So let's talk seriously about scheduling ENWorlder games at GenCon...

I'm going to GenCon this year for my first time. I have decided not to play in any of the official games because I'd rather spend that time gaming with folks I know from here. The Game Day organizer in me tells me that two months out is a good time frame to start trying to get the ball rolling on where and when the "pickup" games might happen.

At this point my schedule is pretty much wide open (all I know is that I'm going to play in der kluge's Round Robin DM game) and I'd like to start nailing down some times to game with my fellow ENWorlders.

The games I'm probably going to bring to run are:

Orcz! - D&D game where all the PC's are Orcs. I've run this at the NC Game Day and another local con and had good success with it.

Sky Galleons of Mars - D20 Modern game based in the world of Space: 1889 (Victorian Sci-Fi - think Jules Verne and HG Wells type stuff). Another game I've run a series of adventures in for the NC Game Days.


I am happy to run these games at any time I can get a fistfull of players. I'm also looking to play in other people's games wherever possible.

Here is the schedule we've got thus far. If folks would like to indicate games they want to run as well as ones they wish to play in, I'll update things as often as I can. Please keep an eye on what games I've added you to and when because this is hardly fool proof and I've been known to be a fool on occasion...

Wednesday

Dinnertime-Midnight - Canadiana Suite gathering of folks to eat dinner, have a few beers and socialize/play card/boardgames.

Thursday

2:30-6:30 - Rel's Sky Galleons of Mars One Slot Open
The Universe
Queen Dopplepopolis (part time )
CarlZog
romp
Frukathka


2PM-7PM - Jester47's Wilderlands Treasure Hunters Game (3 slots left)
El Sose


2PM-6PM - Piratecat's A lazy day in Eversink 6 players total
RangerWickett
Urbanmech


5ishPM-9PM - Psion's Spycraft 2E: Dark Inheritance Game
Cancelled
d20Dwarf
Ghettognome
Ghostwind
(Tom Knauss)


7PM-Midnight - Rel's Orcz! D&D Game
DaveStebbins
Tonya
Frukathka


7PM-Midnight - Crothian's Paranoia: Orc and Pie
Dextra
Buttercup
romp


Friday

11AM-4PM - Psion's Traveller d20 Game
Frukathka
Teflon Billy
Rel
Jack of Shadows
Jester47
El Sose
romp


10AM-2PM - Piratecat's A lazy day in Eversink Game 6 players total
Spider
Pielorinho
Matchstick


Ennies from 9-?? and possible post awards "festivities"


Saturday

10AM-2PM - d20Dwarf's Midnight 2nd Edition Game NOW FULL
Harrowed
Buttercup
Mac1504
Mac1504's Friend
Piratecat


2PM-6PM - der_kluge's Round Robin DM Game
Spider


2PM-6PM - Piratecat's Mace Hunter and the Fountain of Youth game 7 players total
Rel
Matchstick
romp

7PM-11PM - Spider's Spycraft Game


8PM-? (not much past midnight) - Rel's Sky Galleons of Mars One Slot Open
Cthulhu's Librarian
der_kluge
Ghostwind
Ethernaut
Piratecat
Pielorinho

Sunday

9AM-1PM - der_kluge's Harp Game - "The Restless Winter"

I'd be happy to play a game of Orcz!

Rel said:

Sky Galleons of Mars - D20 Modern game based in the world of Space: 1889 (Victorian Sci-Fi - think Jules Verne and HG Wells type stuff). Another game I've run a series of adventures in for the NC Game Days.

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I don't know what my full schedule looks like yet, but if you run a new Sky Galleons adventure that I haven't played in yet, I'd like to play "Air Gurkha" again.
I know I'll have open time on Saturday, but exactly what time depends on when my team gets scheduled for the second round of the DCC tournament (because we WILL be advancing).

I'd also jump at a chance to play Orcz!

I hope to be running a Paranoia game and a game of Hollywood Camelot. But I'm just not sure when yet.

Rel said:

I'm going to GenCon this year for my first time. I have decided not to play in any of the official games because I'd rather spend that time gaming with folks I know from here. The Game Day organizer in me tells me that two months out is a good time frame to start trying to get the ball rolling on where and when the "pickup" games might happen.

At this point my schedule is pretty much wide open (all I know is that I'm going to play in der kluge's Round Robin DM game) and I'd like to start nailing down some times to game with my fellow ENWorlders.

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Hey, I'm honored! I'm planning on running it Saturday, from 1-5. I could also run it Saturday from 7 to midnight. My Saturday evening is totally open.

Tentatively, I'm running
Round-Robin Saturday 1-5

HARP "The Restless Winter" (a murder mystery I ran at the MD/VA/DC game day) Saturday 7 to midnight. There are no official HARP games being ran at Gen Con, so if you want to check out the system, this would be as good an opportunity as any.

And I'd like to try to get into one of your Sky Galleons games.

My Sunday is totally open. I'm flying out that evening, so I could squeeze in a Sunday morning game as well.

On second thought, I may push all that back an hour. I think I'll sign up for another ENWorld booth from Noon to 2 (and hang out with Teflon Billy). Seems like that might also be a prime time slot to help manage the sign-up sheets for games that might be occuring late Saturday and Sunday. Since I've reserved my "weekend" for pick-up games, seems like others might have done the same.

So, 2-6, 8 to ?? for Round-Robin and HARP.


Do we want to organize a semi-official sign-up sheet?

Cthulhu's Librarian said:

I don't know what my full schedule looks like yet, but if you run a new Sky Galleons adventure that I haven't played in yet, I'd like to play "Air Gurkha" again.
I know I'll have open time on Saturday, but exactly what time depends on when my team gets scheduled for the second round of the DCC tournament (because we WILL be advancing).

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der_kluge said:

And I'd like to try to get into one of your Sky Galleons games.

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= What if we did the Sky Galleons game on Saturday night? Could we then do HARP (which I wouldn't mind playind) on Sunday AM?

If so then I would have Saturday all spoken for as well as Sunday morning. That would leave me Thursday and Friday to schedule more games to run/play (during which I can see about trying to schedule Orcz!).

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= What if we did the Sky Galleons game on Saturday night? Could we then do HARP (which I wouldn't mind playind) on Sunday AM?

If so then I would have Saturday all spoken for as well as Sunday morning. That would leave me Thursday and Friday to schedule more games to run/play (during which I can see about trying to schedule Orcz!).

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Absolutely. That sounds groovy.

der_kluge said:

Do we want to organize a semi-official sign-up sheet?

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Yeah, we should have one.

der_kluge said:

Absolutely. That sounds groovy.

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I love it when a plan comes together. It's starting to look like signup sheet time. The only trick is that I'm concerned about my ability to keep such a sheet updated because I'm going to be on and off the boards a fair bit over the next couple months. Let me see if I can go round up a mod to help with this.