Grand Tribunal (convention)

This article is about the real life convention for Ars Magica fans. For the in game tribunal for the entire Order of Hermes, see Grand Tribunal. For the 2006 Ars Magica themed board game, see Grand Tribunal Board Game.

Grand Tribunal is the name of the fan-organized Ars Magica gaming convention.

Next Convention

US

No US Grand Tribunal convention date has been announced since 2013. The convention's Web site might have more up-to-date information.

UK

The 2015 Grand Tribunal convention will be held from August 14 to August 16, 2015 in Cheltenham, per their wiki page. The 2014 Grand Tribunal convention was held in Cheltenham, England on August 8-10, 2014. Please refer to the convention's Wiki for details.

History

Grand Tribunal was brought to life by Christian Jensen Romer, Ars Magica author and activist, in 2007 as a RPG-convention entirely dedicated to Ars Magica. It took place in Cheltenham, England. The event was quite a success, and attracted enthusiasts from all over (real) Europe, as well as two authors from the new world. CJ has written an article on his blog about how the event got started.

In 2008, Grand Tribunal was held again, and again was considered a success, attracting not only more activists than in 2007, but also Line Editor David Chart. Furthermore, an equally successful convention, Grand Tribunal California, was organized by Erik Dahl, and took place in California at exactly the same time.

In 2009, Neil Taylor and Sheila Thomas, authors and participants of the other two conventions held in Cheltenham, volunteered to organize Grand Tribunal in 2009, this time as part of a larger RPG-convention that took place in Cambridge, England.

2010 saw the UK convention returned to Cheltenham Grand Tribunal in 2010, organised by Christian Jensen Romer.

2011 Neil Taylor and Sheila Thomas organized Grand Tribunal in 2011, this time as part of a larger RPG-convention that took place in Cambridge, England. Line Editor David Chart was in attendance.

2012 once again saw the UK convention in Cheltenham Grand Tribunal in 2012, organised by Christian Jensen Romer and Andrew Oakley.

External Links

• Grand Tribunal U.K.
• Grand Tribunal U.S.A.
• The term Grand Tribunal in the context of Hermetic society

Legacy Page

The history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at Legacy:grand_tribunal_(convention)