MileHiCon 57 Weekend Schedules
This static version of the schedule is for reference only. An up-to-date physical version of the schedule will be provided during the convention. Most schedules are still works in progress right now, so please check back for updates!
| Times | Names (Ratings & Other Info) | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Friday – Open 6pm-midnight | -------- | -------- |
| 6:00 p.m. | The Stepford Wives (1975; English; rated PG) | Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all-too-perfect behavior of the female residents. |
| 8:00 p.m. | Return to Oz (1985; English; rated PG) | Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful. |
| 10:00 p.m. | The Future Diary (episodes 1-4; 2011; Japanese with English subtitles; rated 18+ for extreme violence) | Yukiteru Amano is a loner who never really interacts with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone, with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is not a figment of his imagination but real when Deus makes him a participant in a battle royale with eleven others. |
| Saturday – Open 8am-Midnight | -------- | -------- |
| 8:00 a.m. | Future Boy Conan (episodes 1-3; 1978; dubbed in English; rated 10+) | Based on The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key and directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. In a post-nuclear future, Earth has been almost completely submerged by oceans. Indastria, a hyper-technological isle, is the new world capital. Conan is the only survivor from a failed attempt to escape Earth as bombs were falling. He meets a girl named Lana, and when she’s kidnapped by Indastria's soldiers, he sets out to rescue her. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Destination Moon (1950; English; not rated) | After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. This time, Gen. Thayer approaches Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon. Together they gather the captains of industry and all pledge to support the goals of having the United States be the first to put a man on the moon. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Haibane Renmei (episodes 1-4; 2002; Japanese with English subtitles; rated 14+) | Rakka is born from a large cocoon into Old Home, greeted by a group of young women with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to leave. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (episodes 1-3; 2025; Japanese with English subtitles; rated 14+) | Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle. Under the entry name “Machu,” she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then, an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shūji. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Destroy All Planets (1968; dubbed in English; not rated) | Originally released in Japan as Gamera vs. Viras. A spaceship containing an expedition force from Planet Viras approaches Earth, with its occupants discussing their intentions to occupy the planet for its atmospheric nitrogen. Gamera intervenes and destroys it, but before the ship is destroyed, the aliens broadcast a warning to their world, stating that Gamera is their enemy. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Bubblegum Crisis (episodes 1-2; 1987; Japanese with English subtitles; rated TV-14) | Welcome to Mega Tokyo's Tinsel City, a part of town where most struggle to survive while global conglomerates thrive. However, this fragile city of the future has another problem that's just about to blow up. Mega Tokyo's finest are being wiped out by an escalating series of attacks perpetrated by Boomers—mechanized automatons born to kill. |
| 5:00 p.m. | The Lost World (1925; silent with English intertitles; not rated) | Based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From a lost expedition to a plateau in the borders of Peru, Brazil and Colombia, Paula White brings the journal of her father, explorer Maple White, to the eccentric Professor Challenger in London. Challenger declares the sketches in the journal to be proof that dinosaurs still walk the earth; facing ridicule from his peers, Challenger takes on a mission to rescue Maple White. |
| 6:30 p.m. | The Apothecary Diaries (episodes 1-5; 2023; dubbed in English; rated 14+) | Kidnapped and sold into servitude in the imperial palace, 17-year-old apothecary Maomao hopes to lay low and serve out her term quietly. But her curiosity gets the best of her when two of the Emperor’s children fall ill, and her skills earn her a promotion to lady-in-waiting and entangle her far more deeply in palace affairs than she ever wanted. |
| 8:30 p.m. | Ghost in the Shell (1995; Japanese with English subtitles; rated TV-MA) | In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as “The Puppetmaster” begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster. |
| 10:00 p.m. | Tank Girl (1995; English; rated R) | A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the world's remaining potable water supply. |
| Sunday – Open 8am-6pm | -------- | -------- |
| 8:00 a.m. | Saint Tail (episodes 1-5; 1995; Japanese with English subtitles; suitable for all ages) | 14-year-old Meimi Haneoka is a normal girl during the daytime, but at night she takes on the “position” of Saint Tail, a modern-day Robin Hood who steals from thieves and gives items back to their original owners. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (episodes 1-3; 2011; dubbed in English; rated 14+) | After experiencing a bizarre dream, Madoka Kaname encounters a magical creature named Kyubey. Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are offered the opportunity of gaining magical powers if they agree to make a contract with the strange little being. He will also grant them one wish, but in exchange they shall risk their lives by accepting the responsibility of fighting witches. Invisible to human eyes, witches are catalysts of despair in the areas they inhabit. |
| 11:30 a.m. | Secrets of the Silent Witch (episodes 1-3; 2025; dubbed in English; rated 14+) | Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world's only practitioner of voiceless magic, a heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend. However, the young prodigy is actually incredibly shy, and she only learned voiceless magic to avoid speaking in public. Ignorant of this, the Seven Sages have placed her on a top-secret mission to guard the Second Prince. |
| 1:00 p.m. | Flash Gordon (1980; English; rated PG) | Football star Flash Gordon is thrust into the journey of a lifetime: joined with Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, the three earthbound space travelers will soon become the first humans to encounter alien life, and try to stop the tyrannical alien warlord Emperor Ming the Merciless from destroying the Earth. |
| 3:00 p.m. | Aldnoah.Zero (episodes 1-3; 2014; Japanese with English subtitles; rated 13+) | Fifteen years have passed since the hypergate collapsed on the moon's surface - a catastrophe known as the Heaven's Fall. The war between Earth and the VERS Empire of Mars is now in a cease-fire, and Terrans are turning out to welcome Princess Asseylum’s goodwill mission to Earth, only to watch in horror as a missile crashes into Asseylum’s motorcade and a new war begins. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf (2024; dubbed in English; rated 14+) | The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine—that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. |
| TIME | EVENT | ROOM |
|---|---|---|
| FRIDAY | ||
10 AM - 5:45 PM | Set-up and rehearsals (CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| 5:45 PM | Avistrum opens | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Friday Night Social | All 3 Rooms |
| SATURDAY | ||
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Choosing Ceremonies | Conference Room 1 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Charms w/ Prof Latrova | Conference Room 1 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Adventure Magic w/ Prof Cubrick | Conference Room 2 |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Free Period | All 3 rooms |
1:00 PM - 2:30 | "Hallowed Hall" (Lunch - CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| 2:30 PM 3:30 PM | Potinations w/ Prof Koles & Bumble | Conference Room 2 |
| 2:30 PM 3:30 PM | Sygill Class w/ Prof Skovsgaard | Conference Room 1 |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Free Period | All 3 rooms |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Competitive Casting Practice | Conference Room 1 |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Doors closed (CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Avistrum After Dark - Goodham Productions | Conference Room 1 |
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Doors closed (CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| SUNDAY | ||
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Competitive Casting Tourney | Conference Room 1 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Free Period | All 3 rooms |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Charms w/ Prof Latrova | Conference Room 1 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Adventure Magic w/ Prof Cubrick | Conference Room 2 |
1:00 PM - 2:30 | Hallowed Hall" (Lunch - CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| 2:30 PM 3:30 PM | Potinations w/ Prof Koles & Bumble | Conference Room 2 |
| 2:30 PM 3:30 PM | Sygill Class w/ Prof Skovsgaard | Conference Room 1 |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Free Period | All 3 rooms |
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | Doors closed (CLOSED TO PUBLIC) | All 3 rooms |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing Ceremonies | Conference Room 1 |
| 5:00 PM and on | Tear down |
Double Exposure Envoy will be at MileHiCon demoing games all weekend.
In addition, Doc Cheetem will be demoing his newer games, Brigade Brawl, about volunteer fire brigades in 1860s Philadelphia, Escape the Crimps, where the players are drunken Sailors trying to get home without getting Shanghaied, and A Cure for What Ails You, a competitive healing game set in late 1800s New Orleans. Who knew that historical games could be so hysterical?
On Friday evening, John Eakins will be running Salem 1692 from 7 to 9 pm. Saturday, he will be running Bristol 1350 from Noon to 2 pm, Tortuga 1667 from 2 to 4 pm, Deadwood 1876 from 4 to 6 pm, and Hollywood 1947 from 7 to 9 pm.
For the night owls, He will also be running Blood on the Clock Tower from 9 pm to Midnight on both Friday and Saturday nights.
In addition, USS Pioneer will be hosting their annual Poker Tournament on Friday from 9 pm to Midnight and Saturday from 7 pm to 11 pm.
As always, we will have a library of games available to check out and play in the gaming area throughout the weekend. So stop by between panels and find your next new favorite game.
In addition, Doc Cheetem will be demoing his newer games, Brigade Brawl, about volunteer fire brigades in 1860s Philadelphia, Escape the Crimps, where the players are drunken Sailors trying to get home without getting Shanghaied, and A Cure for What Ails You, a competitive healing game set in late 1800s New Orleans. Who knew that historical games could be so hysterical?
On Friday evening, John Eakins will be running Salem 1692 from 7 to 9 pm. Saturday, he will be running Bristol 1350 from Noon to 2 pm, Tortuga 1667 from 2 to 4 pm, Deadwood 1876 from 4 to 6 pm, and Hollywood 1947 from 7 to 9 pm.
For the night owls, He will also be running Blood on the Clock Tower from 9 pm to Midnight on both Friday and Saturday nights.
In addition, USS Pioneer will be hosting their annual Poker Tournament on Friday from 9 pm to Midnight and Saturday from 7 pm to 11 pm.
As always, we will have a library of games available to check out and play in the gaming area throughout the weekend. So stop by between panels and find your next new favorite game.
Work in Progress – Check back for updates