OryCon 36 Windows to Futures Past November 7-9, 2014 Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel Portland, Oregon Artist Guest of Honor Author Guest of Honor Mark Roland William F. Nolan Panels • Gaming • Vendors • Art Show • Concerts Dances • Writer’s Workshop • Children’s Activities OryCon hosts some of the major names in science fiction and fantasy, as well as offers many events for convention-goers. OryCon is sponsored by the Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (www.osfci.org). $45 Adults $22.50 Children 6-12 Children 5 & under are free (Prices are good through 3/31/2014 ) www.36.orycon.org Information Table of Contents Information Hotel Message from the Chair 2 Hotel Map 24 GameStorm Wants You 2 Convention Room Maps 25 People Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. Schedule (OSFCI) Code of Conduct 3 Thursday, March 20th 29 Policies 3 Friday, March 21st 34 Info Desk 5 Saturday, March 22nd 42 Registration and Badge Pickup 6 Sunday, March 23rd 49 Hospitality 6 Events Swag and GameStorm Bucks 6 Top Attractions 52 Event Sign Up 8 Board and Card Games 55 Open Gaming 8 Collectible Card Games 74 Hotel Game Library 8 Children's Programming 77 Merchandise 9 Console Gaming 78 John Andrews Memorial Worldcon Scholarship 9 Indie Hurricane! 78 People Game Lab 81 Guests of Honor 10 Live Action Role-Playing 85 Mike Selinker 10 MIB: Men In Black (SJ Games) 86 Zev Shlasinger 11 Miniatures 89 David Coronado, Michelle McNeill & Organized Role Playing 91 - Schedule Matt Branstad 12 Role-Playing Games 97 Shane Hensley 13 Special Events 104 Special Guests 14 Committee Dealers Room 16 Committee Members 106 Dealers List 16 What is OSFCI? 107 Dealers Room Map 19 Mini Painting Contest 20 Indie Hurricane! 20 Video Gaming 21 Steve Jackson Games 21 Events Children's Programming 21 Game Lab 22 Publisher-Designer Speed Dating 22 Committee Cover Art: The GameStormer Artist: Julia Gross (Tinderbox Entertainment) 2 GAMESTORM 16 Message from the Chair GameStorm is not a convention. That is, it’s not just a convention. It’s a community. We come together for four days in March each year to celebrate our shared love of games. For some, it’s an opportunity to try new things, as GameStorm is a veritable buffet of gaming choices. Information For others, it’s a chance to play games with friends they may only see once a year, at GameStorm. What makes GameStorm a community is that it is entirely volunteer driven. No one is paid. Events are planned and hosted by volunteer game masters and industry guests. When you participate, as a volunteer, as staff, or as concom, you are giving back to the community that built this event up over the last 16 years. Without this combined effort, GameStorm would not be possible. While comic cons and for-profit geek culture cons seem to be multiplying everywhere, GameStorm is still all about gamers helping gamers. What makes GameStorm a community is the other events we do throughout the year. We host a free game day each quarter; it’s a great way to introduce your friends to a taste of what GameStorm is like. We bring our game library to other local conventions: OryCon, Kumoricon and the Stumpquest Games Fest. Game Lab runs smaller events for game designers. Follow us on twitter @Gamestormcon or on Facebook.com/GameStormCon for updates! What makes GameStorm a community is you. Your participation makes this community better. Your enthusiasm and your love of gaming make this a unique environment: supportive, friendly, and inclusive. Welcome home. Aaron Curtis Chair, GameStorm 16 GameStorm Wants You Volunteering to help out is another way to have fun at GameStorm. • Have an hour or two free between games? • Want to help out? Just come to the Info Desk (in the Heritage Lobby), or Hospitality (Discovery A) to volunteer. What’s in it for you? • Learn about the Mysterious Inner Workings of the convention. • Get GameStorm Bucks, redeemable for cool stuff.Join us at the Sunbreak Party and meet the ConCom on Sunday at 7 P.M. in Hospitality for treats and serious relaxation. WWW.GAMESTORM.ORG 3 Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) Code of Conduct Information OSFCI does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, including but not limited to physical assault, battery, deliberate intimidation, stalking or unwelcome physical contact. This policy applies to your interactions with fellow con-goers, program participants, hotel employees, and guests of the hotel. Be respectful of and courteous towards others. If you have graduated from kindergarten, we expect you to understand that you need to ask before you touch and that “no” means “no”. If someone tells you “no” or “go away”, your business with them is done. Violation of this policy can result in action by the con committee ranging from warnings to having your badge revoked with no refund, and the decision of the event chair is final. Action by the convention in no way precludes the injured individual or the hotel from pursuing whatever remedies, civil or criminal, they see fit. After the event, OSFCI may take further action, including banning you from further events. Please note that other behaviors, including but not limited to destruction of hotel property, can also result in the actions described above. A copy of the procedures for enforcement of this code are available on the OSFCI web site at http://osfci.org/code.html Policies Badge Badges are to be worn and visible by convention attendees at all times. Until the end of the convention, badges remain the property of GameStorm. Children All children ages 10 and under must be actively supervised by a responsible adult at all times. If a child age 10 or under is found unsupervised, both the child and parent/guardian may have their memberships revoked, and no refunds will be issued. Badges for children 10 and under will be identified by a red stripe. All children ages 14 and under must have a registered parent or legal guardian (or an adult designated by the parent or guardian in writing on the waiver form) attending the convention at all times that the child is attending. Children ages 15-17 may attend the convention unsupervised. A completed waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian is required for all children ages 17 and under. The waiver form must include contact information for the parent/guardian (plus contact information for a designated adult supervisor, if any), which will only be used in relation to care of the child. Badges for children ages 10 and under will be identified by a red stripe. Badges for children ages 11-17 will be identified by a yellow stripe. Code of Conduct The Code of Conduct (“Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) Code of Conduct“) above on this page exists to provide guidance to all GameStorm convention members. It is to help ensure that the behavior of one individual does not adversely affect the rest of the members. It applies to all pre-con, at con, and post-con activities that are related to GameStorm. All members are encouraged to read this Code and ask questions about anything that they do not understand. GameStorm is prepared to deal with any violations of the code as legally, rapidly, and efficiently as possible. We hope that all members will help to make GameStorm an enjoyable experience for all, by respecting the rights of all attendees. GameStorm reserves the right to revoke membership and eject any individual at any time from GameStorm. No refunds will be provided. Failure to adhere to the code of conduct may result in: Mediation by the Con Chair and Convention Operations talking to all parties involved in an incident; Verbal warnings; Turning the individual in to hotel / hotel security; Revocation of membership and ejection from GameStorm; Contacting local law enforcement. 4 GAMESTORM 16 Policies Hotel Interactions We ask that you follow any and all rules set by the convention hotel. The person in whose name the room is rented is solely responsible for the conduct of all individuals in the room and the condition of the room. Excessive trash, any act of vandalism, deliberate or excessive damage to hotel room and its contents, or any negative interference with hotel staff that may present a hazard to said hotel staff Information will result in the hotel taking control of the situation. Individuals, regardless of whose name the room is rented in, will be billed for said damages by the hotel. In addition, individuals may be evicted from the hotel and/or the convention and may also face criminal charges. Food Outside food is not permitted in the function space of the hotel. Function space includes the hotel lobbies, the Dealer’s Room, and all gaming/activity spaces. Visit the GameStorm Hospitality Room in Discovery A for a quick snack between events. Do not remove food or drink from Hospitality. The hotel also has a coffee bar and a restaurant. Food from the hotel coffee bar and the restaurant may be brought into function spaces. The hotel will also be selling food in the Heritage Lobby and from carts that will travel through some of the gaming spaces Personal Interaction We ask that you respect others so that everyone is comfortable and feels safe while attending GameStorm. Harassment of others will not be tolerated and is a violation of the Code of Conduct, see page 3 for more details. If someone asks you to leave them alone or tells you no, you walk away, and you do not approach them again. Your business with them is done.