THE 35th ANNUAL FLYING BUFFALO CONVENTION.

(This page last changed Aug 6, 2007)

The 2008 Convention will be August 1-3, 2008. Now is the time to plan to attend! Holiday Inn Express offers suites for $89 per day if you mention Flying Buffalo when you make your reservation. We will be running at least Heroic Fantasy (all levels).

The 35th annual convention was held August 3-5, 2007 and yet again, Chris Worrell was the winner, followed closely by Doug Knight.

The 34th annual convention was held in July of 2006, and once again Chris Worrell was the winner.

The 33rd annual convention was held July 29-31, 2005
We ran only an Heroic Fantasy game, and Chris Worrell was the winner, followed closely by Frank Lowther. Everyone who attended received a free 35th Anniversary tshirt (available from Flying Buffalo for a limited time for $19.95-see below). Doug Knight played by long distance via the internet and that worked well this year. I encourage everyone to save the July 21 weekend in 2006, even if you can't fly to Arizona.

New info: The Flying Buffalo offices are now a wireless hotspot. If you bring your laptop, and it is wireless capable, you'll be able to access the internet between turns. We also plan to allow off-site players in either or both the tournaments.

ACCOMODATIONS: We recommend everyone stay at the Holiday Inn Express (which used to be called the Quality Suites), 3131 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale AZ 85251. Call 480-675-7665 for reservations. Depending upon who is answering the phone, they may or may not remember that there is a Flying Buffalo event. But make your reservation anyway. If they don't give you the convention rate, let me know and I'll yell at them again. All suites have microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers, and data ports on the phones (with free local phone calls). You also get a complimentary breakfast every morning, snacks in the evenings and high speed internet connections. Rate is $79 per night per suite (no extra charge for extra people in your suite.) - just ask for the Flying Buffalo event. I'll block a few rooms. And the hotel is only a few blocks away from The Buffalo Building. (Not really within walking distance in July, but we'll try to set up a carpool). But to get that rate you have to call and make your reservation by June 30th. After that date I can't guarantee the price.

Prices: There is no charge to attend the convention. Each tournament has it's own fee.
Starweb: $99. Heroic Fantasy: $75.

If you want to pay by paypal, you can click the buttons here. Paypal will automatically tack on $3 for "shipping" so I'll make the prices $96 for Starweb and $72 for Heroic Fantasy, and if you join both, you'll end up with a $3 discount.
To join the STARWEB tournament:

To join the HEROIC FANTASY tournament:

To play 2nd, 3rd, or 4th level Heroic Fantasy games:

If you can't make it to the convention, but would like a limited edition 35th Anniversary tshirt, you can pay for it ($19.95) here:
Something new this year: Since this is the 30th anniversary of Tunnels & Trolls, we are going to try something we haven't done before, in conjunction with our pbm convention. I am going to offer the loyal fans of T&T a chance to play T&T for a weekend with Ken St Andre as their gamemaster. The first 6 people who sign up, will get to play T&T friday evening, all day saturday, and sunday morning with Ken, plus we'll have a dinner with Ken, myself, Steve Crompton, and Liz Danforth on saturday night. Plus all 6 will get the 35th anniversary tshirts. And, each of the players will get one of the first copies (autographed of course) of the 5.5 rulebook to come off the press. Note that you probably will NOT have time to play T&T and play in the pbm tournament, so you'll have to choose one or the other. Since there is limited seating, and we want to reimburse Ken for taking up his weekend, and we're probably going to have to rent a room, this is going to be a bit expensive. The fee will be $199. But this will be a unique experience. You can stay at the same hotel as the pbm gamers, for $59 a night. Just tell the hotel you are coming to the Flying Buffalo event.

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Sign up early: if we don't have enough room for everyone in the tournament, the guy who signed up last is out of luck. All tournament fees ARE REFUNDABLE if you have to cancel at the last minute, as long as you let us know at least the day before the convention. (If we hold up the start of the tournament for 3 or 4 hours, expecting you to show up, you won't get a refund!)

PRIZES! Winners of each tournament will win a wall plaque declaring your mastery over all contenders.

Show up Thursday night or stay over Sunday night for the traditional nickel ante poker games with Rick Loomis at the Flying Buffalo offices. Buy in is $5. We'll start about 7pm.

Or send in your registration:
to rick at flying buffalo dot com

To see a complete list of all the winners of past Flying Buffalo conventions, click here

Congratulations to all the winners.

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