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Tag Archives: Swancon 17
Swancon 17 – Westrek and JAFWA
The SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report has two unnumbered pages between pages 8 and 9. The first of these is a full page advert for the WA Star Trek Fan Club – Westrek (probably not going any more), while … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Fan clubs, Festival of the Imagination 1992, JAFWA, progress report, Swancon 17, Westrek
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Swancon 17 – November report – Dreamers in the Net (Part 2)
Pages 20-21 of this progress report have to do with one of the Cyberpunk RPGs being run at the convention – Dreamers in the Net. Page 21 contains the advert with the title Dreamers in the Net in very big … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberpunk, parsec, progress report, rpgs, SwanCon, Swancon 17
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Swancon 17 – July 1991 Progress Report – Dreamers in the Net (part I)
Being page 13 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 Progress Report. Part II will be posted in the near future. This page features a faux newspaper clipping about ‘The Urban Outback’ (which requires a bit of a content warning for … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberpunk, Festival of the Imagination 1992, gaming, parsec, Perth, progress book, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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SwanCon 17: July 1991 PR – PARSEC
Pages 12 through 15 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report are a detailed presentation on ‘PARSEC – The Perth and Regional Simulation Entertainments Convention’. This post attempts to transcribe the text, and summarise the visual elements, which might … Continue reading
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Tagged Festival of the Imagination 1992, gaming, parsec, Perth, progress report, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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The Festival of the Imagination Progress Report January 1992 p15
I think this is the last page of this progress report that needs transcribing, so I’m going to do at least part of it so we can cross it off. Page 15 is an ad for a thing called ORION. … Continue reading
SwanCon 17: Progress Report July 1991, p19
page 19 of the Swancon 17 July 1991 progress report has two text sections, being ‘Education Seminar: Science Fiction in Education’ and ‘The Short Story Competition’. As ever, all typos faithfully reproduced, including the completely bewildering dating system in use for the … Continue reading
SwanCon 17 – Valhalla & M A R S
The SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report has two unnumbered pages between pages 12 and 13. The first of these is a full page advert for Doug Thorp’s Valhalla Games and Hobbies, while the second is a full page advert … Continue reading
SwanCon 17: July 1991 PR p9
page 9 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report has two text sections, being ‘General Features’ and ‘Hotel Video System’. The white space left over is filled with a drawing of the eponymous character of My Neighbour Totoro. It … Continue reading
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Swancon 17 January 1992 PR page 15
This page features “Masquerades and Banquets”, “Things to Bring”, “Eats” and “Volunteers Wanted!”. Let’s see how far we get… Masquerades and Banquets The Masquerade this year will be, as we’ve said in previous PRs, somewhat different from previous … Continue reading
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Swancon seventeen – November report – The Mediaeval Faire
OK, that’s not how I spell “medieval“, but it’s how they spelled it, so that’s what I’m going with. This is the bottom half of page 8 of the November 1991 PR for “swancon seventeen”, as it is styled on … Continue reading
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Tagged Festival of the Imagination 1992, Medieval, Perth, SCA, SwanCon, Swancon 17
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