NEWS: ZapCon Day One Photos!

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Now that we’ve had a chance to recover a little (and we do mean a little), it seemed about time to put up some photos from the weekend thrillfest better known as ZapCon. Without further ado, here’s the best of Saturday:

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We got to ZapCon bright and early Saturday morning.
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So did a lot of other people.
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It was awesome to see the line wrapping around the corner of the Mesa Convention Center.
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We got the booth set up right away.
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And then the doors open and the magic began.
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There were more than 300 games at ZapCon 4, and a dozen vendors.
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Contributors brought down some great games, with some really nice touches.
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Here’s Tales of Cthulhu, a custom game that won one of our Best of ZapCon trophies.
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Lines were long around several elite games all weekend, but none more so than Killer Queen, a 5-on-5 match-up game that owners described as a “cartoon murderfest.” Killer Queen also won a Best of ZapCon trophy!
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Here are some good folks enjoying our row of games for sale. We still have some of them available!
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We loved watching people play our custom Walking Dead machine, based on the graphic novel version of the story.
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Crowds gathered large by midday Saturday. Organizers were expecting up to 2,000 people to pass through the doors by day’s end.
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We brought our 3/4-scale Galaga, and enjoyed watching all the kids play it.
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These kids know how to play. We wonder where they get it from?
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We were happy to have lots of good friends drop by the booth.
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And anyone with cat ears is cool.
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Our kids came down on Friday night and we set up a little part of our booth for M&M Bulbs, their reconditioned lightbulb business. They scored a few sales!
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Chris and Kris, making sure no Hyperballs caught on fire all weekend.
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Our friend Jake, who brought some really great games down. Fans especially loved his six-player X-Men game.
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There was some heated tournament action in the back corner all-day long. Leslie came in third in the women’s division! (Yes, out of four finalists!)
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Here’s our California friend Louise, playing any of her single balls that beat Leslie’s cumulative score!
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The Big Boss even dragged himself over for a few tournament games.
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Crowds thinned out a bit by late Saturday, but a steady group of die-hards played late into the night.
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There were a lot of colorful people all weekend. We were happy to see Mario enjoying The Walking Dead.