Intercon LARP conventions
| Intercon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | LARP |
| Venue | Crowne Plaza Warwick |
| Location | Warwick, Rhode Island |
| Country |  United States |
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Organized by | New England Interactive Literature |
| Filing status | Non-profit |
| Website | www.interconlarp.org |
The Intercon LARP conventions are a series of live action role-playing (LARP) conventions licensed by LARPA and produced by independent groups. The conventions began with the SiliCon LARP convention, organized in 1986.[1] To be licensed by LARPA Intercons must support some sort of open bid process in which local groups or individuals, regardless of affiliation, are invited to submit LARP events, and evaluated by some reasonably fair process.
The Intercon Conventions have used the names Silicon, and Intercon. They have been, over the years, a core element of the growth of Theatre Style LARP in the northeastern United States, primarily in the Boston and Washington DC areas.[2] Currently InterCon is held in Warwick, Rhode Island.[3]
Recent Intercons have run for four days over a weekend starting on Thursday afternoon, and ending Sunday evening. Most LARPs at Intercon run for 4 hours, and are typically offered in morning, afternoon, and evening slots. Intercon hosts LARPs of various styles and genres.
Events
[edit]| Convention Name | Location | Date | # of LARPs |
|---|---|---|---|
| SiLicon I | Woburn, Massachusetts | Mar. 1986 | |
| SiLicon II | Danvers, Massachusetts | Mar. 1987 | |
| SiLicon 2.5 (Unofficial event) | New Jersey | Nov. 1987 | |
| SiLicon III | Danvers, Massachusetts | Mar. 1988 | |
| SiLicon 3.5 (Unofficial event) | Morristown, New Jersey | Oct. 1988 | |
| SiLicon IV | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Apr. 1989 | |
| SiLicon V | New Haven, Connecticut | Apr. 1990 | |
| SiLicon VI | Annapolis, Maryland | Mar. 1991 | |
| Intercon VII | Edison, New Jersey | Mar. 1992 | |
| Intercon 7.5 | Dec. 1992 | ||
| Intercon VIII | Hunt Valley, Maryland | Mar. 1993 | |
| Intercon IX | Mar. 1994 | ||
| Intercon 9.5 | Hunt Valley, Maryland | Oct. 1994 | |
| Intercon X | Ocean City, Maryland | Mar. 1995 | |
| Intercon 10.5 | Timonium, Maryland | Oct. 1995 | |
| Intercon XI | Timonium, Maryland | Mar. 1996 | |
| Intercon 11.5 | Mt. Laurel, New Jersey | Oct. 1996 | |
| Intercon XII | Hunt Valley, Maryland | Mar. 1997 | |
| Intercon 12.5 | Edison, New Jersey | Oct. 1997 | |
| Intercon XIII | Natick, Massachusetts | Mar. 1998 | |
| Intercon 13.5 | Timonium, Maryland | Oct. 1998 | |
| Intercon XIV | Natick, Massachusetts | Mar. 1999 | |
| Intercon 14.5 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | Jul. 1999 | |
| Intercon Millennium | Timonium, Maryland | Dec. 1999 - Jan. 2000 | |
| Intercon XV | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2000 | |
| Intercon 15.5 | Timonium, Maryland | Jun. - Jul. 2000 | |
| Intercon A | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2001 | |
| Intercon XVI | Timonium, Maryland | Oct. 2001 | |
| Intercon B | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2002 | |
| Intercon XVII | Timonium, Maryland | Oct. 2002 | |
| Intercon C | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Feb. - Mar. 2003 | |
| Intercon Gazebo (Intercon XVIII) | Piscataway, New Jersey | Jul. 2003 | |
| Intercon D | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2004 | 37 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2004 | Timonium, Maryland | Oct. 2004 | |
| Intercon E | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2005 | 45 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2005 (Intercon XX) | New Castle, Delaware | Oct. 2005 | |
| Intercon F | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2006 | 34 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2006 (Intercon XXI) | Rehoboth, Delaware | Nov. 2006 | |
| Intercon G | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2007 | 37 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2007 (Intercon XXII) | Rehoboth, Delaware | Nov. 2007 | |
| Intercon H | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Feb. - Mar. 2008 | 44 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2008 (Intercon XXIII) | Rehoboth, Delaware | Nov. 2008 | |
| Intercon I | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2009 | 49 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2009 (Intercon XXIV) | Germantown, Maryland | Oct. 2009 | |
| Intercon J | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2010 | 51 |
| Intercon K | Waltham, Massachusetts | Mar. 2011 | 52 |
| Intercon Mid-Atlantic 2011 | Bethesda, Maryland | Sep. 2011 | |
| Intercon L | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2012 | 54 |
| Intercon M | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Mar. 2013 | 83 |
| Intercon N | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Feb. - Mar. 2014 | 86 |
| Intercon O | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | Feb. - Mar. 2015 | 91 |
| Intercon P | Westborough, Massachusetts | Feb. 2016 | 88 |
| Intercon Q | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb. 2017 | 96 |
| Intercon R | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb. 2018 | 118 |
| Intercon S | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb. 2019 | 127 |
| Intercon T | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb - Mar. 2020 | 133 |
| Intercon U | Warwick, Rhode Island | Mar. 2023 | 128 |
| Intercon V | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb - Mar. 2024 | 151 |
| Intercon W | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb - Mar. 2025 | 160 |
| Intercon X | Warwick, Rhode Island | Feb - Mar. 2026 |
Connections to Other Conventions
[edit]- New England Interactive Literature (NEIL), who has run all Intercons since 2012, also runs the New England LARP Conference and Little BofferCon. Both are held in Massachusetts. NEIL also hosts the Larp Library and publishes Game Wrap - a LARP focused periodical.
- In 2013 the Wyrd Con Companion Book 2012 was launched at Intercon M.[4]
External links
[edit]- The Current Intercon Website (redirects automatically each year to the current site)
- Intercon convention list for New England.
References
[edit]- ^ "25 Years of Intercon". New England Interactive Literature. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ History of the Intercon Name Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Joanne Stanway Intercon 2018 will be in Warwick, Rhode Island (2010-03-18). "A LARP of faith at Chelmsford Radisson". Wicked Local Chelmsford. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ethan Gilsdorf (2013-02-12). "Free Anthology Celebrates LARPing". Wired. Retrieved 2013-09-30.