Friday 12 February, 2021
Meet the guests of honor. Find out the results of the Youth Writers Contest. Get to know what will be going on during the weekend. Welcome to RadCon!
Gather at the virtual Hanged Man, bring your own cheese and whine, and we'll all talk about Dragon Age!
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 the aftermath of "Battleground"?
Whether you are making your own board game or playing homebrew, you will need a balanced set of rules to make game fun, smooth, and fair.
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 how to avoid inserting modern bias into your story, or how to best employ anachronism for dramatic effect.
Yes, writing is a lonely business. But feedback from peers, encouragement from others, and prods to keep writing are important, too. And you can get all that in a Writers' Group. Discussed will be how to find a writer's group, writer's group etiquette, and other topics important to the group environment.
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. From the hero to the villain, the most beloved characters are those we can relate to. But what makes a character relatable?
Ignition Fire troupe would like everyone join them in the courtyard! We will display our fire tools and answer all questions. We will be prepared to light them for demonstration purposes.
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 also promised us a dark, technologically saturated corporate dystopia. From information wars, to live streams of police brutality, to VR concerts, to mechanized robot dolphins–ok maybe not everything–is this the cyberpunk world that was foretold? How is now the very future that 80s & 90s writers foresaw, and how is it different? How has disrupt...
The annual presentation of what the other Space Agencies are doing. This could include, but is not limited to, the European Space Agency, Russia, Japan, Canada, and China.
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 with a more engaging and believable magic.