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There are one or two old posts floating around the social media world about Nuke-Con’s annual convention. While we love the engagement, we need to make a correction:
Bring your dice, your meeples, your terrain . . . and your friends! You can purchase your badges, and if you want to run a game (yes, please!) submit events to run on our website.
If you’ve got a sweet tooth craving for some tasty RPG treats, then the Aftershock is the just the candy shop you’ve been looking for!
Our cadre of seven DMs will be presenting some D&D Adventurer’s League,
some D&D Learn to Play for the curious, the new Dungeon Crawl Classics
0-level funnel adventure and a ShadowDark RPG 0-level dungeon crawl!
You can see the full (ever-changing) schedule of games here.
Learn more — times and costs — here.
See you at the Aftershock!
Greetings!
Are you planning on attending the May Aftershock? Think you might have some free time between games?
Maybe you aren’t sure, but maybe you’d like to help out?
Step on up – we’re taking names (no rear kicking involved) of folks who are interested in helping out at the front desk. If you have an hour or more available and are willing to give your time, contact volunteers@nuke-con.com.
Staffer Steve here, and I…
Wait… do you feel that?
I haven’t felt one of these in over two years!
THE AFTERSHOCKS HAVE RETURNED!
For those you new to the sensation of an Aftershock, allow me to explain…
Periodically, Nuke-Con arranges for one-day special game events, known as “Aftershocks”, which are held at locations around the Omaha area.
They have returned… and our first Aftershock in over two years is taking place at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church!
We will need GM’s! We will need game hosts! And we will need gamers… so many gamers!
We will have board games! and tabletop RPGs! and miniatures! Bring your friends! Everybody is welcome! We must all Escape Reality, one game at a time!
The Aftershock happens May 27th, 2023 at 10AM and goes to 10PM, for twelve hours worth of Escaping Reality.
Get your tickets at the door for $5 per person for the entire day (or take $1.00 off with a donation of two cans of food for the church’s food pantry)!
I’ll see you there!
UPDATE: I just received word that Nuke-Con artist extraordinaire Fredd Gorham will be hosting an Artist Jam at the Aftershock, so we’re calling all artists to the event!
Tonight, at 11:59pm central time, is the deadline for nominations for our Board of Directors.
The board has the following timeline of events upon the close of nominations:
We will be following up with additional info on eligibility for voting.
You can still purchase your registration at the discounted early bird price through 12/31/2022 11:59pm central time. A weekend of gaming is also a great gift to give friends an family!
Thank you to our sponsors, Nebraska Ataxia and Our Family Plays Games, our merchants, our play organizers, our game masters, our board game hosts, and our gamers!
Thank you to our guests Fredd Gorham and Steve Dawes!
Thank you to those who volunteered during the year and throughout the weekend!
Through the generosity of donors and buyers, the charity raffle, re-rolls, benefit games, our gamer garage sale, and other donations, we raised . . .
On behalf of the staff, board, and volunteers, thank you for your generosity!
We’ll be back in 2023!
Happy Nuke-Con Eve!
In addition to viewing the Schedule online and being able to reserve your spot at games, you can now download the PDF of the 2022 Nuke-Con Convention Book!
Inside you will find information about the events, when they happen, a map of the space, our Special Guests, Sponsors, and more!
Huge thanks to the volunteer who assembles the book and the volunteers that proof the content, create graphics, etc. It looks great!
See you tomorrow! Nuke-Con is for Everyone!
The Extra Life raffle is your chance to win something new for your nerd collection and at the same time help to entertain the children receiving care at Children’s Hospital. Tickets are $1 each, or you can buy 8 all at once for only $5. All proceeds go to the Children’s Hospital and Medical Care Foundation.
Would you like to know what you might win? Here’s a list, and they’ll all be on display near the Adventurers League play area on the convention floor.
Many thanks to our generous donors!
| Item | Donor | Drawing time | |
| Dungeon Crate #1 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Friday 6 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #2 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Friday 8 pm | |
| Daniel Cortopassi print “She Cats of Venus” | Nuke-Con | Friday 10 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #3 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Friday 10 pm | |
| Lora Zombie watercolor “Eddie Munson II” | Marcello de Velazques | Saturday noon | |
| Sarah Clemens print “When it rains” | Nuke-Con | Saturday noon | |
| Dungeon Crate #4 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Saturday noon | |
| Dungeon Crate #5 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Saturday 2 pm | |
| Shipwreck d6 | Shipwreck Dice | Saturday 2 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #6 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Saturday 4 pm | |
| Limited Edition Tiamat Funko | Marcello de Velazquez | Saturday 4 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #7 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Saturday 5:30 pm | |
| Painted Dwarven Forge Dungeon Set complete with miniatures “Adventure Awaits” | Terry Barney | Saturday 5:30 pm | |
| Norse Foundry “Baby Flamingo” Flamingo Dice | Josh Storz | Saturday 8 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #8 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Saturday 8 pm | |
| Dungeon Crate #9 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Sunday 10 am | |
| 3D Diorama of Erol Otis’ “Basic D&D” Cover | Joshua Fritts | Sunday 10 am | |
| Dungeon Crate #10 | Dungeon Crate Omaha | Sunday noon | |
| Mimic Funko | James Schweiss | Sunday noon | |
| Spelljammer Book Set: Adventures in Space | Brian Clift | Sunday noon |
Where do I start? I am excited to see my Nuke-Con family! I’m excited to meet new artists and talk about art! I am beyond excited to get the chance to draw and design people’s player characters or OC’s! I am excited to premier two new art prints at this convention! I am excited at the prospect of getting a few artists to sit with me at my table to draw with me. Just drawing while being in the room with people who are excited about their games is inspirational for me to create.
Most of all, I am excited about being home, because Nuke-Con has been my home away from home since its beginning.
The last movie I watched: THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN is a 1978 Hong Kong kung fu film produced by the legendary Shaw Brothers, starring Gordon Liu. The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te, a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple who trained under the general Chi Shan, and brought Shaolin kung-fu to the masses. Lots of great action, lots of humor and a wonderful example of the Shaw Brothers studio at its prime.
The last documentary I watched: 24×36: A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS is a documentary that explores the world of illustrated movie poster art; the artists who create it, companies and studios that commission it, galleries that display it, and collectors and fans who hang it.
The latest Star Wars work: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT v.2 is the next Star Wars card set that I worked on for Topps Cards. I can’t get enough Boba Fett now that he’s ACTUALLY cool. lol.
FREDD GORHAM’S SKETCHBOOK V.2 is the latest volume of my artbook series. This should be out by the end of the year, and feature commentary on several of my art pieces. Also due sometime in the new year are 365 v.1 – v.2, which are two collections of my “Sketch Every Day” challenges. For one year I sketched a new sketch everyday as a way to challenge myself, and I liked it so much I did it twice.
To grow up to be a real live boy.
I’m ALWAYS excited when I’m invited to be a “Guest of Honor” RPG writer and designer at my local Nuke-Con, but this time it’s UBER exciting as I’ve been selected to be the “Guest of Horror” RPG writer and designer! I mean, come on… Guests of Honor come and go, but how many get the distinction of being Nuke-Con’s Guest of Horror? 🙂
I’ve been working on a three part adventure to run this year that I’m really excited about, and for a variety of reasons. However, I don’t want to ruin the surprises I have in store, but I will say that this adventure is uniquely suited to this year’s Nuke-Con.
As the Guest of Horror, I’m also excited to try some of my newly designed supernatural beings that I plan on adding to my next sourcebook, “Beyond the Paranormal”.
Shameless Plug: My biggest sourcebook to date, “Creature Feature” wasn’t able to make it in time for the Nuke-Con, but it’s on track to be out by Halloween! Several of the creatures in the book were designed, playtested, and tweaked at various Nuke-Con events.
But, perhaps what I’m looking forward to the most… is talking to the guests in person again. Nuke-Con guests are the coolest, and I’ve missed them!
The last movie I went bananas over is “The Black Phone”. It’s got a great cast (every actor elevated the movie), the director was on the top of his game, and all the nods to the 70’s lifestyle and horrors of the time were spot on. It even pulled off a rare feat where the movie outshines the short story (written by Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill) it was based on. The fact that I’ve really been into writing and designing ghost story related adventures as of late is just a bonus. 🙂
The show I’ve been into lately? Well, it’s been Fringe. I loved the show when it first aired a decade ago, and I’ve recently acquired the entire series on Blu-ray. It’s been like solving weird and unexplainable cases again with old friends that I’ve really missed.
The board game I’ve been psyched up about lately is the 10-year anniversary edition of “A Touch of Evil”. Not only does its “Colonial Horror” theme and feel make for a perfect time to play over the Halloween season, but I’ve been asked by Flying Frog Games to come up to Seattle and host this particular game for the guests at their annual “Dice Fest” next month.
