by Yehuda Broderick | Jul 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://www.dragoncon.co.il/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/719363694852082/
Date: August 13th
Location: Beit Hatzanchan, Rokeach 121, Ramat Gan
Convention type: Roleplaying
Hours: 8:30 AM – 10 PM
Entrance fee: See below
Registration required for events: Yes
Pre-registration required for events: No
DragonCon has come again! You can find plenty of roleplaying games, miniatures, card games, tournaments, and more at the convention; if you’ve never played a role-playing game before, now is the perfect time to start! There will be a library of games for people to borrow, so try a few that you’ve never played before! I will hopefully be going this year to play a Pathfinder Society game, and I hope to see you there!
Regarding tickets:
Entrance ticket: 20 NIS (includes access to the game library, merchandise stalls, and lectures)
Single event ticket: 40 NIS (includes everything in the entrance ticket)
Full day ticket: 60 NIS (includes free access to everything)
Pre-registration hasn’t been made available yet; I’ll let you know when it does.
UPDATE: Pre-registration is now open!
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 | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://www.summercon.co/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403088306683069/
Date: July 22nd – 23rd
Location: Eshkol Pais, Be’er Orah 1, Hadera
Convention type: Everything
Hours: 10 AM – 10 PM
Entrance fee: See below
Registration for events: No
Pre-registration for events: No
This is it. The big one. The biggest geek convention that Israel has ever seen. A lot has been invested into this convention: gaming station, screenings, lectures, RD&D, tournaments, and even famous cosplayers from outside of Israel! This is one convention that you do NOT want to miss!
Program
Tournament/Competition/Other Signups
Magic: The Gathering
Super Smash Bros. 3DS (if you don’t have a 3DS, email puehnui9988@gmail.com)
YuGiOh!
AMV Contest
Speed Dating
Tickets
One day ticket: 45 NIS (12:00 PM – 10 PM, not including night activities)
Two day ticket: 90 NIS (including night activities)
Soldiers – One day ticket: 35 NIS
Soldiers – Two day ticket: 70 NIS
(Soldiers must show their ID to get this discount)
Children up to the age of 3 get free entrance.
Two famous cosplayers are going to be visiting Summer Con: LadyLemonCosplay from Argentina, and Ely Cosplay from Taiwan. I’m going to be interviewing them, so stay tuned for it!
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 | May 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
There are a whole bunch of interesting events/conventions happening in the next two weeks! Here’s the rundown:
Japan Day 2015 – June 3rd (website here)
AMAI Japan Day 2015 Event – June 3rd
Israeli Tattoo Convention – June 6th
Game Night at the Havanah Club – June 7th
ScienceCon 2015: On Dune and Building Worlds – June 11th
Anime Chudoku booth in Jerusalem – June 15th
I’m going to be posting a bunch of conventions and reviews over the next few days! Stay tuned!
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 | May 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Due to the organizers of Shirofest having been in an accident, and no replacments for them found, the convention has been canceled. May they have a speedy recovery.
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 | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: http://animeclash.info/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1581952118726959/
Date: May 25th
Location: Ort Holon, Professor Shor 2, Holon
Convention type: Anime/Gaming
Hours: 10 AM – 7 PM
Entrance fee: 35 NIS
Registration for events: No
Pre-registration for events: No
Get your controllers ready, cause it’s time to get your game on! Anime Clash is an anime gaming convention in its second year, taking place the day after Shavuot. Aside from the usual lectures/showings/cosplay competitions, there will also be gaming tournaments! Multiple consoles with different games will be set up for you to compete in, with prizes worth hundreds of shekels! So come on down, and get ready to press X to win!
Games
Xbox
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Dragonball XenoVerse
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
PS3
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
J-Stars Victory VS
Wii U
Super Smash Bros. 4
Wii
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Having been a gamer long before I was an anime fan, I’ll be going to this convention. See you all there!
Links
Cosplay competition signup
As of this writing, the program for the event has not been posted. I’ll update this post when it becomes available.
UPDATE: The program is now available! (Subject to change)
Sorry for the extremely late post (again – sigh).
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 | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Website: N/A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417019081944691/
Date: May 25th
Location: Blich High School, The One Hundred and One 24, Ramat Gan
Convention type: Anime
Hours: 11 AM – 9 PM
Entrance fee: 30 NIS
Registration for events: No
Pre-registration for events: No
The second convention on our Shavuot lineup is Shirofest, an anime convention, also in its second year. Lectures, showings, and merchandise galore, much more than last year! Be sure to check it out if you have the time!
Links
Cosplay competition signup
As of this writing, the program for the event has not been posted. I’ll update this post when it becomes available.
Sorry for the extremely late post (again – sigh).
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!
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