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Meet the Maker: Allyn Kahn, Inventor of the Mentagy Puzzle

Posted on March 27, 2016 by

Allyn Kahn is a long time Chess coach turned award winning game maker, best known for the Mentagy Puzzle. Allyn has exhibited at Gulf Coast MakerCon previously, and we’re happy he’s joining us again this year. You can check out this … Continue reading →

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Meet the Game Maker: Simply Fun

Posted on March 22, 2016 by

While most of our exhibitors are Makers of their own fun, a few are distributors of supplies and affinity products, like Beth Main, of Simply Fun, an independent game making company that builds skills development in youth through board games. … Continue reading →

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Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is Making it BIG!

Posted on April 3, 2015 by

Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015 is more than twice as big as our 2014 event, featuring  more than 75 Maker groups representing a wide diversity of interests, skills, hobbies, trades and professions ranging from textile and other heritage crafters, to amateur radio, inventors and … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: Jason Rawley, of Fireblade Comics

Posted on March 26, 2014 by

We love the cosplay and gaming elements of our event this year, and are happy to welcome Jason Rawley of Fireblade Comics to our line up for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2014.  We asked him to tell us a bit about … Continue reading →

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International Tabletop Day @ Gulf Coast MakerCon, April 5th!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by

Love tabletop games like cards, board games, dice games, tabletop RPGs?  So do we! That’s why we were delighted to learn that International TableTop Day is the first day of our  Gulf Coast MakerCon event this year!  So, in collaboration … Continue reading →

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