A large variety of conventions are run
throughout the year, and I've found a number of them where convention
goers enjoy playing tabletop role-playing games like Solar Echoes.
This coming weekend, from April 14-16, Johns Hopkins University is
hosting their annual gamer convention, JohnCon. I get excited for
JohnCon every year, for several reasons. One reason is that the
Hopkins Homewood campus brings back fond memories from when I took
some classes there during college, such as Creative Writing
(training which I've definitely used to make Solar Echoes!) Another
reason is that I love hanging out with the college crowd, and playing
Solar Echoes exclusively with college students is always tons of fun.
It's a dynamic quite different from other conventions, and though it
isn't a sprawling, crowded event like Balticon, the students that put
JohnCon together do a great job, bringing in vendors, putting on
comedy shows, providing interesting panel discussions, and running
anime, movies and games all night. There's lots of food available
and, if you have the stamina of a college student, you can enjoy the
convention 24 hours a day--it never closes until the convention ends
on Sunday!
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