Activity history

2024

• Global Game Jam Rijeka - participation in the organization and jury selection of the best game

2023

• Rikon 2023, record big again, held in the FFRI and UFRI premises of the Rijeka University Campus.
• Wandercon Osijek - organization of a cosplay competition at the largest gaming convention in the region
• Global Game Jam Rijeka - participation in the organization and jury selection of the best game
• Wednesday Party @ Botel Marina - fun theme party with quizzes and dance competition
• RiTeh Game Nights - participation in social game demonstrations

2022

• Rikon 2022, the largest Rikon ever held, with a record 200 program participants in 16 program elements and more than 2,000 visitors, held at the FFRI and UFRI premises of the Rijeka University Campus
• The first Croatian film makeup and special effects competition - SFX Makeup Competition - held at Rikon , 8/10/2022, where 10 finalists of the live competition fought for the title of 1st Rikon SFX Makeup Artist 2022
• K-pop Dance Party - organization of entertainment and dance performances in Pogon kulture
• Halloween Party @ Bačva - organization of Halloween party in Bačva pub
• Adventi(g)ranje vol. 2 - participation in the "Winter story from Benčić" project in the Children's House organized by the Rijeka City Library - playing board games for children and young people
• RiTeh Game Nights - participation in social game demonstrations

2021

• Rikon 2021., held experimentally at Childrens House Rijeka, in partnership with City Library of Rijeka. Despite the challenges, Rikon is successfully organized and visited by a significant number of visitors.
• Adventi(g)ranje - part of project from City Library Rijeka - boardgaming event for children and youth.

2020

• Futuricon 2020 – Eurocon, successfully held online, with over 300 visitors from all over the world. Live con was organized in studio with live transmission and pre-recorded programme materials.

2019

• Board Games Day 29.6. organized in cooperation with the Cultural Front Association and a representative of the Czech Games.
• Regular meetings of book club with writer Igor Rendić.
• RiTeh Game Nights - demonstration of board games
• participation in the trainings of the Classroom program organized by Rijeka 2020 ECoC.
• Participation in the project "Gledaj (u)druge".
• Rikon 2019, guest of honor Gareth L. Powell, British writer of speculative fiction, winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
• Participation in Eurocon 2019 in Belfast, Ireland.

2018

• A series of events “Zmaj u Bačvi”: Board games and Smallworld demo, Codenames tournament, Board games, Halloween Party
• Star Wars Party @ Palach - organizing the event along with music and popular quizzes
• RiTeh Game Nights - demonstration of board games
• Rikon 2018, guest of honor Aliette de Bodard, French-American writer, winner of the Nebula Award and the British SF Organization Award.
• Participation in Eurocon 2018 in Amiens, France.

2017

• Participation in the conference of organizers and visiting anime convention “Dokomi 2017”, Dusseldorf, Germany.
• A series of events “Zmaj u Bačvi”: Cosplay Night Rijeka, Gaming on Saturdays, Self-promotion for creatives, Everything you want to know about space, For Justice!, We play all day, Spooky Halloween + Face Painting, SOS Rijeka / Horror quiz , Games and SF quiz, Board games, Participation in“Gledaj (u)druge“.
• Rikon 2017, guest of honor Emma Newmann, British writer and host of podcast shows.
• Participation in Eurocon 2017 in Dortmund, Germany.

2016

• Publishing of “Eridan”, 17th,18th and 19th issue (bilingual).
• Vampire Ball – A masked ball before the Rijeka Carnival, Botel Marina.
• Series of events: International Day of Board Games 2016, Quiz in Bačva on the occasion of the International Star Wars Day, participation in “Gledaj (u)druge“.
• Participation in Eurocon 2016 in Barcelona, ​​Spain.
• Rikon 2016, with first foreign guest of honor, Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt, winner of the Hugo Award.
• Rijeka has won the prestigious title of European Capital of Culture 2020, and we announced our bid for the title of Eurocon 2020.

2015

• “Fantasy Month” project was organized in Rijeka.
• Participation in the 10th Ogulin Fairy-Tale Festival in cooperation with the Rijeka association PoMoDoRi with the performance of the play “Stories from the Future”.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 16th issue (bilingual).
• Rikon 2015

2014

• “Fantasy Month” project was organized in Rijeka, with many events focused on children and youth, with the goals of promoting literature, playing board games, literary and musical creativity, creative artistic expression of the youngest, and included the promotion of Eridan and the Rikon Convention.
• Rikon 2014

2013

• Co-organizer of Malik Fest – a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 14th and 15th issue (bilingual).
• Rikon 2013

2012

• Co-organizer of Malik Fest – a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 12th (first ever bilingual issue in english and croatian) and 13th issue.
• Rikon 2012

2011

• Co-organizer of Malik Fest – a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner, which was held at the Trsat Castle in Rijeka, in partnership with NEOS Centar Association. Project is focused on children and youth, and includes history revival, puppet shows, live costumes of slavic and croatian mythological beings and deities, live storytelling, archery for children, and many other activities.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 10th and 11th issue
• Rikon 2011 held for the first time in new location, Faculty of Humanities on the University Campus Trsat, and has the largest number of visitors yet.

2010

• Publishing of “Eridan”, 9th issue
• Rikon 2010

2009

• Collaboration with the Association “Calculus” i.e. Museum of Old Computers for the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing of NASA’s Apollo. The “Peek @ Moon” project lasted 2 months, during which numerous lectures, screenings, tribunes, concerts, etc. were held.
• Another successful year for "Fiction Laboratory" with published story collection.
• Largest convention “Rikon” yet held at the Astronomy center in Rijeka.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 8th issue.
• Rikon 2009 at Observatory of Rijeka

2008

• Recording a sound collection of science fiction stories “Children of the Sun” for blind and partially sighted people, which includes stories by some of the best Croatian authors of this genre: Darko Macan, Krešimir Mišak, Aleksandar Žiljak and Marija Serdar.
• Translation and publication of a collection of stories by Zoran Krušvar “Najbolji na svijetu” in Poland.
• Start of “Fiction Laboratory”, creative writing workshops under the mentorship of Zoran Krušvar, focused on young adults (highschool and university age), with published story collection.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 6th issue and 7th issue, where first works of “Fantasy Laboratory” participants are published
• Rikon 2008

2007

• Participation in the multimedia project “Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg” based on the book of the same title by Zoran Krušvar in the form of making short films, staging parts of the book and promoting the book itself.
• Screenings of amateur science fiction films in cooperation with the association “Cultural Front”, the Student Club of Anglistics Rijeka “SKAR”, the Association of Informatics Students “Next” and the Association of Philosophy Students “Furija”.
• Translation of school textbooks and fiction into Braille in cooperation with the Croatian Association of Friends of the White Cane “Homer”, for which the Association was awarded the annual “Homer’s Golden Drop” award.
• Publishing of “Eridan”, 5th issue.
• Rikon 2007

2006

• Publishing of “Eridan”, 3rd issue, and 4th issue, in digital version.
• Rikon 2006

2005

• Starting petition aimed at introducing “The Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien into the curriculum and school textbooks.
• Participation in promotional activities related to the Croatian premieres of the films “The Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars” in the form of shooting short films. Link to video
• First and second issue of fanzine “Eridan” published, featuring sci-fi & fantasy short stories, poems, artwork, comics, reviews and essays by young authors and artists, Croatian but also international.
• Taking over organization of convention Rikon from the Association "Aurora".