I am happy to report that plans for the second Europafest are in place, and most details are well defined. Key items of information are as follows: Site - the LeBaron Hotel, Dallas Texas Dates - August 3-5, 1990 Admission - $16 for preregistered attendance; $18 at the door

Europafest II will take place simultaneously with Dallascon, the annual regional gaming convention. Dallascon will be at the same hotel, but the Europafest gaming area will be on a separate floor. A Europafest badge will allow access to all Dallascon activities as well, which will include dealer's room and an auction. I hope to have a separate program book as well as the separate badges and playing area, in order to underline our own identity.

The gaming area itself will be a large, somewhat irregularly shaped hall. After some experimentation with an automated PC based layout routine, I am confident that we can accommodate some 18 events simultaneously, including 3 Eastern front setups, 2 War in the Desert setups, 2 or 3 Second Front's, and the balance being the smaller games. This includes space for extra tables for the off-map displays as well as the tables for the maps themselves. The exact event mix I expect will be based on input from participants.

In general, I anticipate that the scenarios will be defined by and the games will be provided by you, the participants. I expect that my role will be that of a coordinator who arranges for space needed by players who want to play a particular game, and co-ordinate teams for the larger events if needed. I don't expect to have a dozen different events set up for people walking in to play, because frankly, I don't expect to find the people locally to help me carry that sort of thing off.