Friday
2pm: Convention floor opens, admission begins
3:00pm - 4:00 pm: Tea Time & Literary Crimes - A fast, drop-in tea-time game where readers act as the jury, putting book tropes on trial and deciding which are acquitted, which are guilty pleasures, and which deserve jail.
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Fantasy Mapmaking: Designing the World Behind the Story - An introduction to the fundamentals of fantasy map design, focusing on realism, story logic, and world cohesion. Followed by a game of Cataclysms & Consequences.
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Folklore Foundations: World Mythologies as a Springboard
5:00pm - 6:00pm: Archetype Alchemy: Fleshing out Characters - Panel
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Realism Board- Reacting to Romantasy with Sellsword Arts. Followed by a meet and greet
7:00pm - 9:00pm: Break in Festivities
9:00pm - 1:00am: Fairy Tale Rave
Saturday
9:00am - 10:00am: Convention Opens
9:00am - 10:00am: Letters to the Story that Changed You
10:00am - 11:00am: Creative Burnout & How to Rekindle the Magic - Panel
11:00am - 11:30am: Role of Poetry in Fantasy
11:30am - 12:00pm: Before It Drops: Becoming a Beta & ARC Reader
12:00pm - 12:30pm: Branding Yourself as an Author
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Making the Fantastic Feasible
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Lay of the Land: How Geography Shapes Culture
2:30pm - 3:30pm: The Art of Going Viral
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Sellsword takes the "stage" Demo with a Meet & Greet
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Bad Tropes, Worse Choices - A chaotic trope-based game built on dark humor, red flags, and very poor judgment.
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Convention Wrap Up!
9:00pm - 1:00am: Fantasy Ball
Side Quests
Death By Trope: A Spicy Little Whodunnit - A do-it-yourself self paced, little mystery to uncover who turned a beloved book boyfriend into a cautionary tale.
Another Bloody Quest: The fate of the world (or at least some cool merch) rests on your weary shoulders. Just another convention scavenger hunt.
The Permanent Side Quest - Leave the Con with a permanent souvenir, visit the tattoo booth for some book themed flash.
The Book Boyfriend Lineup - Photos with our BookTok boyfriends, we provide the soulful stare and the mysterious backstory; you just provide the desire to be swept off your feet for 30 seconds.