Have you considered interactive role-playing? From: Jeff Diewald <diewald@zko.dec.com> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000 It's Friday the Thirteenth: AN IMPORTANT Live Action Role Playing CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT! <ominous music throbs in the background> You know he's lurking out there. A menacing figure, dark and brooding. One who hides in the shadows, plotting gruesome deaths and bloody mayhem. A dangerous lunatic, wielding something sharp and deadly. What's worse, it's Friday the Thirteenth, and that just brings out his kind. Blood, gore, and fiendish evil must be present; it can be no other way on such a day... <There, in the shadows, is movement. The music swells.> You can run, but you cannot hide. You know that somewhere along the way, you'll trip and fall. As you sprawl, you'll turn, and he'll be there, something shiny raised high, to strike... <shriek! shriek! shriek! shriek! shriek!> It'll be *me*, with a pen in my hand and a registration form in the other, inviting you to come to Intercon the Thirteenth, Friday the Thirteenth through Sunday the Fifteenth, March, 1998, at a location to be announced in the greater Boston metropolitan area. Yes - Intercon comes to the BOSTON area in the spring of 1998! We're hard at work lining up a slate of live action role playing games, panels and events that will fill your weekend with wonder and weirdness, mirth and murder, fiends and friends. If you sign up now, before we have all the events lined up, you'll get the frighteningly low special rate. You'll also get the first chance to sign up for our slate of events when it's ready. The only thing more frightening than playing the games at Intercon the Thirteenth on Friday the Thirteenth will be if you miss out on the opportunity to join all of us in a weekend sure to be memorable! THE DETAILS: Intercon the Thirteenth, a Live Role-Playing Convention Friday the Thirteenth through Sunday the Fifteenth March, 1998 Somewhere TBA in the greater Boston area Visit our WWW page at: http://www.gweep.net/w6etc/inter13/ Keep checking, as we'll update it with the latest news! TO REGISTER: Send us the following information: Your name (or preferred alias): _____________________________ Your approximate age and gender: ______ Male () Female () Your address: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Your E-mail address: _____________________________ Your telephone number: _____________________________ If you belong to an organized group, such as the ILF or Xanodria you may be eligible for a discount on the registration. If your group would like to negotiate a discount, please contact the con chair at the address given below. Group and membership number: _____________________________ Rate your role-playing experience (check one): () This is the first time I've ever tried anything like this! (Good for you!) () I've played a couple of games, but I'm still pretty new to all of this! () I've played in several games and I'm getting good at this! () I'm beginning to lose track of all of the games I've played in. Just point me in the right direction and I'll be fine. () Real life is what I do in between games. We're a sociable bunch, but this can be a bit intimidating if you haven't been to a convention like this before. To make that a little easier, we're willing to hook you up with someone a little more experienced. Please check all that apply: () I'd like to get hooked up with someone who can show me what this is all about and show me the ropes. () I'd like to get hooked up with someone who can introduce me to some of the interesting people at the con. () I'd like to help out someone less experienced. () I'd like to be an Oscar Meyer Wiener(tm). You're almost there. Here are our frighteningly low rates: 12/13/96 - 3/23/97: $13/$10 discount 3/24/97 - 6/13/97: $20/$15 discount 6/14/97 - 10/19/97: $25/$20 discount 10/20/97 - 1/11/98: $30/$25 discount 1/12/98 - 3/12/98: $35/$30 discount At the door: $40/$35 discount The $5 discount is for members of the ILF or Xanodria. Your role-playing horde may be eligible for a group discount as well! (Contact the con-chair at the address given below.) Make out your check or money order to Intercon the Thirteenth, and mail it and the registration information to: Intercon the Thirteenth P.O. Box 7755 Nashua, New Hampshire 03060-7755 WHO'S THE CON CHAIR? For more information, contact Jeff Diewald, the Intercon the Thirteenth con-chair at the address above, or via E-mail at diewald@zko.dec.com. BUT I WANT TO *RUN* A GAME AT THE CON! You are a sick puppy, but we like that in a person! We want to hear from you! Game bids are now being accepted. Contact Charles Sumner at gideon@world.std.com for more details. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR HELP WITH THE CON! Be one of the few, the proud, the Intercon the Thirteenth convention staff! We're always looking for help. Contact the con-chair if you're interested. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Intercon B'ston wgahnagl fhtagn!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Diewald EASYNET: VIRRUS::DIEWALD Ladebug group INTERNET: diewald@zko.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. Up