Captain Wells is an artistic collaboration of Heather Alston and Aaron Shirley. Heather and Aaron both studied Art at Peru State College and have continued their artistic pursuits together, setting up to display art at shows and conventions across the Midwest. Their studio includes original art along with prints, stickers, sketch cards, wood journals, and crochet critters, along with other artistic pursuits from their families.
Both artists also take commissions if you are looking for something unique!
This year’s Nuke-Con t-shirt, featuring art by Fredd Gorham, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons.
While there will be a few available for purchase during the convention, your best bet (and to make sure you can get your size) is to pre-order your shirts now!
Laser Bear Industries is a 3D Printing, 3D Design, Electronics Engineering, and specialty Laser Marking company based in Omaha Nebraska. We specialize in making custom solutions for gaming in many forms from tabletop, to card, and video gaming.
We are a “for gamers by gamers” company that sticks true to our desire to make things that we want to use in our own gaming sessions. We were founded in 2019, and come from a background of 3D modeling, 3D printing, and electronics design going back more than a decade.
You can find fantastic dice towers, fancy dice storage, custom deck boxes, fidget toys, and much more at our booth. We also take custom orders and are able to print on demand for anything from minis to cosplay pieces if you provide a valid printable file for the project.
Be sure to stop by during the con and peruse the Laser Bear’s goods!
Tim is a born and raised Iowa native. He began his creative journey at age 4 composing piano music; his interest in game development began while he was in college. His first published game was spawned from an abandoned D&D homebrew campaign which eventually became the naval strategy game Old Salt.
After successfully Kickstarting a campaign to manufacture and fulfill Old Salt, Tim developed a program called Little Creators Club which teaches elementary kids how to design their own games. Little Creators partners with elementary schools with the goal of helping kids take a step away from consumerism toward being lifelong creators, makers, and designers. We’ve also offered Little Creators at a few breweries in the Des Moines Metro for families and friends to design board games as a fun, creative activity.
What’s new and on the horizon? Aside from Little Creators Club programming and Old Salt, Tim is working on a variety of projects, but the two he is most excited about are a workout gamification program designed for gamers and a kids book building program for NICU parents. Practicing what he preaches, he is in pursuit of lifelong creativity!
For more on Old Salt or Little Creators Club, check out NeverBoardGames.com.
For more about Tim Ferry, look for him in the Main Game Hall or at the Game Design Panel.
Nuke-Con is getting ready for another great year. Here is a friendly reminder that pre-registration is available now!
Badges are available for $45 for the whole weekend or you can get daily tickets for Friday and Saturday. Badges for kids accompanied by an adult are $6.
Buying a badge? Why not buy a shirt! Want to buy a shirt? Buy a badge! We want you to be the coolest in the room.
These pre-registration prices will be in effect until September 8th at 11pm. After that you can buy badges at the door.
Rumors abound that X-wing gaming is dead. Not so! The rules, the minis, the gamemasters – those are all still around.
Play this fast-moving minis game with Adam Steffes, Christopher Gaddie, and Shane Dostal. You’ll have four chances over the weekend to learn how – check the schedule here.
As we are approaching our time together October 4th-6th, it’s time to be gathering your bags of holding and check out our Hotel Block this year!
We are again partnering with the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson Council Bluffs, IA. Consider staying nearby for more time to rest your head or for a much easier commute. You can use our group name: Nuke-Con or the booking number SH78M1 for the group rates ($129 per night) to save some extra gold for your future adventures at the convention. But be wary, Adventurers, you only have until September 4th to make your decision to stay with us before all the rooms get booked!
Board games! Card games! RPGs and minis! Nuke-Con is ready for you to bring your best-loved game — or maybe the one you need 5 players for when there’s only three players in your home group. Or do you have a game design you want to play-test?
There will be about 500 gamers looking for something to play. Time for all you folks who love games to decide which ones you’re going to share with the rest of us.
Don’t delay! The sooner you get your game into the schedule, the better your chances of getting exactly the slot you want. Submit your event and thank you for sharing your favorite game!
Unleash your inner Marie Kondo and declutter your game hoard at the Nuke-Con Gamer Garage Sale!
This year, it’s gamers selling directly to gamers, so you can ditch the silent auction suspense and snag those board game bargains before someone crits your wallet.
Sell your gently used (or maybe not-so-gently used) games and accessories to fellow fanatics. It’s the perfect way to make some extra cash for new loot (or pizza, we won’t judge).
