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Category: News
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Spotlight – Our Family Plays Games
As the founders of Our Family Plays Games, Starla and Mik Fitch have a mission – to introduce more families in general and families of color in particular to our gaming hobby. They use their ever-widening YouTube audience as the vehicle.
Nuke-Con is delighted to welcome OPFG as an exhibitor and as a convention sponsor. You’ll see them both adding class to our our Weekend of Games, playing, answering questions, and on Saturday at 2 pm taping their YouTube show live in front of a studio audience! Stop by and let them introduce you to a new game!
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Spotlight – Tabletop Adventures
Help for the Harried Gamemaster!
We are pleased to welcome back Tabletop Adventures for their 14th year (at least) at the Weekend of Games. This year they join us as both vendor and sponsor!
Tabletop’s staff are all long-time gamers, and they make products they’ve always wished for – especially aids and resources for the people who run your RPGs.
Explore the Tabletop Adventures website at http://www.tabletopadventures.com/news/. Then stop by their booth and see what goodies they have brought you when you attend Nuke-con 2021!
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Events Update
The GodMom here. We just got through the initial proofreading of events, and there are some wonderful games! I saw D&D Adventurers League, Pathfinder, Starfinder, ShadowRun, lots of other RPG one-shots, and board games I had never heard of — along with Battletech and other wargames. Something for just about everybody!
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Nuke-Con Covid-19 Update
Dateline: August 30, 2021
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is still pushing infections. Nuke-Con has decided that for the health and safety of gamers, merchants, and staff, we will require all participants to wear an appropriate mask at the convention regardless of vaccination status. You can see Nuke-Con’s full rules here.
We also remind you that if you don’t feel well on Nuke-Con weekend, please stay home. That’s essential to prevent the spread of covid-19, but applies to flu, colds, and general con crud, too. We can arrange to roll your membership over to the next year, and you can still join us via Virtual Nuke-Con and Discord.
Thanks for understanding and for helping us protect our gaming community.
Don’t forget the date: September 24, 25, and 26 at the Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs IA. Registration is open here and you can schedule your game here. We’ll have Virtual Nuke-Con going in the Discord channel, too. Consider the possibilities as you plan your weekend.
24 days until The Weekend of Games!
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Volunteer Call Out Continued from Facebook
First: the skills you learn while volunteering can translate directly into your resume.
Item: I negotiated pricing and terms with a national corporation. (You worked on the contract with our venue and hotel partners.)
Item: I led a team of 4 people on a marketing blitz that provided 10% of our operating budget. (You planned the schedule and led the folks who met with our dealers several times a month leading up to the convention. Bonus points if the dealers agreed to come to Nuke-Con again the next year.)
Item: I was responsible for the acquisition, inventory, and distribution of achievement awards for more than 100 people. (You were in charge of Nuke-Con’s Prize Vault).
Item: I planned and executed a social media marketing campaign that increased attendance by 25% in the first year. (You wrote and posted Nuke-Con items in various social media outlets.)
Second: the cost of your badge may be fully reimbursed to you, depending on how much time you spend on convention activities.
Third: the convention cannot run without its volunteers. You can be part of the team that carries Nuke-Con into the next 10 years.
If you’re interested in joining the staff, contact volunteers@nuke-con.com.
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Nuke-Con Masks
Nuke-Con Custom Masks!
To celebrate our reunion after more than a year of social isolation, Nuke-Con has decided to offer custom masks to expand your face covering options. Take a look!
They’re two-ply cotton, reusable, and washable, and they have an interior pocket for an additional filter. Available in two sizes (S and L) NOW by pre-order only via this link through September 1, 2021.
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Nuke-Con Covid-19 Update
Dateline: August 9, 2021
You’ve probably heard the news reports that there’s a resurgence of infections pushed by the Delta variant of Covid-19. As of today, Iowa hasn’t placed any new social distancing mandates, but nevertheless Nuke-Con has decided on some precautions for the health and safety of gamers, merchants, and staff.
First measure – Mask up! Most of the Nuke-Con staff will be wearing masks, and we strongly encourage the rest of you to wear your masks, as well. I’m looking forward to seeing what crazy designs you’ve all found this last year! We’ll have some disposables available for those who forgot.
Second measure – This one’s on you, folks. If you don’t feel well on Nuke-Con weekend, please stay home. That way you’ll be protecting your fellow gamers from whatever ails you. We can arrange to roll your membership over to the next year, and you can still join us via Virtual Nuke-Con and Discord.
Third measure– We’ll have sanitizer scattered throughout the convention space. Please use it often! Don’t forget to wash your hands, too.
Fourth measure – We’re creating wider spaces between game tables, which means fewer tables but better distancing.
Thanks for helping us make a convention that we all can enjoy.
Don’t forget the date: September 24, 25, and 26 at the Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs IA. Registration is open here and you can schedule your game here. We’ll have Virtual Nuke-Con going in the Discord channel, too; consider the possibilities as you plan your program.
Until The Weekend of Games!
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Calling Volunteers!
Are you looking for a way to ease yourself back into society?
Do you need to ease the cost of convention weekend?
Would you like to be a part of the ongoing story of the Weekend of Games?
Every convention needs folks to help with convention planning and with staffing during the weekend. Nuke-Con is looking for people with graphic arts skills, social media savvy, negotiation expertise, strong arms and backs, a few spare hours during Convention Weekend . . . these and a willingness to help people have a good time.
What’s in it for you, you may ask.
First: the skills you learn while volunteering can translate directly into your resume.
Item: I negotiated pricing and terms with a national corporation. (You worked on the contract with our venue and hotel partners.)
Item: I led a team of 4 people on a marketing blitz that provided 10% of our operating budget. (You planned the schedule and led the folks who met with our dealers several times a month leading up to the convention. Bonus points if the dealers agreed to come to Nuke-Con again the next year.)
Item: I was responsible for the acquisition, inventory, and distribution of achievement awards for more than 100 people. (You were in charge of Nuke-Con’s Prize Vault).
Item: I planned and executed a social media marketing campaign that increased attendance by 25% in the first year. (You wrote and posted Nuke-Con items in various social media outlets.)
Second: the cost of your badge may be fully reimbursed to you, depending on how much time you spend on convention activities.
Third: the convention cannot run without its volunteers. You can be part of the team that carries Nuke-Con into the next 10 years.
If you’re interested in joining the staff, contact volunteers@nuke-con.com.
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Call for Games at the Return of the Weekend of Games
At our new location, the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, we’ve got room for all kinds of games from Apples to Apples all the way through Warhammer (and beyond, if you can think of any). Game registration is open now. All slots are currently available.
We
Need
You!
BONUS! We’ll have our Discord channel active over the weekend, too, so if you need a virtual tabletop, we’ve got you covered!
Don’t forget: September 24, 25, and 26, 2021. $30 for full weekend preregistration through September 1st 10pm.
We are looking forward to seeing you!