Photos from AGPC's Convention 2004 in Philadelphia PA!

Friday Saturday, 17 April 2004 Sunday

2004 AGPC Conventioneers (large photo)

2004 AGPC Conventioneers

Will Shortz, the master of lexicodemain.

Helen Andrews and the unbeatable John Abbot, under the spell of Will Shortz' word games

Rick Tucker, showing and telling about an 1893 photo of tiddlywinks played by gaslight

Carol Monica, with brisk sales of The Games People Play (and puzzles, too)

Mayor Clark King, with Phil Orbanes, the author of The Game MakersThe Story of Parker Brothers: From Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit.

Sid Sackson expert Nick Sauer

Nic Ricketts of the Strong Museum, on the unusual socialist card game, Privilege

Alex de Voogt of the Board Game Studies group, introducing speaker Irving Finkel

Irving Finkel with AGPC founder and 2004 Convention host, Bruce Whitehill

Irving Finkel, presenting an in-depth history of the game of Parcheesi / Patcheesi / Chessindia

An early Patcheesi board

Steve Horvath's sugar packet Parcheesi, with Geraldine Goodwin

Late night gaming and puzzling and conniving

Cutter Scott Stafford assembling Mark Cappitella's "Red Leaf"

Debby Krim, Wayne Saunders, and Clint Martin playing Oodles of Doodles. Drawing a blank?

Cards flailing everywhere with "multiplayer solitaire" (?!)

Helen Andrews

Bob Finn, on a winning streak

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