The Latest News from the AetherCon Online RPG ConventionIn memory of Kristina Kaye Chesney (1991-2012) |
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| May/17/2012: Nikolas Todd Wright signs on to lend a hand with Social Media Research. Welcome aboard and well met Nikolas. |
| May/17/2012: Stardust Publications, authors of Dark Aeon among other RPGs, takes a booth in the Vendors Hall and stumps up for prize support. Well met and welcome aboard! |
| May/16/2012: Player and GM Pre-registration is now open. Lots of games up, more games to come. Huzzah! |
| May/15/2012: Can't get enough of Patrick McEvoy? Take a look at his portfolio here. |
| May/14/2012: We are happy to announce our partnership with the folks behind the Roll20 browser-based VTT. We look forward to working with them to make AetherCon a weekend to be enjoyed by all. Welcome aboard and well met! Come out and watch the Beta in action Mondays at 9 PM EST. Want to bone up before you do? Check out their series of tutorials. |
| May/11/2012: What to see more of Eric Lofgren? Check his portfolio here. |
| May/9/2012: RPG Noticias, a blog dedicating to bringing Brazilian's the latest in RPG news has joined the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| May/8/2012: Dumpshock joins the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met! Want the know on Shadowrun? Find it there. |
| May/7/2012: It's all about the Browncoats and the Black. C.J. Holman signs on to run Serenity. Welcome aboard and Well met C.J.! |
| May/7/2012: "Pack your Samurai swords Gajins, this ain't a trip for glitters." Play on M. D. Montgomery's Shadowrun scenrario 'Tokyo Lift'. Sat/Sun. |
| May/6/2012: What tournament are you looking forward to playing the most at AetherCon? Check out our poll on Facebook and have your say. |
| May/5/2012: Hungary's Kalman Farago signs on to run more WEG D6 Star Wars. Welcome aboard and well met Kalman! |
| May/4/2012: Miguel Berrios signs on to help with Social Media Research. Welcome aboard and well met Miguel! |
| May/4/2012: Gear down, pop the clutch and punch it! Play Borna Pekarić's Atomic Highway scenario 'A Drive down Toomstone Allee' Saturday or Sunday. |
| May/3/2012: Want to see more of Chris Malidore? Check out his portfolio here. |
| May/3/2012: The fine folks at Pinnacle Entertainment Group, purveyors of wonderful RPGs, Savage Worlds being but one, are providing prize support. Huzzah! |
| April/28/2012: Paizo Fiction Editor James Sutter has signed on to be a guest in the Fest Hall. Welcome aboard and well met James! |
| April/26/2012: Canuck Eric Lofgren, whose many credits include Paizo, White Wolf and Mongoose Publishing joins the Artists Enclave. Check his work out on our Facebook page. |
| April/24/2012: Fantasy Flight Games and PEG featured artist Chris Malidore joins the Artists Enclave. Welcome aboard and well met! Check out his work on our Facebook page. |
| April/23/2012: Michael Richards brings more Dark Heresy to AetherCon. Remember, evil is in the eye of the beholder. |
| April/23/2012: Wedge Smith and Doug Bush of Chronicles of the Void confirm as guests in the Fest Hall. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| April/20/2012: Want to see more of Ian Llanas? Check out his piece on our Facebook page and his portfolio here. |
| April/17/2012: Tom Olson joins the staff and will be running an upcoming feature for game store owners called the Merchant's Guild. Well met Tom! |
| April/16/2012: What goes up must come down....or does it? Find out in Kyle Hood's Leverage scenario 'The One Night Stand Job', now on the schedule. |
| April/14/2012: Germany's own Sebastian Sonne signs on to the Technical Team as part of the website design crew. Welcome aboard and well met Seb! |
| April/14/2012: Who is the best 'Fish out of Water'? Have you say on our Facebook poll. |
| April/13/2012: Ian Llanas, featured in The Spoils TCG, has joined the Artists Enclave. Well met and Welcome Aboard Ian! Check out his work on our Facebook page. |
| April/12/2012: Grats to Paul Abrams who has just been commissioned by Twilight Creations for a future release. |
| April/12/2012: Grab your tux from the dry cleaners and get your Jag washed, Erin James Carney is bringing Spycraft to AetherCon. |
| April/11/2012: Erin James Carney signs on to head up the ConCentric Circle. Look for his work to make an appearance on our site shortly. |
| April/10/2012: Study those ink blots folks, there will be a test later. Jon Mitchell signs on to design the Call of Cthulhu tourney. |
| April/8/2012: In a world that never sleeps, a runner's work is never done. Jesse Jones signs on to run more SR4. Welcome aboard and well met Jesse! |
| April/7/2012: All of the folks behind AetherCon wish you and yours a Happy Easter. |
| April/6/2012: Mark David Montgomery signs on to run Shadowrun at AetherCon. Look out for the Lone Stars and try not to get scragged. |
| April/5/2012: Who paints the best Easter Eggs? Have your say on our Facebook poll. |
| April/4/2012: Geekless in Seattle? Get ready to rumble, Adams Zemeno's Shadowrun Tourney Scenario "Lost in the Shadows" is now up on the sched. |
| April/4/2012: The hand behind Harzgrin Stouthammer, Paul Abrams (TSR, Shadowrun) confirms his booth in the Artists Enclave. Check out more of his work on our Facebook page. |
| April/2/2012: Finland's Jaana Heiska has confirmed her booth in the Artist's Enclave. Look for her rendition of Tyrhythias Eldorion coming soon. Check out another sample of her work 'Gobbo' on our Facebook page. |
| April/2/2012: Greed is Good! Good is...well subject to interpretation. Lane Burnside's Savage Worlds - Neccesary Evil scenario 'Good Business' is on the sched now! |
| April/1/2012: Mayhem Gaming's Dan Dautel signs on as AetherCon Technical Team Liaison. Welcome aboard and well met Dan! |
| March/28/2012: Beantown's own Tom Lavelle has added his skills to the Artists Enclave. Well met! For a sample of his work, check out 'Drow Prince' on our Facebook page. |
| March/28/2012: Fill your tanks and load your guns folks. Croatia's own Borna Pekarić is bringing a second game of Atomic Highway to AetherCon. |
| March/26/2012: We'd like to welcome David Cast aboard. He will be helping us out with Social Media Research. Welcome aboard and well met David! |
March/23/2012: Kenneth White signs on to produce a new series of Pious Paladin tutorials and run live demos three times every Saturday. Welcome aboard and well met Kenneth! |
| March/23/2012: What is your favourite RPG genre? Have your say, take part in our Facebook poll. |
| March/21/2012: They are members of Project H.E.R.O. They were designed to re-colonize Earth. They may not get that chance. Jon Mitchell's HERO game up now. |
| March/20/2012: We'd like to welcome Julian Constantino aboard as our new RPG Community Liaison Coordinator. Well met Julian! |
| March/19/2012: Ben Isaacs will be your tour guide by telephone booth when he runs Time Lord at AetherCon. Welcome aboard and well met Ben! |
| March/18/2012: Is blood really thicker than water? Find out in Stephen Smith's Castles and Crusades scenario 'Legacy of Light'. Two games Saturday. |
| March/18/2012:The Tech Team welcomes John Davis. He will work with website and web-client design as well as serving as a Java Technician. Well Met John! |
| March/17/2012: All of the folks behind AetherCon wish your and yours a Happy St. Patrick's Day. Everyone is a little bit Irish on March/17th. |
| March/17/2012: Latest beta build of Pious Paladin released. Upgrades in animation, mapping, PC sheet conversion and volume settings. Find it here. Be sure to check out our installation tutorial here. |
| March/16/2012: Why does one of the Imperial family want to talk to you? Find out in Michael Tedford's L5R scenario, 'Gempukku'. Games Friday and Saturday. |
| March/15/2012: Want to know what you're playing for? Check out our new page 'To the Victors' for current prize support and a link back to it's source. |
| Match/12/2012: TotalCon Iron GM Entrant Michael Tedford signs on to run L5R at AetherCon. Be Brave. Be Honorable. Be Deadly. The Emerald Empire needs you. |
| March/10/2012: We'd like to welcome Brian Yingling to the Technical Team. He will be working on web design as well as Java coding. Welcome aboard Bri! |
| March/9/2012: Want to see more of John E. Kaufmann? Check out his portfolio here. |
| March/9/2012: Logomeister Brain Shocklee has designed a more social media friendly logo for AetherCon, check it out on our Facebook page. |
| March/7/2012: Julian Constantino signs on to run non-tourney Pathfinder. Check your armor, sharpen your swords and make sure your mages have slept. |
| March/7/2012: Grats to Lafayette, Cal; Oklahoma City, Okla; Seattle, Wash; Austin, Tx and San Francisco, Cal tops in NA support for AetherCon ATM. Grats also to Auckland, NZ; Budapest, Hungary; Wellington NZ; Genoa, Italy and Oxford, UK for leading the charge in Europe and Asia. Kudos! |
| March/5/2012: For all the followers of Pinterest out there Tiffany Jefferson has started a board for AetherCon. Kudos! |
| March/3/2012: Grab your blasters and strap yourself in, the Inner Rim awaits in Shawn Lovelett's WEG Star Wars scenario 'Dead In Space'. Check the sched! |
| March/2/2012: John E. Kaufmann, best known for his work with CGL and a regular winner on the RPG convention circuit joins the Artists Enclave. Check out a sample of his work on our Facebook page. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| March/2/2012: What type of guest would you like to see in our moderated Q&A sessions in the Fest Hall? Answer our poll on Facebook and have your say. |
| March/2/2012: Sebastian Sonne has joined the RPG Community Liaisons Team. Welcome aboard and well met Seb! |
| March/1/2012: Burn rubber, fire at will and bring extra bullets. Joe England is bringing Atomic Highway to AetherCon. |
| March/1/2012: Anton Kagounkin Magdalina has confirmed his booth in the Artist Enclave. Watch for his upcoming rendition of Anton 'The Hammer' Brickshaw. |
| February/29/2012: CGL's Steven 'Bull' Ratkovich, point man for Shadowrun, has confirmed he will be a guest at AetherCon and he may not be alone. |
| February/29/2012: Andrew Waibel signs on to re-design the Pious Paladin YouTube tutorials and run live demos. Check out the new installation tutorial here. |
| February/28/2012: What's plaguing three of Her Majesty's constables? Find out in M.J. Holmes' Savage Worlds Tourney Scenario 'A Justified Termination'. |
| February/28/2012: Pen and Paper Games, fine purveyors of a multitude of RPG options, have joined the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| February/27/2012: This just in: Battlefield Press adds prize support to AetherCon. Watch for their new release Eldritch Skies later this year. |
| February/27/2012: If you wanted to see more of Anton Kagounkin Magdalina, check out his portfolio here. |
| February/23/2012: The fine folks of Battlefield Press have confirmed they are taking a booth in the Vendor's Hall at AetherCon. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| February/22/2012: From Russia via Sacramento, Anton Kagounkin Magdalina brings his brushes to the Artists Enclave. Check out a sample of his work on our Facebook page. |
| February/21/2012: If you want to see more of the works of Mark Adams check out his gallery at Dramamask Designs. |
| February/21/2012: Andrew Waibel has signed on as RPG Community Liaison Coordinator. Welcome aboard and well met Andrew! |
| February/19/2012: Ryan Costello Jr, noted for his work with Pathfinder and Kobold Quarterly, has signed on as our Guest Coordinator. Welcome aboard Ryan! |
| February/18/2012: Ryan Costello Jr's 3.5 Private Sanctuary, specializing in all things Pathfinder and 3.5, joins the RPG Community Alliance. Well met Ryan! |
| February/18/2012: Paranoia has been added to the schedule. Something is amiss in the Alpha Complex. Trust not a soul, for they'll not trust you. |
| February/16/2012: Palladium RIFTS will be making an appearance courtesy of Will Barron. Welcome to earth on hell. |
| February/15/2012: Adams Zermano has signed on to design the Shadowrun Tourney Scenario. Gear up and get ready 'cause if you ain't ready, you don't last. |
| February/15/2012: Gamerati, information brokers to the roleplaying world, have joined the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met! |
| February/14/2012: Grats to Axel Alonso, who with his colleagues at Dream Zero Studios, will work with Pixar on their latest project. To infinity and beyond! |
| February/14/2012: Britain's Mark Adams, the man behind Dramamask Illustration and Design, has joined the Artist's Enclave. Well met and welcome aboard Mark! You can see an example of his work on our Facebook page |
| February/13/2012: Tiffany Jefferson has been added to the RPG Community Liaisons team. Welcome aboard and well met Tiffany! |
| February/12/2012: Liam Commins has been added to the RPG Community Liaisons team. Welcome aboard and well met Liam! |
| February/10/2012: Journey to eastern Taldor in Alec Jackson's Pathfinder scenario 'The Mystery of Castle Anderius'. Sessions Saturday and Sunday. |
| February/10/2012: We have extended the opening hours on Sunday/November/18 from 9 AM to 10 PM to allow more folks to have more fun! |
| February/7/2012: The first events have now been posted on the schedule pages: Pathfinder Tourney, Dark Heresy, Serenity, Halcyon, Labyrinth Lord and more. Check out the links in the bar above. |
| February/5/2012: Brazil's Raphael Viana has added his paintbrushes the Artist's Enclave. You can see an example of his work on our Facebook page. |
| February/1/2012: Erik Jensen has just signed on as a Floor Manager. Watch for him to also run Labyrinth Lord during the weekend |
| February/1/2012: Sebastian Sonne brings Paranoia to AetherCon. "Just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there" - There, There (The Boney King of Nowhere) - Radiohead |
| January/31/2012: Jon Mitchell will be running a HERO - Champions game at AetherCon. BYOPB (Bring your own phone booth). |
| January/29/2012: Jeremy Black, whose '7 Years and 7 Days' campaign livestreams every Monday at 8 PM PST/11 PM EST has signed on to run Dark Heresy. Repent or Die...or both. |
| January/27/2012: Finland's Jaana Heiska will be adding her talent's to our Artist's Enclave. An example of her work is on our Facebook page. |
| January/27: Galactic Campaigns, makers of droids big and small, have joined the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met. |
| January/26/2012: Here ye! Here ye! RPG.org, those town cryers of RPGdom have joined the RPG Community Alliance. Welcome aboard and well met. |
| January/25/2012: Lane Burnside has signed on to do a Savage Worlds non-tourney scenario. Get your pulp on! |
| January/22/2012: Who would you like watching your back in a bar room brawl? Have your say in our Facebook poll. |
| January/22/2012: Australia's Immersion Studios take booth in Vendors Hall. Watch for their upcoming universal gaming system. |
| January/21/2012: Axel Alonso, the artist behind our upcoming wallpaper, Varda Rils, has released a preview portfolio you can find here. |
| January/21/2012: Tyme and Yon Serpent author Micah Holmes has signed on as the Savage Worlds Tournament Scenario Designer. |
| January/20/2012: Learn how to install and use Traipse Pious Paladin. YouTube tutorials now up on the site. You can find them here. Additionally live demos will be held every Thursday evening. Talk to Joe Newcomb to find out more. |
| January/20/2012: AetherCon welcomes Michael Coles, Michael Chumbler, and Phil Davis to the RPG Community Liaison Team. Additionally Coles will be a Floor Manager and a Chat Moderator at our event. |
| January/17/2012: It is with a heavy heart that we regretfully inform everyone that Kristina Kaye Chesney passed away January/13/2012 of a pulmonary embolism. She was to have run All Flesh Must Be Eaten at AetherCon. Our event going forward will be in memory of her. Kristina Kaye Chesney R.I.P. |
| January/12/2012: Axel Alonso will be adding his skills to the Artists Enclave. Watch for his rendition of Varda Rils shortly. You can find a preview of his work on our Facebook page. |
| January/10/2012: Flying Buffalo Inc. makers of RPG classic Tunnels and Trolls have agreed to prize support and will be taking a booth in the Vendors Hall. |
| January/9/2012: Traipse Pious Paladin Beta Testing has begun. If you want in on running PP through its paces contact Lead Developer Tyler Starke here. |
| January/9/2012: Shawn Lovelett will be running West End Games Star Wars at AetherCon. Watch that you don't trip over the tail of the giant slug folks. |
| January/5/2012: Our new Contact Us page is now up and operational. Now it is easier than ever for you to be a part of AetherCon weekend! |
| January/4/2012: Andre Freitas Cardozo has confirmed his booth in the Artists Enclave. Look for more of his work later in 2012. |
| January/3/2012: Kenzer and Company, makers of Hackmaster and the Kingdoms of Kalamar have confirmed prize support for AetherCon. |
| January/1/2012: Pious Paladin Beta has been released. Beta testing will begin Jan/9/2012. Stay tuned folks! |
| January/1/2012: Player Pre-Registration is now open! Check our sched frequently for new events! |
| January/1/2012: GM Pre-Regtistration is now open! Get your game on our schedule now! |
| December/31/2012: What type of character do you like playing the most? Have your say in the poll on our Facebook page. |
| December/31/2012: The folks behind AetherCon wish everyone a Happy New Year and many critical successes in 2012. |
| December/29/2011: William Lawlor has joined our team of Chat Moderators for AetherCon. Thanks for helping us keep things in order. |
| December/28/2011: Clint Goodson has joined AetherCon as one of our Floor Managers. Welcome aboard Clint. |
| December/28/2011: Brent Chumley has confirmed his booth in the Artist Enclave. Watch for live tutorials from him and others during the convention. |
| December/27/2011: Michael Chumbler has been added to the RPG Community Liaison Team. Well met Michael. |
| December/25/2011: All of those behind AetherCon wish you and yours Happy Holidays. |
December/20/2011: Paul Abrams is another of the artists lending their skills to AetherCon. Expect to see his work in the new year. Here is a preview. |
| December/19/2011: The Comeback Inn, dedicated to Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, has joined the RPG Community Alliance. All hail the Disciples of Dave! |
| December/19/2011: We're happy to announce that Tom Olson will be running Halcyon at AetherCon. Might doesn't always make right, but it does always makes money. |
| December 17/2011: Who would you replace Santa's elves with? Goblins? Kobolds? Orcs? Vote on our Facebook page. |
| December/16/2011: AetherCon welcomes Joe Newcomb aboard. He'll be joining the RPG Community Liaison Team. |
| December/15/2011: Power your blasters and strap yourself in. William Lawlor will be bringing Mongoose Traveller to AetherCon. |
| December/13/2011: Patrick Eastep has joined AetherCon and will work with Event Scheduling. He's also running Dark Heresy so keep your hood up and your head down. |
| December/9/2011: How do you like to game online? Text Chat? Voice Chat? Check out our poll on Facebook. |
| December/7/2011: Chaosium has just confirmed prize support for our Call of Cthulhu tourney. |
| December/4/2011: We are happy to announce that we will be allowing for voice chat games at our event using Skype technology in tandem with Pious Paladin. |
| December/4/2011: Next Traipse Tutorial will be on pre-Beta Pious Paladin this Wednesday at 10:30 PM EST. Contact John for details. |
| December/2/2011: Lot5R and RustyCon featured artist Brent Chumley has added his paintbushes to the mix of our free downloadable wallpapers. See some of his work here. |
| December/1/2011: The date of AetherCon has been changed to November 16-18 2012 |
| November/30/2011: Pious Paladin Beta expected before year's end. |
| November/30/2011: 1st Trapise Tutorial on Ornery Orc today 10:30 EST. Click here to book a spot. |
| November/29/2011: CGL has just confirmed prize support for our Shadowrun Tourney. Gear up folks! |
November/19/2011: AetherCon is happy to announce that Ugis Berzins has joined our team of artists contributing free downloadable wallpapers to our event for your enjoyment. You can see his work here. |
November/18/2011: Links re-coloured, RPG Commuity sites now open in seperate window which makes for easier bookmarking. More upgrades to come..... |
November/15/2011: Michael Chumbler will be running a Serenity RPG scenario at AetherCon entitled 'A Special Delivery'. Lock n load, it promises to be a wild one. |
November/15/2011: AetherCon is proud to welcome Nadia Asserzon, artist and animator for Mogobe.com to the cadre of craftsfolk contributing to our series of free downloadable wallpapers. You can see more of her work here |
November/13/2011: Carolyn J. Gray has joined the AetherCon team as a researcher aiding Guest Coordinator Christine Crabb. |
November/10/2011: GM Coordinator John Everson has scheduled the first Traipse Tutorial for GMs interested in running a game at AetherCon for November/30/2011. If you are interested, contact him here. |
November/9/2011: Pious Paladin Lead Developer Tyler Starke has added new die roller code to the Alpha Version of the VTT. You can download the latest build here |
November/9/2011: Kristina Kaye Chesney has been added to the RPG Community Liaison team. She will also be running an All Flesh Must Be Eaten scenario at AetherCon. |
November/8/2011: The Artists Enclave now has screenshots of Pious Paladin which we will be using for the booths there. |
November/5/2011: What cult favourite tabletop RPG would you like to see at AetherCon? Head over to our event page on Facebook and have your say. |
November/4/2011: Larger screenshots of the Pious Paladin user interface are now up in the Tourney Hall, Gamers Hall and Vendors Hall. Footers have been shortened in height to open up more space for the main window. The Vendors Hall and Artists Enclave have had layout upgrades as well. |
November/2/2011 - Welcome to AetherCon, a free to attend, free to partake non-profit event for online pen and paper RPGers everywhere.
We are organizing in lockstep with both the development of the next generation of the Traipse virtual tabletop, to be called Pious Paladin, as well as it's companion web-client. The latter allow players to simply click a link in the Gaming or Tourney Halls of our site and be able to 'sit down at the table' as it were instead of having to download and install the software prior to playing. Among the plethora of games to be found during our event, we will feature four tournaments, each scenario being of three parts and played throughout the weekend. They are Pathfinder, Call of Cthuhlu, Shadowrun and Savage Worlds. Additionally, today marks the first release in a series of original art in the form of free downloadable wallpapers that will appear here over the next 12 months. Without further delay, we give you Gormic 'Pretty' Nangalmaar as portrayed by White Wolf featured artist Brian LeBlanc. |
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To download your copy, click on the Free Wallpapers link to the left. Our site is not yet 100% functional but keep your eye on this space or follow us on Twitter or Facebook for updates and developments as they happen. |
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