DEXCON 5 Announcement.

			       DEXCON 5

		   The National Gaming Extravaganza!
			  Home of The ARENA!!
  
			  July 10 - 14, 1996

At the Sixteen Acre Atrium Park in Somerset, New Jersey, 
hosted by The  Doubletree Hotel Somerset!				 

 (http://www.io.com/~doublex/)

The Lineup of Flagship Events for 1996...

 * The World Cosmic Encounter Championship
 * The U.S. National Star Wars Role Playing Championship  
 * The U.S. National Dragon Dice Championship  
 * The U.S. National Blood Bowl Championship   
 * The U.S. National Talisman Championship  
 * The U.S. National Othello Championship  
 * The U.S. National Amazing Science Fiction & Horror Trivia Contest  
 * 14 First-run Rpga Network Events, Including 6 New Living City
Modules!  
 * An All-new $2,500 Badge Puzzle, More Devious Than Ever!   
 * The 4th Annual $1,000 Live Space Hulk Tournament!  
 * The 3rd Annual $1,000 Ad&d Team Tournament!	
 * The 3rd Annual Double Exposure M:TG Summer Championship!  
 * The 2nd Annual Underwater Dragon Dice Tournament!   
 * The 1st Annual Gaming Industry Excellence Awards!   
 * The Battle Of Tatooine In 25mm Star Wars Miniatures!   
 * An All-new Incredible Star Wars Capital Ship Battle!   
 * Tabula Rasa, A Weekend-long Live Role Playing Game!

With TEN Tracks of non-stop gaming action...

 * RPGA Network Gaming	 
 * Role Playing   
 * Wargaming   
 * Board Gaming   
 * Card Gaming	 
 * Computer Gaming   
 * Pencil Puzzles & Word Games	 
 * Miniatures	
 * Tradable Card Gaming   
 * Outdoor Sports

Join thousands of gamers at a gaming convention like no other in the 
nation! Non-stop action from Thursday night through Sunday night in 
over 600 Events...plus all the free snacks and refreshments you can 
eat all weekend long, including our special annual events, SUGARFEST 
1996, featuring 25,000 Pixy Stix and over 50 other types of confections 
all night long Saturday night, and the Ghirardelli Chocolate Fondue, 
with our huge VAT of chocolate for dipping all night long Friday night!

Plus unique Double Exposure events, including the Improv, the Pun 
Contest, the Trivia Contest, the Freestyle Frisbee Face-Off, the Tennis 
Championship, and the Pinball Tournament (we have pinball machines 
running FREE all weekend long!

This year, a special interactive, science-fiction/espionage/amnesia 
live role playing game will be happening all weekend long called Tabula 
Rasa. Click here for details about the game and how to join it!

All for one low price of $50.00 for the entire weekend, with NO
ADDITIONAL 
FEE FOR ANY TOURNAMENTS OR EVENTS!!!

WARGAMERS! YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THE 1996 ARENA, Double Exposure's 
50' x 20' Gargantuan Battlefield, the largest convention Miniatures 
spectacle in the country! PLUS, the return of the Star Wars Capital 
Ship Combat System, the wargaming highlight of GEN CON 1995 and DEXCON 
4! Sci Fi Supply's incredible SIX FOOT LONG STAR DESTROYER, along 
with dozens of other ships built in scale!

COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME PLAYERS! You won't want to miss our incredible 
3,300 Square Foot Collectible Card Games Room, run by Arcane Circle, 
featuring dozens of CCG's and thousands of dollars in prizes!

PLUS! The Continuation of the Avatar System! DEXCON 5 will have over 
100 sanctioned events for which experience points will be awarded, 
including the first-ever advanced level games. The Nexus Computer 
will be set up all weekend long for character creating, updating and 
experience point tallying! All of the Council Members will be there, 
so be ready for political intrigue all weekend long!

Even the flyer has a $500 puzzle hidden in it!

Join us for the #1 convention in the country! Minutes from Newark 
International Airport and centered between Virginia and Maine!

We have designated American Airlines as the official airline of the 
convention. All attendees travelling on American Airlines will receive 
a 5% discount off the lowest published fare. To receive this discount, 
call the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 800-433-1790, 
and mention star file S 4276MB. The 5% discount is applicable to travel 
between July 8, 1996 and July 16, 1996 into Newark Airport, from
anywhere 
in the contiguous 48 States (and Canada), and may not be combined 
with any other promotional offer.

For more information, call the Double Exposure hotline at (718)
881-4575!