Registration and character creation begin on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 3pm in McCosh 50 on the Princeton University campus. The first runs leave at 5pm. Gaming continues nonstop through the weekend until the awards ceremony Sunday at 3pm. Typically, players participate in 5 or 6 adventures, each lasting 4-8 hours -- however those with high constitutions have been known to brave as many as 8 before collapsing of sheer exhaustion Sunday evening!

Admission is $20.00 per person (free for Princeton students with PUID; $10 for other college students with college ID) and includes a printed con book covering all aspects of the PrinceCon RPG system as well the specifics of this year's event. Item books, t-shirts and refreshments will be available for an additional charge, but are not required for play. Board games will also be available for open gaming throughout the weekend.

Note: There is no need to preregister, but number of t-shirts will be limited. If you would like to reserve a t-shirt in your preferred size, e-mail us at princecon@gmail.com by February 29 with your name and size and we'll hold one for you.

PrinceCon registration will be based in McCosh 10 (enter at the end of the building furthest from Washington Rd. and go up the stairs). If you've been to PrinceCon before, McCosh is where many of the runs have taken place in the past. Also see the Google map with the location of McCosh 10 and parking lot 10 marked.

From the South via 95 or 295: Take I-95, 295, or US-1 North into NJ towards Trenton. Get onto Rt. 1 in Lawerenceville, heading North towards Princeton. Make a left onto Washington Road (this is NJ, so go right to go left, using the little circle) which will lead you into the University. After Prospect Ave., make a right onto William Street and make the first left into University Parking Lot 10, where you can leave your car in any spot not reserved for "Nassau Court Parking". Walk back along William Street to Washington Road, turn left onto Washington and walk up to the next light. Turn right (crossing the street if necessary) and follow the walk away from Washington Rd. McCosh is the building on your right.

From the South via NJ Turnpike: Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 8. After the exit toll, get onto 33 West and take into Hightstown until the end. Make a left at the light and then the first right. Follow this road 10-15 miles until it crosses Route 1 and becomes Washington Road, leading you into the University. After Prospect Ave., make a right onto William Street and make the first left into University Parking Lot 10, where you can leave your car in any spot not reserved for "Nassau Court Parking". Walk back along William Street to Washington Road, turn left onto Washington and walk up to the next light. Turn right (crossing the street if necessary) and follow the walk away from Washington Rd. McCosh is the building on your right.

From the North via NJ Turnpike: Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 8A. After the exit toll, bear right and follow that road until Rt. 130. Make a left onto 130 South. After a mile or two, make a right onto Dey Road. After 5-10 miles, make a right onto Scudders Mill Road. Follow until Route 1 and stay left to get onto Route 1 South. At the third light, make a right onto Washington Road which will lead you into the University. After Prospect Ave., make a right onto William Street and make the first left into University Parking Lot 10, where you can leave your car in any spot not reserved for "Nassau Court Parking". Walk back along William Street to Washington Road, turn left onto Washington and walk up to the next light. Turn right (crossing the street if necessary) and follow the walk away from Washington Rd. McCosh is the building on your right.

By Train: Take a train to Princeton Junction Station and connect to Princeton station. Walk uphill on University Place to Nassau St. Make a right on Nassau St. and follow to Washington Rd. Turn right as Washington and walk up to the next light. Turn right into campus at the light and follow the walk away from Washington Rd. McCosh is the building on your right.

Coming from a relatively modest, middle-class family with future political aspirations, your parents were so proud when you were accepted to the Magical Conservatory, and your kin mortgaged their small merchant fleet to buy the 16 grains of Orichalkon that you would need to attend. Years later, you completed your degree and were ready for more challenging work, but in the interim the Gutenacht banking clan foreclosed on the mortgage and repossessed your family's fleet, and so you did not (and do not) have the resources to purchase the necessary Orichalkon to cast more powerful spells. Oh, the lackwits from powerful families have moved on, along with a lucky brilliant few who received grants from the Conservatory, but you are stuck in a dead-end position as eternal research assistant to Marlin Rainwillow.

Then Archmage Koshwig Shadowglass found the Pocket Universe.

At the time, it was mostly a curiosity, a minor find by a minor upper-class family and a high-risk venture for only the most desperate of adventurers. When the exploratory party returned, mostly forgotten and presumed dead, but laden with gems and Orichalkon, everything changed. The ranks of Hireling Hall swelled with applicants to explore the Pocket Universe and clear the way for settlers. Shadowglass would soon join the ranks of major families, *if* they can successfully defend their claim and exploit the resources of their new kingdom. Publicly, the greater families deny any involvement or interference in the Pocket Universe, but Hireling Hall contracts with the Shadowglass family specifically call out the need to help clear out the claim jumpers.