Yeth Marthter!

- by Siobhan Greaney

The Athothiation of Thurgeonth, Igorth and Igorinath was one of the guilds for this year's convention. A big thank you must go to the ConCom, the Monks of Cool, my fellow deputy Xris (who did most of the pre-con preparation for guild activities) and to all our wonderful members who helped make our guild extra thpethial.

Below is a day by day account of our main activites:

Friday night at the Guild Meeting we kicked off our weekend-long Scavenger Hunt, letting our own members form teams and suggesting to other guilds that they get a team to compete.

On Saturday, we were honoured to host the programme item: Igor's Bestiary. Nearly all day was spent helping people rip teddy bears to shreds and glueing, taping and stiching them back together in new and interesting ways in Lancre Forge. A huge thank you is due to Hailey for organising this event in the first place and for relinquishing it to us when she realised she had tripple booked herself that afternoon. Barry V was the winner of the 'motht monthtrouth beathty' with his creation:

(Photo by Gideon Hallett)

We also held the first round of the 'Make Your Own Thcrapth' which involved cutting out various dog limbs and attaching them to balloons. Some people chose to take theirs away, others left them to our 'Scrap Pile'.

Sunday morning saw us hosting the 'Igor Games' in Morpork. We had another round of 'Make Your Own Thcrapth' as well as an 'Ubervaldian Thcrabble' board (no 's' or 'w' - extra 't', 'h' and 'v's) for people to play with. The most popular game by far was Human Operation. The "patient" was covered with a sheet of tin foil with spaces cut out to sellotape the organs to them. Xris had rigged up a buzzer that went off if the tin foil was touched with the surgical implement (bbq tongs). Many thanks to those who played the part of patient for more than one turn so that everyone who wanted to play got a chance.

Sunday night at the Rat Races, the Igor's stall was offering 'Retro-Phrenology' - change your personality with the bump of a (weapons-checked) mallet! Thanks are due to not only our own members but to some of the Historians guild who had both made our mallets and performed some retrophenological procedures on the night. Also on offer were wipes and lotions to kill your invisible demons (ritual excorism optional). We also had a volunteer Igor participant in the drag races, thanks are due to him and to the wonderful Igorinas who spent their afternoon making his outfit and doing his make-up.

Monday morning, we wound down with the hand in of the Scavenger Hunt - one interprid team had taken the cheating ideas to heart and managed to get all of the items due to some fudgery, a catalogue and blackmail. A stirling example of Igor Scavaging at its best.

I'm sure there are some things I've forgotten to mention and specific people I've neglected to thank so apologies if so.

Some people went all out with their costumes, scars, lisping and general 'Igor-ness' for at least part of the con. Others helped quietly in the background preparing for or supervising guild activities. I sincerely hope that all guild members had a good time, that all those who took part in our activities enjoyed them, and that however much or little you encountered us - that the guild made the con thpethial for you too!

Thiverth