{"id":16202,"date":"2014-01-27T13:35:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16202"},"modified":"2014-03-16T13:38:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T20:38:40","slug":"nexus-game-fair-set-for-milwaukee-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16202","title":{"rendered":"Nexus Game Fair Set for Milwaukee Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nexus Game Fair Returns Summer Gaming Conventions to Milwaukee<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After a 12 year hiatus, summer convention gaming returns to the city of Milwaukee with the inaugural show of Nexus Game Fair which is set for June 19-22, 2014. With hundreds of individual events planned, an extensive line-up of industry special guests and VIPs, Nexus Game Fair is ready for success.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGamers are interested in affordable, centrally located destinations,\u201d says show founder Chris Hoffner, \u201cand Milwaukee has both great history and nostalgia for game conventions, having hosted both the Gen Con and Origins Game Fairs. \u00a0Milwaukee is also a great travel destination, with an international airport, professional sports teams and internationally known breweries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Events Manager, Harold Johnson, is the former director of Gen Con who led that show to grow to over 20,000 attendees during the 1990s. \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about our inaugural year,\u201d says Johnson, \u201cand we\u2019re confident in our ability to run a well organized, event focused show. \u00a0We\u2019ve already committed to 3 years worth of show dates and look forward to extending our stay in Milwaukee indefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nexus Game Fair has already signed a number of industry special guests, including Jolly Blackburn (Knights of the Dinner Table), Mike Carr (Dawn Patrol), Chris Clark (Inner City Games Designs), Bob Coggins (Napoleon\u2019s Battles), Dave \u201cZeb\u201d Cook (Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons 2nd Edition), Jeff Easley (Staff Artist, TSR, Inc.), Todd Fisher (Revolution &amp; Empire), Matt Forbeck (Deadlands), Ernie Gygax (Gygax Magazine), Tim Kask (Dragon Magazine), Dave Kenzer (Hackmaster), James Lowder (Author, Prince of Lies), Frank Mentzer (Dungeons &amp; Dragons Basic Set), Merle Rasmussen (Top Secret), Jim Ward (Gamma World), Skip Williams (Dungeons &amp; Dragons 3rd Edition) and more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re not just providing our attendees with the chance to personally meet these prestigious industry notables,\u201d says Johnson, \u201cbut also to game with them. \u00a0Nexus Game Fair is committed to offering a variety of high quality events to our attendees. \u00a0We\u2019ve partnered with demo and organized play teams from several industry leading companies, including Paizo\u2019s Pathfinder Society and Catalyst Game Studios&#8217; Shadowrun Missions, in order to bring a phenomenal array of events to our show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexusgamefair.com\">http:\/\/www.nexusgamefair.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Like them on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nexusgamefair\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nexusgamefair<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Follow them on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexusgamefair\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexusgamefair<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexus Game Fair Returns Summer Gaming Conventions to Milwaukee After a 12 year hiatus, summer convention gaming returns to the city of Milwaukee with the inaugural show of Nexus Game Fair which is set for June 19-22, 2014. 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