Come demo a game of Purgatory, and try a new dice system in the Weird West genre. Presented by Broomstick Fighters Purgatory, the newly funded role playing game, is set in a Mythos based Weird West genre. We will be running demos and have demo copies of the core book for viewing. Come try a new dice […]
Moderated by Leanna Renee Hieber. Symposium Author-in-Residence Leanna Renee Hieber leads an engaging discussion with fellow writers about keeping the spark and love of the craft alive no matter the challenges in the industry or in one’s own process. Attendees welcome to ask questions and seek publishing advice. Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright […]
Investigate the weird of a frontier town in the savage world of Deadlands. Games Master – Zach Icardi. It’s been along month chasing monsters through the Arizona desert, the rations are empty and water skins dry, it’s time to go home. Luckily you and the team stumble into a little frontier town. But things are […]
A brief history of the Spiritualist movement in America and its importance in women’s rights. Presented by Leanna Renee Hieber. Leanna Renee Hieber, Gothic novelist, actress and NYC Ghost Tour Guide leads a lively discussion about the spirit world’s eternal thrall; a brief history of the Spiritualist movement in America and its importance in the […]
The underwater boat came of age in the 19th Century. Presented by Zebulon Vitruvius Pike. The potential of undersea warships was always understood, but it was during the 19th Century that submersibles came of age. This is the development of submarine warfare and the pioneers that risked everything in the silent world. Zebulon Vitruvius Pike is a […]
The great airship flap of 1897. The work of a hoax or a genius? Presented by Zebulon Vitruvius Pike. On the dark and rainy night of November 17th, 1896, hundreds of witnesses reported a dirigible in the skies above Sacramento. Thus began a series of thousands of sightings over the next six months from the Pacific […]
The 19th Century was the golden age of pseudoscience. Or was it? Presented by Zebulon Vitruvius Pike. P.T.Barnum was the “Prince of Humbug” but he never once claimed that the lies he was presenting were anything other than pure entertainment. Plenty of other people, however, were not so reputable and the hoaxes they promulgated continue to […]
Robert Scott, the Pandora Society’s leading expert on Victorian Spirtualism, offered an extensive presentation on the subject during this year’s International Steampunk Symposium. The top highlights and most useful information for those interested in further research continue below. Books on the subject are few and far between, but after much research, the best books on […]