2014 Guests

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This year is our biggest ever for special guests and programming, coinciding with the 40th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons.

Rodney Thompson (Wizards Of The Coast). Starting with the latest chapter in D&D, U-Con is very pleased to welcome Rodney as a Guest of Honor. He is one of the lead designers for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and a co-designer of Lords of Waterdeep, among many other game developer projects.

James Ernest (Cheapass Games). We also welcome this veteran board game designer as our Guest of Honor, and he is bringing with him some of his latest inventions. U-Con will also be sponsoring an opportunity for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to work with Mr. Ernest toward earning their Game Design Merit badge.

OSR Track. Going back to D&D’s beginnings, U-Con is proud to announce a new RPG track. The OSR (Old School Roleplaying) movement embraces the principals of our earliest roleplaying adventures and we are eager to foster this renaissance. To launch this new track we are pleased to have four Special Guests from the OSR community:

  • Doug Kovacs (Artist)
  • Jim Wampler (Spellburn)
  • Tim Snider (Goblinoid Games)
  • Bill Barsh (Pacesetter Games & Simulations)

Please see the [[Guests of Honor]] page for photos, bios, and future updates.  In the coming weeks we will be sharing the special programming associated with our Guests of Honor and the new OSR Track, and we encourage you to submit any events that are inspired by this announcement. See you in November!