- Minicon 2014—Amended with Marcon Schedule

Minicon 2014—Amended with Marcon Schedule

Written by Grantville Gazette Staff

We’re going to Marcon! They asked for us! They’re excited! We’re excited!

Come be with us the weekend of May 9-11.

The convention theme this year is “Technical Difficulties.” What could be more perfect for the 1632 crowd?

Schedule below:

1632 Schedule – Room is Taft C except for the autographing session

**Friday**

**Saturday**

10:00 – Military Technology and Practice, New Time Line vs. Old Time Line - Chuck Gannon, Walter Hunt, Griffin Barber, Jerry Akerman and Kevin Evans.

A discussion on how military practices of the 17th century will change due to new technology.

Aqualator computers, stuff with steam power, different weapons, because the new time line 17th century isn’t going to develop the same way as the old time line

1:00 - Steam: What it Really Is and What it Can and Cannot Do – Rick Boatright, Walt Boyes, Kevin Evans, Mark Huston, Walter Hunt

Steam is not all about gluing a gear somewhere. What can really be done with it? What are the costs in fuel and labor? Advantages? Disadvantages?

2:30 – The Sociological Implications of the Ring of Fire - Walt Boyes, Chuck Gannon, Mark Huston

What the changes are in culture and society, what they mean and where they are going

4:00 -Mughal India and tokugawa Japan in the 1630s - Iver Cooper and Griffin Griffin Barber.

**Sunday**

10:00 – Authors and their 1632 Stories – Chuck Gannon, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff, Griffin Barber, Jerry Ackerman, Walter Hunt, Mark Huston, Walt Boyes, Iver Cooper

11:30 – Snerking the Plots of the 1632 Universe – Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff, Mark Huston, Chuck Gannon, Walter Hunt, Iver Cooper