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The next Continuum will be Friday 20th July to Monday 23rd July 2012.

John Foster Hall, Leicester University Halls of Residence, Oadby, Leicester, UK.

The date refers to the 2012 Mayan apocalypse prophecy that foretells the end of the world.

The main theme of the convention will be Apocalypse, End of the World/Galaxy/Universe/Multiverse, Judgment Day, Ragnarök, Götterdämmerung, Qiyamah, End of Days, Armageddon, etc.

Some people were worried that this may be the last Continuum due to the tagline 'The Year It All Ends'.

However Continuum 2014 is penciled for 25/07/2014 – 28/07/2014 or 01/08/2014 – 04/08/2014. :D

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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There is a poll on the Yahoo! Group Continuum 2012 site here.

Continuum will be twenty years old in 2012 and one of the things we are thinking about is making Continuum an annual convention. The next Continuum is in 2012 so it is possible to have another in 2013 and then every year after that.

It does mean a major commitment by the committee to go annually with a massive increase in work load so we want to know if you, the Continuum membership would want to attend every year or make it just a special event that happens every two years?

  • Yes, I would love Continuum to be on every year.

    No, I prefer Continuum to be every two years.

    I am not bothered either way.

    I would only attend if Continuum was on every year.

To join the Yahoo! Group:

Continuum2012-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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The next Continuum will be Friday 20th July to Monday 23rd July 2012.

John Foster Hall, Leicester University Halls of Residence, Oadby, Leicester, UK.

Registration opens on Monday 13th June 2011.

More details will follow as this website will be updated by then.

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Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Find below a link to the Continuum 2012 Progress Report One that details what we have already in place for the convention.

Feel free to share the link with friends or post on the internet.

Continuum 2012 Progress Report One

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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We are proud to announce the Guests of Honour that will be joining us at Continuum 2012 We feel have one of the strongest line-ups of Guests of Honour for our 20th year anniversary Continuum in 2012 covering a wide range of games and settings.

http://www.continuum.uk.net/

So with no further ado we shall introduce them in reverse alphabetical order:

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Guest Of Honour - Lawrence Whitaker

Lawrence is one-half of The Design Mechanism, the company formed with Pete Nash to produce and publish the next edition of RuneQuest. In former incarnations he has freelanced for Chaosium and worked as a staff writer for Mongoose Publishing. The more observant among you might also remember him from previous Continuums and Convulsions.

Loz is delighted to be helping the Leicester Convention move into its twentieth anniversary and intends celebrating the journey with games, seminars and a fair amount of socialising.

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Guest Of Honour – Jeff Richard

Jeff Richard is the editor-in-chief for Moon Design Publications and one of the lead writers. He's the co-author (with Greg Stafford) of a half-dozen Gloranthan publications including Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes and the Sartar Companion.

Jeff is rumoured to reside in fortified bunker somewhere deep in Berlin.

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Guest Of Honour - Sandy Petersen

Sandy Petersen, while working for the RPG company Chaosium, designed and developed the award-winning Call of Cthulhu game. Sandy also co-authored many RuneQuest supplements; most notably the critically acclaimed Trollpak and a number of other fine Glorantha supplements.

Sandy also worked for Microprose, where he is credited for work between 1989 and 1992 on the games Darklands, Hyperspeed, Lightspeed, Sid Meier's Pirates! and Sword of the Samurai.

Sandy joined id Software about 10 weeks before the December 1993 release of DOOM and in that time created 19 levels for it. He later created 17 of the levels for DOOM II, and 7 levels for Quake. His Lovecraftian influences also affected some of the monster design for these games.

In June 1997 Sandy joined Ensemble Studios. There, he has worked as a game designer on several of their Age of Empires titles, including Rise of Rome, Age of Kings, Age of Mythology, and The Conquerors.

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Guest Of Honour - Pete Nash

Despite a hat that suggests a certain level of impudent stupidity, Pete is the other half of The Design Mechanism. Formerly a staff writer with Mongoose Publishing, Pete is the ENNIE award winning author of 'Rome: Life and Death of the Republic' and a lifelong practitioner of armed combat. A Continuum and Convulsion veteran, Pete is intending to help make Continuum 2012 memorable by promoting RuneQuest's sixth edition, running demonstration games and participating in all manner of informative and riveting seminars. Good single malt whiskey may also play a part.

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Guest Of Honour – Rick Meints

President of Moon Design Publications, Gloranthan archivist, collector, Guinness fan, and the Eternal Auctioneer , Rick is a lifelong friend of both Convulsion and Continuum, and simply a great personality to have at any convention. Rick's tireless devotion to Glorantha has injected a new energy and drive into HeroQuest, and we know that Rick's champing at the bit to reveal his Master Plan and, at the same time, unveil the latest HQ releases.

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Guest Of Honour - Robin Laws

Robin Laws has been designing games for a living since 1993.

His notable credits include the hit RPG Feng Shui, Rune, Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering, Dungeon Master's Guide II for D&D, Stunning Eldritch Tales for Trail of Cthulhu, Glorantha: The Second Age for Mongoose's RuneQuest, and The Esoterrorists for the GUMshoe System.

Robin is the author of over a dozen role-playing sourcebooks and adventures, and a contributor to many more. His publishers include Wizards of the Coast, FASA, Atlas, Pelgrane, Pinnacle, Mayfair, Issaries, Mongoose Publishing, and Steve Jackson Games.

Robin lives in beautiful Toronto with his lovely wife Valerie.

In his secret identity, he indulges his interest in cinema and continues to accumulate an alarming number of CDs.

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Guest Of Honour - Mark Galeotti

Historian, scholar, game designer and tea-drinker, Mark is a true Renaissance Man, which is singularly appropriate given what he'll be bringing to Continuum 2012. A long-time friend of Continuum, Professor Galeotti is delighted to be able to make it back from New York to his native soil (and even more delighted to be able to get the hell out before the Olympics).

He's been the Acquisitions Editor for Issaries, written and edited a range of HeroQuest books, produced Mythic Russia and is now working on 1510, a Wordplay rpg set in an alternative Renaissance Italy, where Leonardo da Vinci's clock-punk technology battles with Vatican Inquisitors, Venetian spies, French armies and Florentine traitors.

Mark will be running The Art of War for us, an epic new freeform in this Renaissance setting and bringing more historical fantasy to Continuum.

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Guest Of Honour - Angus Abranson

Angus Abranson is the Founder and a Director of games publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment who are one of the most prolific publishers around today. Publishing a mix of their own games, licenses and games on behalf of a host of partner companies Cubicle 7 are perhaps best known for their Middle Earth RPG "The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild" and their "Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space" RPG based on the cult BBC TV series.

Cubicle 7 also publish a range of Call of Cthulhu books in their "Cthulhu Britannica" and "World War Cthulhu" lines as well as their BRP/Mythos "The Laundry" based upon the novels of Charles Stross.

Working with over 30 partner companies, as well as a number of licenses, Angus is in charge of their New Business and Partner Development, as well as their Board and Card Game side.

Angus worked at legendary games shop `Leisure Games' for over 20 years, helped launch Valkyrie magazine in 1994 as well as having worked with a number of other RPG magazines and is also runs the Dragonmeet games convention in London and the Gameforce Network.

He currently lives in Wiltshire near ancient stone circles and works in Oxford near ancient seats of learning.

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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We have an additional Guest of Honour to announce!

It is with great pleasure that we introduce Neil Gow.

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Guest Of Honour - Neil Gow

Neil is the man behind Omnihedron Games and their award-winning Napoleonic games, Duty & Honour and Beat to Quarters. A vocal member of the UK's independent games publishing community, Neil has also worked as an international community manager and organised play coordinator for Precedence Publishing and Comic Images in the ccg world. This will be Neil's first time at Continuum so be gentle with him!

Neil spends his non-gaming time as a college business lecturer and lives on Tyneside with his long-suffering wife, his relentlessly geeky daughters, a cat that thinks it's a dog and a hamster that thinks it's a ninja...

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Just to let you know that the Early Bird offer of £140.00 for the whole weekend ends in 21 days on the 31st of December 2011.

So head over to http://www.continuum.uk.net and sign up while it lasts!

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Just to let you know that the Early Bird offer of £140.00 for the whole weekend ends on 31st of December 2011.

So head over to http://www.continuum.uk.net and sign up while it lasts!

To register by post

You can register your place at Continuum by simply filling out the Continuum 2012 Booking Form and sending it to:

Continuum

53 Stepping Lane

Derby

DE1 1GL

Please make all cheques payable to "Continuum".

Note: We do love cheques!

Continuum 2012 Booking Form

To register by PayPal

You can send us your registration/room payments via PayPal. To do this, simply go to your PayPal account and send the correct amount of money to:

"payment@continuum.uk.net"

Please ensure you include the following details with your PayPal order: Your name, address, and phone number.

Please then fill in the Continuum 2012 Booking Form, marking that you have paid via Paypal and send it to:

darransims@googlemail.com

Alternatively you can use the Paypal button on the Continuum 2012 website linked below, just select which option you are going for, either a 3 night stay, 2 night stay, a single night stay, a weekend pass, or a day pass.

Continuum 2012 Registration Page

Please note if you are a little late getting the payment in due the Christmas post or waiting for the website updates that shouldn't be an issue. :)

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Continuum 2012. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 20th - Monday 23rd July 2012.

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The Early Bird offer has ended with great success as 101 members took advantage of the cheaper price. Out of that 101, 89 of those are staying for the weekend with 12 members attending on a Weekend Pass. We still have plenty of rooms available but the deadline for all bookings is Monday 2nd July 2012.

There are two types of membership to Continuum 2012; one is a Membership Fee is when you chose the accommodation on site at the venue and the other is a Weekend Pass without accommodation designed for locals or for people staying in alternative accommodation like local hotels, B&Bs or staying with friends.

Continuum Registration

This is in conjuction with the accommodation offered on site.

Continuum 2012 Registration (Standard): £30.00

Continuum Accommodation

There is only one type of room on offer All accommodation will be single occupancy bedrooms with en suite bathroom.

En-Suite Room (per night): £47.00

En-Suite Room (3 night discount): £120.00

Please note that there are no twin rooms or double rooms available at Continuum 2012.

Weekend Pass (Without Accommodation)

A Weekend Pass or Day Pass allows you entry to the convention from 09:30 in the morning until the ‘last dance’ after the main bar has closed. Entry on the Friday is from 14:00 hence the lower price.

Continuum 2012 Weekend Pass (Standard): £35.00

Day Pass (Friday Only): £10.00

Day Pass (Saturday or Sunday): £15.00

Register Via Post

You can register your place at Continuum by simply filling out the Continuum 2012 Booking Form and sending it to:

Continuum

53 Stepping Lane

Derby

DE1 1GL

Please make all cheques payable to “Continuum”.

Register Via PayPal

You can send us your registration/room payments via PayPal. To do this, simply go to your PayPal account and send the correct amount of money (using the guidelines stated above) to:

“payment@continuum.uk.net”

Please ensure you include the following details with your PayPal order: Your name, address, and phone number.

Please then fill in the Continuum 2012 Booking Form, marking that you have paid via Paypal and send it to:

darransims@googlemail.com

Alternatively you can use the Paypal button on the Continuum 2012 below, just select which option you are going for, either a 3 night stay, 2 night stay, a single night stay, a weekend pass, or a day pass.

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Breakdown of Prices

Registration Type Standard

En-Suite Single Room 3 nights + Registration = £150.00

En-Suite Single Room 2 nights + Registration = £124.00

En-Suite Single Room 1 night + Registration = £77.00

Without Accommodation

Weekend Pass (No Accommodation) = £35.00

Friday Day Pass (No Accommodation) = £10.00

Saturday Day Pass (No Accommodation) = £15.00

Sunday Day Pass (No Accommodation) = £15.00

Deadline for all bookings is Monday 2nd July 2012.

See you all there!

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Third, and thus fully open, sign-up's are now active on the Continuum 2012 Freeform Website

From that point on you can sign up for as many games as you think you can manage.

IMPORTANT!! Please note: You will NOT be able to sign up for a freeform game if you haven't paid to attend Continuum 2012.

Once you have paid for Continuum, register on the Continuum 2012 Freeform Website.

Please note: Continuum will not be charging any of the players for playing in a freeform game; all freeform games will have free entry*.

*Some GMs may charge a fee to cover some of their out-of-pocket costs.

For the Game 'The Art of War' there will be a fee of £5 per player to cover costs of props as refreshments.

List of Freeform Games at Continuum 2012.

Best of The Wurst

The Pelorian Song Contest

Collision Imminent!!!!!!!!!!!

Diamond Geezers

Flimsey Turrets

The Linfarn Run

Last Night on the Titanic

The Koenig Dead

Night Train

The Art of War (or, Renaissance and Sensibility)

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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The server that hosted the Continuum 2012 website was hit by malware 7th May 2012, causing the website to be shut down.

The content has been backed up but those backup files have now infected too.

We are not sure when the website will be back up and running but we have created these temporary pages as a place-holder.

http://www.continuum.uk.net/

We will be adding more content soon to keep you informed.

More news will follow after Eternal Con.

Please email darransims@googlemail.com if you have any enquiries.

Edited by Darran

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Continuum 2012. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 20th - Monday 23rd July 2012.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

Just a reminder that Continuum 2012 registrations close on Monday 2nd July 2012.

If you wish to attend please get your registrations in by then as we have to have all room allocations done for the University by the 4th July.

Please visit the Continuum 2012 Registration page for more details on how to register.

If you are just after a Weekend Pass (£35.00) or a Day Pass (£15.00 Sat or Sun, £10.00 Fri) without accommodation then you can still register up until Monday 16th July 2012.

Please note that we have limited passes available and they will be issued on a first come first served basis.

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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Today, Monday 2nd July 2012, is the last day we can accept registrations (with accommodation) for Continuum 2012.

Continuum 2012. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 20th - Monday 23rd July 2012.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

If you wish to attend please get your registrations in today as we have to have all room allocations done for the University by the 4th July.

Please visit the Continuum 2012 Registration page for more details on how to register.

If you are just after a Weekend Pass (£35.00) or a Day Pass (£15.00 Sat or Sun, £10.00 Fri) without accommodation then you can still register up until Monday 16th July 2012.

Please note that we have limited passes available and they will be issued on a first come first served basis

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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These are the timings of the convention, based on the last few conventions.

All game slots start at the same time each day and have an hour gap at lunch and a two hour gap at dinner.

Programme Whole Weekend

Programme Friday

Programme Saturday

Programme Sunday

Game slots are as follows:

Game Slot 1 = 14:00 – 18:00

Game Slot 2 = 20:00 – till late

Game Slot 3 = 10:00 – 13:00

Game Slot 4 = 14:00 – 18:00

Game Slot 5 = 20:00 – till late

Game Slot 6 = 10:00 – 13:00

Game Slot 7 = 14:00 – 18:00

Game Slot 8 = 20:00 – till late

Food Times

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast for all attendees.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch for all attendees [cash sales].

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner for attendees [cash sales]

11:00 – 01:00 Bar Times [Friday bar opens at 14:00]

Trade Hall Times

Friday 14:00 – 18:00. 19:00 – 20:30-ish.

Saturday 09:30 – 18:00

Sunday 09:30 – 16:00.

Friday

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast for organisers and Guests of Honour.

10:00 – 13:00 Set up of rooms ready for convention.

10:00 – 13:00 Traders set up stalls.

13:00 – Registration opens and the attendees check in.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch for all attendees [cash sales].

14:00 – 18:00 Game Slot 1

14:00 – Bar opens.

18:00 – 19:00 Opening Ceremony in Main Hall.

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner for attendees [cash sales]

19:00 Committee/GoH meal.

20:00 – till late Game Slot 2

01:00 – Bar closes

Saturday

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast for all attendees.

08:00 – 09:30 Traders set up stalls.

10:00 – 13:00 Game Slot 3

11:00 – Bar Opens

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch for all attendees [cash sales].

14:00 – 18:00 Game Slot 4

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner for attendees [cash sales]

19:00 Committee/GoH meal.

20:00 – till late Game Slot 5

01:00 – Bar closes

Sunday

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast for all attendees.

10:00 – 13:00 Game Slot 6

11:00 – Bar Opens

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch for all attendees Roast Dinner [cash sales].

14:00 – 18:00 Game Slot 7

18:00 – Auction in Main Hall. 1 hour only.

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner for attendees [cash sales]

19:00 Committee/GoH meal.

20:00 – till late Game Slot 8

23:00 – Closing Ceremony.

01:00 – Bar closes

Monday

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast for all attendees.

All attendees check out and depart.

Cheers, Darran

Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK.

Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014.

http://www.continuum.uk.net

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