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!

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A native of the kudzu-covered hills of north Georgia, Jamie Chambers began playing role-playing games at the age of seven--cutting his teeth on the "red box" set of Dungeons & Dragons. A few years later (and an upgrade to "Advanced"), he ran his very first campaign for fellow sixth-graders: the original Dragonlance modules. A few years later he began playing science fiction, using a homebrew modification of Traveller called the "Space Dungeon". Jamie played a young mechanic on a beat-up old spaceship making cargo and smuggling runs, the crew managing to get into trouble wherever they went.

Years later, Jamie is still involved with both fantasy and science-fiction gaming. He now works as the Vice President of both Sovereign Press (overseeing the Dragonlance game line) and Margaret Weis Productions (developing the Serenity Role Playing Game). He also has authored game products for Wizards of the Coast, Elmore Productions, and Fast Forward Entertainment, and wrote articles for Dragon Magazine, Games Unplugged, and Campaign Magazine. Jamie contributed to Search for Power and Dragons in the Archives, two fiction anthologies published by Wizards of the Coast, and also wrote the appendix to Amber & Ashes, a novel by Margaret Weis.

Jamie is currently hard at work overseeing two companies and their respective game lines, developing new projects both in games and fiction, and is working on a fantasy novel. He lives in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (the birthplace of hobby roleplaying games) with his wife, Renae, and three children: Melanie, Elizabeth, and Alexander.

You're cordially invited to join him in the gaming demos area and spend a few hours "out in the Black" with like-minded folk who aim to misbehave in the 'Verse otherwise known as the Serenity Role Playing Game. The book, written by Jamie, and released last year, has been listed on DriveThruRPG.com as one of its Top 100 Products for 2005. He will also be making appearances at various panels related to writing and game design and an honest to goodness shindig that's in the works.