Continuum is a weekend-long celebration of table-top roleplaying, miniatures, freeform and board gaming. Held at Leicester University's John Foster Hall you can spend a relaxed weekend in a friendly atmosphere playing a whole host of different types of game. Our focus is on pen, paper and dice roleplaying games but the variety we support is truly extraordinary. Continuum is a residential convention with comfortable rooms and great local facilities. See the Register link for more details on how to sign-up.
2000 AD Roleplaying!
Time:Saturday, 2:00 PM
Description:If you love Judge Dredd or Strontium Dog, this panel's one you'll not want to miss. Join the team from Mongoose (Matt Sprange, Loz Whitaker and Pete Nash), who will be discussing their current offerings and what's in the pipeline.


A Fist-full of Maps
Time:Sunday, 12:00 AM
Description:Join cartographers Colin Driver (Moon Design and Alephtar Games ) and Gillian Pearce (Moon Design and Mongoose) for a session on their own particular take on map construction and design.
The second half of the talk will go into depth about the scale and detail changes made in the Sartar book and will include a Q&A session with Colin, Gillian, Rick Meints and Jeff Richard about re-mapping Glorantha!


Cubicle 7 Seminar
Time:Saturday, 3:00 PM
Description:Step into the Tardis and join Angus Abranson discussing all things Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. past, present and future.
As publishers of Dr. Who RPG, SLA Industries and Victoriana, this is an interesting ride you won't want to miss!


Glorantha Q&A
Time:Sunday, 11:00 AM
Description:Jeff Richards (Moon Design) hooks up with Loz Whitaker (Mongoose Publishing) to discuss Glorantha across the second and third age.
Another Glorantha must! - Please note, this is a seminar covering shared history and vision and will not cover MRQ rule queries.


How to Write for the RPG Industry
Time:Saturday, 11:00 AM
Description:Alan Bligh & John French have been the lead writers for Fantasy Flight Games' Warhammer 40K RPG line, including Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader and the soon to be released Deathwatch. The guys have also written for Call of Cthulhu and other Games Workshop lines. In this seminar they'll take questions about their work and also about how to make your mark as a writer in the gaming industry.


Living Games! Introduction and overview
Time:Friday, 8:00 PM
Description:Mongoose will be releasing "Living Glorantha" at Continuum! Hosted by Matt Sprange, Lawrence Whitaker and Pete Nash, this is the panel to attend if you want to know more about either this system or Living Traveller, which will also be playing at the convention.


Magic of Glorantha
Time:Saturday, 10:00 AM
Description:Join Jeff Richards of Moon Design as he discusses divine, spirits, wizardry and Lunar magic, as well as how to understand and narrate heroquests.
A must for all Glorantha fans.


Mongoose - State of the Nation
Time:Saturday, 12:00 AM
Description:Join Matt, Charlie, Loz and Pete for a discussion on all things Mongoose.
This will incorporate a RQII and Traveller discussion.


Monkey: A Journey through Game Design.
Time:Friday, 10:00 PM
Description:"In the games before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heavens sought gaming. But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four rule-sets formed again and again, as endless dice rolled and tumbled. Time and the pure essence of Heaven, the moisture of the Beer, the powers of the Sun and the Moon all worked upon a certain Newt; old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, "With our thoughts, we make the GAME". Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it came Monkey: The Story-telling game of the Journey to the West from D101 Games.
The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!"

A talk about 15 years of procrastination, failed rule sets, play-testing, more play-testing, card-based mechanics, Chinese Philosophy and a celebration of all things Monkey (not just the TV series), hosted by the author of the new Monkey game, Newt Newport.

Note: Copies of the newly released game will be available at this talk.


Moon Design Releases
Time:Saturday, 8:00 PM
Description:Join Jeff Richards and Rick Meints of Moon Design as they talk about Sartar, Sartar Companion, Heortling Mythology, and their upcoming releases.


OGWV: Our Glorantha Will Vary!
Time:Sunday, 8:00 PM
Description:Join “Newt” Newport and see what D101 has planned for its upcoming Gloranthan releases. Learn how you can release your own Gloranthan material: via the web, existing fanzines or even your own self-published effort. Discuss where Gloranthan fandom is going, or even if there is a place for fandom, now that Glorantha is firmly back in print, in its HeroQuest and Runequest variants.


OpenQuest for the WIN!!!
Time:Saturday, 9:00 PM
Description:If you are a fan of D100 mechanics then check out OpenQuest.
Learn what the team has been up to in the year since the game's release and what's planned for the future.

This talk features adventures "The Savage North", "Empires Rising", "Life and Death" and the upcoming powered by OpenQuest games; "The Company" and "River of Heaven"

Learn how you can join in the fun, by writing your own OQ powered games, contributing to various OQ projects or simply joining in with the community.


Roleplaying and Religion 3!
Time:Sunday, 10:00 AM
Description:Our very own reverend Dr. Moose returns to Sunday morning service for the third in his thought-provoking discussions on Roleplaying and religion. All religions and views welcome to what is normally a well attended and lively debate!


Running Your Own Mini-Con
Time:Saturday, 6:00 PM
Description:In the current resession, large conventions are falling by the wayside whilst smaller, more intimate conventions are still thriving. How do you go about running one? Join the panel of people who've done just that to find out! They are:
Darran Sims - Con-Quest, Furnace and Continuum;
Neil Smith - Concrete Cow;
Tom Zunder - Furnace
Graham Spearing – Furnace and Continuum 2008


The Wordplay RPG
Time:Saturday, 5:30 PM
Description:Graham Spearing takes you from the game's development to it's exciting future. ...Includes a Continuum exclusive announcement!



Want to run a panel of your own? Be sure to contact Colin Driver with a title and description of your panel.
 
Continuum 2010 Progress Report Two

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