Greetings from your Evil Gaming Lair Overlord! I look forward to seeing all of you in less than 2 weeks.  Egads, is it really that soon?? Ok, I'll make this quick then. Just a few items to go over for this year.

Item the first, it saddens me to admit that I wasn't able to con, cajole, beg, bribe, threaten, or weedle enough people to volunteer in my Gaming Lair to have 24/7 gaming this year. At least not officially. If there are open tables, you're welcome to use them to play games. If you find yourself in the gaming area after staff is gone for the night, please treat it with respect. Leave it how you found it; clean, orderly, and most importantly- disinfected.

Item the second, the good news is that there will still be play to win games. That's right, I'm still bribing you to hang out with me and play some games by giving a bunch of them away! OK, so truth be told, the fine folks at Double Exposure gave me the games to give away, but still. Check out the Play to Win page of the website for a list of titles.

Numero three- for you brainiacs (or masters of the Google-Fu) we welcome back "Name the Game,"  where one of my minions tries to stump you with clues about games that you may or may not have ever heard of, and whoever amongst you names the most correctly wins a FREE membership to ConCoction 2024!

And lastly, but certainly not leastly (is leastly a word?) we have two, count them two ways to let people know you want to play a game. The first way is a bit low tech, but its worked for hundreds of years. It's called "Write on the Wall." Wait. No. Don't do that. The very patient people at the Bertram will not be happy if we do that. Instead, I'll bring a ginormous piece of white board and we can write (legibly) on that. Just let people know what you're playing, when, and where & people will read that and show up. And for all you techno peeps, we have a Discord server with thread/channel thingies that you can post in! 
Heh.  Nailed it. Questions?  Hit me up.

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As the 2020 GM Schedule is now up online through KonOpas, we now have opened player signups for hosted games at Cleveland ConCoction 2020. 

If you are signing up for more than one game, please submit individually for each game.

All requests are timestamped and seats are first come/first served, but a wait list may occur if seats run out for a particular game session.


Click here to go to the Player Signup Form 


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Greetings from the Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020! 

We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Convention Schedule is now available on our website. 

The Online Schedule is where you can find all the information you need for: 

• Gaming 
• Kids Programming 
• Musical Performances 
• Author Panels 
• Workshops 
• ....and so much more! 

In addition to a schedule copy being in the Program Book which will be available onsite, featuring cover art created by Guest Artist Lar DeSouza, the online KonOpas Program will have any updated information that has been changed, added or removed since the time of printing. 

We are looking for another great year with the Cleveland ConCoction Community! 



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We have a few changes and additions in Gaming this year and I wanted to share them with you!  


First, I am excited to announce that for the first time, we will have video games in The Lair!  This year we will have Mario Kart, Mario Party, Boom Blox, Smash Brothers, and some other multi-player titles available for play in gaming.  We will also have an Oculus Quest available for play running Beat Saber, Fruit Ninja, and Space Pirate Trainer. As usual, these are all free of charge with you ConCoction Membership, although we do suggest a donation as all profits from the video game area will be donated to Extra Life.  All players will need to leave a state or federally issued ID with the game room attendant in order to play.


Video gaming will extend into our Gaming After Dark program.  Join us after 10pm for a series of Jackbox games. Join as a contestant or watch as an audience member.  These games are incredibly funny and include titles such as You Don’t Know Jack, Fibbage XL, Drawful, Trivia Murder Party, and Tee KO.  Games are nice and short so they’re the perfect way to spend time waiting for your turn at Fruit Ninja.  


We’ve also made some changes to our Play-To-Win policy.  Starting this year, you will only receive an entry to win a game the first time you play it.  You are welcome to play a game more than once if you desire, but whether you play it once or a hundred times, you will only get one entry into the drawing to win that game.  The publishers who donate these games to us hope that you’ll spread the love and play all of their games, and we think this new policy will help make that happen. We’ve also decided on a blanket limit of 3 wins per badge number, regardless of whether that badge is held by a board member, staff member, volunteer, or regular attendee.  We will still have review slips for the games as we have had in previous years. Please make sure you fill them out legibly and indicate whether you want to take the game home with you in the spot indicated. Also, as in previous years, winners need to be present in order to collect their prize, or have a designated proxy with their badge present.  We cannot ship or hold games for winners due to time and cost.


Next, The Lair is proud to announce that we’ll have Dean Donofrio and ErinRose Widner from the hit YouTube series “Meeple People,” with us this year!  If you have not seen the series, I highly recommend it. The episodes are all 3-7 minutes in length, and I found them hilariously accurate. Dean and ErinRose will be playing “Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig” and invite you to join them in a game after their panels Saturday for a chance to win one of two copies.  It’s a great game and they’re both incredibly nice and talented people. I’m sure you’ll have a blast!



In other news, gaming still needs volunteers.  If you would like to earn a partial or even full refund of your membership this year, please contact me at [email protected] and let me know you want to volunteer in gaming.  Being a part of the gaming team is not only fun, it is also rewarding as you’ll be able to skip the lines in registration and get your badge & swag bag directly from the Gaming Area.  I also tend to spoil my team a bit, but shhhh, don’t tell anyone.

It's now the end of 2019, and 2020 is fast approaching. 

We wanted to make sure you knew about several upcoming events and deadlines so that you can mark them on your calendars: 

December 2019 

• 17th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games 
• 27th - Programming Signup Ends 

January 2020 

• 11th - Volunteers Holiday Party 
• 14th - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River 
• ​15th - GM Signups Close for Program Print
• 30th - Program Book deadline (All Depts & Ads) 
• 30th - Custom Ribbon order deadline 

February 2020

• 11th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games
• 15th - ALL GM Signups Close 
• 16th - Player Signups Open 
• 21st - 2020 Membership Registration Ends 
• 23rd - All Swag Bag Items Due 

March 2020 

• 10th - (Tentative) Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit 
• 20-22 - Cleveland ConCoction (ConCoction 7)

April 2020 

• 21st - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River

For more details see: 

• Calendar of Events
• Facebook Group Events

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​Do you have a favorite game that you want to share with others?
​An old staple that just doesn't see play in your home group?
Do you have an idea for role playing scenario you'd like to run with a new group?
Want to earn some of your 2020 membership fee back to spend in the vendor hall? 

Sign up on our website to run some games at ConCoction's  2020 Convention!


Running games not your thing, but still want to earn some cash back? 
Contact us at [email protected] and at  [email protected] to discuss joining our volunteer team in the gaming department!


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Looking to game at ConCoction 2019? 

The most current hosted games schedule is now live online on our website and you can now reserve your seat using our online form. 

More game sessions will be added in the next week so keep an eye out here and on Social Media for updates and changes.  

Link: 
Game Player Signup @ ConCoction 2019

The Volunteers at Cleveland ConCoction 2019 are pleased to welcome the wonderful gamers of Rogue Cthulhu as our Gaming Guests. 

​Rogue Cthulhu has some of the best games and stories around - Deep Ones Approved! 

Be sure to check out their brief bio on our website and get in a game with them at ConCoction this year. 

Cthulhu Fthagn! 

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Have you ever wished you could play a game *before* it was published? 
Ever wanted to talk to the game designer and actually have your opinion listened to? 
Well now you can!  

Join us this weekend and play some of the many games currently in development by our game designers attending Protospiel Cleveland, in the ConCoction Gaming Lair. 

No additional charge required. This is another of the many benefits that come with your ConCoction membership!

Protospiel Cleveland 2018 event on Facebook

A message from our Games Master...  

Friends! Con-goers! Concoctioneers!
I am proud to announce that Player Signups are now OPEN!

Gaming Player Signup and Gaming Schedule Page