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Our last adventure for the year!  Rock-Con Nov 7-9 at the Tebala Event Center, Rockford IL!  Forsooth, it is not to be missed!
          
          https://rock-con.com/

The Ettin - The Evanston IL Tabletop initiative!
          
          A rather cool gaming event I’ve come across.  Still growing and not looking for vendors just yet, but another local noteworthy opportunity to, as their website says:  
          
          “…grab your dice, your character sheets, and your sense of adventure! Let’s embark on this epic journey together and make memories that’ll last longer than a wizard’s beard!”
          
          And that’s even if you don’t have two heads (get it - an ettin has two heads…ahem)!
          
          https://theettin.com/

New event - Geekpalooza at Rotary Park in Villa Park IL September 7th!  First time for this event, hosted by State Representative Diane Blair-Sherlock!  12-4!  Forging of a Knight will be there - hope you will be too!

Convention time starts in March!!
          
          Hello all! Well, a big thank you to all the new Knights who are pushing the current Amazon .99 cent kindle sale of the first book in the Forging of the Knight series to ever greater heights!  February is usually the first month that hits the series with a bang, and so far this year is no exception!!
          
          But if you are saying you prefer printed copies vs. electronic, along with a signature scrawl from me, I have two events coming up in March to get ready for!
          
          Saturday March 8th - noon to 3pm! Schaumburg Library Author Event!  130 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL!  Come see me and a host of other local writers!
          
          https://www.schaumburglibrary.org/events
          
          And if you are looking for further adventure, come to PeoriaCon March 29-30th at the Peoria Civic Center, 201 SW Jefferson Ave., Peoria, IL!  I'll be there, talking, hawking, and signing books from my Forging of a Knight book series, along with other goodies!!
          
          https://www.peoriacon.com/

DragonDays is over with - but what an event! Tom Wham, Heidi Gygax, Ernest Gygax, and a ton more were there to mingle with!  If you missed me, come check me out at the Gail Borden Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin IL 60120 this coming Sunday from 2-4pm!

DragonDays this Sat/Sun in Lake Geneva WI!
          
          Talk about history! I'll be boothing my books at the legendary Horticultural Hall, site of the first Gen Con!  Look for me at table 10!
          330 Broad Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 - 10am-5pm!
          
          https://www.dragondays.org/

Dragon Days Fantasy Festival, Lake Geneva, WI Sept. 27-29!
          
          It's about time!
          
          A fun fantasy filled extravaganza, with food, medieval crafts, music, costume contests, gaming, and more, all in beautiful Lake Geneva, WI, celebrating the birthplace of D&D and fantasy!
          
          And guess which epic fantasy author will be boothing there, in costume this time?! Aww, someone must have told you...!
          
          https://www.dragondays.org/

Rock-Con is on!!
          
          November 1-3, 2024! Tebala Event Center at 7910 Newburg Road, Rockford, IL 61108!
          
          Huzzah! This will be a first time ever event for Forging of a Knight at this awesome regional gaming convention! For over 40 years Rock-Con has been hosting historical and fantasy miniatures, role-playing, collectible card and board gaming, and I can't wait to be a part of it!
          
          Hoping all of you can make it!
          
          https://rock-con.com/

CodCon returns April 12-14 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn!  Only two weeks left to pre-register!  Register by Friday April 5 to save!  I’ll be there with the usual freebies, fun, and Forging of a Knight fables! Hope to see you there as well!
          https://www.codcon.com/

Happy New Year! Hopefully everyone had a safe and happy holiday season, as 2024 now gears up full blast - here in Illinois we had roughly 3 months of snow-free, frigid-free weather, but the Snow Miser was finally unleased and below zero temps and inches of snow have fallen at last.
          
          Despite that, PeoriaCon March 2-3 is looming close, and they are bigger and better than ever before! They have moved to the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL, and have landed some awesome guests, like the voice of Squidward Rodger Bumpass himself, and James Pax from Big Trouble in Little China fame!
          
          We'll be there, of course, with more books, more freebies, and more fun! Hope you can stop on by and say hi!
          
          https://www.peoriacon.com/