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Norwescon 36 wil be March 28-31 2013
Double Pattern Contest
NWC Archives
Spot-the-Poster Contest
Maxi's Lounge
Tie the Knot at NWC
nwcMUSIC
Guest of Honor Banquet
Movie Previews
Celebrity Game
Volunteer
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Feeling brave and bold? Send us your novel or story's first page to be read aloud and critiqued by three pros. First Page Idol will take place Friday, March 19th at 3 PM--you must be there to participate. Deadline midnight the day before. Max 5 entries per author.
(Email to: idol@norwescon.org )
Now choose from TWO patterns! It has come to our attention that Simplicity 2806 is no longer available in local fabric stores, although it may still be available online. Entrants may now use either Simplicity 2806 OR Simplicity 1750.
The Norwescon Archives is looking to add to its collection. If you have any of the following, please bring your donation to the convention and drop them off at the Northwest Science Fiction Society club table in the lobby:
Norwescon 36 (2013) has gone mobile using Guidebook!
We strongly encourage you to download our mobile guide to enhance your experience at Norwescon 36. You'll be able to plan your day with a personalized schedule and browse exhibitors, maps and general show info.
The app is compatible with iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches and Android devices. Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry users can access the same information via our mobile site at m.guidebook.com/guide/4789/.
To get the guide, choose one of the methods below:
Did you spot a poster or flyer for Norwescon 36 in the wild? Let us know where, and you could win one of only 250 special badge ribbons for your Norwescon 36 badge!
Poster locations eligible for this contest are are managed by Keep Posted. If you see a poster display in another location that includes our Norwescon poster please submit that information too.
Alternate locations will be eligible for a reward if all 250 Keep Posted locations are not found.
Details & Submission Form
Please remember to bring your receipt with the barcode on it to the convention if you pre-registered. It, along with a photo ID, is needed for you to pick up your membership badge and swag bag.
Permission forms for minors are still required and are available for pre-printing here.
Registration Hours
Thursday noon-10 pm
Friday 9 am-10 pm
Saturday 9 am-10 pm
Sunday 9 am-5 pm
Two nights, four formats, fun for everyone 21+ in Maxi's Lounge at the top of the tower.
MEMBERSHIP AND ID REQUIRED
Friday, 9-11pm Can't wait for the show to be over and the dance to start? Start your Friday night off with DJ Dancin' Dan kicking off the Post-Mayan Apocalypse Toga Party in Maxi's.
Friday, 11pm-2am
Meet and mingle with the designers and models of the Fannish Fetish Fashion Show while the director of the show, Modular Diva, plays some music to put you in the mood to party like it's the new Apocalypse!
Saturday, 9pm-Midnight
Geeks Who Drink is teaming up with Norwescon to bring you a Sci-Fi and Fantasy themed Pub Quiz in the Anglo-Irish tradition. Grab a drink in Maxi's and test your geek trivia knowledge. Team size is limited to six but you can play solo if you like. There will also be fabulous prizes for the top placing teams. More information about the pub quiz can be found at http://www.geekswhodrink.com/
Saturday, Midnight-2am
Finish out the night with the super sounds of DJ Lee Fuller at this party in the best comic (book) tradition.
The charities office is seeking donations for the upcoming arts/charities auction for Norwescon 36. If you have one or more items that are in good condition that you believe are of interest to people in the science fiction/fantasy community - that is to say you believe people would not only like to own but would be willing to part with actual money to purchase - please contact Phillip Buff via email at charities@norwescon.org with a description of the item(s) (photos appreciated if available).
Money raised at the charity auction is used in support of the scholarships that Norwescon provides for Clarion West Writer's Workshop and the Northwest College of Art and Design.
Have you ever wanted a fannish wedding? Now is your chance! In honor of marriage equality coming to Washington State, Norwescon is hosting a wedding extravaganza! Join us for the Wedding Party at the End of the Universe in Maxi's Ballroom on Saturday, March 30 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. We will have cake!
Find the full details here.
Join the cacophony!
We're premiering a geekmusic podcast this very month! It's also a sneak preview at what's coming up in nwcMUSIC 2013 at Norwescon 36. We talk a bit about what we've got planned, play some music, and talk with filkers and nerdcore artists about doing music geek-style. More . . .
We have something super-special this year: a multiple-act Friday afternoon showcase of nerdcore, the hip-hop of geeks, called MONSTARRS OF NERDCORE. It starts at 4pm, right after the Catherine Asaro concert, which is also going to be amazing.
And that's not to forget the rest of our concert series this year, which we think is exceptional.
Thursday has Rai Kamishiro doing her J-pop stylings, Jonny Nero Action Hero's first appearance at Norwescon with his chiptunes rock, and nwcMUSIC regular Electric Children's high-energy chiptunes dance music. Friday evening: Hello, the Future! sings about the intersections of fandom and reality, Leannan Sidhe have their long-awaited CD release show, and Starlight returns with a new lineup to bring their filk-rock to the foreground again.
More . . .
There simply isn't enough space in this newsletter to cover the wonders in store for you.
Guest of Honor Banquet
Thursday, March 28th 5 - 7 PM
YES! There are still some tickets available for the Guest of Honor Banquet in Grand Ballroom 2.
Learn first hand from our honored guests about many of the exciting events that will take place over the weekend. Purchase your tickets in-advance and you will be entered into a drawing to sit with one of our Guests of Honor -- so act quickly and reserve your place now!
Tickets are $40.00 per person and always sell fast. You can purchase tickets through our Guest of Honor Banquet page.
Online (PayPal or Credit Card) registration is only available until March 17, 2013. This event will sell out, don't risk waiting to buy tickets at the convention - reserve a place at the table today!
Keith & Alan's Movie News & Previews are again ready to bring the latest news from Hollywood straight to your eye/earballs, with previews, too! This year there have been some changes - our panel on Friday is earlier in the day, there is no Saturday show, and our Sunday show now starts after the Fandance Film Festival. Check out our new schedule!
Friday - Previews Show #first - 12Noon-2pm - Grand 3 - Note earlier time!
Friday - Family Previews - 2:30-3:30pm - Olympic 1
Sunday - Previews Show #last - 2-4pm - Evergreen 1-2 - Note later time!
For more information, check out THIS ARTICLE.
Norwescon 36 is just around the corner and Scheduled Gaming has a surprise for you! We have confirmed 300+ hours of gaming for you to enjoy make sure to check our guidebook/website sections, the Daily `Zine and the Wall Of Games for up to date schedules. Sign up for games and enjoy. Now for the surprise.
We have Bruce Cordell joining us for a few hours on Friday to run a D&D Next Game. For his game, we will be raffling off his seat as door prizes in the game room. Just swing by and play a game or two on Thursday and Friday, get a ticket to enter and possibly win a seat at his table.
Who is Bruce Cordell? A short step over to wikipedia will introduce you to him! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cordell. Bruce will be taking part in panel programming and the Writers' Workshops as well.
Norwescon runs on volunteers - without them there would be no convention. As such, everybody is encouraged to volunteer at the convention for a few hours. Go to the Volunteer Table in the convention lobby or the Volunteer Office and sign up for a shift (or two, or three, or four, or five). We will, as usual, have a fabulous array of gifts and prizes for you.
Come on down to the volunteer lounge and lend a hand.
Thank you,
Elana
Head of Volunteers
volunteers@norwescon.org
Norwescon is a science, science fiction and fantasy convention that takes place on Easter Weekend each year. We are an all-volunteer organization and always have room for more dedicated volunteers. Without members, though, there would be no reason to hold a convention; thank you for your support!
We were recently notified that Norwescon is a 2012 ALL STAR AWARD winner by Constant Contact, that mean's we're in the top 10% of our class making you all #1. Thanks and stay tuned for more information as to what that means for you!
Sincerely,
Norwescon Publications Team
Norwescon 36 (2013)
Save the World!
Norwescon 36 wil be March 28-31 2013
Membership Services Briefing
LAST DAY to purchase Guest of Honor Banquet Tickets Online!
Norwescon 36 (2013) has gone mobile using Guidebook!
We strongly encourage you to download our mobile guide to enhance your experience at Norwescon 36. You'll be able to plan your day with a personalized schedule and browse exhibitors, maps and general show info.
The app is compatible with iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches and Android devices. Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry users can access the same information via our mobile site at m.guidebook.com/guide/4789/.
To get the guide, choose one of the methods below:
Two nights, four formats, fun for everyone 21+ in Maxi's Lounge at the top of the tower.
MEMBERSHIP AND ID REQUIRED
Friday, 9 - 11 p.m.
Can't wait for the show to be over and the dance to start? Start your Friday night off with DJ Dancin' Dan kicking off the Post-Mayan Apocalypse Toga Party in Maxi's.
Friday, 11 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Meet and mingle with the designers and models of the Fannish Fetish Fashion Show while the director of the show, Modular Diva, plays some music to put you in the mood to party like it's the new Apocalypse!
Saturday, 9 p.m. - Midnight
Geeks Who Drink is teaming up with Norwescon to bring you a Sci-Fi and Fantasy themed Pub Quiz in the Anglo-Irish tradition. Grab a drink in Maxi's and test your geek trivia knowledge. Team size is limited to six but you can play solo if you like. There will also be fabulous prizes for the top placing teams.
More information about the pub quiz can be found at www.geekswhodrink.com
Saturday, Midnight-2 a.m.
Finish out the night with the super sounds of DJ Lee Fuller at this party in the best comic (book) tradition.
We have a new registration system this year. Please read the article below as to how things will work when you arrive.
Registration Hours
Thursday noon-10 pm
Friday 9 am-10 pm
Saturday 9 am-10 pm
Sunday 9 am-5 pm
Hi Everyone,
We've heard your questions and comments about the new registration process for Norwescon. In answer, here's how it will work:
If you have preregistered there are two ways of receiving your badge at Registration. If you have already printed off your Acceptable Use Policy form (AUP*) with the pre-printed barcode that identifies you, you can go directly to the registration cashier. Otherwise, your AUP can be printed at the convention. There will be staff on hand that will help you do this. The general registration process is described below. *Note: The AUP form is an agreement between you and the convention that you will abide by the rules. Your signature on the AUP is required, so electronic format of your AUP will not be accepted. Paper copy is required.
Pre-printing your AUP is not required, but it can help speed up the registration process. In case you cannot find your original confirmation email or the original AUP link was broken, you will be able to print your AUP w/barcode from an email that will be sent to you in the next couple of days. If you have paid your membership and do not receive the follow up AUP-email by Wednesday, March 20th, please email registration@norwescon.org .
If you have not preregistered, there will be staff on hand to help direct you to the on-site registration kiosks where you will enter your registration information. Our staff will then direct you on to the next step in the registration process.
The general registration process for pre-paid attendees will be:
Go to the area marked in Green to start the process.
If you do not have a pre-printed AUP w/barcode, one will be printed out for you there. If you do have the AUP you will be directed where to go next.
Sign your AUP.
Present your signed AUP and photo ID to a registration cashier.
The registration cashier will compare your photo id to your real name on the AUP. The barcode will then be scanned to print your badge. The form will be returned to you.
Take your signed AUP to the badge printing station and exchange it for a badge that matches the badge name on your paperwork. There you will also pick up your registration packet.
Come to the Green Room (Cascade 11) when you arrive. The Green Room staff will have your Acceptable Use Policy form (AUP*) with the pre-printed barcode that identifies you with your packet. (For your Guest of Pro, their AUP will be with the associated Pro's packet). The Green Room staff will scan your barcode to print your badge. You'll need to sign the AUP, collect your packet, and you're all signed in.
The Dealers Room Coordinator will, as usual, have your Dealer and assistant badges. You will need to sign your Acceptable Use Policy form (AUP*).
Thank you Everyone!
Member Services
Guest of Honor Banquet
Thursday, March 28th 5 - 7 PM
YES! There are still some tickets available for the Guest of Honor Banquet in Grand Ballroom 2.
Learn first hand from our honored guests about many of the exciting events that will take place over the weekend. Purchase your tickets in-advance and you will be entered into a drawing to sit with one of our Guests of Honor -- so act quickly and reserve your place now!
Tickets are $40.00 per person and always sell fast. You can purchase tickets through our Guest of Honor Banquet page.
Online (PayPal or Credit Card) registration is only available for another 24 hours. This event will sell out, don't risk waiting to buy tickets at the convention - reserve a place at the table today!
Norwescon is a science, science fiction and fantasy convention that takes place on Easter Weekend each year. We are an all-volunteer organization and always have room for more dedicated volunteers. Without members, though, there would be no reason to hold a convention; thank you for your support!
We were recently notified that Norwescon is a 2012 ALL STAR AWARD winner by Constant Contact, that mean's we're in the top 10% of our class making you all #1. Thanks and stay tuned for more information as to what that means for you!
Sincerely,
Norwescon Publications Team
Norwescon 36 (2013)
AS OF 1/12/2013
MEMBERSHIP 3
BADGE REPLACEMENT FEE 4
RIGHT OF REFUSAL 4
RULES AND POLICIES 4
CHILD & TEEN RULES 4
WEAPONS POLICY 4
DRINKING 6
PARTIES 6
SMOKING 6
ANIMALS 6
FLYERS 6
SLEEPING IN HALLS AND STAIRWAYS 6
EVENTS 6
ARTISTS' ALLEY 6
ART SHOW 7
Bag Check: 7
Bidding: 7
Direct Sale: 7
Auction: 7
Print Shop: 7
CLOSING CEREMONIES 7
MASQUERADE 7
Judging for the masquerade 8
ONIONS AND ROSES 8
OPENING CEREMONIES 8
PHILIP K. DICK AWARD CEREMONY 8
SINGLE PATTERN CONTEST 8
SUNDAY SPECIAL EVENT: NON-PROFIT FAIR 9
SERVICES 9
NORWESCON PROVIDED 9
CLOAK ROOM 9
CONVENTION AND SECURITY OFFICES 9
DAILY 'ZINE 9
GUIDEBOOK 9
INFORMATION TABLE 9
LOST & FOUND 10
PEACEBONDING 10
TEENS AND TEEN RUNNERS 10
VOODOO MESSAGE BOARD 10
VOLUNTEERING 10
HOTEL PROVIDED 11
HOTEL SHUTTLE 11
POOL AND HOT TUB 11
INTERNET ACCESS 11
MAXI'S LOUNGE 11
PARKING 11
DOUBLETREE RESTAURANTS AND BARS 11
WHAT'S IN THE LOCAL AREA 12
STORES AND SERVICES 12
RESTAURANTS 12
Convenience Stores 12
Grocery Stores 13
Banks & ATMs 13
TIPS FOR MAKING YOUR CONVENTION EXPERIENCE THE BEST 13
Everyone attending Norwescon 13 years of age and over are required to fill out a membership form before receiving a membership badge. Signing the membership form indicates that you understand the rules of conduct as listed in this document and agree to abide by them. Children 12 and under receive a free membership when attending with their parent or guardian, their membership is recorded on the adult's form.
Membership includes:
The right to attend the convention
Membership badge
Program/Souvenir Book, Pocket Program, and Member's Guide
Post-Con Report (for all current members)
Your membership badge must be visibly displayed while in designated convention space. Anyone who cannot produce a current membership badge upon request will be asked to leave convention space.
A minor as defined by the State of Washington must have a parent/legal guardian/individual designated by the parent or legal guardian who is on-site when the minor is on-site. Minors must have a permission slip on file with Registration signed by a parent or guardian.
If you lose your membership badge, you are encouraged to search everywhere before a new one is issued. Make sure you check with Lost and Found (both the hotel and the convention have Lost and Found departments), Registration, and Security prior to purchasing a replacement badge. There is a replacement fee of $50 for lost badges.
Norwescon reserves the right to refuse or withdraw membership.
Norwescon welcomes its young and future fans. To do this, we have programs planned throughout the convention that are geared for different age groups. Please refer to the Pocket Program for information about programming for children, tweens, and teens.
A minor as defined by the State of Washington must have a parent/legal guardian/individual designated by the parent or legal guardian who is on-site when the minor is on-site. Minors must have a permission slip on file with Registration signed by a parent or guardian.
Norwescon does not accept responsibility for supervision of attending minors; that responsibility remains with the minors' parent/guardian/designee. In the event that child care is needed, The DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport has a relationship with Best Sitters, Inc.; more information on Best Sitters can be found at 206-682-2556.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT AND REJECT ANY WEAPON AT ANY TIME.
VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY IN PART OR WHOLE MAY LEAD TO YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE CONVENTION BY CONVENTION EXECUTIVE STAFF AND FROM THE HOTEL BY HOTEL SECURITY OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
This policy includes all real and replicated weapons of any type that may be construed as a projectile weapon or any extension of the human hand.
Peacebonding will be available next to the Information Table during open registration hours and in the Security Office when the Peacebonding table is closed.
Peacebonding is required on all weapons visibly worn/carried on the hotel property including parking areas and indoor spaces. The only type of peacebonding allowed is that provided by the convention. Fashion coordinated substitutes are not sufficient.
NO unsheathed weapon allowed in ANY public space (unless approved in advance for Masquerade or Programming event in which bonding ties will be removed for such an event and replaced immediately afterward).
All bladed/pointed weapons will be appropriately covered in all public areas and function spaces. This includes but is not limited to: Daggers, Swords, Pikes, Axes, and Polearms, be they made of steel, plastic, or any other hard material.
Polearms, Spears, Staves, and other such weapons shall be kept upright at all times and have weapon heads sheathed and bonded. The ends of said weapons must never project more than 12" from the bearer's body.
Some weapons are not allowed at all: tazers, batons, real guns, pepper spray, crossbows, slingshots, pellet guns, water pistols, blowguns, catapults, or any type of functioning projectile weapon.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE FOLLOWING:
"Airsoft-style" or "Nerf-style" weapons:
At NO time is ammo allowed, in weapon or in magazine.
Empty magazines are NOT allowed in the weapon, but allowed on the belt or in a pouch for costume purposes (again NO ammo allowed).
Bows (again, crossbows are NOT allowed):
Arrows must be proven to be secured in such a manner as to be unable to be removed from their container and be secured by Peacebonding the same as all other weapons.
Any obvious appearing toy "side arms" such as Disruptors, Phasers, Laser Tag pistols/rifles, laser pointers, or any other item that can project/emit light or sound shall be peacebonded and remain in an appropriate holster at all times or held in an appropriate manner. Exemptions must be authorized by qualified Security personnel.
Special consideration will be granted by the Convention Services Executive or a select designee by said Executive to Merchants or Dealers who display or show for the purpose of sale. Any weapons removed from Dealers room will fall under above guidelines.
No weapons are allowed in Maxi's Lounge, Seaport Lounge, or Coffee Garden Restaurant.
This Policy complies with hotel policy and local, state, and federal laws.
THERE WILL BE NO APPEAL TO ANY VIOLATION OF THESE RULES.
This policy supersedes all previous versions.
If you must drive, please let others know, so that they can help you stay away from alcohol (whatever form it takes) and stay sober so that you arrive at your destination safely. If you plan to drink, PLEASE, do not drive.
There is another topic under the heading of responsible drinking which is a touchy subject ... persons under 21 indulging in alcohol and other drugs. We, the Norwescon Committee, are realistic enough to know that if a young adult is determined to drink, it is not always possible to stop them. We do require that all parties serving alcohol check ID. Washington law forbids serving alcohol to minors with the exception of your own children and then only in your own home when there are no visitors. Responsible drinking by those over 21 (that means not getting falling down drunk or becoming a menace to yourself and others) will not be noticed as much, and the heavy hand of the hotel detective and/or our Security Director may not be felt. We want all of our members to have a good time at Norwescon, and we want you all to return home safely.
Guest rooms in Wing 5b and suites will be available for social events. A "social event" is a reception or open house-type event held in a guest room in Wing 5b or a hotel suite. Food and beverages may be served in compliance with hotel, state, and local regulations. Maximum occupancy guidelines will be enforced. Service of alcohol must be in accordance with Washington State Liquor Control Board provisions. A special occasion license or banquet permit must be obtained and posted in the suite. Events that do not qualify for a special license or permit must not serve alcohol. Alcohol service times must be in accordance with state regulations. Complete Social Event guidelines are posted on the Norwescon website.
Washington State law states that smoking is prohibited within a presumptively reasonable minimum distance of 25 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited so as to ensure that tobacco smoke does not enter the area through entrances, exits, open windows, or other means. Smoking areas at the hotel are clearly marked.
Service animals only are allowed in Norwescon function space. Service animals will be issued convention identification at registration. Contact the hotel for their rules about animals in the guest rooms and public hotel areas.
Flyers may be posted only on the paper or cloth covered kiosks that we have provided. Check at the Information Table for locations. Do not attach anything to walls, windows, or doors. The hotel and/or the convention will remove any flyers found in unauthorized places.
One word to say on this subject ... Don't.
Come see artists in action! Artists' Alley is a very special event where you can interact directly with the artists while they work. See the process unfold and ask questions as several real artists, working in multiple media, show how they do it. If you're
having difficulties with your own art, bring it down and seek advice on getting past your block. Alternately, if you have an idea or would like a sketch of yourself done, many of the artists will do on-the-spot custom work (fees may be charged and will vary by artist). Come down and take a look! If you like what you see, original work will be available on a limited basis. Artists' Alley is located on the first floor corridor just after the turn to Wing 7.
BAG CHECK: For the safety and protection of the artwork, some personal items may have to be checked at the time you enter the art show, at the bag check station. These items may include, but are not limited to: all bags, large coats or cloaks, and any large costume accessories that may cause safety concerns.
BIDDING: Your badge number is your bidding number. Write your name, badge number, and bid on the bid tag associated with the item. Remember that a written bid is a commitment to buy and you will be held to that commitment. Under no circumstances may you withdraw your bid. So, consider carefully before you place any bids. It is not fair to the artist or other potential bidders if you bid on a piece and then decide you do not want it.
DIRECT SALE: If you purchase a piece at the Direct Sale price, it belongs to you and will be marked SOLD. It must remain on display until Sunday morning. When you make a Direct Sale purchase, you will be given a receipt. You must present this receipt when you come to pick up your art on Sunday.
AUCTION: Items purchased at auction will be paid for at the Art Show checkout.
PRINT SHOP: Many of our artists bring prints of their work. A copy of the print is hanging in their panel, with the additional copies located in the Print Shop. Print Shop items can be purchased at any time during the convention. If the print is not the one hanging on the panel, the print can be removed at time of purchase.
The last event of the convention each year, closing ceremonies gives us a chance to say "good bye" and "thank you" to our Guests of Honor.
Each year the Norwescon masquerade showcases the works of many of the best costumers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The masquerade is held Saturday night in Grand Ballrooms 2 and 3 and is open to all Norwescon attendees.
If you are interested in participating in the masquerade, there is still time. Pick up the masquerade rules and entry form at the Norwescon information table and carefully read them. You must go to ONE of the two masquerade panels listed in the Pocket Program, as this is where you will get all your questions answered and it is where you turn in your forms and music.
If you have never seen a masquerade, here are a few tidbits to help orient you to what to expect.
Entries are categorized by SKILL DIVISIONS. The divisions are based on the guidelines of the International Costumers Guild (www.costume.org(http://www.costume.org)). The divisions are:
RISING STAR is for any contestant 13 years of age or younger who is not part of an adult group. Rising Star costumes must be made by the entrant with no more than a minimum amount of supervisory help. An adult-made costume may not be entered in this category and should instead be entered in the appropriate skill division of the adult or in the children's masquerade.
NOVICE is for any contestant who has not previously won an award for a costume in any masquerade, or who has won a maximum of two awards in the Novice division for different costumes at a world-class convention masquerade such as Worldcon or Costume Con, or at a regional convention masquerade such as Norwescon or Westercon.
JOURNEYMAN is for any contestant who has won a maximum of three awards for different costumes in the Journeyman division at a world-class or regional convention masquerade.
MASTER is for any contestant who has won four or more awards for different costumes in the Journeyman or Master division, or who has won one or more Best in Show awards, at a regional or world-class convention masquerade. Professional costumers must enter the Master division.
JUDGING FOR THE MASQUERADE has two components: Presentation and Workmanship.
Presentation judging evaluates the presentation as it is displayed on stage. It judges the costume's appearance from the audience, how the contestant acts and moves, the effectiveness of the music and voiceovers, and more. The Judges give awards that are divided by skill levels and excellence of performance within those different skill levels.
Workmanship judging is optional. It takes place in the masquerade backstage area before the show begins. It allows the workmanship judges to consider exceptional accomplishment in crafting costumes, props, and accessories. This is the place where exquisite attention to detail is recognized.
During the judging process, there is a halftime presentation. During the halftime there will be an opportunity for taking photos, special announcements, and the announcement of next year's confirmed Guests of Honor, after which the masquerade awards will be presented. You will miss a lot of great things of you leave early, so please stay until the end and applaud the winners.
The Norwescon Masquerade is not broadcast live over the Norwescon TV channels, there is a tape delay to allow for an increase in broadcast quality.
Onions and Roses is a panel held right after closing ceremonies on Sunday. At this panel the convention membership provide feedback both positive (roses) and negative (onions) to the Norwescon Chairman and Convention Services Director.
Opening Ceremonies are held at 7 p.m. on Thursday night of the convention. They are an excellent way to catch a first glimpse of our Guests of Honor as well as find out who is on the Executive Team this year.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society sponsors the award and the Northwest Science Fiction Society and Norwescon sponsor the award ceremony. For more information on the award, see: http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
The first time the PK Dick Award was presented at Norwescon was at Norwescon 7 to William Gibson for Neuromancer. See your Pocket Program for the location and time of this year's ceremony. Please note that this event is broadcast in real time via ustream. It is also recorded for later viewing. This broadcast may or may not include shots of the crowd.
The single pattern contest focuses on wearable art pieces created from a preselected pattern. Each year the contest coordinator selects a pattern, which often ties in with the convention's theme. The entrants then create their designs prior to the convention. Entrants show their creations at the Single Pattern Contest Fashion Show. In addition to the Judges Awards, there
is also a Fan Favorite Award that is given based on votes received from the audience.
If you would like information on entering future Single Pattern Contests watch the Norwescon website or register for the Norwescon eNewsletter.
Each year in Grand Ballroom Three a different event is held for the fun and entertainment of our membership. The Sunday Special Event for Norwescon 36 will be a Non-profit Fair. Join several of our local not-for-profit companies and learn about their plans to Save the World! Wander through the Grand Ballroom and visit their tables to discover various charitable organizations and explore many new ways to help our planet and those of us who live here. See your Pocket Program for the exact times for this event.
The Cloak Room is located in Wing 7, room 7101. See the Pocket Program or online guide for hours of operation. This is a free service provided by the convention for the use of convention members. The Cloak Room is for temporary storage of parcels, coats, and bags, and is not meant as a substitute hotel room or food locker. Please make other arrangements for inappropriate items. We reserve the right to refuse any article.
Norwescon is not responsible for items left in the Cloak Room. Use of the room is at your own risk. We suggest that before you place your items in the room, you make certain to understand the hours the room will be open. There is a 25¢ charge for lost claim tags.
The nerve centers of the convention are the Convention Offices located in Wing 7. The main Convention Office is located in room 7106 while the Convention Security Office is in 7108. You can find one of these open all hours of the day to help iron out any wrinkles you may encounter.
Norwescon's official Daily 'Zine carries news, schedule updates, and entertainment. After 9:00 am, copies of the 'zine can be found in numerous locations throughout the convention.
As always, news, information, and other tidbits, from members of the con, are welcome and strongly encouraged. Boxes for your submissions are placed at some of the distribution points around the con. Items left by 10 pm will be eligible to be included in the next day's edition.
In addition to the pocket program, Norwescon provides access to the information online via guidebook. Guidebook is userfriendly on iPhones, Android phones, Blackberries, and any other devices that you might use. There is a native app for iPhone and Android and a mobile web app for everything else. Access it via guidebook.com/getit
Information about the convention, the hotel, and the local area can be found at the Information Table, which is located in the convention lobby, across from Registration. If you have questions after the Information Table closes, you can go to the Convention Office in room 7106 or the Security Office in room 7108.
The Lost & Found is located in 7108, Convention Security. If you lose something during the convention, be sure to check both with the convention's Lost & Found, and with the hotel. If it does not turn up right away, check back on Sunday afternoon; sometimes things take a little while to be discovered and filter in.
Unclaimed articles left in the Cloak Room after 4 p.m. on Sunday, will go into the hotel's Lost & Found, or will go home with Norwescon's Lost & Found Manager. Determination of which location items will be placed will depend on their nature; luggage and like items with the hotel's Lost & Found, miscellaneous objects and small items with the Norwescon Lost & Found. Again, be sure to check with both the convention and the hotel's Lost & Found departments for items that you may have misplaced during the convention.
After the convention, inquiries about lost items can be made to info@norwescon.org or P.O. Box 68547, Seattle, WA 981680547. Inquiries should also be made with the hotel. Lost items will be kept until July 1 of the convention year. After that date, any unclaimed items will be auctioned at the Volunteer Picnic, with the proceeds going to the Northwest Science Fiction Society (NWSFS).
SEE RULES AND POLICIES: Weapons Policy
Norwescon recognizes that the future of convention attendees and volunteering staff will come from the teens currently attending the convention with their parents. In an effort to give you, our younger members, the opportunity to gain firsthand experience, and a behind the scenes look into the world of conventions, Norwescon implemented the "Teen Runner" program. If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, and you are looking for things to do at the convention, stop by Volunteers and try your hand in helping out as a Runner. There are jobs in areas such as: Registration, Technical Services, Office Service, Volunteers, Masquerade, and Dispatch that have jobs, suitable for teenagers and are vital to the convention.
The Voodoo Message Board is taking a break this year while we ponder its usefulness and possible replacement. Please send comments/feedback to clubtables@norwescon.org.
Norwescon runs on volunteers ̶ without them there would be no convention. As such, everybody is encouraged to volunteer at the convention for a few hours. There are many things that you can volunteer for that still let you attend certain events. As a bonus, volunteers who have helped at any time during the con have early entry into the Masquerade; may attend a special event arranged for them; are invited to a post-con party during the summer; may be entered in drawings for special gifts; *and *receive tokens to show our appreciation. Go to the Volunteer Table in the convention lobby or the Volunteer Office and sign up for a shift (or two, or three, or four, or five).
The volunteer office does not provide babysitting. Minors may volunteer with permission of their parent/guardian/designee but should not be dropped off at the office without a specific purpose. In the event that child care is needed, The DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport has a relationship with Best Sitters, Inc.; more information on Best Sitters can be found at 206-6822556.
The hotel shuttle can transport you to SeaTac International Airport, the light rail station and the Hilton. Check with the Concierge for availability, departure, and return times.
The pool and hot tub are open to hotel guests 24 hours a day and can be accessed with a hotel room key. The pool and hot tub will be closed for scheduled cleaning and maintenance during part of the day. Please read the pool and hot tub rules posted in that area. The rules must be obeyed if we want to keep this area open for the weekend.
High speed internet (DSL) access is available in all guest rooms during Norwescon for a fee. Please call the hotel front desk for access.
By agreement Maxi's Lounge is open Friday and Saturday nights for the exclusive use of Norwescon 36 attendees. Maxi's provides an exciting space for all attendees over 21 (with ID and NWC badge) to drink, eat, dance and hang out. It is open both Friday and Saturday night starting at 9:00 p.m. and closes at 2:00 a.m. To enter Maxi's lounge during the hours of operation you must be recognizable as the person on your ID - no masks or feature-obscuring makeup. Please be aware that the entire 14^th^ floor is only available for members 21 and older as of 8:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday nights.
The Hotel has a monitored parking system. There are four entry gates into the hotel parking lot. Tickets are dispensed at each gate and payment is made as you leave or in one of the marked kiosk in the hotel lobby. Off-site parking is available nearby as well.
The first car registered to each hotel room is free.
Any additional cars registered to the same hotel room are charged $8.00 per day and receive in/out privileges.
Attendees who drive to the convention, but do not stay at the hotel, will be charged $8.00 per 24-hour day with NO in/out privileges.
Motorcycles are charged the same convention rate of $8.00 per 24-hour day. There are no special motorcycle parking spaces and a standard parking space must be used.
If you are pulling a trailer and use more than one space, the parking fee will be based on the number of parking stalls you use.
Handicapped parking stalls are charged the same convention rate of $8.00 per day.
Parking is always limited at Norwescon. Do not park in fire lanes. Do not park in spaces marked for those with disabilities unless you have a valid handicap permit. Only park in marked parking spaces. Vehicles parked in unauthorized areas (including that which is set aside for reserved parking spaces) will be towed. Please park legally and walk the distance rather than parking where you should not. There are many parking lots in the area and some provide transport to and from the airport and hotel.
THE COFFEE GARDEN: The Coffee Garden offers a comfortable, casual dining area, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a straightforward approach to American cuisine and express buffet. The Coffee Garden is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m..
SEAPORTS: Seaports Restaurant and Lounge offers fine dining in a comfortable Norwescon atmosphere. Open daily for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.. Please be aware that between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Seaports offers a limited menu.
ESPRESSO CART: espresso drinks, coffee, juice, soft drinks, cookies and pastries. The Espresso cart is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.
MAXI'S LOUNGE: Maxi's Lounge offers a venue for convention members 21 and older to drink, eat, dance, and socialize with other adults. Open Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.. Please be aware that the entire 14^th^ floor is only available for members 21 and older as of 8:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday nights.
13 Coins - 18000 International Blvd. (206-243-9500)
Five minute walk north of hotel. Serving up hearty fare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Denny's - 18623 International Blvd. (206-248-1558)
Across the road from our hotel. Open 24 hours.
Dave's Diner and Brew - 19204 International Blvd. (206-277-7196)
Diner open 6 am - 10 pm; Lounge open until 2 am, 2 minute walk. Classic diner food.
Jack-In-The-Box - 2840 South 188th (206-244-6293)
Across International Blvd. from our hotel. Open 24 hours.
Masae's Teriyaki - 19021 International Blvd. (206-241-6231)
South on International Blvd. from the hotel, just past the Days Inn. Japanese food. Not open Sunday.
Sharp's Roaster & Ale House - 18427 International Blvd. (206-241-5744) Across from hotel.
Features rotisserie chicken, baby back ribs, smoked meats, and American food. Sunday -- Thursday 11 am -- midnight; Friday -- Saturday 11 am -- 12:30 am.
Subway - 18613 International Blvd. (206-436-8570)
In the WallyPark across from the hotel. Sandwiches and salads. Thursday - Friday 7 am - midnight; Saturday 8 am - midnight;
Sunday 9 am - midnight.
Taco Bell - 18812 International Blvd. (206-243-8171)
Across 188th from the hotel. 9:00 am -- 10:00 pm.
7-11 - 20008 International Boulevard (206-824-3984)
South on International Blvd. from our hotel, just past the Day's Inn.
7-11 - 3120 S 176th St (206-242-4559)
North on International Blvd. from our hotel and right on 176th. Near the Hilton
Costco - 1160 Saxon Drive (206-575-9191)
15 minute drive east of hotel. Open Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 8:30 pm; Saturday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Costco membership required.
Tukwila Trading Company - 3725 S. 144th St. (206-242-5290)
Open 6:00 am - 10:00 pm. In the location of the former Larry's Market, they carry many of the same types of products.
Safeway - 4011 S. 164th (206-244-2567)
Includes a Deli, Bakery, Pharmacy, Starbucks, Video, and Liquor departments.
There is an ATM in the hotel lobby. There is a Chase bank at the north end of the parking lot it is a full-service bank with ATM. Both the Tukwila Trading Company and Safeway listed above have bank facilities and or ATMs.
Attach your badge to the outside of your outfit. It saves you from having to fish it out when asked by door guards or convention security.
Remember to carry your identification (driver's licenses, state identification, etc.) with you at all times. Identification is required at the hotel bars and room parties. Also, remember to bring money or your credit card ̶ you never know when you will see something you want in the Dealers' Room or the Art Show.
Note: You may be asked to provide your identification for entry into events and panels labeled "A" for adult or 18+ with ID.
Without your ID you may be refused entry.
Floor 14 is limited to members 21+ with photo ID from 8:00 p.m. -- 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night; carry your ID or you might have to make the elevator journey twice.
Carry the Pocket Program with you so that you know what's happening and where to find it. Highlight the panels you want to attend so that you don't miss them.
Check out the online schedule and calendar; sync the appropriate one with your smart phone.
Pick up a Daily 'zine every morning to see what is happening that day and to learn of any changes to the daily schedule.
Check out the Voodoo Message Board daily to see if you have messages.
Stop by Hospitality to see who you know and who you want to know.
Smile and say "Hi" to the people around you! You never know who is standing next to you. They may be the next big author or artist. Then you can say "I knew them when ..."
Volunteer, it's a great way to get to know people.
Save the World!
Norwescon 36 wil be March 28-31 2013
Join the ConCom
Join Our Mailing List!
NWC36 Guests of Honor
Becoming a Panelist
Outreach
Norwescon 36 (2013) Pre-registration is now open!
The cost for a full-weekend membership is $55 through December 31st. Rates will increase in January of 2013. Register today for the best rate!
Convention Registration* Hotel (room) Reservations**
*We offer a $5 discount for Northwest Science Fiction Society (NWSFS) members. Visit them at www.nwsfs.org
** A deposit equal to the cost of one room night will be charged at the time of reservation; this charge will be fully refundable until Friday, December 28, 2012. For more information on this new policy, please see this weblog post.
Volunteering!
Every year hundreds of people come together to make Norwescon a success. Last year, 142 attendees donated a total of 620 hours of their time in between the panels and events they attended, to help keep the convention running smoothly. This averages to just over 4 hours per member.
As you begin to plan your convention experience for this next year, please consider giving back to the convention a little of your time.So whether you have 30 minutes to spare, or a few hours to kill, come on down to the volunteer lounge and lend a hand. It's what makes Norwescon such a success every year!
Thank you,
Elana
Head of Volunteers
volunteers@norwescon.org
GAMING: The Scheduled Gaming signup forms are already on the website, so if you want to run a card or board game (or many) fill out the form. We have upgraded GM status this year for those who qualify by signing up early. We are also looking for volunteers to staff the gaming room during the convention.
EXTENDED GAMING: We are looking for:
---- ATTENTION TECHNICAL PEOPLE! Are you a DJ or are you thinking about becoming one?We are looking for DJs and dance instructors and are especially hoping to find a young person to run our "Under 21" dance on Friday night during the convention. We are looking for lighting technicians! Special events has several events that need light board masters and spotlight operators.Please contact as ASAP at specialevents@norwescon.org and let your lighting skills shine.(Pun intended, sorry.)
QUEER EYE FOR THE CON-GOER (or similar LGBT mixer): We are seeking someone to run this event this year.If you have an interest or know someone that might, let us know or come to the October meeting.
GENERAL STAFF: Special Events needs a huge number of staff members this year and we have multiple exciting positions open (in addition to the ones listed above).
Come and join us!We are SPECIAL!
Norwescon is a science, science fiction and fantasy convention that takes place on Easter Weekend each year. We are an all-volunteer organization and always have room for more dedicated volunteers. Without members, though, there would be no reason to hold a convention; thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Norwescon Publications Team
Norwescon 36 (2013)
Save the World!
Norwescon 36 wil be March 28-31 2013
GoH Lineup
Join the ConCom
Special Events
nwcMUSIC Event
Join Our Mailing List!
NWC36 Guests of Honor
Volunteering
Outreach
Norwescon 36 (2013) Pre-registration is now open!
The cost for a full-weekend membership is $55 through December 31st. Rates will increase in January of 2013. Register today for the best rate!
Convention Registration* Hotel (room) Reservations**
*We offer a $5 discount for Northwest Science Fiction Society (NWSFS) members. Visit them at www.nwsfs.org
** A deposit equal to the cost of one room night will be charged at the time of reservation; this charge will be fully refundable until Friday, December 28, 2012. For more information on this new policy, please see this weblog post.
Norwescon 36 Guests of Honor
There have been a couple of changes to this year's guests!
Lee Moyer is our Artist Guest of Honor. www.leemoyer.com
Terry Brooks will be joining us as well. www.terrybrooks.net
More information coming soon!
Volunteering!
Every year hundreds of people come together to make Norwescon a success. Last year, 142 attendees donated a total of 620 hours of their time in between the panels and events they attended, to help keep the convention running smoothly. This averages to just over 4 hours per member.
As you begin to plan your convention experience for this next year, please consider giving back to the convention a little of your time.So whether you have 30 minutes to spare, or a few hours to kill, come on down to the volunteer lounge and lend a hand. It's what makes Norwescon such a success every year!
Thank you,
Elana
Head of Volunteers
volunteers@norwescon.org
GAMING: The Scheduled Gaming signup forms are already on the website, so if you want to run a card or board game (or many) fill out the form. We have upgraded GM status this year for those who qualify by signing up early. We are also looking for volunteers to staff the gaming room during the convention.
EXTENDED GAMING: We are looking for:
---- ATTENTION TECHNICAL PEOPLE! Are you a DJ or are you thinking about becoming one?We are looking for DJs and dance instructors and are especially hoping to find a young person to run our "Under 21" dance on Friday night during the convention. We are looking for lighting technicians! Special events has several events that need light board masters and spotlight operators.Please contact as ASAP at specialevents@norwescon.org and let your lighting skills shine.(Pun intended, sorry.)
QUEER EYE FOR THE CON-GOER (or similar LGBT mixer): We are seeking someone to run this event this year.If you have an interest or know someone that might, let us know or come to the October meeting.
GENERAL STAFF: Special Events needs a huge number of staff members this year and we have multiple exciting positions open (in addition to the ones listed above).
Come and join us!We are SPECIAL!
nwcMUSIC Play Event
I am hosting an nwcMUSIC event on October 28th, from 2-8pm. It's a play event at the house - what filkers call a house filk, similar to what hiphop calls a cypher. It's not entirely unlike an Irish session, for the traditionalists.
It's a gathering for everybody who wants to come out and take turns playing/performing. There's no stage, and no audience - well, no specific one, anyway. People come hang out together; there'll be a circle of chairs, everybody plays. And that's the point: participation. Doing it for the fun of doing it.
It's also going to be a bit of a preview of nwcMUSIC and Norwescon, with flyers and such; there's a good chance that a number of nwcMUSIC attending professionals will put in an appearance.
I really want this to be beyond the normal sort of house filk, or even the normal cypher, even though both of those are really cool. I want this to be a crossover event, because in the end, what nwcMUSIC is about. The reason I do this event is participatory culture, and the gathering of the geek tribes Norwescon has always been - moreso, still, than any other convention in Seattle.
And I don't see why we can't do that for geekmusic, too! So:
When: Sunday, October 28th, 2pm-8pm.
Where: Kenmore, Washington
Bus service: 10 minute walk
RSVP to: music@norwescon.org to garner address and directions
We have cats, and used to have birds, but will run a HEPA filter to help with that. There is a flight of stairs up to our front door, but they're wide. Once you're up here, everything you need is on one level.
- Dara
Norwescon is a science, science fiction and fantasy convention that takes place on Easter Weekend each year. We are an all-volunteer organization and always have room for more dedicated volunteers. Without members, though, there would be no reason to hold a convention; thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Norwescon Publications Team
Norwescon 36 (2013)
January 2014
Art Show Report 2
Art Show Awards 3
Convention Srv 4
Hotel Report 4
Programming 5
Movie Previews 5
Registration 6
Special Events 6
Masquerade 8-9
Single Pattern 10
Personnel 11
Member Srv 12
Business 13
Publications 13
As we wrap up Norwescon 36, I can only tell you how I feel. It was my first Norwescon as Chairman and I was nervous going into the con, but I can say with absolute conviction that we had a great con. The Norwescon ConCom is the hardest working group of volunteers that anyone could ask for. Both the execs that Brad and I had the honor of hand-picking and their staff worked hard and put on an excellent convention for everyone. It seems too little to just say, "thank you" for your hard work. We wouldn't be the con we are without all of you.
The chairman oversees everything, but there are some departments that are directly under the Chair. They are: Guest of Honor Banquet, charitable events, elections, Google administration, info manager, Phillip K. Dick Event, and EMP liaison. I had a great staff in charge of these and I want to thank them all for their dedicated work.
Ali Grieve picked a fabulous meal and put together the Guest of Honor Banquet on Thursday. People really liked the option to pick which Guest of Honor (GoH) they sat with. Every GoH spoke and we gave them plaques to commemorate their time at Norwescon 36. We also had representatives from our charities speak. Phillip Buff was in charge of charitable events and he did a super job arranging for them to be at the dinner. It was very entertaining and informative. If you missed it, please make sure to buy your tickets early for the Norwescon 37 Guest of Honor Banquet. Who wouldn't want to sit with any of our NWC 37 GoHs?
Phillip Buff also did an amazing job organizing and working with our charities and getting donations. He arranged for the three artists from the NW College of Art and Design that were competing for the Norwescon scholarship to come to the convention for the first time. He and Brad Nelson solicited donations from the Dealers' Room and the dealers gave very generously. We had a can countdown in the lobby for Northwest Harvest, and attendees could also donate when they bought their membership. All in all, we had a very generous year for our charities and we couldn't have done it without Phillip and everyone who donated.
Another event under the Chair is the Philip K. Dick Awards. It was run by William Sadorus, and fabulously, I might add. We had five of the seven nominees at Norwescon this year, which is a record for us. It was quite inspiring to hear the authors read from their nominated books. Thank you to all the authors, The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, NWSFS, and Gordon Van Gelder.
I would like to thank Pearl Young and Shannon Hillinger for Google administration and info management respectively. Pearl is always in the background making sure the aliases work and we can access the Google docs. I'm not even sure what all she does,but boy, can she do it well. Shannon is the lovely voice of the info alias. When you have a question, she has an answer or finds someone to give you one. She is quick to answer and always polite. These two do a very important job for us and I really appreciate it.
Elections is another very important department for Norwescon. I can't thank Doug Booze enough for stepping up and running it for me. He did a fabulous job. Everything ran smoothly and as it should.
Last, but not least of my departments, is EMP liaison. I'd like to thank Pat and Doug Booze for interfacing with the EMP to strengthen our connection with them. We are privileged to support the EMP, and hopefully let other science fiction and fantasy fans know we are here through our sponsorship of things like The Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival. Pat and Doug also worked with Locus, and we were a proud sponsor of the Locus Awards this summer. Thank you both for doing all this on top of your other Norwescon jobs.
I wouldn't have had time to focus on my departments if my Vice Chair, Brad Nelson, wasn't there to take some of the weight of the con. Brad was always funny and supportive. I really enjoyed working with him. Thank you so much for making my first year as chair successful.
The same thank you goes to all my execs. You held Norwescon together and oversaw every aspect of it. You worked together and you worked hard. I know Brad and I both thank you for the wonderful job you did.
I would be remiss without thanking our honored guests, pros, lifetime members, and attendees, without whom we would have no convention. I have learned a lot about Norwescon this year from all of you, and I look forward to putting what I learned to the test for Norwescon 37. Thank you all, and I look forward to seeing you next year.
An extra special thanks to my family for putting up with all the time I spent on Norwescon stuff. Thanks for letting me do it again another year!
Peggy Stewart, Norwescon Chair
We hope that you all had a chance to come by the Art Show to see the art and possibly take some home with you. We had a great time in the Art Show this year and we hope that you did too.
Along with registration, we also launched our new art show program. Based on feedback and how things ran, the launch of the new program went very well. However, as with all new things, we will be fine tuning it over the summer to make the Art Show even better for Norwescon 37.
We would like to thank our hardworking staff for everything that they did to make this a successful year; we could not have done any of this without them. We also want to thank the artists for participating in our show. We had a great lineup with 88 artists participating this year, giving us an amazing variety of great art.
And of course we would like to thank Lee Moyer for being our Artist Guest of Honor. He was a tremendous guest, and his generosity with the membership and in sharing his wonderful art with us was the focal point of the show.
We hope to see you all again next year.
Doug and Pat Booze, Norwescon Art Show
The Norwescon Art Show is proud to announce this year's winners, and would like to thank all of our artists for their outstanding contributions to this years show
Best in Show -- Lee Moyer: Theora
1st place -- Stephanie Pui-mun Law: Firefly Hunters
2nd place -- Heather Hudson: Out of the Closet
3rd place -- Theresa Lee Halbert: Guardian of Avalon
Best Color -- Mark Tedin: Chaos Orb 2013
Best Black & White -- Julie Baroh: Faerie Wasponry
Best Mixed Media -- Michael Duquette: Nazca Machine
Best 3D -- Gabe Marquez: Uberlopz
Best Textile -- Sandfra Ackley: The Navigator
Best Jewelry - Squirrel: Naboo
GoH Pick -- Claire Hummel
Best of Show -- Lee Moyer: Theora
Best Humor -- Robin Kaplan: Tea Rex
Best Science Fiction - Jeff Sturgeon: Essence of Humanity
Best Fantasy -- Aimee Stewart: The Dreaming Tree
Best Horror -- Cat Grey: Robert
Best 3D -- Butch Honeck: Teeter Totter Twins
Best Jewelry -- Katherine Howes: Weeping Garden
We would also like to thank this year's panel of judges, Betty Bigelow and Don Lacky, for their generous time and knowledge in helping judge this year's show.
We are proud to announce that this year's scholarship has been awarded to Leanna Dunn. This is Leanna's second year of participating in the scholarship process and is also her second win. We would like to congratulate her, and hope that she has a bright and successful future. We would also like to thank the other two participants, Kelsea Dill and Michael Young. They both presented outstanding work and received great praise from our membership.
I would like to thank all the volunteers who helped out; I could not have done it without you. I enjoyed working with you. Thank you Rob and Becky for your hard work and support. I look forward to working with you again*.*
Lydia, NWC36 Staff Support Lead
The convention services department had a wonderful year. I believe that this convention was one of the best ones I have ever been a part of, and all of it is due to the people who work hard for me and for this convention. I am in the unique position of having several exec level departments report to me during the convention, in addition to my own staff and volunteers. I would like to thank all of them for all of their hard work before and during the convention. My team, convention services, consists of office services, security and communications, event services, the Cloakroom and last but not least, transportation.
My team did a great job! Thank you to each and every one of you for all your hard work.
If you'd like to be part of the Norwescon 37 convention services team, please send an email of interest to conservices@norwescon.org as soon as possible.
Joshua Keegan, Convention Services Director
This last year there was a major change in reserving your hotel room: the implementation of the one night deposit. Norwescon apologizes for the additional financial burden this deposit placed on our members. However, instituting the deposit helped resolve a number of issues that affected the DoubleTree, Norwescon, and our members. It pushed back when we sold out the hotel by a month. It dramatically cut down the number of last minute room cancellations. One positive thing we heard on Sunday was that many enjoyed the "lower" bill when they checked out (as they had paid part of it up front).
As we have cut down the amount of last minute cancellations, the hotel agreed to increase the room block for Norwescon 37. Hopefully this will allow more of you to stay at the hotel at the convention rate.
For those of you who need the party suites, further information about availability and how to request them can be found on the website at http://www.norwescon.org/nwc37/hotel/hotel-suite-request/
Shawn Marier, Hotel Liaison
Norwescon Hotel Liaison
It has been a delight serving Norwescon 36 as programming director. As a relatively new member of ConCom and a brand new executive, I had a lot to learn and had a blast doing so. I couldn't have pulled it all together without my wonderful and dedicated staff. Including the panelists, more than 260 people came together in my department to make this convention a success--and aside from our Guests of Honor, every single one of them was a volunteer.
We also had a truly massive number of events this year: 368.5 hours of panels and presentations, 32 hours of readings, 38 hours of writers' workshop critiques, 26 hours of music and live performances, 143.5 hours devoted to the Special Events department, and another 43 hours of other events like banquets, socials, and receptions, for a grand total of 651 hours of events on the schedule.
The programming department starts with a clean slate every year, and everyone has to be rehired--panelists, track leads, and execs included. Changing the lineup from year to year helps us keep our content fresh and exciting, but some departments have higher turnover than others: the music track, for example, aims for a performer turnover rate of 80% or more! And as we regularly have around three times as many panelists to choose from as we have slots to fill, it's always a good idea to tell us (or remind us) if you're interested!
If you have ideas for new panels, or you want to throw your name in the hat for a staff or panelist position next year, the programming department starts hiring again in the summer. Staff positions will start to be filled in July or August, panelist invitations go out around September or October, and we solicit panel and presentation ideas from August until around Thanksgiving--and then it's time to start setting the schedule! You can reach us through our contact page, submit a panel suggestion, or view the programming page for more info as things develop throughout the year.
Loree Parker, Programming Director
For our eighth year, we worked hard to find the perfect balance of previews to show and news to tell, and the comments we've been getting suggest we got it just right. This year, our five hours of programming time (spread amongst three "shows") were seen by 305 people. Based on a 10% repeat rate we believe we served approx. 275 unique members, 9% of our membership! This is less than last year when we had a Saturday show, but on average with other "three show" years.
With Alan Halfhill's peerless technical direction and our knack for presenting information our members are interested in, we believe the Movie Previews will continue to be the most popular panel programming at Norwescon.
Keith Johnson & Alan Halfhill, Movie Previews
As you know, we inaugurated a new registration system for Norwescon 36. It was a learning experience for all of us. Despite the learning curve it was a great success and will work much more smoothly next year with what we've learned.
I want to thank the hardworking IT team who tore down and reset the layout of the registration area Thursday night after we found out that the one we had set up didn't work the way we wanted. Thanks to Jason, Richard, Jonathan, Zack, James, and Drew for the set up, and to CP and Alexis for the training. Jeri Lynn kept the art show computers going. The Convention Master support from Tank, Kay, and Aloha was awesome.
The registration team was outstanding and kept their cool during a very frustrating and extremely busy Thursday, and throughout the rest of the weekend. Special thanks to Mindy and Karen, who we had to force to leave at times. Outstanding kudos to Drew, Jeff, Diane, Arlene, and James: we could not have made it without you. A special thanks to William, our boss, for his support and keeping his calm when everything around him was chaos.
I want to thank the volunteers department for sending us people every time we asked. Especially for Conde and Chris who answered our appeals for help so many times that I felt that they were part of the registration staff.
Thanks to lobby services for your help in directing the people into the new traffic pattern for registration. Thanks, Jeanine and Scotty.
2,869 people picked up their badges on Thursday through Sunday.
Wednesday | 109 |
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Thursday | 1,271 |
Friday | 759 |
Saturday | 396 |
Sunday | 178 |
Total Reg @ Con | 2,713 |
Special Passes | 156 |
Warm Bodies @ Con | 2,869 |
Thank you to everyone for making Norwescon 36 a great convention.
Sally Woehrle, Head of NWC36 Registration
Everything went smoothly for open gaming except for the Magic Tournament, which was on-again/off-again in the planning stages due to requirements from WoTC. The rules and regulations should be hammered out well in advance for next year if it is run again. The website signup forms worked excellently, but Bryan has several suggested changes to make it easier to schedule and track them.
LARP groups need to sign up earlier in the year. There were issues with the layout (furniture in the Rotunda) that were caused by coming in late and not having layouts prepared in time to get them to the hotel. Consider allowing the groups Grand 3 on Sunday if they need more space. The Rotunda's low ceiling (and foot traffic) can be limiting.Scheduled gaming was very successful this year and had excellent results using the website forms from last year. Bryan has suggested some modifications for next year to make it easier to keep track of the games and times. "Adult only" gaming was attempted and was also successful, but it meant locking teens out of one of the few late-night places open for them to congregate. I suggest moving adult after-hours gaming to a separate room next year and leave scheduled gaming open for everyone. Cascade 9 and 10 worked well for gaming, but make sure there is access for persons with disabilities.
The arcade machines were only placed in strategic places for NWC36. Consider opening a room for them again, but with more supervision than they had at NWC35.
All of the dances were well attended. One suggestion was for the online song-request form to allow selection of which dance to be optional - many attendees just wanted the song played and did not want to narrow it down to a time. For NWC37: consider breaking up the "Under-21" dance and possibly extending it. Have an "Under-13 dance for the younger kids and then raise the age to 13 and over at 9pm for the teens to have a livelier dance with more modern music (and without danger of trampling the tots).
The poker tournament was not held for Norwescon 36 due to a lack of available dealers.
Lazer Tag was as popular as usual. There was a suggestion to make a specific time for the younger players (possibly coordinate with children's programming and host it in Olympic 1?) and there was only one evening Lazer Tag, so increase the night events if possible. Bring back a more even balance between the wand and gun versions of the game. There seems to be an known issue of the hotel Wi-Fi interfering with the game unless the doors are closed--please note that for next year. The video rules were a great idea and gave all newcomers a chance to learn important information without requiring a staff member to explain them over and over.
The Fannish Fetish Fashion Show (FFFS) was extremely successful this year. Richard's organizational skills were highly appreciated and the Facebook page is earning "likes" on a daily basis, even after the convention. We suggest hiring dedicated "FFFS liaison" staff positions - each person should be assigned to a designer and would be responsible for providing the designers and models with vital information such as hotel rules, where to go at what time, and what NOT to touch in Grand 3 in order to alleviate some of the chaos and confusion, especially backstage prior to the event. Consider finding a dedicated space for them to rehearse prior to the show (the Salon was too small and there was no sound availability - consider Maxi's Ballroom?) as Grand 3 is unavailable due to the Philip K. Dick Award ceremony. The photographers did a great job backstage, but they were sometimes in the way. We are not sure if there is a way to create a dedicated "photo area" for backstage, but we should definitely look into it. Ditto an "air station" for the blower machine - and label it with instructions. Please add to the NWC37 budget to get new makeup mirrors for both the FFFS and the Masquerade. As the FFFS were rehearsing from early afternoon on, many of the performers and stage crew did not eat - add more protein or actual meals to the Grand 3 request (7pm) or have the special events Director provide more solid snacks - boiled eggs, jerky, sliced deli meats, etc. as many of the models and crew will not leave the room until 11pm. Also, to add to the Master Schedule for both the FFFS and Masquerade, please have security introduce key crew members and let everyone know where they will be stationed during the event - it is nearly impossible to find them in the dark without prior knowledge of where/who they are seeking. Also explain who is responsible for cleanup backstage after the event. We needed a ridiculous number of badges this year and would like to propose special "event passes" to Registration for people (such as the models) who plan to attend a single event at the convention and then depart. It would cut down greatly on the number of day passes.
The midnight movies reported no blips or concerns. The Rocky Horror group had several members from the Tacoma group and they seem to be bringing in new members on their own.
The Friday Stealth and Tracking game was very well attended and the new "free-for-all" and "respawn" rules were appreciated by the players. The long time span (10am to 4pm) was difficult for the mods, so consider shortening the playing time. Starting at noon might have better participation. Also suggest a meeting room for the final: there was some confusion about location. Rules should be explained in detail: there were a couple of complaints about players concealing their tokens, and also being too rough during gameplay. Emphasize that players will be disqualified for *any *complaints from non-players. Seeding the tokens amongst the staff members was a great idea and the younger players had a great time "stalking" potential victims.
The Masquerade had 19 participants this year. The movie previews were pulled and in place was an open "photo op" for the audience to take pictures of the participants. Unfortunately, this was not well coordinated ahead of time. Upon exiting to the lobby photo area, many participants stayed much longer than they should have. Next year we will need dedicated guides to lead the participants to the photo op area, allow them a certain amount of time, and then return them to Grand 3 in time for the presentation of the awards. They will also need to pose in several directions on stage and ALSO out in the aisle so that audience members in the rear of the auditorium can take photos.
The MC was slightly green this year, but overall did an excellent job and was very enthusiastic. Please consider bringing him back, but note he is very hard to reach via electronic methods.
The lighting was better than NWC35, but still had several issues that did not appear during rehearsal. Consider hiring a dedicated FFFS and Masquerade lighting team that reports to Special Events and works closely with tech - we need someone who understands stage lighting and can work with performers. One lighting tech was found through the website job listing and he did a great job - work with tech to try and iron out the issues with lighting for all Grand 3 events.
New positions to hire for NWC37: A dedicated traffic manager for Grand 3 to make sure all performers are aware of where they are to go at all times, and also to make them aware of the rules and regulations of the space. There was damage to several curtains during NWC36 and having some "Do Not Do This" talks ahead of time would alleviate such occurrences. This position would be responsible for all movement into and out of the ballroom.
Please add "backstage requests" to the Masquerade sign-up forms.
Limit the number of photographers in the audience area - there were several altercations between audience members and photographers when they were repeatedly blocking views and behaving rudely.
The Disney Princess Retirement Home--Janet Borkowski, Orchid Cavett, Lisa Saherlund, Julie Zetterbery Surdo (Winners of Master Class - Presentation)
Catwoman--Erica Marr
Music of the Spheres--Diana Daniels (Winner of Best in Class - Journeyman)
Whovian Family--Thomas Leingang, Laura Kurr, Emma Kurr, Laci Kurr, Linny Kurr, Elliot Kurr
"Who Let the Dogs Out!" - Stella Dalmation6) Here to Save the World--Anita Taylor, David Tackett, Jonnalynn Prill, Melissa Quinn (Winner of Master Class - Workmanship), (Winner of Best in Show), (Winner of Best Use of Theme)
Here to Save the World—Anita Taylor, David Tackett, Jonnalynn Prill, Melissa Quinn (Winner of Master Class - Workmanship), (Winner of Best in Show), (Winner of Best Use of Theme)
Ariel and Ursula with a Hint of Steampunk-- Sharon Kingsford, Melissa Lambard
Original Gangman Style--Alicia Faires
Me and Mr. Nobody--Helga D'Andrea
Save the Cheerleader--Chris Corbitt
Starships are Meant to Fly--Lindie Schmidt
Who Do You Save the World From-- Shaylee Bell
Yankee Doodle Dandy--April Faires
Don't Blink--Leslee Fuller, Tristan Fuller, Scarlett Fuller (Winner of Novice Class - Presentation)
Pinkie Pie--Breanna Garnes-Lancaster
Vostroyan General--Curtis Bender (Winner of Novice Class - Workmanship), (Winner of Novice Class - Presentation)
Major David Duran--David Duran
Game of Thrones--The Calgary Costume Guild (Winner of Journeyman - Workmanship), (Winner of Journeyman - Presentation)
Something Wicked This Way Comes--Richard Stephens, Ciandi Patry, Tia Stephens (Winner of Master - Best in Class)
The Hall Costume Awards were handled by the BRCG and it was very successful, even though only two winners were willing to present their costumes on stage during the Masquerade. Definitely consider bringing back the BRCG liaison position next year.
LGBT Speed Dating (formerly Queer Eye for the Con-Goer) was a "cancelled/not cancelled" event that ended up being thrown together at the last minute. As such, the layout was not correct and had to be moved by the participants. "Queer" should be removed from the title of the event. Bisexuals expected to have homosexual and then heterosexual speed dating, or possibly concurrent speed dating. For the speed-dating event, it should be stated in the program that late comers will be out of luck - it is hard to add latecomers to the rotation. It was difficult for one person to run this event, so please give them an assistant next year, especially for speed-dating as it took too long for one person to tabulate the results (or consider requesting volunteers ahead of time). Posters announcing the event would increase participation.
Adult Quidditch was greatly missed this year. Consider putting it in Grand 3 at whatever time is available - space made it impossible for NWC36, although the kids' game was great in the Evergreens. Sunday morning is difficult due to exhaustion, but a one-hour game might be worth it for some last-minute fun before the con ends.
The scavenger hunt game was much more fun this year with participants required to take digital photos and explain why they chose the images they did.
Maxi's was extremely disappointing this year as our alcohol sales did not come close to allowing us a decent budgetary margin. Most feedback received points to the hotel being at fault here - the Pub Quiz and the music was very much liked, but patrons were unable to purchase drinks. There was not enough bar staff to accommodate, the drinks were very expensive and not of high quality, and there were no specialty drinks even though they were requested well in advance. As the hotel seems unwilling to work with us to make events in Maxi's successful, a Kickstarter or Indiegogo drive was suggested as a way to subsidize the cost of keeping Maxi's as a convention-only space. This would lessen our need to "sell sell sell" alcohol that that hotel cannot provide, and will allow us to schedule different events without the need to push our members to drink.
Cheryl Dyson, NWC36 Special Events Director
Congratulations to all of our single pattern contest entrants! Our members made some really fantastic re-usable shopping bags this year, mostly from stuff they had lying around their homes. We saw re-used shower curtains, repurposed clothing, and scraps from other costumes incorporated into some great bags. The winners are:
Best Workmanship - Tracey Plunkett
Best Use of Recycled/Repurposed Materials - Janice Mears
Judges' Choice - Tracey Plunkett
Fan Favorite - M J Parker
Sunny Jim, Single Pattern Contest
I really hope everyone enjoyed this year's Norwescon, because I know I did. I got to hang out with a great bunch of volunteers who worked more than 700 hours over the course of the convention, helping out wherever needed to make sure the convention ran smoothly. I also had the privilege of being the director of a great bunch of staff members who did extraordinary things to make my job so easy. As head of the Personnel department, I oversaw the staff that ran volunteers, Hospitality, and staff support.
Thanks to Tom, Miriam, Jerry and Tina for an amazing job in hospitality. It takes a lot of planning and hard work to feed over 3000 hungry fans; Tom and his team stepped up and hit the ball out of the park. If you had a chance to try Tom's pulled pork, you know what I mean. I
never saw Tom leave the hospitality room unless it was to go prep something for the next meal. The man loves to cook, and I think he really gets joy out of the happy folks who eat his food.
Thanks to Lydia and her staff, who helped feed the volunteers as well as the staff of Norwescon! She helped keep us fed which is not an easy task to do. The food they prepared was divine. If you volunteered this past year you can attest to this fact. If you didn't volunteer this past year, I suggest you do next year because I know Lydia is cooking up something special.
Elana, Kat, Shaylee, Starshadow, and Cora did a wonderful job of coordinating the flow of volunteers to make sure they were in the locations that needed the help. They all deserve a standing ovation for the amount of work you put in before and during the convention. It takes a lot to motivate folks to work over 700 hours during the course of the weekend. They all made it look easy and fun.
Shawna was my rock this past year and stepped in for me while I was stuck at my day job. Thank you. Shawna is going to be a great head of Personnel for Norwescon 37. We both send out thanks to Becky, for all of her help, knowledge, and ability to shop.
Remember next year when you see a volunteer- thank them for doing a great job. Better yet come on down to volunteers and sign up.
Thank you,
Rob Stewart, NWC36 Personnel Director
Well, it's that time of year again. Norwescon has come and gone in all its ephemeral glory. As we look forward to the next year's festivities, I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who came out and made this year such a success. As usual, there are literally scores of you who gave your time and energy to Norwescon through the volunteers department. You gave more than 700 hours in 5 days to help Norwescon be great! Thank you so much for everything you did to help out! You are a truly amazing group of people to give your time so generously. We hope you had as much fun as we did, and the volunteers department looks forward to seeing you at next year's convention!
Elana, NWC36 Volunteer Services Lead
Norwescon 36 was a fairly tough year for member services. After a roaring start, my friend and predecessor, Mindy Sherwood-Lewis had to step down mid-year due to health issues. She's doing fine now, but it was still an un-looked-to experience for me to fill the void she left and move forward with the group. The new registration system had to be vetted, adjusted, and put into use. Almost all of member services was affected by the new registration system and we're still fine tuning it for optimal operation. The member services team rose to the challenge and I can't praise them enough for all of their hard work and dedication.
I really want to call out and thank my department heads:
For the Art Show, Doug, Pat, and the rest of their staff were great! Through all the hiccups and workarounds, they kept their cool and put on one of the best Art Shows we've had in recent history. Thank you Doug and Pat!
In the Dealers' Room, Tracy was the calming and efficient influence that she always is. ... pssst... I love you Tracy... don't tell Charlie... Thanks a bunch for your expertise!
Sally's staff in Registration had their work cut out for them. In cooperation with Jason and Richard in IT and Jeanine and Scotty in lobby services, all the groups adapted to the new registration system, and managed to rebound from massive overload issues on Thursday. Talk about a stress test! The restructuring of the traffic flow and processing continued through the weekend but these three groups managed to solve the issues and improve the Registration experience. Sally, Jason, and Jeanine, you guys are wonderful!
Finally I want to say thanks to Karen and Mindy for their support and efforts to solve the problems and move member services forward. I couldn't have done it without you.
Be well, everyone! See you next year!
William Sadorus, NWC36 Member Services Director
For Norwescon 36, the business team did its part in trying to Save the World as we shifted more of our operation to be paperless. The new registration system helped with that, as did some new internal accounting measures that meant we spent less time recording actual paper trails
Financially, the picture for Norwescon 36 was about average. We had our first full year operating as 501(c)(3), which meant we did not pay federal income taxes. We were also able to net some neat donations. Look for more expansion in that arena in the next few years. We also continued our own charitable giving with gifts to Clarion West, Northwest Harvest, the EMP's Science Fiction Short Film Festival, the Locus Awards, and one lucky student from the Northwest College of Art. On the expense side, we tried to reign that in with some success. We will be trying harder in the next few years.
As a side note, neither figure below directly captures the cost of some of the hotel food and beverage events because we pay the hotel one lump sum, and then we have to manually break out the charges and assign them budget codes after the fact. And well, the business team is human. However, I will break out a specific example that is asked about a lot--Maxi's. For Maxi's, we had a beverage minimum to meet of $12,000. To break it out, Maxis cost us $8,848.34. This figure includes our drink ticket purchases as well as the attrition rate, which is the difference between what people purchased and the minimum. If you are curious as to what exactly was spent at the GOH banquet or the PK Dick Awards, please feel free to ask for more information.
The report below is as follows. First, you will see the big picture overview of net income, net expenses, and then expenditures by department. As a note, the expenditures by department will not directly add up to the net expenses because we do have a few expenses that do not line up under the departments. Second, you will see a report that attempts to break things out into different categories across departments but in a grouping that might be more similar to how you actually think about the money we spend at the convention. Included in this chart is a listing of the budget codes that comprise each grouping so that you can get a sense of how interdepartmental some of the spending is.
A final note before the numbers. You will notice that the final number is a rather large, scary negative number. However, it is important to place this number in perspective. That number includes an almost $22,000 capital expense. While it is important to note that we spent that money this year, it is also important to note that we would have been much closer to breaking even without those expenses. Capital expenses, especially this one, are not a frequent occurrence. Additionally, we unfortunately had to pay for some equipment damage this year. If both of these expenses were to be taken out, we would have made almost $4,000.
If the reports on the next page are not satisfying your fiscal itch, feel free to ask for more information.
Department | Budget Amount | Amount Spent |
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Chair | $19,845 | $19,297.01 |
Vice-Chair | $42,795 | $37,735.18 |
Business | $16,272 | $14,102.44 |
Member Services | $13,100 | $7,047.53 |
Publications | $37,820 | $31,496.61 |
Convention Services | $23,350 | $25,804.10 |
Programming | $11,350 | $10,981.13 |
Personnel | $7,260 | $7,236.30 |
Special Events | $2,510.00 | $1,168.03 |
Capital Expenses | $24,669 | $22,953.38 |
Totals: | $198,971 | $177,821.71 |
Net Income: | $157,770.47 |
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Net Expenditures\*: | $179,604.14 |
Grand Total: | ($21,833.67) |
*includes the above department totals plus bank charges, etc.
Income: | Amount | Budget Code |
---|---|---|
Memberships | $151,425.53 | 601 |
Dealer Room | $10,455 | 602 |
Art Show | $(9,711.65) | 500, 603, 501 |
Misc. Income | $5,531.59 | 750, 751, 752, 753, 755, 904 |
NWSFS Pass Through* | $70 | 599 |
Totals | $157,770.47 |
* Normally, this income would not still be reflected in our report as it is pass through income; however, we have not yet written their check.
Expenditures: | Amount | Budget Code |
---|---|---|
Hotel: Food and Space | $31,236.23 | 1110, 1149, 1150, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1156 |
Publications | $31,496.61 | Total from all codes |
Registration | $6,854.05 | 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3020 |
Art Show | $345.13 | 3007, 3008, 3009, 3018 |
Equipment Rental | $17,505.71 | 5002, 5009 |
Business Expenses | $9,800.74 | 5012, 2004, 2011, 1010 |
Legal/Professional Fees | $2,984.21 | 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018, 5008 |
GOH Travel and Per Diem | $7,283.65 | 6006, 6007 |
Food and Beverage | $7,402.78 | 7003, 7006, 7008, 7011, 7014, 7016, 6013, 6014 |
Charity | $9,593.50 | 700, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1032 |
KBTC Sponsorship | $0 | 1030 |
Capital Expense | $22,953.38 | 950 |
Misc. Expenses | $1,782.43 | |
Totals: | $149,238.42 |
Total Income: | $157,770.47 |
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Total Expenditures: | $179,604.14 |
Grand Total: | ($21,833.67) |
Three years as publications Director goes by very quickly. This year we had our challenges and our successes. A couple of technology items limited our ability to accomplish traditional tasks for the convention. The Norwescon 35 post-con report was not able to be mailed to members as their address information was not available. The Norwescon 36 program book did not include members names because the new registration system was not asking people for permission to publish their names. Both of these items have been corrected for Norwescon 37.
Publications has a large budget and a largish staff. We are responsible for just about all the printed items you see before, during, and after the convention. Also included is the website, photography, advertising, and online guide. If Iwere to itemize everything that we do, there wouldn't be enough space to thank the people who make it all possible, which would be a shame as showing our appreciation and giving feedback on how the convention year went is the main purpose of the post-con report each year.
Thanks to dQneil Kauffman, Gail McArthur, and Scott Douwes for graphic design. Rick and Vicky Bligh produced and distributed many, many signs throughout the convention for most departments. The crack editing team consisted of Philip Buff, Sika Holman, Mark Sebring, Kimberly Agbayani, Kevin Black, Sunny Jim, and Brian Pickett. Alexis Easterbrook-Lewis contributed her talents to the eNewsletter and Daily 'Zine. Michael Hanscom oversaw the photographers, as well as managed the website and social media. Thanks to the other members of the ConCom who got their information turned in for the various deadlines. A big high-five to those of you who turned it in on time.
It's been a great run, I'm sure the next person will set his or her shoulder to the wheel and Publications will keep rolling uphill.
Felice, NWC36 Publications Chair
www.norwescon.org/nwc37/memberships
Memberships:
The cost for a full-weekend (four day) membership is $70 through March 16, 2014. After March 16, you'll need to purchase your membership at the convention for $75, so register today for the best rate!
Youth 13-17
New this year, we are introducing a youth rate! Youth who will be aged 13-17 on the first day of the convention (April 17, 2014) can preregister for the flat $50 rate at any time until preregistration closes on March 16, 2014.
Children 12 and Under Children 12 and under may attend for free, but must have a permission slip on file in order to attend the convention. If you plan to bring children with you, you can save some time at registration by completing the form in advance and bringing it with you when you arrive.
Registration Hours:
Thursday noon-10pm Saturday 9am-10pm
Friday 9am-10pm Sunday 9am-5pm
100 Andover Park W Suite 150-165
Tukwila, WA 98188-2828
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E-mail: info@norwescon.org
The Pacific Northwest's Premiere Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
To seek the Grail! No, really Ascension + Return of the Fallen expansion, OSX Mountain Lion (?!? ) Noon - 3pm
Deck building card game. Will run several demos back to back to accommodate more playas.
Jacinda Phillips
PSS #3-07: Echoes of the Overwatched (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 4pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for Levels 1--5.
When a Pathfinder agent working in the famed Blakros Museum in Absalom falls victim to a terrible, ancient evil, it falls to the PCs to hunt down the released terror before it can retrieve a relic of the mad astronomer, Ralzeros the Overwatched.
PSS #4--07: Severing Ties (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 4pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
The Pathfinder Society has discovered a new Aspis Consortium base in the pirate city of Riddleport and sends a small team of agents to infiltrate the rival cell disguised as newly hired mercenaries from Magnimar. After proving their value to the Aspis Consortium by carrying out a number of tasks throughout the City of Cyphers, the Pathfinders can learn the location of one of the consortium's local allies and ensure that the support the Aspis Consortium is counting on from their friends won't come.
PSS Intro 2: First Steps---Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 4pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
You venture for the first time into the massive haunted dungeons beneath an abandoned siege tower in the deadly Cairnlands, where you will experience firsthand the true dangers of being a tomb-delving Pathfinder.
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 2pm - 6pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected, based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before, we are introducing new demo adventures.
Tanis Dragon
Wheel of Time Roleplaying Adventure, The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game (D20), D&D 3. 5 Open Game System 3pm - 6pm
Play in an adventure based in the world of The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game. PCs will be available based on characters in the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan. Play will be set during the first three books in the series, possibly using some characters and concepts from later novels in the series.
Kamal
**Lifeboat, Lifeboat **5pm - 8pm
Bummer. The ship sank. Now you're stuck on the last lifeboat to make it. Lady Lauren, Sir Stephen, Frenchy, The Kid, The Captain, and First Mate are quite the cast for this little drama. Everybody loves somebody on the boat and wants that person to live, but then everybody hates somebody and wants that person to die. Maybe you're a narcissist and love yourself, but then no one else has your back. Maybe you are a psychopath who hates yourself and wants everybody else to die. Maybe you're a little of both or just a Frenchman with a crush on Sir Stephen and a deep hatred for that pickpocket of a Kid.
Gather your valuables, make sure you have enough water, row for shore (or maybe away so more people die), and chum up the waters when the Captain falls overboard. A flare gun is handy for getting home, but it's a mean weapon when someone else wants your seat. Or your water. Play politics, play mean, play any way you need to in order to build the largest legacy by landfall, but try not to drop the compass in the water.
In this game, each player takes on one of six characters adrift on a lifeboat. The person at the bow grabs provisions for everyone, picks one (water, gaffing hook, jewelry, etc. ) and passes the rest back one seat. The player in the stern gets what's left, but that's who decides where to steer. Do you want a better seat for provisions, or perhaps just want to mug another player? Careful, you might start a fight. Feel that getting home now is more important, you can row. Maybe it is worth it to patch yourself up or open a parasol.
Whatever you choose, including doing nothing, could affect how others regard you and change your odds of swimming in shark-infested waters.
Uqbar of the 156
PSS #4--09: The Blakros Matrimony (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 5pm - 8pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
The eldest daughter of the prominent Blakros family is set to wed an influential Hellknight, and the Pathfinder Society is invited to the festivities. Dressed for a wedding befitting royalty, a team of Pathfinders attend the ceremony on behalf of the Decemvirate, but will their presence ultimately strengthen the Society's relationship with the influential Blakroses, or will events at the wedding bring the already tenuous alliance to a breaking point?
PSS #4--12: The Refuge of Time (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 5pm - 8pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 7--11.
In the ruins of a fallen empire built on the power of sin lies the key to awakening a great evil from a time long gone. The Pathfinder Society isn't the only organization seeking this potent artifact, however, and the result of failure could mean disaster for the whole of Varisia and beyond. Written by Steve Miller, RPG Superstar 2012 finalist.
PSS Intro 3: First Steps---Part III: A Vision of Betrayal (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 5pm - 8pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
Dispatched on an envoy mission overland from Absalom to port city Escadar, you must weather the harsh wilderness of the Isle of Kortos before you can hope to meet with the representative of the elusive gillmen, and only then come face to face with the greatest threat to the Pathfinder Society.
Temple of the Beastmen, Temple of the Beastmen 5pm - 8pm
A boardgame set in the universe of GDW's space 1889. Temple of the beastmen is an easy to learn game of adventure on Mars. Raid the fortress of the High martian king Gnaashriik in search of fortune and adventure.
Weregeld
Yet Another Dungeon Crawl, D&D 3rd Ed 6pm - 9pm
Pick from the list of standard characters and experience a typical adventurers day of slaying monsters, bypassing traps and rescuing damsels-enjoy!
Richard
24 Hours, Call of Cthulu D20, D20 Open Game System 7pm - 10pm
The terrors that man was not meant to know are real. You are members of a CTU team sent in to stop them in this thrill-a-minute scenario. A new surprise lurks around every corner.
Kamal
Pathfinder & N. R. G. System, The Saga of Dragon Star -- Ironstone Friday 9am -- Noon
Howdy, partner! Welcome to The Saga of Dragon Star TM, an epic fantasy western from Game Smiths LLC. Come and join us for an exciting adventure in early Ironstone, a prosperous and dangerous city in the Frontier Lands where farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune.
The only law is the Dragon Stars, frontier sheriffs appointed by the Ember Council. But in this young settlement, that law is being tested. So saddle up and help drive off The Drifters, a ruthless gang of outlaws recognized by the red sashes they wear. Hopefully the strain is not more than you can bear!
For more information about Game Smiths LLC, The Saga of Dragon Star TM, and other Game Smiths products visit us at the following sites. We look foward to seeing you! www.gamesmithsllc.com www.facebook.com/GameSmiths www.twitter.com/GameSmithsVeno
PSS #4--01: Rise of the Goblin Guild (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
When a monster is discovered on the grounds of the Pathfinder Lodge at Heidmarch Manor in Magnimar, an investigation into its appearance leads the PCs deep under the City of Monuments---and face to face with a burgeoning thieves' guild.
PSS #4--11: The Disappeared (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
A powerful ally of the Pathfinder Society has disappeared, and no one but the Pathfinders even remembers that she ever existed. Can the PCs discover the fate of their missing associate, or will all memory of her be erased completely from history?
PSS Intro 1: First Steps---Part I: In Service to Lore (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
In your first mission as a Pathfinder agent, the head of the Grand Lodge sends you on a number of missions throughout the metropolis of Absalom, pitting you against traps, thieves, and even an unruly devil, all in the pursuit of knowledge.
Settlers of Catan, First 9am - 11pm
To acquire comities to build roads, settlements and cities. 10 points wins the game. Time to play, about 45 to 60 min.
Brian Funk
Team Firewall, Eclipse Phase, 1st edtion 9am - Noon
You are Sentinels who get missions from a shadowy network known as Firewall. Part of an elite team known as Team Firewall, you protect against "existential risks" which threaten transhumanity. In this adventure, you must protect a space satellite which holds the secrets of future posthumanity.
Kamal
Thundercats - The Mutant Rebellion, Star Wars D20 9am - Noon
Two of the mutants are on the run from the other mutants and Mum-Ra. They are desperate for help and offering to help defeat Mum-Ra.
Richard
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 10am - 2pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before we are introducing new demo adventures.
Tanis Dragon
James Bond 007 RPG, James Bond 007: Barbarossa 1pm - 4pm
The James Bond 007 roleplaying game came out in 1983, giving players the opportunity to live out espionage adventures in the universe populated by the world most famous fictional spy.
"Barbarossa" is the codename for the mission our MI6 agents will undertake, striking back against pirates near the Horn of Africa (sorry, no ninjas in this one). The Home Secretary's nephew, serving on a cruiser with the regional protection forces, lost his life when his ship was lost, and that isn't the worst of it. The pirates have at least one submarine now.
Can you and your fellow agents disrupt the resurgent pirates before Her Majesty's storied navy loses more ships?
Game can take one or two players of 00 rank, three to five of Agent rank, and six to eight of Rookie rank. More than enough pre-made characters will be available.
Almost every roll, from combat to seduction, checks for success using a single chart, making for streamlined play that is easy to learn.
Uqbar of the 156
Mystic Alliances, Call of Cthulu 6th Edition 1pm - 4pm
Teenagers face the Mythos in this stand-alone setting for Call of Cthulu which takes place in the years 2009-2011. The Mythos are once again on the rise in Seattle in this time period.
Kamal
PSS #3-18: The God's Market Gamble (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 5pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
Valuable relics of religious natures have been disappearing on their way into Absalom and the Pathfinder Society stands to lose countless irreplaceable artifacts if the cause isn't found. Amid the bustling markets of the God's Market in the shadow of the Starstone Cathedral, the Society sets a plan in motion to ensure the parties responsible for the recent thefts are caught and brought to justice.
PSS #3-20: The Rats of Round Mountain---Part I: The Sundered Path (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 5pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for Levels 7--11.
In an effort to prevent an alliance between the Aspis Consortium and a contingent of ratfolk with incredible regional influence, the Pathfinder Society sends its best agents deep into a Darklands passage to the heart of Round Mountain, where the ratfolk hold court. But as is often the case for Pathfinders, the journey is an adventure unto itself, potentially deadly enough to prevent the PCs from reaching their destination at all.
'The Sundered Path' is the first scenario in the two-part The Rats of Round Mountain campaign arc. The story concludes in PSS #3--22: The Rats of Round Mountain---Part II: Pagoda of the Rat. Both chapters are intended to be played in order and consecutively; PCs who do will receive a special reward at the arc's conclusion.
PSS #3--23: The Goblinblood Dead (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 1pm - 5pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
More than a decade has passed since the Goblinblood Wars left the nation of Isger in shambles, and the Pathfinder Society uses the many abandoned roads through the county's interior to smuggle valuable relics. But when a series of attacks on the Varisian caravans carrying the illicit cargo puts the route in jeopardy, it falls to the PCs to investigate and rid the region of the threat to the Society's operations.
PowerGrid, Map to be determined. 1pm - 4pm
From the BGG site: The object of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection, and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.
However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing, you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.
Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said plants (except for the 'renewable' windfarm/ solar plants, which require no fuel), making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.
Will be using less complicated map, making this a good session for learning.
Chris Ballowe
D&D Next, D&D Next 2pm - 6pm
A medusa lairs the Cursed Crypts of Ambergul. Are you brave enough to delve into the hidden complex excavated by the mad Amberguls to find her, and end her curse? Only heroes need apply. Play D&D Next with Bruce R Cordell, a designer working on the game. 5th-level D&D Next characters will be provided.
Bruce R Cordell
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 3pm - 7pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before we are introducing new demo adventures.
Tanis Dragon
Pathfinder & N. R. G. System, The Saga of Dragon Star - Ironstone Part 2 4pm - 7pm
Howdy, partner! Welcome to The Saga of Dragon Star TM, an epic fantasy western from Game Smiths LLC. Come and join us for an exciting adventure in early Ironstone, a prosperous and dangerous city in the Frontier Lands where farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune.
The only law is the Dragon Stars, frontier sheriffs appointed by the Ember Council. But in this young settlement, that law is being tested. So saddle up and help drive off The Drifters, a ruthless gang of outlaws recognized by the red sashes they wear. Hopefully the strain is not more than you can bear!
For more information about Game Smiths LLC, The Saga of Dragon Star TM, and other Game Smiths products visit us at the following sites. We look foward to seeing you! www.gamesmithsllc.com www.facebook.com/GameSmiths www.twitter.com/GameSmithsVeno
PSS #3-19: The Icebound Outpost (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 6pm - 10pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
The Pathfinder Society discovers an Aspis Consortium base in an ancient Vudran temple now encased in a glacier and sends the PCs to infiltrate it and investigate the extent of the rival organization's regional operations. Can the PCs get in the well-guarded Aspis outpost and escape with their lives and the information the Society seeks?
PSS #3-22: The Rats of Round Mountain---Part II: Pagoda of the Rat (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 6pm - 10pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for Levels 7--11.
In the hollow center of Round Mountain, the Pathfinder Society's crack team of special agents must navigate the so-called Pagoda of the Rat, where the influential ratfolk of the region hold court. Can they break up negotiations between the ratfolk and the sinister Aspis Consortium, or will the risks taken to reach this point have been in vain? The future of the Pathfinder Society's viability in the region lies in the PCs' hands.
'Pagoda of the Rat' is the second and final scenario in the two-part The Rats of Round Mountain campaign arc. The story begins in PSS #3--20: The Rats of Round Mountain---Part I: The Sundered Path. Both chapters are intended to be played in order and consecutively; PCs who do will receive a special reward at the arc's conclusion.
PSS #4--06: The Green Market (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 6pm - 10pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5--9.
When an ally of the Society reports that her sister's business is being harassed by the Aspis Consortium in the Varisian city of Korvosa, a team of Pathfinder agents is dispatched to the Green Market to assist. What they find there is more than simple strong-arming and intimidation, however. What mysterious forces bring the popular market its unlikely success, and can the PCs stop the Aspis Consortium from gaining control of what could become a lucrative resource for the rival organization?
PSS #4--11: The Disappeared (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 6pm - 10pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
A powerful ally of the Pathfinder Society has disappeared, and no one but the Pathfinders even remembers that she ever existed. Can the PCs discover the fate of their missing associate, or will all memory of her be erased completely from history?
Engine, Engine, Who's Got the Engine?, Serenity 7pm - 10pm
You have been paid a huge amount of money to complete a series of relay cargo transfers to a mystery customer. The problem is that the cargo is somewhat sought after by multiple parties. Finish the contract with your ship and skin intact.
Richard
Ghost Stories, including Guard House Expansion, Ghost Stories 7pm - 10pm
Wu Feng, long-vanquished general of an undead army, is calling his forces from beyond the grave. If the Taoist monks of your village cannot fend off the horde of ghosts seeking to return Wu Feng before dawn, the world will fall.
In this cooperative game, players take on the role of Taoist Monks, each with a unique special power. As ghosts close in from the edges of the small village, players work together and with the local villagers to turn back the tide, holding on, they hope, long enough to face Wu Feng himself in one final, decisive battle.
New and experienced players alike provide ideas and tactical direction in a game with the odds stacked in Wu Feng's favor. Think you have what it takes to take on Hopping Vampires and other horrors from beyond the grave?
Uqbar of the 156
Infiltration, Infiltration 7pm - 10pm
A game of futuristic larceny two to six players competing to steal as much valuable data as possible before time runs out, dodging security patrols alarms and interference of your fellow players. The more valuable data lies deep within the complex, but the deeper you go the harder it will be to escape.
Weregeld
Look into the Shadows, Traveller 7pm - 10pm
The crew of a ship notices an unusual structure on a sparsely inhabited world and investigates.
Craig
Vancouver Arcology, Cthulutech, 1st edtion 7pm - 10pm
This is a game which takes place in a futuristic setting in which the Old Ones have returned and are assaulting a New Earth Government, which is being defended by Evangelion-esque type mecha. The game is sort of modern day Cthulu mixed with mecha anime-type situations. Your setting is that you are a team working for the Federal Security Bureau working as part of the Sectarian Crimes Division investigating occult activity.
Kamal
Introductory Miles Vorkosigan Adventure, GURPS: Vorkosigan Saga, 1st edition 9am - Noon
You are a select group of characters associated with Miles Vorkosigan, an eminent soldier and spy who has visited the planet Komarr.
Kamal
Pathfinder & N. R. G. System, The Saga of Dragon Star -- Ironstone 9am - Noon
Howdy, partner! Welcome to The Saga of Dragon Star TM, an epic fantasy western from Game Smiths LLC. Come and join us for an exciting adventure in early Ironstone, a prosperous and dangerous city in the Frontier Lands where farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune.
The only law is the Dragon Stars, frontier sheriffs appointed by the Ember Council. But in this young settlement, that law is being tested. So saddle up and help drive off The Drifters, a ruthless gang of outlaws recognized by the red sashes they wear. Hopefully the strain is not more than you can bear!
For more information about Game Smiths LLC, The Saga of Dragon Star TM, and other Game Smiths products visit us at the following sites. We look foward to seeing you! www.gamesmithsllc.com www.facebook.com/GameSmiths www.twitter.com/GameSmithsVeno
PSS #3-07: Echoes of the Overwatched (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - 1pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for Levels 1--5.
When a Pathfinder agent working in the famed Blakros Museum in Absalom falls victim to a terrible, ancient evil, if falls to the PCs to hunt down the released terror before it can retrieve a relic of the mad astronomer Ralzeros the Overwatched.
PSS #3--24: The Golden Serpent (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - 1pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5--9
The Pathfinder Society sends a team of agents to meet an important contact in an unassuming restaurant in Absalom's Ivy District, but not everything is as it seems. What the Pathfinders find there will lead them into a lion's den of danger and intrigue in the City at the Center of the World.
PSS #4--02: In Wrath's Shadow (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - 1pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
In the ruins of Xin-Bakrakhan---seat of power of the Runelord of Wrath---the Pathfinder Society stands on the verge of a great discovery, but first the brave agent exploring the ruins must survive ages-old dangers and contemporary threats to return with the knowledge and wealth they've unearthed.
PSS Intro 1: First Steps---Part I: In Service to Lore (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - 1pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
In your first mission as a Pathfinder agent, the head of the Grand Lodge sends you on a number of missions throughout the metropolis of Absalom, pitting you against traps, thieves, and even an unruly devil, all in the pursuit of knowledge.
PowerGrid, A newer complicated board. 9am - 12am
Experienced players preferred
Chris Ballowe
The Treasure Hunt, Serenity 9am - Noon
An old spacer has provided a treasure map and some information on a lost ore transport in exchange for a final trip into the black. Find the treasure!
Richard
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 10am - 2pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before we are introducing new demo adventures.
Tanis Dragon
Fish Cook or Yum Yum Super Fish Delicious!, Fish Cook or Yum Yum Super Fish Delicious! 1pm - 3pm
Most of what follows is a lie In 1909, French chef Jacques de Flandres created a game called 'Claude Hubert la Criée. ' It was the first in a series of board games about cooking. After inspiring several variations in the mid-century, the game was republished (some would say stolen) by Japanese publisher Shimizu- Leifan (SLHC) and released as 'Yum Yum Super Fish Delicious. ' Cheapass Games is pleased to bring you the English edition under license from SLHC, 'Fish Cook. '
And now the truth: Fish Cook is a new game by James Ernest, slated for release as a low-price Cheapass Game in the Spring of 2013. This beta test version will be available at cheapass. com. Please print, play, and comment.
Julie Haehn
James Bond 007 RPG, James Bond 007: Barbarossa 1pm - 4pm
The James Bond 007 roleplaying game came out in 1983, giving players the opportunity to live out espionage adventures in the universe populated by the world most famous fictional spy.
"Barbarossa" is the codename for the mission our MI6 agents will undertake, striking back against pirates near the Horn of Africa (sorry, no ninjas in this one). The Home Secretary's nephew, serving on a cruiser with the regional protection forces, lost his life when his ship was lost, and that isn't the worst of it. The pirates have at least one submarine now.
Can you and your fellow agents disrupt the resurgent pirates before Her Majesty's storied navy loses more ships?
Game can take one or two players of 00 rank, three to five of Agent rank, and six to eight of Rookie rank. More than enough pre-made characters will be available. Almost every roll, from combat to seduction, checks for success using a single chart, making for streamlined play that is easy to learn.
Uqbar of the 156
Miner's Strike, Eric Flint's 1632, 1st edition 1pm - 4pm
The folks of Grantville are back at it again dealing with a strike of mine workers right as numerous folks from the Ring of Fire make their appearance.
Kamal
Oh My God! There's An Axe In My Head. the Game of International Diplomacy 1pm - 4pm
Geneva, 1920: The League of Nations convenes for the first time. Proud to be the host for this august world body, Switzerland invites its champion axe-juggling troupe, Les Bella Lieben Jolie De Von Giorno, to entertain the assembled delegates. Unfortunately, halfway through the demonstration, the Troupe goes insane and begins hurling axes into the audience, splitting head after head. The Secretary General calls for calm, but before he can order a recess, his cranium is split as well.
The remaining Great Powers use the confusion to pass the gavel between themselves, conduct international business amidst the chaos, and generally try to shift the balance of world power while escaping a bunch of armed psychopaths.
David Fooden
Pathfinder & N. R. G. System, The Saga of Dragon Star - Ironstone Part 2 1pm - 4pm
Howdy, partner! Welcome to The Saga of Dragon Star TM, an epic fantasy western from Game Smiths LLC. Come and join us for an exciting adventure in early Ironstone, a prosperous and dangerous city in the Frontier Lands where farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune.
The only law is the Dragon Stars, frontier sheriffs appointed by the Ember Council. But in this young settlement, that law is being tested. So saddle up and help drive off The Drifters, a ruthless gang of outlaws recognized by the red sashes they wear. Hopefully the strain is not more than you can bear!
For more information about Game Smiths LLC, The Saga of Dragon Star TM, and other Game Smiths products visit us at the following sites. We look foward to seeing you! www.gamesmithsllc.com www.facebook.com/GameSmiths www.twitter.com/GameSmithsVeno
PSS #4--03: The Golemworks Incident (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 2pm - 6pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5--9.
When the Golemworks in Magnimar starts reporting some "problems" with their most recent batch of golems, the PCs are sent to investigate in the hope that the Pathfinder Society can get on good terms with the influential arcane organization.
PSS #4--05: The Sanos Abduction (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 2pm - 6pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
The Pathfinders are sent to the Sanos Forest in central Varisia to assist an agent researching the fey who inhabit the remote wood. But like many seemingly routine tasks in a Pathfinder's adventuring career, the simple support mission quickly turns into an adventure the PCs aren't soon to forget---presuming they survive.
PSS #4--07: Severing Ties (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 2pm - 6pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
The Pathfinder Society has discovered a new Aspis Consortium base in the pirate city of Riddleport and sends a small team of agents to infiltrate the rival cell disguised as newly hired mercenaries from Magnimar. After proving their value to the Aspis Consortium by carrying out a number of tasks throughout the City of Cyphers, the Pathfinders can learn the location of one of the consortium's local allies and ensure that the support the Aspis Consortium is counting on from their friends won't come.
PSS Intro 2: First Steps---Part II: To Delve the Dungeon Deep (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 2pm - 6pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
You venture for the first time into the massive haunted dungeons beneath an abandoned siege tower in the deadly Cairnlands, where you will experience firsthand the true dangers of being a tomb-delving Pathfinder.
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 3pm - 7pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before we are introducing new demo adventures. Tanis Dragon
Unexploded Cow 3pm - 5pm
Europe. Summer. 1997. You and your friends have discovered two problems with a common solution: mad cows in England and unexploded bombs in France. You've decided to bring these two powderkegs together just to see what happens. And you wouldn't say 'no' to a little money on the side. So round up your herd, march them through France, and set them loose behind the Cordon Rouge. If you're lucky you'll come home rich before Greenpeace figures out what you're up to. Either way, there's something magical about blowing up cows.
Unexploded Cow is one of the most popular Cheapass Games ever, and is now available in this free version, with the original artwork from Mike O'Connor, and updated rules. And coming in Feb 2013, look for the deluxe version, with all-new full-color art by Cheyenne Wright!
Julie Haehn
Ghost Stories, including Guardhouse expansion, Ghost Stories 5pm - 8pm
Wu Feng, long-vanquished general of an undead army, is calling his forces from beyond the grave. If the Taoist monks of your village cannot fend off the horde of ghosts seeking to return Wu Feng before dawn, the world will fall.
In this cooperative game, players take on the role of Taoist Monks, each with a unique special power. As ghosts close in from the edges of the small village, players work together and with the local villagers to turn back the tide, holding on, they hope, long enough to face Wu Feng himself in one final, decisive battle.
New and experienced players alike provide ideas and tactical direction in a game with the odds stacked in Wu Feng's favor. Think you have what it takes to take on Hopping Vampires and other horrors from beyond the grave?
Uqbar of the 156
Welcome to Chicago, The Dresden Files RPG, 1st edition, (FUDGE) 5pm - 8pm
You are part of an elite group of characters connected to Harry Dresden, a supernatural wizard investigator for hire who operates in the streets of Chicago. Something to do with the supernatural is brewing, involving some major power players.
Kamal
PSS #3-21: The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 7pm - 11pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
In order to learn about the esoteric faith of the Empyreal Lord Korada, the PCs are sent by the Pathfinder Society to explore an abandoned aasimar temple to the benevolent deity. But what they find there is anything but an opportunity for peaceful reflection and enlightenment.
PSS #4--09: The Blakros Matrimony (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 7pm - 11pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
The eldest daughter of the prominent Blakros family is set to wed an influential Hellknight, and the Pathfinder Society is invited to the festivities. Dressed for a wedding befitting royalty, a team of Pathfinders attend the ceremony on behalf of the Decemvirate, but will their presence ultimately strengthen the Society's relationship with the influential Blakroses, or will events at the wedding bring the already tenuous alliance to a breaking point?
PSS Intro 3: First Steps---Part III: A Vision of Betrayal (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 7pm - 11pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 1st level characters.
Dispatched on an envoy mission overland from Absalom to port city Escadar, you must weather the harsh wilderness of the Isle of Kortos before you can hope to meet with the representative of the elusive gillmen, and only then come face to face with the greatest threat to the Pathfinder Society.
PSS #4--01: Rise of the Goblin Guild (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1--5.
When a monster is discovered on the grounds of the Pathfinder Lodge at Heidmarch Manor in Magnimar, an investigation into its appearance leads the PCs deep under the City of Monuments---and face to face with a burgeoning thieves' guild.
PSS #4--09: The Blakros Matrimony (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
The eldest daughter of the prominent Blakros family is set to wed an influential Hellknight, and the Pathfinder Society is invited to the festivities. Dressed for a wedding befitting royalty, a team of Pathfinders attend the ceremony on behalf of the Decemvirate, but will their presence ultimately strengthen the Society's relationship with the influential Blakroses, or will events at the wedding bring the already tenuous alliance to a breaking point?
PSS #4--12: The Refuge of Time (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 7--11.
In the ruins of a fallen empire built on the power of sin lies the key to awakening a great evil from a time long gone. The Pathfinder Society isn't the only organization seeking this potent artifact, however, and the result of failure could mean disaster for the whole of Varisia and beyond.
Unreleased Pathfinder Society Scenario!, Pathfinder The Role Playing Game 9am - Noon
A yet to be announced, and unreleased, Pathfinder Society Scenario!
Neverwhen, Pathfinder 10am - 2pm
Welcome to the world of Neverwhen. Neverwhen is a Campaign setting (Using Paizo's popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game) that allows players and gamemasters to take items and/or characters from any d20 setting and use them in their own campaign. In addition, a storyline is provided that allows the easy inclusion of your campaign into the Neverwhen universes.
We are doing demos of this new Pathfinder setting. Pre-Generated characters are available. The demos consists of several different scenarios selected based on the player's interest. All of the scenarios reflect the ability to combine different genres within the adventure.
For those of you that have played in our demos before we are introducing new demo adventures.
Tanis Dragon
PSS #4--10: Feast of Sigils (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game Noon - 3pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 7--11.
In Kaer Maga, the mysterious and dangerous cliffside City of Strangers in untamed Varisia, the Pathfinder Society will come face to face with a sect of the cult of Lissala who prey upon the city's most vulnerable denizens to increase their own power. To what end do they conduct the ancient Feast of Sigils ritual, and can the Pathfinders stop them before their evil plans come to fruition?
PSS #4-EX: Day of the Demon (PFRPG), Pathfinder The Role Playing Game Noon - 3pm
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3--7.
The Blakros family, long an ally of the Pathfinder Society, has come into possession of a manor house in the imperial nation of Cheliax, where a once prominent noble family was known to practice diabolism before the Age of Lost Omens. The Pathfinders' task is simple: clear the abandoned manor of any remaining threats before the Blakroses move in. Unfortunately, the estate hasn't sat empty as long as the Blakroses think it has, and its recent inhabitants were anything but the devilworshipers who originally built the manor.
'Day of the Demon' is an exclusive adventure to be run only by 4-star s, Venture-Captain and Venture-Lieutenant campaign volunteers, and Paizo staff for its first year.