And if you're really hardcore, volunteer to run a game of Horror Rules at the Mini-Con and get FREE HORROR BUCKS! First help spread the terror, then use your Horror Bucks to buy cool HR merchandise or other nifty goodies. Just choose "YES" in the Volunteer Rulekeeper box when registering and you will be contacted about scheduling your event. (See below for more info.)

• 12+ Hours of Non-Stop Horror Rules Action - Beginner and advanced games of all types, plus a taste of Horror Worlds, HR Miniatures and more! Whether you're a Horror Rules veteran or a total newbie, fear not - your favorite little horror-comedy roleplaying game has something to offer everyone! Well, it has screaming, dying and insanity to offer everyone, but hey, that's something! Feel free to bring your own games too and start something up on the side... go ahead - we double dog dare you! And rumor has it that midnight isn't the end, just the beginning. This con ain't over 'til YOU say it is...
  
  
• More Group Games, Live Action and Killer Filler - You talked, we listened - you said "Give us more!" and we are! By popular demand, we're adding more live-action play, group games and new things to try for that "dead" time between events (ouch!). Zombie Attack is back, and joined by Madhouse Party Cards and the grueling, drop-in-whenever Mini-Game marathon known as The Meat Grinder, to name a few. If you're not dying to get into the Mini-Con, you'll be dying when you get there!
  
  
• New Location - A new year brings a new location... and this one promises to be the scariest yet! Set smack dab in the middle of historic, glamorous downtown Yakima, this mysterious vacant building brings an air of the spooky and creepy... not to mention the old, rundown and slightly disturbing. Plus, with lots of eateries and other shops within walking distance, there's plenty to do if you need to stretch your legs or fill your belly during the con!
  
  
• Horror Rules Mini-Game Tournament - Jump into the guns-blazing, pants-wetting, zombie-blasting, no-holds-barred world of Horror Rules miniatures gaming with the annual Mini-Con Mini-Game Tournament! Take our nifty paper minis for a spin against your buddies and gun for the top prize.
  
  
• Door Prizes - And lots of 'em, too! Featuring gamer goodies, Horror Rules merchandise, gift certificates... and the grand-daddy prize of prizes, a one-of-a-kind collectible edition Chris Caprile sketch signed by the artist himself! Woot!
  
  
• Contests for Winners... and Losers - Don't just trust your Luck (Point) to door prizes! There'll also be plenty of contests to challenge your wits, creativity and ability to lose Characters, including everyone's favorites "Biggest Loser," "Death Scenes" and more!
  
  
• Savings and Special Deals - Stock up on your favorite Horror Rules goodies and gaming stuff, just in time for Halloween... and get 'em cheap with special offers and convention-only deals!
  
  
• Ron's Mega Mini-Store: Everything the Gamer Geek Craves - As usual, your favorite local RPG retailer is sponsoring the Mini-Con and will again be on-site with horror and Halloween games to send a shiver up your spine; plus comics, board games, toys, dice and all the other stuff you crave!
• On-site Snack Bar - All the cookies, candy, muffins and pop you need to keep you courageously battling the forces of evil. Where bullets and brains fail, caffeine and sugar prevail!
  
  
• Crucifiction Games Sneak Peeks - This year you'll get to take a sneak peek at what's coming from Crucifiction Games... namely our new series of horror-comedy novels (featuring Carson Dudley and the rest of the 24/7 gang) and the upcoming Horror Rules graphic novels. Is the world ready? I think not!! (But we're doin' it anyway...) Also, be on the lookout for a demo session of the long awaited, much-rumored Tales of Kezemeth fantasy RPG coming soon from CFG. Space is limited, so get signed up quick!
  
  
• Horror Movie Screemings - When you're not involved in the screaming and bloodshed of the game, relax, unwind and watch some screaming and bloodshed on the big screem. We'll be showing private screemings your favorite horror flicks all day (and night)!
  
  
• The Slam-Bang Horror Rules Survivor BIG Finish: Widow Darling's Mine of Doom! - The grand finale of the Mini-Con and, as always, guaranteed to kill practically everyone! If you haven't DIED DIED again enough, now's your last chance to get kilt... Wild West Style! This year's HR Survivor is bustin' at the seems with as much lead-throwin', death-dealin', dead-man's-hand-holdin', Boot-Hill fillin', one-false-step-and-you're-dead (or too loco to keep on) action and mayhem you can stomach. Journey back to the wild, wild, wicked West for the first-ever Ghostowns & Gunsmoke HR Survivor! Test your reflexes, wits and moxy against this massively multiplayer Horror Rules slaughterfest and see if you can ride the buckin' bronc of doom 'til the end of the trail, be the last one standin' and win the prize. No yellow-bellies, tenderfoots or lilly-livers allowed!