5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Opening Ceremony Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Event
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Dresden Files Fan Panel Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
- A discussion on the lore and fandom of the Dresden Files. Including a discussion of headcanon, actual cannon, and speculation on what will come of ...
- Panel
- Balancing the rules for your Board Games and RPGs Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Dragon Age Meet-Up Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meet Up
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Dark Age Day Jobs Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Not everything about the dark ages was dark, but everyday people led much different lives than we do now. Join our panelists for a discussion on ho...
- Panel
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The Importance of Writers' Groups Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Yes, writing is a lonely business. But feedback from peers, encouragement from others, and prods to keep writing are important, too. And you can ge...
- Panel
- Character Building Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Those beings that often drive your stories and games, the characters. How does one write/build a character so that it is believable and enjoyable. ...
- Panel
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Cyberpunk of Now Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Covid-19 has sent us all into our bedrooms, from which we work, play, and socialize via the internet. Sure, sci-fi promised us flying cars, but it ...
- Ignition Meet and Greet Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Ignition Fire troupe would like everyone join them in the courtyard! We will display our fire tools and answer all questions. We will be prepare...
- Panel
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- The Past Year in the Rest of the World in Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- The annual presentation of what the other Space Agencies are doing. This could include, but is not limited to, the European Space Agency, Russia, J...
- Talk
- The Science of Magic Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- What can and can’t magic do in your world and why? Having consistency in the rules of your magic makes it more compelling. Draw in your readers wit...
- Panel
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Friday Night Dance Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM | 5 hours
- Dance
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Media Guest of Honor Keynote Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Keynote
- Orbits, Centrifugal Force and Coriolis, Oh, My! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- You want your orbit to be stable, right? What's up with geostationary orbit around Mars? Speaking of Mars, astronauts travelling to Mars and then b...
- Panel
- Let’s make a movie: The RadCon way! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Aikido Martial Arts Demonstration Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Demo
- Aegis of the Elements: “There Are No Fish in Salia” Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Come talk with the Aegis crew. Learn about Vendrial, the Aegis and the upcoming projects within the Aegis of the Elements IP. Including the Boar...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Worldbuilding: Designing a Belief System Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Part of what defines a culture is its system of shared beliefs--not only religious, but also secular. Designing and understanding the belief system...
- Panel
- A Taste of the Civil War Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Want to write realistic prose set in the past? Time travel to the American Civil War and use all five senses to experience what life was like durin...
- Panel
- Budo in Everyday Life Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Budo (the Way of the Warrior) is not a philosophy for fighting and dying - it is a philosophy for living. Three of the more famous books on these c...
- Panel
- Why Story? The Psychology of Narrative Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- According to Jung's archetypes theory and Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, humans seem to need story the way we need sunlight and air. What i...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Art Guest of Honor Keynote Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Reading: Mark Rounds Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
- Intro To Voice Acting Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- With the advancements of computer and audio technology the barrier of entry for voice acting has dropped significantly. Here we will talk about the...
- Panel
- RadCon Tea Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 2 hours
- Join us for RadCon 8a's Virtual Tea Party! Grab your favorite cup, a flavorful tea, and a nice snack or three. A lovely or well loved tea pot is al...
- Event
- Fursuit Making: Where do i start? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 2 hours
- When you make your own suit it may be daunting but with a little guidance it could be much easier and save you money. Come on by to learn some tric...
- Workshop
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Writing Guest of Honor Keynote Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
- Reading: Ted Butler Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
- Acting from anywhere- making your own content Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Especially given the industry changes from last year, it can be paramount to think on your feet, or act from your living room; wherever you can ...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Reading: Elizabeth R. Alix Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
- Indie Video Production Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Video production isn’t just for the pros with high end equipment and software anymore. There is a lot you can do on a budget if you are willing to ...
- Panel
- The Why of Weapons: Medieval and pre-Medieval Weaponry Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Panel
- Mis-history Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? Did he have wooden teeth? Was Napoleon really short? We'll examine common myths that have bee...
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Consent in every day life Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Many people think consent is all about sex and kink. But consent should be for all ages in all aspects of life and we would like to talk about some...
- Talk
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Reading: Luna Corbden Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Author Luna Corbden reads from: That Time I Got Demon-Doxxed While Smuggling Contraband to the Red States.West is on a mission: To ge...
- Reading
- Reading out loud: How to make it not suck Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- One of the key marketing tricks in writing is...reading! Come listen to this panel of authors talk about how to read your stories out loud and make...
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Crowdfunding and Self Publishing for the Artist Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour
- Every artist dreams of seeing their work in print. These days it's easier than ever to make it happen through crowdfunding platforms like Kickstart...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Reading: Sanan Kolva Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
- Sci-Fi Ideas No One Will Write Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- What's the sci-fi ideas do you wish someone would write about? For example, Stephen Hawking once said, "Imaginary time is like another direction in...
- Panel
- Swords and armor and armor and swords. Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- I've collected antique arms and armor since 1989. I have made armor for years. My library is literally not replaceable. Parts of my collection have...
- Panel
- Writing Non-human Characters Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- From aliens to furries, we'll discuss how to write the non-human pov, how to create an character that is still relatable without coming off as a hu...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Masquerade Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 3 hours
- Event
- Life of an Author: Productivity Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- The Secret Structure of All Stories Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- A recent text analysis by AI found a subtle pattern in stories collected from around the world and in hundreds of languages. This supports my obser...
- Talk
- The Royal Manticoran Navy Q&A Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Royal Manticoran Navy is the official fanclub for the Honorverse series created by David Weber. This is an international club that is always ha...
- Panel
- Running Historical Games Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- How does a game set in the real world Dark Ages differ from a classic fantasy setting typical of D&D? What things do game masters need to consi...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Jackbox Games - NSFW Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 3 hours
- Gaming
- Executive Function for Creative Types Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Creatives tend to be neurodivergent, that is, our brains are built a little differently. In exchange for active minds, sometimes our thoughts are a...
- Panel
- Defeating the Blank Page Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- If you are a writer, I’m sure you have had writer's block. But you don't want to simply get unstuck. To put forth your best effort and end with the...
- Panel
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- One Author's Recipe for a Novel Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- From Tabletop to Virtual Reality Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Whether you are just starting as a GM, or you have just built your very own game engine, the ways that you design your narrative, gameplay, and sys...
- Panel
- SpaceX and Becoming Interplanetary Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Despite blowing up prototypes, SpaceX is making amazing progress toward reusable interplanetary spacecraft with hundred ton payloads. While the det...
- Panel
- Anime Jeopardy Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Undercroft
- 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2 hours
- Do you know the difference between Deku and a deku scrub? Do you know where in the world Carmen Sandiego is? If you answered yes to either of those...
- Event
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Publishing in the Time of Pandemic Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Even before the pandemic threw publishing schedules into disarray, the publishing industry was facing enormous change. The change from physical to ...
- Panel
- Writing Mythology in Fiction Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- In all of our fictional worlds, there is some way that the world came into being. And then, there is the way the denizens of that world believe tha...
- Panel
- Ignition Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Event
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Saturday Dance Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 8:30 PM - 1:30 AM | 5 hours
- Dance
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Dos and Don'ts in your Cover Letters and Portfolios Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- If you are new to the industry or trying to break in, this can be quite jarring compared to “regular” job applications. For some this will be an aw...
- Panel
- Alien Disabilities Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- We all have a rough idea of what constitutes disability in our human world, specifically in American culture. What would be a severe disability to ...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Creature Creation, Believable Creatures for an Imaginary World Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Reading: Joyce Reynolds-Ward Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reading
- Using Tropes Effectively Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Tropes are one of the building blocks of stories, but they can be misused, overused, and just plain worn out. How can you use tropes effectively in...
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Growing Food in Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Creating With and Around Your Disabilities Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- There are a lot of things that are different about us that some may think would make impossible to do a craft, but it turns out that if you want to...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Communicating between Writers and Programmers Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- So you want to tell a story, but can’t code? Or you have coded a game, but there is nothing for the players to do? If you can’t do both, you will l...
- Panel
- Our Sky is full of man made junk Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Since the dawn of the Satellite age we've been putting man made things into space, particularly around Earth.How much junk is out there? How much o...
- Panel
- Reasons For Hiring A Professional Editor Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Many a good story teller have appeared to be good writers because of their editors, and many good writers produce amazing works for the same reason...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Closing Ceremonies Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Great Hall
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
- Leaving room to Grow Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Oratory
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- A Guide to hands-off storytelling and the reasons to not be a helicopter parent to your characters. Hear from “writers” who choose to witness their...
- Panel
- Getting There and Back in Real Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Theatre
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- How and How Long will it take to get from here to there in space? G. David Nordley will provide some rules of thumb for constructing timelines that...
- Panel
- Communicating between artist and writers Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - Courtyard
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- If you aren’t one of those people who can both draw and write, then there’s a good chance you will be collaborating with a creative type who does t...
- Panel