Warpcon, next week!
See you soon, Ireland!
See you soon, Ireland!
I’m doing fewer conventions than in pre-pandemic times.
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Warpcon, next week!
See you soon, Ireland!
See you soon, Ireland!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by me and @itmeanspencil.bsky.social's table this weekend! It's always lovely craic at WarpCon. And thank you to Cork Game Crafters (on Instagram) for this gorgeous photo!
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thank you to everyone who stopped by me and @itmeanspencil.bsky.social's table this weekend! It's always lovely craic at WarpCon. And thank you to Cork Game Crafters (on Instagram) for this gorgeous photo!
I'll be at Warpcon 36 this weekend at UCC!
I'll have some new goodies and (hopefully) pumping out your DnD character commissions this weekend, so I'll see ye there 👍👍👍
#warpcon #ucc #UniversityCollegeCork #commissions #commission
I'll have some new goodies and (hopefully) pumping out your DnD character commissions this weekend, so I'll see ye there 👍👍👍
#warpcon #ucc #UniversityCollegeCork #commissions #commission
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I'll be at Warpcon 36 this weekend at UCC!
I'll have some new goodies and (hopefully) pumping out your DnD character commissions this weekend, so I'll see ye there 👍👍👍
#warpcon #ucc #UniversityCollegeCork #commissions #commission
I'll have some new goodies and (hopefully) pumping out your DnD character commissions this weekend, so I'll see ye there 👍👍👍
#warpcon #ucc #UniversityCollegeCork #commissions #commission
I’m prepping for Warpcon next weekend, in Cork, Ireland.
I take my prep work seriously.
I take my prep work seriously.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I’m prepping for Warpcon next weekend, in Cork, Ireland.
I take my prep work seriously.
I take my prep work seriously.
Warpcon white wolf triway, thou art avenged
Distressing realisations in the Patreon blog post about the difficulties of multi-table games and, it seems, the inexorable march of time.
Members get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/gshowitt/pos...
Members get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/gshowitt/pos...
![It is my unfortunate duty to inform you, if you were not aware, that any sufficiently bearded man in a half-mask - as is the mask style we lean into in the books, so you can eat and talk and things - looks like a sex criminal.
(Oh! Wait! I took a picture of myself. In the mask, for the blog, as you can see:
[a picture of me in a leather and gold half-mask with a sort of Martin Freeman mild disgruntle on my face. I'm wearing an old military shirt and grey vest, too, so really I'm not dressed for it]
And I don’t look like a sex criminal any more. Something happened and now I look like someone’s dad wearing a mask. (I guess it’s better than sex criminal.))](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q4mk3cmiwyozgfsnjirpav2o/bafkreifpai66bjblh4gqdbahubbdit3kao5vlt4spolq73nxmvupysftxq)
July 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Warpcon white wolf triway, thou art avenged
It's the morning before Warpcon
So I excuse myself from doing work.
So I excuse myself from doing work.
January 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's the morning before Warpcon
So I excuse myself from doing work.
So I excuse myself from doing work.
The NEW Origins Award Winner bid nearly $1,000 for it at the Warpcon Charity Auction - all going to a local Children’s Charity.
It was an epic night.
It was an epic night.
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The NEW Origins Award Winner bid nearly $1,000 for it at the Warpcon Charity Auction - all going to a local Children’s Charity.
It was an epic night.
It was an epic night.
Off down to Cork for #Warpcon today. It struck me that it's the 30th anniversary of my first trip with DU/Trinity Gamers. What a glorious and strange trip my life in fandom continues to be!
If you're around Cork this weekend come play games in UCC! warpcon.ie
If you're around Cork this weekend come play games in UCC! warpcon.ie
Warpcon 36
Warpcon 36 is the 36th annual gaming convention in UCC
warpcon.ie
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Off down to Cork for #Warpcon today. It struck me that it's the 30th anniversary of my first trip with DU/Trinity Gamers. What a glorious and strange trip my life in fandom continues to be!
If you're around Cork this weekend come play games in UCC! warpcon.ie
If you're around Cork this weekend come play games in UCC! warpcon.ie
I was at my second Warpcon convention in Cork, Ireland, Munchkin had just come out, and they did in fact REQUEST that I do this.
I still didn't win...
I still didn't win...
(Picturing John in a game, surreptitiously drawing new cards just so he can play them.)
April 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I was at my second Warpcon convention in Cork, Ireland, Munchkin had just come out, and they did in fact REQUEST that I do this.
I still didn't win...
I still didn't win...
Preparing to travel to Warpcon in Cork later today, and will be there all weekend. It's one of my favourite conventions and I'm taking a stack of games in playtest, so say hi if you're there and we'll take something for a spin. warpcon.ie
Warpcon 36
Warpcon 36 is the 36th annual gaming convention in UCC
warpcon.ie
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Preparing to travel to Warpcon in Cork later today, and will be there all weekend. It's one of my favourite conventions and I'm taking a stack of games in playtest, so say hi if you're there and we'll take something for a spin. warpcon.ie
It’s 3 am in Cork, Ireland here. Warpcon begins in ernest tomorrow.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycean.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycean.
February 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It’s 3 am in Cork, Ireland here. Warpcon begins in ernest tomorrow.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycean.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycean.
This was SUCH a blast!
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This was SUCH a blast!
Just made a game submission to Warpcon 34.
Warpcon 4 was my first games con. I still remember it vividly.
Warpcon 4 was my first games con. I still remember it vividly.
November 19, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Just made a game submission to Warpcon 34.
Warpcon 4 was my first games con. I still remember it vividly.
Warpcon 4 was my first games con. I still remember it vividly.
Cork, Ireland, is gorgeous. As always. Warpcon remains possibly my favorite gaming convention in the world
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Cork, Ireland, is gorgeous. As always. Warpcon remains possibly my favorite gaming convention in the world
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
Oh, rats! I fly home tomorrow. I may have to rush out to Greenwich this morning. (It won't be on when I return in January for Warpcon...)
Ah, that reminds me. Saw this and thought of you.
Pirates
Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is open
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Oh, rats! I fly home tomorrow. I may have to rush out to Greenwich this morning. (It won't be on when I return in January for Warpcon...)
They're taking the hobbits to... Club Warpcon?
The things you find in the junk drawer at your parent's. These are nearly 30 years old - witness the glory of UCC's Old Bar during #Warpcon 13 (my year as con director!).
Spot our lovely special guests @muskratjohn.bsky.social and Judith.
The things you find in the junk drawer at your parent's. These are nearly 30 years old - witness the glory of UCC's Old Bar during #Warpcon 13 (my year as con director!).
Spot our lovely special guests @muskratjohn.bsky.social and Judith.
July 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
They're taking the hobbits to... Club Warpcon?
The things you find in the junk drawer at your parent's. These are nearly 30 years old - witness the glory of UCC's Old Bar during #Warpcon 13 (my year as con director!).
Spot our lovely special guests @muskratjohn.bsky.social and Judith.
The things you find in the junk drawer at your parent's. These are nearly 30 years old - witness the glory of UCC's Old Bar during #Warpcon 13 (my year as con director!).
Spot our lovely special guests @muskratjohn.bsky.social and Judith.
Family (most of, Xander was playing Munchkin) at Warpcon 35
February 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Family (most of, Xander was playing Munchkin) at Warpcon 35
It is 2024 and I am printing off a Cthulhu scenario for Warpcon.
January 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
It is 2024 and I am printing off a Cthulhu scenario for Warpcon.
Oh, to be young and be at Warpcon again!
It cut the fifth pic! Sorry, @muskratjohn.bsky.social - this was meant to be in the post.
July 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh, to be young and be at Warpcon again!
Last night, on the principle that if Donald Trump can get a Nobel Peace Prize as a gift, I watched @muskratjohn.bsky.social auction one of his Origins Awards for charity at Warpcon in Ireland. It raised almost $1000 for very sick children. He's a hero.
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Last night, on the principle that if Donald Trump can get a Nobel Peace Prize as a gift, I watched @muskratjohn.bsky.social auction one of his Origins Awards for charity at Warpcon in Ireland. It raised almost $1000 for very sick children. He's a hero.
I’m doing fewer conventions than in pre-pandemic times.
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
January 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m doing fewer conventions than in pre-pandemic times.
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
That said, I will be at a couple of terrific shows in the upcoming weeks: WARPCON in Cork, Ireland, and CAPRICON 45 in downtown (!!!) Chicago, IL. Details here:
www.dorktower.com/2025/01/02/1...
(One of those collectors edition is bound for the Warpcon auction)
August 22, 2024 at 10:14 AM
(One of those collectors edition is bound for the Warpcon auction)
It’s 3 am in Cork, Ireland here. Warpcon begins in ernest tomorrow.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycesn.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycesn.
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
It’s 3 am in Cork, Ireland here. Warpcon begins in ernest tomorrow.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycesn.
My hotel is delightful. Per my host: “there are two lovely pubs snd a funeral home across the street.”
Me: “It doesn’t get more Irish than that.”
Positively Joycesn.
Warpcon (Jan 30th- February 1st, UCC, Cork) are now accepting submissions for RPGs and LARPs to be run at Warpcon. If you're interested please apply with the form.
forms.gle/TG4D5ZxwCaQ2...
forms.gle/TG4D5ZxwCaQ2...
WARPCON XXXVI RPG & LARP Submissions
If you would like to submit a game to run at Warpcon 36 in January 2026 you're in the right place! This year's convention will take place from January 30th to February 1st 2026 on UCC campus. GMs and ...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Warpcon (Jan 30th- February 1st, UCC, Cork) are now accepting submissions for RPGs and LARPs to be run at Warpcon. If you're interested please apply with the form.
forms.gle/TG4D5ZxwCaQ2...
forms.gle/TG4D5ZxwCaQ2...