OFFICIAL - ApolyCon '06 Schedule

[JohnT]

Well... y'all are going to have to wait until I get home from work. Bloody servers.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by JohnT
Well... y'all are going to have to wait until I get home from work. Bloody servers.

what servers JohnT?

[JohnT]

I started this thread when the servers were wacky yesterday.

All locations are at the Holiday Inn Express in Timonium MD, unless otherwise noted.

Friday, July 7th 2006

7:00-8:00: Welcome Reception

8:30-??: Gaming Unplugged: Sponsored by Big Huge Games and located at their offices (TBD), Gaming Unplugged is an open gaming tournament featuring a poker tournament organized by KrazyHorse and/or Snoopy (if interest demands), open-challenge board games (including Avalon Hill's Civilization, of course), and others. It won't be totally unplugged, though, as BHG has a pinball machine and some consoles.

ApolyCon '06 will supply chips, sodas, and late-night pizza.

Saturday, July 8th 2006

8:00-8:30: Opening remarks

8:45-9:45: Chesapeake 5-6 - Diplomacy Workshop, hosted by OzzyKP

8:45-9:45: Chesapeake 3-4 - Open (was a Democracy Games workshop)

9:45-10:00: Break with Refreshments

10:00-11:00: Time allotted for BHG workshops (TBD). Can be split into two parallel sessions

11:00-12:00: Lunch (at large)

12:00-1:30: Firaxis Q&A with autograph session: Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Soren Johnson.

1:30-2:30: Civ 4 Workshop Prototyping Process for Civ 4, hosted by Soren Johnson and Dorian Newcomb of Firaxis Games

2:30-3:30: Civ 4 Workshop Modding for Civ 4, hosted by Alex "Alexman" Manzaris and Jon "Trip" Shafer of Firaxis Games

3:30-4:00: Break with Refreshments

4:00-5:00: Big Huge Games Q&A and autograph session: Brian Reynolds, Tim Train

5:00-6:00: Apolyton: Past, Present, and Future, hosted by Markos Giannopoulos and Dan Quick.

6:00-7:00: Break (at large)

7:00-9:00: Banquet

9:00-9:30: Break (at large)

9:30-?:??: Another Lost Night of Sleep...: Firaxis hosted 8-player Civilization 4 tournament. Location TBD. 8 players to be determined by play-in, organized prior to the convention by snoopy369.

Other attendees may set up their own demo/succession/MP games as well.

Please check back with this thread periodically for changes and updates to the schedule. Attached to this post is a basic Excel spreadsheet with the schedule on it - it too may change.

[Grandpa Troll]

Thanks JohnT

Me and Angel me Sweetie were planning on coming up early, resting and then be prepared for a couple all nighters..er..in gaming that is

Looks awesome

[OzzyKP]

Ugh.... 8:45.....

btw, "Diplogame" not "Diplomacy"

[JohnT]

What's wrong with 8:45?

You should already have been up for three hours!

[OzzyKP]

I get up at like 9:30.

But I suppose I could make a sacrifice just this once.

[ZargonX]

Other attendees may set up their own demo/succession/MP games as well.

What about attendees setting up other games? For instance, I happen to have a humongous Axis and Allies board I made a while back (about 5x3.5), and since I live around the corner from the hotel, I can easily bring it for anyone interested

[JohnT]

Could you bring it for the Friday night gaming?

[ZargonX]

I sure could! I'll try and post a pic of it later

[Provost Harrison]

Hopefully jetlag will do it's bit for getting in at those early hours

[Chieftess]

Since it's next week, is everything here still set in stone?

[Zopperoni]

No, it's not. It will have an update over the weekend, but we, as organizing committee, still need to discuss it.

[Chieftess]

I haven't seen an official message on the update here, so I'm guessing you simply updated it already?

[Zopperoni]

I actually sent all participants a PM on this.