U-Con

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U-Con
Status	Active
Genre	Gaming
Venue	The Michigan Union
Location	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Country	United States
First held	1988
Organizer	UCon Gaming Club
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U-Con is a gaming convention held annually in November in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the campus of the University of Michigan [1]. It has been sponsored by several different University of Michigan student organizations since its inception, the current one being the UCon Gaming Club. UCon developed out of a small gaming event held in 1988 called Mission Minicon[2]. In 1989, it changed its name to UCon and adopted a format offering games from Friday evening through Sunday evening[3]. Friday morning and afternoon slots were added in 2005.

U-Con is a mid-size regional gaming convention; an array of games, an exhibit hall and an auction are supplemented by seminars on game design and other gaming-related topics (often put on by UCon's guests of honor, who have included well-known designers such as Richard Garfield [4]). Events are provided for children as well. U-Con offers some unusual gaming opportunities as well; it was an early site for playtesting of Erick Wujcik's Amber Diceless Roleplaying game, and it hosts a weekend-long track of Tekumel events. People come from as far away as England and Germany to attend. Guests of Honor have included game creators, writers, editors, publishers, and artists.

The next U-Con will be held November 21 - November 23, 2008.