NOVEMBERNOVEMBER 9-11,9-11, 2018!2018! U-CON 2018• ANN ARBOR MARRIOTT YPSILANTI AT EAGLE CREST Welcome to U-Con 2018! Info Convention Information Marriott Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Eagle Crest tion hours. Stop by if you need anything or to see 1275 S. Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 whether any new events have been added. After Special Events Phone: (734) 487-0600 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 the Phone (voice message): 734-707-UCON Board/Card Eagle Crest Conference Center during Registra- Hotel map is on center fold. Prices Minis On-Site Weekend Badge: .................. $35 Event Ribbons: ......................................$20 On-Site 1-Day Badge (Fri, Sun): .......... $15 Seminars: ................................................ free On-Site 1-Day Badge (Sat): .................$25 Shirt (M, L, XL) ........................................$22 Roleplaying Student/Military: ....................................$25 Shirt (2X and larger) ............................. $24 Child Badge (Ages 7-12): .....................$10 Prior Year’s Shirt..................................... $18 Event Tickets: .................. priced by event Please note that a badge is required to play in events. Generic Tickets: .......................................$2 Organized Play Convention Hours Friday, November 9 Vendor Hall ................................10am-8pm Registration ................................ 8am-12am Sunday, November 11 Scheduled Events ......................9am-4am Registration ..................................8am-5pm Vendor Hall ................................. 2pm-8pm Scheduled Events ......................9am-6pm Saturday, November 10 Vendor Hall ................................10am-2pm Registration ................................ 8am-12am Midnight-1am generic tickets will be Scheduled Events ......................9am-4am available, 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 Games Info on Demand Throw Dice, Have Fun. Adventures Ala Carte. Special Events What is Games on Demand? Games on Demand is an • Just show up at the Choose from a variety of open-gaming room held Games on Demand room games: Fate, Blades in the at conventions like U-Con. at the beginning of a slot Dark, Tales From the Loop, The room has enthusias- Dread, Laser Kittens and tic volunteer GMs ready • Select a game from more! Or pop in to playtest Board/Card to run a variety of new the menu of available Adam Wiemers’ new deck games, and indie games. options building card game Trac- Games on Demand makes ers! Game selection prior- it easy to try out a game, • Pay your way into the ity is first-come-first-serve, whether it’s your first time regardless of the type of game with generic Minis with the system or your tickets or your ribbon. ticket you hold. first time with an RPG. Par- ticipation is simple: • Have fun! U-Con Policies Roleplaying 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 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 Organized Play 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 to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Even if you do not believe Do not harass anyone at U-Con, whether they are part of the con or present at the venue for that your behavior is harassment, if the recipient other reasons, in any way. Harassment includes does, you need to stop. Whether the harasser (but is not limited to) offensive verbal comments stopped when told to cease and desist or not, related to characteristics including gender, it is still harassment under this policy and will be gender identity, gender expression, sexual treated accordingly. Please report any violations orientation, disability, physical appearance, body of the harassment policy to Registration. size, race, veteran status, or religion; deliberate Badge Swapping intimidation; stalking or following; harassing Do not steal from the convention by allowing photography or recording; sustained disruption others to use your convention badge. We will of events; inappropriate physical contact; and/or confiscate badges from anyone we catch shar- unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked ing or swapping badges, and they will be asked 2 to leave the convention. U-Con is a not-for-profit Policy on Children and Minors organization run by volunteers; we break even Info Children under age 7 may receive a free “child over time, but cannot tolerate theft. weekend” badge with the purchase of an Smoking accompanying adult badge. Smoking is illegal in the function space. Ask your Parents/guardians of children 7-12 may purchase Special Events gamemaster for a smoke break if you need one, a discounted “child weekend” badge when an and then go to a designated smoking area out- accompanying adult badge is purchased. side the facility. Minors 13-17 must purchase an adult badge. General Misbehavior Children under age 13 must be accompanied Do not engage in behavior which endangers the by an adult at all times. Parents of children 13-17 health or well-being of others, their property, or will remain on site and/or be easily and quickly the relationship of U-Con to its host site. Please available on site in case of need. Please provide remember that you are in a public space, and contact information on the back of the child’s Board/Card you should treat other people and their belong- badge in case of emergency or accidental ings and the facility in which U-Con is held and its separation. staff with respect. Gamemasters (GMs) have provided age Costumes & Weapons Policies and Guide- guidelines for their events. GMs have discretion lines on whether they invite or allow children younger Costumes and cosplay, as with any item or than the published age for their event. They are Minis activity at the convention, must not harm, not required to do so. GMs are encouraged to mar, or leave residue on other persons or the be considerate of their ticketed players when venue’s surfaces. Venue policy permits on-duty making such decisions. law enforcement to carry weapons; all other If a ticketed player decides not to participate as functional weapons are prohibited at U-Con. a result of GM allowing a younger player than Roleplaying Bladed and/or edged weapons, bludgeoning described by the published age guideline, they weapons, firearms (real, realistic, or replica), or can request a refund or trade for equivalent water guns are not permitted. Firing projectiles value generic tickets at Registration. Refunds or of any sort, including Nerf, is prohibited. Arrows exchanges will not be given after the event has (or equivalent) are allowed if all are tied together ended. and secured in a container (such as a quiver). GMs also have discretion whether to allow Open flames, lasers (except laser pointers), and caregivers to leave the immediate vicinity of their gunpowder/explosives of any sort, including Organized Play child at the risk of the parent or guardian when caps, are prohibited. This list is not all-inclusive. explicitly arranged with the GM at or before the Futuristic prop weapons, fantasy weapons which start of the event. cannot do actual damage, and non-projectile At no time is U-Con, its gamemasters, boffer weapons are allowed provided they are not volunteers, or staff responsible for your child. If handled in a careless, threatening, or destructive you or your caregiver choose to separate from manner against persons or property. Realistic- your child (whether across the room or down looking weapon props must be approved by the hall), that is at your own risk as a parent. convention staff at Ops/Registration. Approval may require peacebonding. Gamemasters with disruptive players (whether adults or children) should contact U-Con staff. Please bring all prop weapons to Ops/ UCon has policies regarding misbehavior and Registration during operating hours to be harassment that may result in dismissal from the checked for compliance. Prop approval convention without refund. (including any requirements for peacebonding) is at the sole discretion of U-Con. In the case of disruptive children, we will contact the parent, guardian, and/or caregiver to Nothing in this policy forbids the carrying of staffs discuss the situation. If the disruption is serious or walking sticks as part of a costume, though or ongoing, the parent, guardian, or caregiver they may require peacebonding, and they must will be asked to remove the child from the not be used in a threatening manner.