What is PrairieCon?
PrairieCon is both a weekend-long tabletop gaming convention that happens annualy, and it’s also a not-for-profit organization that has been promoting table-top gaming in a friendly and non-competitive environment in Brandon, MB since 1980!
PrairieCon hosts four events every year, our largest event is our weekend-long table-top gaming convention, where gamer from all over western-Manitoba and the surrounding area come to Brandon to take part in Manitoba’s longest-running game convention.
If you can’t make it to our annual weekend-long convention, we also host three smaller, informal events throughout the year called PrairieCon GamesDays. GamesDays are designed to be more casual with drop-in gaming. You can bring your own games, host whatever game you like, or just drop in, find a table with an open spot and sit down to play!
PrairieCon is generally a family-friendly event. The games and events that PrairieCon hosts are welcoming to gamers aged ten and up, but many games are geared towards younger adults and up. During PrairieCon each game will have a recommended age category.
We have events to satisfy every gaming appetite, including board games, card games, miniatures games and role-playing games. Every year we host a Dungeons and Dragons Tournament that is always an exciting new experience.
Other feature events for PrairieCon attendees include our Game Auction, where you can either pick up some used games for a deal, or you can clear out your cupboards of the games that don’t hit the table anymore.
Recently, PrairieCon has started to host cosplay competitions. Cosplay is a new addition and we’re still working out how to run a great cosplay event, but we’ll continue to work at making our cosplay event better and better.
Games, games, games!
It’s always hard to predict what games are going to show up at PrairieCon each year!
You can usually count on the newest, hottest game showing up, but sometimes the oldest, dustiest game shows up because someone felt nostalgic. Or perhaps people dug out a different game because they wanted to match with our annual theme.
Either way, at a PrairieCon event, you’re sure to see friendly, fun gaming of all kinds! Typically we focus on what you’ll read next, but there’s always a surprise or two that shows up.
Role-Playing Games, new and old!
will be at PrairieCon. Whether you’re interested in our D&D Tournament, or one of the many one-off D&D games. Or perhaps you’re like to try out a different rule systems that is sure to be hosted.
So many different Board Games!
There are so many types of board games to choose from these days, it’s hard to say what will show up, but it’s usually a great opportunity to try out a game if you’re not sure if you want to pick up a copy for yourself!
Card Games of all kinds!
We’ve seen fewer competitive card games at PrairieCon recently, due to the nature of how quickly card sets come and go these days, but keep an eye out on our registration page, there’s usually always something interesting to try.
Miniature Skirmish and War Games
Typically we have a few Warhammer games running as demos, but there are so many amazing mini games out now with so many cool minis, there’s no telling what sort of game will show up.