It's the first week of November every year, and EXTREMELY convenient to get to from Chicago, Milwaukee or Rockford. It's another smaller con with a lot of fans, they are going to move to a bigger venue next year. A lot of the D&D era greats were there (headliner was Ed Greenwood of Forgotten Realms fame, also saw Frank Mentzer, Jim Ward, Merle Rasmussen (Top Secret originator), Stephen Chenault (Castles & Crusades), Luke Gygax and got to play with Ernie Gygax in the Hobby Shop Dungeon), and a lot of genres to be had... It's a full service convention with all the usual suspects (RPGs, boardgames, miniatures and CCG), and mostly likely a yearly thing for me. Dead Games Society goodness attends this one as well, so some great CoC/other horror gaming in attendance, and I got to run my Blackwater Creek version again and we had a great time. 
Anyway, definitely an A++ for those looking for social gaming, and you can actually find people you've met after you've played a game with them.
I'd definitely put it on your radars if it sounds like you're kind of party. tty!
Cory
