Apr 12, 2006 - Site Downtime - Some of you may have noticed problems with the I-CON site over the past few days. We have been having hardware issues with our server, which have now been resolved. All site functionality should now be fully restored... if you notice any issues, please email webmaster@iconsf.org. Thank you.

Mar 22, 2006 - Important Travel Update! - The Suffolk County Half Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, resulting in closures on Nichols Road between the Long Island Expressway and Rt. 347. Please use these directions to get to the convention on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2006 - New I-CON Community - ICON Science Fiction, Inc. is proud to announce its new project, community.iconsf.org. Designed to encourage community involvement and the open sharing of ideas and information, community.iconsf.org is our new hub for everyone who is interested in Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy (and Gaming, Anime, and everything else you might see at I-CON - and likely a whole lot more!). We encourage you all to stop in, take a look, and speak your mind - this site was created to allow you to immerse yourself further in the things that matter to you (and us).

Mar 22, 2006 - Indie Film Schedule - In addition to the main schedule and gaming schedule linked from our home page, the Indie Film schedule is now online. Also, an HTML (webpage) version of the schedule is coming soon, we thank everyone for their patience.

Mar 21, 2006 - Schedule Coming Soon Posted! - We know that many of you were anxiously awaiting the schedule for I-CON. Well, it's here! Go to the site index and check it out to see everything what I-CON 25 has in store for you!

News Archive

I-CON 25 Gaming Schedule: [PDF][XLS]

Click here to view the gaming events for I-CON 25.

Click here for information on the miniature paining contest.

Confirmed Guests:

Luke Crane RPG Designer/I-CON 25 Indie Game Designer Award Winner	Tony DiGerolamo Game Designer	Eric Gibson Owner, West End Games
Chambers Jamie Game Developer	William Jones Author/Editor/Game Designer, Chaosium Inc.	Alexander Jurkat CEO/Editor in Chief of Eden Studios
Kory Kaese Product Manager, Mystic Station Designs	Patrick Kapera Game Creator	Steve Kenson Designer/Line Developer
Neal Levin Dark Quest Games	Tony Lower-Basch Game Developer	Clinton Nixon Independant Game Designer
Michael Pondsmith President of R. Talsorian Games/Gaming Guest of Honor	Oscar Rios Scenario Author	SlugFest Games, Inc. Game Company
Jared Sorensen Author & Game Designer

We regret to announce that Jonathan Lavallee has had to cancel for personal reasons. We appologize for the inconvenience. The following events are cancelled as a result:

• Saturday, 25 March, 2006 11:00 - 12:30 - Nights on the Town LOCN: Tbl #16
• Saturday, 25 March, 2006 12:30 - 14:00 - Nights on the Town LOCN: Tbl #16

I-CON's gaming guests and panels track has a lot of great things in store for our 25th anniversary, and keeping with our theme of time travel we have guest ranging to the fathers of the hobby to some of the newest and brightest writers in the industry today. Right now we are in the midst of getting everything in order and don't want to spoil any surprises, so keep your eyes peeled to this space as more information will be coming soon.

Just to give you a taste of some of the special guest who will be gracing the convention this year. ICON Science Fiction Inc. is pleased to have with us Queens, New York native Oscar Rios. Oscar is the author of Chaosium's "Ripples from Carcosa" and the founder of "White Mice Publishing". Oscar Rios will be running demonstrations of some of his newest works, and bringing us a great seminar on Horror genre game design.

Last year at I-CON 24, the Gaming Guests Track collaborated with the Demo Team to bring several veterans and rising stars of the gaming industry to Stony Brook, whose numbers included Michael Pondsmith (R. Talsorian Games), Eric Gibson (West End Games), Tony DiGerolamo (Complete Mafia for D20), Otto Blix (STUDiO187), Kory Kaese (Mystic Station Designs), Geoffrey Bottone and Colleen Skadl (SlugFest Games), Luke Crane (Burning Wheel), Jared A. Sorensen (Memento Mori Theatricks), Alex Jurkat (Eden Studios Inc.), Neal Levin (Dark Quest Games), Jason Libby (Dilly Green Bean Games), and Brennan Taylor (Galileo Games). Some of these faces will return for I-CON 25 to show off new games as well as dust off cherished classics. We encourage you to visit and while away a few minutes or several hours with our guests as they discuss time travel in the game world, historical studies of the industry, pattern changes over time, or join them as they leave their mark on I-CON's history by building a time capsule. We will present both the Annual Gaming Achievement Award and a special Lifetime Achievement Award at the ICON Awards Banquet to celebrate I-CON's 25th anniversary. Reserve early, tickets go quickly! Hope to see you soon!

Role Playing Games

RPGs at I-CON 24 was a huge success this past year due to all of our enthusiastic Staff and Game Masters. We enjoyed a greater prize support as well as an increased number of games.

In the last few months some great games have been released from many well respected companies and it looks like many more scheduled to be released in the next year.

I-CON 25 is a year of past present and future - and what better way to celebrate than to run games new and old in all the genres? This year we will host more games, have special gaming events and even more prizes than last year.

If you're interested in running a few games over the weekend, please contact us at rpg@iconsf.org. We welcome Game Masters of all levels and most games.

I-CON brings you a new episode of the Living Spycraft campaign, updated to the award-winning game's second edition! Bring your Spycraft 2.0 characters and join co-creator Patrick Kapera for a round of blockbuster mayhem! For conversion details, visit the Living Spycraft website at http://www.spycraftrpg.com/livingspycraft/index.php

Demo Team

I-CON's Gaming Demos has brought some of the biggest and brightest in the gaming industry into the spotlight to run today's newest and most innovative games on the market. Why play is your average D&D game when you can experience first hand the thrills and excitement of playing the designers themselves. This year we are proud to carry on the tradition by offering to I-CON's beloved gamers the chance (and bragging rights) to roll dice with some of the industries well know authors. This year you will have a chance to battle it out on the streets of Freedom City with Mutants and masterminds Steve Kenson, Experience the cold dark streets of Cyberpunk 3rd edition, Fly into "the Black" with Jamie Chambers, and go undercover with Patrick Kapera in the new Spycraft 2.0 RPG. When you thought we could not squeeze in more you will also get a taste of Eden Studios. City of Heroes role playing game with designer Alex Jurkat, run for your life from the "Old Ones" with Pulp Cthulhu author William Jones and new comer Oscar Rios, and live life Sopranos style with The Complete Mafia for D20 ran by Mr. D himself. The Steve Jackson Games Men in Black return this year with everything from Munchkin to GURPS, and Atlas Games Special Ops will be sure to please with Lunch Money and Unknown Armies.

Mainstream gaming not your style? Gaming Demos has just the answer. Come out and play with Luke Crane (Burning Wheel), Jared A. Sorensen (OctaNe & Inspectres). Tony Lower-Basch (Capes), Clinton R. Nixon (The Shadow of Yesterday, Inside, Paladin, and Donjon), Nathan Paoletta (Timestream), Slugfest Games (Red Dragon Inn, Kung Fu Fighting), and I-CON's own J. Carpio Dregg (Spookybeans & Pulp Era). Events for these innovative and awe-inspiring games are being put into place as this is written, check back for event listings.

I-CON would also like to welcome the following game companies to our convention and encourage you to play in their events:

• Gamewick Games: WEGS
• Dark Refuge Games: Dark Refuge RPG
• Muse of Fire: Capes
• Anvilweks: The Shadow of Yesterday
• Hamsterprophet Productions: Timestream

I-CON is proud to Announce the Winner of the I-CON 25 Indie Game Designer of the year award to Luke Crane of Burning Wheel. Our Polls closed on March 3rd and the tally was in. Luke is a local gamer and game designer currently livening in the concrete jungle of NYC and has been a frequent guest to I-CON for the past 4 years. We are happy to have Luke as our first recipient of this award.

I-CON would like to also thank the following designers/companies for being part of the contest:

• Clinton R. Nixon (The Shadow of Yesterday, Inside, Paladin, and Donjon)
• Jared A. Sorensen (OctaNe & Inspectres)
• Tony Lower-Basch (Capes)
• Nathan Paoletta (Timestream)
• Slugfest Games (Red Dragon Inn, Kung Fu Fighting)

Contact Dregg with any comments about the Demo Team at demoteam@iconsf.org.

Live Action Role Play

Confirmed LARP events:
Blood of the Righteous & Oppressed: Chapter II
The Hammer and The Anvil
Moon Base Lunar
Star Wars Episode 3.1 : Scourge of the Jedi

Board Games

The annual I-CON Texas Hold 'em Tournament will be held this year in the Board Gaming area of the Student Activity Center. We've opened up participation to 100 players, 36 more than last year. And the prizes are as exciting as befits the 25th I-CON! Come on down and make sure you get a seat. The tournament is Saturday night at 8pm!

Collectable Card Gaming

Sorry for the delay folks, but it's worth the wait! This year, we're offering FOUR different type of Magic: the Gathering tournaments. Friday night we'll be holding an Extended tournament, Saturday will have a Ravnica block sealed pack tournament and a Type 2 tournament, while on Sunday we have a Ravnica block draft planned. This is all on top of a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament and Golden Age Vs. System tournament, both on Saturday. And for all you comic fans out there, we'll be having a demo of the new City of Heroes CCG as well. And, if you're feeling like getting your sea legs, we'll also be having a demo of Pirates of the Spanish Main on Sunday!

Wargames

Coming Soon