MomoCon review

June 29, 11:49 AMAtlanta Game Lifestyle ExaminerSummer Munger

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MomoCon’s Summer Gaming Festival, held at the Georgia Tech student center last Saturday, was surprisingly refreshing. The convention gave the impression of plenty. There was always room for one more at a table, plenty of games to go around to the patrons, and extra space for role players that did not want to be disturbed. The games featured were simply too numerous to name, but the highlights in the main room seemed to be Magic and various board games.

Sam Chupp, one of the staff members at MomoCon, hosted ‘Spirit of the Century’ a pulp adventure game published by Evil Hat Productions. ‘Spirit of the Century’ is a pick up role-playing game that can be played with little preparation (though Mr. Chupp did an excellent job with preparing character sheets and providing game information). The game won the award for Independent Game of the Year at the Indie RPG awards in 2006 and was received well by the players at MomoCon.

The Summer Gaming Festival also offered a retro gaming room which featured various different old-school Nintendo, SNES, Sega Genesis, and PC games for fans to reminisce over. The option to simply sit back and play these old games in their natural state looked to be a real treat for guests of the convention. The retro gaming room was usually close to capacity throughout the day.

Attendees were pleased with MomoCon’s offerings for the most part. The negligible price for admission (five dollars) made finding this convention akin to spotting a rare comic book at a garage sale; the enjoyment rendered far exceeded the price paid.