Intercon W is Less Than Two Weeks Away!
There’s less than two weeks until Intercon W, and we have a set of logistics items to share with you and a couple of exciting announcements.
Food at Intercon
We can not live on larps alone, so we’ve put together a resource for Food at Intercon. All weekend, hotel-run concessions will be available in Atrium, the hotel restaurant will be open, and the cafe will be available. In addition, several of the Intercon-run social events will have light catering, including the welcome party on Thursday, the Friday Night Pizza Party and, of course, the Sundae Social on Sunday. Friday and Saturday nights we’ll have a bartender available in conjunction with the parties/dances. Buying food and drink from the concessions and bartender helps Intercon meet our budget numbers!
Filling in Last-Minute Drops from Games
Have a free timeslot? Want to join a game that needs players due to last-minute drops? Check the Intercon website for games with open slots. Check the Intercon Discord #looking-for-w forum or check out the digital sign in the Con Suite (Atrium) which will show the most up-to-date information.
Are you on the waitlist for a game? Communicate with your GMs about what to do as the game approaches. Keep an eye on the Intercon website and your notifications from it. GMs may also try to contact you personally, especially if a player drops out of the game without updating the website.
Pre-con Covid Testing
We’ll be sending out our COVID test attestation form the week of Intercon. Filling out this form is required for all attendees in order to get your badge for the convention and we ask for your negative COVID test result, either PCR or at-home, within 48 hours before your arrival at the convention.
Quiet Room
Intercon W will have hotel room #146 available as a Quiet Room from Thursday 7PM until Monday 10AM. The purpose of a Quiet Room is to have a quiet space that is available to all con participants. Whether you need to relax, take a nap, or just have some self-care time, the space is available to you. Fidget toys, coloring books with pencils, earplugs, eye-masks, and hotel beds will be available in said space. You can see the hotel room number at Ops and on the Quiet Room Event on the Intercon W site.
Bag Check/Costuming Room
Not staying at the hotel and need a place to drop your bags or deal with costuming? Intercon has rented out the bridal suite on the 5th floor by the elevators for this exact purpose! The room will be clearly labeled, and bags can be left at your own risk.
A Note From the Safety Team
Hello beloved Intercon attendees! With W approaching fast, we on the Safety team wanted to take a moment to reach out to all of you.
We know the world is a complicated and overwhelming place for many of us right now. We encourage you to give yourselves and each other some grace; many people are struggling, and how one person is dealing may be completely different than how another is. In light of that, now is a good time to review the convention’s code of conduct and harassment policies. Harassment includes but is not limited to deliberate intimidation, bathroom policing, and prejudiced comments about race, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. Intercon does not tolerate harassment in any form or for any reason. To protect its members and make sure we're all safe to play our fantastic and complicated games together, those engaging in harassing behavior may face consequences up to and including expulsion from the convention.
The Safety Team at Intercon is here to support you, and to give you - all of you, and all of us - a way to handle difficult moments and interactions at Intercon. If you feel something inappropriate has happened, whether to you or to someone in an incident that you witnessed, you can report that to us. You can also just come talk to us if you aren't sure about whether something was acceptable or not! No conversation with a member of Safety will become an official report without your explicit consent. We're happy to just provide space to process and figure out what you need, whether that's water or a walk back to your room. Come talk to us; we're findable around the con. Safety staff have their role noted on their name badge, and a button with “Safety Staff” on it when they're on duty. We can also be reached by calling the phone number listed on the back of your badge, which is always attended to by at least one staff member.
We're looking forward to seeing and wandering with all of you in a few short weeks!
Intercon X: Xenial!
Xenial: (adj.) Disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity
We hope you’ll join us as we host Intercon X: Xenial, together. It will take place from February 26 through March 1, 2026! We have a website up at https://x.interconlarp.org and we’re already accepting larp proposals! If you want to join the team, reach out to the conchair, Kevin Gordon.
Intercon X will have access to a bunch of new larger spaces, so we’ll be able to host more, larger, larps at the same time!
Intercon X will be using a new signup system for larps! You can see details if you like at this document here.
We’ll also have a workshop at W to demo the system, and some online walkthroughs and Q&As later in the year. You can send questions and feedback about this and all things Intercon X to Kevin Gordon at conchair@x.interconlarp.org.
Thanks to everyone in the staff and community for the research, discussions and feedback that helped coalesce these ideas. And of course huge thanks to the intercode team for building and maintaining such an amazing platform, with cool new features for cons to use!
A Larp Festival
Our friends at GBLS and A Larp Festival want to announce that A Larp Festival is back! Come to a one day larp convention in Cambridge on May 17th brought to you by the Greater Boston Larp Society. Accepting game bids through March 1!
