We’d like to introduce you to Tim Coen, and in turn welcome Tim Coen as one of this year’s Nuke-Con vendors!
Tim works with the Kotachi Collective, a group of artists who create, sell, and entertain.
Tim’s specialty is 3D printed masks, dragons, and other articulated items.
You can see several samplings of his crafts by clicking here, or on the image below:
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/
We’re delighted to welcome back long-time dealer Tabletop Adventures!
The fine folx at Tabletop Adventures produce and sell all kinds of resources for all kinds of harried gamemasters! Or, in their own words…
Tabletop Adventures publishes a variety of resources for roleplaying games, with the harried Game Master in mind. We make products we’ve always wished were available! Our descriptions help you easily bring your worlds to life in a quick and simple manner. Browse our products to see what suits your fancy!
You can visit their shop at http://www.tabletopadventures.com/.
Shop for unique pieces and keep up with the latest in our hobby. Among the booths in the 2022 Merchant Alley you’ll see some familiar faces from prior years and some folks brand new to Nuke-Con.
Our roster as of now:
| Our Family Plays Games | Content Creators expanding the board game hobby |
| VZ3D Works | Custom 3D printed mugs, dice trays, dice towers, and more |
| Captain Wells Studios | Original art and fan art |
| Ground Zero | Friendly Local Game Store |
| Rochelle’s Designs | Jewelry and nick-nacks |
| What the Cat Made | Chain-mail jewelry |
| The Game Shoppe | Friendly Local Game Store |
| Zephyr Table Games | Game store and designer |
| Soulrazor Studio Tres Johnson | Artist |
| Charles Spooner | Artist |
| Druid Dice | Custom dice sets and game accessories |
| AIM Institute | Providing free education for Web Design, Coding and Game design |
| Nathraks3D Minis | Custom 3D printed accessories |
| Silver Jinn Studios | Fantasy and game accessories |
| Art of Lee Bokma | Artist and game designer |
| Shipwreck Dice | Custom-made dice and accessories |
| Coventry Decor | Accessories for the grown-up geek |
| Tabletop Adventures | Help for the harried Game-master |
| Matt Hebert Books | Author |
| Innocent Traveler Games | Game publisher |
| Mana Merchant | Friendly Local Game Store |
| Goblin God Games | Friendly Local Game Store |
| House of Afros, Capes and Curls | Expanding the reach and diversity of geek culture |
| Cardboard Caucus | Annual game convention in Des Moines IA |
| International Plastic Modellers’ Society | Showcasing and promoting the plastic model hobby |
| Spielbound | Board game cafe |
| Lincoln-Omaha Lego Users Group LOLUG | Promoting the LEGO® hobby for the adult fan |
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