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FEBRUARY 12-14, 2010
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Table of Contents
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Sponsors.................................................................................... 3
Staff.............................................................................................4
Guests ........................................................................................ 5
Iowa Memorial Union ........................................................... 7
Special Events ..........................................................................9
Schedule ............................................................................. 14-17
Game Descriptions
Board Games.......................................................... 10-12
Miniature Games ........................................................13
Card Games...........................................................19-20
Pathfinder Society Games ..................................21-22
Roleplaying Games ............................................. 23-25
Video Games .............................................................. 26
Convention Rules .................................................................30
Refund Policy .........................................................................30
Sponsored By:
Individual Sponsors:
Jon Maakestad
Josh Goldsborough
Michele Maakestad
Corporate Sponsors:
Hobby Corner
Critical Hit Games
Papa John’s Pizza
AEG
dBone Card Games
Mindstorm Labs
North Star Games
Pair of Dice Games
Pinnacle
Dealers:
ACME Comics &
Collectibles
Goblinoid Games
King Zombie
Kobold’s Corner
Spuds Emporium
Tyler Walpole
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The Undead Minions
Convention Committee: Josh Elliott, Jon Maakestad, Jeff Strause
Allen Ott - Computer Games
Brian Schneider - Volunteers & GM Wrangler
Brian Womachka - Auctioneer
Darbie Little - Video Gaming
Debbie Hansen - Computer Games
Hans House - Pathfinder Coordinator
Jay Cooper - Video Gaming
Jeff Strause - Website
Jon Maakestad - Dealers & Registration
Josh Elliott - Treasurer & Hotel
Lindsay Elliott - Everything that no one else wanted to do.
Michele Maakestad - Publications, Sponsor support
Nigel Ray - Auction
Pat McAuley - Mindbridge Board Liaison
Todd Morgan - Pathfinder Coordinator
Guests
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Shawn Beatty A.K.A. King Zombie
Shawn Beatty realized as a child that he had a special bond he shared with
zombies. Since then he has gone to school with, worked with and under a variety of
zombies.
In 2004 KingZombie.com was born out of a desire to spread a little zombie love
through fun t-shirts and stickers. In 2006 a couple of big things happened. He
became the world’s largest producer of zombie dice when he put zombies on the “1”
side of six-sided dice. Since then he’s gone on to make weapon dice, human dice and
critical hit dice with a zombie or weapon on the “6” side. No longer will your zombie
game or bunko night be bland with these babies.
Still feeling like he hasn’t done enough to bring awareness to the plight of the often
ostracized and put down zombie, he organized the first Iowa City Zombie March in
the summer of 2006. Since then he has, with the help of many fellow zombies, raised
over $2,500 for local charities and give zombies a more of a positive image with the
their good deeds.
In 2009 he started work on his own line of 28mm zombie miniatures. Originally
to be done in resin, but due to various complications, will now have to be made in
metal. This should be available by summer. The sculpts are amazing and should turn
into amazing figures. www.kingzombie.com
Tyler Walpole
Like the art on the cover? Let Tyler know. Tyler is an Iowa artist, who has done
fantastic illustrations, covers and storyboards. Tyler has worked on a variety of projects,
including the Dungeons & Dragons Comic, Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Bestiary,
World of Warcraft TCG, Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms and many others. www.
tylerwalpole.com
The Gary Lange
The Gary Lange is the founder and creative genius behind Lange Games. His credits include the ever popular Dragon Supreme strategy board game, a series of party
games, and the RPG Role Playing Xpress.
Steve Crow
Steve Crow has been working in the gaming industry as a freelancer since 1980.
He has worked on Villains & Vigilantes for FGU, DC Heroes for Mayfair, and Vampire and Werewolf for White Wolf Games Studio. Steve has done freelance work for
Alderac and Crafty Games, writing stories and sourcebook material for their Living
Spycraft storyline, working on their Spycraft 2.0 RPG, and editing their Stargate d20
books. His most recent work includes World on Fire in 2008, a worldbook for Crafty
Spy’s Spycraft role-playing game. Steve has also written fiction for Twilight Creations
and its Spycraft expansion The Most Dangerous Game for When Darkness Comes
and had a short story in the second Silver Age Sentinels anthology, Path of the Bold.
His most recent work is World on Fire, the expansion for the Spycraft RPG.
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Over 3,600 square feet
of games and more!
Trains • Games • Radio Control
Kites • Puzzles • Science Kits
Models • Rockets • Slot Cars
Tools • Paints • & Much More
Always Available!
Settlers of Catan • Fantasy Flight Games
Wizards of the Coast • Steve Jackson
Games Workshop • Palladium
Sycamore Mall • Iowa City, IA
1672 Sycamore Street
319-338-1788
www.TheHobbyCornerIowaCity.com
M-F 10-8 • Sa 10-5:30 • Su 12-5
THE
HOBBY
CORNER
Iowa Memorial Union
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Registration/
Convention HQ
Hours
Friday
2-10 pm
Saturday
7:30am-8 pm
Sunday
10am-2pm
IOWA MEMORIAL UNION
Madison & Jefferson Streets
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-3114
Dealer Room Hours:
Friday:
4pm-8pm
IOWA HOUSE HOTEL
319-335-3513
Food On Site (no brains)
UNION MARKET
(1st floor, next to
River Room Cafe)
• Saturday 9am to 11pm
• Sunday 9am to 11pm
24 Hour Gaming
Available in the
River Room Cafe
RIVER ROOM CAFE
• Saturday 10:30am to 5pm
• Sunday 10:30am to 7pm
Saturday:
10am-6pm
Sunday:
10am-2pm
Try + Buy
www.pair-of-dice.com
Pair-of-Dice Games
at Gamicon
Pair-of-Dice Games
at 20% off
Check out our games from the Gamicon library.
If you like them, order them at 20% off.
Offer good until 2/28/10.
Qty. Game
Restaurant Row
Your Price Sub-Total
$27.96
(Usually $34.95)
Chopstick Dexterity
MegaChallenge 3000
$19.96
(Usually $24.95)
Knockabout
$15.16
(Usually $18.95)
Warp 6
$18.36
(Usually $22.95)
Dice Combo
$24.76
(Knock. + Warp 6, Usually $30.95)
Shipping and Handling
Ship Game to:
Subtotal
$6.00
Total
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Email: ___________________________________
Please make your check out to:
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Boston, MA 02118
Special Events
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Opening Ceremonies
Mindbridge Game Library
Main Lounge - Friday 3:30pm
Join us for a short welcome, meet our guests,
hear about special events and important
announcements, and get a short introduction
to the convention.
Main Lounge - Terrace Room/Sunporch
All Con Long
Got some time to kill between games? Looking for
something new to play? Check out a game from
the Mindbridge Game Library. Over 100 Games to
choose from, including games from overseas that
aren’t distributed in the US (yet). Give them a try,
just leave us something we know you’ll come back
for (not your badge) Presented by Mindbridge
Foundation.
Game Auction
South Room
Saturday 8am-12pm Drop Off Items
Saturday 1pm Auction Begins
Need to clear some space? Bring us those games
you don’t have any space for anymore. This will be
a live auction with 10% of the sales going to
Gamicon. Ask for auction registration sheets
at the main registration table.
Computer Gaming
North Room - All Con Long
Didn’t get the new Playstation 3, Wii or X-box 360
for Christmas? We didn’t get one either, but why
not indulge your craving for electronic gaming in
our computer games area? We have Rock Guitar
Hero, Save Penguins, and Lemmings... Slay enemies.
Explore dungeons. Solve puzzles. Try something
new or uncover an old favorite. Our PC and Amiga
computers feature a wide variety of games from
contemporary to classic. Catch a quick game or
get hooked and play for hours. We will be running
throughout the convention. No sign up needed.
Console Games
North Room - All Con Long
Come test your skills on our games, or bring your
own! Extensive collection of Nintendo and Super
Nintendo Games, Dance, Dance Revolution, and
more!
DS ZONE
North Lounge - On your own
Bring your own Nindendo DS or DSI and games
and join in on download play, wireless play, or just
pictochat!
Kids Game Extravaganza
Rhianna Maakestad
Main Lounge - Terrace Room/Sunporch
All Con Long
Calling all Kids ages 6 & up! Join Rhianna and play
some great games. Rules will be taught. Sleeping
Queens, UNO Attack, Skip Bo, Granny’s Apples, In a
Pickle, 10 Days in Europe, My Word!, Circles, 7 eight
9, Abandon Ship, Too Many Monkeys, Straw and
Many More!
Mindbridge Meeting
South Room, Sunday 11am
What is Mindbridge? What do they do? Mindbridge
runs conventions. Anime, SciFi, Gaming more!
We’re active in the community and hold book
groups and film groups. Come join in the fun!
Gamicon Meeting
South Room, Sunday 12am
Having fun? Want to come again next year? Got a
suggestion for us? Help make it happen. Come see
how you can lend a hand to make this convention
better than ever? Pizza will be provided!!!!
Closing Ceremonies
Main Lounge - Sunday 4pm
We will say goodbye to all our friends and wish
everyone a safe trip home. We will also be drawing
for prizes and acknowledging staff and volunteers
for a job well done!
Prize Drawings
Throughout the weekend, you may receive tickets for prizes for games, rewards for judging and other
random stuff. We’ll have boxes set up for prize drawings. Put your name on your ticket and put it into the
drawing you want, then show up to see if you win! You must be present to win. Can’t be there, find someone
trustworthy to be your proxy.
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Board Games
Age of Empires III
Frag Gold
Jerry Barronmiller
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm
Take on the role of a colonial power seeking fame,
glory, and riches in the New World. As you proceed
through three ages, you can launch expeditions of
discovery, colonize regions, expand your merchant
fleet, build capitol buildings that give your nation
distinct advantages, develop your economy, and, if
necessary, declare war.
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 1pm-5pm
The first-person shooter computer game comes to
the board game! Pick up weapons, frag somebody,
run! Ooops! Re-spawn.
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
Tony Langasek
Intermediate
Main Lounge
Friday 6-10pm
Try to survive this huge dungeon-crawl board game
from Fantasy Flight! Descent: Journeys in the Dark is
a semi-cooperative game in which two to five players
will take on the antagonistic roles of heroes and
Overlord. Up to four players will choose characters
with a wide assortment of skills and innate abilities
to be the heroes who will explore dungeons in search
of treasure and adventure. The GM will take on the
role of the Overlord and will control the dungeon’s
many traps, puzzles, and monsters. No experience
needed, rules will be taught.
Frag ‘em High
John Moore
Frag Gold Edition
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 12pm-2pm
Who will be the last one standing? A “first-person
shooter” on a tabletop; up to six can play. Move your
fighter and frag your foes; draw cards for weapons,
armor, and gadgets; move through the blood spatters
to restore your own health! If you die, you respawn
and come back shooting!
Greed Quest
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 9am-11am
Dungeon diving of a different style. Get into the dungeon, grab the treasue and get out before the other
players. Sort of like Uno-meets-D&D, but more evil.
Events are stil coming in, be sure to
check at event registration for events
not mentioned in this book
Board Games Continued
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Jet Set
Monsters Menace America
Tony Langasek
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 10am-12pm
A game of building airline networks in Europe. Purchase airlinks between European cities. Place planes
on the links, then spend them to score flight cards
and increase your income. Expand wisely to make
sure you can score your Final Flight card.
Steve Crow
Novice
Main Lounge
Sunday 12pm-4pm
Play one of 4 giant monsters rampaging America
to gather power to take on your opponents in the
final monster challenge. In this simulation of every
giant monster movie ever made, you play one of four
familiar monsters, as well as leader of one of four
military forces. Rampage across America destroying
landmarks, military bases, and cities, while getting
the mutations you need. At the same time, pit your
American soldiers against your opponents. Destroy
enough property, and you go to the monster showdown to be the last creature standing.
King in Yellow
Jeff Woods
Arkham Horror
Intermediate
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
The infamous theatrical play ‘The King in Yellow’
has come to Arkham to steal the sanity of those who
watch it. With it come artists who paint things that
cannot be, writers who dream of black stars and
madmen who drag the rest of humanity into the dark
abyss. Lording over all of them is the King in Yellow
himself. With the townsfolk being corrupted by the
baleful yellow signs, can a few courageous investigators stop the King in Yellow before madness takes its
toll? Adult 12+ only.
Marvel Super Heroes
Steve Crow
Novice
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm or
Saturday 6pm-10pm
Play one of 4 Marvel superhero teams and protect New
York from the bad guys. In this comic book simulation,
you play one of four Marvel superhero teams and one
of your opponents’ arch enemies. Resolve headlines,
summon allies, fight the bad guys, and organize the
villains against your opponents. So realistic you could
write a comic book about your exploits.
Memoir 44
Garrett Strause
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 12pm-2pm
Memoir ‘44 is a unique historical game where players command a horde of little plastic Army men
facing-off in dozens of WWII battles on an oversize
hex game board. Each battle scenario mimics the
historical terrain, troop placements and objectives
of each army. Deploying forces through a variety of
Command cards, the smart commander uses the
unique skills of his units - infantry, paratroopers,
tanks, artillery, commandos and resistance fighters to its greatest strength.
Munchkin Quest
John Moore & Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm - John Moore
Friday 8pm-12pm - Brian Anderson
Who’s the biggest Munchkin in the dungeon? Kill the
monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. That’s
what it’s all about. Now Munchkin Quest brings the
action to the gameboard. Cooperate with the whole
group, adventure with a partner, or strike out on
your own. You don’t know what’s behind a door until
you open it . . . then another room is added to the
dungeon. Battle monsters for power and treasure,
or send them after your friends. Reach Level 10, and
then get out alive if you can!
Power Grid
David Fageol
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-8pm
Be the first to set up, expand, and control the electrical grid of a country. Of course your opponents have
other ideas.
Revolution! Revolution! (Demo)
John Moore
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
Come try out one of Steve Jackson Games’ latest
board games. Blackmail the printer. Threaten the
innkeeper. Bribe the priest. Welcome to Revolution!
Secretly bid against your opponents to gain the support of the people, win territory... and gather more
Gold, Blackmail, and Force for the next round of
bidding! Knowing where to push for support – and
where to back away – is the key to victory. It’s a game
of bluff, counter-bluff, and surprise.
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Board Games Continued
Shadows Over Camelot
The Stars Are Right
Jeff Strause
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 4pm-6pm
In most games, players compete against each other
to achieve victory. Shadows over Camelot proposes
a journey of a very different kind, where you and
your fellow players, as Knights of the Round Table,
will collaborate to jointly defeat....the game! At first
glance, this taks seems simple enough. After all,
shouldn’t a band of young and noble Knights - fleet
of foot and sound of mind - easily defeat a game that
plays itself? Alas your quest is further complicated
by the ever-present possibility of a Traitor in your
midst, biding his time, waiting to strike at the worst
possible moment... But enough words...Don your
cloak, climb astride your warhorse and gallop into
the Shadows to join us in Camelot!
Brian Anderson
Novice
Main Lounge
Sunday 12pm-2pm
As a cultist of Cthulhu, you are trying to rearrange
the stars to make constellations favorable to you.
Summon enough minor minions that you can eventually summon the Great Old Ones, who will shower
you with wealth and power beyond you dreams! ...or
eat you. Maybe both.
Zooloretto
Tony Langasek
Beginner
Main Lounge
4pm-6pm
The award-winning game of tile-based zoo management from Michael Schacht! Plan your zoo wisely
to score the most points. Make sure you have room
for every tile you pick, since each enclosure can only
hold one type of animal
Miniature Games
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Ex Illis
Kirk Mathes
Beginner
Main Lounge, Friday 8pm-12am; Saturday 12pm-4pm; Sunday 10am-12pm
Ex Illis is a miniature game like no other. Instead of playing with dice, rulers, and thick rulebooks, you’ll use
software on your iPod touch, Mac, PC or laptop to resolve battles. This combination of miniatures and software makes Ex Illis a deep gameplay experience that’s very easy to learn, yet a real challenge to master!
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Ceremonies
Computer Gaming p.9
Video Gaming p.9
NES Olympics p.26
Mindbridge Game Library p.9
Kid’s Game Extravaganza p.9
Pathfinder: Fingerprint of the Fiend p.22
Pathfinder: Low Level Pickup p.22
The Bargain: Wushu/Shadowrun p.24
Zooloretto p.12
Nemesis Strikes! p.24
Lost in Lost World p.24
Ghosts of Plotlines
Past p.23
Revolution! Revolution! p.11
Arkham Horror: King in Yellow p.11
Descent: Journeys In The Dark p.10
Ex Illis p.13
Munchkin p.19
Munchkin Various
p.19
Munchkin Quest p.19
Marvel Super Hero p.11
12am
Friday
Specific Table locations will be posted
on site at event signup.
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Computer Gaming p.9
Video Gaming p.9
Mindbridge Game Library p.9
Kid’s Game Extravaganza p.9
Auction Check-In p.9
Auction p.9
Pathfinder: Echoes of Everwar Pt. 1 p.22
Pathfinder: Echoes of Everwar Pt. 2 p.22
Pathfinder: The Devil We Know Pt. 1 p.22 Pathfinder: The Devil We Know Pt. 2 p.22
Viewpoint Tournament p.20
Star Trek: Crisis on Kranador p.25
Resurrection of the Iron Wyrm p.24
Munchkin Quest p.19
Stitch In Time p.24
Horror in the Heights p.23
Greed Quest p.10 Burn In Hell p.19
Frag Gold p.10
Memoir 44 p.11
Labyrinth Lord: Into the Labyrinth p.11
Age of Empires III p.10
Power Grid p.11
Shadows Over
Camelot p.11
Carnivale Redux p.23
Ex Illis p.13
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Computer Gaming p.9
Video Gaming p.9
Guitar Hero Tournament p.9
Mindbridge Game Library p.9
Kid’s Game Extravaganza p.9
Pathfinder: The Hall of Drunken Heroes p.22
Pathfinder: The Devil We Know Pt. 3 p.22
Sins of the Father p.25
Wake Up Call p.25
Power Grid p.11
Chez Freak p.19
Origin Story p.24
Nanuk p.19
Ninja Burger p.19
SPANC p.20
Shadows Over
Camelot p.11
Chez Dork p.11
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Computer Gaming p.9
Video Gaming p.9
Save The Princess p.9
Mindbridge Game Library p.9
Kid’s Game Extravaganza p.9
Pathfinder: No Plunder, No Pay p.22
Pathfinder: Voice in the Void p.22
X-termiNation p.25
For Everything There Is a Season p.23
Jet Set p.11
Munchkin: World
of Dorkness p.19
We Didn’t Playtest
This At All p.20
Ghosts of Plotlines
Past p.23
Ex Illis p.13
Monsters Menace America p.11
Closing
Ceremonies
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Card Games
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Burn In Hell
Munchkin: World of Dorkness
Brian Anderson
Beginner - Adult
Main Lounge
Saturday 11am-1pm
Collect souls of the damned to make sets for points.
Watch out for your fellow collectors. Hurry before
hell freezes over.
Tim Rudzianski
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 12pm-2pm
Sometimes when you look into the void, the void
looks back. When that happens it’s time to hack it to
pieces. Hang out with the vampires, werewolves and
things that should not be in this blend of Munchkin
Bites and Munchkin Cthulu.
Chez Dork
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 11pm-12pm
Compete with the characters from John Kovalic’s
“Dork Tower” to collect the coolest geek toys, like the
Warhamster RPG.
Chez Freak
John Moore
Chez Geek
Beginner
Main Lounge
8pm-10pm
Chez Geek for Adults (no actual maturity required)
Chez Geek
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 10am-12pm
You can’t throw them out -- they live here! Life in the
apartment complex can be weird. Collect slack while
avoiding the losers who will harsh your mellow.
Lord of The Fries
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 2pm-3pm
Ever been to a fast food place where all the employees are zombies? Of course you have! Now you can
play the part of the zombies and find out that it’s no
fun until someone gets an eye poked out!
Munchkin
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 4pm-6pm
The classic card game of hilarious dungeon-diving.
Kick the door down, kill the monsters, take their
treaure, stab your buddy.
Munchkin various
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-8pm
Munchkin now comes in nine different flavors, with
several expansions. We’ll be playing whichever genre
players want to play.
Nanuk
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 5pm-7pm
Will you be a hunter, or will you prophesy that the
hunt is doooooooooomed? Watch out for Nanuk, the
great white polar bear, who spells doom for the hunt.
Ninja Burger
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 7pm-9pm
You are a ninja. Whatever the obstacles, whatever
the opposition, you can deliver a burger and fries
anywhere. In 30 minutes or less. You will bring
honor to your franchise.
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Card Games Continued
SPANC
Viewpoint Card Game Tournament
Brian Anderson
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 9pm-11pm
Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls. What did you
think it stood for?? Go on capers and collect toys
to win.
Mama Maak
Viewpoint Card Game
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 10am-2pm
Card game themed on puns relating to vision such as
Blind Freddie and Mirror Image. First player to reach
100 points by looking into the future, spying on other
players, and blindsiding your budies wins! Winner
of the tournament may have a chance to play in the
2010 Viewpoint World Championships in Sydney,
Austrailia.
We Didn’t Playtest This At All
John Moore
We Didn’t Playtest the Tournament Rules Either
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 8am-10am
Most wins gets the prize. In this exceptionally silly
and awesome game, your objective is to win! Simple
enough. Sadly, all of your opponents have the same
simple goal, and they’re trying to make you lose. Between Rock Paper Scissors battles, being eaten by a
random Dragon, or saved by a Kitten Ambush, there
are many hazards to avoid. Games last between 30
seconds and 5 minutes, and are lots of fun.
A BIG THANK YOU
To these great game companies that sent us free games
to try out and share. Show your appreciation. If you win a
game this year, run it next year!
93 Made Games
Ace of Brains
AEG
APE Games
Blue Panther LLC
DBone Games
Gamewright Games
Mindstorm Labs
North Star Games
Out of the Box Games
Pair of Dice Games
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Rio Grande Games
Twilight Creations
Wizards of the Coast
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This year, Paizo Publishing announced continued support
for the 3.5 edition of the world’s most popular roleplaying
game with an update to 3.5 called the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game (currently in Beta playtest) and with a new organized
play campaign called Pathfinder Society Organized Play.
Pathfinder Society is like a home game of your favorite
fantasy roleplaying game: it has a GM and players, dice
are rolled, characters created, monsters are vanquished,
treasure is tallied and accumulated—everyone gathers a few
times a month to play together.
Set in the popular Pathfinder Chronicles campaign
setting (home of the blockbuster monthly Pathfinder
Adventure Path series), Pathfinder Society Organized
Play follows the exploits of the setting’s most notorious
group of treasure hunters, vagabond scholars, and thrillseeking rogues: the Pathfinder Society. Characters made
for Pathfinder Society Organized Play are members of
this august society, with countless adventures in their
future.
the nations nearest to it. Five nations have infiltrated the
Pathfinder Society in hopes of using it as a cover to retrieve
missives, steal objects, and eliminate those who stand in
their way. Though only a minority of Pathfinders are secretly
faction members, in Pathfinder Society Organized Play every
player belongs to one of the five factions.
Forced to work together by the society and often at
odds because of their factions, these Pathfinders—the
Pathfinders of Pathfinder Society Organized Play—have a
truly monumental task ahead of them.
Pathfinder Society Organized Play brings Pathfinder
and 3.5 organized play fans to your store. With 28 scenarios
released annually (and a beginner series launching soon),
Pathfinder Society gives you ample opportunity to capture
your local OP and RPG fans and keep them coming back for a
quality RPG experience.
The Pathfinder Society is based in a teeming metropolis
called Absalom. Known as the City at the Center of
the World, Absalom is the largest city in the Pathfinder
Chronicles campaign setting and is the economic and social
capital of the world. As an independent city state, Absalom
is desired by all the nations of the world, but most especially
For additional information on Pathfinder Society
Organized Play, visit paizo.com/pathfindersociety, and
download the PDF guide book.
To get a Pathfinder Society Organized Play chapter
started in your store, please contact Paizo’s Events Manager,
Joshua J. Frost, at [email protected].
All trademarks are property of Paizo Publishing. ©2008 All Rights Reserved. Permission granted to photocopy for personal use only.
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Pathfinder #22- Fingerprint of the Fiend
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
A retired Pathfinder’s nephew goes missing. After he
allegedly discovered the fabled city of Rachikan of the
ancient Jistka Imperium, he turns to the Society for
help. Now you’ve been sent to the coast of Cheliax to
uncover the missing nephew’s whereabouts and to
uncover one of the most sought-after legendary cities
on Golarion. But you have to move quick! The Aspis
Consortium is rumored to be racing to the site ahead
of you and their involvement could spell disaster for
the Pathfinder Society. Written by Larry Wilhelm for
7th to 11th level characters.
Low Level Pickup For Pathfinder
Pathfinder Society Continued
Pathfinder #30 The Devil We Know Part
2: Cassomir’s Locker
Main Lounge
Saturday 12pm-4pm
The Pathfinder Society dispatches you to the catacombs called Cassomir’s Locker to find the source of
a rat cult breeding monstrous vermin. After clearing
Cassomir’s dank sewers and delving into the dirty
dungeons below, will you find the artifact that powers Cassomir’s Locker or bring about the destruction
of Taldor’s most important port? Written by Joshua
J. Frost. For 1st to 7th level characters.
Pathfinder #41 The Devil We Know Part
3: Crypt of Fools
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
Multiple Low Level events available for new or experienced Pathfinder players.
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-10pm
Continuation of Pathfinder #40 The Devil We Know
Part 2: Cassomir’s Locker. Written by Larry Wilhelm. For 1st to 7th level characters.
Pathfinder # 36- Echos of Everwar Part
1: The Prisoner of Skull Hill
Pathfinder #40 The Hall of Drunken
Heroes
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm
A Chelish outpost deep inside the anarchic orc-controlled Hold of Belkzen has gone silent after strange
fires were seen burning in the skies above. You have
been sent north to investigate the disappearance and
find a lost tomb long rumored to exist beneath the
outpost’s timber tower. When you arrive and find
the place choked with monsters and hideous plant
creatures from beyond the stars, your mission of
exploration quickly turns to one of survival. Written
by Joshua J. Frost for 7th to 11th level characters.
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-10pm
Something is afoot at Cayden’s Hall, a temple-pub in
Absalom where Cayden Cailean’s faithful pay homage
to their Drunken Hero. Pathfinder agent Osprey and
his demonologist companion send you to investigate
the truth behind a long-rumored demonic lab said
to exist beneath the temple-pub’s sticky floors. Bar
fights, revelry, song, and drink await. Written by Tim
Hitchcock for 7th to 11th level characters.
Pathfinder #42- Echos of Everwar Part
2: The Watcher of Ages
Main Lounge
Saturday 12pm-6pm
Continuation of Pathfinder #36 Echos of Everwar
Part 1: The Prisoner of Skull Hill. Written by Greg A.
Vaughan for 7th to 11th level characters.
Pathfinder # 29 The Devil We Know
Part 1: Shipyard Rats
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm
When simultaneous kidnappings of Pathfinder and
Aspis Consortium agents rock Cassomir’s Imperial
Naval Shipyards, the Society orders you to join forces
with hated Aspis agents to solve the mystery. Can
you work together with the enemies of the Society
to uncover the source of the kidnappings, or will you
perish in the shipyards of Cassomir? Written by
Joshua J. Frost. For 1st to 7th level characters.
Pathfinder #38 No Plunder No Pay
Main Lounge
Sunday 10am-2pm
The famed Chelish pirate, Captain Caradoc Alazario,
nephew of the mayor of Egorian and the enemy
of Her Majestrix’s Navy, has finally been caught.
Unfortunately for you, he was caught after stealing a
fiendish artifact of twisted origins. You are charged
to break Captain Alazario out of prison and use him
to guide you to the lost artifact. Prison, pirates, and
horrors of the deep await you.
Pathfinder #35 Voice in the Void
Main Lounge
Sunday 10am-2pm
Mystery strikes again at the Blackros Museum in
Absalom and its curator, Nigel Aldain, needs your
help. When a famed Osirian tomb raider returns to
Absalom and disappears in the museum’s basement,
Aldain fears the worst. Voice in the Void is a followup scenario to Mists of Mwangi. Written by Rob
McCreary for 1st to 7th level characters.
Role Playing Games
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Carnivale Redux
Horror in the Heights
Steve Crow
Brave New World RPG
Novice
Main Lounge
Saturday 1pm-5pm
Don’t save the cheerleader. Save yourselves. You
don’t want to save the cheerleader, or keep New
York from blowing up, or visit medieval Japan. Who
needs the grief? And you definitely don’t want your
skull cut open. You just want to lay low and use
your powers to make some quick cash. if what you
do isn’t legal... well, that’s somebody else’s problem.
But a carnival owner named Samuel has other plans.
And he won’t take no for an answer. Uses the BNW
rules, with simple straightforward superpower rules,
but NOT the game setting.
Supernatural RPG
Novice
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm
It’s Apocalypse time, and the demons are looking for
lunch. In this RPG based on the popular TV series,
you play Hunters, traveling the US to find and kill
monsters. The Apocalypse has started (thanks, Sam
and Dean), but while you wait for Lucifer to make
his move, there’s no rest for the wicked. Are demons
hunting down senior citizens in the Roosevelt
Heights district in Chicago, or is there something else
involved? Grab your gun and your rock salt and find
out for yourself.
For Everything There Is a Season
David Miessler-Kubanek
Dogs in the Vineyard adapted for
Star Wars Jedi characters
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 8am-12pm
For Everything There Is a Season Jedi in the Vineyard
(Dogs in the Vineyard crossover) An adventure for
3-5 players Fear, anger, hatred and suffering are
festering on the small agricultural world of Ragus
3 in the little town of Mercy. It’s your job as Jedi of
the great Republic to deliver a message, in more
ways than one. Rules: Adapted for use with Dogs in
the Vineyard, by D. Vincent Baker. Introduction to
system, but some basic familiarity with Star Wars is
required. Pregenerated characters will be provided.
Note: Bring extra dice to this game.
Ghosts of Plotlines Past
John Moore
TOON (Order of the Stick)
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 4pm-6pm
What happens when dead plots return to life?
Labyrinth Lord - Into the Labyrinth
Steve Zieser
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 2pm-6pm
Old school dungeon crawling for a new generation.
A short adventure for Goblinoid Game’s Labyrinth
Lord. Confused by thick rulebooks and tired of rules
lawyers? Then descend into the labyrinth with
Labyrinth Lord! All the fun of an old school dungeon
game without all the muss and fuss!
Lost in a Lost World
The Gary Lange
RPXpress
RPG
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
Doctor Stanhope has gone missing on an archaeological expedition in South America. A group of dashing
adventurers is being formed to effect a rescue.
Roleplaying emphasized, characters provided, and
rules taught.
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Role Playing Games Continued
Nemesis Strikes!
Stich in Time
Timothy Daly
GUMSHOE
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 6pm-10pm
There’s a new show in town and it’s a tragedy! A
madman talks his prey in this bloody tale of revenge.
This story takes inspiration from movies such as The
Phantom of the Opera and Theatre of Blood. Can
you unravel the mystery before the madman makes
you part of his macabre production? This game is
powered by the award-winning GUMSHOE game
engine.
Nigel Ray
d20
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12
Stop watch versus project. Tick-Tock. Who will have
the last laugh? Service at Project Tick-Tock, the US
Government’s time travel program, is lots of fun.
You get to travel to exotic places, meet new people,
and protect the flow of history against the depredations of Stop Watch, the nebulous time baddies from
somewhere in the 22nd century. It’s a great job, with
interesting co-workers, and a relaxed bureaucratic
culture.
Origin Story
Tasha Robinson
Mystery
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-10pm
You wake up in a dark room with no memories of
your past or your identity. What happened? Who are
you? And should you maybe do something about the
gunfight going on outside?
Resurrection of the Iron Wyrm
Dan Proctor
Mutant Future
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 8am-12pm
The Iron Wyrm’s tomb has been discovered, and his
resurrection seems imminent! You must enter the
tomb and retrieve him for the Order of the Wyrm...
but what is this Iron Wyrm, anyway?
Sins of the Father
David Miessler-Kubanek
Amber Diceless RPG
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-10pm
Sins of the Father Amber DRPG An adventure for
3-5+ players The Amberites have returned from the
Patternfall War. The new King of Amber needs to put
the House and Kingdom of Amber in order. What do
children of traitors have to negotiate with the new
king of all reality? Rules: Amber Diceless RPG. Rules
will be taught. Introductory game open to anyone.
Pregenerated characters will be provided. Warning:
This adventure is about making difficult moral/political decisions.
The Bargain
David Miessler-Kubanek
Wushu - modified for Shadowrun in the future (SOLARIS - Sprawlshu)
Beginner
Main Lounge
Friday 4pm-8pm
The Bargain SOLARIS – Shadowrun, 2210 An
adventure for 3-6 players. Each of you has built a
life away from Earth on the orbiting Star-Kaer and
home, Solace. Now as a daring crew of a trade ship
you may be on your final mission. The mission is to
stop an ancient enemy from escaping its prison, no
matter the cost. According to the orb, the prison is
on Earth in a remote site guarded by unspeakable
things. The airspace over the site is patroled by a
Megacorp blockade. The crystal orb you stole from
Solace shouldn’t be missed for long, or so the orb
tells you while you sleep. The orb says many things,
including that this is only the beginning of the end,
and that hope alone will not be sufficient. Something of equal value must be spent. What are you
willing to sacrifice in order to succeed? SOLARIS is
a gritty space opera set in a Shadowrun world of the
future (but pre-Equinox by Redbrick, http://www.
redbrick-limited.com/cms/index.php?categoryid=60)
- late 7th world. Rules: Familiarity with Shadowrun
is not necessary, but helpful. Setting is cyberpunk +
fantasy + space opera. Pregenerated characters will
be provided. Sprawlshu is an open source adaptation
of Wushu for Shadowrun. Wushu can be found here:
wiki.saberpunk.net/Main/HomePage
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Role Playing Games Continued
Wake-up Call
X-termiNation
Josh Goldsborough
Traveler
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 6pm-10pm
The crew of a star freighter wake up from cyo-sleep
to find themselves stranded in space and they are not
alone... The crew of a star freighter wake up from
cyo-sleep to find themselves stranded in space and
they are not alone.. This is a remake of the original
wake-up call Traveler RPG Adventure written by Gareth Hanrahon and Shane Lacy. Rules and characters
will be provided for players.
Steve Zieser
Marvel Superheroes 4C System
Beginner
Main Lounge
Sunday 8am-12pm
Superhero slugfests extraordinaire, featuring the
Uncanny X-Men!
Star Trek: Crisis on Kranador
Where No Man Has Gone Before 2.0
Steve Zieser
Beginner
Main Lounge
Saturday 10am-12pm
Yellow tunics on and phasers on stun! The Federation
is once again in crisis! A Star Trek adventure for 3-6
players. The Federation stands in a time of crisis! The
Kranador system is the lynchpin of galactic peace.
Can you answer the call?
In Memory of
Jay Schnoebelen and Rob Ashby
The Empty Chair
Eulogy for a Gamer
There is an empty chair at the table this day.
A hallowed place where a friend once played.
The roll of his dice, my ears long to hear.
Or perhaps it would suffice, if he should suddenly appear.
With character sheet in hand and a bag of Cheeze-Doodles to share.
All his friends would stand as he sat in the empty chair.
I hear his voice a-callin’ and it ties my heart in a knot.
For he cries, “Though a comrade has fallen, you must play for those who cannot.”
We conquered worlds on the run, he and I, in the name of fun.
And as others may come and go, I make both both friend and foe.
But what I long for most is our past now long a ghost.
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Video Games
Save the Princess Sunday
NES Olympics
Jay Cooper
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Video Console Games
Advanced
North Room
Sunday 10am-4pm
Save Princess Toadstoole from the evil Bowser, and
be quick about it. It’s a race against the clock to save
princess Toadstool from the evil Bowser. In this winner take all tournament players will be timed on how
long it takes them to reach the final stage of Super
Mario Borthers and save the princess. The fastest
time wins.
Jay Cooper
Nintendo Entertainment System
Video Console Games
Beginner
North Room
Friday 6pm-10pm
Play Track and Field Olympics We’er dusting off the
Power Pad for this NES classic. Compete with other
players in exciting events like 100m dash, long jump,
triple jump, and hurdles. Come be a part of the original Nintendo fully interactive videogame
Guitar Hero Tournament
Jay Cooper
Play Station 2 and Nintendo Wii
Video Console Games Guitar Hero
Beginner
North Room
Saturday 6pm-10pm
Think you’re a real guitar hero? Step up and prove it
in this winner take all multi round tournament. Players have the choice of what games system to use, but
songs are chosen randomly. As players advance the
difficulty level increases
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Autographs
Mindbridge Foundation
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Mindbridge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose
purpose is to provide social venues and social outlets for people
interested in Science Fiction, Gaming, Anime and related subjects in Eastern Iowa.
Gamicon, ICON, and AnimeIowa are projects of Mindbridge
Foundation. We also hold monthly meetings, book groups and
film groups. See our website at www.mindbridge.org.
For more information about AnimeIowa 2010, visit
http://www.animeiowa.com
Hope to see you there!
ICON 35
A Steam Powered
Convention of
the Future
Guest of Honor:
CORY DOCTOROW
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist
and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author
of the bestselling Tor Teens novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European
director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open
Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London.
www.iowa-icon.com
November 5-7, 2010 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott
GAMICON UPSILON
2011
February 11-13, 2011 • Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge
Register for next year at Gamicon this weekend for
ONLY $15.00
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Convention Rules
For the health, safety, well-being and non-zombification of all, we ask that you follow these simple
rules at all times.
1) Be respectful of other people and their property. Play nicely with others and do not eat their
brains or their dice.
2) Smoking is not allowed inside the IMU or on the University of Iowa Campus. Smoking is allowed
only on the sidewalks adjacent to campus (such as the sidewalk east of the IMU, away from the
river.)
3) You are required to wear your badge at all times. Game masters are to ensure that all players are
properly wearing badges. Report any violations to the front desk. Anyone not wearing a badge will
be asked to leave or purchase a new badge. Please return lost badges to the front desk.
4) Anyone breaking local, state or federal statues will be asked to leave immediately. All weapons
(even toys) must be peace-bonded.
5) Personal Property left/stored at the coat racks in the hall, are not the responsibility of Gamicon
or Mindbridge Foundation.
6) Have fun and enjoy the convention!
Mindbridge Refund Policy
For all Mindbridge Foundation events and activities there will only be refunds in the case of an
emergency as decided by the current convention committee, registration department head or person/people in charge of said event or activity. A refund will only occur if a written request is received
by the aforementioned person/people by 3 days after the preregistration deadline has occurred.
If a written request is received by the current convention committee, registration department
head or person/people in charge of said event or activity asking to forward a paid membership to
the next calendar year for the same event and is received by 3 days after the preregistration deadline
has occurred that membership will be forwarded to the next year’s event free of charge. This will not
happen a second tinme and should be confirmed with the next year’s current convention committee,
registration department head or person/people in charge of said event or activity.
These refunds and forwarding of memberships apply only to personal membership and there will
be no refunds or forwarding of products/services or any other memberships such as dealer memberships or complimentary memberships to guests.
This policy was approved by the Mindbridge Foundation membership and takes effect for all
Mindbridge Foundation events and activites effective 10/31/06.
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Critical Hit Games is
Iowa’s premier gaming
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in Coralville, we are a
rare hobby venue, offering much more than
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Each night is dedicated
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We sell all the games you
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