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| Friday |
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Anime Room Friday |
5:00 PM |
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10:30 PM |
Anime all day Friday! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
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Art Show, Day 1 |
5:00 PM |
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11:00 PM |
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
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Monopoly [Verilympics] |
5:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Do you like money?
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Open Gaming I: The Fellowship of the Gamers |
5:00 PM |
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11:00 PM |
Play games of all sorts!
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Speculative Fiction and Manga Reading Room |
5:00 PM |
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11:00 PM |
Once upon a time...
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Video Gaming I: It Begins |
5:00 PM |
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11:00 PM |
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
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Ghostfacers Live: Heavengrace Manor |
6:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
A dark and stormy night. A haunted house on an isolated harbor island. Six fame-seeking ghost hunters. What could go wrong?
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Panel: The Circle of Plot |
6:00 PM |
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7:30 PM |
Come listen to Resa Nelson, Paul Tremblay, and Timothy Zahn discuss the relative roles of plot and characters in their stories.
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Star Wars Epic Duels [Verilympics] |
6:00 PM |
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8:00 PM |
Luke Skywalker vs. Boba Fett?
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The Dance and the Dawn |
7:00 PM |
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12 am |
A gothic fairy tale in LARP form, full of beautiful ballgowns, treacherous intrigue, and True Love. This game has been filled, and will no longer be accepting signups.
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Panel: From an Idea to a Story |
8:00 PM |
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9:30 PM |
Explore the evolution of stories with Greer Gilman, Resa Nelson, and Timothy Zahn.
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Apples to Apples [Verilympics] |
9:00 PM |
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10:30 PM |
The game where players decide if Madonna is really more "sensational" than Jupiter.
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Reading: Cecilia Tan (Adults Only) |
9:30 PM |
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10:30 PM |
Cecilia Tan reads from her erotic short stories. Sexual content - adults only.
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Reading: John Crowley |
9:30 PM |
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10:30 PM |
Come hear John Crowley read from one of his works.
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Settlers of Catan [Verilympics] |
10:30 PM |
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12:30 AM |
Colonize Catan using only wood, brick, wheat, rock, and sheep.
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Wise and Otherwise [Verilympics] |
10:30 PM |
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12:30 AM |
When you take a rat out of water...it contrives a plot against you.
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| Saturday |
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Anime Room Saturday |
9:00 AM |
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5:00 PM |
Anime all day Saturday, breaking only for the Anime Trivia Contest! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
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Art Show, Day 2 |
9:00 AM |
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10:00 PM |
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
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Game of Thrones |
9:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
Two to four players face off as noble
houses vie for power and compete to rule Westeros.
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Open Gaming II: The Plentiful Players |
9:00 AM |
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2:00 AM |
Play games and meet more people.
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Speculative Fiction and Manga Reading Room |
9:00 AM |
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10:00 PM |
Once upon a time...
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Video Gaming II: It Continues |
9:00 AM |
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10:00 PM |
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
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Capture-the-Flag With Stuff |
10:00 AM |
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Noon |
If Capture-the-Flag were Calvinball...
The first game will begin promptly at 10; come early or read the rules beforehand to be in it!
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Medieval Combat |
10:00 AM |
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Noon |
Prove your mettle by learning the skills of the knights.
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Munchkin [Verilympics] |
10:00 AM |
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Noon |
Kill the Monsters. Steal the Treasure. Stab your Buddy.
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Panel: Culture Crafting |
10:00 AM |
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11:30 AM |
John Crowley, Greer Gilman, and Katherine Howe talk about how they craft cultures for the people who populate their stories.
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Panel: The Good, the Bad and the Morally Ambiguous |
11:30 AM |
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1:00 PM |
Katherine Howe, Paul Tremblay, and Timothy Zahn discuss the balance of good and evil in the characters they create.
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Mafia [Verilympics] |
Noon |
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3:00 PM |
Some villagers may not really be so innocent...but which villagers?
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Magic: the Gathering Draft |
Noon |
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5:00 PM |
Come play the granddaddy of collectible card games.
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Sassafrass Concert |
12:30 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Be entertained by a delightful mix of Norse, geek, and awesome music.
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Scavenger Hunt |
1:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
The Annual Vericon Scavenger hunt! Something that *should* be!
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New Ghosts and How to Know Them |
1:30 PM |
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2:30 PM |
Come hear John Crowley talk about his writing process.
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Signing: Paul Tremblay and Greer Gilman |
1:30 PM |
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2:15 PM |
Come get books signed by Paul Tremblay and Greer Gilman!
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Karaoke |
2:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Vericon's Got Talent!
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Knightings |
2:00 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Be knighted for your valiant deeds!
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Mystery and Murder in Dr. Lucky's Mansion |
2:00 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Spend an exciting - and potentially deadly - evening at the Lucky Mansion.
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Reading: Timothy Zahn |
2:30 PM |
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3:30 PM |
Come hear Guest of Honor Timothy Zahn read from one of his works.
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Zendo [Verilympics] |
3:00 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Do these pyramids have the Buddha nature?
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Signing: Katherine Howe and Resa Nelson |
3:15 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Come get books signed by Katherine Howe and Resa Nelson!
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DDR Tournament |
4:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Play Dance Dance Revolution on the big screen for glory and prizes.
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Reading: Greer Gilman |
4:00 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Come hear Greer Gilman read from one of her works.
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Webcomics Panel |
4:00 PM |
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5:30 PM |
Come listen to Dorothy Gambrell, Randall Munroe, and Michael Terracciano talk about webcomics.
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Signing: Timothy Zahn and John Crowley |
4:15 PM |
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5:00 PM |
Come get books signed by Timothy Zahn and John Crowley!
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Anime Trivia Contest |
5:00 PM |
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6:00 PM |
Think you're an Otaku-king? Prove yourself against your fellows by answering questions about anime.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Boardgame [Verilympics] |
5:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Based on the popular television series.
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Researching the Fantasy Novel |
5:00 PM |
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5:30 PM |
Resa Nelson talks about the research that goes into making a fantasy novel.
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Signing: Webcomics |
5:30 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Come get the signatures of our webcomic guests!
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Anime Room Saturday |
6:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
Anime all day Saturday, breaking only for the Anime Trivia Contest! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
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Guest of Honor Speech: Timothy Zahn |
6:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
Timothy Zahn amazes us with his oratory.
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Milk and Cookies Storytime |
7:00 PM |
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9:15 PM |
Cold night, warm fire. Cookies, stories.
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Shadows Over Camelot [Verilympics] |
7:00 PM |
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9:00 PM |
As the Knights of the Round Table, unite in arms to protect Camelot.
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Ingenious |
8:00 PM |
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Midnight |
It's dominoes plus othello plus rainbows in this strategy board game for two to four players.
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Masquerade Ball |
9:00 PM |
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Midnight |
Put on your Saturday night finest (costume) and dance!
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Scrabble [Verilympics] |
9:30 PM |
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11:30 PM |
Where double beats treble, and triple beats all.
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| Sunday |
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Anime Room Sunday |
9:00 AM |
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3:00 PM |
Anime all day Sunday! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
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Art Show, Day 3 |
9:00 AM |
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2:00 PM |
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
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Open Gaming III: The Return of the Munchkin |
9:00 AM |
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3:00 PM |
More gaming!
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Speculative Fiction and Manga Reading Room |
9:00 AM |
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2:00 PM |
Once upon a time...
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Video Gaming III: It Never Ends |
9:00 AM |
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3:00 PM |
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
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Betrayal at House on the Hill [Verilympics] |
10:00 AM |
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12:30 PM |
"Where in this blasted house is the underground lake??"
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 |
10:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
Watch and laugh as Van Helsing is dissected by our crew of carefully-trained riffers.
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Boffing Tournament |
1:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Don't miss the chance to hit your worthy opponent with foam until he admits you're the greatest boffer at the Con!
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Race for the Galaxy [Verilympics] |
1:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
How skilled a galactic governor are you?
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Closing Ceremony |
3:00 PM |
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3:30 PM |
Closing Ceremony for Vericon 2010
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