Growing larger every year, Wittenberg鈥檚 Role-Playing Guild will host the 16th consecutive WittCon event on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to midnight at the Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning.
鈥淲ittCon has been the longest continuously running regional gaming convention in the Springfield/Dayton area with individuals coming from across the country to participate in a day of dice-slinging and storytelling,鈥� said Assistant Director of Prospect Research Andrew Klosky, Wittenberg class of 2005 and a founding member of the Guild.
鈥淪ince its creation in 2002, the Wittenberg Role-Playing Guild has brought countless individuals to the table for hours of gaming enjoyment. Our games have taken us everywhere from the 鈥楰eep on the Borderlands鈥� in Dungeons and Dragons, to the 鈥榃eird West鈥� of Deadlands, to the rain-soaked streets of 鈥楴ew Corinth鈥� in Cold Steel Wardens, and to a galaxy far, far away in Edge of the Empire. These games provide us a medium of storytelling found nowhere else and the ability to be our own heroes with fate resting on nothing more than the roll of a die.鈥�
Beginning in the spring of 2003 at Wittenberg with a mere 25 attendees, this year鈥檚 event is expected to bring in 150 participants or more ranging from current students, faculty, staff, and alumni, to members of the Springfield/Dayton community.
WittCon will feature a number of events focusing primarily on tabletop games. Some of the events include an open game library, a costume contest, an Orc and Pie live-action dungeon experience, vendors, and an UnPub Protozone, in which area game designers will be testing their new designs. There will also be two panel discussions featuring Q&A sessions with three local authors and with Larry Wickman, the designer of the Shuffling Horror card games. The full schedule is available .
Admission to WittCon is $7 and includes access to all events, entry to a raffle, and a pizza and soft drink dinner, courtesy of Beavercreek Pizza Dive in Beavercreek, Ohio. Doors open for registration at 9 a.m. with games beginning at 10 a.m. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with games ending at midnight.
