After some discussion on Steve Brust’s blog, I’m wondering if it’s possible to list all the cons in this area. There really are a lot of them, and it’s very easy to lose track. I’ve seen various attempts to concatenate … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Minicon
I didn’t do a whole lot of gaming at Minicon 49. A hoped-for game of Star Traders didn’t pan out. But I played a bit of Zar; played a couple rounds of Moneyduck (our local variant of EPYC) as well … Continue reading
One of my favorite panels of the con, this was Saturday afternoon: Terra Incognita: The Role of Maps in SF&F Literature A discussion of maps used in speculative fiction, either as endpieces or as part of the story. What are … Continue reading
Again inspired by the Build a World events run by Ben Rosenbaum at WisCon, and encouraged by previous iterations of this activity, I did a session of this at Minicon 49. We were inspired by the con’s official theme (Pirates … Continue reading
After “Fandom or Fandoms”, I had a choice between two panels that both looked pretty good: “Navigating The World Of Small Press Publishing” or “The State of Art in the Gaming Industry”. Navigating the World of Small Press Publishing How … Continue reading
Executive summary: Minicon 49 was lots of fun. In the same vein as this year’s Con of the North, I was rushing to get to the con on time Friday. If this keeps holding true, I’ll need to start asking … Continue reading
Another delay between posts… This weekend is Minicon 49, so for the past nigh-unto-week I’ve been working on the Pocket Program and various other con committee-like duties. (The pocket programs are now printed! Yay!) At Minicon, I’m going to be … Continue reading
The “Minneapolis Ties to Gaming” panel that I mentioned before went pretty well. We went through local gaming history pretty much chronologically, starting with boardgames published in the area nearly 100 years ago and ending with the potential future of … Continue reading
Minicon 48 was great, all told. I did quite a bit of gaming, though no RPGs. I will be writing up more in the next few days. … Continue reading
This weekend, I’ll be at Minicon, the Twin Cities’ longest-running SF convention. No scheduled games, but I could certainly run something if there’s interest! And I’ll be on a panel that promises to be really interesting: “Twin Cities Ties to … Continue reading