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Preliminary Program Grid for Mike McPhail This is the Preliminary program schedule. Mike McPhail may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention.

Friday 5:00 pm: Is My Story Actually a Game? (Ends at: 5:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Dustin Patrick Blottenberger, Mike McPhail, Joan Wendland (M), Brigitte Winter The opportunities that interactive fiction provides are unique. Some stories, when told with prose, feel fundamentally different to a reader than when told with an even more interactive medium. From video games to choose-your-own-adventure fiction to tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons, interactive fiction lets you tell stories you can’t tell anywhere else, There’s a tradeoff: telling your story this way also closes some of those dungeon doors as well. So how do you know if your story is actually a game?

Friday 9:00 pm: Apocalypse Now (Ends at: 9:55 pm) Jackson Participants:Doc Coleman (M), Randee Dawn, Mike McPhail, Meridel Newton, David Walton It's the end of the world! What talents allow people to survive at the end? Based on the type of the ending, panelists discuss what skills will help. Disease, nuclear war, alien invasion, the implementation of a system world?

Saturday 11:00 am: Arming Your Characters (Ends at: 11:55 am) Eisenhower Participants:Mike McPhail, Leslye Penelope (M), Rosemary Claire Smith, Christopher Weuve The weapon needs to fit the situation. A ray gun is great until you have an energy shield. Part of worldbuilding is knowing the technology available and how they interact and offset. This information is then conveyed to readers. Panelists will delve into how to chose a weapon and why sometimes a lesser known weapon might be just the right choice.

Saturday 7:00 pm: Mass Signing and Awards Ceremony (Ends at: 8:55 pm) Atrium Participants:Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Sarah Avery, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Jennifer Brinn, Jack Campbell, Michael Capobianco, Neil Clarke, Doc Coleman, Randee Dawn, Matt Dinniman, Tom Doyle, Andy Duncan, Jim Freund, Paul Haggerty, Elektra Hammond, Bjorn Hasseler, Larry Hodges, Danian Jerry, Barbara Krasnoff, Bill Lawhorn (M), Mike McPhail, Meridel Newton, Joshua Benjamin Palmatier, Jennifer R. Povey, Alex Shvartsman, Ian Randal Strock, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jean Marie Ward, Joan Wendland The annual gathering of Capclave attendees with presentation of the Guest of Honor Gifts, the WSFA Small Press Award, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society's Amateur Writers Award.

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