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Get Your Game On What: Marmalade Dog 23 When: 2:30–11:30 p.m. March 30; 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m. March 31; 10:30 a.m.–8 p.m. April 1 Where: East Ballroom, Bernhard Center, Western Michigan University Cost: $10 Friday, $15 Saturday, $10 Sunday, $25 for all three days; reduced rates for WMU students To preregister or information: Visit marmaladedog.org
575 W. Crosstown Parkway 269.343.5750 Toll-Free 877.995.5750
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Winter Hours: Through March 30 Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm, Saturday and other times by appointment only Summer Hours: Beginning April 2 Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Beginning May 5 Saturdays: 9:00am - 2:00pm
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creators who had booths along the walls, where they sold everything from science fiction novels and the latest games to map boards for Pathfinder and handmade jewelry. Gordon Donaldson of Elkhart, Indiana, brought copies of his creation, High Ball, a Monopoly-influenced board game that simulates running a railroad. Marmalade Dog 2017 was his first convention. He chose it because it was “close by, but not ‘ginormous,’" and he had people stopping by his booth all weekend, he said. “I had no idea the game world was as big as it is,” Donaldson said. “It’s been a happy experience, talking with people who are trying the game.” Frank Russell of Holland spent his time at Marmalade Dog as a game master for a session of Call of Cthulhu. He described each scene in the game to his players, augmenting it with pictures, sounds and video clips he had prepared ahead of time. His Marmalade Dog session was a practice run for what he called the “real” game, an elaborate production of his Call of Cthulhu scenario, which he has taken to Gen Con each year for more than 20 years. “I spend too much time on it as it is,” he admitted. “Luckily, we have long winters in Michigan.”