MEPACon

MEPACON is a three-day gaming convention currently held at The Hilton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The name is a contraction of Mid-Eastern Pennsylvania Convention.

MEPACON is held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. The spring convention is usually held in April (usually 2 weeks away from Easter) and the fall convention is held the second weekend in November (Starting with the 2nd Friday in November).

MEPACon Events

MEPACon regularly hosts a number of role-playing game events, from traditional Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy role-playing games to science fiction to modern warfare role-playing games. Other games played at MEPACon include board games, collectable card games and miniatures games. MEPACon has also hosted Live Action Role Playing (LARP) games. The types and amount of games change each year. The MEPACon website shows which games are scheduled for the upcoming convention, and is updated regularly to reflect these changes. Game Masters / Game Referees can upload their games onto the MEPACon website.

MEPACon Staff and Support

MEPACON is operated by a dedicated group of volunteers. Although the core of the group is essentially the same each year, new volunteers are constantly joining on an as-needed basis. The Convention is run by Ed Lehman, Director and Owner of MEPACON. He is supported by two Assistant Directors; Trisha Clay Kelley as the Assistant Director of Administration and James Minor as the Assistant Director of Operations.
Other core members of the MEPACON family include Don Kichline, Erik & Katie Zane, Natasha Lehman, Casey O'Donovan, Mike & Mary Sinkovich, Scott Davenport, Joe Krull, Becky Phillips, and Amanda Shafer.

MEPACON is sponsored in part by local Comics and Gaming store: The Portal Comics and Gaming in Bethlehem, PA (www.theportalcomicsandgaming.com)

MEPACON has hosted a number of Special Guests in the past and continues to do so every year. A perennial Special Guest (who is always entertaining to chat with) is horror fiction author CJ Henderson.

Convention dates

Past MEPACon Dates

September 22, 2001
April 13, 2002 October 19–21, 2002
April 25–27, 2003 October 3–5, 2003
April 2-4 2004 September 10–12, 2004
April 8–10, 2005 November 18–20, 2005
April 28-30, 2006 October 27–29, 2006
March 30–April 1, 2007 November 2–4, 2007
April 11–13, 2008 November 7–9, 2008
April 24-26, 2009 November 13-15, 2009
May 21-23, 2010 November 12-14, 2010
April 8-10, 2011 November 11-13, 2011
April 20-22. 2012 November 9-11, 2012
April 12-14, 2013 November 8-10, 2013
April 4-6, 2014 November 14-16, 2014

Future Scheduled MEPACon Dates

April 24-26, 2015 November 13-15, 2015
April , 2016 November 11-13, 2016

References and links

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