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580.0. "SILiCON III - in March '88" by LEZAH::BOBBITT (is it soup yet?) Fri Feb 19 1988 09:32

    This is informtion about SILiCON III, a roleplaying convention by
    the Society for Interactive Literature (SIL).  Reply 1 will be a
    signup sheet form.  If anyone is interested, please respond soon
    because many of the games are short on players, and some may be
    cancelled if enough do not fill in (games may be written for upwards
    of several hundred here...).  Also, if you have any questions, you
    can direct them via MAIL to one of the gamesmasters, Steve Balzac,
    at "NM%DECWRL::"LS.SRB%[email protected]", or you
    can send them to me and I will forward them to him.
    
    Thanks for your time,
    
    -Jody

Coming soon to a hotel near you...
 
                             SILiCON III
 
That's right,  it's time  once again  for SILiCON,  the convention  of
real-time, real-space roleplaying.  This  year, SILiCON will be  March
18-20, 1988 at the  Days Inn in Woburn  Mass.  Rooms are  $60.00/night
for a single, $65.00/double.  Registration  for the con is $25  before
Feb. 1, $30 after.
 
Also this  year, we'll  be running  5 games,  more than  ever  before,
featuring:
 
Operation Atlantis:  Following  the discovery  of  the  Contra-Gravity
generator by  a drunk  physics  student at  MIT, world  tensions  have
reached new heights.  Things looked bleak indeed until someone in  the
United Nations proposed  the brilliant  idea of  building Atlantis,  a
gigantic flying city,  a project too  immense for any  one country  to
complete on its own.  But all is  not as it seems...  Why did  Colonel
Robert A.  Ffolkes,  head of  the Committee  On Constructing  Atlantis
recently disappear?  Is there any truth to the rumours that the Secret
World Organization for  Retribution and Destruction  (SWORD) has  been
secretly controlling the construction of Atlantis?  Why was the  great
Bolov Kornchechs committed  to a  sanitorium?  Find  out in  Operation
Atlantis, brought to you by  Steve Balzac, Russell Almond, Mike  Zehr,
Aimee Yermish, Mike Donaghue, Brad Sagarin, and Robert Lawler.
 
Masque  of  Illusion:  *Attention  All  Magic  Users*  The  power  and
efficiency of magic has been failing  at an alarming rate, a trend  we
fear will  continue.  Any  and all  concerned peoples  are invited  to
attend a special emergency meeting in the hamlet of Wallbridge,  where
we believe the magical disruption is located, to attempt to arrest the
decline and restore the  world's magic to  its original stet.   Daniel
Lawrence and Nancy Carlson present Masque of Illusian, a game of magic
and politics in land where magic once held sway...
 
The Day the Earth Stopped Moving So Much: There were strange lights in
the sky that night.  The Marines from Camp Grunt were defintely on the
move.  Sensing devices  were going crazy  at Labial University,  Joe's
Nuclear Power Plant and Grill, and at Zorph Photonics.  The lights and
phones went dead.  You  might say something strange  is going on,  but
you wouldn't because nothing strange ever goes on in Tuckertown, until
now...  Michael Rowe and K. Dalton Barrett bring you The Day the Earth
Stopped Moving So Much.
 
Shakespeare's Lost  Play: In  the 350  years since  the immortal  Bard
died, who knows how much of his work could have been lost?  Well,  the
SIL's crack team of historiothespians,  John O'Neil and Steve  Kelner,
have unearthed a  notebook belonging to  the Bard himself,  containing
notes for a  new play.   Characters, plots, settings,  all are  there.
Players will have the  chance to declaim in  rolling oratory, duel  to
the death, cast spells, and become a leader of men and women.
 
Superego: We're looking for  a few good people  to save the world,  or
destroy it, in Superego, the  live roleplaying superhero adventure  in
which  players  become  caped   crusaders,  masked  vigilantes,   evil
masterminds, and super villains.   It's a struggle  for survival in  a
bizarre and action-packed comic book world, brought to you by Bob  and
Lisa Montgomery.
 
 
 
To sign up  for SILiCON,  send your name,  address, telephone  number,
age, sex, a ranking of which games you would like to play, and a check
for the appropriate amount of money to:
 
                The Society for Interactive Literature
                           130 Morrison Ave
                         Somerville, MA 02144
 
 
If you  just wish  further information,  you can  omit your  telephone
number, age, sex, ranking, and the money.
 
========================================================================

                    SILiCON III Registration Form
 
Please write the  numbers 1 through  5 in the  spaces below to  select
your first, second,  third, fourth,  and fifth choice  of game.   Each
game will  be filled  on a  first-come, first-served  basis.  You  may
select fewer than five  choices; if all your  choices are filled  your
registration and payment will be returned.  You will not be entered in
a game you have  not selected as one  of your choices.  Making  backup
choices will not affect your chance of getting your first choice.   If
you can't decide which game you  prefer, just make multiple first  (or
second, etc) choices and we'll decide for you (heh heh heh.)
 
          ____Masque of Illusion         ____Operation Atlantis
 
          ____Shakespeare's Lost Play    ____Superego
 
             ____The Day the Earth Stopped Moving So Much
 
Please fill out the information  below.  Include your full address  so
that we  may send  you immediate  confirmation of  your  registration,
information on your game, and other info.
 
Name _____________________________ Telephone(___) _______________
 
Address _____________________ City ________________ State __ Zip_______
 
To prevent casting blunders, we must know your Age:_____ and Sex:_____
 
If you  want to  be in  the same  game with  one or  more friends,  we
recommend that you select the same choices and send your registrations
together.  If you  want to be  "teamed up  with" one or  two of  them,
print their names in  addition.  No more than  you and two others  per
team, please. (remember, these are not huge games).  Note: It helps if
the people you want to be teamed  with also request to be teamed  with
you.
 
  ________________________      _________________________
 
The information below is  optional; we use it  (sometimes) to help  in
casting:
 
Previous role-playing experience, if any (none is required):________
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
Describe any skills, hobbies, or credentials you wish to tell us
about:  
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
List any six adjectives describing yourself: _______________
 
_____________  _____________  _____________  _____________ _____________
 
List any five adjectives describing the character you want to play: 
 
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
 
Send to:
 
                The Society for Interactive Literature
                           130 Morrison Ave
                         Somerville, MA 02144
 
                    Membership in SILiCON is $30.

To reserve a room for the con, either request a room reservation  card
with your signup, or call the Days Inn at (617) 935-7110.  Be sure  to
mention the Society for Interactive Literature when reserving.