Activity history

2026

  • Z-FUTURE II - a continuation of a successful project to empower and educate young people about careers of the future in the digital world, the video game industry. The project implements numerous activities, and for the first time the Association has achieved significant financial support - including the Kultura Nova Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Culture and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County as project sponsors. The project employs two people.
  • Global Game Jam Rijeka 2026 - co-organizers of the video game development competition.



2025

  • Rikon 2025 - the 28th Rikon, the largest domestic fantasy, pop culture and gaming convention, was held, which gathered a record 6,000 visitors in the Exportdrvo Rijeka area.
  • Expo Gameri 2025 - the 2nd edition of the video game industry event was held in Opatija, with over 2,000 visitors and international guests of honor from the industry.
  • Celebrating 20 years of the 3rd Dragon Association at the Palach Club.
  • Global Game Jam Rijeka - co-organizers of the largest domestic Game Jam competition for video game development, mentoring teams and judging the best games.
  • Project Z-FUTURE GenZ for careers of the future - a project that empowers young people for the responsible and safe use of technologies, skill development and successful entry into the video game industry and digital art (lectures held in schools, award-winning art competition for high school students). Through this project, the association successfully employed a person full-time for the first time in 20 years of existence.
  • MegaGame - a unique combination of board games, role-playing games (RPG), live action role-playing games (LARP), with team interaction for 40 players.
  • Launch of the Sabers Croatia brand - for Star Wars geeks and participation in Geek Con Velika Gorica 2025.
  • Star Wars Academy: organization of a workshop for children at the Bakar Kindergarten, as part of the kindergarten's 25th anniversary celebration, organization of a workshop as part of the Winter Stories program in Benčić - pair fencing workshop.


2024

  • Rikon 2024, with a record number of visitors (4,000 ), was held for the first time in the premises of Exportdrvo Rijeka.
  • Stuntman meet-up in Rijeka - organization of panels, workshops and demonstrations of stunt skills in collaboration with Kino Edison Karlovac, stuntman Željko Matovina and Ivan Forlani.
  • Expo GameRi 2024 - organization of the first Rijeka gaming expo in the Exportdrvo space with a top response from international and domestic audiences, partnership with the Rivira agency, HCL.hr portal and GameHub tv.
  • Global Game Jam Rijeka - participation in the organization and judging of the best game.
  • Eurovision Watch Party 2024 @ Klub Palach - organization of watching the final on the big screen with an entertainment program.
  • Star Wars Academy: Lightsaber fencing - organization of a workshop for children as part of Advent in Škrljevo with the Škrljevo Woman Association


2023

  • Rikon 2023, once again a record-breaking event, was held at the FFRI and UFRI Campuses of the University of Rijeka.
  • Wandercon - organization of a cosplay competition at the first Osijek gaming convention.
  • Global Game Jam Rijeka - participation in the organization and judging of the best game.
  • Wednesday Party @ Botel Marina - a fun themed party with quizzes and a dance competition.
  • Dora Watch Party 2023 @ Botel Marina - organization of watching the final on the big screen with an entertainment program.
  • Eurovision Watch Party 2023 @ Klub Palach - organization of watching the final on the big screen with an entertainment program.
  • RiTeh Game Nights - participation in board 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 Campuses of the University of Rijeka.
  • The first Croatian film makeup and special effects competition - SFX Makeup Competition - was held at Rikon, October 8th, where 10 finalists of the competition competed live for the title of 1st Rikon SFX Makeup Artist 2022.
  • K-pop Dance Party - organization of entertainment and dance performances at Pogon Kulture.
  • Halloween Party @ Bačva - organization of a Halloween party at Bačva pub.
  • Adventi(g)ranje vol. 2 - participation in the project "Winter Story from Benčići" at the Children's House organized by the Rijeka City Library - playing board games for children and young people.
  • RiTeh Game Nights - participation in board game demonstrations.


2021

  • Rikon 2021, held experimentally at the Children's House Rijeka, in collaboration with the Rijeka City Library. Despite the pandemic challenges, Rikon was successfully held and gathered a significant number of visitors.
  • Advent(ing) - participation in Advent events at the Rijeka City Library in the Children's House - playing board games for children and young people.


2020

  • Futuricon 2020 – Eurocon, a successfully held pandemic online convention with live broadcast from a studio set up in RiHub.


2019

  • Board Games Day on June 29th in collaboration with the Cultural Front Association and a representative of Czech Games.
  • Regular holding of a community literary club under the leadership of Igor Rendić.
  • RiTeh Game Nights - board game demonstrations
  • participation in training courses of the Classroom program organized by Rijeka 2020 ECOC.
  • Participation in the project “Look at others”.
  • Participation in Eurocon 2019 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Rikon 2019, guest of honor Gareth L. Powell, British speculative fiction writer, winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel.


2018

  • "Dragon in a Barrel" series of events: Board games and Smallworld demo, Codenames tournament, Board games, Halloween party.
  • Star Wars Party in collaboration with the RiRock Association in Palach.
  • RiTeh Game Nights - demonstrations 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 organizers' conference and anime convention "Dokomi 2017", Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • "Dragon in a Barrel" series of events: Rijeka Cosplay Night, Saturday Gaming - board game room, Self-promotion for creatives, lecture Everything you want to know about the universe, Spooky Halloween   Face Painting, Horror quiz, Games and SF quiz.
  • Participation in the project “Look at others”.
  • Rikon 2017, guest of honor Emma Newmann, British writer and podcast host.
  • Participation in Eurocon 2017 in Dortmund, Germany.


2016

  • "Eridan" issues 17, 18 and 19 published (bilingual edition).
  • Vampire Ball – a masked ball in anticipation of Carnival, Botel Marina.
  • International Board Games Day 2016 organized.
  • Quiz in Bačva on the occasion of International Star Wars Day.
  • Participation in the project “Look at others”.
  • Participation in Eurocon 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Rikon 2016 hosted the first foreign guest of honor, Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt, winner of the Hugo Award.
  • Rijeka wins the title of European Capital of Culture 2020, and the Association announces its participation in the competition for the title of Eurocon 2020.


2015

  • Implementation of the "Month of Fantasy" project in Rijeka.
  • The association participates in the 10th Ogulin Fairy Tale Festival in collaboration with the Rijeka association PoMoDoRi with the performance of the play "Tales from the Future".
  • "Eridan" issue 16 (bilingual edition) published.
  • 2015 Reunion.


2014

  • Implementation of the "Month of Fantasy" project in Rijeka, various events intended for children and young people with the aim of promoting literature, science, gaming, literary and musical creativity, and creative artistic expression of the youngest, and the presentation of Eridan and the Rikon convention were held.
  • 2014 Reunion.


2013

  • The association as a co-organizer of Malik Fest - a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner.
  • "Eridan" issues 14 and 15 (bilingual edition) published.
  • 2013 Reunion.


2012

  • The association as a co-organizer of Malik Fest - a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner.
  • "Eridan" issue 12 (the first ever bilingual edition, English and Croatian) and issue 13 published.
  • 2012 Reign.


2011

  • The association is a co-organizer of Malik Fest – a festival of myths and legends of Istria and Kvarner, held at Trsat Castle in Rijeka, with the NEOS Center Association. The project is intended for children and young people, and includes reenactments of history, puppet shows, revived costumes of Slavic and Croatian mythical creatures and gods, storytelling, archery for children, and a variety of accompanying content.
  • "Eridan" issues 10 and 11 published.
  • Rikon 2011 was held for the first time in a new location, the Faculty of Philosophy on the newly built Trsat University Campus, and had the highest attendance to date.


2010

  • From "Eridan" number 9.
  • 2010 Reign.


2009

  • Collaboration with the Calculus Association, i.e. the Museum of Old Computers, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the NASA Apollo Moon landing. The “Peek @ Moon” program lasted 2 months and included numerous lectures, screenings, panels, concerts, etc.
  • The largest and most visited "Rikon" to date was held at the Rijeka Astronomical Center.
  • From "Eridan" number 8.
  • Rikon 2009 held at the Rijeka Astronomical Center.


2008

  • Recording of an audio collection of science fiction stories "Children of the Sun" for blind and visually impaired 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 Zoran Krušvar's collection of stories "The Best in the World" in Poland.
  • Launch of the "Fantasy Laboratory", a creative writing workshop under the mentorship of Zoran Krušvar, intended for high school and college-age youth.
  • "Eridan" issues 6 and 7 have been published, in which the works of the "Laboratory of Fantasy" participants are published for the first time.
  • 2008 Reign.


2007

  • Participation in the multimedia project "Executors of the Lord's Plan" based on the book of the same name by Zoran Krušvar in the form of making short films, staging parts of the book and promoting the book itself.
  • Organization of screenings of amateur science fiction films in collaboration with the association "Kulturi front", the Rijeka English Student Club "SKAR", the Computer Science Student Association "Next" and the Philosophy Student Association "Furija".
  • Translating school reading and fiction into Braille in collaboration with the Croatian Association of Friends of the White Cane "Homer", for which the Association was awarded the annual "Homer's Golden Drops" award.
  • From "Eridan" number 5.
  • 2007 Reunion.


2006

  • "Eridan" issues 3 and 4 have been published, in digital form.
  • 2006 Reign.


2005

  • Opening a petition with the aim of introducing JRR Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" into the curriculum and school reading.
  • Participation in promotional activities related to the Croatian premieres of the films “The Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars” in the form of short film production. Link to video
  • The first and second editions of the fanzine "Eridan" have been printed, containing short stories, poems, artwork, comics, reviews and essays on the topic of science fiction, fantasy or horror, by young and unestablished authors, from Croatia and abroad.
  • Taking over the organization of the Rikon convention from the Aurora association.