ConChairs Vendor Liaison Laura Boylan, Julia Suggs Jen Eastman-Lawrence Heads of Operaons Hotel Liaison Joshua Rachlin, Sparrow Rubin Dave Kapell Registraon Website Tim “Teem” Lasko Nat Budin, Tim “Teem” Lasko, Game Bid Chair Barry Tannenbaum Kim Sward Pre-Convenon Game Bid Commiee Coordinator Jeff Diewald, Kevin Riggle Tegan Hendrickson, Philip Kelley, Sue L. Art Directors Ma Peairs, Phoebe Roberts, Susan Giusto, Anita Szostak Thorin Tabor Program Book Design New England Interacve Susan Giusto, Anita Szostak, Literature Board Barry Tannenbaum Jeff Diewald, Dave Kapell, Tim “Teem” Lasko, Trey Reilly, Raffle Coordinator Joshua Sheena Adina Schreiber NEIL Treasurer Dance Party DJ & Chad Bergeron Roadie/Crew GM Coordinator Derek Herrera, Conor Walsh Nat Budin Special Thanks Pre-Convenon To all Intercon M GMs, Commiee ConCom members, Nat Budin, Quinn D. Ops volunteers, and our Randy Gordon, Lise Fracalosi vendors and adversers

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It seems fated that we named this year Intercon Metamorphosis, as Intercon is Thursday — 28-Feb-2013 entering (or at least considering!) a new stage of its life-cycle. We’ve joked that it should have been Intercon More: more people, more games, more Pre-Con, Carlisle Chelmsford Drawing more Con Chairs! For the first me we have included aendance to the Pre-Con Panel track in with the main registraon cost, rather than as a separate The Wyrd Con 20:00 Basic LARP Design Tools “Boxing” a Game fee, and we have three whole tracks of panels! We’ve brought back an old Companion Book instuon, the Iron GM compeon, to bring more games into the LARP pool, Fashion Makeup 21:00 High-Immersion LARP Wring Blurbs and added a LARP for children, to reach out to the next generaon. Then, of for LARP course, there’s the aendance. There are just about 400 registered aendees Mechanics: What, at the me we’re wring this. That’s a 25% increase from last year. This is by far Jam and the Cra of LARP Culture over the 22:00 When, Why, and How to the largest Intercon ever! To all the new aendees out there, welcome! We LARP Manufacture Past 10 Years Design Them hope you enjoy your weekend with us. Creang a Community The increase in size demanded change from every part of the con. We want to 23:00 Gender and LARP GMs are Bastards LARP Storage thank the GMs who stepped up to run games to increase our player counts in Closet each slot, and thank them for being flexible with their requirements as we try to eke out as much space as possible for all these games. The Bid Commiee did a phenomenal job veng the enormous number of game bids this Friday — 1-Mar-2013 aendance required. Our Hotel Liaison has done great things to get us so much game space from the hotel, as well as increasing our room block for all the new Carlisle Chelmsford Drawing rooms reserved. The Pre-con panel track expanded to meet the demands of Kriegspiel: Wargames What is BidComm What Boffer LARP Can 11:00 being a part of normal con registraon for the first me ever. The Art team in LARP Looking For? Teach Intercon enabled us to offer more shirt opons than ever before, Vendors and Raffle are Introducon to GMing with a Team and working harder to represent a larger con, and behind it all the Registrar and 12:00 PowerPoint Karaoke Website team has kept our site running under unusual load. We want to thank Nordic LARP Staying Friends our Operaons and Hospitality crew for all the hard work they’ve done to Social Conflict 13:00 Sexuality and LARP ensure they can serve this crowd. An extra-special thanks also goes out to all and Bleed Introductory Dance aendees who put in volunteer hours in any area of the convenon; we would for LARP not run without your help, and it is greatly appreciated! 14:00 LARP and Learning Casng Your Game

Finally, a LARP convenon would not exist without its players. Thank you all Informaon: How to for coming from all over to New England to pretend to be other people for a 15:00 Make it Flow, Control It, few days! Both of us would love to hear feedback on how Intercon is changing So You Want to and Track It Ars Amandi and growing, for good and for ill, and how you’d like to see such changes affect Write a LARP Workshop How to Run a Game 16:00 the con in the future. Drop by the Ops desk (or the bar) to let us know what Briefing/Wrap you think! Just look for brunees with wands and aras wearing purple and Combat/Conflict or looking exhausted… 17:00 Intercon 101 Narrave? Yours in LARP, Julia and Laura Hangout in the Boardroom, Thursday 20:00—24:00, Friday 11:00—18:00 Intercon M Con Chairs

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Ars Amandi Workshop “Boxing” a Game Lizzie Stark Tory Root, Stephen Tihor, Josh Sheena*, Will Wagner Ars Amandi is a Nordic mechanic for simulang romance or sex in LARP. The full So you’ve wrien a great game, and it’s run mechanic permits players to touch permied mulple mes to glowing reviews. Such zones (arms, shoulders, sternum, upper back, glowing reviews, in fact, that more people and neck below the ears) using permied want to play than your GM team can actually boydparts (hands, arms, neck). There will be a run for. How do you take a game and “put it short discussion about the technique, in a box” — make it ready for other people to followed up with a workshop for 6-30 people run without any involvement from you? Or, if by Leaving Mundania author Lizzie Stark. you’re wring a “game in a box” — a game for other people to run — what do you need As Swedish LARPwright and Ars Amandi to include to make sure it runs well outside creator Emma Wieslander put it, “Basically your control? Ars Amandi is a method for doing things in a game in a way that makes the character Casng Your Game experience them fully, enabling play and Viktoriya Fuzaylova*, Margaret Simkins, really going for the energy without the player Tory Root ending up in messy situaons. Much like the use of boffers enables players to rush into You’ve wrien a game, you’ve bid it for a con, bale with fear and anger flaring because of people have signed up... Oh no! Now you the character’s fear of dying, but without the have players! How do you write a casng player having to worry. It’s also a try at quesonnaire which will help you match creang the ‘missing link’ needed to widen players with parts they will enjoy? How do possible playable themes. I believe that there make those matches? And what do you do are an infinite amount of stories out there to when, inevitably, someone complains? be told about love and a beer world and that perhaps we need less about genocide Creang a Community LARP and ‘all orcs/humans/marans must die.’” Storage Closet Will Wagner*, Dave Kapell Basic LARP Design Tools Being a LARPer means never having to ask Eva Schiffer, Steven Balzac, “When would I wear this?” but it does mean Jeff Diewald, Lise Fracalossi* having to ask “How will I fit all these hoop You’re wring a LARP, and it started great — skirts in my apartment?” It would be cool if your team is great, you’ve got a great seng, there were some local storage space where and you know there are great stories to tell costumes and props could be stored and here! Unfortunately the complexity of your maybe checked out, like library books, for use ideas is starng to exceed your ability to hold by larpers. What would be involved in the whole game in your head. What are some creang something like this, how would it tools — like plot maps, brainstorming, work, and who’s interested in helping? diagramming, and pacing melines — which Combat/Conflict or Narrave? you can use to manage the design process, Stephen Balzac, Will Wagner*, Stephen Tihor and how do you use them? All the best (or at least most fracous) panels are built on false dichotomies, and this one’s a doozy. How do we balance our desire to create interesng conflicts with our desire to tell interesng stories? Is there even a difference? Can combat ever be narrave? * indicates panel moderator

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Fashion Makeup for LARP GMing with a Team How to Run a Game Briefing/Wrap Intercon 101 Viktoriya Fuzaylova Andrea Humez*, Shoshana Kessock, Brad Smith, Josh Sheena, Renee Lasko* and Staying Friends Dave Kapell, Marc Blumberg Most of us have used a quick grease pencil for Stephen Tihor, Victoriya Fuzaylova*, Is this your first or second Intercon? Are you a taoo or a scar on a LARP character from Josh Sheena We’ve all sat through briefings which didn’t lost, confused, or overwhelmed? We’ll talk cover crical informaon, and wraps where about some strategies to get the most out of me to me, but theatrical makeup isn’t GMing can be a high-stress acvity, and like always well-suited for LARP use. How can one player droned on and on about their your Intercon experience. all high-stress acvies, friendships have plots. What makes a briefing or wrap good? fashion makeup in parcular be used to been broken and marriages have ended over enhance LARP costumes, for interesng in- And praccally-speaking how do you Introductory Dance for LARP games. (Of course, like all high-stress run one? character looks? How does period makeup acvies, friendships have also been made Derek Herrera work? Vik will also answer quesons, share and marriages have been formed out of some ps and tricks of applying the stuff, and GMing.) How do you work on a high-stress Informaon: How to Make It Flow, Have you ever been asked to dance during a do a quick demonstraon. project like a LARP with a group of people Control It, and Track It game and found yourself doing the sideways and come out sll friends at the end? shuffle from high school? Did you ever want to Gender and LARP Christopher Amherst, Stephen Balzac*, learn how to lead or follow and have fun on Peter Litwack, Marc Blumberg Sparrow Rubin, Andrea Humez*, the dance floor? This is your chance to learn High-Immersion LARP Shoshana Kessock, Magstou, There are a few resources which necessarily how! We’ll be doing a simple, two-hour Quinn D.*, Alan De Smet Quinn D., Tory Root maer to any LARP, and informaon is one of workshop in which we’ll cover basic the big ones — or can be, if it’s used lead-follow technique, body movement and We’ve talked about race in LARP — but what LARP always requires players to suspend correctly. What is an informaon economy? connecon. You’ll learn enough to get out about gender? How does gender affect how disbelief, especially convenon LARP — How do you create informaon asymmetry, there and have fun on the dance floor. Please LARPs are wrien and played? (For example, players must choose to believe that they are track and control the flow of informaon, and wear comfortable clothing and shoes that how do you deal with gender roles in in the seng, not a hotel ballroom, and that use that to create interesng and balanced slide on carpet (no sneakers, boots or treads). historical games?) How can LARP as a format that object really is a glowing magic box, and game experiences? No experience required! explore gender? How do we write, cast, and not an index card. LARPs can be played in environments where the physical seng play games in a way which makes a safe space Jam and the Cra of for players of all genders and fairly represents much more accurately replicates the game Kriegspiel: Wargames in LARP characters of all genders? seng, using props which are much more Stephen Tihor, Lise Fracalossi*, LARP Manufacture realisc both in appearance and funcon. Stephen Balzac Tony Mion, Aaron Vanek Players can be made to feel like they are GMs are Bastards It’s the night of the Last Bale of the Great Are LARPs Art? Can LARPs be Art? Or an Art Sue Lee actually riding in a plane, journeying underwater in Atlans, or defusing a bomb. War, the armies are massed, and aer four Form? (And what’s the difference between Art In the tradion of Tony Mion’s Players are hours, one side will emerge victorious and and Art Form anyway?) This panel will discuss how this changes the the other will go down to ignominious defeat. Scum talk presented at Pre-Con last year, Sue Aaron Vanek certainly thinks so, and has Lee brings us the sequel, GMs are Bastards . game, what complicaons it brings, and what What is a wargame, when might you want goes into creang such an event. Examples one, how do you design and balance one, wrien a 32-page essay arguing inter alia Sue will consider the top three (or four) ways just this. to really piss off players, and will discuss how from actual games will be presented. and how do you fit it into a (potenally) you as a GM can avoid seeming a bastard. four-hour game? Tony Mion is far too lazy to write 32-pages of anything. Even Players are Scum isn’t much Introducon to Nordic Larp over a thousand words. And so his standard Lizzie Stark, Aaron Vanek, Emily Care Boss, response for years to the claim “LARPs are Art” Evan Torner, Sarah Lynne Bowman has been: “Bollocks.” We’ve heard a lot about Nordic Larp in recent Apparently, however, this pithy (and accurate) years, but very few of us have played any response is no longer sufficient to bring a rapid such games or have any personal experience halt to debate. So please join Tony and with the form. There are many popular whoever he can inveigle to discuss the misconcepons — that all Nordic Larp is following (not very vital) quesons in as Jeepform, to name only one. light- hearted a manner as possible:

Lizzie Stark has traveled to the arcc fastness • Are LARPs art, or can they be art? of the Nörds and is here to share their secrets • If they’re not Art, then what are they? with us, and answer quesons like “Why • don’t they capitalize larp?” and “What the Does any of this actually maer? heck is Jeepform, anyway?” • Did anybody bring something to drink?

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PowerPoint Karaoke The Wyrd Con Companion Book Brad Smith, Julia Lunea, Vicki Bloom Nat Budin, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Emily Care Boss, Kirsten Hageleit, Have you ever aended a deathly boring, Evan Torner, Epidiah Ravachol, Aaron Vanek* completely nonsensical Powerpoint presentaon? Now’s your chance to get The West Coast equivalent of Intercon is revenge. Part LARP, part improv exercise, all Wyrd Con, which began in 2009. Taking a cue ridiculous, volunteer presenters are given from the Nordic larp convenon Knutepunkt, the tle of a presentaon and a deck of slides on December 21, 2012 WyrdCon published an curated for confusion, hilarity, and all-around e-pamphlet of journalisc and academic WTF-ery. We debuted this last year, and essays about larp, parcipatory culture, again at Arisia, and somehow people sll role-playing, and interacve storytelling. It is want more! Come present or just watch! available for free online. Many of the diverse hands who worked on this e-publicaon— Sexuality and LARP including the editors, graphic designer, and at least five of the authors—are aending Shoshana Kessock, Precon this year, so we’ve put them all in a Quinn D., Tory Root* room to talk about the book and the concepts Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual, therein. You don’t need to have read it queer, genderqueer, quesoning, intersex, beforehand, nor will there be a test. pansexual, … How do we as non-straight, non-cisgendered players experience LARP What Boffer LARP differently than straight players? How do we Can Teach Intercon as straight, cis allies make a safe space for all Brad Smith, Shoshana Kessock*, players? How do we all write and play Josh Sheena, Dave Kapell characters from within the QUILTBAG? Boffer LARP and theater-style LARP — never So You Want to Write a LARP the twain shall meet? Well, not so fast. Jeff Diewald What’s cool about boffer LARP, why does it work, and what of it can we steal to use in “Oh man, LARPing is so awesome! You know, Intercon games? wouldn’t it be cool to actually write a LARP? But... where do I start?” Jeff Diewald is a What is BidComm Looking For? seasoned GM of Intercon and other games, Sue Lee, Phillip Kelley, Kim Sward* and here he shares his years of experience — LARP and Learning Mechanics: What, When, Why, how to start wring a LARP, and how BidComm is the commiee which reviews Aaron Vanek*, Stephen Balzac, and How to Design Them to finish. games which want to run at Intercon and Sarah Lynne Bowman, David Simkins Lise Fracalossi*, Alan De Smet, Stephen Balzac, advises the Con Chair which games to accept. Social Conflict and Bleed What is BidComm looking for in a game bid? We all know LARP is fun, but can it be Dave Kapell, Peter Litwack Dr. Sarah Lynne Bowman What are common things that throw up red educaonal too? Several people who are using All LARPs have mechanics — some more than flags? And how can you make their life (and LARP in very different contexts to teach very others. Love `em or hate `em, they give us Based on two years of scholarly research and yours) easier? different lessons talk about why they use LARP something to role-play over, they let us over thirty interviews — both naonally and to teach, what they’re teaching, and how well resolve conflicts between players, and they let internaonally — this lecture will explain Wring Blurbs it’s working. our players do things that can’t be done safely, some of the major problems role-playing Phillip Kelley*, Eva Schiffer, Jeff Diewald legally, cheaply, or publically in the world communies face in terms of social dynamics. Has a game blurb ever le you confused and LARP Culture over the Past 10 Years outside the game. When should you mechanic The presentaon will offer suggesons for unable to determine what the game was Cameron Bes, Jeff Diewald a behavior? What mechanic should you use? diffusing conflict pre-game, during game, and about or whether you wanted to play? Have How do you design a novel mechanic to allow post-game. Personality traits and behaviors Cameron Bes and Jeff Diewald weren’t just you spent long hour craing a blurb for your and encourage that behavior in your parcular that disrupt player groups will be detailed, as present for the last 10 years of LARP history, own game only to end up with players who game? And how do you communicate a will behaviors that help enhance communal they frequently made the last 10 years of LARP seem to expect something wildly different? history — and boy, how things have changed. mechanic to your players? cohesion. Player cultures from the U.S. and the Nordic countries will be contrasted. Come You need a beer blurb! Join a panel of They talk about where we were as a form and veteran LARPers and LARP writers to talk as a community, where we’ve come, and just learn how to keep your community vibrant and healthy! about all the tools and tricks a GM can use to maybe where they think we’re going. cra a blurb that sets player expectaons and conveys the essence of a game. We’ll also discuss common pialls and mistakes so you can avoid them! 9 10

...and the Electric Labyrinth A Serpent of Ash J. Tuomas Harviainen 3 Trolls Games & Puzzles Joshua Kronengold, Lisa Padol, Stephen Tihor A game of exploration, adventure, and A LARP about the dark side of religion: What The best games and puzzles for over 15 years! fast-paced action in a world of twisted happens when former cult members meet http://3trolls.com mad science gone horribly right. again? What has been left unsaid? A discourse-oriented game for 6-12 players that has been run at major conventions in Dark Maer Chocolate Laboratory 10 Bad LARPs - The Original Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and the Nat Budin, Susan Weiner, Greer Hauptman, United Kingdom. Fine Arsan Chocolates in Classic and Exoc Flavors and several anonymous contributors http://chocolatesbyariel.com Did you miss the chance to play in the original A Single Silver Coin 10 Bad LARPs game back at Intercon E? Don’t Peter Litwack worry, we’re bringing it back! (Or maybe that Stranger Ways means you should worry). The world is a wondrous place and it is a glorious time to be alive. Or it was, until you A dark modern folk band based in greater Boston died. A Single Silver Coin is a dark fantasy http://stranger-ways.com 36 Degrees of Separation game about death, loss and regret. It follows Nick Milano, Sharone Horowit-Hendler the journey of several deceased souls as they TAB Creaons Collecve A nice idyllic sailing trip...or a disaster? A travel to the afterlife, each one seeking simple trip goes wrong when an explosion admittance to eternal paradise. Solid, Flexible & Fun Tabletop RPGs strands the ship on a deserted island. Things Fantasy Sengs with Character aren’t always as they appear. A Turn on the Radiance Rose http://tabcreations.com Doug Freedman, Sue Lee, A Garden of Forking Paths Kristen Pierson, Eva Schiffer Threads of Time Susan Weiner, Vito D’Agosta, Nat Budin You are cordially invited to a Seance held by This is a LARP told in scenes. In each scene, Rudolpho the Great and Powerful and the Unique clothing, wedding garments, four characters face dilemmas and make Famed Spiritualist Eleanor Van Klief. The decisions that affect the course of their lives. Gates Between the Worlds will open in the specialty costumes and accessories At the same time, other players play the Radiance Rose Pullman dining car of the http://www.threadsoftime.com same characters. Between scenes, players Union Pacific train, New York to Chicago at change groups and face the choices others 7pm sharp. Boarding is at Grand Central Vericon have made. disembark at Union Station. A science-ficon, fantasy, gaming and A Midsummer Night Accorded Neutral Ground anime convenon at Harvard University. and the Livin’ Is Easy Bill Chapman John Brewer, Nyren Knapp, A. Nakama, Come have a warm one at MacAnallys pub March 22-24, 2013 Conor Walsh, “Eager” Mike Wixon and mix with the supernatural community of http://www.vericon.org Chicago. This dark fantasy LARP will bring the It’s summertime in 1920’s Chicago; the swing world of Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden to life. is jumping and the gin is flowing easy. In the Wyrd Con 4 speakeasy “The Ass’s Bottom,” Oberon is throwing a revel, and everything was going All Hail the Pirate Queen! An Interacve Storytelling Convenon in Orange County, CA smooth until his and Titania’s son is found Katherine “Kat” Jones dead on the floor. Private dicks have been September 19-22, 2013 All Hail the Pirate Queen is a LARP about summoned to find out whodunit before the http://wyrdcon.com pirates inspired by Poison’d by Vincent Baker. witching hour has passed. With scheming fae The game will be focused on manipulation, around, they’re in over their heads, and Ariel inter-player conflict and nasty deeds rather won’t shut up about cake... than ship battles or sword fights. Think Long John Silver from Treasure Island rather than Pirates of the Caribbean . 11 12

An Ecumenical Maer Break a Leg Collision Imminent! Desperadoes Under The Eaves Nickey Barnard, Ma Bull, Philippa Dall, Phoebe Roberts John Corrado Jr., Anne Cross, Jeff Diewald, Rebecca Kletnieks, Jason Schneiderman Mike Grace, Steve Hatherley Philip Goetz, David Lichtenstein, For this dysfunctional theater troupe, there’s Michael McAfee, Don Ross, A tale of love, drugs, monsters, fugitives, An Ecumenical Matter is set in the diocese of always more drama behind the scenes than Alex Thorn, Mark Waks and shifting perceptions set in an unusual Peaky-in-the-Sea, following the tragic death on the stage. California hotel. Based on the works of of Father Francis. As Father Francis was going COLLISION IMMINENT! Can someone turn Warren Zevon. to be promoted to the position of Bishop of Cady Stanton’s Candyland that alarm off? Please report to your the Diocese of Peaky-in-the-Sea (Rocky assigned lifepod station immediately... Have Julia Ellingboe, Kat Jones Devil to Pay Island, Stony Island and Pebbly Island), this you seen Fifi? Why does that engineer look Brian Richburg, Alison Joy Schafer now leaves the position open. The Cady Stanton feminist bookstore is worried? ...where a trained and friendly pleased to present a special Sunday social Imagineerium™ starship cruise line “And thy empire shall last Wimples / Dog /clerical collars provided! and presentation by Violet Rae, feminist crewmember will help you... Did you hear Till the black flag by inches sexologist extraordinaire. She will bring her that thump? COLLISION IMMINENT! What do Is torn from the mast .” At What Cost box of goodies from Candyland. We’re not you mean I can’t get another Rigellian Core Christopher Amherst, Tegan Hendrickson sure where that actually is, but if Violet Rae Meltdown to go? What am I supposed to The year is 1715 and the sun is setting on the has anything to do with it, we’re sure it will drink while I wait? Is the air getting thin in West Indies. For the past 13 years, pirates At What Cost is a Jeepform style game about be a buzz of a good time! here? ...to safely board a lifepod that will have exploited the chaos of the War of spies, lies, and betrayal. How far are you carry you to rescue in the unlikely event of Spanish Succession, sailing unchallenged willing to go to ferret out a traitor? You’ve an actual evacuation... COLLISION while the British, Dutch, French, and Spanish given so much, what’s one sacrifice more? Camelot—Intrigue at Castle York IMMINENT! Will an officer please report to forces were busy warring on one another. This game is for mature audiences only. 18+ John & Mica Corradin the Leo Deck? Daddy? Do you know where Once again at peace, though a delicate one, the European powers have turned their sights The future of Britain hangs in the balance as my Daddy is? Please do not panic! to ending the villainy that has stood Behind the Fields rivals of High King Arthur threaten from all COLLISION IMMINENT! unchecked for far too long. Now the Golden Liliya Benderskaya, Sparrow Rubin sides. Behind the pageantry of Camelot, Age of Piracy is drawing to a close, and across knights errant, ladies and spies scheme and Cracks in the Orb the Caribbean black flags lie in tatters — In the spring of 2002, a group of boys are plot...can the mythic Sword of Truth sort out Lise Fracalossi, Bernie Gabin replaced with standards of imperial blue, playing Little League baseball. Their sisters the lies? Costuming can be provided. wander into the forest behind the fields to An Imperial court battles to quash a rebellion, white and red. explore, play, and tell stories, and they find while dashing young lords and ladies dance With freedom fast becoming scarce, some of something strange. This game contains the night away nearby. Enjoy an evening of the seas’ most infamous pirates have become tale-telling and gender issues. No characters manners, romance, political intrigue, and faithless turncoats, hunting their former begin game using “he/him/his” pronouns. military might in the high fantasy world of brethren in service of any crown that would Steven Brust’s Dragaera novels. offer a pardon for a lifetime of greed and murder. Hunted down to the brink of Crisis Aboard the Starship Hecate extinction, and with the news that Tortuga Kevin Girard, Anthony Linkens had been cleared of their kind, the last of the great pirate lords look for safety in the failing It’s 2213, and your ship is bringing personnel stronghold of New Providence. As the British and supplies to the edge of the solar system. fleet tightens the noose around them, some But strange things have been known to dream of escape while others turn traitor. happen in hyperspace... (This is a low- All know the truth, however: their crimes are combat, high-immersion game of roleplaying great and their fate is well deserved, and may and suspense.) well already be sealed. But perhaps they will prevail...one last brilliant flash on the horizon Days End at dusk… Chris Barney Dystopia Rising – Back to the Future It was a quiet evening on campus. Until you Kat Schonheyder, Darren Wardell were attacked. Thinking back on it, it’s not the attacked part that’s really the problem. The zombie apocalypse was a long time ago. It’s the attacked by ZOMBIES that’s the real Now, you gather to search a lost bunker for issue. Now you are trapped in a classroom explanations, and maybe even a cure. There with a dozen strangers and there’s no way will be plenty of time to fight the dead - but the doors and windows are going to last one should also remember, as they say, that the night. you might need to fear the living.

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Fire on High Garden Staon 4 Heithur Jamais Vue (revised) Susan Weiner, Vito D’Agosta, GD Crowley Andrew Clough, Brian Sniffen, Kevin Riggle Stephen Tihor, Lisa Padol, Erik Hanson, Josh Sheena, Nat Budin Joshua Kronengold, Elizabeth Bartley An abandoned alien station is found by two Tonight the Honor sets sail not to raid but to Star Trek meets Gilbert and Sullivan in this opposing scouting/research crews from an allow those aboard to conduct their business Science fiction themed amnesia game of spacefaring comedy adventure taking place intergalactic war. What they find might tip far from prying eyes. Among those aboard, choices, exploration, invention, and on a starship. Romance, silliness, away the scales of the war and the progress of some have abandoned the old ways and self-discovery. missions, epic ship-to-ship battles, and civilization. Stranded far from home they some still hold to them in their hearts. (shudder) really bad food await. Can you must contend with the ethics of war. Though, when the price is right, who can Jeepform Sampler tell the difference? And who still cares? survive? (Probably, unless you are wearing Lizzie Stark, Emily Care Boss the red uniform.) Grimm Tales: Coyote’s Tail There will be wheeling and dealing, strife and Motherhood, sexual temptation, facing mid- Will Wagner betrayal, magic and the end of prophesy. G.I. Joe: Metamorphosis life, murders and hauntings: Jeepform is part of a nordic tradition of scene-based role Jeannie Whited, Suzanne Wayner Coyote has declared a contest! Come to the American enclave and tell the tale of your High Tea playing games, written for a small group of This game is based on the 1980s TV cartoon greatest trick! The other American Fables are Joshua Sheena, Stephanie Davis, folks to have an intense experience. Join us in all its poorly animated and ridiculously not so happy about a gathering of tricksters, Mac Magruder, Shannon Moore and pick an offering from our Jeepform plotted glory. Knowledge of the show will but what can they do? Well, since tall tales Sampler. Choose from Let the World Burn , 1913, as the Edwardian Era ends and war help you enjoy the game to its fullest, but is are an American tradition, they’ve decided to Under my Skin , Doubt , Previous Occupants , looms on the horizon, British high society not required. hold their own contest! Remodel and The Mothers . Participants 18 always has time for what’s important. and over only. Go Run Your Own Lile World Happily Ever Aer? Tea, of course. Albert Lin, Constanne Haghighi, Dave Chapin EB Savage LARPers Anonymous Hitherby Dragons: Recourse Mik Reed, Margaret Simkins, “Crime and politics, little girl, the situation is Love conquers all! Or does it? Join famous Kendra Beckler, Andrew Clough, Lian Guern, Drew Novick, Dave Cave always... fluid.” -Badger couples from literature as they discuss their Eddie Karat, Xavid Pretzer marital issues and explore options to salvage LARPers Anonymous is a LARP by LARPers Go Run Your Own Little World is a Firefly LARP their relationships. Sometimes you have to Welcome to the Place Without Recourse. The for LARPers about LARPers. It is also about post-broadcast in Beaumonde where players tell the truth, even though it hurts, in order existance that traps you is unraveling. Actors life beyond the LARP in all its complexities, might be politicians to companions, admirals for the wound to heal. Love is great but can put on shows; those the Judges deem worthy including failed relationships, life altering to operatives, Firefly engineers to double- love endure in-laws, children, sexual will shape the world to come. Will you create changes, friendship, family, and coping crossing syndicate leaders to anything else in slumps, infidelity, and other trials of a new world, or answer the question that with dying. the ‘verse. long term relationships? binds you here? If there is anywhere to escape to... Last Night in Jesriah Jonathan Kindness, Shannon Moore, Howl! The Brotherhood of the Ma Kamm Quabbin Shadows This is the story of the inmates and staff of Julia Ellingboe the Jesriah Convalescence Center in the Queendom of Mavella. It is a serious game Young werewolf bikers take on their elders, with heavy Film Noir influences and a touch townsfolk, rival wolves, and cannibal of dark humor, set in a magical fantasy world academics in rural Western Massachusetts. roughly parallel to early-20th-Century America. Iron GM We’re taking up to four GM teams and giving Loot Council them each 24 hours to write a game based on Melanie Saunders, Chris Weil three secret “theme” ingredients, which they will have no prior knowledge of. You can play You have stormed Icecrown Citadel. Against in said games, and help decide which team this evil, not even the lines of Horde and will win the cash prize! No one knows what Alliance could divide the heroes of Azeroth! the games will be like, but we do know they’ll It was a difficult battle, but now Arthas lies be fun! defeated. It is time for the ultimate test: Who gets the loot?

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Second Dawn The Ballad of Jess-Belle Benjamin Philip, Kristen McFadyen, EmillyBeth Savage Jamey Paen Fair was Elly Glover. Dark was Jess-Belle. Both Centuries after the Cataclysm that ruined the they loved the same man, and both they loved earth and shrouded the skies, mankind is ready him well. The Ballad of Jess-Belle is the story to reach back to the stars once again with the of witchcraft, love, loss, and letting go set launch of the Second Dawn. in the distant past of the Appalachian Mountains. It is based on various stories and A post-post-apocalyptic game with cyberpunk folktales adapted for the game. elements. The Barbecue Shine Jeff Diewald, Marsha Gershon, Ryan Maloney Sarah Judd, Joshua Kronengold, In Prohibition New York, a war between Joshua Rachlin, Gaylord Tang organized crime and the newly formed FBI This is a character-driven drama, lightly rages for the control of bootleg liquor that plotted with no magic or supernatural bestows extraordinary abilities, while those elements. GM-sanctioned mayhem only. caught in between see either a chance at the Mature themes. impossible or a world made suddenly more deadly by their new knowledge. Midsummer Mischief Pendragon: The City of Fire and Coin Nathan Gribble, Steve Hatherley, Tales on a Winter’s Morn Sith Lords — The Dark Side Evan Torner, Epidiah Ravachol Heidi Kaye, Paul Snow Brandon Brylawski, Paul Wayner, Anandi Gandolfi, Andy Kirschbaum Pulp fantasy in the vein of Robert E. Howard Brian Altmiller, Tom Jewell, A tale of pigs, aunts, romance, Drones and and Fritz Leiber, set in the mysterious and Barbara Jackson-Jewell, Ken Brown, imposters set in the world of the leisured The Jedi believed that the Sith had been decadent City of Fire and Coin. upper class as immortalized by PG Leila Holtsman destroyed. Wodehouse. Come to Blandings for the Pendragon: Tales on a Winter’s Morn is a They were wrong. The Sith survived and now Shropshire Midsummer Fete! The Game Show Against Humanity game of short stories set in Arthurian Britain are again strong in number... poised to burst Andrea Shubert wherein you will play many different forth again. Murder at the Fourth Leaf characters over the course of the game. Cards Against Humanity , the free party game Ma “Halime” Peairs, Tamvana Makuluni The Lords of the Sith meet tonight to decide for horrible people, is the basis of a television how they shall take command of the weaklings Plan 8 From Outer Space game show with huge money, big stars, and Flappers, film stars, and gangsters gather that the rest of the universe has become. fantastic prizes! Join us in playing the game for a night of debauchery and intrigue at a Mike Young Will you be among them? where the questions are horrible, the answers notorious Hollywood speakeasy. The Roaring are twisted, and the players fit right in! Twenties are in full swing, and nobody’s The People of Earth are stupid. They have built a device that will destroy the universe. 18+ about to let a little thing like murder get in The Great War Upon Us the way of a good party. We are part of that universe and must stop them. Welcome to the post mortem meeting Michael Golosovker, Chris Wilkins, Slash! Zoe Eddy, Jake McCarthy for Plan Eight and the discussion of Plan Nine. Mike Young Osiris’ Gate A two hour rules light LARP where Dilbert Mel MacDonald, Tara Halwes War has come to the Republic of Illara! The meets Ed Wood! A Hellmouth has opened in Mount Laurel, New Andaria Dominion has invaded. Now, as crisis As Ra the Sun dies every day at sunset to Jersey and sixteen well known characters have looms, it is up to heroes of the Republic to travel through the Underworld and be born Previous Occupants come from across space and time to close it. rally to her defense in this boffer combat (18+) again at dawn, so too does each soul present Frederik Berg Østergaard, Tobias Wrigstad game of adventure and excitement produced itself for judgment at the end of mortal life. by the staff of Invictus LARP! The journey to the Chamber of Osiris is long, As the ghosts of the past invade the present, Teenage Mystery Dance Party treacherous, and filled with distractions, but the end is completely in the hands of the Mike Young, Phil Kelley The Koenig Dead if you succeed, you will have the opportunity players. Who will get away alive? Tony Mion, AJ Smith to be judged. Your heart and its sins are Hey gang! It looks like we’ve stumbled into A story that possesses you. You will never balanced against a feather. If found worthy, another crazy mystery. We’d better check it The Koenig Dead is a dark, fairly hard science leave the room the same. the soul goes on to a wondrous afterlife, if out. Join mystery solving teens from all those fiction game loosely inspired by an the sins outweigh the feather your the soul is old shows to solve all sorts of kooky mysteries. increasingly distant Joss Whedon TV show. eaten by Ammit the Crocodile-headed god of It is a semi-sequel to The Linfarn Run with death and damnation. Can you survive the some characters from that game. journey? Is your heart worthy? It won’t suit everybody. Really, it won’t. 17 18

The Man in Black The Monster’s Ball The Pantheon Protocol The Sound of Drums Brian Williams, AJ Smith Will Wagner Colin Sandel Lily Benderskaya, Tory Root The Man in Black, the galaxy’s infamous Virginia always believed in the monster under As a Pantheon beholds a world that has left In the distant past of myths and legends, a assassin, has never been known to fail. Word the bed, and in the closet, and... well, them behind, they face a challenge: Can they long-forgotten tribe of hunters and warriors is he’s coming to the backwater of Jericho, to everywhere - tonight, she invited those change into the Gods that the new world live by ancient traditions little known to the the bar bearing his name, to carry out his friends to her birthday party. needs, or will they fade into obscurity? few outsiders who’ve taken sanctuary among latest hit. No-one knows who has hired him The Pantheon Protocol is a game of personal them. Come tell tales of discord and desire, or who the target is, but he’s bound to bring The Omega Delivery examination and transformation. duel and drum, together under the full moon trouble in his wake: UFG agents, groupies, Tony Mion, AJ Smith of council night. outsiders in general. None of them is Having recently lost some crew members, The Passage welcome by the Regulars who just want and in need of business, the light Tom Russell The Yearbook a quiet life... John Stavropoulos, Terry H. Romero freighter Kestrel takes on a routine The Passage is a character-driven, Jeepform- delivery to an isolated monitoring station. inspired LARP about refugees fleeing the One terrible night in your senior year of high The Null Node Unfortunately the situation at Omega death of America (and perhaps the world in school, something tore apart Joe. It changed Simon Deveau Station is far from routine. general). Stuck on a barge headed up the everything. 20 years may have gone, but are In a dark future with corporate nation states The Oracle of Amun Missouri River, a disparate group of people you prepared to learn the truth tonight? reflect on despair, loss, transformation, and and vat-grown ninjas a threat has arisen to Lackey, Katherine Journeay hope. Can anyone build a new future on the The Yearbook is a potent blend of dark story all. Now corporations, nations and free game and Nordic LARP. Deep immersion with It is October of 1915, and it is quiet at the ruins of the past? people must work together inside and explicit, twisting supernatural horror. For 5-6 Siwa Oasis in Egypt. One inn caters to the outside of cyberspace to save the future neutral-gender players (you may be cross- Westerners at the Oasis, a small collection or at least their own... The Problem with Pluto cast), 18+ strictly enforced. dominated by the Archaeological team Diana Hsu exploring the ancient site of the Oracle of Amun. Once upon a time, there were nine Senshi, Triple Blind one for each planet in the solar system. Mike Young Together, they defeated countless enemies and saved the galaxy from Chaos. Set in a modern day fictional European country. Come to a party full of diplomatic Then the International Astronomical Union intrigue. This one hour experimental game decided that Pluto was no longer a planet. creates characters from three sets of randomly chosen backgrounds: a base This is a lighthearted, high-characterization, identity, a group or organization, and a cover low-plot game in the universe of the anime identity. Not even the GM will know whom and manga Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon . you are playing. The Road Not Taken Note: Due to the random nature of this game, it is possible, even likely that you will be cast Mike Young, Aaron Vanek in a cross gender role or put in a romance This is a game of emotions and decisions, plot with someone cast in a cross gender role. where players take turns playing a person Please be aware and accepting of this when faced with a difficult decisions, and the you sign up for the game. conflicting voices in that person’s head. Uwe Boll’s Christmas Special The Serpent’s Spiral Evan Torner, Kat Jones Bess Libby-Shannon, Chris Shannon, Albert Lin Infamous director Uwe Boll is writing and It’s WW1, but in Ireland rebellion spreads shooting his very own Christmas special. And across the land. In a remote county soldiers it turns out you’re the stars. Play in an overly and prisoners take refuge in a hospitable, ambitious 21st Century B-movie for adults. fortified castle, but there are rumors of ancient powers beneath the fortress and bonfires in the village. Will the Serpent’s Spiral unravel tonight?

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Ian Ally-Seals Christopher “Ryha” Barney The Ballad of Jess-Belle Days End Ian Ally-Seals moved to Harord in 1992 Chris is a Boston area game developer when he was thirteen years old. He has currently working on the kids MMO had a beard since that me. He has a Poptropica . He has been running and comic book company called Rare Earth playing LARP s in the New England area Comic. He enjoys gaming, surfing, but for more than a decade. not long walks on the beach, for he is lazy and gets annoyed at how the sand Kendra Beckler sucks your feet down and makes it hard Hitherby Dragons: Recourse to walk. He got pushed from the table top role-playing which he has done since Oh, look what the Hitherby GMs childhood into the LARP world about 2 dragged in! Is it sll twitching? years ago by his girlfriend who he has Yes, yes, I do believe it is. helped to GM several LARPs. Liliya “Lily” Benderskaya Christopher Amherst Behind the Fields Previous Occupants, At What Cost Short chick with short bio, writes Fact #1: He survived rolling a crical in a long-ass character sheets. Jerkform game twice, the second me won honors in Sweden for “Most Creave Use of a Snowblower.” Chad “Laurion” Bergeron NEIL Treasurer Fact #2: His cat’s Secret Service Ah! Forgive me, I have baby brain. codename is “Rainbow Dash.” Cameron Bes Nickey Barnard Osiris’ Gate An Ecumenical Maer, Midsummer Mischief This year’s acceptable bribes: engrossing life stories, spicy ginger beer, promises Hurrah! A spur of the moment decision of favorism and actual favorism. means I’m now coming to my first Intercon and helping run two games — See the subtle differences. this should be fun. Sll, I’ve been wring and running games in the UK for about Marc Blumberg ten years, so everything should go swimmingly — right? Teenage Mystery Dance Party Laura “Laura47” Boylan Elizabeth Bartley Con co-Chair Jamais Vue (revised), I am become Con Chair, planner of cons. ...and the Electric Labyrinth

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Emily Care Boss Brandon Brylawski David Cave started running tabletop in the ancient days of the 1970s. Wilmark Dynasty The City of Fire and Coin, Pendragon: Tales on a Winter’s Morn LARPers Anonymous, events evolved from a tabletop con to a Jeepform Sampler Teenage Mystery Dance Party Brandon first became interested in LARP themed theatrical style LARP in the Emily loves games: LARP, freeform, in 1991 and has never looked back. His Katherine Charer 1980s. He has produced, and/or wrien, tabletop, board games—you name it. LARP wring credits include Tales of an annual weekend long LARP for over She’s run LARPs at Intercon including Pendragon , Starship Edsel , and Arkham Dystopia Rising – Back to the Future 25 years. His wring credits include Diamonds & Coal , What to Do About on Five Sanity Points a Day . Brandon Willliam “Bill” Chapman Oscars 1998, 2000 and 2012; Star Trek: Tam Lin? and Under my Skin with other believes that in LARP, a good loss is The Khitomer Conclave (1999); and folks from Western Mass Interacve beer than a bad win; that everyone can Accorded Neutral Ground Unchained: The Journey Home (2010). Literature Society and her own stuff is be the star of their own show; and that Bill really hates wring bios. I mean with He’s run numerous mini-LARPs including at Black & Green Games. the best stories revolve around a tough a passion that would ignite a thousand three in a series of Camelot Court of decision that someone has to make. suns type of hate. The kind of hate that Love based on Arthurian legends, with a Anna “T’Pau” Bradley Chris “Lackey” Chaney Buffy once held for Spike when he was unique twist or two, of course. torturing all her friends but eventually Queen of all she surveys, The Oracle of Amun John is a Players’ GM who emphasizes Slash!, Con Commiee gave up when she realized that with Evil Genius. Angel geng his own spin-off that the character development and role playing I am Pi. only bad boy vampire available was within an easy, straighorward conflict I build worlds. I write mechanics to make Spike. And lets face it Spike was loved by resoluon system. His main objecves— those worlds real. I let players come play Nat “Pudding” Budin the fans and Buffy ever served the fans to recreate the chivalry of Camelot and in my worlds and see what happens. I let every player shine. Speilmeisterliaison, Unterwebmeister wants, with the excepon of the Buffy believe in leng the players have great und Panelkommisar, Fire on High, Willow sex tryst, but that’s another influence on the worlds I build, but with A Garden of Forking Paths, GM Liaison story. I suppose I should say something Mica Corradin that is the risk that things could go about me here as well, so... Que sera, sera. horribly wrong. But somemes, just Camelot—Intrigue at Castle York somemes, things go horribly right. I have gamed since the dawn of me, Mica Corradin has been involved with also known as when I first discovered RPG table top and LARPing events for D&D back in the ‘70s. I have LARPed the past 25 years. She is the co-writer of mulple genres, for mulple years, and four weekend-long theatrical LARPs with have run a bunch of different games. If her husband John—the Oscars (1998, you really want to get to know me, find 2000 & 2012) and Unchained: The me, grab a soda, it’s much beer in Journey Home , as well as the three person. Camelot Court of Love mini-LARPs based on the Arthurian legends. She’s Andrew Clough also wrien a mini-LARP with her daughter Kyra, called Dinner at the Heithur, Hitherby Dragons: Recourse Cardie’s that ran at Relaxicon 2010. Andrew is quite mad, in that he’s Wring fascinang characters is her running two different games with two favorite part of the process! different GM teams. And is referring to himself in the third person. And is Mica helps with the producon of all the rambling. Wilmark Dynasty events, including its annual Labor Day Weekend LARP and Relaxicon each spring. A collector of an John “Bay Rum” Corradin array of costume pieces (mostly Camelot—Intrigue at Castle York Rennaisance), she handles costuming John M. Corradin, a demigod of the for cast members and will aid players Wilmark Dynasty gaming group and the with costuming needs whenever asked. owner/manager of The Days of Knights fantasy gi & game store in Newark, Delaware, has over 30 years of experience running RPG events. He

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Jeff “The Vortex of Chaos” Diewald Will Fergus NEIL Board Member, Collision Cracks in the Orb Imminent!, Bid Commiee Doug “Dig” Freedman Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday, dear Vortex, A Turn on the Radiance Rose Happy Birthday to me! Here’s what we learned from Suey in our inaugural Peaky Midwest experience: Having survived since the Dawn of LARP, once again Intercon serves as my party. “Buggery, buggery, buggery, toss wank Sure, there are a few others with buggery bollux!” birthdays around the con, but this me, it’s all about me. It’s one of those You’d be surprised at just how oen this significant birthdays, and you’d beer turns out to be just the phrase you’re believe there will be port and cake. looking for. And LARP. It’s always about the LARP. And port. Bernie Gabin Cracks in the Orb, Last Night in Jesriah, It’s also the thirteenth run of Collision Break a Leg Imminent! , and that number is near and Sean “Xi’an” Curran Stephanie “Tephanie” Davis dear to me, given that Intercon the Anandi Gandolfi Thirteenth was also one of those Go Run Your Own Lile World High Tea, Con Commiee, Con Suite Sith Lords-The Dark Side significant birthdays and pares. And Heya, I was the roommate of the 2 nuts Stephanie is also known as Teph or Intercon the Thirteenth was our first Anandi started gaming at the tender age who wrote this game and played the Tephy; everyone I love hates the S in my New England Intercon. of 6 in her father’s college D&D game. It first run way back when. I’m here to name apparently. I’ve been gaming for was 13 years later when she discovered keep things flying. ten years (tabletop) and LARPing for the So, let’s celebrate and throw the bestest the wonders of LARPing, primarily as an last 6. My real life experience includes Intercon ever! outlet for her love of costuming. It was Vito “Simple Wordsmith” D’Agosta lots of table top stuff, lots of campaign another 12 years before she discovered Fire on High, A Garden of Forking Paths LARPing, lots of geeking about Human Zoe Eddy the highly sasfying acvity of wring ofgvghgvba pvcuref ner sha. guvf bar Rescources and other general business Go Run Your Own Lile World games. She makes her living now by ebgngrf rnpu yrggre np cynprf. things. I am a extroverted introvert, and making costumes and clothing for others. also Sheena’s personal secretary <3 Julia Ellingboe Her joy comes from making other people Kat Davis because I love him ;). You will either Cady Stanton’s Candyland, Howl! The happy, whether it is with a fun game or a love me or hate me but I love Last Night in Jesriah, Brotherhood of the Quabbin Shadows, prey dress. With 8 one-shots: Asylum interesng people. The Sound of Drums All Hail the Pirate Queen! with Margaret Simkins; Mahabharata ; One Life, Another Life ; Speed Dang ; Sith Lords- Kat likes shiny things, and hates Jen “Lady J” Eastman-Lawrence Elisabeth “Lise” Fracalossi The Dark Side with Andy Kirshbaum; Widget Hunts with the burning white Vendor Liaison Where The Wild Things Will Be ; Feast of hot passion of one thousand suns. She Cracks in the Orb I am currently cocooning through the the Minataur ; and Between The Cracks , a also enjoys hiding under things when Lise has been LARPing for seven years, winter and will emerge brand new and mul-city chronicle. Creang worlds of embarrassed and watching player’s cry and wring LARPs since she got off her buerfly-like in March! wonder, joy, and pain has become a with sadisc glee. Her favorite thing is boom and wrote League of passion that shows lile sign of being apple pie. Her least favorite thing is Veronica Eikov Extraordinary Hogwarts Students (LXHS) in 2009, ably assisted by her husband sasfied. Widget Hunts. 36 Degrees of Separaon Ma. Cracks in the Orb is her second Simon “Joiler” Deveau Veronica, epic geek extraordinaire of game. Given sufficient me and leave, Ajit George eclecc taste, has been LARPing since The Null Node she would ramble at you about Jeepform Sampler 2003 and has adored Intercon since the Dragaera for hours. Previous games include: Malcor, moment she arrived at her first one. She Jeepform and indie story-game enthusiast Barad Wath, Skid Row, Darfur Bingo, enjoys shiny things, geeky talk, talking in Lise is not, in fact, always evil. that usually GMs under the banner of “Sex Resoluon 2768 , possibly others I can’t and Bullets” with teammates Lizzie Stark general, having fun, winning, being Only mostly. remember right now. hyper and, of course, LARPing. This is & others. Glub...glub... her first foray into GMing at Intercon. 27 28

Kevin Girard Lian Guern Sharone “Mali” Horowit-Hendler Ben “Cpt. Von Sassy Pants” Jones Crisis Aboard the Starship Hecate Hitherby Dragons: Recourse 36 Degrees of Separaon Devil to Pay Ulula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. Sharone was first pulled into GMing by Ben is too goddamn lazy to write his Tegan Hendrickson Foam Brain. Shortly aer her first me own bio and has outsourced the job. On Susan “nikin” Giusto At What Cost, Bid Commiee GMing, she was conned into wanng to an unrelated topic, he thinks Adina is work on her first game with Jared Hite. the greatest person to walk the earth. The Intercon Muse ~nikin~, A lifeme resident of the DC area, One year later, GM Space appeared in Collision Imminent!, Con Commiee Tegan became an Intercon addict aer Ben has been LARPing for about 5 years. her friends and fellow LARPers finally full magnificence, borne upon the Hi! wings of the dragons, heralded by the He is currently on the staff for Mirror, convinced her to go. Mirror and Clockwork Skies . I help make the art for Intercon happen trumpets of the Gods. Or maybe the in addion to several other interesng It was only a maer of me before Elder Gods. —Generic claim to be evil and/or crazy, things of which I shall not menon she began to write and run games of and/or implicaon that it’s necessary to her own. Now Sharone has wrien a total of four here ... bwah ha ha! games, two of which she was using to deny that he is evil and/or crazy.— I write and produce LARP’s with the TNT study linguisc anthropology, on her The soluon is: “substuon cyphers are gang. We are running the loudest game way to her PhD. Her dissertaon was fun. This one rotates each leer 13 at Intercon this year: Collision Imminent . changed on her, so she is no longer places.” U mad bro? using LARPing as her main experimental I am small, furry and not from this methods, but she loves her new topic. And a quote vaguely apropos of planet. I love to dance, need a dance Be warned: bring it up, and she will talk LARPing: “I reject your reality and partner and can cook really great food. I at you for forever. substute my own.” -Adam Savage appreciate warm hugs, bright smiles and hair to run my fingers through or play Diana “Diana” Hsu Katherine “Kathy” Journeay with... I am a renaissance girl geek that The Oracle of Amun can jump start my own vorple blaster The Problem with Pluto while not busng my corset or leng I’m not enrely sure what I’m doing Katherine has officially been LARPing for any curls wilt. here. One moment I was with some over half her life. Do not assume she is a friends and talking about Planets of good person and wishes your Michael “Mickey” Golosovker Unusual Size, and the next thing I know characters well. The Great War Upon Us I’ve apparently got a game to write, aras to make, players to kill.. er.. Michael “Mickey” Golosovker has been Sarah Judd entertain and Neil Degrasse Tyson to playing and running LARPs since 1994. The Barbecue, Plan 8 From Outer Space frame for it all. At least I can always run This is his first Intercon, but he’s looking Sarah has been LARPing since a lile away to China if this whole enterprise forward to translang live combat LARP before Intercon I and is totally hooked. crashes spectacularly. experience to the convenon seng. She thanks her fellow LARPers for being Mickey is also the GM for the upcoming the people she feels most herself boffer LARP Invictus and is interested in Kara Hurvitz around, even though she spends the how the convenon version will e into The Pantheon Protocol most me being not herself the main campaign. Kara Hurvitz is addicted to stress—that’s around them. the way that she gets things done. Tara Halwes Mahew “Ma” Kamm Osiris’ Gate Katherine Jones Last Night in Jesriah Wants more Role Playing in her Live Cady Stanton’s Candyland, Ma plays games. He also writes them, Acon Role Playing. Wants you to want Uwe Boll’s Christmas Special, somemes. Some people seem to like it too. Dangerous fascinaon with death All Hail the Pirate Queen! them, and that’s good enough for him. and the aerlife, experimental LARP, Nordic style, & saying yes when asked to Dave Kapell GM things. An predeterminaon. Pro player empowerment. Pro bleed. Hopes Hotel Liaison to meet you at Pre-Con!

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Arnis Kletnieks Renee Lasko Desperadoes Under The Eaves, Con Commiee The Serpent’s Spiral Renee’s been LARPing since ... well, Arnis is a large, affable, veteran LARPer before she started working in/running with a growing business in Temporal Con Suite, so it’s at least before Intercon Recreaonal Vehicle customizaon G. Honestly she can’t remember much and maintenance. before then, but she has vague 6 intrepid GM teams memories of a lot of spaghe in a 24 hours Rebecca Kletnieks really weird kitchen in Delaware. 3 secret theme ingredients Desperadoes Under The Eaves, During her years as Con Suite Mistress Con Commiee at Intercon New England, she generally The resulng LARPs will be Judged Sunday morning Becky owns a me machine, but only spent most of her me cooking/ ever uses it for good. She is beloved organizing/supervising and nurturing her The top 3 teams will get cash prizes by all forest creatures, as well as the aching feet, playing in perhaps 2 games majority of creatures dwelling on per con. She’s looking forward to Come to closing ceremonies to see who wins! savannahs, in jungles, and along the playing in more games than that this coasts. She navigates the cosmos year but expects to be a pile of goo by in a surprisingly comfortable vehicle, Sunday aernoon. which resembles nothing quite so Eddy Karat Philip Kelley much as a high-end Winnebago, and is Tim “Teem” Lasko accompanied on these journeys by an Hitherby Dragons: Recourse Teenage Mystery Dance Party, Minion, Ocelot, NEIL Board, exceponally polite miniature wyvern Midsummer Mischief, Bid Commiee Your Intercon M Registrar, named Bertrand. She has the right of Biological Profile Philip got the idea for his jacket when Collision Imminent!, way at any given crossroads, whether The Road Not Taken Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Margaret won an Intercon raffle faerie or haunted. When the zombie Ah, these old halls in Chelmsford are so Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: consisng of a shirt from all the (then) apocalypse comes, Becky will be ready, comfortable...so familiar. As but a shade Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: leered Intercons. Procuring them as she has already packed a bag with of the ConChair Unslain, it is far easier to Theria Order: Primates Suborder: through the de use of skills developed very sensible supplies. Anthropoidea Family: Hominidae Genus: through years of LARPing (“I’ve got an haunt the familiar shortcuts and rooms Homo Species: H. sapiens Subspecies: H. idea for those” / “Here, take them”), he Kathryn Kun here. Here, perhaps, I shall be reborn— s. sapiens turned them into patches and sewed Con Suite metamorphosize, to invent a word— them on a jacket. While the jacket has into something new. Stronger. Faster. Gamer Profile yet to be immortalized in a Mike Young Sue “Queenortart” L. And for less than six million dollars. In the meanme, I shall be working behind Eddy has been involved with LARP for 20 game, it expects a call from Hollywood Queenortart and Frock Procurer, the scenes, unseen, making sure that years now, though the bulk of games he any day now. A Turn on the Radiance Rose, Intercon happens and that everyone has has wrien have been for the MIT Andy Kirschbaum An Ecumenical Maer, a good me. Assassins’ Guild. This is his third Intercon Midsummer Mischief, Bid Commiee Sith Lords-The Dark Side game, the first two being A Tale Of Time What Ho! Spiffing fun, what? Would you Andy has been running and playing Ma LeVan Travel and Shadow Over Babylon . be passing the ectoplasm, Father Ted? LARPs since the mid ‘80s. He’s starng Cracks in the Orb Jonathan “Riley” Kindness to get good at it. Bonus point awarded if you can work out which game is which in the Bess Libby Last Night in Jesriah In his spare me, Andy writes and above statement. The Serpent’s Spiral Hello! I am a teacher. In my spare me, publishes novels. Somemes he even sells a few. I like to invite people to live in a magical Andrew LaPorte Anthony Linkens world I created with my brain. I love Andy owns and operates 3 Trolls Games The Oracle of Amun Crisis Aboard the Starship Hecate watching you dress up and act out my & Puzzles in Chelmsford with his family. fantasies. I hope that works for you.

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Albert Lin Shannon Moore Jamey Paen Byron Quinn Go Run Your Own Lile World Last Night in Jesriah, High Tea Second Dawn The Null Node Do you dream in ink Shannon is very bad at three things: translang onto paper Ma “Halime” Peairs Joshua “blee” Rachlin • write-ups forever Balance Murder at the Fourth Leaf, Wombat Trainer, Con Commiee, • Adding 8 and 3 Bid Commiee 10 Bad LARPs - The Original, Ops • Peter Litwack Subming bios in a mely manner Ma “Halime” Peairs enjoys wring CORRECTION: In last year’s bio, blee was A Single Silver Coin LARPs about tropical islands, mad idenfied as a dangerous weather related Colleen Nachtrieb science, the 1980s, ponies, underground LARPing event. This was an error. In Mel MacDonald Garden Staon 4 fortresses and mermaids. But not all at actuality, blee is a Deputy Assistant the same me. Although now that you Secretary of LARP. We apologize for Osiris’ Gate A GM for all seasons! Colleen has run menon it... the confusion. the gambit of various LARPS, from Mac Magruder theater style, to live combat, to one shot Jesse Perry Mahew “Ma” Rand High Tea experimental, “oh my Glob there is a bomb in the room!” She normally runs The Oracle of Amun The Oracle of Amun Ryan Maloney private games, and normally doesn’t talk Jesse was introduced to LARPing Ma first got involved in LARPing when through boffer LARPs. Running around Shine in 3rd person. She has a history of being his friends convinced him to PC at a silly, but not when running horror. From the woods, beang your friends in the By day, Ryan is a mild mannered boffer LARP called Endgame back in 2007. Iowa, to Colorado, to the East Coast head with plumbing supplies? How Since then LARPing has become one of graduate student, studying how the Colleen will find a venue to run and could he say no? brain perceives brightness. By night, his favorite acvies, and the chance to focus on the players’ experience with in His boffer LARP career has taken him be on staff for Oracle of Amun (and Ryan is also a mild mannered graduate the game. student, though he does manage to get through several different system and Shadows ) simply couldn’t be passed up. more gaming and socializing in during could legally buy you, many drinks. He looks forward to the chance to help Jeff “Jeffo” Ogorzalek bring a story to other players and try to the night than during the day. He is happiest when wrapping the flank, The Oracle of Amun, “give back” for his experience in the or sneaking, or fighng outnumbered. Sith Lords-The Dark Side community as a player. Michael McAfee Game weekends are best when filled A veteran of both boff and theater style Con Commiee with adrenaline highs, war stories, Epidiah Ravachol LARPs, Jeffo is most at home in his delicious tears and laughter. Jesse Jake McCarthy basement making stuff to make the enjoys long walks in the dark, where The City of Fire and Coin game more real. He has been making you will likely be eaten by a Grue. The Great War Upon Us props for LARPs since he was 8 years Trey Reilly Charlie “grejam” McCutcheon old. Imagine his surprise years later Benjamin Philip Con Commiee when he learned that LARPing existed Collision Imminent! and he had a use for all his stuff. If it can Second Dawn Brian Richburg It’s all Jeff’s fault. A sojourning scienst, from New be imagined, he can make it, and if it Devil to Pay can’t be imagined he can probably make England to Northwest to Midwest, Kristen McFadyen it anyway. returning home to let LARP fly Kevin Riggle once more! Second Dawn PreCon Chair, Heithur Moira “Moira” Parham Xavid Pretzer Kevin is the opposite of people. He Nick “Wolf” Milano Teenage Mystery Dance Party Hitherby Dragons: Recourse runs Northeast LARP News (hp:// 36 Degrees of Separaon Jinkies! Old Man Young tricked me into Xavid is unequal to the square root of neLARPnews.blogspot.com), a blog of Nick Milano is completely insane, don’t GM-ing yet again! He’s a wily one, is Old three. He’s wrien a variety of LARPs LARP event announcements in the trust him. Man Young. Wile E. Young...no, wait, over the years with the MIT Assassins’ Northeast US. wrong genre. Which game is this again? Guild; Hitherby Dragons: Recourse is his Tony Mion Why am I here? Just stand in the corner first run at Intercon. When not wring Phoebe Roberts and hold a binder and look officious you LARPs, he can be found talking to trees, The Koenig Dead, The Omega Delivery, Break a Leg, Bid Commiee say? Done! listening to the wind, and drinking The Man in Black Phoebe’s good. I like Phoebe. root beer.

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Terry Romero Colin “Dog” Sandel Alison Joy Schafer Adina Schreiber The Yearbook The Pantheon Protocol Devil to Pay Raffle Coordinator Hailing from the epic sprawl of Queens, Sorry, user: Colin Sandel has exceeded Shel Silverstein, This Bridge NYC, Terry Romero has ran hundreds of awesomeness quota and a text bio is not Title Deed This bridge will only take games and helped organize events for available at this me. Please imagine a Alison’s Bio Space you halfway there NerdNYC since the beginning of me, four-minute-long screaming guitar To those mysterious lands which feels remarkably like a decade. solo instead. Rent $14 you long to see: With 1 House $70. She’s also a game-jocky for events at Through gypsy camps and Melanie Saunders With 2 Houses $200. both Games on Demand @ Gen Con swirling Arab fairs Cracks in the Orb, Loot Council With 3 Houses $550. and Sex & Bullets, a cohort of Nordic And moonlit woods where With 4 Houses $750. freeform pirates, onion-fiends and FOR THE HORDE! unicorns run free. American Jerkform enthusiasts. Because we both play Alliance, but Chris With Hotel $950 So come and walk awhile claimed that first. with me and share Tory Root Mortgage Value $90 The twisng trails and The Sound of Drums EB “EB or Acousc_Shadow” Houses cost $100 each wonderous worlds I’ve known As of the Iron GM contest for this Savage Hotels, $100 plus 4 houses But this bridge will only take you halfway there — Intercon, Tory will have wrien for ten The Ballad of Jess-Belle, Happily Ever If a player owns ALL the lots of any The last few steps you’ll have LARPs. She’s also working on another Aer?, Happily Ever Aer? new game for the Brandeis Fesval GM Group, the rent is doubled on to take alone. Once upon a me, in a land far, far away any Unimproved Lots in that group. because she does not know the meaning (Alabama), there lived a lile girl who of “over commitment.” When she is not wanted to be anything but ordinary. Her Katrina Schönheyder wring LARPs, she can be found wring imaginaon soared and expanded and Eva Schiffer Dystopia Rising – Back to the Future various other things, trying to make the so did her costume closet. She spent her A Turn on the Radiance Rose world around her preer, forgeng to days reading every book she could get Christopher Shannon update her website, lying around like a I consume oxygen and at any given her hands on and then making up vast The Serpent’s Spiral, The Oracle of Amun seal, and storing a riding crop with her complicated play acvies of those moment I’m probably not on fire. fireplace tools. stories’ plotlines while wearing Joshua “Sheena” Sheena Sparrow Rubin extravagant costumes. Then the girl Jason “Jadasc” Schneiderman The Iron Consuite Chairman, High Tea, grew up and was told to put away Desperadoes Under The Eaves Iron GM Games Behind the Fields, Con Commiee, Ops childish things and she was very sad. If I could only get my record clean... I’d In order to combine both of his dues This Intercon will be Sparrow’s first year One day the girl discovered LARP and be a genius. for this Intercon, Chairman Sheena has as staff and the premiere of Behind The has thrown herself wholeheartedly into built what he has called Consuite Fields , the first game ze’s wrien (with her childish dream come true in the I’ve been involved in the adventure Stadium, where LARP GMs get paired Liliya Benderskaya). Sparrow has adult world. It has been ten years since games hobby for the past twenty-five together and with a secret LARP theme engaged in some name badge that glorious day, and she has been years. Started playing in 1987. Was hired must construct a full meal in one hour. modificaons since last Intercon, and is expanding her imaginaon and costume by InQuest Magazine in 1996; since His panel of judges for this Iron Consuite most definitely not an otherworldly closet ever since wring LARPs that then, I’ve done wring and eding work are an older, disnguished LARP cric, a youth with risky ideas and confusion portray the stories she loves, and for Green Ronin, Malhavoc Press, and LARP writer who hasn’t wrien anything about baseball. Drop by Ops and say hi! playing the characters who take her out White Wolf. I managed two different in a decade and a random giggling of the ordinary and back to the world game stores in the metro Boston area in Tom “Blue Gargantua” Russell Japanese girl who will compare the she wanted to be real as a child. the 2000s. I’m very pleased to reunite dishes to a LARP her father wrote for her The Passage, Howl! The Brotherhood of with Becky and Arnis for this encore when she was twelve. the Quabbin Shadows EB loves her meat medium rare. She presentaon of Desperadoes Under The Tom has wrien a number of different does not like coconut, but does like Eaves . Maybe the good guys will win this LARPs for Intercon and other gaming cupcakes with passion. She is blond with me. (For varying values of good.) Brian Sniffen venues including A Day at the Races , blue eyes and sll reads veraciously. EB Heithur Young Wizards in Love , Young writes a webcomic called Prose & Cons . I have a weakness for good coffee and Check it out. hp:// bad puns. Brian learned to GM from the MIT Commandos in Love , and The Assassins’ Guild. Wesngton Game among others. www.rareearthcomics.com/webcomics/ He is a muppet of a man. pc_01_pg01.html 35 36

Andrea Shubert John Stavropoulos Barry Tannenbaum Jessica Wagner The Game Show Against Humanity The Yearbook Collision Imminent!, Intercon Webmaster Will Wagner I make games. I’ve LARPed forever - even Hi all, I’m John! Alexandra Thorn running a NERO campaign nearly two The Monster’s Ball, decades ago - but I’ve done very few I’m the president of NerdNYC, a A Serpent of Ash Grimm Tales: Coyote’s Tail non-boffer LARPs. This is my first nonprofit dedicated to social games in Alex has been LARPing since 1999. She Will is the author and GM of the Grimm Intercon. If you are reading this, the NYC with 2,000+ members and 26 game enjoys deep roleplay and hopes to help Tales series. He has also wrien and run Mayans were right. (“The person who convenons. I co-ran Gen Con’s Games bring that experience to others. many other games, both by himself and owned andreashubert.com would aend on Demand for 1,400 parcipants, led with various teams. He is also breaking a LARP convenon in early 2013.”) dozens of seminars at convenons She is somemes whimsical, but then... new ground this year by running a game (including panels for 500+ aendees), if she weren’t whimsical, she wouldn’t designed for kids! and have GMed for 1,000s (no have come here. Andrew “AJ” Smith exaggeraon) of people all over the Mark “Jusn du Coeur” Waks The Koenig Dead, The Omega Delivery, world! Stephen Tihor The Man in Black Con Commiee ++ REQUEST INTERCEPTED ++ My day job is everything from Creave Jamais Vue (revised), Jusn du Coeur works in the TransPolyU ++ Subject: Bio_Form AJ Director, Producer, Contract Negoator, ...and the Electric Labyrinth Department of Story-Reality Mechanics. ++ Compiling Standard Illustrator, Web Developer to Designer Stephen has been around for a while. Having completed his thesis in LARP Response for a variety of clients including NASA; You may have met him. He rather likes Wring, he is now working on Strange ++ Keywords: Brit, The History Channel; Museum of running games. If you have any actual Meta- LARP Science, building systems to $INTERCON_NUMBER, Pirate, Modern Art; NY Yankees; Veganomicon; quesons do drop him a line and he will make it easier to write LARPs. Once he is Kestrel (Koenig), Kestrel David Bowie; Sony; Universal; The do his best to illuminate you. Seriously I done with that, he will move on to (Omega), Assassin Rolling Stones; Nike Foundaon; Girl should copy in a good biography here. building systems that build systems to ++ Generating ... Effect; etc. I’m currently working on What is useful for you to know write LARPs, and will eventually write a educaonal games for adolescent girls in about me? LARP about building such systems. ++ ERROR: Subject has no Ethiopia for Girl Effect (an affiliate of the It is his hypothesis that all of reality Object ++ Nike Foundaon). Cat Tobin will then be sucked into a black hole An Ecumenical Maer of metagaming. Lizzie Stark Anita Szostak Cat is from Ireland. Jeepform Sampler, Howl! The Art Director Conor Walsh Brotherhood of the Quabbin Shadows The art department as always is making She has been playing games for a while A Midsummer Night and sure that Intercon M has beauful now and somemes writes them, too. Lizzie Stark is the author of Leaving the Livin’ Is Easy Mundania , a narrave nonficon book artwork and a fantasc program book. She likes coffee, hates mornings and is Once upon a me, Adam Nakama about LARP. She blogs about roleplaying My thanks to Susan and Barry for not a secret agent. emailed Conor and asked him to join an at LizzieStark.com. making this job such a great team effort. Iron GM team full of amazing authors. Evan Torner Thorin Tabor Four years later, he’s run that game Julia Suggs Uwe Boll’s Christmas Special, fieen mes. Bid Commiee, Outreach Con co-Chair, NEIL Board The City of Fire and Coin, Jeepform Sampler He offers this as a warning to all those Julia has Helium Hand Syndrome. Rory Talk who Adam might ask to do things. Con Commiee A German film lecturer who writes LARPs. Wears a hat. Part of the Kim “redfishie” Sward Rorys are helpful creatures. Western Massachuses Interacve Paul Wayner Slash!, Bid Chair Literature Society. G.I. Joe: Metamorphosis, Gaylord Tang Kim can oen be found wandering Pendragon: Tales on a Winter’s Morn around singing to herself. The Barbecue, Jamais Vue (revised), Thomas Traina ...and the Electric Labyrinth Con Commiee Gaylord’s been LARPing invisibly in a bunch of games around NYC since the early ‘90s, and now finds himself taking a stab at running and wring.

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Suzanne “Zandor” Wayner Jeannie “On Crack Woman” Whited G.I. Joe: Metamorphosis G.I. Joe: Metamorphosis Suzanne has wrien a gazillion LARPs for If the game isn’t ready to run, blame it Intercon over the years, somemes with on my horse. It’s his fault. Somehow. Jeannie Whited and Moira Parham, somemes with Paul Wayner. The G.I. Brian Williams The Most Important Rule of All Joe game is a perfect excuse to watch Have a good me! Have a great me! Have a grand me! Just have fun! wacky episodes of the animated series, The Man in Black and come up with wacky scenarios for Was it really 12 years ago that I first ran Do Unto Others hapless players. The Man in Black at Intercon? My, how Treat other convenon aendees and hotel guests in a generally civilized fashion. Abusive, insulng, me flies. Well, AJ and I are back for a inmidang, bothersome, or outwardly illegal behavior will not be tolerated. Chris Weil well-overdue second run... Do Not Freak the Mundanes Loot Council FOR THE ALLIANCE! Laura Young Remember there are non convenon-going guests staying at the hotel. All major game acvity should take place in the conference area, not the hotel area, although quiet game acvity may occur inside player rooms Teenage Mystery Dance Party (not in the halls) during the day. The hotel area should be specifically considered quiet space aer 10pm, Susan “Dybbuk” Weiner and no game acvity should take place there aer that me, except in hotel suites designated by the Fire on High, A Garden of Forking Paths Mike “Buggy” Young convenon for certain LARPs. Players in those LARPs are encouraged to be mindful of other hotel guests and keep acvity within those hotel suites. The sneaky disappearing Susan has Teenage Mystery Dance Party, returned from Iowa, just long enough to Triple Blind, Communicate With Your GMs reprise a few games, dance all night, and Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Your GMs will communicate with you in advance about the game(s) you have signed up for, both to be fly away again. adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor certain that you are cast well and to help ensure your and everyone else’s enjoyment of the LARP. For most games at our convenon, there is communicaon back and forth before the date of the convenon. Please Jesse Wertheimer incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis help yourself and your GMs by responding to them in a mely fashion. There are some games where you Slash! need not prepare anything in advance (for example, informaon is given “at the door”), but those cases will nostrud exercitaon ullamco laboris nisi be made clear by the GMs. It is best to assume that some advance communicaon will be necessary for all Some said I was mad, mad I tell you! ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. games. If you have any quesons, please contact your GM. They said my experiments would never Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in If you know in advance that you cannot make a game, please let the GMs or Operaons Staff know, so that work!!! Ha I say to you. For by the end voluptate velit esse Mike Young cillum the GMs can make proper arrangements. If you are more than 10 minutes late for a game, you may be of March (or the beginning of April) my dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. recast at the GMs’ discreon. greatest experiment will commence. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non Communicate With the Convention I (and my assistant (wife)) will have proident, sunt in culpa qui officia created life itself!! deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. If you have any quesons about our convenon, please feel free to contact us by email before the convenon or at the Operaons Staff desk at the convenon. If there is only a short me before our Mwaa Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! convenon and you have not heard from the GMs of the game(s) you signed up for, please let us know. Andrew Zorowitz Convention Policies Christopher Wilkins Con Commiee Go Run Your Own Lile World Game Registration Policy Intercon follows a strict first come, first serve policy when it comes to game registraons. Some games at the convenon may have restricons that exclude certain players from parcipang. For example, if a game is a boffer combat game, there may be insurance reasons that require restricons such as insurance waivers for pregnant women and players under the age of 16. Other games may deal with adult subject maer and therefore be inappropriate for minors. If a game has such a restricon, it will be made clear in the game descripon. If you fall into a restricted category and sll sign up for a game with restricons, you may have your registraon revoked by the convenon Registrar. Many games at the convenon are ghtly ploed and depend on the acve parcipaon of all the players Why not save yourself a headache and sign up now at the registraon desk? who sign up for the game. Once you have signed up for a game, your GMs may need to hear from you before the convenon, especially if they have provided specific casng informaon, to be sure that you are Intercon N memberships are currently only $25! If you forget to signup this aware of the details of the game and to give them assurances that you will be aending. (See ‘Communicate with your GMs’ above.) GMs who have concerns about non-responsive players should contact the weekend, register online at hp://www.intercon-n.org and keep checking for convenon GM Liaison, who will also aempt to contact the player. If a player appears to be non-responsive games and announcements. to GMs and convenon staff, he or she may be dropped from the game by the convenon GM Liaison.

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Harassment Policy All aendees at Intercon are expected to treat other aendees, guests, staff, and the general public with respect. Physical and verbal harassment and sexual assault will not be tolerated. LARPing can be an intense acvity, and the con staff wishes to provide a safe environment for the con-goers. If you experience harassment or if someone is making you uncomfortable, please inform the Con Chair or Operaons Staff so we can handle the problem. Weapons Policy The staff of New England Intercon recognizes that you may need a weapon as part of a game or costume. However, weapons are not to be used outside of the game space. This includes toy weapons, “boffers,” or anything that is liable to trip others. Please use common sense when choosing a weapon for your game. Per hotel policy, no knives of any kind are allowed as weapons. Please note that the following weapons are considered illegal in Massachuses and should not be used or displayed at the convenon: blackjacks, billy clubs, any sort of double-edged knives (symmetrical cross-secon, even if one side is dull), nunchucks, and shuriken (throwing stars). If a guest is observed with any type of weapon, the hotel may nofy the police. Violations Policy Anyone found violang any of the New England Intercon convenon policies at the convenon may be subject to ejecon from the convenon without refund. The New England Intercon convenon reserves the right to expel anyone for any reason, with or without warning. Hotel Rules Staying at the Radisson Inn Each hotel room should have no more than four occupants. Sleeping in public areas of the hotel or in the convenon areas is forbidden by the hotel management. No Smoking in Hotel and Convention Areas Per the Board of Health, smoking is not allowed in any public area of the hotel. If you wish to smoke, please go to a designated public smoking area (outside). The hotel has a limited number of designated smoking overnight rooms. Check with the hotel registraon clerk when you arrive to inquire if a smoking room is available. Alcohol Policy Because of the hotel’s liquor license and strict Massachuses state law, alcohol in funcon spaces may only be served by a bartender from the hotel. Players and GMs may not bring their own alcohol into the funcon space. If a GM would like to have a real bar for their game, we can make arrangements with the hotel in advance. There is to be no alcohol in the Con Suite. Players, GMs, or Games found in violaon of this policy will be asked to remove the alcohol from the funcon space immediately. If they do not comply, they will be asked to leave the hotel. If the GMs opt to have a bartender, the bartender will validate that the players are of legal drinking age. Be Nice to the Site You may only tape something to the walls if you use light masking tape or architect’s tape, which will leave no residue and will not damage the paint. The convenon has a limited amount of tape available which it can loan to games as needed. Operations Staff Please report to Ops Staff or the Con Chair any incident in which a member of the convenon ignores the rules of the convenon stated above. New England Interacve Literature reserves the right to revoke, without refund, the membership of anyone for any just cause. An Ops Staff member can always be found at the Ops desk during regular Operaons hours. If the hotel observes a guest violang any of the above rules, the hotel reserves the right to have that guest removed from the property without refund. New England Interacve Literature is not responsible for any lost or stolen property.

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NELCO 2013

August 9-12 Radisson Hotel and Suites, Chelmsford, MA

The New England LARP Conference is a mul- tradion event focused on the cra of LARP. It will be a weekend of LARP discussions, panels, workshops and build-your-own games.

NELCO is not a gaming convenon. NELCO is about the art form of LARPing; wring LARPs, running LARPs, and preparing to play in a LARP. Last year’s conference included panels on Character Wring, Mechanics, Sewing for LARP, Prop Construcon, and much more.

Entrance to NELCO will be $20 for the weekend, which can be paid at Ops at Intercon M.

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