Articles: Dragonlance, Sovereign Press, and GenCon...

by Sean Everette

We wanted to let everyone know what the GenCon plans are for Margaret Weis, Tracy and Laura Hickman, and Sovereign Press, so that all of you who are attending the convention can plan your schedules around what you want to participate in or see.

Here is the schedule for all things Weis, Hickman, Dragonlance, and Sovereign Stone:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th
7:00pm: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #1 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
2:00pm: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20th
8:00am: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #2 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
10:00am: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409
2:00pm: Hickman's How You Play the Game – Convention Center, White River Ballroom
2:00pm: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #1 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
2:00pm: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409
7:00pm: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #2 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
8:00pm: A Celebration Honoring 20 Years with the Mistress of Dragons, Margaret Weis – Marriot Ballroom, Section 9-10
9:00pm: GenCon EN World Awards – Crowne Plaza Hotel, Grand Hall

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21st
8:00am: Hickman's Killer Breakfast – Convention Center, White River Ballroom
10:00am: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409
2:00pm: Hickman's World of the Bronze Canticles – Marriot Ballroom, Section 5
2:00pm: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #1 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
2:00pm: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409
7:00pm: Legends of the Sovereign Stone Adventure #2 – Sign up through GenCon event registration
7:00pm: Dragonlance Road Show (with a special guest appearance by the Crossed Swords) – Marriot Ballroom, Section 9-10

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22nd
10:00am: Dragonlance Demo – Sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409

The Dragonlance demo is "The Lyceum," an adventure written by Tracy Hickman and adapted to the revised d20 System rules by Cam Banks. "The Lyceum" is set just after the War of the Lance, and allows the players to explore an abandoned center of knowledge where priests and wizards tried to combine the powers of the arcane and the divine. Those of you who want to play in this adventure will need to sign up at the Sovereign Press booth #409 prior to the scheduled time, and then come to the booth at the time of your game. Your DM will then take you to the game area.

Legends of the Sovereign Stone is a living-style campaign based upon the d20 campaign setting developed by Sovereign Press and the novels written by the New York Times Best-selling Authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Create your own player character and take him or her from adventure to adventure and explore the world of Loerem . . . and gain experience and abilities as the campaign progresses. Your actions (or inaction) can help shape the world of Loerem to a safe and beautiful place or allow evil to spoil such beauty and have it to reign supreme for all time. Only you can help determine what happens next! Sponsored by the Universe Construction Company.
To play Legends of the Sovereign Stone, you will need to register through GenCon's event registration.

Hickman's Killer Breakfast on Saturday morning is a GenCon tradition. This year the Killer Breakfast celebrates 20 years of Dragonlance and includes several musical numbers written by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Oh... it will also be filled with lots of characters killed in very amusing ways.

The Dragonlance Road Show returns after many years to bring back the original Dragonlance story. For the first time since GenCon 1984, the first story of the Heroes of the Lance will be presented by a cast that includes Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and Laura Hickman. The original performance in 1984 took place before Dragons of Autumn Twilight was published, making it one of the first Dragonlance stories ever told. Also, after the the Dragonlance performance, the Crossed Swords will be showing off their daring-do and skill with blades as they show what swordplay is all about. Join us in celebrating 20 years of Dragonlance with the Dragonlance Road Show and the Crossed Swords!

Come cheer on the Bestiary of Krynn and Sovereign Press at the GenCon EN World Awards on Friday night. The Bestiary has been nominated for three awards, Best Monster Supplement, Best Licensed Product, and Best Interior Art. The award voting is open now. You can go to to vote, and then show up at the award ceremony to root for us!

Margaret, Tracy, and Laura will all be available at the Sovereign Press booth #409 at various times throughout the convention to talk to fans and give autographs.

We hope to see many of you at GenCon. Make sure you stop by the Sovereign Press booth and say 'Hi!'.