Forge World will be returning to AdeptiCon 2012 at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Centre in Chicago, IL.

Forge World will be bringing a wide selection of resin kits, modeling products, Imperial Armour books, and hopefully a few unseen new releases as well!

Forge World is also now accepting reservation orders for AdeptiCon. This is the best way to guarantee that they will have exactly what you are looking for!

You can place a reservation order either by telephoning the Forge World Customer Service team at 011 44 115 900 4995 or by sending them an e-mail (forgeworldreservations@games-workshop.co.uk) with the subject: ‘AdeptiCon 2012 Reservation’. Make sure to include your name, a list of the items you’d like to reserve and your e-mail address!

In the week prior to the event, Forge World will send you a confirmation e-mail containing your order number, details of any items that are unavailable and a total cost in US$ (less local sales tax) that will be payable at the event. Reserved items will be available for pickup beginning Friday morning at 9AM in the Vendor Hall.

You can check out Forge World’s complete catalog by visiting their website.

The AdeptiCon Interviews are back with their second installment and this time they spend a little time talking to Teras Cassidy from Geek Nation Tours. Today’s interview focuses on Geek Nation’s preparation for AdeptiCon 2012, their contribution to the whole convention experience, and what they have available family members of the non-geek persuasion.

Listen to the interview below, or download a transcribed version of the interview here. Look for more outtakes from The AdeptiCon Interviews in the near future and be sure to check out Andrew and Mark’s podcast, Ohiohammer!.

The AdeptiCon Interviews: Part II – Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours

AdeptiCon is less than 100 days away and the excitement is building! Below you will find the first in a series of interviews conducted by Andrew Sherman and Mark Dieter that take a look behind the curtain as individuals and teams prepare for the big weekend. In this first installment, Andrew and Mark discuss the AdeptiCon Warhammer 40K Team Tournament and spend some time talking with Rob Baer and Paul Murphy from last year’s winning team – I’m a Bear, Put Your Head in My Mouth. Rob and Paul discuss their preparations to date and about the AdeptiCon experience as a whole.

Listen to the interview below, or download a transcribed version of the interview here. Look for more outtakes from The AdeptiCon Interviews in the near future and be sure to check out Andrew and Mark’s podcast, Ohiohammer!.

The AdeptiCon Interviews: Part I – Rob Baer and Paul Murphy

‘Ere we go! AdeptiCon returns to the Chicago-land area for its ten-year anniversary on April 19th, 2012. Once again, the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center will be hosting AdeptiCon, providing a home for the one weekend that brings together those of us who are passionate about the miniature wargaming hobby.

Last year over 1500 hobbyists took part in the fellowship, excitement, and enthusiasm that has earned AdeptiCon its reputation as the “can’t miss” event of the year for the miniature wargamers across the country and the globe. Last year found our schedule bursting with traditional Games Workshop favorites, Privateer Press’s Warmachine and Hordes, Battlefront’s Flames of War, Wyrd’s Malifaux and a whole host of other gaming systems. You can expect all of our core gaming systems to return, with a lineup of both traditional AdeptiCon signature events as well as new, exciting challenges.

Important AdeptiCon 2012 Registration Links

Hotel Reservations (Westin Lombard Yorktown Center)
AdeptiCon 2012 Online Registration
AdeptiCon 2012 Event Rules
AdeptiCon 2012 Event Schedule

Dressed in his Sunday best, this Drifter head honcho is wearing the latest in 25th century post-exodus fashion wear. He’s decked out in an armored Kevlar vest, machete, steel drum shield, and riot helmet. The adornments are welded on by lower members of the clan, as he’s personally above doing anything as menial as “work”.

The first 1000 preregistered attendees to purchase a Weekend Badge for AdeptiCon 2012 will receive this miniature as part of the world-famous swag bag. Additionally this model is available to backers of our Kickstater fundraising endeavor. After that, this mold will be retired.

Wreck Age is a brand new 28mm skirmish game and RPG of survival, discovery, and combat. Brave the rugged lands that are just now beginning to be able to sustain life again, for the first time in centuries. Hyacinth Games will be running a number of Wreck Age demos at AdeptiCon 2012. For more info, please visit www.wreck-age.net.

Sculpted by Sylvain Quirion | Painted by Mondel Garcia

Click to enlarge photos.

To celebrate 10 years of AdeptiCon, we have a very special raffle prize for anyone preregistering for a Lord of the Rings Tournament at AdeptiCon 2012. Anyone preregistering for either the Lord of the Rings Championship or the Lord of the Rings Team Tournament by February 1st, will be entered into a drawing to win a Sideshow Collectibles Polystone Bust of Lord Elrond signed by both Peter Jackson and Hugo Weaving! Register early so you don’t miss out on a chance at this one of a kind prize. Additionally, if you register for both events you will get TWO chances to win, so why not make it a whole weekend full of Lord of the Rings gaming. To be eligible, you must preregister by February 1st, and you must participate in one of the Lord of the Rings tournaments at AdeptiCon 2012.

Click the image for a more detailed image of Lord Elrond.

This year, as part of the 10th Anniversary of AdeptiCon, we are proud to announce the AdeptiCon Terrain contest! At its core, the contest is simple and straight forward. We are looking for a few talented people to showcase their creativity when it comes to designing terrain. This is a chance to show off your best work and pick up some great prizes in the process!

We will accept designs for single elements (see below), full terrain pieces, and completely themed terrain sets. Winners will not only get the satisfaction of knowing that thousands of gamers will enjoy playing on their terrain, but AdeptiCon will reward the best submissions with AdeptiCon Weekend Badges, prizes from our sponsors, event vouchers, and cool swag!

• 1st Place: $100.00 in retail product of your choice from any one of our AdeptiCon sponsors, an AdeptiCon Weekend Badge and we will pick up the tab for one hotel night on the AdeptiCon weekend at the Westin.
• 2nd Place: $75.00 in retail product of your choice from any one of our AdeptiCon sponsors and an AdeptiCon Weekend Badge.
• 3rd Place: $50 in retail product of your choice from any one of our AdeptiCon sponsors and an AdeptiCon Weekend Badge.

Entries that do not qualify for one of the top prizes, but are still usable will receive an AdeptiCon 2012 Weekend Badge.

More information about this contest can be found here or by clicking the 2012 Tournament Terrain Contest link in the main menu.

Welcome aboard Celebrity Dreadfleet, you scurvy seadogs! The Celebrity Dreadfleet Project is a gaming event and charity raffle taking place at AdeptiCon 2012 to support the Ocean Conservancy.

Celebrity Dreadfleet has collected the support of some renowned painters and hobbyists to complete a painted set of Games Workshop’s Dreadfleet game. Ten different painters, including some Slayer Sword champions and multiple Golden Demon winners, have agreed to each paint one of the Dreadfleet vessels. Together with painted versions of the terrain and gaming accessories, these ships, along with the rules (signed by all the artists) will be raffled off at AdeptiCon 2012.

The painted fleet will be displayed on the Celebrity Dreadfleet blog as the artists complete their charges, along with any news or additional sponsor information. Then, at AdeptiCon, the fleet will be on display in person all weekend, including a demonstration game played by some of the participating painters.

Your chance to experience AdeptiCon 2012 the Geek Nation Tours way is coming to a close! There are still a a small number of tour packages available through October 31st, 2011. These packages include all hotel nights/taxes at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, transfers to and from airport, an AdeptiCon Weekend Badge and AdeptiCon Very Important Gamer upgrade package (including preferred check-in, AdeptiCon t-shirt, AdeptiCon glass and 1/2 hour early entrance to the vendor hall), the AdeptiCon Welcome Dinner, a ticket to the AdeptiCon Poker Tournament and After Con Mixer (dinner included), guaranteed gaming/seminar bookings and more fun than you can shake a goblin at! Additionally, Geek Nation Tours has put together a number of non-Geek tours for spouses, significant others and the like. These tours include dinners, shows, shopping and trips into the city.

These tour packages will still be available after October 31st, but we will no longer be able to guarantee gaming and seminar bookings once the webcart opens to the public…so book soon!

We’ve come a long way in the last decade, from our humble beginnings as a regional convention with 150 attendees, to an extravaganza drawing over 1500 attendees from across the globe. Regardless of whether you’ve been with us from the start, joined along the way, or have yet to experience the excitement, passion, and excellence of AdeptiCon, this is the year that you won’t want to miss! Pre-registration will open in October. Clear your schedules and start making travel plans, because AdeptiCon 2012 promises to be the premier celebration of the miniature wargaming hobby.

What: AdeptiCon 2012! Ten Year Anniversary!
When: April 19th – 22nd, 2012
Where: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center (Lombard, Illinois) – Make Your Hotel Reservations Now!

Check back over the next several months as additional news becomes available concerning the convention, pre-registration, specific events, special guests and more!

Andrew and Gavin came all the way from the other side of the world to cover AdeptiCon 2011! They literally filmed hours of footage for RHQ-TV and will be releasing a steady stream of AdeptiCon 2011 videos over the next couple of months – expect interviews with event organizers, general convention and event coverage and interviews with some of the world top painters and hobbyists.

	DAY 1 Broadcast from AdeptiCon 2011 – Day 1 from the main Warhammer 40K hall. Andrew and Gavin get excited about what they have planned and get some early interviews with some of the players about to kick things off in the Warhammer 40K Championships tournament.
	DAY 2 Broadcast from AdeptiCon 2011 – Day 2. Andrew and Gavin interview teams competing in the Warhammer 40K Team Tournament! They also interview some Warhammer Fantasy players.
	DAY 3 Broadcast from AdeptiCon 2011 – Day 3. Andrew and Gavin interview Jason Watt just before he competes in the Warmachine & Hordes Championship round! They also interview Warhammer Fantasy and Blood Bowl players.

AdeptiCon attendees opened up their wallets and tickets for our first AdeptiCon Charity Raffle flew off the shelves. Over $4500 was raised for Child’s Play and Susan G. Komen for the Cure! A special thanks to all AdeptiCon attendees who participated!

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Who likes prizes? We all do! Did you have an especially memorable weekend at AdeptiCon 2011? Then we want to hear from you!

We’re bringing back an old favorite, the AdeptiCon After-Action Report Contest. All AdeptiCon 2011 Attendees are welcome to participate. Share the story of your AdeptiCon 2011 weekend and you could win some really cool free swag.

Submission Deadline: April 24, 2011, 10:00 PM CST

Submission Format: After-Action Reports should be in either MS Word (preferred) or Adobe PDF (alternatively) format. Entries are limited to 5000 words. Pictures and diagrams are allowed, but not required. All entries must be in English. Entries should be e-mailed to: info@adepticon.org. Please include: AdeptiCon 2011 AAR Submission in the subject header.

In the body of the e-mail, include the following information:

• Full Name
• Mailing Address
• Phone Number
• E-Mail Address

Judging Criteria: Submissions will be judged on the basis of clarity, narrative, and basically whether its a rocking good story. All decisions of the judges are final. For an example of a good AAR, you can check out Bill Kim’s AdeptiCon 2006 AAR.

Note: By entering the AdeptiCon 2011 After-Action Report Contest, you consent to the use of your entry by AdeptiCon, including but not limited to the posting of your entry on the AdeptiCon website.

We are doing our best to get some results and the like up. We had a fantastic weekend, and most of us rather beat (16 hours of sleep over four days for me). AdeptiCon 2011 scenario packets and the first few events have been posted under Past Coverage –> AdeptiCon 2011. Expect some additional front page news concerning the results, tournament winners, extended coverage, the Crystal Brush and much, much more…

AdeptiCon 2011 is in the books and what a year it was! Hands down our largest event to date, AdeptiCon 2011 saw 1500+ hobby and gaming enthusiasts come together for almost four straight days of fun. As attendees and staff attempt to get some much deserved rest, please check out the coverage circulating around the internet.

RHQ-TV will have a series of forthcoming videos covering every aspect of the convention. You can check out in-depth video coverage of the Warhammer 40K Championships finals over on the The Independent Characters Ustream channel. Cool Mini or Not has full coverage and results from the Crystal Brush. Beasts of War has a short intro video posted with more coverage to follow. Additionally there were literally 20+ podcasts on site all recording and compiling show material. Look for extended AdeptiCon 2011 coverage coming soon from 40K Radio, Podhammer, Bell of Lost Souls, The Eternal Warriors, Imperial Vox Cast and a whole host of other fine blogs and podcasts. Full event results will be posted over the week (see Past Coverage in the menu to the left).

A massive amount of gratitude goes out to all the volunteers, sponsors, vendors and attendees – without you, AdeptiCon wouldn’t be AdeptiCon. Now for some sleep…

Recently we had a chance to talk with Darryl Dean, a long-time AdeptiCon attendee and owner of the Game Room, a friendly local gaming store in Toledo, Ohio. Darryl will once again be in attendance at AdeptiCon, and this year he’ll offer AdeptiCon attendees a chance to unload some unused models or pick up some desperately needed bitz. On to the interview!

AdeptiCon 2011 Sponsor Spotlight: Game Room
Game Room Website

Barbarism is the natural state of the orcs. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.

	Sculpted by Gary Morley Painted by Dave Taylor Click to enlarge photos.

The fine folks over at Rankings HQ have recently released their AdeptiCon 2011 Preview Show. RHQ-TV will be covering the Crystal Brush competition, Warhammer 40K & Fantasy, Warmachine, Hordes and Flames of War tournaments. Additionally they will be conducting interviews with Black Library authors, Privateer Press designers, Battlefront officials and more! Head on over to RHQ-TV or their YouTube channel throughout the weekend for up-to-date convention coverage.

The 11th Company Podcast has featured a number of interviews leading up to the AdeptiCon 2011 weekend. In their most recent episode (ep. 62), Pat talks to Matthias Weeks about the revised Warhammer 40K Championships mission objectives.

Primary focused on Warhammer 40K, the 11th Company is prolific blog that is released every Monday. To date, they have featured discussions concerning the convention in general (ep. 47, 48 & 49), the Warhammer 40K Championships primer missions (ep. 61), The INAT FAQ (ep. 48, 49, 50, 56, 57 & 58) and the Warhammer 40K Team Tournament. A complete list of all their past episode can be found on their website. Make sure to tune in after AdeptiCon 2011 for some post-convention discussion.

With AdeptiCon nearly upon us, we wanted to walk you through what we have been doing to prepare for The Independent Characters coverage of the AdeptiCon 2011 Warhammer 40K Championships finals.

On Sunday we will begin our pre-game Show at 9:00am CST. We will be talking about our experiences at the event up until this point and airing video interviews with notables in the Warhammer 40K internet community, convention staff, Black Library authors, and other surprise guests!

Around 12:15pm CST, just as round 3 in the finals is getting underway, we will begin our in-depth coverage of the final two tables of the AdeptiCon 2011 Warhammer 40K Championships – live! We will be broadcasting live from multiple angles, including directly overhead both tables to bring you all the action up close and personal!

We hope to provide you with pre-game interviews of the four players involved in the final rounds, as well as a post-game wrap up. The winner of the AdeptiCon 2011 Warhammer 40K Championships will be at one of these two tables! You will be able to watch the entire thing on Ustream by visiting The Independent Characters Ustream channel (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-independent-characters) or by clicking on the link under Special Events to the left. Additionally you will be able to interact with other fans and the hosts of the show live via chat throughout the event!

We will be running one more test broadcast on Sunday March 27th at 11am PST if you would like to see what we are up to! You can find out more information on The Independent Characters website.

Carl and Geoff
The Independent Characters

After the release of the Warhammer 40K Championships Primer missions, we received some incredibly constructive feedback concerning the scenarios as a whole, and in particular some of the individual mission objectives. This feedback, as well as the results of several primer missions over the Winter, gave us a general idea of what people want to see out of this new format.

The final mission objectives for the AdeptiCon 2011 Warhammer 40K Championships can be found here. Additionally they are also attached at the end of the Warhammer 40K Championships rules and the primer missions. They are presented in alphabetical order and not in Scenario format. The exact combination of mission objectives, deployment options and any special rules will be revealed the day of the event. Additionally, at least two of the following mission objectives will be repeated throughout the day.

AdeptiCon is made possible by the thousands of hours put in by all our amazing volunteers and the generous support of all our fantastic sponsors. This year, a number of these sponsors will be present in our Vendor Hall, giving you a chance to purchase their products, peruse their new releases and meet the staff behind some of your favorite hobby suppliers.

AdeptiCon 2011 Vendor Hall Roster

Armorcast	Badger Games	Battle Foam
Battlefront	Black Library	Blue Table Painting
Coolminiornot.com	Dice Head Games	Forge World
Gale Force Nine	Game Room	Geek Nation Tours
Last Square	Mantic Games	Miniature Painting Authority
Outpost Games	Warlord Games

Vendor Hall Hours: 9:00AM to 7:00PM (Friday and Saturday) and 8:00AM to 2:30PM (Sunday)