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Site News
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 |
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Eric Gibson
Owner, West End Games West End Games began in New York City in 1974 as a small independent publisher of historical and fantasy board games. Mr. Daniel Scott Palter, who founded the company, played the role of president and owner from West End's inception until its purchase by Humanoids Inc., a subsidiary of one of the largest European graphic album publishers, in 2001. In late 2003, Humanoids sold most of the West End Games assets to Eric Gibson of Purgatory Publishing Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first games produced by the company included South Mountain, Star Trek: The Adventure Game, Chickamauga, Web and Starship, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Killer Angels, and Imperium Romanum, many of which remain industry classics. They firmly established the West End Games trademark in the marketplace. By 1986, West End Games had started moving away from its historical and fantasy board game background with its first roleplaying game, Paranoia. The success of Paranoia quickly led to West End's first licensed roleplaying game, Ghostbusters. A year later, through a licensing agreement with Lucasfilm Ltd, West End released The Star Wars Roleplaying Game. With the success of this game line, West End Games established itslef as a leading company in the roleplaying game industry. New corporate offices were constructed in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and the entire company relocated to the site during 1988. In 2004, the new owner, Eric Gibson, moved West End Games to its latest location in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Over the ensuing year, West End designed and produced a number of orginal game titles (Torg, Shatterzone, and Bloodshadows) along with several licensed lines (DC Universe, Indiana Jones, Men in Black, Metabarons, Tales From the Crypt, Species, Tank Girl, Aden, Hercules, Xena and Necroscope). As of October 2004, West End has published more than 365 roleplaying game and game-related products, including rulebooks, sourcebooks, adventures, board games, novels, miniatures, and comic books. |
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Latest Community News Feb 20, 2006 - Destinies - The Voice of Science Fiction begins 5 weeks of I-CON related programming on Friday, March 3rd. Scheduled shows: March 3: Andreas Katsulas Memorial featuring press conference recorded at I-CON 21. March 10: I-CON 25 Performers Preview featuring the Brobdningagian Bards, Emerald Rose, Aerosith, and Voltaire. March 17: Live, hour-long I-CON 25 Preview Special March 24: Live I-CON 25 Mystery Guest Special March 31: Live, hour-long I-CON 25 Retrospective Destinies airs at 11:30 PM on 90.1 FM, WUSB, Stony Brook, and can be heard online through links at www.wusb.fm. Feb 2, 2006 - Memorial Fundraiser - A fundraiser in memorial of Johnny Madonia, the son of a long time I-CON staffer, is being held to benefit the Child Life Program at Stony Brook University Hospital which helps to ease the stay of children in the hospital via entertainment and help them adjust to returning to school after leaving the hospital. For more information please see this page. Top Community Links Latest Community Albums Captain Phil's Classic Adventures
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