Final CoNZealand schedule

I've just gotten my final schedule for CoNZealand, now with 50% more panels! Thankfully I don't also have to moderate the new one.

Note that times are local for New Zealand (UTC+12 at this time of year).

Accessible Magic

Wednesday July 29, 13:00-13:50, Programme Room 3

How does a person with a speech impediment handle magical incantations? Dyslexic sorcery: scrambling runes a hazard? Is the autism spectrum an advantage if spellcasting requires visualizing complex shapes? Let's mash mastery of magic and differently abled people together and see what we get.

Andi C. Buchanan, Elizabeth Moon, Taiyo Fujii, Geneve Flynn, Petrea Mitchell (M)

The World of Independent Board Games: Beyond D & D

Wednesday July 29, 15:00-15:50, Programme Room 4

Just about everyone has rolled a 12-sided die at one time or another, but there's a whole new world of indie games like....

Ed Fortune, Petrea Mitchell, Max Gladstone, Queenie Chan (M), Amal El-Mohtar

The Decade in Anime

Saturday August 1, 14:00-14:50, Programme Room 1

The highlights, the lowlights, and the unforgettable moments of 2010s anime.

Martin Wisse, Petrea Mitchell (M), Takeshi Ikeda, Amanda Arthur-Struss