Howdy all, There is a new convention coming to the Columbia, SC area. SCARAB is going to be a gaming convention with a wide array of games to choose from. Please check out the website: http://www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com We are going to have 4 different tournament tracks along with plenty of open gaming. If you are interested in signing up as a group we have a great group rate. Sign up to run some open games on our open gaming page. We are looking for writers and artists to publish in the CON book at no charge see the website for rules and details. You will retain 100% ownership of your material, we are doing this to give up and coming artists a chance to get their material out to a large audience that might not otherwise get a chance to see it. We will publish 100's of CON books to be distributed to retailers, game companies players, staff and sponsors. We will have a kids track to entertain the next generation of gamers. Look forward to seeing you there, DC
SCARAB January 14-16, 2011 Columbia, SC http://www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com News April 28, 2010 Hotel News The Days Inn is now owned by Magnuson Hotels and has been renamed to Plaza Inn and Suites. Now for the great part of this news - they have lowered our rate from $65 a night to $59 a night. If you have already made reservations there is nothing for you to do, your rate will automatically be adjusted, we have confirmed this with the hotel. This great rate is being offered from Thursday to Monday for all SCARAB attendees in the event you would like to arrive a day early or depart a day late to see some of the sites Columbia has to offer. The wonderful staff at Plaza will be happy to direct you towards the many attractions of this area and so will we. If you need to know what is available to do in the area, check the forums. Apr 26, 2010 TurboCon. We had a blast at TurboCon, everyone had a really good time. We are so excited to support these types of events, please contact us if you need help with a gaming event. If our fantastic staff is available we will do everything we can to help you put on a great event. Based on all the great feedback we are getting, we are working on a Gamer Widows' Track. If you have an event, such as, Making Chainmail, Wire Jewelry Making, Learning Henna Tattooing, Cross-Stitching or Asian Ball Joint Dolls, that you would like to hold for the widows of gamers or widowers of gamers then by all means submit that event through the open gaming page. Apr 14, 2010 Advertising Space in the Convention Book. The level of excitement revolving around our convention book has been astounding. We have sold out on the Inside covers and the back cover and are taking on advertisers on the inside as fast as we can. If you have submitted a request for ad space, please be patient as we are answering the requests as fast as we can and will get to all of them. If you are an aspiring writer, poet, artist or just someone with a great gaming story and are interested in getting your work published in the convention book, we will have the rules and forms up soon. Apr 11, 2010 Classic BattleTech tournament added. We have picked up an incredible sponsor for a Classic BattleTech Tournament. This is going to be a great event and we are very proud to be able to add this awesome game to our list of tournaments. Keep checking back for more details on all of our tournaments. We are taking open gaming submissions and are working through those already submitted and hope to have a list of approved events and the kids track list very soon. Apr 8, 2010 Easter & Spring Break Update. Happy Easter. The staff scattered to the four winds of the southeast this past week and just want to say thanks to everyone they met, for all the support and enthusiasm. Your energy and excitement is the reason we are doing this. We have decided that the writing submission for the convention book will also include funny gaming stories. Mar 23, 2010 Convention Bookings Look for us at ConCarolinas, GenCon, DragonCon, MACE and a ton of other conventions. Need help with your convention, contact us on Facebook or the Forum and let us know how we can help? Mar 20, 2010 Heroes and Dragons 40K Tournament, Columbia, SC. Had a great time at the Heroes and Dragons 40K Tournament. It was awesome to see such a great turnout and such a great variation of armies. How can we at SCARAB support your event? Find us on Facebook or the Forum and let us know what we can do to help your retail location host a gaming event. Mar 13, 2010 Green Dragon NonCon, Charleston, SC. Tons of fun at Green Dragon in Charleston. Lots of good people having lots of fun with board gaming, role-playing games and miniatures. Mar 1, 2010 Looking for writers and artists. We want to make our Convention booklet different from the rest. We'll have all the standard stuff of course, but not only are we looking for advertisers; we are looking to publish short stories, poems and artwork from the community at no cost to the artists. This is your chance to get your work published and circulated to hundreds of people and companies in the gaming world. Keep checking back for more details. Feb 21, 2010 SCARAB now on Facebook. Check out our fan page on Facebook. Keep up to date with what is going on with the convention planning and chat with our hardworking staff. Feb 11, 2010 The Second and Third annual conventions have dates and venues. We are pleased to announce that we have booked the Scottish Rite Convention Center in Columbia, SC to host the second and third SCARAB events on Martin Luther King weekends of January 2012 and 2013. Each of these events will be 4 day events. Continue to check back on this website for more information. Feb 1, 2010 The first annual convention has a date and a venue. We are pleased to announce that we have booked the Scottish Rite Convention Center in Columbia, SC to host the very first SCARAB event on the weekend of January 14th through the 16th of 2011. This first event will be a three day event, but we hope in the future to make this a four day event. Mission Statement To support the roleplaying and boardgaming community and industry by hosting an annual convention that brings gamers together in the spirit of competition and fellowship.
Re: SCARAB Gaming Convention January 14-16, 2011 Columbia, SC Prepaying for your room has a huge benefit. If you book the hotel room online at Magnuson Hotels website within the next couple of weeks you can get your room for $47.20 per night for a single king or two double beds or $52 a night for a single king or two double bed suite. Conditions are you have to prepay for the room and there is no refund. This makes the price of the room for the entire weekend less than the price of one night at just about all of the other cons in the whole of the southeast. If you're planning on coming to SCARAB, you're crazy if you miss this opportunity!
