OTT Con 3 In review

On September 25, only a mere 20 years after the previous, OTTumwa CONvention 3 was held in downtown Ottumwa Iowa, in the building formerly housing Spud's Emporium of Comics and Games.

OTTCON 1 and 2 were gaming conventions held in the Ottumwa High School Cafeteria and were the introduction to many of the locals to gaming.  

The revival was the brainchild of Jeff Lunsford and he did the lion's share of the preparation work and provided the hosting site.  Attendance to the convention was happily about thirty people who came and stayed various lengths of time. 

Guests of Honor were THE Gary Lange and Lew Stoneking.  Both of these gentlemen played large parts in establishing the local Ottumwa gaming community.  Both traveled long distances to attend and their returns were warmly received.

Many games were played throughout the day including:

• The Adventurers Boardgame
• Frank Herbert's Dune
• Traditional Snafooey for a buck card game
• Talisman: The Magical Quest Game
• Kingsburg 
• Blokus Trigon Game
• and the evening concluded with a marathon battle using Pound of Lead miniature rules

I only hope that this event is the start of a regularly gaming get together.

On to OTT CON 4!