Welcome to U-Con 2019! Info Convention Information Marriott Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Eagle Crest Registration hours. Stop by if you need anything 1275 S. Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 or to see whether any new events have been Special Events Phone: (734) 487-0600 added. After the convention, U-Con Staff can be reached using the following contact methods: All attendees may park for free in the hotel’s parking lot adjacent to the building. Registration Mail: U-Con Gaming Club; P.O. Box 130242; Ann is located near the main entrance of the Eagle Arbor, MI 48131-0242 Crest Conference Center. E-mail: [email protected] U-Con Contact Info Web: https://www.ucon-gaming.org U-Con Staff can be found at Registration in Phone (voice message): 734-707-UCON Board/Card the Eagle Crest Conference Center during Hotel map is on center fold. Prices Minis On-Site Weekend Badge: .................. $35 Play All Weekend Ribbon: ..................$20 On-Site 1-Day Badge (Fri, Sun): .......... $15 Seminars: ................................................ free On-Site 1-Day Badge (Sat): .................$25 Shirt (S-XL) ..............................................$22 Roleplaying Student/Military: ....................................$25 Shirt (2X and larger) ............................. $24 Child Badge (Ages 7-12): .....................$10 Prior Year’s Shirt..................................... $18 Please note that a badge is required to play Event Tickets: .................. priced by event in events. Generic Tickets: ................................ $2.00 Organized Play Convention Hours Friday Vendor Hall ................................10am-8pm Registration ................................8am-10pm Sunday Scheduled Events ......................9am-4am Registration ..................... 8:30am-6:30pm Vendor Hall ................................. 2pm-8pm Scheduled Events ......................9am-6pm Saturday Vendor Hall ................................10am-2pm Registration ................................8am-10pm From Midnight-1am, generic tickets will be available, Scheduled Events ......................9am-4am for cash only, in the Games Library. Food Service Food service is available near registration during Lunch ......................................11:00am-2pm the hours listed. Money spent at the stand goes directly to U-Con to help defray our costs, but Snack .............................................3pm-4pm this is not true of purchases made at the hotel restaurant and bar. Menu is available on our Dinner (Fri/Sat only) .................. 5pm-8pm website. Breakfast ...............................8:30am-10am Late snack (Fri/Sat only) ...... 11:30pm-1am 1 Info Special Events Board/Card Minis Roleplaying U-Con Policies U-Con is dedicated to providing a safe convention the convention without a refund, and/or being experience for everyone. These policies apply to banned from future U-Con events. All sanctions everyone attending U-Con. are administered at the sole discretion of the Attempts to use the letter of a policy to defeat U-Con organizers. the purpose of the policy are unacceptable. Any Reporting Violations Organized Play pattern of behavior which is consistently barely Report any policy violations to a U-Con Volunteer within acceptable limits for individual actions is or Staff member. While Volunteers and Staff also unacceptable. In other words, do not be a can be found throughout the convention, there rules lawyer. will always be Staff at Registration available to Sanctions address policy violations. Volunteers and Staff Attendees violating these rules may face members are required to promptly escalate sanctions up to and including expulsion from reports of harassment, general misbehavior, or safety violations for resolution. Categories of Misconduct Harassment photography or recording; sustained disruption of events; inappropriate physical contact and/or Do not harass anyone at U-Con, whether they are part of the con or present at the venue for unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked other reasons, in any way. Harassment includes to stop any harassing behavior are expected to (but is not limited to) offensive verbal comments comply immediately. Even if you do not believe related to characteristics including gender, that your behavior is harassment, if the recipient does, you need to stop. Whether the harasser gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body stopped when told to cease and desist or not, size, race, veteran status, or religion; deliberate it is still harassment under this policy and will be intimidation; stalking or following; harassing treated accordingly. Please report any violations of the harassment policy to Registration. 2 Badge Swapping immediate removal from the convention without refund. Info Do not steal from the convention by allowing others to use your convention badge. We will Children and Minors confiscate badges from anyone we catch sharing Children under age 7 may receive a free “child or swapping badges, and they will be asked to weekend” badge with the purchase of an leave the convention. U-Con is a not-for-profit accompanying adult badge. Special Events organization run by volunteers; we break even over time, but cannot tolerate theft. Parents/guardians of children 7-12 may purchase a discounted “child weekend” badge when an Smoking accompanying adult badge is purchased. Smoking is illegal in the function space. Ask Minors 13-17 must purchase an adult badge. your Gamemaster for a smoke break if you need one, and then go to a designated smoking area Children under age 13 must be accompanied outside the facility. by an adult at all times. Parents of children 13-17 will remain on site and/or be easily and quickly General Misbehavior Board/Card available on site in case of need. Please provide Do not engage in behavior which endangers the contact information on the back of the child’s health or well-being of others, their property, or badge in case of emergency or accidental the relationship of U-Con to its host site. Please separation. remember that you are in a public space, and you Gamemasters (GMs) have provided age should treat other people and their belongings, guidelines for their events. GMs have discretion and the facility in which U-Con is held and its on whether they invite or allow children younger Minis staff with respect. than the published age for their event. They are Costumes & Weapons Policies and not required to do so. GMs are encouraged to Guidelines be considerate of their ticketed players when making such decisions. Costumes and cosplay, as with any item or If a ticketed player decides not to participate as Roleplaying activity at the convention, must not harm, mar, or leave residue on other persons or the a result of GM allowing a younger player than venue’s surfaces. Venue policy permits on-duty described by the published age guideline, they law enforcement to carry weapons; all other can request a refund or trade for equivalent functional weapons are prohibited at U-Con. value generic tickets at Registration. Refunds or Bladed and/or edged weapons, bludgeoning exchanges will not be given after the event has weapons, firearms (real, realistic, or replica), or ended. water guns are not permitted. Firing projectiles GMs also have discretion whether to allow of any sort, including Nerf, is prohibited. Arrows Organized Play caregivers to leave the immediate vicinity of their (or equivalent) are allowed if all are tied together child at the risk of the parent or guardian when and secured in a container (such as a quiver). explicitly arranged with the GM at or before the Open flames, lasers (except laser pointers), and start of the event. gunpowder/explosives of any sort, including caps, are prohibited. This list is not all-inclusive. At no time is U-Con, its gamemasters, volunteers, or staff responsible for your child. If Futuristic prop weapons, fantasy weapons which you or your caregiver choose to separate from cannot do actual damage, and non-projectile your child (whether across the room or down boffer weapons are allowed provided they are not the hall), that is at your own risk as a parent. handled in a careless, threatening, or destructive manner against persons or property. Realistic- Gamemasters with disruptive players (whether looking weapon props must be approved by adults or children) should contact U-Con staff. convention staff at Ops/Registration. Approval U-Con has policies regarding misbehavior and may require peacebonding. harassment that may result in dismissal from the convention without refund. Please bring all prop weapons to Ops/ Registration during operating hours to be In the case of disruptive children, we will contact checked for compliance. Prop approval the parent, guardian, and/or caregiver to (including any requirements for peacebonding) discuss the situation. If the disruption is serious is at the sole discretion of U-Con. or ongoing, the parent, guardian, or caregiver will be asked to remove the child from the Nothing in this policy forbids the carrying of staffs convention space without refund. The parent, or walking sticks as part of a costume, though guardian, or caregiver may return after the child they may require peacebonding, and they must has been removed from the convention and care not be used in a threatening manner. arranged elsewhere. Failure to comply with these policies and/or the instructions of U-Con Staff may result in 3 Guests Of Honor Steve Kenson is a tabletop RPG designer