JoCo Cruise 2018/Schedule

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Complete event schedule for JoCo Cruise 2018, as archived from the official Sched site. Times are the ship's clock. Clock changes are noted under the day they take effect.

Day 1: Sunday, February 18

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
8:00 AM 7:00 AM Theme: Welcome, New Monkeys! Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam We'll be holding events specifically designed to make our first-time Sea Monkeys feel welcome and to help them ease into the swing of things. Make a particular effort on this day to seek out new Monkeys and help show them what a great decision they've made by joining us!
11:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
1:00 PM 2:30 PM SeaMonkey Speed Meeting SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Back by popular demand!: Join us for a facilitated and casually structured event where you will get to meet all sorts of people! In each 15-minute round you will have the opportunity to meet 3 new strangers and find out all about them. Nametags and prompt cards will be provided. Open to new AND experienced SeaMonkeys, so long as they’re ready to meet new people!
1:30 PM 3:00 PM Orientation The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin A basic walkthrough of the main logistics of JoCo Cruise. We'll begin and end with a ~10 min. overview, and take your questions inbetween. Show up when you can, leave when you wish. Recommended for new Sea Monkeys, but open to everyone.
3:15 PM 3:30 PM Safety (Lifeboat) Drill Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam This drill is mandatory for all passengers.
3:30 PM 3:45 PM Helper Monkey Orientation Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Helpers Assemble! Report to the Queens Lounge immediately after the safety drill to say hello, get some swag, and have a brief meeting.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM "Bye, Real World!" Cocktail Reception PARTY Lido Deck, Deck 9 Come to the Oosterdam's upper decks as we wave goodbye to Real Life for the week. Free champagne and mimosas!
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Sail Away Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Dinner (Red Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Main Concert (Gold Team) - Opening Night Funaround with Jonathan, Paul & Storm and "Friends" MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jim Boggia, Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Jean Grae, Mollylele, Paul Sabourin Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm kick things off with an informal, freewheeling concert, sitting in on each other's songs, and bringing out some pals (including Molly Lewis, Jim Boggia and Jean Grae).
6:00 PM 8:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Dinner (Gold Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Main Concert (Red Team) - Opening Night Funaround with Jonathan, Paul & Storm and "Friends" MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jim Boggia, Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Jean Grae, Mollylele, Paul Sabourin Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm kick things off with an informal, freewheeling concert, sitting in on each other's songs, and bringing out some pals (including Molly Lewis, Jim Boggia and Jean Grae).
9:30 PM 10:00 PM Mocktail Party SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Want fancy drinks without the alcohol? Let's team up and figure out what the ship has to offer us.
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Billboard Onboard Happy Hour Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Late Night Snickety Snacks Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Free hot appetizers, snacks, and "Later Taters" in the Billboard Onboard bar! (After 11:30pm, grab-and-go sandwiches will be available.)
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Movie: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
9:45 PM 10:45 PM New Monkey Karaoke Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Get your sing on in the Queen's Lounge with this JoCo Cruise tradition. For this intro session, everyone may (and should) attend, but only first-time Sea Monkeys may perform. Come cheer on our New Monkeys!
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Action Cats: The Game Show! READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Amy Berg, Bonnie Burton, Mollylele, Travis McElroy Do you like pictures of cats? How about making up nonsense stories? Action Cats is a party game that marries those very things, and the results are often hilarious and always adorable. Join ukulelist and podcaster Molly Lewis and a panel of quick-witted superfriends in this game show adaptation of Action Cats, the latest game from Twogether Studios.
10:00 PM 11:15 PM Bar Crawl Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Four drinks, four bars (Crow's Nest Bar, Lido Pool  Bar, Seaview Pool Bar and Billboard Onboard), lots of people making friends. Hop, hop, hop, hop! Sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. (This event is run by the ship's staff; Cost is $22, plus bar service charges; it will be charged to your onboard account)
11:00 PM 1:00 AM New Monkey Dance Party w/Riz Rollins PARTY Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Riz Rollins Riz spins tunes for everyone, but we especially encourage our first-time Sea Monkeys to come and let your metaphorical (and/or actual) hair down and dance the night away!

Day 2: Monday, February 19

Ship's clocks go forward an hour overnight: 2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM (Pacific to Mountain Time).

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
1:00 AM 1:30 AM Middle-of-the-Night MacGuffin SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Up late? Sleevs the Shrug Master invites you to meet fellow night owls & see who can Get the MacGuffin.
7:00 AM 7:00 AM Theme: Space! Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam It's like the ocean, but drier and somewhat larger. Cosplay as your favorite alien/space pirate/astronaut/astronomer/etc.; take some time to stargaze tonight; and generally Get Excited About Space!
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Board Room, Deck 2, Aft Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Hats with ears WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Come make your very own fleece hat with cat or fox ears. This is a very special project because we hope with your help to get lots of warm hats to Ophelia House in Ohio, our local women's shelter. Come to the class and make one for yourself and one for sharing. Can't make the class? That's ok. Patterns and instructions will be available in the crafting room.
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Taking Photography Beyond Point & Shoot SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Anybody can take a great photo on occasion. But with a little knowledge about your camera and how it does what it does, you can take control and make better, more interesting pictures. We'll talk about what all those camera settings do and why and when we might use them.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 11:00 AM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Learn to play Asking for Trobils (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Asking for Trobils is a 2-7 player wacky sci-fi worker placement game, where you play a trobil hunter, ridding the galaxy of space vermin. Upgrade your ship, bump into others or fly through the wormhole to copy yourself. Collect space carrots, crystals and build mega traps to save planet Paradise from all its Trobils!
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Sip & Stitch SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Come join other knitters, crocheters, string crafters (or other kinds, too!) as we gather to chat while keeping our hands busy. Intended primarily as social crafting time, but we tend to be a helpful bunch so I'm sure we can offer some basic instruction and/or troubleshooting. Come for any or all of the time. We'll likely try to repeat the gathering on other days (informally or otherwise).
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Live Action Role-playing Chess SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship A variation on chess, where the players are the pieces, and assume the roles of royalty, warriors, priests, thieves, and wizards in a battle for points based on creativity of play. Previously hosted at GenCon.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Beginning Swing Dance Lesson and Dance Party! SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Hour 1: Learn the basics of swing dancing! No experience or partner required. Hour 2: Swing Dance Party! Dance to nerdy swing/jazz music and practice the skills you just learned, or show off the moves you already know!
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Filk Song Circle SHADOW CRUISE Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Bring instruments and songs; we'll go around the room and sing/play/listen together. All instruments and music genres welcome; no prior experience necessary.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Games Perfect For Two GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Looking for the perfect game to play with a friend or partner? Come and peruse our smorgasbord of two-player games. The Cardboard Concierge team will assist as you learn a wide assortment of games that are perfect for two.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Learn to Play Magic The Gathering GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Here's a chance to learn to play; all materials provided.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Play Republic of Rome SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Popular board game Republic of Rome. Its a long game (most of the day) for 6 Players
10:00 AM 12:00 PM The Rules of Comics Writing and How to Break Them Q&A / PANEL Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction Comic book writers Matt Fraction (SEX CRIMINALS, HAWKEYE) and Kelly Sue DeConnick (BITCH PLANET, CAPTAIN MARVEL) walk you through the basics of their form and its unique challenges.
10:00 AM 2:00 PM The Hero Instant (mini-campaign) SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft The Hero Instant is a indie super-hero Role-playing game in an extended beta-test period. It's easy to learn, quick to create characters, and includes a novel initiative system. I'd like to get a group of people together to to run a short (3-session) campaign during JoCo this year. In the first session, we'll create characters, and run through the 1st 'act' of the adventure. In later sessions, new players are encouraged to drop by and see if there is room at the table. We'll catch you up quickly!
10:30 AM 11:30 AM Modes of Storytelling Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Amy Berg, Open Mike Eagle, John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton There's more than one way to tell a story, and how a story is told is as much about its medium as its message. In this wide-ranging discussion, creators from several disciplines get together to get into the nuts and bolts of story telling, and to share what's different—and the same—across media.
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Boardgames: Show me the money! SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Following the success of last year's Business of Boardgaming panel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VENpnDyZ_bM), we'll talk to people in the industry about money: What costs go into a boardgame? How are prices determined? Who makes what profit (when there is any)?
11:00 AM 12:00 PM American Sign Language Meet Up SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Do you know American Sign Language and want a place to practice your skills with other signers? Come join us for a Silent Meetup- voices off please! All are welcome, but we are not sign languages teachers, and we will not be teaching people how to sign.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
11:00 AM 1:00 PM Playing with Clay WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Back by popular demand! Come and make a decorative magnet, mini sculpture or just enjoy playing with clay. Participants are limited to 1 (one) item per person per class due to the time it takes to bake all of your creations in our tiny toaster oven.
11:15 AM 12:15 PM Fun Social Theatresports SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft An hour of improvised fun doing Theatresports-style games. Come along as an improviser, a judge, a musician, or as an audience member.
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Game Prototype Parade GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Game designers will display their game prototype and give you a quick pitch. Players can sign up to playtest the games later on the cruise.
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Shmanners LIVE PODCAST The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Travis McElroy, Teresa McElroy Every week on MaximumFun.org, husband host and wife host Travis and Teresa McElroy walk you through the history of manners and their modern day application! Now they are taking the show on the road (ocean?) to bring you a very special episode! Wha makes it so special? Well, YOU are going to be there! What's more special than that? Also, they will be discussing a wonderfully/horribly appropriate topic: The Etiquette of The Titanic! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
11:45 AM 12:45 PM Steel Don't Float: All About Ships SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Returning from 2017, two Naval Architects lead a discussion and Q&A on the inner workings of hull/structural design, installed systems, and daily operation of ships (like ours!). In addition to answering your questions, we will venture into the uncharted waters of 'what-if' questions about unconventional ship designs and discuss some major boating incidents and mistakes.
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Learn to play Sparkle Kitty (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Nobody puts princess in a tower! Sparkle*Kitty is an adorably fun, social, and magical spell card game for all ages, sizes and genders. Once upon a time, a group of powerful princesses were captured and locked away in Cursed "No Cursing" towers by the evil queen Sparkle*Kitty! All their words and magic spells vanished and became sugar & spice... almost everything nice. Luckily these are no ordinary princesses and you are no ordinary player! Take matters into your own hands and harness the simple and sweet words into special spell combinations to set yourself free! The first to escape, wins!
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Indonesian Rijsttaffel Specialty Lunch Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft The Oosterdam's culinary staff are preparing this Indonesian specialty meal (from a Dutch word literaly translated as "rice table") as a one-time-only event for our passengers. Seating is limited, so sign up early if you are interested.This specialty lucheon costs $10, and you can sign up by calling 88 from any phone.
12:00 PM 2:00 PM Worldbuilding: Macro to Micro WORKSHOP Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship N. K. Jemisin How do you create and populate a cohesive, complex secondary (i.e. not-Earth) world? Join N. K. Jemisin for an intensive session during which attendees will perform a shared-world creation exercise! Bring paper and pen/pencil to make the most of this event!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Belly Dance Jam SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Get in your comfy workout/dance clothes and come belly dance with Teri (ATS® certified instructor). Dance as much as you want and rest when you like. Every body is welcome, just come with an open mind and ready to have fun. (This is a dance jam, not a class - although there will be a few instructions to get us started - and we WILL be dancing to nerdy/geeky music favorites.)
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Comic Swap! SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Got a comic you love & more people need to read? Just like the penny jar: bring a comic, take a comic! Comic, TPB, 'zine...bring something to the reading pile, Leave with something new & shiny!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Since November 9th, 2016 everyday people are fired up and looking for ways to be the change they want to see. Two challenges: 1. Focusing only on national politics ignores how it ladders up from grassroots advocacy and local politics. 2. Our national situation didn't happen overnight...it won't be fixed in 2018. The chance of burnout is high. How can you manage your activism and expectations to make change for the long haul? How can you leverage technology and game strategy to triage, personalize, activate, and track your corner of the resistance?
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Seamonkey Slimdown Meetup SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Seamonkeys that have had, are in the process of having, or are considering weight loss surgery. Meet up with other seamonkeys and get some tips on how and where to eat on a cruise to meet your protein needs and avoiding dumping syndrome while on vacation.
12:30 PM 1:30 PM The Dork Forest LIVE PODCAST The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Open Mike Eagle, The Dork Forest, Jackie Kashian Dork on Dork Dialog with Jackie Kashian. I am interested in whatever dorky thing you want to talk about. Guests speak to their love of books, TV, Movies, Comic books, websites, food, wrestling, cars, action figures and bees. There is room for all in The Dork Forest. This is a safe space. No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
12:30 PM 2:30 PM Hardly Strictly Sea Chanteys and Irish Music Session SHADOW CRUISE Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Get together with like-minded musicians to sing sea chanteys and other folk music, and jam on Irish tunes! We will have sheet music available.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Get the MacGuffin SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Come play the newest card game from Looney Labs (Fluxx, Pyramid Arcade, Zendo) – not yet for sale, but we snagged a few preview copies. 2-11 players, ~2-11 minutes, all ages, easy to learn, superaddictively fun!
1:00 PM 2:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Locksport - Lock picking for New Monkeys! SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship This session will be aimed at New Monkeys, based on an honor system. Please allow first-time cruisers to have access to the event. Have you ever been interested in how locks work? Do you want to learn a cool hobby that will impress your friends? If so, then Locksport is for you! See FB for details. Limited Places!
1:00 PM 2:30 PM Crafting Free-for-all/Meetup with Bonnie Burton WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Bonnie Burton Chat with craft book author Bonnie Burton about all things glitter and googly eyes!
1:00 PM 3:00 PM Party Game Mixer GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Mix it up and meet new people while playing some fun party games. We’ll randomize all participants into sub groups and teach them party games.
1:00 PM 3:30 PM Movie: "Wonder Woman" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
1:15 PM 2:15 PM Insiders View: Investing, Wall Street & the 1%! SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward An insider’s view of the problems in the financial industry. What financial professionals talk about, but never disclose to the public. What to avoid and the best ways to invest. A unique perspective from someone who lead government economic studies, conducted financial crime investigations and worked as a stock broker/financial advisor for one of the largest financial institutions in the USA. Knowledge is the difference between being a millionaire or a burden to your family.
1:45 PM 2:45 PM Maker's Exchange SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship An in person event where previously-signed-up participants will exchange items they've created! These can be hand painted/sculpted/draw/crocheted/knitted/etc, or they can be design objects that have been printed through a secondary source such as glasses/t-shirts/pins/stickers/temp tattoos/etc. If you did not sign up previously, you're still welcome to come and see all the cool things other people have made. If by some chance you made cool things yourself that you'd like to exchange with others, that's cool too, bring them with you!
2:00 PM 2:30 PM Sassenach Support group SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Have an obsession with Outlander by Diana Galbaldon & you need some support from others like you, then this is your space to be. Simple group chat. Perhaps chat show first half then books.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Diceborn Heroes boardgame event SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Play an early access of the cooperative fantasy boardgame with the designer. Diceborn Heroes pits up to 4 players on an adventure in about 60mins.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Game Designers Salon OFFICE HOURS Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell, Andrew Hackard, Greg Spence, Elisa Teague Come meet and hang out with some of the fascinating folks who create and make amazing and popular tabletop games.
2:00 PM 4:00 PM Girl Genius: The Works preview w/James Ernest (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Come check out a preview of Cheapass Games' updated "Girl Genius: The Works" card game, based on Phil & Kaja Foglio's Hugo Award-winning "Girl Genius" webcomic. James will explain the rules, get a few games running, and talk about the design process.
2:30 PM 4:00 PM Women at Work Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward River Butcher, Cameron Esposito, Jean Grae, Jackie Kashian, Aimee Mann, Anita Sarkeesian Oh shit, things are boiling over. From #metoo to Time’s Up to living our daily lives, where are we failing, where are we succeeding & what do we do next? Moderated by Cameron Esposito. No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Android: Netrunner meet-up SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft A chance to meet up with fellow players and play some casual games of Netrunner. Bring your own decks or borrow some. Come for some or all of the session. New players are welcome (also look out for teaching sessions during the week).
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Improv Drop-In SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship This is an introduction to Improvisation. We will be playing improv games and tropes which demonstrate the basics of "Yes And" the foundation of improv. Elements of both Short Form and Long Form improv will be conveyed.
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Live podcast taping of KITTsplaining SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward A live taping of KITTsplaining (a Knight Rider podcast by two women: one who grew up obsessed with the show, and one who has never seen it). This special episode will feature a viewing of the film Knight Rider 2000, followed immediately by the podcast taping.
2:30 PM 4:30 PM PORTAL: the Musical! SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Last year's shadowy smash hit Portal: the Musical! returns to the stage for JoCo 2018! Featuring the music of Jonathan Coulton, and inspired by the beloved video game "Portal" by the Valve Corporation, this staged musical reading of Kirk Shimano’s play is sure to check all of your showtune-loving, GLaDOS-battling boxes... or shall we say cubes?
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Time Empire Playtest SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Time Empire is a sci-fi strategy board-game about going back in time to fix the future. An earlier version was playtested (with my immense gratitude to you all) on JoCo in 2017, and it's come a long way since then.
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Wine sharing: Cabin 7054 SHADOW CRUISE Cabin 7054, Deck 7, Forward Bring a bottle and share with your new best friends! Little informal get-together in our suite on the first at-sea day of the cruise. Please bring approx. one bottle of wine per couple; adults only. Snacks will be provided by way of HAL's room service.
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Two Rooms and a Boom SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft In this social game of hidden roles and deduction, players are divided into 2 different rooms. Find your teammates, establish trust, and exchange hostages before time runs out and the bomb explodes! It's the party game that's always a blast. New players welcome!
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Afternoon Tea Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Learn to play Rise of Tribes (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Rise of Tribes is a 2-4 player board game. You are a prehistoric people, looking to grow in number, gather resources and lead your people to victory. Build villages, discover advancements and control territories to win! Design by Brad Brooks (Letter Tycoon), published by Breaking Games. Thanks to Kickstarter, this game is full of upgraded components, more art and epic bonus content. Latest prototype will be featured.
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Make-A-Fez Workshop SHADOW CRUISE Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Still searching for the perfect headwear for formal night? Come craft your own paper fez with experienced fez-maker Sara Chicazul! Tools and supplies such as paper and craft foam will be provided. Bring your best ideas and special embellishments!
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Scotch Tasting Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell Enjoy a flight of five high-quality scotches, because you're fancy and you like nice things. Hosted by Christopher Badell. Attendance is $25; sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. Seating is limited!
3:00 PM 4:30 PM 1890s Jacket custom fit pattern SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Want to make your own clothes but don't want to make costly mistakes? Use free and open source software to make your custom fit patterns! This workshop will teach you how! You will leave this workshop with your custom fitted digital pattern. Attendees should bring a laptop, but if they don't have a laptop they can have a pattern emailed to them. Attendees will pair up and measure each other with tape measures.
3:00 PM 4:30 PM SeaMonkey Speed Meeting SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Back by popular demand!: Join us for a facilitated and casually structured event where you will get to meet all sorts of people! In each 15-minute round you will have the opportunity to meet 3 new strangers and find out all about them. Nametags and prompt cards will be provided. Open to new AND experienced SeaMonkeys, so long as they’re ready to meet new people!
3:00 PM 4:30 PM Sponsor Spotlight - Twogether Studios (SPONSOR EVENT) Shopping Arcade, Deck 3, Midship Stop by the display area in the ship's Shopping Arcade (Deck 3 Forward) to check out Twogether Studios' products—and meet the friendly folks who make them. (No purchase necessary, but you'll probably want to!)
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Poolside Happy Hour Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Shadow Cruise Stand-Up Showcase! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Los Angeles comedian Patrick Susmilch ("Last Comic Standing", contributor to "The Hard Times") hosts an hour of stand-up comedy!
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Blerds on the Boat! Or: Top Secret Wakanda Meetup PARTY Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Join us for a meetup of the blerds and non-black SMOC (Sea Monkeys of Color, I just invented that term) for some chatting and general enjoyment of each other’s company. We can keep it as light or as deep as we want! Hosted by JoCo Cruise social media manager Sarah Rodriguez and writer and comics encyclopedia Tamara Brooks (co-hosts of the Women Wrestling Friends Podcast).This event is open to anyone and everyone who would like to attend.
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
4:15 PM 4:30 PM Fancy Pants Parade Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Jonathan Coulton An annual tradition. Bring your fanciest pants and vie for the trophy. Who will be the best in terms of pants?
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 6:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Dinner (Red Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Main Concert (Gold Team) - Jackie Kashian; Michael Ian Black; Maria Bamford MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Jackie Kashian No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Dinner (Gold Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Main Concert (Red Team) - Jackie Kashian; Michael Ian Black; Maria Bamford MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Jackie Kashian No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Billboard Onboard Happy Hour Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
9:30 PM 11:00 PM Polymonkey Meetup & Mixer SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Are you a polyamorous seamonkey? Would you like to spend time with other polymonkeys? Let's all hang out, drink delicious drinks (if that's your thing), and chat about our experiences with polyamory.
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Late Night Snickety Snacks Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Free hot appetizers, snacks, and "Later Taters" in the Billboard Onboard bar! (After 11:30pm, grab-and-go sandwiches will be available.)
9:45 PM 11:15 PM Sea Monkey Karaoke Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Get your sing on in the Queen's Lounge with this JoCo Cruise tradition.
10:00 PM 10:30 PM Learn to play Fake News (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Just the news you want to hear! Score points for the most hilariously believable headlines using Image and Topic cards. The catch is that you are playing to a hidden audience which is not revealed until it is time to judge the headlines you have created.
10:00 PM 10:30 PM Star-gazing SHADOW CRUISE Sky Deck, Deck 11, Forward I will point at stars, planets, and anything else of interest in the sky and tell you about them! Included are actual facts, mythology behind the names, random trivia, and if conditions are right, stars and constellations not viewable from your hometown. Event is of course weather-dependent. I have hosted star-gazing events on every JoCo since JoCo 4. Please only use night-vision friendly (aka red colored) lighting in the area during the class.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Choose Your Own Adventure Story Time with Wil READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Wil Wheaton
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Late Night Dub Fight SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Relive moments from your favourite cartoons, video games, movies, TV shows, and anime, in a new and hilarious light. The Late Night Dub Fight pits panelists against each other to find out who can “improve” classic clips by redubbing them live with their imposing improv skills. No one knows what show host Ian Horner has up his sleeves, or what the cast members will say in this all-out assault on your funny bone.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Night Writers SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft We write in the shadows, in the spaces in-between: while the baby sleeps, in the wee hours of the morning, huddled over our laptop in bed at night. Let's get together, and talk about writing, publishing, and surviving the day job.
10:00 PM 11:30 PM Pub Quiz of DOOM SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Sharpen your wits! Hone your trivia knowledge! The Pub Quiz of DOOM is coming to the high seas. Six rounds of trivia questions, pitted against the quick-witted minds of your fellow JoCo cruise participants, hosted by Haje. Are you feeling smart? Well are you, punk?
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Johann Sebastian Joust SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Johann Sebastian Joust is a no-graphics, digitally-enabled playground game designed for motion controllers.The goal is to be the last player remaining. When the music — J.S. Bach's ‌Brandenburg Concertos — plays in slow-motion, the controllers are very sensitive to movement. When the music speeds up, the threshold becomes less strict, giving the players a small window to dash at their opponents. If your controller is ever moved beyond the allowable threshold, you're out! Try to jostle your opponents' controllers while protecting your own.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Let's Build a Rube Goldberg Machine SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship We will attempt (and probably fail) to build a Rube Goldberg / Chain Reaction machine in only two hours. If you've got supplies or pre-built components, bring them with! (Nothing hot, sharp, heavy, or messy, please.) If not, you can still help, take videos, or just spectate.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Sea Werewolf SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship We'll be doing a few games of long-form (not One Night) Ultimate Werewolf! Come and lynch your friends!
11:30 PM 12:30 AM Stacey Jambles: Ace Detective With No Short Term Memory READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Jean Grae An audience interactive, old school detective “radio” show. Join Stacey on her journey to solve a crime, and join Stacey on her journey...to solve a crime.

Day 3: Tuesday, February 20

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
1:00 AM 2:00 AM Afterhours Bluegrass Jam SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft All instruments & skill levels welcome. Standard bluegrass jam etiquette; lead rotates around the circle. Bring a few simple songs (2-4 chords, bluegrass or otherwise) to lead, or just come to listen/play/sing along.
7:00 AM 7:00 AM Theme: Cosplay Day Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam We have a bunch of terrifically talented cosplayers every year, and today is your day to really pull out all the stops. Sky's the limit; show off your best!
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
8:30 AM 10:30 AM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Sock Puppets!!! WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Come by to learn the steps to making a simple “sock-style” puppet! Model your character off the sample or create your own! All materials will be provided including patterns but feel free to bring your own embellishments. Sewing experience is a plus, but not required. We will be using hot glue and sharp shiny scissors
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 11:00 AM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
10:00 AM 5:00 PM Port of Call - Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, ms Oosterdam
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
1:00 PM 3:00 PM Movie: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
1:30 PM 4:00 PM Basic Beach SHADOW CRUISE Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Maybe the port of Cabo San Lucas isn't your thing. Maybe you're more interested in the simple things in life.  We're going on a 10-minute walk to a basic beach! There are no umbrellas or chairs. Just sand, sun, waves, and a lovely view of the Oosterdam. Meet at the Pier at 1:30 and for goodness sake remember your sunblock.
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Two Rooms & A Boom! GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Ultimate Werewolf GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Afternoon Tea Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Poolside Happy Hour Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Deep Learning Meetup: All Welcome SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Deep Learning Meetup: All Welcome
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 6:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Dinner (Red Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Main Concert (Gold Team) - Hastily-assembled Entertainment Burrito with Cameron & Rhea MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward River Butcher, Cameron Esposito A fun variety grab-bag evening of events, hosted by JoCo Cruise favorites, the inimitable Cameron Esposito and River Butcher.
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Dinner (Gold Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Main Concert (Red Team) - Hastily-assembled Entertainment Burrito with Cameron & Rhea MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward River Butcher, Cameron Esposito A fun variety grab-bag evening of events, hosted by JoCo Cruise favorites, the inimitable Cameron Esposito and River Butcher.
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Billboard Onboard Happy Hour Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Cosplayers & Costumers Cocktail Mixer SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Mixer for the costumers & cosplayers & admirers on the ship to get to know each other better. Come catch up with old friends and make new friends over drinks.
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Late Night Snickety Snacks Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Free hot appetizers, snacks, and "Later Taters" in the Billboard Onboard bar! (After 11:30pm, grab-and-go sandwiches will be available.)
9:45 PM 11:15 PM Sea Monkey Karaoke Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Get your sing on in the Queen's Lounge with this JoCo Cruise tradition.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Geek Out! Team Tournament (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Tournament-style Geek Out! trivia hosted by game designer Elisa Teague! Come in groups of 3-4 or we will put you on a team!
10:00 PM 11:00 PM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
10:00 PM 11:30 PM Comedians Sit in a Semicircle and Ask Each Other Questions Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Michael Ian Black, Cameron Esposito, John Hodgman, Jackie Kashian The title pretty much covers it.
10:00 PM 11:30 PM Realistic Nanotechnology Spacecraft SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Workshop for a general audience on molecular nanotechnology for operations in space. Of most interest to someone who wants to reach towards realism when using nanotechnology-based ideas as part of a science-fiction story, game or other media with science-fictiony themes, or who just thinks nanotechnology and/or space is cool.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Logic Puzzle Solving Club SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Pavel will bring lots of copies of a wide range of Japanese-style logic puzzles (e.g., Sudoku, KenKen, Kakuro, Masyu, etc.) and we'll solve them together! All skill levels are totally welcome!
11:00 PM 12:00 AM Transgender Meetup SHADOW CRUISE Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Meetup for transgender, genderqueer, and non-binary individuals. Allies welcome as well.
11:30 PM 12:30 AM Multibowl READING / PERFORMANCE Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Mollylele, Travis McElroy, Paul Sabourin, Wil Wheaton Watch combatants get clobbered with 80s/90s nostalgia in the virtual arena of MULTIBOWL, a compilation of minigames by Bennett Foddy and AP Thomson. Hosted by Molly Lewis.
11:30 PM 1:30 AM Release the Bats SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Who wants to get some gothystomp on? Get out the ya-yas with some goth/industrial. Dress up, or don't -- ain't a thing. You like the oontz, we like the oontz. Let's dance.

Day 4: Wednesday, February 21

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
12:00 AM 1:00 AM Jason Hatrick Presents: Comedy! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft After performing stand-up comedy for the first time on the open mic on JoCo Cruise 2 (back when things were still Crazy), Jason has gone on to become a professional stand-up comedian. He's been a finalist in multiple comedy competitions, won awards, and been invited to participate in numerous festivals. And it all started here at JoCo Cruise! Come celebrate his unofficial comedy anniversary with him -- and possibly some invited guests as well!
7:00 AM 9:00 AM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
8:00 AM 1:00 AM Port of Call - Loreto Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Make Your Own Monster WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Make your very own plushy monster to hug and squeeze and call your own. Patterns are available for several monsters along with images for inspiration to design your own! Needle and thread sewing skills are necessary to complete this project. Can't make the class? That's ok. Patterns and instructions will be available in the crafting room
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Johann Sebastian Joust SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Johann Sebastian Joust is a no-graphics, digitally-enabled playground game designed for motion controllers.The goal is to be the last player remaining. When the music — J.S. Bach's ‌Brandenburg Concertos — plays in slow-motion, the controllers are very sensitive to movement. When the music speeds up, the threshold becomes less strict, giving the players a small window to dash at their opponents. If your controller is ever moved beyond the allowable threshold, you're out! Try to jostle your opponents' controllers while protecting your own.
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
12:00 PM 5:00 PM Loreto Food Festival Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam The town of Loreto and the Loreto Restaurant Association present a food festival, featuring 15 food tents (two dedicated to vegetarian offerings). Tickets may be purchased at the tender pier in Loreto; $25 for 7 tickets redeemable at any of the tents. US CASH ONLY! Drink tickets sold separately on site.
3:45 PM 4:00 PM Group Photo Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam We are taking the official 2018 group photo just before the land concert starts. If you want to take part, be in the plaza at 3:45.
4:00 PM 4:45 PM Loreto Land Concert - MC Frontalot MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam MC Frontalot
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 5:45 PM Loreto Land Concert - Paul and Storm MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin
5:00 PM 9:00 PM Dinner (Open Dining) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft Dinner on this evening is "Open Dining". While most of the ship will ostensibly be at the Loreto Land Festival, if you remain on board you can come to the dining room anytime between 5 pm and 9 pm. NOTE: Fixed Seating table assignments will still apply.
6:00 PM 6:45 PM Loreto Land Concert - Aimee Mann MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Aimee Mann
7:00 PM 7:45 PM Loreto Land Concert - Open Mike Eagle MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Open Mike Eagle
8:00 PM 9:30 PM Loreto Land Concert - Jonathan Coulton (Full Band Show) MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Jonathan Coulton
9:30 PM 11:00 PM Loreto Dance Party with Riz Rollins MAIN CONCERT Loreto, Mexico, ms Oosterdam Riz Rollins

Day 5: Thursday, February 22

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 10:30 AM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Painting with colored Pencils WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Learn to use colored pencils in a new way. Create an impressionist masterpiece of your own! No experience necessary. All supplies provided.
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 11:00 AM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
10:00 AM 6:00 PM Port of Call - Pichilingue (La Paz) Pichilingue (La Paz), Mexico, ms Oosterdam
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
11:00 AM 1:00 PM Sock Puppets!!! WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Come by to learn the steps to making a simple “sock-style” puppet! Model your character off the sample or create your own! All materials will be provided including patterns but feel free to bring your own embellishments. Sewing experience is a plus, but not required. We will be using hot glue and sharp shiny scissors.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
2:00 PM 4:00 PM Office Hours: Nora Jemisin Group Write-and-Chat OFFICE HOURS Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship N. K. Jemisin
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Johann Sebastian Joust SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Johann Sebastian Joust is a no-graphics, digitally-enabled playground game designed for motion controllers.The goal is to be the last player remaining. When the music — J.S. Bach's ‌Brandenburg Concertos — plays in slow-motion, the controllers are very sensitive to movement. When the music speeds up, the threshold becomes less strict, giving the players a small window to dash at their opponents. If your controller is ever moved beyond the allowable threshold, you're out! Try to jostle your opponents' controllers while protecting your own.
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Afternoon Tea Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Podcaster Meetup SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Do you have a podcast or plan to start one? Let's talk about process, content, gear, tips, and more.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Poolside Happy Hour Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Monikers GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Secret Hitler GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 6:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
5:00 PM 6:00 PM Rappers Sit in a Semicircle and Ask Each Other Questions and Also You Can Ask Them Questions Too Q&A / PANEL Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Quelle Chris, Open Mike Eagle, MC Frontalot, Jean Grae
5:00 PM 6:30 PM LGBTQ+ Cocktail Meetup and Dance Party PARTY Sea View Pool Area, Deck 9, Aft Riz Rollins Begun on the ms Westerdam during JoCo Cruise 2012, the annual LGBTQ+ cocktail meetup celebrates its 7th year of hoping it has a long enough initialism and being a low key get together for Sea Monkeys of all persuasions. Music provided by Riz Rollins.
5:00 PM 9:00 PM Dinner (Open Dining) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft Dinner on this evening is "Open Dining". We'll be at port in La Paz until 6 pm. Feel free to come to the dining room anytime between 5 pm and 9 pm. NOTE: Fixed Seating table assignments will still apply.
6:00 PM 7:00 PM Ask All Your Writing/Publishing 101 Questions Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction, N. K. Jemisin, John Scalzi You have questions about writing and publishing—and guess what? We have answers. Boy, do we have answers. Answers based on literally decades of writing and publishing experience. No question too basic! No answer too convoluted and detailed!
6:00 PM 8:00 PM Sea Monkey Open Mike Night Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship An annual JoCo Cruise tradition: Sea Monkeys get to show off their performing skills at our annual Open Mike session.5 minute/1 song limit per performer. Sign-up sheets will be available at the Helper Monkey Info Desk (Atrium, Deck 1 midship).
6:30 PM 7:30 PM Amateur Card Magician Meet-up with Mark Frauenfelder OFFICE HOURS Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Mark Frauenfelder Are you an amateur card-/sleight of hand-magician? Just like to watch card tricks? Come meet up for an informal gathering with Mark Frauenfelder to chat, practice and hang out. Bring your own deck if you have one, but Mark will have a few extras, too.
7:00 PM 8:00 PM Feminist Frequency Radio LIVE PODCAST The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward River Butcher, Felix Kramer, Anita Sarkeesian Feminist Frequency Radio is the show that asks you to be critical of the media you love or alternatively, we’re the Feminist Killjoys coming for your medias, depending on your perspective. Each week we bring you dispatches from the pop culture wars and invite listeners to join in our our take-no-prisoners conversations about the latest films, games and tv shows. In this very special, first-ever, live episode, Anita Sarkeesian will be joined by special guests Felix Kramer and River Butcher. No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
7:00 PM 8:00 PM Game Designers Salon OFFICE HOURS Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell, Dave Chalker, Jenn Ellis, James Ernest, Andrew Hackard, Greg Spence Come meet and hang out with some of the fascinating folks who create and make amazing and popular tabletop games.
7:00 PM 9:00 PM Movie: "WALL·E" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
8:00 PM 9:00 PM Scarface and Henchpeople Staff Talent Show READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship You've heard vague whispers of rumor and innuendo that somewhere on the ship lurks a team of people working behind the scenes to make a JoCoCruise. Who are they? What do they look like? Do they have any unique performable talents? This may be your only chance to find out, short of breaking into The Home Office. (Don't break into The Home Office).
8:00 PM 9:30 PM Mental Health Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Amy Berg, Matt Fraction, Jean Grae, Patrick Rothfuss Traditional data tells us that as many as one in four people suffers from some sort of mental illness, and new studies are indicating that the percentage might be higher than that, especially among creative communities. Come listen as panelists talk about how the came to discover that they weren't neuro-typical, as well as sharing tips, tricks, and personal coping mechanisms. We work toward busting the myth of the tortured genius while being honest about how mental illness is part of our lives. Moderated by Patrick Rothfuss.
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Billboard Onboard Happy Hour Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Disney Sing-along with Travis READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy Hey, gang; Travis here...Listen, I could give you some kind of clever reason I wanted to do a Disney sing along on the cruise, but the truth is, I JUST WANTED TO. So, join me as I lead you in song with some of your favorites from the Disney catalogue! I've got videos of the songs with the words RIGHT THERE ON SCREEN! Plus, I'm going to try to trick some of my other performer friends into joining me on stage! It's going to be fun gosh darn it!
9:30 PM 11:30 PM BarCitizen @ SEA! SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward A gathering of fan/backers/supporters of the Star Citizen PC game.
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Late Night Snickety Snacks Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Free hot appetizers, snacks, and "Later Taters" in the Billboard Onboard bar! (After 11:30pm, grab-and-go sandwiches will be available.)
10:00 PM 10:30 PM Star-gazing SHADOW CRUISE Sky Deck, Deck 11, Forward I will point at stars, planets, and anything else of interest in the sky and tell you about them! Included are actual facts, mythology behind the names, random trivia, and if conditions are right, stars and constellations not viewable from your hometown. Event is of course weather-dependent. I have hosted star-gazing events on every JoCo since JoCo 4. Please only use night-vision friendly (aka red colored) lighting in the area during the class.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Get the MacGuffin SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Come play the newest card game from Looney Labs (Fluxx, Pyramid Arcade, Zendo) – not yet for sale, but we snagged a few preview copies. 2-11 players, ~2-11 minutes, all ages, easy to learn, superaddictively fun!
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Locksport - Lock picking for beginners! SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Have you ever been interested in how locks work? Do you want to learn a cool hobby that will impress your friends? If so, then Locksport is for you! See FB for details. Limited Places!
10:00 PM 11:00 PM SpinTunes Songwriting Challenge: Artists and Inspirations SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward SpinTunes panelists discuss their thoughts on song creation when using a challenge prompt as inspiration. They'll give insight on their work process, and workshop a new song idea with audience participation. Hosted by Tom Giarrosso of the Boffo Yux Dudes. Scheduled to appear: Brian Gray, Zoe Gray, Glen Raphael, and Spenser Sokol. SpinTunes is an internet songwriting competition started in 2010, and has spawned 1300+ original songs to a prompt. Round #14 starts February 25!
10:00 PM 11:30 PM Live Action Role-playing Chess SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship A variation on chess, where the players are the pieces, and assume the roles of royalty, warriors, priests, thieves, and wizards in a battle for points based on creativity of play. Previously hosted at GenCon.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Dance Party with Riz Rollins - "Around the World with Riz" PARTY Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Riz Rollins From Riz: dance music from us to them and back, latin, afrobeat, bolly, caribbean, eastern. bring your own bongos, congas, tambourines, drums, rattlers, and sticks, percussion participation is encouraged.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Sea Werewolf SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship We'll be doing a few games of long-form (not One Night) Ultimate Werewolf! Come and lynch your friends!
11:00 PM 12:00 AM The Church of the Infinite You READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jean Grae Sermons. Drinks. Food. Music. Being Amazing. Nondenominational...only Motivational.

Day 6: Friday, February 23

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
12:00 AM 1:00 AM "Rothfuss after Dark" Reading and Q&A READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Patrick Rothfuss
7:00 AM 7:00 AM Theme: Formal Night Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam Formal wear is encouraged, but not required, at dinner. "Formal wear" is defined VERY flexibly. Tuxedo and cocktail dress? Fine. Sport coat and slacks? Sure. Starfleet uniform? Awesome. Full Scottish regalia? Bonnie. You get the idea. Fezzes and tiaras are encouraged—but not required. (The wearing of fezzes and tiaras on Formal Night has become a sort of JCC tradition for many.)No full face masks (HAL regulation).
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 10:30 AM Hair Clip Facinators WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Get fancy with a facinator -Absolutely perfect for a formal night on a nerd cruise. Basic supplies and instructions provided but feel free to bring your own fez or facinator to embellish.
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Black holes, giant lasers, and the biggest explosions in the Universe SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Learn about LIGO, the gravitational-wave experiment that revolutionized astronomy and snagged the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics. We'll discuss Einstein, celestial corpse collisions, violently warped spacetimes, laser interferometry, and what we have learned.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Diceborn Heroes boardgame event SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Play an early access of the cooperative fantasy boardgame with the designer. Diceborn Heroes pits up to 4 players on an adventure in about 60mins.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 11:00 AM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Management Q&A Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jonathan Coulton, Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo, Paul Sabourin, Drew Westphal The JoCo Cruise Management sit on a stage and answer your questions about JoCo Cruise. Pretty straightforaward, actually.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Office Hour with Carol Monahan SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Want to hear game industry war stories? Got questions about publishing games, or running a small business? Come hang out with Carol Monahan, vice-president and co-owner of Cheapass Games (and veteran of Wizards of the Coast, 1993-2000).
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Reading - Jenn Lyons SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Author Jenn Lyons will read from her upcoming fantasy novel, The Ruin of Kings (Tor Books, Winter 2019.) She may or may not get to the dragon, but she'll almost certainly read from the section about the kraken. What could be better for a sea cruise?
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Reflective Journaling Workshop SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Bring a journal and writing implements (Wendy can provide a very few extra) and explore a challenge or goal in a quiet, organized way view guided writing prompts (plus! receive a few gentle nudges to do the thing).
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Beginning Swing Dance Lesson and Dance Party! SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship First 45 minutes: Learn the basics of swing dancing! No experience or partner required.Second 45 minutes: Swing Dance Party! Dance to nerdy swing/jazz music and practice the skills you just learned, or show off the moves you already know!
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Games Perfect for Two 2: The Re-Games-Perfect-for-Two-ening GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft [Due to popular demand, this event is now a second session of the Monday 2 player games event.]Looking for the perfect game to play with a friend or partner? Come and peruse our smorgasbord of two-player games. The Cardboard Concierge team will assist as you learn a wide assortment of games that are perfect for two.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Hardly Strictly Sea Chanteys and Irish Music Session SHADOW CRUISE Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Get together with like-minded musicians to sing sea chanteys and other folk music, and jam on Irish tunes! We will have sheet music available.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM LARP on a Boat! "Unheroes" SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship "Unheroes" is a 2-hour live roleplaying game written by Joanna Piancastelli, run by Andrea Humez and Jan-Willem Maessen. If you want to play, please plan to stay for the entire game. Max 9 players. You’re all normal people, here, enjoying a perfectly normal vacation. Everyone around you is perfectly normal, just like you. Except that you weren't normal before. You were superheroes, the saviours of Herotopia, though you don’t remember it. The whole world was changed, and the history that you used to know no longer exists, and never existed. But it’s trying to reassert itself.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Old School Monopoly SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Just like the good old days. A board, dice, fake money. Passion. Intrigue. Real estate! I love to play and need competitors.
10:00 AM 1:00 PM Comics Writing Workshop WORKSHOP Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction Comics writing exercises and discussion of 4 arenas: Artistic Practice, Craft, Business Practice and Comic Industry. Recommended as a follow-up to The Rules of Writing Comics and How to Break Them.
10:00 AM 1:00 PM Magic: the Gathering: Learn to Draft GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Come learn to “draft” Magic: the Gathering! Players will construct decks out of provided cards and play a casual three round tournament. Open to the first 48 players, with priority sign-up for participants in the Learn to Play event on Monday. Sign-ups for any additional slots will be posted in the Game Library on Monday afternoon.
10:00 AM 2:00 PM The Hero Instant (mini-campaign) SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft The Hero Instant is a indie super-hero Role-playing game in an extended beta-test period. It's easy to learn, quick to create characters, and includes a novel initiative system. I'd like to get a group of people together to to run a short (3-session) campaign during JoCo this year. In the first session, we'll create characters, and run through the 1st 'act' of the adventure. In later sessions, new players are encouraged to drop by and see if there is room at the table. We'll catch you up quickly!
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
10:45 AM 12:15 PM Un/Under Employed Monkees SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Are you job hunting? Come to this meetup. Does your org have open positions? Come and hire someone! Everyone will get a few minutes to introduce themselves, tell us what their looking for, and ask questions about the job hunting process. Our goal is to share wisdom, support, and opportunities as we all work to feed our addiction to food, shelter, clothing, and cruising. Feel free to bring resumes to share, get feedback on, and more. In some respects, this is what muggles might call a structured "networking event." But without the awkwardness and smarminess many of us fear.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Learn to play Rise of Tribes (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Rise of Tribes is a 2-4 player board game. You are a prehistoric people, looking to grow in number, gather resources and lead your people to victory. Build villages, discover advancements and control territories to win! Design by Brad Brooks (Letter Tycoon), published by Breaking Games. Thanks to Kickstarter, this game is full of upgraded components, more art and epic bonus content. Latest prototype will be featured.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
11:00 AM 1:00 PM Trans Elevensies SHADOW CRUISE Lido Market, Deck 9, Aft Elevensies (Brunch) for any and all transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, etc. individuals and allies.(The Lido Market is a big area, so try to meet up near Canaletto, which is at the forward end of the Market on the starboard side.)
11:15 AM 12:15 PM Anne Wheaton Reads Her New Children's Book SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Anne Wheaton has written a new children's book! It's called Piggy and Pug, and is written for 5-8 year old readers. Come hear a reading of Piggy and Pug and see the accompanying illustrations!
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Office Hour with James Ernest SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Got burning questions for game designer - and former professional juggler - James Ernest? Come have a tasty beverage, and get some answers!
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Reading - John Scalzi READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward John Scalzi John Scalzi will read from at least one of his upcoming novels! Maybe two! We'll see! Plus he'll read some other stuff which will be cool, and he will also totally do a Q&A session and possibly a song on the ukulele. You never know!
12:00 PM 1:00 PM It's a Craft! Making Admiral Sackbar with Bonnie Burton WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Bonnie Burton Learn how to make a jaunty Admiral Ackbar paper bag puppet from the book "The Star Wars Craft Book" by author Bonnie Burton. It's easy, fun and very geektastic.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Indian Specialty Lunch Lower Main Dining Room, Deck 2, Aft The Oosterdam's culinary staff are preparing this specialty meal of Indian cuisine as a one-time-only event for our passengers. Seating is limited, so sign up early if you are interested.This specialty lucheon costs $10, and you can sign up by calling 88 from any phone.
12:00 PM 1:30 PM Joke Writing Workshop WORKSHOP Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford, River Butcher, Cameron Esposito, Jackie Kashian Our professional standup panelists will hold a workshop on the mechanics of writing and telling jokes. At the end, everyone who wants is encouraged to come up on stage and tell the joke they've written that day!
12:00 PM 2:00 PM Physical Puzzle Party SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Pavel will bring several (non-jigsaw) physical puzzles from his collection, and you are encouraged to do the same! We'll lay everything out on tables and just have fun playing with them for a while! All skill levels are totally welcome!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Grad School Survivors Group SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Meet up with others who have survived--I mean, experienced a complete and comprehensive education experience. Swap war stories, inflict your research interests on others, and make new overeducated friends!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Reading - Michael Ian Black READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Michael Ian Black
12:30 PM 2:00 PM Speaking Monkees SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Are you interested in public speaking? Come meet with us! At this event everyone will get 5 minutes of stage time to give a talk about something the learned or relearned in the past year. The idea is to share something valuable to you that you feel may be valuable to others. It could be a tip, a process, a life lesson, a cool travel destination, etc. The primary goal, though, is to speak in front of a group. The group will also provide feedback about what you did well, and offer some tips on becoming even better the next time. PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides optional.
12:30 PM 2:00 PM Sponsor Spotlight - Greater Than Games (SPONSOR EVENT) Shopping Arcade, Deck 3, Midship Stop by the display area in the ship's Shopping Arcade (Deck 3 Forward) to check out Greater Than Games' products—and meet the friendly folks who make them. (No purchase necessary, but you'll probably want to!)
12:30 PM 2:30 PM Alexander Jamilton SHADOW CRUISE Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Sing along with other Sea Monkeys to selections from Hamilton: An American Musical. Bring an instrument and play along or just bring your voice and enthusiasm.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
1:00 PM 2:30 PM Locksport - Lock picking for beginners! SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship Have you ever been interested in how locks work? Do you want to learn a cool hobby that will impress your friends? If so, then Locksport is for you! See FB for details. Limited Places!
1:00 PM 3:00 PM Movie: "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
1:30 PM 2:00 PM Learn to play Sparkle Kitty (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Nobody puts princess in a tower! Sparkle*Kitty is an adorably fun, social, and magical spell card game for all ages, sizes and genders. Once upon a time, a group of powerful princesses were captured and locked away in Cursed "No Cursing" towers by the evil queen Sparkle*Kitty! All their words and magic spells vanished and became sugar & spice... almost everything nice. Luckily these are no ordinary princesses and you are no ordinary player! Take matters into your own hands and harness the simple and sweet words into special spell combinations to set yourself free! The first to escape, wins!
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Costuming: Intro to Vintage Hair & Make-up Styling SHADOW CRUISE Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Learn a few basic hairstyles for vintage/retro costuming and to style your make up to accompany your vintage look. Please feel free to bring your make up & hairstyling tools (e.g. brush, hair bands, bobby pins, u-shaped hair pins, hair spray, gel.) Highly recommend bringing a vanity mirror if you want to try to follow along during class.
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Reading - Wil Wheaton READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Wil Wheaton
1:30 PM 3:00 PM Pub Quiz of DOOM SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Sharpen your wits! Hone your trivia knowledge! The Pub Quiz of DOOM is coming to the high seas. Six rounds of trivia questions, pitted against the quick-witted minds of your fellow JoCo cruise participants, hosted by Haje. Are you feeling smart? Well are you, punk?
2:00 PM 2:30 PM Two Rooms and a Boom SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft In this social game of hidden roles and deduction, players are divided into 2 different rooms. Find your teammates, establish trust, and exchange hostages before time runs out and the bomb explodes! It's the party game that's always a blast. New players welcome!
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Cripmonkeys SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward A gathering for SeaMonkeys with any and all types of disabilities. If you think you might belong here, you do!
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Game Designers Salon OFFICE HOURS Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell, Andrew Hackard, Greg Spence, Elisa Teague Come meet and hang out with some of the fascinating folks who create and make amazing and popular tabletop games.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Zoe Gray's Suburban Gothic SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Presenting you with a full live performance of Zoe Gray's new album, Suburban Gothic, a concept album set in a strange small town. Come visit Lullaburbia, where vampires haunt the local 7-11, the cool girls at school are all witches, and the forest is not what it seems.
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Game Startup - Cows to the Moon SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft For the past year I (Tomas) have been working and developing a card game called Cows to the Moon. Cows is a fun and sometimes silly game involving your cow's quest to find greener pastures on the moon. I would love to have you come by and play it, have a great time, and give me feedback. There will be prizes!
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Signing - Matt Fraction SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Matt Fraction
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Signing - Pat Rothfuss SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Patrick Rothfuss
2:00 PM 4:00 PM Lido Deck "Penultimate Chance" Merch Sale Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship A satellite store will be set up in the Lido Pool Area for all your JoCo Cruise merch needs.
2:15 PM 3:15 PM Taking Photography Beyond Point & Shoot SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Anybody can take a great photo on occasion. But with a little knowledge about your camera and how it does what it does, you can take control and make better, more interesting pictures. We'll talk about what all those camera settings do and why and when we might use them.
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Learn to play Asking for Trobils (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Asking for Trobils is a 2-7 player wacky sci-fi worker placement game, where you play a trobil hunter, ridding the galaxy of space vermin. Upgrade your ship, bump into others or fly through the wormhole to copy yourself. Collect space carrots, crystals and build mega traps to save planet Paradise from all its Trobils!
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Office Hours: Amy Berg, Bonnie Burton, John Scalzi, Jackie Kashian OFFICE HOURS Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Amy Berg, Bonnie Burton, Jackie Kashian, John Scalzi
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Logic Puzzle Construction Workshop SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Pavel has constructed a lot of Japanese-style logic puzzles (e.g., Sudoku, KenKen, Kakuro, Masyu, etc.) and now you can learn how to do it too! We'll co-solve one or more puzzles together and then collaboratively create a brand new one from scratch, right in front of your eyes! Then it gets really fun: you will each get the chance to create your very own puzzle, on your own, all starting from a common seed provided by Pavel!
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Time Empire Playtest SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Time Empire is a sci-fi strategy board-game about going back in time to fix the future. An earlier version was playtested (with my immense gratitude to you all) on JoCo in 2017, and it's come a long way since then.
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Afternoon Tea - Hosted by Shmanners OFFICE HOURS Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Travis McElroy, Teresa McElroy Travis and Teresa guest-host this very proper, formal night afternoon tea.
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Make-A-Fez Workshop SHADOW CRUISE Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Still searching for the perfect headwear for formal night? Come craft your own paper fez with experienced fez-maker Sara Chicazul! Tools and supplies such as paper and craft foam will be provided. Bring your best ideas and special embellishments!
3:00 PM 4:30 PM Live Action Role-playing Chess SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship A variation on chess, where the players are the pieces, and assume the roles of royalty, warriors, priests, thieves, and wizards in a battle for points based on creativity of play. Previously hosted at GenCon.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM American Sign Language Meet Up SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Do you know American Sign Language and want a place to practice your skills with other signers? Come join us for a Silent Meetup- voices off please! All are welcome, but we are not sign languages teachers, and we will not be teaching people how to sign.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Character: External to Internal WORKSHOP Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship N. K. Jemisin You've got a plot and a world. Now, who should your protagonist be? How do you make them interesting and realistic while avoiding cliches? Should you give your secondary characters the same degree of attention? We'll talk about this and more.Please bring pens and paper!
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Insiders View: Investing, Wall Street & the 1%! SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward An insider’s view of the problems in the financial industry. What financial professionals talk about, but never disclose to the public. What to avoid and the best ways to invest. A unique perspective from someone who lead government economic studies, conducted financial crime investigations and worked as a stock broker/financial advisor for one of the largest financial institutions in the USA. Knowledge is the difference between being a millionaire or a burden to your family.
3:30 PM 5:00 PM Poolside Fancy Fez-Tiara-Moustache Formal Happy Hour-stravaganza PARTY Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Come up to the Lido Deck in your Fancy Clothes (or whatever you feel like wearing) for the fanciest happy hour there ever was! Admire others' finery and be admired in turn. Fezzes, tiaras and/or moustaches encouraged, but not required. Moustaches available as needed. (Happy Hour ends at 4:30; your second drink is only $2 during happy hour!)
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Bowties: a how-to! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Tying a bowtie is a finger-twisting exercise. Come and maybe learn how to tie one!
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Whist Party GAMING Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship Bring a beverage, dress in your finest, and learn to play the classic parlor card game Whist. Don't worry, no one knows how to play...we’ll teach you!
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 6:00 PM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
5:00 PM 6:00 PM Kabbalat Shabbat* SHADOW CRUISE Board Room, Deck 2, Aft *This will NOT be a typical Shabbat service so that anyone with an interest can participate (and because I don't know enough to lead a full service).*Come and welcome Shabbat, the weekly day of peace that occurs Friday at sundown(ish) through Saturday sundown (or when three stars are in the sky - I know, we're a little nuts). Still, a day of peace sounds nice, right? So come, join in. We will bless the candles, set our intentions for our peaceful day with a short discussion, bless some wine (and then drink it or grape juice), capping it all off with a blessing of the bread and then, like all good Jews around the world, we will eat! All in, it shouldn't be more than 40 minutes and will make your mother proud!
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Dinner (Red Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Main Concert (Gold Team) - Jean and John (Jean Grae and John Hodgman); Anita Sarkeesian; Jim Boggia MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jim Boggia, Jean Grae, John Hodgman, Anita Sarkeesian
5:30 PM 7:00 PM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Dinner (Gold Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Main Concert (Red Team) - Jean and John (Jean Grae and John Hodgman); Anita Sarkeesian; Jim Boggia MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jim Boggia, Jean Grae, John Hodgman, Anita Sarkeesian
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Billboard Onboard Happy Hour Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Geek Out About Tattoos SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Interested in talking about or showing off tattoos? This is the meet up for you! Come share the ongoing story of how you are decorating your body canvas (or might in the future).
9:30 PM 10:30 PM Jason Hatrick Presents: Comedy! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft After performing stand-up comedy for the first time on the open mic on JoCo Cruise 2 (back when things were still Crazy), Jason has gone on to become a professional stand-up comedian. He's been a finalist in multiple comedy competitions, won awards, and been invited to participate in numerous festivals. And it all started here at JoCo Cruise! Come celebrate his unofficial comedy anniversary with him -- and possibly some invited guests as well!
9:30 PM 11:30 PM Late Night Snickety Snacks Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Free hot appetizers, snacks, and "Later Taters" in the Billboard Onboard bar! (After 11:30pm, grab-and-go sandwiches will be available.)
9:45 PM 11:15 PM Sea Monkey Karaoke Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Get your sing on in the Queen's Lounge with this JoCo Cruise tradition.
10:00 PM 10:30 PM Learn to play Fake News (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Just the news you want to hear! Score points for the most hilariously believable headlines using Image and Topic cards. The catch is that you are playing to a hidden audience which is not revealed until it is time to judge the headlines you have created.
10:00 PM 11:00 PM Illimat Luminaries (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Join creators and your fellow members of the Society of Luminares for a game of Illimat, prizes, and general frivolity. Illimat is a new game that feels like something you might find in your grandfather’s attic. New players and individuals welcome.  As tradition, bring your own Okus token, a personal trinket you use in the game as a symbol of you as a player. Due to their history of  tragedies at sea, The Decemberists were unable to make it in person for this meetup.
10:00 PM 11:15 PM Bar Crawl Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Four drinks, four bars (Crow's Nest Bar, Lido Pool  Bar, Seaview Pool Bar and Billboard Onboard), lots of people making friends. Hop, hop, hop, hop! Sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. (This event is run by the ship's staff; Cost is $22, plus bar service charges; it will be charged to your onboard account)
10:00 PM 11:30 PM "Dubbled Over" - Screening and Q&A READING / PERFORMANCE Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward Quelle Chris, Jean Grae TV with no rules...or the original sound.
10:00 PM 11:30 PM 1890s Jacket custom fit pattern SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Want to make your own clothes but don't want to make costly mistakes? Use free and open source software to make your custom fit patterns! This workshop will teach you how! You will leave this workshop with your custom fitted digital pattern. Attendees should bring a laptop, but if they don't have a laptop they can have a pattern emailed to them. Attendees will pair up and measure each other with tape measures.
10:00 PM 12:00 AM Improv Drop-In SHADOW CRUISE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship This is an introduction to Improvisation. We will be playing improv games and tropes which demonstrate the basics of "Yes And" the foundation of improv. Elements of both Short Form and Long Form improv will be conveyed.
10:30 PM 12:00 AM Sea Monkey Poker SHADOW CRUISE Casino, Deck 2, Forward Joins us as we explore the wonders of Texas Holdem using Holland America's weird digital poker table. If we get enough players together, maybe we can get a real dealer.
11:30 PM 1:30 AM '80s Prom Dance Party with DJ Scalzi PARTY Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship John Scalzi Tease your hair, put on your neon leggings and acid washed denim jacket and Let's Go Crazy—it's time for the best 80s dance party on the seven seas, featuring DJ Scalzi, class of '87 himself! Everyone welcome!

Day 7: Saturday, February 24

Start End Event Type Location Featuring Details
1:00 AM 1:30 AM Middle-of-the-Night MacGuffin SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Up late? Sleevs the Shrug Master invites you to meet fellow night owls & see who can Get the MacGuffin.
7:00 AM 7:00 AM Theme: Jammies Day Whole Ship, ms Oosterdam Everyone's running out of clean clothes anyway, so today is one big day-long celebration of the fact that nobody can make us put on "real" clothes if we don't want to!
7:30 AM 7:30 AM Quiet Space - 24x7 Explorations Cafe, Deck 10, Forward No gaming, no meetings, no loud noises, please! (But there's not really anything we can do about the coffee bar.)
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Maria Bamford Public Rehearsal READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is workshopping her new hour of standup material in a casual, intimate setting. Come be her audience, early birds! No audio/video recording permitted at this event.
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Religious Services Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Dice Cup (Leather project) WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Assemble and personalize your own leather dice cup. No sewing skills or prior experience necessary. Sorry, this class is limited to the first 40 people.
9:30 AM 9:45 AM Good Mourning! with Yeshmin Blechin READING / PERFORMANCE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Greg Benson Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 1947 goes deep inside the cruise’s hottest special guests. (with his interviews)
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Belly Dance Jam SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Get in your comfy workout/dance clothes and come belly dance with Teri (ATS® certified instructor). Dance as much as you want and rest when you like. Every body is welcome, just come with an open mind and ready to have fun. (This is a dance jam, not a class - although there will be a few instructions to get us started - and we WILL be dancing to nerdy/geeky music favorites.)
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Friends of Bill W. Board Room, Deck 2, Aft
10:00 AM 11:00 AM JoCo Games Library Cardboard Concierge Office Hours GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Not sure what game to play? We’ve got you covered. Press your luck on the Gametron 9000(™). If that’s not enough, ask a friendly Cardboard Concierge in the game library during posted hours to help you find the perfect game to suit your mood and taste.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Mark Frauenfelder Talks about Making (and Probably Lots of Other Stuff, Too) READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Mark Frauenfelder Mark's slideshow presentation presents an entertaining rise and fall and re-rise of the maker movement over the last 100 years and showcases the new tools and techniques that allow anyone to make anything they can think of.
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Sip & Stitch SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Come join other knitters, crocheters, string crafters (or other kinds, too!) as we gather to chat while keeping our hands busy. Intended primarily as social crafting time, but we tend to be a helpful bunch so I'm sure we can offer some basic instruction and/or troubleshooting. Come for any or all of the time. We'll likely try to repeat the gathering on other days (informally or otherwise).
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Beginner Acroyoga SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Find a way to connect with a partner, friend, or a soon-to-be friend! Wear athletic-ish clothing and be ready for fun!
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Cardboard Concierge Game Jam! GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Members of the Cardboard Concierge team will set out some of their favorite games and teach you how to play.
10:00 AM 12:00 PM PORTAL: the Musical! SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Last year's shadowy smash hit Portal: the Musical! returns to the stage for JoCo 2018! Featuring the music of Jonathan Coulton, and inspired by the beloved video game "Portal" by the Valve Corporation, this staged musical reading of Kirk Shimano’s play is sure to check all of your showtune-loving, GLaDOS-battling boxes... or shall we say cubes?
10:00 AM 2:00 PM The Hero Instant (mini-campaign) SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft The Hero Instant is a indie super-hero Role-playing game in an extended beta-test period. It's easy to learn, quick to create characters, and includes a novel initiative system. I'd like to get a group of people together to to run a short (3-session) campaign during JoCo this year. In the first session, we'll create characters, and run through the 1st 'act' of the adventure. In later sessions, new players are encouraged to drop by and see if there is room at the table. We'll catch you up quickly!
10:00 AM 11:00 AM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Hudson Room, Deck 3, Midship We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Daily Table Tennis SHADOW CRUISE Lido Pool Port, Deck 9, Forward Every morning, at sea or port, show up at the ping pong tables between 10:30am and noon and let's play! Not a structured tournament, but do bring your own paddle if you have one.
10:30 AM 12:30 PM Sea Werewolf SHADOW CRUISE Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship We'll be doing a few games of long-form (not One Night) Ultimate Werewolf! Come and lynch your friends!
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Together, Sea Monkeys save the world tag team style. A single game- but each session of Pandemic Legacy: Legacy will be played by different team of people. We’re only as strong as our weakest link.
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Reading - N. K. Jemisin READING / PERFORMANCE The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward N. K. Jemisin
11:00 AM 12:30 PM Office Hours: Kelly Sue DeConnick OFFICE HOURS Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Kelly Sue DeConnick Join Kelly Sue DeConnick for her office hours. She has supplies for face painting, so she will be painting faces!
11:00 AM 5:00 PM Swag Swap Meet/Recycling Center Board Room, Deck 2, Aft If you have JoCo Cruise swag that you definitely will not be taking home with you, drop it off in the Board Room today; JoCo Cruise will take care of donating and recycling it, as applicable. Alternately, if you want extras of any of your JoCo Cruise Swag, drop by the Board Room today and pick up extras as you see fit!
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Madrigal Monkeys SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Come sing through some of the greatest hits of the 16th and 17th centuries! No experience necessary.Music will be provided.
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All! SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Since November 9th, 2016 everyday people are fired up and looking for ways to be the change they want to see. Two challenges: 1. Focusing only on national politics ignores how it ladders up from grassroots advocacy and local politics. 2. Our national situation didn't happen overnight...it won't be fixed in 2018. The chance of burnout is high. How can you manage your activism and expectations to make change for the long haul? How can you leverage technology and game strategy to triage, personalize, activate, and track your corner of the resistance?
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Two Rooms and a Boom SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft In this social game of hidden roles and deduction, players are divided into 2 different rooms. Find your teammates, establish trust, and exchange hostages before time runs out and the bomb explodes! It's the party game that's always a blast. New players welcome!
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Guide/Service Dogs SHADOW CRUISE Stuyvesant Room, Deck 3, Forward Hey, there's a dog on the ship! How'd she get here? Why can't I pet her? What happened to the dog from two years ago? What are service dogs, anyway? Rachel (and Echo) will explain the exciting life and training of guide dogs, talk about their adventures, and highlight how service dogs can change lives (and not just by drooling on the mousepad while I type this; thanks, Echo). Want to raise guide dog puppies? We can hook you up. Fans of Salem, Poodle of Destiny will also get an update as to his whereabouts!
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Magic: the Gathering Showcase: Archenemy SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Come watch as courageous Sea Monkeys battle Gavin Verhey in Archenemy, the 3v1 Magic collection he designed! Our heroes will be randomly selected from Magic events held during the week.
12:00 PM 1:00 PM My Favorite Failure Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Amy Berg, Michael Ian Black, Mark Frauenfelder, Jean Grae, John Scalzi Dirty secret: Everybody fails—sometimes creatively, sometimes in business, sometimes personally. But failure isn't the end—and learning from failure can surprisingly sometimes open doors and possibilities that were closed before. Our panelists will talk about their own failures in life, and how those failures set them up for success afterward.
12:00 PM 4:00 PM Lido Deck "Last Chance" Merch Sale Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Your last chance to buy JoCo Cruise and performer merch! A satellite store will be set up in the Lido Pool Area. Act now or forever hold your peace, or something like that!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Glen Raphael concert: Musical Nerdity SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Back by popular demand, award-winning nerd-folk singer-songwriter Glen Raphael will have new songs, old songs, funny songs, thoughtful songs, songs about physics, love, monkeys and more. Be there, or be quadrilateral!
12:30 PM 1:30 PM Learn to play Rise of Tribes (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Rise of Tribes is a 2-4 player board game. You are a prehistoric people, looking to grow in number, gather resources and lead your people to victory. Build villages, discover advancements and control territories to win! Design by Brad Brooks (Letter Tycoon), published by Breaking Games. Thanks to Kickstarter, this game is full of upgraded components, more art and epic bonus content. Latest prototype will be featured.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Feminist Frequency Meet & Greet OFFICE HOURS Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Felix Kramer, Anita Sarkeesian
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Game Designers Salon OFFICE HOURS Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell, Dave Chalker, James Ernest, Andrew Hackard, Greg Spence, Elisa Teague Come meet and hang out with some of the fascinating folks who create and make amazing and popular tabletop games.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Office Hours: MC Frontalot OFFICE HOURS Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship MC Frontalot
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Working in TV and Movies Q&A / PANEL The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Amy Berg, Michael Ian Black, River Butcher, Patrick Rothfuss Our panel of creators discuss the unique challenges and unexpected (and expected!) joys and sorrows of working on projects in film and television, and how the are different (ad similar!) to other work they do. Moderated by Pat Rothfuss.
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Furry Monkey Meetup SHADOW CRUISE Billboard Onboard, Deck 2, Forward Whether you know what a woof, yeen, birb, zeeb, or durg is, or simply have an interest in anthropomorphism, this is an opportunity for Sea Monkeys (and otherwise) to socialize and share their love for all things fuzzy (and otherwise).
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Tampon Dolls: Crafting with Feminism, with Bonnie Burton WORKSHOP Digital Workshop (Crafting Room), Deck 3, Forward Bonnie Burton Turn tampons into adorable worry dolls (or even a mouse) with this easy craft from the book "Crafting With Feminism" by author Bonnie Burton.
1:45 PM 2:45 PM STEM songs with Tim Griffin SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Tim Griffin is a STEM teacher, an award-winning singer/songwriter, and director of a small educational nonprofit (GriffinEd.org) using music to teach STEM and other subjects for kinder to 8th grade. Think "Schoolhouse Rock" and you'll have the basic idea. Kid-friendly, serious fun.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM How To Raise McElroys In Captivity Q&A / PANEL Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Clint McElroy The care and feeding of creative children. Tips on how to nurture them, encourage them, and then ultimately leech off their success like some kind of remora. Kidding about that last part...but not really.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Locksport 201 - Lock Picking Practice SHADOW CRUISE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship Let's practice what we learned in earlier sessions! There will be no instruction this session, all of the locks will be laid out so that so that people can just grab and have a go.
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - Jackie Kashian SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Jackie Kashian
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - Kelly Sue DeConnick SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Kelly Sue DeConnick
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - Mark Frauenfelder SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Mark Frauenfelder
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - Matt Fraction SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Matt Fraction
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - Michael Ian Black SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Michael Ian Black
2:00 PM 3:00 PM Signing - N. K. Jemisin SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship N. K. Jemisin
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Signing - Pat Rothfuss SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Patrick Rothfuss
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Sponsor Spotlight - The Broken Token (SPONSOR EVENT) Shopping Arcade, Deck 3, Midship Stop by the display area in the ship's Shopping Arcade (Deck 3 Forward) to check out The Broken Token's products—and meet the friendly folks who make them. (No purchase necessary, but you'll probably want to!)
2:30 PM 3:00 PM Learn to play Sparkle Kitty (SPONSOR EVENT) GAMING Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Nobody puts princess in a tower! Sparkle*Kitty is an adorably fun, social, and magical spell card game for all ages, sizes and genders. Once upon a time, a group of powerful princesses were captured and locked away in Cursed "No Cursing" towers by the evil queen Sparkle*Kitty! All their words and magic spells vanished and became sugar & spice... almost everything nice. Luckily these are no ordinary princesses and you are no ordinary player! Take matters into your own hands and harness the simple and sweet words into special spell combinations to set yourself free! The first to escape, wins!
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Scotch Tasting Pinnacle Bar, Deck 2, Midship Christopher Badell Enjoy a flight of five high-quality scotches, because you're fancy and you like nice things. Hosted by Christopher Badell. Attendance is $25; sign up via any bartender or bar server, or at the ship's Guest Services Desk. Seating is limited!
2:30 PM 4:30 PM Time Empire Playtest SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Time Empire is a sci-fi strategy board-game about going back in time to fix the future. An earlier version was playtested (with my immense gratitude to you all) on JoCo in 2017, and it's come a long way since then.
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Afternoon Tea Ocean Bar, Deck 3, Midship
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Signing - Travis McElroy SIGNING Lido Pool Area, Deck 9, Midship Travis McElroy
3:00 PM 4:30 PM Zoe & Brian 3: The Musickening SHADOW CRUISE Queen's Lounge/CAC, Deck 2, Midship Ladies, gentlemen, and esteemed members of the audience, come join us for the third installment of Brian and Zoe Gray's musical funfest, a most lamentable comedy ensured to laugh your socks off, knock your eyes out, and cry your head off… or something like that? We’ll sing our own songs, sing each other’s songs, sing other people’s songs, sing things that shouldn’t be classified as songs in the first place, and hopefully leave you with some sort of greater understanding of the world, if only the realization that they really need to stop letting these two hooligans have shadow concerts.
3:00 PM 10:00 AM ROOM UNAVAILABLE Half-Moon Room, Deck 3, Midship We need to use this room for administrative duties, so don't plan on using it for an off-the-record Shadow Event during this time.
3:30 PM 4:00 PM Sea Monkey Mail Meetup SHADOW CRUISE Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Sea Monkey Mail is a small white elephant-type gift exchange between cruisers. Lets have a meetup to socialise and meet the faces behind the mailboxes.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Diceborn Heroes boardgame event SHADOW CRUISE Upper Main Dining Room, Deck 3, Aft Play an early access of the cooperative fantasy boardgame with the designer. Diceborn Heroes pits up to 4 players on an adventure in about 60mins.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Pacific Quest wrap party SHADOW CRUISE Explorer's Lounge, Deck 2, Aft Players of "Pacific Quest: Déjà Cruise" submit final answers, meet the organizers and share stories
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Pandemic Legacy: Legacy Finale GAMING Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward A dramatic public reading from the character journals of  Pandemic Legacy highlighting the sweet victories and bitter defeats of previous playthroughs as we usher in the final game.
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Poolside Happy Hour Lido Bar (Midship), Deck 9, Midship Happy Hour! Your second drink is only $2!
4:20 PM 6:20 PM Movie: "The Big Lebowski" Screening Room, Deck 3, Forward
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Dinner (Red Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Main Concert (Gold Team) - Jonathan Coulton and Friends MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jonathan Coulton
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Dinner (Gold Team) Main Dining Room (Both Floors), Decks 2 & 3, Aft
7:30 PM 9:30 PM Main Concert (Red Team) - Jonathan Coulton and Friends MAIN CONCERT The Main Stage, Deck 2, Forward Jonathan Coulton
10:00 PM 11:30 PM "Let's Always Stay Friends" Farewell Reception PARTY Lido Deck, Deck 9 Our traditional end-of-cruise gathering to share memories, and enjoy each other's company one last time. Cash bar.
11:00 PM 4:00 AM Dead Dog Jam/Music Circle SHADOW CRUISE Crow's Nest ("Ten Forward"), Deck 10, Forward Late into the night, let's keep singing songs and making music until we all fall asleep or it's time to go home!(Please keep this event near the forward windows and as close to the Port [left] side as possible, to leave a buffer for the Quiet Area and the rooms outside the venue.)
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