SimuCon 2014 Schedule! 07/09/2014 08:19 PM CDT
Here's what the schedule looks like so far!

Day Time Activity
WednesdayAll DayMeet, Greet, Socialize. Badges available on Thursday.
8:30 PM Games: Settlers of Catan Tournament
ThursdayAll Day Check-in and Socialize
3:00 PM Games: Munchkins Tournament
5:00 PM * Live Alterations
6:00 PM Design X Contests Kickoff
8:00 PM GS: * Free Con-only Troubled Waters Run / DR: Radio Free SimuCon
9:30 PM GS: Radio Free SimuCon / DR: * Free Con-only Quest Run
10:00 PM Games: Dominion Tournament
Friday 12:00 PM DR: Roundtables or Panels
1:00 PM GS: * Live Alterations
2:00 PM GS: Roundtables or Panels / DR: * Live Alterations
4:00 PM Cooperative Design a Scripted Item
5:00 PM Design X Group Feedback Discussions
8:00 PM GS: Radio Free SimuCon
8:30 PM DR: Radio Free SimuCon
9:00 PM Live Auction!!!
10:30 PM Games: Werewolf Tournament
Saturday 12:30 PM GS: State of Elanthia
2:00 PM DR: State of Elanthia
3:00 PM Simu Trivia Contest
4:30 PM Group Game: Parsely
7:00 PM Costume Dinner
8:30 PM PvP Tournament
9:30 PM Radio Free SimuCon

* Means you must bring your laptop to log into the game to participate.

Notes:
* Games such as Cards Against Humanity, Munchkins, Settlers, and other popular board games will be available at all times! Scheduled tournaments will have small prizes for the winner.

* The Con-only quest runs and live alteration sessions require you to bring your own laptop on which to play. Limit one alteration per session.

* The Design X Contests will involve multiple categories where players are encouraged to design an item, a script, a creature, a spell, etc. You can work alone or with a group of any size. The Kickoff meeting will provide more concrete details and allows participates to meet and greet. Then the following day, everyone will meet again for a chance to get some feedback from staff and players about their ideas. The top idea for each category, as judged by the present GameMasters on Saturday evening, will win a small prize, and even has the potential to be implemented in game! (There is no guarantee this will happen).

* The Cooperative Design a Scripted Item event involves having all the participates work together to create a single scripted item. That item will then be created and sold in game for a full week. Afterward, a percent of the revenue will be split among the participants who helped create the item.

* The Costume Dinner is a free meal for all 'Con attendees and will include a costume contest. Willing participants can dress up as their character from their game, a favorite fantasy character, or anything they want. GameMasters will pick the top 3 winners to receive a small prize. Winners of the Design X contest and raffles will be announced then.

* Parsely games are based on the old text adventure parsers from the 1980s. But in this version, a person replaces the computer!

* Radio Free SimuCon is a streaming video broadcast with live text chat. Both 'Con attendees and those who could not make it can interact with staff. Go ahead and follow www.hitbox.tv/RadioFreeSimuCon and email your questions to radiofreesimucon@gmail.com or add AIM: radiofreesimucon to your lists. There will also be call-ins by GameMasters who could not attend.

* The Auction is an opportunity for everyone to bid (with in-game silvers from their characters) on fun and silly items. Those players who donated enough to earn the Auction perk from the IndieGoGo campaign will get the opportunity to bid on special top-tier in-game prizes for their character! All players are encouraged to attend.

* The Trivia Contest will be mixed game, so better make some friends from the respective dark sides!

* Although the PvP Tournament is hosted in-game, it does not require players to bring their laptops and players will not be using their own characters.

* Roundtable discussions offer players an informal opportunity to sit down with their favorite staff members to talk about anything they want. You can suggest ideas, complain about certain aspects of the game, hear about upcoming releases, or just casually socialize.

* The State of Elanthia speech is an opportunity for staff members to talk about upcoming changes to the game, reflect upon the past, and to answer players' questions.

Reminder, the IndieGoGo campaign (and chance to donate to the Auction-tier) ends in 8 days: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/simucon-2014

Also, the hotel group rate is open until July 18, 2014.

~Kveta

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