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After seven years years of constant expansion, and outgrowing
three separate venues, AdeptiCon returns in 2010 as the ultimate independent
convention experience in the Games Workshop miniature wargaming hobby. With
three days packed with events, from Warhammer Fantasy to Warhammer 40K, from
Specialist Games to Warhammer Historical, AdeptiCon offers something for
everyone, from the person just entering the hobby to the hardcore tournament
gamer.
No matter how you're involved in the hobby, AdeptiCon has an event for you! We
have tournaments to satisfy your competitive urges, seminars that develop and
refine your skills, open gaming and demos to give you a chance to relax and
explore new games, and many other events. No matter what events you participate
in, you'll have the chance to strike up new friendships and renew existing
relationships with others who care about the hobby as much as you do.
Mark your calendar, make your travel plans, and get your figures ready for
transport - don't miss your chance to take part in the excitement of AdeptiCon
2010! |
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| Coming in March, 2010 – AdeptiCon 2010! |
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 Mark your calendars and start making your travel plans, because on March 26th-28th, AdeptiCon will return to the Chicagoland area! All the events that you know and love will be back, including our renown tournaments, demos, open gaming, hobby seminars, and the Rogue Demon competition.
In addition, stay tuned for more exciting news over the next couple months as AdeptiCon makes more event announcements about AdeptiCon 2010.
Once again, the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center will host AdeptiCon, with great rates for all AdeptiCon attendees. Rooms will be available at the special AdeptiCon rate of $114 per night. This special group rate is only available to AdeptiCon attendees and can be reserved online now!
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| Dice Down! AdeptiCon 2009 is Over! |
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AdeptiCon 2009 is over! The convention saw continued growth and broke all records of attendance/participation to date!
We can`t say thank you enough to all the volunteers, sponsors, and
attendees who helped make this AdeptiCon our best ever!
Stay
tuned in the next few weeks as we finish the wrap-up of AdeptiCon 2009,
including this year`s Retrospective and announcements about AdeptiCon 2010.
Tournament and competition results can be found here.
Scenarios from all events can be found here.
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Join your fellow AdeptiCon attendees in a Bitz Trading extravaganza
unlike any other. Got some extra bolters that you would like to trade
in for power fists? Got an entire army that you would like to sell?
Well, make sure you bring your bitz box and toy soldiers to AdeptiCon
and see what kinds of deals you can make and how many treasured bitz
for your next army you can walk away with.
2009 BITZ TRADING SCHEDULE
Friday 10PM - Midnight
Saturday 10PM - Midnight
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| Sail the Seas at AdeptiCon 2009! |
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 AdeptiCon 2009 will be proud to host demo games of the new Warhammer Historical game, Trafalgar on the evenings of Friday April 3rd and Saturday April 4th. A game of ship-to-ship combat in the Age of Sail, Trafalgar gives every hobbyist a chance fight the naval battles of the era.
Our demos, run long time veteran hobbyists Merle Delinger and Tim Wright., and sponsored by The Last Square, Litko Aerosystems and Warhammer Historical, will give AdeptiCon attendees a chance to check out this new and exciting game. These demos are free to all AdeptiCon attendees. Demo fleets will be provided and consist of Last Square`s 1:2400 Figurehead line of ship miniatures.
As a bonus, the demo fleets supplied by the Last Square will be raffled off at the end of the weekend.
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| Stupor Bowl II Miniature: Slim McHamm! |
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| Slim McHamm is one of the most well-known personalities of the
legendary Blood Bowl team, Da 2485 Scares. Da Scares had some of the roughest and toughest players to ever hit the pitch. Slim McHamm, however, was not so rough and tough. He had the swagger, the attitude, sponsored headbands, and of course, the Bloodweiser addiction that earned him the nickname, the Drunky QB. His passes soared with unparalleled accuracy, while his body managed to get injured in just about every game. When Slim is on the field, Da Scares knew they were going to win. Unfortunately, he spent a lot of games in the Injured box.....or the Intoxicated box...
   
Slim McHamm is currently only available to the participants of Stupor Bowl II. He will be available from Impact Miniatures this summer.
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Guest of Honor Change! |
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  Due to circumstances outside of our control, Alessio Cavatore will be unable to attend AdeptiCon 2009. However, for those looking to catch a glimpse of the inside of the Games Development studio, never fear - because Gav Thorpe, former Games Developer and Black Library author, has just confirmed that he will be in attendance!
Prior to becoming a freelance writer, Gav Thorpe worked for Games Workshop as lead background designer, overseeing and contributing to the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 worlds. He has written numerous novels and short stories set in the fictional worlds of Games Workshop, including the
Time of Legends `The Sundering` series, the seminal Dark Angels novel Angels of Darkness, and the Last Chancers omnibus. He lives in Nottingham, UK, with his mechanical hamster, Dennis.
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| Free Swag: Avatars of War model! |
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| More and Even More Free Swag! |
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| From the High Seas, to Middle Earth, to the Red Orktober |
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Due
to the popularity of our non-competitive open gaming and demo events, we’ve
worked to add more such events to our roster.
We’re adding demos of Warhammer Historical: Trafalgar, War of the Rings,
and the Sabol Designs-sponsored `Hunt Within Red Orktober!`
Trafalgar
– Age of Sail Naval Combat – Times TBD – Sign up onsite! Sponsored by the Last Square,
Warhammer Historical and Lithko Aerosystems.
War
of the Rings Demos – Times TBD – Sign up onsite! Sponsored by the Games Workshop Chicago Battle
Bunker.
The Hunt Within Red Orktober - Sunday
10:30 AM – 3:00 PM - Sponsored by Sabol Designs
Red Orktober
*** Click to Enlarge ***
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| Sponsor Spotlights: Sabol Designs & Armorcast |
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| INAT FAQ 2.2 & AdeptiCon Conduct Policy - Minor Additions |
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Some people may be wondering why are we putting out another update for
the Independent National Warhammer 40,000 Tournament FAQ (INAT FAQ) so
close to AdeptiCon when we said that the 2.1 version would be last one
before the event. There are a couple of reasons.
Most importantly, Games Workshop has recently released an updated
Warhammer 40,000 rulebook FAQ which contained some new rulings that
needed to be taken into consideration in the wording for a few of our
FAQ rulings. Second, we received some last second questions from
players attending AdeptiCon and given that we already had to put out a
revised version of our FAQ because of GW`s update, it only made sense
to throw in these extra questions as well.
However, we have gone out of our way to make sure that none of our
existing rulings from the 2.1 version have been completely reversed. We
consciously made this decision because with such short notice until
AdeptiCon we know that many people will not notice or have time to read
the 2.2 version and we want to make sure that everything in the 2.1
version is still applicable (and 99.9% of it is).
Click here to download the INAT FAQ ver 2.2 now!
The AdeptiCon Conduct Policy has also been updated.
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| AdeptiCon Historical Model Preview |
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AdeptiCon has a history of providing a limited edition models to each of our attendees. Besides all the swag that comes with the AdeptiCon 2009 badge this year all Warhammer Historical participates are going to get there very own limited edition Celt Chieftain model courtesy
of Mark Sims of Crusader Miniatures (US / Rest of World) fame!
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Model painted by Dave Pauwels.
Check out more of Dave`s fantastic work at Rabid Bat Studio. |
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| 2009 AdeptiCon Model Released |
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 The first 800 AdeptiCon attendees will receive
their own Grunt APE II model for the new Grindhouse Games miniature
wargame/board game Incursion.
Incursion is set in the world of Grindhouse Games’ Secrets of the Third
Reich, where American Armored Personal Exoskeletons (APEs) form the
front line in Weird War II against the twisted creations of the Third
Reich’s Special Weapons Development (SWD).
San Antonio Texas based Grindhouse Games has worked with West Wind
Productions to develop Secrets of the Third Reich. They have just gone
out on their own and launched a new and expanding miniatures range and
website to support their new Weird War II boardgame: Incursion - while
continuing to support Secrets of the Third Reich. Jim and John Bailey
of Grindhouse Games also run the Alamo Warhammer Indie Grand Tournament
in San Antonio every year. As fellow Grand Tournament organizers, Jim
and John along with sculptor Seth Nash are thrilled to support the
AdeptiCon.
Find out more about Incursion and Grindhouse Games at: http://www.incursiongame.com/
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| Sponsor Spotlight: Battle Foam |
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We recently had a chance to talk to Romeo of
Battle Foam, one of our newest AdeptiCon sponsors. Find out more about
Battle Foam and see pictures of their newest trays and army cases by
downloading the Sponsor Spotlight.
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| New Seminar Added and Registration Update! |
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 We’ve added a new hobby seminar to our schedule
– Michael Harmon, of Reynolds Advanced Materials, will teach a special
seminar on mold-making and casting. Tickets for this seminar are only
$8, and will run on Saturday, April 4th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Over a dozen events have already filled up, and others are close to
capacity as online registration continues at a brisk pace. Don’t miss
out on your opportunity to attend the event of your choice – register
online today at http://www.adepticon.org/cart/ and purchase your weekend badge and the event tickets you need.
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| Road to AdeptiCon: Warhammer and Lord of the Rings Development Reports |
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Hotel Information – Deadline Extended! |
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Our original block of hotel rooms are filled,
but we’ve gotten additional rooms added and the deadline extended for
one week. If you want to make sure you get our discounted room rate,
make your reservations today! After Monday March 16th, we won’t be able
to help you save money on your hotel stay.
The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
70 Yorktown Center,
Lombard, Illinois 60148
Phone: (630) 719-8000 - Fax: (630) 719-8079
AdeptiCon Room Rate: $109.00/night - Parking: Free
Group rate available until March 16th, 2009 (Subject to availability)
Reservations can be made by calling the The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center directly (1-630-719-8000) or by visiting our Reservation Center.
Additional information regarding the hotel, reservations, local amenities and directions can be found here.
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| Road to AdeptiCon: Avatars of Paint |
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  Hobby Seminar Instructors Chris Borer and Dave Pauwels have documented part of the
process in creating Rogue Demon entries using the new Avatars of War models,
sculpted by Felix Paniagua.
Road to AdeptiCon: Avatars of Paint
The AdeptiCon Hobby Seminar series; especially Joe Orteza’s Losing the Fear: Working with Green Stuff and James and Cathy Wappel’s Here We Stand: Advanced Basing Techniques, cover a lot of the techniques Chris and Dave mention in this article.
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Guest of Honor Announced! |
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 Chris
Roberson is a respected SF author whose novels include The Dragon`s Nine Sons
(Solaris, 2007) and Set the Seas
on Fire (Solaris, 2007). Roberson has been a finalist for the World
Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, twice for the John W. Campbell Award for Best
New Writer, and three times for the Sideways Award for Best Alternate History
Short Form (winning in 2004 with his story O One.) He runs the independent
press MonkeyBrain books with his partner.
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 Worried
that your models may suffer some damage in transit? This year AdeptiCon will again be hosting the
MiniMedic station all day Friday! Look for the Sign!
The
MiniMedic station will offer a wide range of repair services, performed by an
award winning professional modeler with 20 years of gaming experience, 15 of
prop construction experience, and over 10 years of convention travel
experience. Services will include emergency super glue fixes, emergency
pinning, complex repair, large model repair, epoxy work, structural rebuilds
and even limited patch painting.
MiniMedic
services are free to AdeptiCon attendees.
While the focus of the booth will be to act as a repair station for
broken models, please come by to say hello and learn about techniques, tools
and materials necessary to build models properly, or repair them quickly.
MiniMedic
service will be on a first come first serve basis, but every effort will be
made to get downed minis back on the table quickly and keep unlucky travelers
having fun at AdeptiCon this year!
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 One of the unsung projects of AdeptiCon 2009 is the massive effort currently underway to update, repair and rebuild a vast majority of our terrain. Our goal is to provide the best gaming experience possible...down to the tree!
2009 40K Terrain Gallery [WIP]
2009 LotR Terrain Gallery
Both of these galleries will be updated as new images are available. A huge thanks goes out to the crew down at Capital City Games in Springfield, IL, Marcin Ignasiak, Brent Sinclair, Tim Kulinski and everyone else who has lent a hand this year!
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| Building a Warhammer Team Tournament Army – Part 2 |
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Hobby Seminars |
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With AdeptiCon 2009 rapidly approaching, we are
proud to announce this year`s line-up of Hobby Seminar classes. This
year sees our usual wide range of topics; from army painting to
competition painting, sculpting with green stuff to creative basing,
and much more. We are extremely happy to announce a truly noteworthy
group of instructors; including 4-time Slayer Sword winner Chris Borer,
the return of fan-favorite Joe Orteza and his green-stuff class,
CoolMiniorNot sensations James and Cathy Wappel, and an array of other
Golden Demon and Grand Tournament veterans lending their skills to the
line-up.
In addition, this year sees an expansion of the AdeptiCon Rogue Demon
miniature painting contest and the inclusion of the popular Avatars of
War figure line. We are very excited to open the competition to Felix
Paniagua`s excellent line of models. In true AdeptiCon style, we will
also be awarding some major prize support for this year`s Rogue Demon.
For more information, click here. See you in April.
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| Warhammer 40K INAT FAQ version 2.1 (FINAL) Released! |
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 This is the final version (v2.1) of the Independent National Warhammer 40,000 Tournament FAQ (INAT FAQ), produced primarily for Adepticon 2009.
As promised, we have taken all the feedback that we received from a variety of sources across the internet regarding
the initial 2.0 release and we have done our best to incorporate as much
of it as we could.
Barring any major spelling or formatting issues (which is always a
possibility despite all the cross-checking) this will effectively be
the FINAL version of the INAT FAQ for before Adepticon 2009 in April.
Please note that several rulings (some rather major) have been
changed or reversed since the 2.0 version due to feedback. Rulings in
the 2.1 document that have been significantly altered from the 2.0
version have been denoted as such with a plus sign ( + ) before the question # and have their answer text colored red (just like last year) to make it easy for you to spot what has been changed.
This document WILL be in effect for all 40K events at AdeptiCon, so its
highly recommended that all attendees who plan to play in a 40K event
look at the sections relating to general gameplay and your particular
army. This FAQ will be used by the rules judges to resolve rules
disputes.
Click here to download the INAT FAQ ver 2.1 now!
Note: A few minor additions were made to the INAT FAQ in response to an official GW FAQ recently released.
Click here to download the INAT FAQ ver 2.2 now!
Note: This document is, of course, entirely unofficial, but we believe that
it provides a valuable tool for tournament organizers and 40K players
in general to use to resolve some of the thorny issues that pop up
during play. It isn`t meant to replace the GW FAQs in any way - in
fact, the questions answered in the GW FAQs are not addressed in this
document.
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| AdeptiCon 40K Invitational Returns! |
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| Did you place in the top 10 in Battle Points at
a 2008 GW Tournament Circuit Event? Then you have qualified for the
Tournament Circuit Invitational at AdeptiCon 2009. Find out who is
really the best at this event. For a full list of players who have
qualified, or to find out more about this event, click here!
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| Warhammer 40K Team Tournament Primer Announced |
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It`s that time again. The AdeptiCon 40K Team
Tournament Primer will be held at the Chicago Battle Bunker - Saturday,
January 24th. Check-in time is 10AM with the first game starting at
10:30.
Due to space and time limitations there will only be room for 10
teams (4 people/team) and the tournament will only consist of 3 rounds.
To reserve a spot for your Team, email me your Team Name and Team Members to adepticon09@gmail.com.
Teams will be taken on a first-come basis, so don`t delay! There
will be a small waiting list if we get more than 10 teams registered.
AdeptiCon 2009 40K Team Tournament Primer
Saturday, January 24th
10 Teams
3 Games
10:00 AM Check-in
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Game #1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Break
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Game #2
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Break
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Game #3
As always, the Primer missions will be made available for download on this site after the event.
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| Rogue Demon Painting Competition Rules and Masterclass Seminar Info Released! |
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 AdeptiCon`s Rogue Demon painting competition has become one of the gold
standards of the miniature wargaming hobby, and AdeptiCon`s hobby
seminars have become famous for giving hobbyists a chance to learn from
the masters of our hobby. Find out more about both from our flyer!
Adepticon 2009 Rogue Demon Painting Contest
Categories
Best Regiment or Squad
Best Large Monster or Vehicle
Best Single Fantasy Model
Best Single Science Fiction Model
Youngbloods (14 and under)
Open
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| AdeptiCon 2009 40K Gladiator Prize Announced! |
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 The 2009 40K Gladiator Champion will Walk!
Previous winners of AdeptiCon`s Warhammer 40K Gladiator tournament has
walked away with ForgeWorld Death Korp of Krieg army, an Ork army
including ForgeWorld battlewagons, and a full Elysian Drop Troops army.
This year, the champion of the AdeptiCon 40K Gladiator will receive
only a single model: the new ForgeWorld Reaver Titan! Standing almost 16” high, this model dominates
the battlefield with its weaponry. Don’t miss out on your chance to win
this phenomenal model - sign up today!
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Registration is NOW OPEN! |
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| AdeptiCon 2009 Event Rules and Event Registration |
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We are in the process of compiling all the event details, working out a solid event schedule and formatting the rules for the various tournaments at this very moment. We hope to have the webcart up, the 2009 event rules posted and registration open within the next week. Keep checking back!
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