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{{Infobox Convention
| name   	= IntrigueCon
| image  	= [[File:banner_big_shot-var01.png]]
| caption	=
| status 	= Active
| genre  	= [[Role-playing game|Gaming]]
| venue  	= Queen Alexandra Community League Hall
| location      = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
| country	= [[Canada]]
| first  	= 2013
| last   	= 
| organizer  = Society of the IntrigueCon
| filing 	= [[Non-profit]]
| attendance = 80+ (2017)
| website	= {{URL|http://www.intriguecon.com}}
}}
'''IntrigueCon''' is an annual [[Gaming convention|gaming convention]] dedicated to roleplaying games. It is held in [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], Canada on the first Friday following [[Thanksgiving_(Canada)|Canadian Thanksgiving]] and concluding on the following Sunday. As of 2017, it is still "Edmonton’s only convention dedicated to role-playing games".<ref>[https://renaissancegamer.ca/category/edmonton/ "Edmonton Events: renaissancegamer.ca"].</ref>

The convention’s schedule includes five four-hour [[one-shot]] roleplaying sessions and has featured collaborative [[Jared_Sorensen|Parsely games]], and a [[Flea-market|swap meet]].
==History==
IntrigueCon was created in 2013 by four Edmontonians<ref>[https://frabjousdave.com/creative-colleagues-daniel-hodges/ "Author [[Dave_Gross]] interview, October 12th 2015: frabjousdave.com"]</ref>, including local game designer Daniel Hodges <ref>[https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/72820/daniel-hodges-ii "Daniel Hodges Game Designer profile rpggeek.com"]</ref> “to bring disparate (roleplaying) communities together".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9H65V-9yXg "Edmonton Nerd List Interview, October 9th 2016", youtube.com].</ref> In 2013, there was no event geared towards roleplayers in Edmonton which, at the time, was supporting other specialized conventions such as [[Animethon]], [[Pure_Speculation|Pure Spec]] <ref>[http://northernnerdnetwork.com/nerdcast/2016/10/3/nerdcast-ep54-with-daniel-from-intriguecon "Northern Nerd Network Interview northernnerdnetwork.com]</ref> and “with a population of about a million folks (in Edmonton), there was no reason we couldn’t have (a roleplaying event) here".<ref>[https://frabjousdave.com/creative-colleagues-daniel-hodges/ "Author Dave_Gross interview, October 12th 2015: frabjousdave.com"]</ref>
{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#F3F0FD |salign=right| quote = getting to go to roleplaying conventions is not like your regular game. You get to play with different people, you get to play different types of games, you can try something out and, maybe, bring it back to your group.<br>
Roleplaying, in general, happens in basements and... once you've got those three or four people around you could play together for 20 years and never meet anybody else.|source= Daniel Hodges (2016)<ref>[http://northernnerdnetwork.com/nerdcast/2016/10/3/nerdcast-ep54-with-daniel-from-intriguecon "Daniel Hodges Interview October 3rd 2016"]</ref>|align=right| width=250px}}

The inaugural IntrigueCon was held at the [[Lansdowne,_Edmonton|Lansdowne Community League hall]] on Friday, October 18th, 2013. It ran for two days, concluding on Saturday, October 19th, 2013. It had 31 attendees. The following year, Lansdowne Community League Hall was undergoing renovation and expansion,<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/239567831/september-2014-copy?secret_password=oSYi0rZ7GMmm2xzdh8jJ#from_embed "Lansdowne Community League monthly newsletter archived at scribd.com]</ref> so the 2014 event was held at the [[Brookside,_Edmonton|Brookside, Edmonton,]] Community League hall<ref>[http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Concerts+theatre+festivals+things+this+week/10315309/story.html "Concerts, theatre and festivals: 10 things to do this week: Edmonton Journal"]</ref> before returning to Lansdowne for 2015, where the convention "expanded to a third full day, running all day Sunday as well".<ref>[https://renaissancegamer.ca/2015/09/ "IntrigueCon is Coming!: renaissancegamer.ca"]</ref>

In 2016, the convention had outgrown Lansdowne and moved to the [[Parkdale,_Edmonton|Parkdale/]][[Cromdale,_Edmonton|Cromdale]] Community Hall and, from there, to the [[Queen_Alexandra,_Edmonton|Queen Alexandra]] Community Hall from 2017 onwards.

==Community Support==
IntrigueCon has focused on promoting local authors and designers wherever possible. It has also been supportive of [[game_designer|game designers]] in general, and encouraging [[game_master|game masters]] to [[playtest|play test]] games.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mortaine/threadbare-rpg-a-stitchpunk-tabletop-role-playing/posts/1726593 "Threadbare playtest report kickstarter.com"]</ref>

==Other Events==
In addition to the main IntrigueCon in Fall, there have been two Spring cons: in 2014, and 2017.<ref>[http://northernnerdnetwork.com/upcoming-events/2018/5/4/intrigue-spring-mini-con "Northern Nerd Network Announcement, northernnerdnetwork.com/upcoming-events"]</ref>

==Past Conventions==

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|Denotes a spring con
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{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
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! Dates !! Location !! Approx. Attendees !! Theme
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| October 18-19 2013 || Lansdowne Community League Hall || 31 || -
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|style="background:#afe6ba;"| April 12 || Lansdowne Community League Hall || 11 || -
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| October 24-25 2014 || Brookside Community League Hall || 40 || -
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| October 16-18 2015 || Lansdowne Community League Hall || style="background:#E0CEF2;"| 63 || -
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| October 14-16 2016 || Parkdale/Cromdale Community League Hall || 65 || This way to certain death...
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| October 13-15 2017 || Queen Alexandra Community League Hall || 80 || Glory is fleeting, but obscurity lasts forever.
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba;"| May 4-5 2108 || Lansdowne Community League Hall || style="background:#E0CEF2;"| 52 || The Fellowship of the Spring
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| October 12-14 2018 || Queen Alexandra Community League Hall || - || When you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Fandom]]
*[[Fan convention]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.intriguecon.com}}

== Intrigue Con ==
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