by Joni Mattatall | Oct 15, 2021 | Hal-Con News, Gaming News
You’ll be able to find our next guest on the Gaming Floor where he’ll be doing demos and answering your questions about game design! He is a Brazilian game designer and artist living in Halifax, Canada. During the last 15 years he has worked with many...
by Joni Mattatall | Oct 15, 2019 | Hal-Con News, Featured, Gaming News
The schedules are now out in the wild! Please remember that they’re still very much in flux, and subject to change. Think of them as being in beta! If you spot any issues with the Main Schedule – please email programming@hal-con.com, or with the Gaming...
by Joni Mattatall | Nov 12, 2018 | Gaming News, Hal-Con News, Featured
Hal-Con is run by a team of awesome people who contribute their time and skills year-round to help run the biggest sci-fi and comic convention in Atlantic Canada. Over 50 people work year round on producing Hal-Con. The whole organization is almost 100% volunteer run...
by Gaming Team | Oct 30, 2016 | Gaming News
A full-scale Pandemic tournament will be infecting Hal-Con on Saturday, November 5, starting at 10:30 a.m. Hal-Con has been identified as patient zero, and will be the site of the first preliminary tournament of the 2017 season, before this tournament series spreads...
by Gaming Team | Oct 26, 2016 | Gaming News
It’s fitting that the same year Hal-Con turns 7, we welcome you to join us for an epic 7 Wonders tournament. This tournament will consist of up to 7 tables simultaneously playing 7 games of… you guessed it… 7 Wonders! A finale will determine the...
by Gaming Team | Sep 18, 2016 | Gaming News
The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz (GCBGB) returns to Hal-Con for the seventh straight year and will take place on Sunday, November 6, starting at 10 a.m. The GCBGB is a circuit of board game tournaments held at Canadian game conventions and retailers. Each...