Just to brag a little about how awesome Fredd Gorham is for making our shirt again this year! It shows off Magenta, Max Damage, and Dunjin Diceroller well — not to mention their new generation friends.
Don’t wait to get your own. You can get your tshirt here while buying a badge. Already have a badge but didn’t get a shirt? It’s not too late! Add one here.
Pre-Ordered shirts can be picked up at the registration desk at con.
We are happy to have another wonderful Fredd Gorham design for the 2025 convention shirt!
These are available for purchase while buying a registration for this year’s convention. Already bought a badge but were waiting to see the artwork? We have you covered!
Pre-ordered shirts can be picked up at the registration desk during the convention.
Fredd has worked as a freelance illustrator for many different comic book and game companies. To name just a few: SwampThing, X-Men, Avengers, Superman, Steve Jackson Games, GURPS, Palladium, Fantasy Flight Games and others.
In 2012, Fredd started Steel Angel Studios with his wife Linda to promote and sell his artwork in prints, books and other items of interest.
Fredd is the long-time host of the Artist Jam at Krypton Comics. Its purpose is to promote Omaha’s creative community of artists and like-minded individuals. The Artist Jam occurs every third Saturday of the month from 12noon till 6pm and is free to all ages.
On top of all that, Fredd is the creator of our mascots Dungin Diceroller, Magenta, and Max Damage, and he has drawn the cover and tshirt art for Nuke-Con since our first convention.
You want designs? Well have we got good news for you: Rochelle has them!
Rochelle Gallagher has been making jewelry for many years,
and she’s been a vendor and supporter at Nuke-Con for probably just as long.
Rumor has it that she’s even started taking custom orders!
So whatever designs you don’t see at her table, Rochelle can make them!
Make sure you stop by and check out the latest in Rochelle’s Designs!
YO HO, HO, HO, A Pirate’s dice for me!
AHOY MATEYS! We are happy to shout from the crow’s nest that Shipwreck Dice has set sail and heading back to Nuke-Con Island again this year!
Captain Sasha Smoot of Shipwreck Dice produces custom polyhedral dice…
or, as the website says, “a treasure chest full of shiny, clickety-clackety loot”!
If yer treasure be dice matey’s, we’ll then you’ll find plenty to plunder here!
Take a closer look at all the Shipwreck’s bounty at https://shipwreckdice.com/.
Also returning to Nuke-Con this year is VZ3D Works!
“We are passionate about our products and always deliver top-quality prints. We print our wonderful products on amazing Prusa printers, the best consumer-grade printers in the world! Other shops’ products don’t compare to the clean and smooth prints of our Prusa printers — don’t take a chance with anyone else! Check out our reviews, and you’ll see our customers agree!”
As he puts is, Matthew works the perfect intersection of 3D printing and gaming. It’ll be great to see what new designs he’s bringing! Want a preview? Go to www.vz3dworks.com.
Jana Petty of Petty Printing is a crafter, and making customized dice trays
and dice jewelry, plus gaming-themed tumblers and stickers is the craft!
As Petty Printing is new to Nuke-Con, we encourage you to preview Petty Printing’s offerings on their Facebook page. You’ll recognize the Petty Printing booth by the bright blue theme!
Staffer Steve Note: Many of the items Jana makes can be made to order, so if you see something you like… perhaps it can be made to order in time for Nuke-Con!
What the Cat Made?
Oh! The Cat made chainmail jewelry, battle babies, and other treasures to help protect you on your adventures!
Most of the Cat’s designs are also customizable, so if you don’t see the exact color or size you want (or have a mighty need), just ask the Cat to make it for you!
You’ll see Cat’s work at the booth they share with Rochelle’s Designs. https://www.facebook.com/WhatTheCatMade/
Good evening, Fellow Gamers.
I have to announce today that Nuke-Con has decided not to hold a face-to-face convention in October 2020.
We also decided that we can’t let our 30th Annual Convention disappear with just a whimper, so we’re shifting gears to an online convention. It’ll be the same weekend you’ve been planning for: October 2, 3, and 4, 2020. We’re still working out details, but in the meantime we invite all GMs to talk with us about how to shift your game to one of the many available online platforms.
You can reach Erik Luken, Game Registration, at gmreg@nuke-con.com.
You can reach Josh Stortz for membership questions at reg@nuke-con.com.
You can reach Speedy Coveny to talk about pre-paid booths at vendors@nuke-con.com.
You can reach me for general questions and comments at main@nuke-con.com.
You can also send a message to us via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nukecon/.
We’ll post updates as we finalize details.
Like you, we’ve been hoping for the best but planning for the worst. The staff talked about better spacing around tables, limiting the number of people at a given table, masks, and disinfectant. We discussed the financial impact to the organization, how much we’ll miss seeing our friends, and what the Nuke-Con community might think of us whichever decision we made. In the end, we decided that we can’t, in good conscience, open an arena for possible – maybe even likely – transmission of disease.
Thank you all for understanding.
Norajane McIntyre
Aka the GodMom
Nuke-Con 2020 Convention Coordinator
As most of you know, Nuke-Con is planning for its 30th annual convention in 2020. We’ve been growing our family-friendly game convention bit by bit for all those years.
It hasn’t always been a smooth path. For instance, when we need to move to a new location we see a dip in attendance for a year or so, until all of our gamers find us again. Our volunteer staff comes and goes, and we have to adjust to the changes. Some years the logistics are a nightmare; some years the con runs so smoothly we wonder why we need staff at all! For all these 30 years, the gamers have been the biggest reason we put in the work to present Nuke-Con. This year’s Covid-19 concerns are posing a whole new set of problems to solve, and it’s you gamers who are top-of-mind while we decide what to do this fall.
The Nuke-Con staff is continuing to prepare for the convention on October 2, 3, and 4, 2020. However, no one knows what quarantine conditions will be like 5 months from now. If the staff finds that we aren’t able to hold our regular family-friendly, safe weekend of games we may decide, with great reluctance, to cancel the event.
In the meantime you can help by buying your badges, scheduling your games, contacting your friends about what a great convention we are, and generally acting as though this is a normal year. If we do have to cancel, we’ll refund the cost of your badge or you’ll have the option to roll your badge over to 2021.
Here’s a link to a really brief survey – three questions and a comment section! Please spend the extra minute or so to help us make sure we’re doing the right thing.
We do hope to see you in October. Please be safe until then!
Norajane McIntyre (aka The GodMom)
2020 Convention Coordinator