm (G) - Rangers Raid the Mission at St. Bruno - French & Indian War Home Brew (25mm) - Bob Mulligan

Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tournament
Mike Rossi will be running a 16-player WHFB tournament during the first two slots on Saturday.  There is a special $15 entry fee for this event, but it’s all going into prize support (provided by Zombie Planet).  For those of you who can’t get enough Games Workshop fantasy action, we’ve got a Mordheim event in the third slot on Saturday.

RPGA Dungeons & Dragons
Jonathan Choy, our RPGA Czar , has lined up a great weekend of RPGA D&D sanctioned events.
Fri 2pm (A) - RPG - Forest of Iron (KEOI6-01)
Fri 2pm (A) - RPG - Herald of Woe (KEO7-01)
Fri 7pm (B) - RPG - Wasteland (KEOI6-02)
Fri 7pm (B) - RPG - To Catch a Thief (KEO7-03)
Fri 7pm (B) - RPG - Ruins of Discovery (CGR7-02)
Fri 7pm (B) - RPG - A Bright Scaled Horror (KEO7-06)
Sat 9am (C) - RPG - A New Brew (KEOI7-01)
Sat 9am (C) - RPG - Herald of Woe (KEO7-01)
Sat 9am (C) - RPG - Ambition’s Folly (INT7-01)
Sat 9am (C) - RPG - Heart’s Desire (COR7-12)
Sat 2pm (D) - RPG - Castlefall (KEO7-04)
Sat 2pm (D) - RPG - Mist Taken (KEO7-02)
Sat 2pm (D) - RPG - Journey to the Hidden Shrine (COR7-13)
Sat 7pm (E) - RPG - To Catch a Thief (KEO7-03)
Sat 7pm (E) - RPG - A Bright Scaled Horror (KEO7-06)
Sat 7pm (E) - RPG - Face of the Scourge (KEO7-05)
Sat 7pm (E) - RPG - The Densac Queen (COR7-14)
Sun 9am (F) - RPG - Face of the Scourge (KEO7-05)
Sun 9am (F) - RPG - The Densac Queen (COR7-14)
Sun 9am (F) - RPG - A Bright Scaled Horror (KEO7-06)
Sun 9am (F) - RPG - Ruins of Discovery (CGR7-02)
Sun 3pm (G) - RPG - Journey to the Hidden Shrine (COR7-13)
Sun 3pm (G) - RPG - Herald of Woe (KEO7-01)

RPG Mini-Campaigns
We’ve got two sets of role-play games that are designed to be played in sequence.  The first is from Chris Ford, of the FCS Gaming League.  The other is from Dr. NIk, of Carnage Gaming.  Please note you do not need to play all of the events in sequence; you can drop in at any time.
Sat 9am (C) - Charybdus Wave I - Omens - Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 - Christoper J. Ford
Sat 2pm (D) - Charybdus Wave II - Tempest Wave
Sat 7pm (E) - Charybdus Wave III - The Beast Beyond
Fri 7pm (B) - Cast Away! - Level 1 - d20 Mythic British Isles - Dr  NIk
Sat 9am (C) -  Cast Away! – Level 2
Sat 2pm (D) - Shadow Over Donegal Moor – Level 3
Sat 7pm (E) - Shadow Over Donegal Moor – Level 4


OPEN GAMING

We will, of course, have space for open gaming.  Please feel free to bring along some of your own favorites for pickup games.



THE FINE PRINT

The Schenectady Wargamers Association, Inc., is a Not For Profit organization incorporated in the state of New York.  “Schenectady Wargamers Association”, “Council of Five Nations”, the Council Indian logo, and the SWA Artilleryman logo are trademarks of the Schenectady Wargamers Association, Inc.  Many gaming product names referred to in this booklet are trademarks or registered trademarks of the company that produces that game, and we acknowledge that here.  The use of such trademarked names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.  In fact, you should probably be thanking us for running your games, and thus helping generate sales, by sending us some free convention support goodies (if you haven’t planned to do so already).  Thank you.



Please click here to go to the main Council general info page.

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 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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