Jun 26, 2007 - Archived - This is the archive of the I-CON 26 website, it will no longer be updated. For the latest I-CON news, please visit the main I-CON site at http://iconsf.org

Apr 30, 2007 - Indie Movies - The final list of indie movies shown at I-CON26 has been updated, check it out at the films page.

Apr 17, 2007 - AeroSith at I-CON 26 on Youtube - You can find a video of AeroSith performing at I-CON 26 on youtube here. Enjoy!

Apr 3, 2007 - Charity Auction - A video of Spat doing some creative auctioning for charity at I-CON 26 can be found on youtube here. Our charity auction this year benefited Breast Cancer Help, find more info here!

Mar 25, 2007 - I-CON 26 Photo Highlights - A small photo gallery has been added here. It will be updated as frequently as possible. Enjoy the pics!

News Archive

Confirmed Guests:

Jamie Chambers Shared Worlds Award Winner	Patrick Kapera Gaming Guest of Honor	Robin D. Laws Winner of the Laws Award
Randall Bills	Otto Blix	Gamer: The Podcasting
Jay Libby	Sharon Turner Mulvihill	Mike Pondsmith
Oscar Rios

The Gaming Guests & Panels Track had so much fun last year, we're going to try and "outdo" our previous efforts and touch almost every flavor of gaming out there-- boardgames, minis, RPGS, and CCGs/TCGs. We hope to establish two staples-- "Step into My Parlor", a low-key, intimate gathering where you can rub elbows with our guests and find out that they are indeed real people (just like William Shatner says!); and "Leet Street", an RPG session where our guests for the year play in an exhibition game hosted by the Guest of Honor. We may even add one or two chairs for fanboys and fangirls to sit in. The Demo Team is working on a Celebrity Jeopardy-style game. Vict-- err, contestants will be sought in the upcoming months.

Gamer wives don't sit on the sidelines-- just take a look at our Companion List!

Jamie Chambers will return with his lovely wife, Renae, to talk about all things Firefly/Serenity, his new Dragonlance novel debuting in the summer, and the Battlestar Galactica buzz. And since he had such a grand old time last year, he will host his very own Firefly Shindig.

Randall Bills (Classic BattleTech) and his wife, Tara, who runs Battlecorp and is involved with online fiction, will be representing wargamers and minis.

Now that Crafty Games is gathering the wind in its sails, co-founder, Patrick Kapera will be our Guest of Honor. Didn't you get the invisible ink memo? The Gear chapter has been revised and streamlined. Break out those Spycraft 2.0 books and Gear Up!

Wargaming

Wargaming currently has scheduled:
Saturday, March 24

• 11 am to 7 pm CBT
  Classic Battletech: Boot Camp and Grinder. These 2 events are for the new or returning CBT player.
  CBT Boot Camp uses the CBT Quick Start Rules. These rules are very basic rules to get one started in Classic Battletech. The Grinder is based off X-Box's 'Mech Assault, only this time you get to move up in 'Mech class when you get shot out of your ride. The object is to see how many Kills you get before you get moved up. This is a good CBT way to "Kill" some time.



• 11 am to 5 pm
  While the new players get to shoot thing up the more advanced players will get to play in Black Ghosts White Death. This is the latest Canon event that FanPro is running for Classic Battletech Total War. The twist that we have for you at I-Con 26 is that we will be running this event on 2 tables. Table 1 will use standard map sheets and table 2 will have it running in 3D. This way you get to play this event in the style you like to play.


• 7 pm to Midnight
  To finish off Saturday we will bring you Classic Battletech Super Size. This is CBT in the large and gives you a new outlook on the game. For this event all the "minis" are large scale models or toys from the all the different places that the "Old School" 'mech came from.

Sunday, March 25

• 11am to 6 pm
  I-Con 26 light 'mech challenge. this will be a 3 round event, each running 2 hours. Round 1 is Inner Sphere 3025 tech only, round 2 is upto 3068 Inner sphere tech only and round 3 will be clan tech only. Players will get to pick 2 'mechs in the light weight grouping. Both 'mechs total weight can not be more then 60 tons. Piloting (5), Gunnery (4) for the 1st round, Piloting (4), Gunnery (3) for the 2nd round and Piloting (3), Gunnery (2). All rounds will take place in one of the Solaris VII arena maps. See if you have the right stuff.
• 10:00am to finish
  Warhammer 40k turny. This turny will be open to the first 24 players. We will have open tables for people to play on also.

Live Action Role Playing (LARP)

Have you ever wanted to be a Super Hero? How about a Fairy, Vampire, Sorcerer, Medieval Knight or Lady? you dreamed of being Buffy for a day? Have you always longed to embrace your true Jedi powers? Maybe you just always wondered what those people in the LARP (Live Action Role Play) rooms did for 1-8 hours at a time? Well here's your chance to find out. This year, LARP track has games for every skill level. Whether you're a die-hard LARP-er or trying it out for the first time, we've got something for you!

No pre-registration is required for games, but if you want to reserve a spot at a game, you can sign up in the Student Activity Center (SAC) at the convention.

LARPs scheduled for I-Con XXVI:

JOIN THE FUN WITH HEROIC REALMS

Medieval Boffer LARP

Join us and experience a medieval Live Action Role Playing game. If you enjoy Lord of the Rings and/or are familiar with World of Warcraft, you will absolutely enjoy playing a live game full of adventure, mystery, and imagination! Come, make your way through an adventurous plot and reclaim the "Shard of True Seeing." Use your blade (approved foam weapon) or cast magic upon your foes breaking the riddles of mystery. Battle your way to victory with a group of friends using both might and wit. Enter new realms and experience it all. Awesome visual effects and costuming that is unmatched! Dress up in medieval garb or come as you are. Enter if you dare!

No pre-registration is required.
http://www.heroic-realms.com

The Freedom Alliance, the greatest team of superheroes ever assembled defended freedom on Earth and across the universe, defeating diabolical villains beyond your wildest nightmare for over 20 years until there was peace. The core of their ranks included such great heroes as Captain Freedom, team leader and often referred to as the "Spirit of Freedom", Kami, Queen of the Phoenix Realm, Telkar Skywolf- the Gemini King and the wise ruler of Midnight, Death Harbinger, one of three founders of Twilight, Hekura Kron, another founder of Twilight, Romana Castor- Kron, Hekura's wife and Death Harbinger's daughter, Freedom Maximus, former champion of the country he liberated as a mutant homeland, Genosha, Serenity, Earth mother of Gnobians who make Earth their new home, Luna Meow, Champion of Mount Olympus and a founding member of The first Freedom Alliance, and the wise and mysterious mystic, Specter.

Now it is the year 2025, and Matthew Starrion, the former Captain Freedom has been elected President of the United Earth Alliance of Planets and Realms. His first action was to pass a bill that commissioned the creation of a NEW Freedom Alliance, knowing that the forces of evil would once again arise.

Overseeing the selection of heroes personally, President Starrion has invited the members of the new team to the newly created Freedom Station to address the new team, select a team leader, and unveil the new team at a huge media event on Freedom Station.

However, an ancient evil, one long thought dead, but never forgotten has returned and assembled a group of vile villains in the pursuit of a legend, the legend of the ultimate power, a power so terrible that in the wrong hands...means universal doom...the Celestial Key.

Will you play as hero, join with your teammates and rise up to overcome the greatest evil the universe has ever known, uphold truth, justice, and freedom for all sentient beings?

Will you play as villain, join with this pit of vipers, slay your enemies and rule the universe?

Game day- Friday, March 23rd time 6:30pm
Game length- 8.5 hours
Players needed- 12 to 50

Skill level- Novice to Expert. All are welcome. New players will be admitted throughout the evening.

Contact information: Freedom.Prime@gmail.com, gigasgate@gmail.com, DaggerofBeauty@aol.com

Please feel free to contact Vermin and Valor in advance with questions or to select a character for the LARP. There will be pre-registration at I-CON before the LARP. We look forward to gaming with you.

Website: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/VerminandValor/

GAME: Dark Ages: Vampire
SYSTEM: Storyteller Conversion
PLAYERS: 20-100
TIME PERIOD: 1230 AD
CHARACTER CREATION: 5pm - 6pm: PICK YOUR CHARACTER - We have a range of pre-generated characters to choose some with varying levels of complexity for all gamers, both those new to LARP-ing/RP-ing, and those more experienced players.
TIMES: Saturday 3/24/07 : 6pm - until session ends

The Story Thus Far...

CHAPTER I - (I-CON XIV)
One and a half years ago, the Ventrue Prince Fortinbras was murdered by his trusted friend, the Sheriff of Copenhagen. The Nosferatu Elder Absalon took control of the Keep & the City. The Sheriff, assisted by Lady Demure, the Emissary from the Courts of Love, have created their own court and plan to rule the city. During all of this political chaos, a fire engulfed much of the city, killing and scattering much of the Cainites in the blaze. Rumors of an ancient Cainite artifact located in the city lingered thoughout the chaos.

CHAPTER II - (I-CON XV)
Soon after, Copenhagen, Denmark was rebuilt from the ashes of the fire. Mortals disaffected by the Crusades flocked to this city of opportunity, looking to start their lives anew. Businesses and homes cropped up throughout the city. Opportunity was ripe for a shift in the power balance, and those with the wit and power secured a new order for the city's rulership, led by Prince Fortinbras, advised by a council of Elders.

CHAPTER III - (THIS YEAR'S EVENT)
The Red Star, Harbinger of the Final Nights, streaks accross the sky. The Dagger of Caine has been found. Plague has erupted in the city. Have the Final Nights truly arrived? PLAY AND FIND OUT!

BE PART OF THE STORY!
The Maniacal Gamers Association returns to continue the story of High Clans vs. Low Clans which debuted at I-CON XIV 2 years ago. The game debuted with an average of 35 players each night of the LARP. The second chapter, which happened at I-CON XV, had even more people than the year before. This year we hope to grow these numbers even larger.

Keep in mind, as this is a convention, that we of the Maniacal Gamers Association do NOT require you to be there for the whole session. I-CON has much to offer, and far be it from us to keep you guys from enjoying every part of the convention you want (although we wouldn't argue if you stayed the whole night!). Just let us know when you are walking in and out of the story so the Narrators know what's going on and prepare for anything that is thrown at them regarding the character you play (although if this changes and you want to play all night, that's fine too. We're flexible!).

You can find out more about the Maniacal Gamers Association, what they are about, as well as submitting ideas for the characters you would like to play, the parameters for character creation, etc., at their forum, which can be found here: http://maniacalgamers.proboards54.com.

During the 2008 election, a new political party emerged to take the world by storm: the Xenologists. Comprised mostly of Hollywood celebrities and billionaires, the Xenologists soon dominated the polls. Now with the election growing closer, the Republicans and Democrats will do anything to take care of the Xenologists, from assassinations to bringing their own occultists into the fray. But what is the Xenologists' REAL agenda, and will the world survive if they're allowed to come to power???

The Call of Xenu characters are all pre-generated

If you like eldritch horror, black comedy, and bad celebrity/polititian impressions, you'll love this Strangelove-meets-Lovecraft live-action satire...THE CALL OF XENU!!!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Four thousand years before the fall of the GALACTIC REPUBLIC, the galaxy is still recovering from the Jedi Civil War. On the planet Firrerreo on the outer rim, a new threat is rising. A young Firrerreo girl will make decisions that may unravel the Jedi, and splinter her own community. As the Jedi Council sends its agents to resolve the situation, an unseen shadow grows, threatening all from without, and within...

Star Wars: Descent characters are all pre-generated

The time for revelry has come around again and as the Stonybrook University campus revels in its annual convention, the fae come out to play to revel in the magic of creative minds given to the Dreaming. Yet beyond the glittering of the annual ball of the Court of Hammer Bay lies intrigue and suspicion when no one knows what lurks behind the masks... Brought to you by Phoenix Outlaw Productions, this is a live action roleplay event set during a masquerade ball utilizing White Wolf's Mind's Eye Theatre system. Preregistration is required either by e-mail at phoenixoutlaw@gmail.com or sign-up at the convention, walk-ins at time of game on a first-come first-serve basis. Costumes welcomed and encouraged, masks appreciated!

Bread and Circuses characters are all pre-generated

Z-Man Games
GM: Eric Lang
Game Description: "The world of men, called Midgard, is in its final days, and the battle at the end of the world, called Ragnarok, has begun. Those warriors brave enough to fight to the end will have a hallowed place in the halls of Valhalla when the battle is over, but only one clan will hold the seat of highest honor. Will it be yours?" Learn to play the game from the designer himself
Saturday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Pelgrane Press
GM: Robin D. Laws
Game Description: "Torn and Bloodied." As members of an elite strike team dedicated to stamping out occult terrorists, you've sworn to risk your lives to protect ordinary people from a sadistic and shadowy enemy. Tonight, beneath the abandoned observatory on Constellation Street, the strength of that vow will be tested. Rules will be taught and characters provided.
Friday: 9:00 PM - 1:00 am

Crafty Games
GM: Patrick Kapera, Alex Flagg, Scott Gearin
Game Description: "Ground Zero" Twenty minutes ago, your London field office was leveled by the latest in a string of deadly terrorist bombings. Luckily, you were in the field at the time. Now your team has been diverted to find the bombers before they strike again! Too bad you're not the only ones on the trail. Too bad the others can't tell you from the bad guys. Happy hunting! This event showcases Crafty Games newest setting, World on Fire! Rules will be taught and characters provided.
Saturday 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Crafty Games
GM: Patrick Kapera, Alex Flagg, Scott Gearin
Game Description: "The Heist" Tens of millions of dollars pass through Empire City's banks every day, and with even a fraction of that a new player could establish himself as a major power in the city's crime circuit. That's just what's about to happen - unless ECPD's finest have something to say about it! Play on either side of the law in this intricate game of urban intrigue in Crafty Games' forthcoming setting, Ten Thousand Bullets! Rules will be taught and characters provided.
Saturday 8:00 - 11:00 pm

Firestorm Ink
GM: Jonathan Lavallee
Game Description: Once, every so often, that poser bar downtown gets a good band to show up. Time to check it out, see and be seen and maybe have a good time.
Friday 10:00 - 12:00

Firestorm Ink
GM: Jonathan Lavallee
Game Description: Something happened to a Cabal cell and you've been picked to check out what happened. Seems pretty normal right? Let's just see what the briefing is like ...
Sunday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.
GM: Jamie Chambers
Game Description: Play the Serenity Role Playing Game with designer/author Jamie Chambers. Leave your d20s at home and play as the crew of a Firefly Class transport ship. Find a job, get paid, and keep flying. Rules taught, and beginners welcome!
Friday: 8:00 pm - Midnight

Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.
GM: Jamie Chambers
Game Description: Play the BSG Role Playing Game with designer/author Jamie Chambers. Rules taught, and beginners welcome!
Sunday: 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Insurgent Zealots!, a.k.a. Damn those Ignorant Earthers
GM: Brandon Osorio
Game Description: Dark Refuge is a role playing game for both beginner and advanced Gamers. With a revolutionary new "Magic" system called The Leyas, all characters have their share of power. Unlike the limp-wristed mages of other game systems, characters in DR can use their magical abilities every round and are skilled warriors as well. Characters can Shape shift their bodies, Summon monsters to their aid, and turn their Enemies powers against them.
No. Of players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 18 and over
Friday 7pm-11am

Steve Jackson Games
GM: Steve Edelman
Game Description: Hands down, our hottest game continues to be Munchkin. Go down in the dungeon. Kill everything you see, and take the treasure. Be a dwarf, or a cleric, or a cheating elven wizard with the Pantyhose of Giant Strength and the Staff of Napalm! Backstab your friends and steal their stuff. First one to Level 10 wins! And now you can do it in space, with Star Munchkin, in the world of chop-socky movies, with Munchkin Fu, in the World of Dorkness, with Munchkin Bites, and into the skies with Super Munchkin. Plus, now Munchkin Impossible zaps spies with the munchkinizer. Come by the table and choose your flavor of Munchkin.
No. Of players: 5 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 10+
Throughout the Convention: See the I-CON pocket schedule for times

Chaosium
GM: Oscar Rios
Game Description: "Halloween Candy". - It's October 31st, 2006, 0700 hours when the vehicle's satellite phone rings. A group of Department of Homeland Security agents on their way to a training conference suddenly get diverted to meet a helicopter and pick up two special agents. They receive new orders, vital to national security, and are soon speeding to the small town of Cogan Springs. The agents soon find themselves in the center of a deadly and horrifying crisis which they must stop from spiraling out of control. Their actions over the next fourteen hours will determine the fate of millions. This Cthulhu Now scenario was one of the winners of Chaosium's 2006 Halloween Horrors II competition.
Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Chaosium
GM: Oscar Rios
Game Description: "Christmas in Kingsport" ÐThis 1920's scenario was a winner of Chaosium's 2006 Holiday contests and appears in the Christmas themed Monograph "Christmas in Kingsport and other tales". It is also the sequel to "Halloween in Dunwich", a winning scenario of Chaosium's 2005 Halloween Horrors I competition. These scenarios are part of the "Lovecraft County Kids" series, where players take the roles of children between the ages of 11-13.
Sunday 10:00Am - 2PM

GameWick Games

Sword-and-Sorcery adventure with a Vegas-laced twist!

Join us round the gaming table for an introductory session of WEGS! WEGS is a brand new "old school" sword-and-sorcery rpg that revels in the "let's get a game together tonight" mentality. Flavored with an air of whimsical high-fantasy, the rules are energized by an errant rule system which encourages players to take risks and, most of all, have fun. Players should do all they can to defy the odds because there's never any knowing what's going to happen next in the Wegsworld. It's all a matter of odds and gods - the odds of making the roll, the gods of chance. Come join us for marvelous adventure!

WEGS is a really easy system to pick up. WEGS kreator L. Willy Wick and his crew of Wegshogs will lead you thru the WEGS maelstrom, and do all they can to make this experience a fantastic journey for you and your fellow players. With game scenarios entitled Dingbitt's Dunge O' Doom, and Dwarf Walks Into A Bar, all you need is a sense of adventure to jump into the fray. We'll provide everything else you need to have fun!

WEGS empowers players and delivers adventure in spades! WEGS only uses four dice as its fuel - 2D6 and 2D10. With a wickedly quick and easy character creation system, players start with robust characters who have one destiny - adventure! WEGS is all about empowering the players from the start and not having them worry if their hero will survive their first encounter.

WEGS is officially being released in Summer 2007 by GameWick Games, an indie game company from New Jersey. WEGS will be their flagship release. GameWick Games motto is "Getting Lit With Imagination". GameWick Games designs games where the main ingredient is the player's imagination (and dice...).

Friday

• 8pm - 10pm WEGS: Escape From The Dwarf Lord's Tomb
• 11pm - 1am WEGS: Dwarf Walks Into A Bar

Saturday

• 12pm - 2pm WEGS: Escape From The Dwarf Lord's Tomb
• 3pm - 5pm WEGS: Dwarf Walks Into A Bar
• 7pm - 9pm WEGS: Dingbitt's Dunge O' Doom
• 9pm - 11pm WEGS: Dingbitt's Dunge O' Doom

Intro to the Wickedly Errant Game System. Sword-and-Sorcery adventure with a Vegas-laced twist. "Escape From The D.L.T." is based loosely on LOTR Book 2, Chapter 5. A rag-tag fellowship of Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Gnobbits and Humnz will be plunged into the middle of a Dwarven mine with only one way out - FIGHT! This short scenario is designed to show players the explosive mechanics of WEGS combat. It's "all-for-one and one-for-all" in this mad dash for the bridge! Gnobbit ring bearer optional...

Intro to the Wickedly Errant Game System. Sword-and-Sorcery adventure with a Vegas-laced twist. In "Dwarf Walks...", a rag-tag assortment of Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Gnobbits and Humnz are having a real slow night at the Tongue of Dung - a seedy, cut-throaty tavern in the convict-infested village of Ikkspatt. Things pick up when a mangled Dwarf with one ear and half a beard stumbles in with a heavy, rag-wrapped package and makes them an offer they can't refuse... Never a dull moment in this tavern...

Intro to the Wickedly Errant Game System. Sword-and-Sorcery adventure with a Vegas-laced twist. In "Dingbitt's", a rag-tag assortment of Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Gnobbits and Humnz are plunged into the randomly generated dungeon run by Dingbitt, the rabid Gnobbit trickster. Dingbitt has a ring that can transport small adventuring parties into a dungeon chock full of treasure, traps and monsters. The group is even given keys to open the doors that lead out of the dungeon. The deeper folks delve into the dungeon, the bigger the booty (and the greater the peril, of course). A dungeon-delver's dream come true! It's all up to the players to decide what it shall be - fabulous treasure, worthy opponents or, perhaps, just to find a way out? It's amazing how priorities change when their no longer on Dungeon Level 1...This twisted dungeon crawl was a GenCon 2006 crowd pleaser!

You could almost say that Slugfest Games is I-CON gaming history. Geoff Botone & Colleen Skadl the founding members of Slugfest, have been involved with I-CON gaming more than most track leaders and volunteers can remember. Slugfest games has brought to the eastern seaboard (and now in full distribution) some of the most interesting card and board games on the market. Slugfest does some major hardcore demoing from the opening of the doors all the way till the security guards are ushering everyone home. Again they grace our presence at I-CON 26 bringing us old favorites such as Kung Fu Fighting, Red Dragon Inn, Dungeon Adventure!, and now this year we get to see Tiki mountain which has had great reviews from the other conventions that they have run demos of it.

My advice is to make it a major point to stop by their Demo booth and play one of their many games. You would be short changing yourself if you donÕt and be assured that you will walk away an obsessive fan of one of their wonderful games.

• Fishing For Terrorists
  In this twisted game of Go Fish, you are all "working together" to combat the War on Terror. Of course, only the agent who captures the most terrorists will become head of Homeland Security next year.


• Kung Fu Fighting!
  See who's Kung Fu is the strongest in this fast-paced card game from SlugFest Games.


• En Garde!
  Cross swords as Renaissance-era duelists in this fast-paced card game from SlugFest Games.
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• Dungeon ADVENTURE!
  Dungeon ADVENTURE! the Fantasy Role-Playing Game Playtest the first in SlugFest Games role-playing games line! Play premade characters based on the heroic adventurers from SlugFest's "Red Dragon Inn."


• Tiki Mountain
  A brand new board game from SlugFest Games, due out June 2007! The Volcano God demands a sacrifice, or he'll flood Tiki Island with lava. Be the first Tiki Villager to throw yourself into the volcano and save the island!


• Red Dragon Inn
  The long-awaited card game from SlugFest Games, due out June 2007! We really mean it this time! You've defeated the monsters and taken their treasure. Now it's time to head to the Red Dragon Inn for an evening of drinking, gambling, and roughhousing with your fellow adventurers. The last adventurer who's sober and who still has money wins the game!

See the I-CON 26 Pocket schedule for times and dates

• Atlas Games (http://www.atlas-games.com)
• Steve Jackson Games (http://www.sjgames.com)
• Pinnacle Entertainment Group (http://www.peginc.com)
• Crafty Games (http://www.crafty-games.com)
• Margaret Weiss Productions (http://www.margaretweis.com/)
• Chaosium Inc (http://www.chaosium.com/)
• Kenzer and Company (http://www.kenzerco.com/)
• Pelgrane Press (http://www.dyingearth.com/gumshoe/esoterrorists/index.html)
• R. Talsorian Games (http://www.talsorian.com)
• White Wolf Game Studios (http://www.white-wolf.com)
• Exile Games (http://www.exilegames.com)
• Chapter 13 Press (http://www.chapter13press.com)
• Slugfest Games (http://www.slugfestgames.com)