Friday, September 30 · 6:30pm – 9:00pm at Traditions Fair Trade (300 5th Avenue SW Olympia)
Featured poets will be, Kathleen Byrd, Terri Cohlene, Chris Dahl, Jeanne Gordner, Jeanne Lohmann, Lucia Perillo, Cynthia Pratt, Linda Strever, Gaia Thomas, Emily Van Kley, Gail Ramsey Wharton, Willow Wicklund, with music from Amy Thomas.
Tickets at the door or in avance at Traditions for $8 or $5 for student/low income individuals. No one will be turned away!
A chapbook featuring poems from the event and art work by Gail Ramsey Wharton will be available that evening.
Art Kitchen presents Olympia’s first ever story gaming convention running June 3rd through 5th at The Procession of the Species Studio. The studio has been transformed by local artists into a collection of fantastic environments that the gaming tables are located within, including a floating castle, a crystal cavern, outer space, a post-apocalyptic cafe, a dark forest, and more!
Full Passes cost $35 and are available online at fabricatedrealities.com and at The Danger Room on the corner of 4th and Columbia in downtown Olympia. Space is extremely limited so purchase your tickets early. Day passes will be sold at the door on an as-available basis.
We at Fabricated Realities are using the term “story games” according to Clinton R. Nixon’s usage: to encompass all games, traditional or edgy, with a focus on creating fiction. This event will lean heavily towards games with creative equality amongst their players and story at the forefront of their design.
Echoing the do-it-yourself music scene, the advent of print on demand publishing has allowed for many independent game designers to flourish. Though chiefly organized through the internet, there is an inordinately strong concentration of these designers in the Pacific Northwest and we’re excited to welcome the entire spectrum of designers to the convention, from those who’ve tweaked a house-rule all the way up to those who’ve published their game into a product.
Several of these story games have been brought to market within the last year, and are designed in such a way as to be enjoyed by old-hand and non-gamer alike. We’re excited to play Apocalypse World, Anima Prime, Perfect: Unrevised, G X B, Microscope, and Panty Explosion Perfect, in addition to older favorites like Fiasco, Shock: Social Science Fiction, Polaris, and Dogs in the Vineyard.
While Fabricated Realities is for people of all ages, some games we’ll play have adult themes such as violence, sex, responsibility, compassion, hope, and transformation. There will be many good-hearted facilitators on hand to introduce new games to festival goers, and help people pick what to play. Our three-day schedule includes 10 gaming slots and lots of relaxed social time.
Come dream, imagine and explore with us.
Find out more about story games and Fabricated Realities by visiting fabricatedrealities.com
Fabricated Realities is sponsored by Cicada Restaurant and Lounge
Fabricated Realities
A Story Game Convention
June 3rd – 5th 2011
@ The Procession of the Species Studio
311 1/2 Capitol Way North
The Loft is gone but AK is here to stay! We are on the hunt for a new locations, so don’t forget about us Olympia.
Stories in the Park {CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS}
Deadline for submission is June 15th
Readers will be chosen by blind judging. Please submit up to 1500 words (doublespaced, 12pt font or larger). Title page should include your name, e-mail address, title, word count, and age of intended audience ONLY. Each subsequent page of manuscript should include the title and page #. Your name should not appear on the manuscript except for the title page.
Submit on-line to: grace@akolympia.com in Word RTF or PDF format
OR in hard copy to:
Art Kitchen
c/o Grace Duda
2009 Water Street
Olympia WA 98501
Applicants must be prepared to be present for the Stories in the Park event in Olympia, Sunday, August 5th from 1:30 to 4:00. Readers will receive an awesome Art Kitchen picnic lunch and appreciation from a brilliant South Sound audience. Not to mention kudos for your resume. Author, Editor Terri Cohlene will adjudicate.
Submission is free. Readers will be announced June 25, 2012.
Questions? E-mail terri@akolympia.com