by Yehuda Broderick | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://www.hippogriff.roleplay.org.il/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/539056136241758/
Date: December 13th
Location: TBA, Jerusalem
Convention type: Roleplaying
Hours: 4 PM – 11 PM
Entrance fee: Free
Program: http://hippogriff.roleplay.org.il/program-2/
Registration required for events: Yes
Pre-registration required for events: No
Contact: http://hippogriff.roleplay.org.il/contact/
Hippogriff is a small roleplaying convention taking place in Jerusalem this Chanukah. It starts late afternoon and runs for the rest of the day, so those of you who are working and enjoy roleplaying can still attend this convention!
Tickets
One round: 50 NIS
Full day: 70 NIS
If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!
by Yehuda Broderick | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://karmicon.roleplay.org.il/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1496003180696282/
Date: December 10th – 11th
Location: Ort Pisgot High School, Ha-Pisga St 71, Karmiel
Convention type:
Hours: 10 AM (Dec. 10th) – 6 PM (Dec. 11th)
Entrance fee: Free
Program: http://karmicon.roleplay.org.il/אירועים-בכרמיקון/
Registration required for events: Yes
Pre-registration required for events: No (recommended)
Contact: http://karmicon.roleplay.org.il/צור-קשר/
The great Roleplaying Convention of the North is taking place during Chanukah in its ninth incarnation. Those of you who live in the area should definitely check it out, and perhaps even those who live southward and don’t mind travel! There will be board games available as well for those who wish to try out new games. My friends, Karmicon is koming.
Tickets
Members of the Israeli Roleplayers Association receive 5 NIS discounts on their tickets. Membership can be purchased at the convention for a one time fee of 10 NIS. The board games are free to play.
Tickets can be preordered here.
Preordered
Member: 50 NIS
Non-Member: 60 NIS
Youth/Soldier: 35 NIS
Non preordered
Member: 55 NIS
Non-Member: 65 NIS
Youth/Soldier: 40 NIS
Members/Non-Members can buy a second ticket at half price. Game Masters receive one free game, and can purchase a second ticket for 35 NIS.
Directions to the convention can be found here. Classrooms will be opened to permit sleeping at the conventions, though sleeping bags and the like must be brought.
If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!
by Yehuda Broderick | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: n/a
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1502215126744037/
Date: December 8th
Location: https://www.facebook.com/events/1551675458384604/
Convention type: Ball/Rave
Hours: 6 PM – 12 AM
Entrance fee: 55 NIS
Program: n/a
Registration required for events: n/a
Pre-registration required for events: n/a
Contact: http://fandominum.somee.com/Contact.aspx
Do you like dancing? Does moving to the beat as your favorite character catch your fancy? Does jumping up and down like a lunatic for six hours straight appeal to you? Well, it just so happens that you’re in luck, because the Fandominum Ball is back for 2015! Get ready for hours of dancing and fun! You’ll be pleased to hear that the dress requirement for the ball has been waived this year, so feel free to come in regular clothes. The ball/rave is for ages 13 and up, and alcohol is EXPRESSLY forbidden at the event. If one is apprehended with alcohol or found drunk, they will be removed from the event immediately with no refund.
Water will be made freely available at the event, and food will be served as well. The hechsher for the meats is Rav Rubin, the chicken Rav Rubin and Rav Landau, the vegetables are Gush Katif Eda Charedit Yibul Nochri, and the rest of the food is under the Rubin/Landau/Eda Charedit hechsherim.
Hotaru Drawing Contest 2015
Do you enjoy drawing, or perhaps have a talent for it? Is your math notebook full of doodles? Then perphaps you’d like to join the Hotaru Drawing Contest 2015! Draw one or more of the Hotaru mascots (Lu, Blu, and Gadget) in some funny situation while dresssed in a cosplay any sort of, be it anime, video games, comics, science fiction, fantasy, or perhaps even a business suit! Send your pictures to hotaruarts@gmail.com, along with an explanation as to why the character is dressed as they are, any references used in the drawing, your full name and your magnificent appellation! (i.e., your nickname).
Any artist who cannot attend the ball, and are interested in participating, can inform the contest organizer in the email that they won’t be coming. If the artist wins, they can receive their prize in one of the following ways:
-designate a person who will be attending the ball as someone who will bring the prize to the artist
-designate someone specific in the email who can receive the prize for the artist
-send their address along with the mail. They will be notified, and the prize mailed to them
Contest Rules
-No drawing limit (each drawing will be judged separately)
-No copying
-No obscene or offensive material
-People of all ages may participate
The contest is free of charge to enter. Minimum amount of participants: 12 – over 9000
Last date to send drawings: December 4th
Mascot references: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203857945088852&set=gm.1673515482890676
If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!
by Yehuda Broderick | Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
A friendly reminder that Icon is taking place next week! I can’t wait to see you all!
If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!
by Yehuda Broderick | Sep 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://2015.iconfestival.org.il/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Festival.Icon
Date: September 29th – October 1st
Location: Eshkol Pais, Shprintzak 4, Tel Aviv
Convention type: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Hours: See below
Entrance fee: Free
Program: http://program.iconfestival.org.il/cod/
Registration required for events: Yes
Pre-registration required for events: No
Contact: http://2015.iconfestival.org.il/contact_us/
Icon, the biggest nerd/geek convention in Israel, is once again taking place this Succot! Three days of fun filled events, cosplay competitions, awesome merchandise, and wonderful, wonderful things! This year, I will be only coming on the second day, to my dismay, but that’s life. I hope to see you all there!
P.S. Remember that lightsaber battle that was supposed to happen last year? Your patience has been rewarded.
Most of the events cost money; pre-registration requires registering an account, which can be done here,
Hours
The events run during the below times, though the area itself will be open earlier:
Day 1: 12 PM – 1 AM
Day 2: 10 AM – 1 AM
Day 3: 10 AM – 12 AM
(I’m sorry for the delay in this report and the convention reviews; I’ve been in a university prep course, but it’s ending very soon, so expect them soon)
If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!
by dtalor | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
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