Over the years, one of our most popular shirt designs has been the astronaut monkey king sasquatch from 2011. Wow, has it really been five years since the monkey king sasquatch last appeared? Well, if you’ve been missing the monkey king, fear not—the king is back for our tenth year! Behold the Go Play NW 2016 shirt design:

Look carefully, you’ll see echoes of John’s original design from 2007; John also says “the number 10 is encoded a few ways for our 10th anniversary”—see if you can pick them out.
How do you get this great shirt? As always, shirts are only available for pickup at the event, so go register for Go Play NW 2016 and add a shirt while you’re doing that. Shirts are available from XS to XXL in men’s or women’s cut. To make sure we have them ready in time, shirts must be ordered by the end of Thursday, June 16. Oh, and if you’re planning to stay overnight in Campion Hall during the event, you also need to register by the end of Thursday June 16 as well.

Hey, just a reminder that online registration for this year closes Monday night at 11pm! We do take walk-ins as well, but because we’re split this year between Casey Hall as our gaming area and Campion Tower as our overnight accommodations, and because of the layout of Casey Hall, it’ll be much easier for you and us if you can register in advance.
Also, the game scheduling forum is still open, but we will also close game scheduling on Monday night. GMs, once your game is full or scheduling is closed, you should go into your post and give us a definitive list of attendees so we can make signs for the con—we’ll need that list by Wednesday afternoon. In the meantime, don’t be scared, schedule some more games! But also don’t worry if you’re not into the whole pre-scheduling thing, we have the usual ad hoc scheduling and the donuts for helping you organize pickup gaming on the spot.
Man, it’s so close! Go Play NW 2014 starts in seven days!

As we already noted, registration to stay on-campus during Go Play NW 2014 will be closing this Thursday, June 5. Shirt orders will also close this Thursday, so we have time to get them printed up. Remember that we don’t ship shirts, you must attend to pick up your shirt. And remember, everyone loves a sexy John Harper-designed GPNW shirt!

Okay, we’re way overdue for an update, so first the important points:

• Go Play NW 2014, as previously announced, is happening Friday June 27 to Sunday June 29 at Seattle University.
• Registration opens real soon now—probably this coming Monday, March 17.
• We’ll have new spaces for gaming this year, but will not have the ballroom of Campion Tower.
• We will still have overnight rooms available for the weekend in Campion Tower.
• Prices should be staying about the same as last year; we’re finalizing the details now.
• We may have to cap attendance this year due to the change in event space, so registering early is to your advantage.

Here’s what’s been happening.
At the end of January, Seattle University surprised us with the news that due to a scheduling conflict, the ballroom of Campion Tower would not be available to us on the weekend they had already confirmed as our dates for this year—nor was it available on the previous June weekend or the next few weekends in July. However, the university’s Casey Building, with its assortment of conference rooms, was available for our use, and after checking out the spaces, we agreed the best plan was to proceed with our announced weekend and use the Casey rooms.
The Casey rooms include a large commons room as our main gaming space for multiple groups, a couple mid-size conference rooms that can hold a few groups apiece, three boardroom-style meeting rooms that will seat up to 10 people around a single large table, and an atrium for casual seating in comfy chairs (like the lobby of Campion Tower). We’re confident that the spacing of the rooms and variety of options will provide as great an experience as we’ve had in the past couple years at Seattle University.
As mentioned, we’re still working on finalizing some details, but we’ll be opening registration as soon as possible. We’re all really excited for this year’s event and looking forward to seeing everyone this June!

TIME

Check-in for rooms at Campion Tower/Hall opens at 1 PM on Friday.

The event officially begins at 5 pm on Friday!

See the full Game Slot Schedule for 2013.

LOCATION

The convention is being held at Seattle University’s Campion Tower Residence Hall*, 914 East Jefferson Street, Seattle, WA 98122. For full travel directions, see the following link: Seattle U: Travel Information for Campion Hall Guests

*They’re not very consistent about what they call it. The full name is “Campion Tower Residence Hall”, but it’s referred to variously as Campion Tower OR Campion Hall. Same place.

And here’s a campus map to help you get around.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the weather is nice, the FRIDAY NIGHT FEAST will be held in the main quad of the unviersity, two blocks north of the residence hall. Maps and directions will be available at the front desk of Campion Hall.

PARKING

Parking is included for all registered attendees at the Cherry Street Garage, located at 11th and E. Cherry Street on the south side of the street. (Note: this is called the Murphy Garage on the campus map, parking area P4.) You can park first, but will need to pick up a permit at the front desk of Campion Tower when you check in.

CHECK-IN
(for all attendees, both commuters and on-campus guests)

Check-in is at the front desk of Campion Tower. You will receive your Go Play NW badge, meal card, parking permit if needed, and your room key if you’re staying on campus.

MEAL PLANS

Registered attendees will receive a meal plan card, pre-paid with enough points for lunch each day you are registered. If you are staying on campus as a guest, you also get breakfast each day. Meals are in the main campus cafeteria in the Student Center.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Just a reminder:
Linens: There will be bed linens, blankets, and towels provided.
Internet Access: Wifi and Ethernet are available free for guests.
Smoking: Smoking is not allowed in any Seattle U buildings.

See also our earlier post More Info about On-Campus Housing.

GAMING

The reason we’re all here! If you missed it, check out our post on Pickup Gaming at Go Play. Can’t wait to see all of you on Friday!

In case you missed our posts late last week, here are some important reminders:

• Registrations that include on-campus rooms close on Thursday, June 6. Tony posted some additional information on the on-campus housing yesterday.
• Rooms can be booked for Sunday night; you must send us that fee separately, and you must also book these by Thursday, June 6.
  
• T-shirt orders also close on Thursday, June 6, and you must attend Go Play NW 2013 to pick up your shirt. (And check out the shirt—you know you want one.)
• Also, game scheduling is now open, so go to the forums and start talking up what games you want to run and play. The sign-up period ends on Friday, June 21, and a final list of players is due on Monday, June 24.

Finally, although the on-campus housing registration closes on Thursday, registration for the weekend itself will stay open for another couple weeks. We’ll need to know by Monday June 24 if you’re attending on Friday evening, so that we can give accurate numbers to the caterers for the Friday Night Feast.

Last year during the event, we had a few people inquiring about staying over an additional night in the dorms so that they could leave on Monday. This year we’ve had some interest in that as well. So we’ve checked with Seattle University, and learned that guests will be able to stay over on Sunday night if they’re booking rooms in advance.
You will need to send us the additional night’s fee—$35 for a shared room, or $47 for a single room—directly through PayPal to business@goplaynw.org, as we’re not adding it as an official registration option this year. And you need to do so by Thursday, June 6, as we have to submit the list of on-campus guests on Friday June 7.
I know this is pretty late notice for many of you who’ve already made your plans, and I apologize for that. Let us know in the comments if you’d be interested in this in the future, and we may be able to work it in as an official registration option next year.

We’ve been pretty low-key so far this year, but Go Play NW 2013 starts five weeks from today, on Friday June 28, and that means it’s time to crank it up. First up: much to the Sasquatch’s excitement (as always), John’s delivered this year’s t-shirt design. Check it out:

If you haven’t registered yet and want a t-shirt, now’s the time: we must close t-shirt orders on Thursday, June 6, to ensure delivery for the event. Register now!
If you have already registered, you can still order one or more t-shirts from the registration site.
Just remember, you have to be at the con to get your shirt. We do not ship them. At all.
Oh, and one more thing: if you’re on Google+, you might have noticed that we gave a sneak preview of the t-shirt design yesterday, just because we were so excited to start letting people know. And that reminded us that we didn’t yet have a community on Google+, so we made one: Go Play NW on Google+. We’re also on Facebook and Twitter, but this site remains our home, so check back here for more updates soon!

Did you take any photos at Go Play NW 2012? We’d love to see them!
For those of you who use Flickr, we have a group for Go Play Northwest. Please join and add your photos. Also using tags like GPNW or “Go Play NW 2012” will help us find them.
Also, Adam’s already started a topic for photos in our forums. Post there to let us know where your photos are.

TIME
Registration opens at 5 pm on Friday!
See the full Game Slot Schedule for 2012.
LOCATION
The convention is being held at Seattle University’s Campion Hall, 914 East Jefferson Street, Seattle. For full travel directions, see the following link: Seattle U: Travel Information for Campion Hall Guests
And here’s a campus map to help you get around.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If the weather is nice, the FRIDAY NIGHT FEAST will be held in the main quad of the unviersity, two blocks north of the residence hall. Maps and directions will be available.
PARKING
Parking is paid for all registered attendees at the Cherry Street Garage, located at 11th and E. Cherry Street on the south side of the street. You will need to pick up a pass at the event.
CHECK IN
Check in is at the front desk of Campion Hall. You will receive your Go Play badge, meal card, parking voucher, and your room key if you’re staying on campus.
MEAL PLANS
Registered attendees will receive a meal plan card, pre-paid with enough points for lunch each day you are registered. If you have an overnight room, you also get breakfast each day! Meals are in the main campus cafeteria in the Student Center.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Just a reminder:
Linens: There will be bed linens, blankets, and towels provided.
Internet Access: Wifi and Ethernet available free for guests.
Smoking: Smoking is not allowed in any Seattle U buildings.
GAMING
The reason we’re all here! If you missed it, check out our posts on How Pickup Gaming works at Go Play NW and Bring your Game!
Can’t wait to see all of you tomorrow!