Keycon is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention held in Winnipeg, Manitoba every year during May long weekend. This year’s Keycon is May 19-21st 2006. I’ve never been to one before... but I’m going to one now!
Some of the scheduled events I want to check out:
Vampire LARP. Fred By Night is the roleplaying group I started playing with last November(ish). I’ve been having fun playing NPCs for them, and I’m finally going to be playing a regular character. Due to work, I haven’t been able to attend the last couple games, but I’ve been gently nudged to come to Keycon and play.
Frantic Films Work Shop. I have a friend who works at Frantic Films, the Winnipeg based special effects company that did work for films like The Core, Swordfish, and other big Hollywood movies. Due to contracts and getting-sued-iness, he cannot really talk about what goes on or what he works on, so it’ll be cool to actually take a look.
Havok Demonstration. I’ve been listening to Gamer: The Podcasting, and because of them, I’ve been getting an interest in checking out some boffer LARPs. Havok is a Winnipeg born and bred boffer LARP, and they’ll be doing a full out combat demostration. Sweet!
You can find a full (tentative) schedule here.
Of course, there will be a variety of roleplaying games, card based games, board games, etc going on. And just hanging out with friends I haven’t seen for a while. If you are planning to attend and want to meet up, leave a comment below, or use the contact form to drop me an email!
I’m looking forward to Keycon!