UberCon's Tenth regional event is less than a month away! Located at the Holiday Inn, Edison, UberCon games, events, and exhibits will span nearly 17,000 square feet of convention space. The Holiday Inn Hotel, Edison, NJ is located just a few miles from New York City, minutes away from Raritan Center, and 15 miles away from Newark Airport. Book your room today - they are going quickly and the cut-off date is April 15th!
This season's offering includes bigger tournaments, more games, more prizes, and an *exclusive* signing by Star Wars author Timothy Zahn, best known for his eight Star Wars books (
Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, and
Allegiance). For more information, see
this page. Other returning and new guests for UberCon X include folklorist, fantasy, and Star Trek author Josepha Sherman; writer and game designer of Griffon Publishing Studio Peter Schweighofer; Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance fame; Chris O'Neill of 9th Level Games and Kobolds Ate My Baby!; Lee Cherolis of IndyWebcomics.com; Samantha Allen of Random Assembly; and M.J. Young, author and creator of Multiverser.
As if getting to meet our guests wasn't enough, we are also pleased to announce that this year, UberCon X will be the host of PopCap Games' National Peggle Tournament! Never played Peggle before?
Check it out and download a trial version to practice hitting those pegs! If you're already a fan, you'll be as excited as we were to learn that there is a NEW Peggle game coming out - Peggle Nights! Finalists in the Tournament will receive exclusive Peggle T-shirts as well as first pressing copies of Peggle Nights. All attendees of UberCon will also be entered in a raffle to win boxed copies of some of the most popular PopCap games. Though you might not know it, PopCap has expanded from PCs only; we will also have weekend-long high score tournaments for PopCap's XBLA games AND a single-elimination Heavy Weapon Tournament.
If computer and console games aren't your thing, we've got plenty more. The full schedule can be seen at
http://www.ubercon.com/nj/schedule/ but here is a sampling of some of our featured events.
Miniatures:
-Warhammer 40K Kill Team Scenarios ALL WEEKEND
-Saturday 8pm - Heroclix - INVASION! Stop the Evil forces of Darkseid and his minions from invading Metropolis!
-Saturday 8pm - Heroclix - The PRISON! Stop the bad guys from breaking out of prison!
-Saturday 8pm - Heroclix - SENTINEL'S ATTACK! Save the Mutants and stop the Sentinels from attacking!
-Sunday 10am - Heroclix - Fight for Spectre/FOOM/CoG Galactus $10 entry. Winner recieves choice of Spectre/Fin Fang FOOM/CoG Galactus.
RPG/RPGA:
-In honor of Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Saga RP games will be running convention-long.
-Guest of Honor Timothy Zahn will participate in a charity Star Wars RPG as Grand Admiral Thrawn, the infamous character he created for his extended universe series Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command.
-Be one of the first to play Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition--months before it will hit the shelves! A Wizards of the Coast representative will be standing by to give interested gamers a sneak peek of the system that replaces 3.5. D&D 4th Edition will release in July.
As always, our superior GMs will be running RPG, RPGA, and board games the entire weekend. If you are so inclined, Guitar Hero and Rock Band will be available in the consoles section, as well as SingStar and DDR by request. Take a walk through the Vendor Room for some really awesome swords and games, or take a break in our Con Suite or at the hotel's Harold's New York
Diner.
Pre-registration for UberCon X is now open, and game slots are filling up fast! We hope to see you all there!
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