Extracon

Spreading the word, for those who might not have heard:

The situation being what it is, the folks running Intercon (our local, long-running LARP convention) have decided that next March's iteration is looking problematic. Intercon T this year slipped in just under the wire (I was actually there when news of COVID-19 hitting Washington state in a serious way started to break), and while there might be a widespread vaccine in time for next year, it's hard to count on that. So instead of leaving everyone in uncertainty for many months, and trying to plan for a convention that might not happen, they've decided to push Intercon U back to 2022.

In its place, though, they're putting on Extracon, an explicitly online convention. It won't technically have any "LARP" in the traditional sense (since we won't all be co-located), but the idea is to do everything that the community likes to do that can be done online. There will be RPGs and board games; there will be virtual LARPs (folks have been experimenting in recent months, and a bunch of these have been run already); I suspect there will even be things like virtual dance parties.

It won't be the same, but it looks likely to be a hoot, and (since, y'know, no travel or hotel bills) much cheaper than usual.

Check it out, and if you might be interested in running something, now's the time to start thinking. (I'm starting to muse about the possibilities of running a virtual LARP; if any of my friends might be interested in collaborating, drop me a note.)