Thanks, never heard of it actually, and we did a fair amount of research before we named the convention. Interesting that we all picked the same weekend too, ours was based on giving ourselves enough time to coordinate this, and we tried to pick a weekend that would not interfere with the conventions we did know about.
Electronic Convention
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Steve Jung said:
Aye, great convention if you get to it. (iconsf.org) Many wonderful panels from game designers... and somewhat silly ones from the likes of Michael Tresca.
And stangely enough Monte is listed as one of the folks they invited again. I wonder how confused he's feeling
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Big News!!
The people behind Dundjinni have offered to provide us with a few copies of their program and an art pack to be given away as prizes for iCon! They have also agreed to an interview!
Dundjinni (www.dunjinni.com): Dundjinni is a full-featured fantasy map creation program. It allows users to create walls and floors, place objects, insert text, and more. It boasts an intuitive interface and an impressive selection of objects and textures (over 190 images). It also allows you to author d20 adventures in a simple yet elegant way. Available for both PC & Mac.
As for Monte, since ours will be an entirely free online convention, shouldn't be too confused!
The people behind Dundjinni have offered to provide us with a few copies of their program and an art pack to be given away as prizes for iCon! They have also agreed to an interview!
Dundjinni (www.dunjinni.com): Dundjinni is a full-featured fantasy map creation program. It allows users to create walls and floors, place objects, insert text, and more. It boasts an intuitive interface and an impressive selection of objects and textures (over 190 images). It also allows you to author d20 adventures in a simple yet elegant way. Available for both PC & Mac.
As for Monte, since ours will be an entirely free online convention, shouldn't be too confused!
Kepli Sire
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Full list of sponsors ...!!!
Here is the page with all the current sponsors ...
Official Sponsors.
It appears that word is getting out about iCon as we continue to get more and more companies to sign up to help promote by becoming a sponsor. Below is a listing of all the companies that have signed on to sponsor iCon with general support, demonstrations, interviews, and advertising, some are even donating prizes to the registered participants at iCon o7!
Little Kingdoms
Little Kingdoms is a group of artists and writers trying to make the RPG world a better place. We offer a community for all kinds of RPG related topics and discussions, but are also a business selling RPG related products like maps, art-packs, adventures, stories, etc. We are currently setting up our website and forums and hope to open soon ..
Dundjinni Mapping Software (Dundjinni Enterprises)
Dundjinni is a full-featured fantasy map creation program. It allows users to create walls and floors, place objects, insert text, and more. It boasts an intuitive interface and an impressive selection of objects and textures (over 190 images). It also allows you to author d20 adventures in a simple yet elegant way. Available for both PC & Mac.
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (BattleGrounds Games)
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition is virtual tabletop software for use with role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, d20, GURPS, Rolemaster, etc. It was released simultaneously for both Windows and Mac OS X, and supports game play in any genre, both online and offline.
Fantasy Grounds ( SmiteWorks)
Fantasy Grounds is an application acting as a virtual online gaming table primarily intended for pen and paper style narrative role playing games. Fantasy Grounds is designed to perform many of the things you can do while playing at a conventional gaming table and move it online. Run games as the game master or take part as a player, the application provides all the necessary tools to communicate, manage information and perform tasks such as rolling the dice or creating drawings.
Malhavoc Press
Malhavoc Press is the d20 System role-playing game imprint owned by Monte Cook. Besides co-designing the 3rd Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game, Monte has written a couple novels, some short stories, and many, many role-playing game products. Hallmarks of Malhavoc products include unusual magic, monsters, and evocative elements that go beyond traditional fantasy. Our best-selling titles include Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed and the Book of Eldritch Might series.
Digital Adventures, LLC
The goal of Digital Adventures is to bring the gaming community fun, quality role-playing adventures to be used with the Fantasy Grounds software. In 2005 and beyond our goal is enhance the Fantasy Ground community by providing adventures and accessories for the d20 system, and possibly other role-playing games outside of the Open Gaming License. We'll be bringing new and existing products from some of the industry's top RPG publishers to the Fantasy Grounds format, in addition to soliciting amateur authors to bring "new blood" to our favorite hobby.
MapTool (RPTools.net)
Makers of numerous RPG online tools including the excellent MapTools, TokenTool, InitiativeTool, and DiceTool....all FREE for RPGers to use in their games. MapTool virtualizes the battle map, miniatures, and wet-erase markers. In combination with Voice over IP software this allows GMs and Players to get together virtually and interact much like they would at a session around the table. The virtual tabletop in MapTool can do things that the classic battle map couldn’t easily do. Prepared maps from other software can just be dropped into the background and tokens moved over the top. You can also save the entire campaign at any point to resume later.
RedBlade.org
Creators of the excellent Character Generator that focuses on fast, easy and clean character generation. Prepackaged with full SRD support, easily adepts to new role-playing systems. License allows commercial use for Publishers. Comprehensive campaign, sourcebook and character sheet Designer. Best of all, its Free! Redblade CG focus on fast, easy and clean character generation. License allows commercial use for Publishers. Comprehensive campaign, sourcebook and character sheet Designer.
ViewingDale
ViewingDale is a new software application suite for your PC. It is a browser and editor for maps targeted at the fictional maps used with role playing games. It's simple pan and zoom action makes browsing your maps easy. Detailed, neat maps can be created from scratch using the supplied 500 plus icons. You can create your own icons, importing images from drawings, photos, or scans. Maps can be linked together and text labels can be added too. Documents, pictures, sounds and any other files can be linked to any map and at any position. The map can be printed out from any position and scale and at any resolution. You can create realistic floor plans for miniatures, table top maps for encounters or for making player map handouts when its not used in game play. ViewingDale is not a game. It does not have any rules to any game programmed into it. It can therefore be used with any role playing game of a fantasy genre.
d20Pro
d20Pro is a d20 3.5 Open Gaming License compliant game engine built for gamers, by gamers. Allowing you to quickly draft maps, import custom graphics and access an ever-expanding library of creatures and NPCs, d20Pro is the most advanced software available for Judges to prepare and moderate their adventures and campaigns. By providing instant access to attacks, skills, and spells, d20Pro makes key mechanics of game play more efficient, allowing you and your party to play fast and play more.
GRIP
GRIP (Generic Role-playing for Internet Players) is a VGT that brings you all of the basic tools required to conduct a typical RPG session, and combines them with the power of networking and multimedia to let you literally play any role-playing game with anyone, anywhere in the world.
GRiP's strength lies in it's character sheets, which are fully programmable to handle skill checks, combat and chat responses. They can be made to fully resemble TTRPG sheets yet with full interactive capabilities.
Expeditious Retreat Press
Small Press Publisher of modules for gamers, some of their titles include the popular "1 on 1 Adventures" series and the "Monster Geographica" series.
OpenRPG+
OpenRPG is a virtual table top to play pen and paper role playing games and some miniature board games. It is not a game itself but a tool to allow you to play these types of games with others online.
Profantasy Software
The Industry Standard. ProFantasy Software brings you everything you need to create great maps for your games.
There are symbols and tools for overland maps from all ages, buildings, floorplans, heraldry and many other uses. We help you create more and better maps, more quickly, than any comparable software.
The Tangled Web
The Tangled Web provides a growing community of players and game masters from around the world who share a love of pen and paper style role-playing We also tend to enjoy playing from the comforts of our own computer chairs. How do we do this, will, we make use of the best free tools out there. OpenRPG and MapTools.
Goodman Games
We publish role playing games, adventure modules, RPG accessories, card games, and miniatures. Most of our RPG products use the d20 system or open gaming license in some way. Founded in 2001, they have gone on to win many awards with their product line, including Dungeon Crawl Classics, Etherscope, and DragonMech.
Creative Mountain Games
As their motto says, "We do the work, so you can play" and they hold to this by creating unique accessories, a collection of variant rules, source books, and even a generator that allows you to print out a stack of books with fantasy based names to add flavor and depth to your role-playing games.
RPGMapShare
Creating maps for encounters and campaigns is one of the more time-consuming parts of GMing a game. RPGMapShare was created in the hope is that it will help those GMs who don't have the time, ability, or inclination to make their own maps, and to give map makers who wish to share their work a place to do so. It is also a place to discuss map-making concepts, some of which have already been brought forth in the forums. With discussion of this kind, Map-Makers and GMs can better coordinate their needs and desires for better role-playing experiences.
PCGen
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program (d20 Systems mainly) that works on most personal computers (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.). All datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users. All of this is work is performed under the watchful gaze of the PCGen Board Of Directors. PCGen supports scores of d20 games and settings from over a dozen publishers, is highly configurable, allowing the GM to add or remove races, classes, feats, and house rules such as unusual class or race restrictions.
NBOS
Noted creators of Fractal Mapper and Screenmonkey
Fractal Mapper
Powerful Mapping Made Easy!
With Fractal Mapper, creating worlds has never been so easy! Fractal Mapper is a high-powered mapping system that lets gamers create a wide variety of of maps - dungeons, continents, cities, and more! With it's easy to use interface, powerful features, and unique capabilities, making high quality maps with Fractal Mapper is a breeze!
ScreenMonkey
"Play RPG's online!"
Looking to re-create that gaming table feel when playing traditional paper and dice RPGs online? Try ScreenMonkey v1.5! ScreenMonkey is a program GM's can use to moderate their online campaigns. ScreenMonkey can be used to play any traditional paper and dice RPG.
Creative Mountain Games
publisher of the CMG SRD PDFs ("Over 3,500 PDF pages in sixteen cross-linked, heavily-bookmarked documents!" holy crap! 3,500 pages!)
CMG has signed on to offer prizes and just might run some d20 D&D games here at iCon!
Here is the page with all the current sponsors ...
Official Sponsors.
It appears that word is getting out about iCon as we continue to get more and more companies to sign up to help promote by becoming a sponsor. Below is a listing of all the companies that have signed on to sponsor iCon with general support, demonstrations, interviews, and advertising, some are even donating prizes to the registered participants at iCon o7!
Little Kingdoms
Little Kingdoms is a group of artists and writers trying to make the RPG world a better place. We offer a community for all kinds of RPG related topics and discussions, but are also a business selling RPG related products like maps, art-packs, adventures, stories, etc. We are currently setting up our website and forums and hope to open soon ..
Dundjinni Mapping Software (Dundjinni Enterprises)
Dundjinni is a full-featured fantasy map creation program. It allows users to create walls and floors, place objects, insert text, and more. It boasts an intuitive interface and an impressive selection of objects and textures (over 190 images). It also allows you to author d20 adventures in a simple yet elegant way. Available for both PC & Mac.
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (BattleGrounds Games)
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition is virtual tabletop software for use with role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, d20, GURPS, Rolemaster, etc. It was released simultaneously for both Windows and Mac OS X, and supports game play in any genre, both online and offline.
Fantasy Grounds ( SmiteWorks)
Fantasy Grounds is an application acting as a virtual online gaming table primarily intended for pen and paper style narrative role playing games. Fantasy Grounds is designed to perform many of the things you can do while playing at a conventional gaming table and move it online. Run games as the game master or take part as a player, the application provides all the necessary tools to communicate, manage information and perform tasks such as rolling the dice or creating drawings.
Malhavoc Press
Malhavoc Press is the d20 System role-playing game imprint owned by Monte Cook. Besides co-designing the 3rd Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game, Monte has written a couple novels, some short stories, and many, many role-playing game products. Hallmarks of Malhavoc products include unusual magic, monsters, and evocative elements that go beyond traditional fantasy. Our best-selling titles include Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed and the Book of Eldritch Might series.
Digital Adventures, LLC
The goal of Digital Adventures is to bring the gaming community fun, quality role-playing adventures to be used with the Fantasy Grounds software. In 2005 and beyond our goal is enhance the Fantasy Ground community by providing adventures and accessories for the d20 system, and possibly other role-playing games outside of the Open Gaming License. We'll be bringing new and existing products from some of the industry's top RPG publishers to the Fantasy Grounds format, in addition to soliciting amateur authors to bring "new blood" to our favorite hobby.
MapTool (RPTools.net)
Makers of numerous RPG online tools including the excellent MapTools, TokenTool, InitiativeTool, and DiceTool....all FREE for RPGers to use in their games. MapTool virtualizes the battle map, miniatures, and wet-erase markers. In combination with Voice over IP software this allows GMs and Players to get together virtually and interact much like they would at a session around the table. The virtual tabletop in MapTool can do things that the classic battle map couldn’t easily do. Prepared maps from other software can just be dropped into the background and tokens moved over the top. You can also save the entire campaign at any point to resume later.
RedBlade.org
Creators of the excellent Character Generator that focuses on fast, easy and clean character generation. Prepackaged with full SRD support, easily adepts to new role-playing systems. License allows commercial use for Publishers. Comprehensive campaign, sourcebook and character sheet Designer. Best of all, its Free! Redblade CG focus on fast, easy and clean character generation. License allows commercial use for Publishers. Comprehensive campaign, sourcebook and character sheet Designer.
ViewingDale
ViewingDale is a new software application suite for your PC. It is a browser and editor for maps targeted at the fictional maps used with role playing games. It's simple pan and zoom action makes browsing your maps easy. Detailed, neat maps can be created from scratch using the supplied 500 plus icons. You can create your own icons, importing images from drawings, photos, or scans. Maps can be linked together and text labels can be added too. Documents, pictures, sounds and any other files can be linked to any map and at any position. The map can be printed out from any position and scale and at any resolution. You can create realistic floor plans for miniatures, table top maps for encounters or for making player map handouts when its not used in game play. ViewingDale is not a game. It does not have any rules to any game programmed into it. It can therefore be used with any role playing game of a fantasy genre.
d20Pro
d20Pro is a d20 3.5 Open Gaming License compliant game engine built for gamers, by gamers. Allowing you to quickly draft maps, import custom graphics and access an ever-expanding library of creatures and NPCs, d20Pro is the most advanced software available for Judges to prepare and moderate their adventures and campaigns. By providing instant access to attacks, skills, and spells, d20Pro makes key mechanics of game play more efficient, allowing you and your party to play fast and play more.
GRIP
GRIP (Generic Role-playing for Internet Players) is a VGT that brings you all of the basic tools required to conduct a typical RPG session, and combines them with the power of networking and multimedia to let you literally play any role-playing game with anyone, anywhere in the world.
GRiP's strength lies in it's character sheets, which are fully programmable to handle skill checks, combat and chat responses. They can be made to fully resemble TTRPG sheets yet with full interactive capabilities.
Expeditious Retreat Press
Small Press Publisher of modules for gamers, some of their titles include the popular "1 on 1 Adventures" series and the "Monster Geographica" series.
OpenRPG+
OpenRPG is a virtual table top to play pen and paper role playing games and some miniature board games. It is not a game itself but a tool to allow you to play these types of games with others online.
Profantasy Software
The Industry Standard. ProFantasy Software brings you everything you need to create great maps for your games.
There are symbols and tools for overland maps from all ages, buildings, floorplans, heraldry and many other uses. We help you create more and better maps, more quickly, than any comparable software.
The Tangled Web
The Tangled Web provides a growing community of players and game masters from around the world who share a love of pen and paper style role-playing We also tend to enjoy playing from the comforts of our own computer chairs. How do we do this, will, we make use of the best free tools out there. OpenRPG and MapTools.
Goodman Games
We publish role playing games, adventure modules, RPG accessories, card games, and miniatures. Most of our RPG products use the d20 system or open gaming license in some way. Founded in 2001, they have gone on to win many awards with their product line, including Dungeon Crawl Classics, Etherscope, and DragonMech.
Creative Mountain Games
As their motto says, "We do the work, so you can play" and they hold to this by creating unique accessories, a collection of variant rules, source books, and even a generator that allows you to print out a stack of books with fantasy based names to add flavor and depth to your role-playing games.
RPGMapShare
Creating maps for encounters and campaigns is one of the more time-consuming parts of GMing a game. RPGMapShare was created in the hope is that it will help those GMs who don't have the time, ability, or inclination to make their own maps, and to give map makers who wish to share their work a place to do so. It is also a place to discuss map-making concepts, some of which have already been brought forth in the forums. With discussion of this kind, Map-Makers and GMs can better coordinate their needs and desires for better role-playing experiences.
PCGen
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program (d20 Systems mainly) that works on most personal computers (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.). All datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users. All of this is work is performed under the watchful gaze of the PCGen Board Of Directors. PCGen supports scores of d20 games and settings from over a dozen publishers, is highly configurable, allowing the GM to add or remove races, classes, feats, and house rules such as unusual class or race restrictions.
NBOS
Noted creators of Fractal Mapper and Screenmonkey
Fractal Mapper
Powerful Mapping Made Easy!
With Fractal Mapper, creating worlds has never been so easy! Fractal Mapper is a high-powered mapping system that lets gamers create a wide variety of of maps - dungeons, continents, cities, and more! With it's easy to use interface, powerful features, and unique capabilities, making high quality maps with Fractal Mapper is a breeze!
ScreenMonkey
"Play RPG's online!"
Looking to re-create that gaming table feel when playing traditional paper and dice RPGs online? Try ScreenMonkey v1.5! ScreenMonkey is a program GM's can use to moderate their online campaigns. ScreenMonkey can be used to play any traditional paper and dice RPG.
Creative Mountain Games
publisher of the CMG SRD PDFs ("Over 3,500 PDF pages in sixteen cross-linked, heavily-bookmarked documents!" holy crap! 3,500 pages!)
CMG has signed on to offer prizes and just might run some d20 D&D games here at iCon!
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