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Major Guest Anime Cosplay Gaming Misc. Roleplay Verilympics
Friday, January 25 - Sunday, January 27

Anime
Anime Room Friday
Friday 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Anime all day Friday! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
Anime Room Saturday
Saturday 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Anime all day Saturday! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
Anime Trivia Contest
Saturday 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Think you're an Otaku-king? Prove yourself against your fellows by answering questions about anime.
Anime Room Sunday
Sunday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Anime all day Sunday! Non-stop episodes and movies, with anime music videos and anime trailers between shows.
Tokyo Kid Dance-Off
Sunday 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Anime Dance-Off at Tokyo Kid. Note: Not an official Vericon event. See our Sponsors page for details.
Cosplay
Cosplay Human Chess
Saturday 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Watch your favorite anime/fantasy/sci-fi characters battle it out in world's most famous game of war. See Queen Akane defend the King of All Cosmos from the assaults of Drogo! Gasp as Witch Hunter Robin tries to set fire to Treebeard!
Masquerade Ball
Saturday 9:00 PM - Midnight
tImE WaRp: A sUrReAl, DrEaMy dance in costume...
Gaming
Monopoly [Verilympics]
Friday 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Do you like money?
Open Gaming I: The Fellowship of Gamers
Friday 5:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Play games and meet people.
Video Gaming I: It Begins
Friday 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
Star Wars Epic Duels [Verilympics]
Friday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Luke Skywalker vs. Boba Fett?
Apples to Apples [Verilympics]
Friday 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
The game where players decide if Madonna is really more "sensational" than Jupiter.
Settlers of Catan [Verilympics]
Friday 11:30 PM - 2:00 AM
What can you do with brick, wood, stone, and sheep?
Wise and Otherwise [Verilympics]
Friday 11:30 PM - 2:00 AM
When you take a rat out of water...it contrives a plot against you.
Open Gaming II: The Plentiful Players
Saturday 9:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Play games and meet more people.
Video Gaming II: It Continues
Saturday 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
Munchkin Tournament [Verilympics]
Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
It's like Dungeons and Dragons, without all the actual roleplaying.
Scrabble [Verilympics]
Saturday 10:00 AM - Noon
Letters and words.
Diplomacy [Verilympics]
Saturday Noon - 7:00 PM
The stark game of strategy and negotiation.
Mafia [Verilympics]
Saturday Noon - 3:00 PM
Some villagers may not really be so innocent...but which villagers?
Magic: The Gathering Draft
Saturday Noon - 5:00 PM
The granddaddy of CCGs
Veritas Games Company Demos and Open Play
Saturday Noon - 3:00 PM
Play the latest games from Veritas Games Company with its President, Lee Valentine!
DDR Tournament
Saturday 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Got skillz? Rhythm? Lung capacity? Come compete in the Vericon Dance Dance Revolution Tournament on a massive (this thing is GIANT) projector screen!
Zendo [Verilympics]
Saturday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Pretty patterns of pyramids...!
Collateral Damage: The Anime Board Game
Saturday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Finally published! While there are several anime-themed card games on the market, Collateral Damage is the only known anime based board game in existence. In it you control typical characters from romantic comedy anime in order to take over the world. Collateral Damage is a fun board game for 2 to 6 players ages 12 and up.
Buffy the Vampire-Slayer Boardgame [Verilympics]
Saturday 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
You've watched the television show. Now play the boardgame!
Shadows Over Camelot [Verilympics]
Saturday 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
As the Knights of the Round Table, unite in arms to protect Camelot.
Open Gaming III: The Return of the Munchkin
Sunday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
More gaming!
Video Gaming III: It Never Ends
Sunday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Play video games non-stop for as long as you want.
Puerto Rico and San Juan [Verilympics]
Sunday 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
How skilled a colonial governor are you?
Betrayal at House on the Hill [Verilympics]
Sunday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
"Where in this blasted house is the underground lake??"
Salah Ad-Din Playtesting Session
Sunday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Come playtest an exciting new game set in the time of the crusades.
Guest
Panel: Childrens Literature
Friday 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Come listen to our guest authors of children's and young adult literature.
Panel: Dystopia
Friday 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Come listen to Orson Scott Card, Jim Kelly, Kelly Link, and William Sleator talk about dystopia.
1000 Ideas Session
Friday 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Orson Scott Card and his audience develop story ideas together.
The Multiple Myths of Philip K. Dick
Saturday 10:00 AM - Noon
Was Dick a mad visionary? Drug-crazed genius? Regular converser with God? Or PR stunt-creator run amok?
Panel: Revealing Your World
Saturday 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Come listen to Orson Scott Card, M.T. Anderson, Marie Brennan, Elizabeth Haydon, Jim Kelly, and Kelly Link talk about how authors reveal their world.
Panel: Childrens Literature
Saturday Noon - 1:15 PM
Come listen to our guest authors of children's and young adult literature.
Signing: Elizabeth Haydon and James Kelly
Saturday 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Come get books signed by Elizabeth Haydon and James Kelly!
Panel: Webcomics
Saturday 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Come listen to our guest webcomic artists, including Randall Munroe of xkcd, talk about webcomics.
Signing: Cassandra Clare and Donna Jo Napoli
Saturday 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Come get books signed by Cassandra Clare and Donna Jo Napoli!
Signing: M.T. Anderson and Kelly Link
Saturday 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Come get books signed by M.T. Anderson and Kelly Link!
Panel: Whose Folklore
Saturday 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Come listen to Marie Brennan, Cassandra Clare, Elizabeth Haydon, and Donna Jo Napoli talk about folklore in fiction.
Signing: Webcomics
Saturday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Come get the signatures of our webcomic guests!
Signing: Lois Lowry and Sharyn November
Saturday 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Come get books signed by Lois Lowry and Sharyn November!
Donna Jo Napoli Reading
Saturday 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Come listen to Donna Jo Napoli read from one of her works.
Guest of Honor Speech: Orson Scott Card
Saturday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Orson Scott Card amazes us with his oratory.
Panel: History of Gender in Manga and Anime
Saturday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Why can't a woman be more like a man?" The cultural background, history and evolution of the reversed, mixed, confused and confusing gender types which have been one of the signatures of anime and manga from its origins to today.
Signing: Orson Scott Card
Saturday 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Come get books signed by Orson Scott Card!
Jim Kelly Reading
Saturday 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Come listen to Jim Kelly read from one of his works.
Game Design, Publishing, and Marketing Seminar
Sunday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Learn about the gaming industry from the President of Veritas Games Company!
Science Fiction and Poetry
Sunday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Harvard Professor Stephen Burt talks about science fiction and poetry.
Major
Art Show, Day 1
Friday 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
Art Show, Day 2
Saturday 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
Capture-the-Flag With Stuff
Saturday 10:00 AM - 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!
Scavenger Hunt
Saturday 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Annual Vericon Scavenger hunt! Something that *should* be!
Art Show, Day 3
Sunday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Prepare for an awesome aesthetic experience!
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Redline
Sunday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
Sunday 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Ceremony for Vericon 2008
Misc.
Karaoke
Saturday Noon - 2:00 PM
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Milk and Cookies Storytime
Saturday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cold night, warm fire. Cookies, stories.
Boffing Tournament
Sunday Noon - 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!
Roleplay
The Song and the Sunrise
Friday 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM
An oriental tale in LARP form, full of martial combat... and True Love.