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Furpocalypse 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
3 eventsDJ Kiza
TimeSupression
Tired of your lawn being overgrown and drab? spice it up with Time's DJ lawn care. You'll shake your ass while we cut your grass. Electrohouse and around the house, your lawn will shine. Ask about our weeding/wedding packages. Call 860-946-0370 today!
Friday, October 28, 2016
45 eventsKyrowulf
Kryowulf AKA Tha Funk Hustla is excited to be back and playing Furpoc once again!! Get ready to get down to some bangin' TechHouse tunes that'll have you saying, "Hey, that’s pretty good!"
Brenda Banks
Brenda Banks is a Ohio-based drag queen who plays original mashups. Come see her to hear a fresh take on your favorites, old and new.
Registration Open
Let's Play: 12 Days
12 Days is a quick playing card game based off of the titular song. Players try to win each day of gift giving by giving the best gift. Also, at the end of the game players score points based off the days they won, and the gifts they chose not to give out throughout the game.
Opening Ceremonies
Let's Play: Apples to Apples
This popular and hilarious party game has two decks of cards. A Things deck and a Descriptions deck. A judge picks something from the descriptions deck and everyone chooses the best thing they have for it. The judge picks a winner and the winner scores a point.
Let's Play: Bohnanza
You are a bean farmer who is planting sets of beans in his fields. To help you make sets you must wheel and deal with the other players.
Hotel Transylvania 2
A sequel. Dracula has opened his titular hotel to humans. He has a grandson and maybe a dad? Hillarity ensues.
Artist Setup and Check-In
Charity
Artists' Alley Open
Dealer's Den Open
Open Gaming
Let's Play: Chrononauts
You are all time travelers from alternate realities. Your goal is to get home, but to do so, you must alter past events to match your alternate Earth.
Fursuit Ear Tagging
Please come to the headless lounge so our expert fursuit wranglers can tranquilize and attach ear tags to wild fursuiters
N64 Grab Bag Tournament
Frankenweenie
Young Victor Frankenstein loves his dog, Sparky. When tragedy strikes, Victor brings Sparky back to life. His fellow students find out and do likewise. Hilarity ensues.
Let's Play: Dominion
You are a monarch, fresh on the throne, and you wish to build a larger, better kingdom. Dominion is a deck building game, where you purchase new buildings for your kingdom (deck) from a common set of buildings.
Draw Draw Pass
A fun interactive comic making panel where participants each draw a panel based on a key word and then pass it to the next participant. Winners get weird prizes.
Dance Competition Prelims
**Competitors ONLY** The Dance Competition Preliminaries is not open to general attendees. Performers only please.
Let's Play: Betrayal at House on the Hill
You and your friends want to explore a haunted house. Whether it be for thrills, chills, or curiosity, you and your friends face the terrors of the House on the Hill. Secretly, though, one of your friends has brought you to this house for more nefarious purposes…
Silent Auction Open Bidding
Shorts
A delightful collection of shorts selected by your Movie Morgue hosts to fill time and, hopefully, not clear the room.
The Shining
Jack, a writer, takes a job as a winter caretaker for a hotel that becomes snow-bound for the season. He brings his wife, Wendy, psychic son, Danny. Atmosphere, hauntings, and insanity ensue.
That's Transformation!
First the fur, that is starting to stir Then the tail, a sign of beastly travail And the paws, now you're down on all fours... That’s transformation! (sung to the tune of “That’s Entertainment!”) There’s never been a shortage of transformation scenes in the movies and on TV, from the first werewolf film to the latest Shaggy Dog remake. Which one(s) sparked your interest in the subject? What’s your favorite – or favorites? Share your opinion with other TF enthusiasts and vote on which films or TV shows belong in the Top Ten list of all-time greatest movie/TV TF’s!
Sponsor/Dealer Social (With Furocity Radio)
So You Want to Work with Animals?
Kristen V., also known as Demonlord261 in the fandom, has worked with a menagerie of different animals. She has experience with everything from domestics to exotics, from dogs and cats, to elephants and lions. Hear some crazy animal stories and ways YOU can get involved in working with animals.
Iron Sky
Nazis built a moonbase in 1945, and plan to return to power on Earth. Nazism ensues.
Setting Up Your Sketchbook
Ever struggle before a convention with wondering just what to bring with you for your sketchbook? What supplies should I bring? How much art should I bring? Or have you ever been at a convention, in front of an artist in the artist alley, totally unsatisfied with what you'd gotten, but unsure about why? As an experience commissioner of art, I'll show you just how to setup to be successful and efficient with your art, whether you generate it or purchase it.
Let's Learn: Arkham Horror
Learn how to play and host Arkham Horror. You are investigators trying to learn the secret of all of the weird things happening late in Arkham, Massachusetts. Immerse yourself in an RPG set in the HP Lovecraft Universe. Can you prevent the Great Old One from awakening, or barring that can you fight it back before it destroys everything?
Let's Sew! Cupcakes & Muffins & Ice Cream
$10.00 per student All skill levels welcome Ages 13+, or bring a parent or guardian, please. Soothe your sweet tooth with this tasty tutorial. Ice cream cones, cupcakes, and muffins can be cute and cuddly, too! Even if you can't thread a needle, MajikCraft is here to help.
Black Sheep
In New Zealand, sheep begin to rampage the farm on which they have been genetically altered and raised.
Yuukari's Hypnosis Discussion
Back again by popular demand with new content! This panel will discuss the finer points of hypnosis and the furry fandom, what it means to be hypnotized and what the limits and goals of hypnotism are according to what you wish to experience. Goes over any and all questions regarding hypnotism, including kinks! 18+ Only!~
Let's Play: Mice and Mystics
In this RPG, you each play a loyal subject of a king, trying to save the realm from an evil sorceress. The kicker? To escape prison, you had to change yourselves into mice. Now even the cockroaches are dangerous, and the sorceresses minions have been changed into rats just to capture you. Can you brave the perils of the castle and kingdom as mice?
I've Made Too Much Pasta (Scurrow Concert)
"I've Made Too Much Pasta" the raccoon plays a bunch of raccoon related rock music into a microphone with a guitar or accordion, followed by a whole mess of theme songs.
Let's Play: Rex: Final Days of an Empire
A re-skin of the 1979 classic game Dune, with the Twilight Imperium universe. This is a game of negotiation, betrayal, and conquest as each player tries to compete for dominance of the Imperial Capital city as it crumbles. Each player has an asymmetrical list of abilities that vastly change their play style. Can you conquer the various strongholds before anyone else? Must you form an alliance to do so? Find out in Rex: Final Days of an Empire.
Zootopia
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, a rabbit moves from her farming community to the titular city to be first bunny on the force.
Furry Little Liars
Join DavidN and two teams of esteemed furry panellists as they reveal their wildest stories - but which are fact and which are fiction? It's up to the opposing team to sort truth from lies in this (potentially) hilarious test of improvisation skills and poker faces. (Yes, it's "Would I Lie To You". Please don't sue us)
Let's Sew: Squeaky Tacos!
$8 per student. Beginner skill level. 13+ or bring a parent or guardian, please! You asked for it, let's make it happen! The pattern is easy. It's just like a real taco! Start with a circle. Fill it with 'meat,' and garnish as you see fit. (Ohgosh don't eat these!!!) BONUS: We've got squeakers!
Drevin
Graphic Designer and furry artist from CT. 80s and 90s style, design and music influence most of what I do!
Let's Play: Cards Against Humanity (18+)
A judge chooses a black question card, or fill in the blank, and the other players answer by picking from their hand of white cards. This is a party game for mature audiences and covers very mature subjects. The judge picks the best/funniest/most truthful answer. It is all up to the judge.
Let's Play: One Night Werewolf
You all play a villager in a town plagued by a werewolf problem. This is a game of socal deduction where during a secret night phase, each player performs their special role, and during the day you have to try to meet the win conditions for your role. But are you still what you were at the beginning of the night? Was your card swapped? The game ends with one vote, and whoever dies determines who wins the one night.
Cade Coywolf
A longtime hobby DJ, Brendan (Cade) first became interested in dance music at age 14 and has always nurtured a passion for electronic music in general. Now, he’s taking his knowhow of EDM and his love for euphoric dance music to the furry con circuit! His first and foremost love is trance, but you can expect to hear a wide range of smooth, ethereal and feelgood music in his sets, from deep house all the way up to liquid DnB.
Sharknado II: The Second One
Sharks carried by tornados to New York. Do we really need to say more?
Let's Play: King of Tokyo
You each play a kaiju trying to destroy Tokyo. Problem is, the other kaiju will attack to stop you. You must balance staying alive, killing the other kaiju, and doing damage to Tokyo. Last one standing or the first to 20 victory points wins.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
50 eventsCURLTACULAR
Eye of Argon
Play the game that has been passed down for generations ... and we dare you not to laugh! The Eye of Argon, the reading of one of the most notably infamous bad pieces of fan-faction ever written, is coming to Furpocalypse once again.. Come, read, moan at the bad spelling, horrid sentence structure, and dive into the mind of an imagination that takes suspension of disbelief into another dimension. You can't miss it!
Gen
I'm Gen, an Anubian Jackal with the passion for loud and hard music. I started as a DJ only a few years ago, with each passing year I learn or create something new. Making new friends and throwing one hell of a bash is where I'm at! I always find just that one song people will love or remember and mash it into something else. I'm not very well known yet as I don't always wave back, but If I'm here I'm sure you'll have a night you won't forget. :3
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Remember the days of getting up early and cramming your muzzle full of the latest sugar-filled cereal while watching your favorite cartoons? If so, then you'll be in good company. Saturday Morning Cartoons and Cereal Party has returned, reloaded with more classic toons from the vault. Hop out of bed in your jammies and join us for a few hours to relive the best animation of the 80s and 90s. (All ages welcome)
Fursuit Ear Tagging
Please come to the headless lounge so our expert fursuit wranglers can tranquilize and attach ear tags to wild fursuiters.
Registration Open
Let's Play: Ticket to Ride
It is the turn of the twentieth century, and you are trying to claim rail roads between different cities in the United States. The longer the routes you can claim the more points you can get. If you can fulfill certain ticket routes, you can get bonus points.
Masquerade Rehearsals & Costume Competition Sign-in
Artists' Alley Open
Dealer's Den & Con Store Open
Silent Auction Open Bidding
Charity Auction Silent Bidding and Raffle Entry
ParaNorman
Norman can see and speak with the dead. An old witch's curse raises zombies from the dead, and Norman and his friends try to help.
Let's Play: Apples to Apples Round 2
This popular and hilarious party game has two decks of cards. A Things deck and a Descriptions deck. A judge picks something from the descriptions deck and everyone chooses the best thing they have for it. The judge picks a winner and the winner scores a point.
Let's Play: Concept
In Concept you are trying to guess a word based on associations of icons in teams of two. One team places tokens on the icon board for the other teams to guess.
The Call of Cthulhu
A movie based on the story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft. Black and white, silent with title cards, this is a globe-trotting adventure story: the investigations into the Cthulhu Cult from the present (1920s) to 1908, 1870, and back.
Let's Play: Cosmic Encounter
You play one of many alien races attempting to conquer and expand with it’s own racial advantage. You are trying to create your very own Galactic Empire. On your turn you attack the other planets of the galaxy, and then bolster your defenses against the other races’ who attack you.
Parade Staging
Fursuit Parade
Let's Play: Lord of the Rings (Co-op)
You each play one of the five hobbits. The goal is to survive a long trek across Middle Earth without succumbing to Sauron’s corruption. At the end, you must have enough willpower left to toss the ring into the fires of Mt. Doom.
Magic The Gathering Event
Shadows Over Innistrad / Eldritch Moon Sealed Deck: $25, win a round, win a pack On-Demand Events: Kaladesh Booster Draft: $15, win a round, win a pack Kaladesh Sealed Deck: $30, win a round, win a pack Standard/Modern: $5, win a round, win a pack
The Thing
An American research team in Antarctica run afoul of an alien shapechanging horror.
Let's Play: Pandemic
You all work for the Centers for Disease Control. Four new disease outbreaks threaten the world. You must find a way to cure all four diseases before they spiral out of control and threaten the world’s population.
Zootopian Monster Quest
imagine shows like Mountain Monsters, Monster Quest and Supernatural taking place in the same era and possibility of Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow,3 Musketeers, Count of Monte Christo and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies as they might have been imagined and seen in the world of Zootopia. Set in the non-existent city of Tempest, New Jersey players will take on the roles of gentleman adventurers gathered by a mysterious patron who calls himself, the Scarecrow, to investigate mysterious happening in and around the resort town that include disappearances and strange lights at odd hours of the night. What is going on and can it be stopped? The PCs will find out one way or another.
Dance Competition
Overcoming Shyness and Anxiety
This panel is geared towards the shy, anxious, and/or socially awkward folk in the fandom. Do you have trouble making friends? Talking to artists? Not sure what the first thing to say is or how to say it? Come sit in here, and I'll share some experiences from my own childhood and plenty of advice on how to get out there in the world.
Furpoc Car Show
Car enthusiast? You've parked in the right place! Come check out all the cool cars some of your furry friends drive, modify, and restore. Vote on the best car in each category (Best American Car, Euro Car, Japanese Car, and Best in Show)! This event is located at the top of the parking garage
Clue
Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.
Juggling 101
Ever wanted to learn how to juggle? GREAT! No? That's ok too! I'll tell you why you SHOULD learn to juggle, and then teach you HOW! A practicing juggler and performer since 2004, my records include juggling 8 balls, 7 rings, and 5 clubs, and no matter how uncoordinated you think you are, I can get you well on your way to being a juggler in one short hour.
Open-Mic Night at Furpoc
Do you enjoy stand-up comedy? Wanna give it a try? Join hosts Flash Timberwolf and Dtales Dragonwolf as they give you a chance to showcase your comedic talents.
NIIC the Singing Dog
Music is going to the dogs! NIIC the green, singing canine is back with more songs, more moves, and a live show to take your Halloween to the next level. The Singing Dog comes fully loaded with paws and a party, you can't help but get up on stage and rock out with him! We'd tell you to check him out at www.NIICmusic.com, but why not see what he's all about right here in concert! Get ready to howl, with NIIC the Singing Dog!
Feline Meet and Greet
All of you wonderful fuzzy felines please come in and meet up! We are looking for anyone who is a feline type furry to come and meet up with each other. Fursuiters and non-suiters are both welcome.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Missing children, dead reindeer, and an evil Santa leads a young boy, his father and fellow hunters to a corporation that sponsored a dig for Santa.
So You Want to Be a Competitive Smash Player?
So you wanna play SSBM competitively, but where do you start? Come learn about the game, the tech that's involved, the community, and learn how to get into your local smash scene!
Let's Learn: Twilight Imperium
Learn how to play Twilight Imperium, and you’ll never be intimidated by this game again. Set in a shattered galaxy that has been leaderless for a millennia. You each control an alien race who thinks the time has come to unite the galaxy again, under your rule of course. This is a 4X game: Explore, Expand, Exploit, and Exterminate.
Writer's Slam
Want feedback on a story you've been writing? Bring a 1-2 page (non-explicit) excerpt of it to the Writers' Slam! You'll have the opportunity to read your work and then we'll spend some time offering constructive critique. Anyone who just wants to listen to the stories is also welcome! Due to time constraints, excerpts will be taken on a first-come, first served basis.
Masquerade & Costume Contest
Krampus
A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a Christmas demon to his family home.
Majik Mystery Loot Brawl
$10 entry fee Max 30 players Every player wins White Elephant, Bad Santa, that terrible office exchange where you're the secret Santa of someone you don't know, and there's so much pressure to get the PERFECT gift! Never fear, the pressure is off! We've picked the gifts for you. You just need to choose wisely, and hope no one will steal your prize. Steal? STEAL! That's right, folks, every choice is a gamble! Never fear - No one leaves empty handed. (Maybe something awesome, maybe something silly!) Toys, tails, art swag and more! If you are brave, if you're willing to take a risk, c'mon down and fight for your prize. *For full rules, check (Journal entry goes here).
Let's Play: Quarriors
You are each quarriors, trying to capture spells and creatures from the wilds to best the other players. This is a deck building game with a twist. You are building a deck of dice. Can you assemble the best deck and score the most points before the other players?
Let's Play: The Resistance
You all play members of the resistance against an evil empire. You must send people on missions that must succeed. The Empire has infiltrated your ranks, though, and they are trying to sabotage your mission without being discovered. In this game of social deduction, whoever succeeds in their mission, best 3 of 5, wins.
Furpoc Furry Improv Extravaganza
Please join our host Heath for fun and games in a "Whose Line" inspired game of improv. If you have ever seen the show you know the insanity that is in store for you!
Let's Play: Battlestar Galactica
You are all aboard the Battlestar Galactica, and you are trying to ferry the last of humanity out of the clutches of the Cylons. Problem is, the cylons can look just like us, and can even remain dormant, thinking they are human until activated. You must fight dwindling resources, cylon attacks, and paranoia as you try to make it to Kobol, and safety.
Kung Fu Panda 3
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Harke
Harke made the mistake of letting me write his bio for him! :D He’s going to regret it! Genets are definitely kitties, therefore Harke is a kitty! You should all call him a kitty when you see him, because that’s what he is, a kitty. Oh yeah, and Harke, I want a divorce! ~With love, TimeSuppression <3
Let's Play: Cards Against Humanity (18+)
A judge chooses a black question card, or fill in the blank, and the other players answer by picking from their hand of white cards. This is a party game for mature audiences and covers very mature subjects. The judge picks the best/funniest/most truthful answer. It is all up to the judge.
Let's Play: One Night Werewolf
You all play a villager in a town plagued by a werewolf problem. This is a game of social deduction where during a secret night phase, each player performs their special role, and during the day you have to try to meet the win conditions for your role. But are you still what you were at the beginning of the night? Was your card swapped? The game ends with one vote, and whoever dies determines who wins the one night.
Vander
At the age of 24, he’s already an upcoming international DJ/Producer with a passion for electro, melbourne bounce, dirty dutch, and anything else he can get his hands on! Vander has already opened and worked with artists such as Deorro, Zoofunction, Dirty Audio, Felix Cartal, Michael Woods, Dubvision, Porn and Chicken, Brass Knuckles, Moti, Morgan Page, BoomBox Cartel and Firebeatz to name just a few. His career started in the north of The Netherlands before venturing out to play shows in the USA, Hong Kong, Belgium, France, and more!
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The requisite Rocky Horror in the pool area showing. Costuming, dancing, performing, quoting lines, lounging in the pool or on chairs, and more are all fine. Please don't throw stuff, break stuff, litter the pool, or spritz the hotel staff, though.
Let's Play: Forbidden Island
The island holds four treasures that you and your colleagues want to collect. The problem is the island is sinking into the ocean. You must work together to shore up the island, discover clues to find the treasures, and escape to your helicopter before the treasures, your helicopter, or your friends drown in the depths of the sea.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
29 eventsMagic Ruined: Comet & Blitz
Comet has been DJing conventions from late 2011, FurFright being his first of the same year. Joining with Blitz for Furpocalypse 2014, they started Magic Ruined and have been spinning at some of the biggest furry conventions around the US. This Saturday at Midnight the two return for one hour of the freshest bass filled records that will keep you off your feet all night! Hope to see you all there!
Tumma K.
Have your mind shaken and your feet moving to some of the best rave music from Japan and The United Kingdom. Tumma K. with his 10 years of experience behind the decks will be your pilot as his music turns the ballroom into a downtown Tokyo rave. Enjoy some of the top Tech Dance that only the undergrounds of Japan can offer and the strongest hitting Hard Trance proudly produced from The United Kingdom.
Let's Play: Havoc and Hijinks
You and your friends are young dragons who have just been kicked out of the nest. You are competing with your friends to amass a respectable dragon’s hoard. You can go out and look for new treasure or steal your friend’s.
Silent Auction Art Pickup
Fursuit Ear Tagging
Please come and get your fursuit tag!
Registration Open
Charity Auction Silent Bidding
Artists' Alley Open
Dealer's Den & Con Store Open
Raffle Draw
Dark Dungeons
One of Jack Chick's nightmares come to life on the big screen! Debbie and Marcie go to college and get involved in the evil of table-top role-playing games. Witchcraft and death ensue. Can Debbie's secret stalker save her soul?
Let's Play: Apples to Apples Round 3
This popular and hilarious party game has two decks of cards. A Things deck and a Descriptions deck. A judge picks something from the descriptions deck and everyone chooses the best thing they have for it. The judge picks a winner and the winner scores a point.
Let's Play: Guillotine
During the French Revolution no one was safe from the guillotine. In this game you are trying to get the least popular nobles’ heads. After three days whoever has the best collection wins.
Fursuit Games Sign-in
Fursuit Games
Let's Play: Small World
Players vie for control and conquest in a world that is much too small for all of you. Choose between races and powers, each giving you unique ways to conquer more land, and score more points. All empires do fall, though, and you must know when to put your current empire into decline and start conquest again with a new, fresh race.
Let's Play: Settlers of Catan
You each want to be the dominant force on a small island called Catan. Each turn the island produces a random resource for the players to use or trade. The goal is to build roads, settlements, and cities to get 10 victory points, and win the game.
Stardust
Based on a Neil Gaiman novel. Do you need to know more? A romantic fantasy adventure with witches, stars falling as people, pirates in a flying ship... It's a delightful movie.
Art Show Auction
Let's Play: Yggdrasil
You each play an old Norse god. Ancient enemies are joining forces at the gates of Asgard to take control of Asgard, destroy the World Tree, and announce the coming of Ragnarok. You must prevent the forces of evil from overwhelming the city walls, inner walls, and none must enter Odin’s throne room.
Zootopian Monster Quest
Imagine shows like Mountain Monsters, Monster Quest and Supernatural taking place in the same era and possibility of Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow,3 Musketeers, Count of Monte Christo and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies as they might have been imagined and seen in the world of Zootopia. Set in the non-existent city of Tempest, New Jersey players will take on the roles of gentleman adventurers gathered by a mysterious patron who calls himself, the Scarecrow, to investigate mysterious happening in and around the resort town that includes disappearances and strange lights at odd hours of the night. What is going on and can it be stopped? The PCs will find out one way or another.
Furry Nation: Writing the Book on Furry Fandom
Tired of people getting us all wrong? Joe Strike was, which is why he sat down several years ago to write “Furry Nation: A Very Human Story,” the inside story of the fandom. Apart from being a “greymuzzle” who discovered the fandom in 1988 not long after its birth, Joe is a published author and animation journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Daily News and the animation industry website Animation World Network (awn.com). Joe will discuss his decision to write the book, his search for an agent with access to publishers, and the challenge of actually writing the damn thing! “Furry Nation: A Very Human Story” will be published by Cleis Press in late 2017, but it’s not too late to share your story of what turned you furry and how you discovered the fandom!
Let's Play: Fluxx
Draw one, play one. Simple right? The rest of the rules of the game are determined by the cards played by the players, including the win condition.
Charity Voice Auction
Auction Pick-Up
Charity Auction Pick up for items bought
Closing Ceremonies
Scritch and B%$#@
Join the Con Chair and Con Directors for a panel where YOU have the say in the con. Voice your compliments and complaints so that we can make a better con for you.
Furpoc Pizza Extravaganza
Join the staff and your fellow attendees for the annual Furpoc pizza party. There will be music and fun
Labyrinth
The classic movie of a girl who asks the Goblin King to whisk her brother away, and then journies through a world of muppets to get him back.