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[size=-2]Read the FAQ to learn more about Chicago Gameday.[/size]
[h1]Chicago Gameday XVII Sign-Up Thread[/h1]
ENWorld Chicago Gameday XVII is a day of FREE gaming held at earth's finest game store, Games Plus.
Gameday XVII is June 30th.
To participate, simply post to this thread with your intention to play in one of the following events. Event sign-up is first-come, first-serve. Be aware that the event schedule may be subject to change until the last week before Gameday. No changes will be made to the schedule after that point. PM or email me (buzz[at]buzzmo[dot]com) with any questions.
The Gameday prize giveaway is open to donations from attendees. We solicit prizes from publishers, but attendees are also welcome to donate games they'd like to "swap" to the prize pool.
[highlight]PLEASE NOTE: This thread is the primary means of communicating information about Gameday XVII. Please keep an eye on the thread for any updates or schedule changes, especially in the day or so prior to Gameday. This goes double for GMs. If you'd like to be on the Gameday mailing list, just shoot me an email.[/highlight]
[h2]Location[/h2]
Games Plus
101 W Prospect Ave
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
(847) 577-9656
Hosts: Curt Duval & Jeff Swegler (owners)
[h2]Schedule[/h2]
[h2]Event Listings[/h2]
[h3]Slot 0 (Breakfast)[/h3]
No limit to number of attendees.
1. buzz
2. Trevalon Moonleirion
3. Pbartender
4. Shadowbane2
5. Vyvyan Basterd
6. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
7. GORAK
8. Barendd Nobeard
9. Sqwonk
10. Guest (Barendd Nobeard)
11. Guest (Barendd Nobeard)
12. Nev the Deranged
13. bigznak
14. WJMacGuffin
15. thalmin
16. ...
[h3]Slot 1[/h3]
[section]Game 1: A Festival of Murder!
D&D 3.5/d20 System
Mark CMG
[bq][imager]http://www.vincewilding.com/cadfael.jpg[/imager]
In the tradition of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and the Cadfael series from Ellis Peters, this murder mystery will challenge all of your skills and wits. As the town elders and elite, you are tasked with discovering who has committed a most heinous crime before the end of the Holy Day Festival when all those who have come to the Vindeford Valley will disperse back to their homes in the surrounding countryside.
5th and 6th level NPC Class Pregenerated characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. Shadowbane2
2. pvt. patterson
3. bigznak
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. William Ronald
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
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Game 2: Expedition to Mt. McCraken (A)
D&D 3.5
Barendd Nobeard
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
7th level characters will be provided
You have responded to King Xomat - of South Ablet - call for adventurers to go into the abandoned dwarven stronghold inside of Mt. McCracken and bring back the Hammer of Hulda. Be wary – who knows what sort of evil now inhabits the place. Also, rumor has it some ruffians from North Ablet are also looking for the Hammer.[/bq]
1. Monte At Home
2. Trevalon Moonleirion
3. rowport
4. socpsychguy
5. fadedgray
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 3: Expedition to Mt. McCraken (B)
D&D 3.5
Sqwonk (tall table in back)
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
7th level characters will be provided
You have responded to King Tomax - of North Ablet - call for adventurers to go into the abandoned dwarven stronghold inside of Mt. McCracken and bring back the Hammer of Hulda. Be wary – who knows what sort of evil now inhabits the place. Also, rumor has it some hooligans from South Ablet are also looking for the Hammer. [/bq]
1. Braunusvald
2. Jay (pvt. patterson)
3. Will (pvt. patterson)
4. Yort
5. Sir Brennen
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 4: S.O.S. Winchesters
Unisystem (Witchcraft)
Ninjacat
[bq][imager]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Supernatural_r1_s1_full.jpg/180px-Supernatural_r1_s1_full.jpg[/imager]
It's a quiet night at Harvelle's Roadhouse. A slow night, the good kind of night where there's only a few other patrons in the place, and they're all either fellow hunters or survivors of the supernatural the hunters don't have to hide from. It's good to just be with other people sometimes, to not have to remember a cover story or pretend that the things that go bump in the night aren't real. It's a good night- -you really should know by now, that sort of thing never lasts.
Ellen and her crew are good people, and no one means to pry, but when the whole room is trained to be alert for trouble and Ellen's voice takes on a note of concern after she answers the phone... Well, when that note shifts to alarm, you're just glad you decided to stop by the Roadhouse tonight, and you stand up, offering to help any way you can, just like half the other people in the bar.
When Ellen says John Winchester's boys need help stopping the apocalypse, you think maybe the evening's peace was the calm before the storm...
S.O.S. Winchesters is a Unisystem adventure for up to six players in the setting of the CW's "Supernatural" television show. Thirteen pre-generated characters will be available to choose from, including some from the show (sorry, none of the Winchesters are player characters, nor is Ellen.) Unisystem is a simple system to learn and use, needing only 1d10 for all rolls other than damage. No familiarity with the Supernatural tv show is needed -though it might well prove useful. All you need to know is that ghosts, demons, hauntings, possession, etc. are real, and some people fight back against the supernatural. Saving people, hunting things...
View the available characters[/bq]
1. Vyvyan Basterd
2. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
3. Tofu_Master
4. Jade Fire
5. Josh (pvt. patterson)
6. Chino (pvt. patterson)
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 5: Dr. Methuselah and the Airship of Terror
Spirit of the Century
Buzz (table by whiteboard)
[bq][imager]http://www.backofbeyond.de/images/misc/doc_savage.jpg[/imager]
A leisurely tour of Manhattan by airship takes a turn towards disaster when nefarious mathemagician Dr. Methuselah hijacks the vessel as part of a mad plot to travel in time, irrevocably changing history as we know it... and destroying half of New York in the process!
Manhattan's only hope are the Centurions of the Century Club, heroes who embody the bold, heroic spirit of the 20th century. Will they be able to stop Dr. Methuselah before he can travel into the past and erase their very existence?
Spirit of the Century is a pulp RPG based on the FATE system. The complete rules are avaiable in the Spirit of the Century SRD.
Pregenerated characters and Fudge Dice will be provided.
[/bq]
1. Jaws
2. Painfully
3. petenik
4. Nev the Deranged
5. rvalle
6. dalkai
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 6: Heavy Lifting
Star Wars Saga Ed. (d20)
FCWesel
[bq][imager]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dMMoNQSBL._AA240_.jpg[/imager]
Since the Rebellion’s victory just over a year ago at the Battle of Yavin the Empire has redoubled its efforts to quash the insurgency. The Rebellion’s materials and provisions grow thin with weapons, food and medical provisions in short supply as raid after Imperial raid disrupts their war efforts. In many cases, in order to survive, Rebel cells find themselves dealing with severely questionable sources.
In the Telgal Sector a group of Rebel conspirators have been dealing the last few months with a shadow market operative, trading what they can for what they need. But now, an Imperial raid during an exchange-meeting has resulted in the shadow market operator being arrested: it was luck that the Rebels hadn’t yet arrived when the Imperials made their move.
Now, It is only a matter of time before the Empire gets what it wants from the operative, and there’s little doubt that the Rebels can rely on a criminal to keep whatever secrets he knows to himself. So they have little choice, they must rescue the shadow market operative..
But no matter how you look at it…there’s just no easy way to rescue a Hutt.
Come try out the new STAR WARS Saga Edition rpg. Bring a set of dice and be willing for some space opera action and adventure. Characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. waterdhavian
2. sw3333
3. Pbartender
4. dmdm24
5. Tekkmage
6. Redwind
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 7: Dude, Where's My Spellbook?
D&D 3.5
TracerBullet42
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
5th level characters will be provided
It was a seemingly quiet day. You were minding your own business at The Tonga Room, trying to have a drink when trouble busted in.
Now you find yourself with a strange group of companions trying to figure out just what the heck is going on. No doubt that snooty nobleman from out of town is involved...
(Yes, this description is a little vague, but I promise it will be good fun!)
Join in for some good ol' D&D action for six 5th level characters. Some simple house rules will be applied. No experience necessary. Just bring some dice and an imagination.[/bq]
1. WJMacGuffin
2. Lifelike
3. micky hardcase
4. mitch (micky hardcase)
5. Diremede
6. DLWesel
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
[h3]Slot 2[/h3]
Game 1: Fly you Fools!
Roma Imperious
HinterWelt
[bq][imager]http://roma.hinterwelt.com/images/britanniafront200.gif[/imager]
Gaius Claudius Cordus, prefect of Eborucum, has summoned you to deal with a beast in the Cambria mountains. It has come raiding the outlying villa and it is the job of the Legions to handle such issues. His time is precious but the natives hound him, bleating like sheep about the Draco. Still, there may be something to their murmurings.
To that end, your maniple and a Ventor Draconis, Tullius, will be sent to the Villa Bato. Dectus Bato is a wealthy German mercator who has made his wealth exporting tin. He has made enemies and some believe this extends to the Gods. It will be your job to see if it is so and to drive off this threat to the wealthy Equites Provincialis.
Pregens will be provided. No experience needed. This is an adventure for the upcoming Britannia: Edge of the Empire supplement to Roma Imperious. This adventure will use the Iridium System.
View the pregens and adventure info[/bq]
1. Mark CMG
2. James J. Skach
3. William Ronald
4.
5.
6.
[section]Game 2: Famine in Far-Go
True20
Pbartender
[bq][imager]http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=28918[/imager]
Far-Go is dying... the people are afraid... the animals are wasting away... the crops are withering in the fields. No one, not even the powerful high priest, Arx Skystone, know what caused Far-Go's misfortune.
You are a part of a group of young adventurers about to embark on the mysterous and perilous Rite of Adulthood. As you travel through the savage wilderness, all you have to guide you are your wits... your strength... and your dreams!!
"Our entire village is being ravaged by a plague of unknown origin and soon it will destroy all the land we love and call home. Unless this horror stops within a month we shall have to leave our village and seek a new home. This, my young ones, is where you might aid us all. As you travel to meet your destiny, look for fresh lands to make a new homeland. If luck should smile upon you, perhaps you may discover the reason and even a means to end this awful misfortune of ours."
This is a True20 d20 adventure for up to six 1st-level pre-generated characters. No experience required, but familiarity with the d20 system is helpful.
View the pregrens
True20 rules cheat sheet[/bq]
1. buzz
2. Monte At Home
3. rowport
4. Thorindale
5. rvalle
6. Trevalon Moonleirion
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
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Game 3: Ghostbusters III: Revenge of Dr. Janosz Poha
Ghostbusters D6
TracerBullet42
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/ghostbusters.jpg[/imager]
On the set of Ghostbusters III: Revenge of Dr. Janosz Poha , the Mount Prospect Ghostbusters franchise has been called in as consultants to ensure the "accuracy" of aspects of the film. When disaster strikes and our beloved busters of ghosts go missing on the set, it is up to you, THE ACTORS AND CELEBRITIES IN THE MOVIE, to find out what has gone wrong and make things right using what you've gleaned from them in the short time they were on the set.
That's right, in this game you can play anyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Paris Hilton as a "star" of Ghostbusters III or just some celebrity making a cameo appearance. Character generation is a snap, so we'll take care of that at the start of the game, but I'll have a few sample characters ready if you get stuck. (That also means that replacement characters can be whipped up in a jiffy if anything unfortunate should happen to one of our "stars.")
The system is ridiculously simple, so you need not know anything about it in advance. If you'd like to brush up on it a bit, however, you can go here to get a rough overview. All you need, though, is a handful of d6s and you'll be provided with the ultimate game mechanic: The Ghost Die.
Oh, and be prepared for things to get a little silly.[/bq]
1. Barendd Nobeard
2. FCWesel
3. dalkai
4. Jay (pvt. patterson)
5. Will (pvt. patterson)
6. socpsychguy
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 4: The Distraction
The Black Company d20
Vyvyan Basterd
[bq][imager]http://www.greenronin.com/images/product/grr1409_200.jpg[/imager]
Forced to defend themselves from within the makeshift walls of Fort Chance, the normally peaceful folk of the D’Coc-Alloc Jungle curse the Black Company for abandoning them in dire times. Feral raiders have mobilized rapidly across the Hyclades River with the news of the Black Company’s disappearance. Reinforcements gather to the south, but unless the raiders suffer a major setback the reinforcements might arrive just in time to watch Fort Chance burn to the ground.
Your commander is seeking volunteers for a suicide mission. Soon the flood waters of the river will subside and the raiders will pour across your banks. Tonight is a wake in your honor, tomorrow glory!
This is a Black Company d20 adventure for up to six 1st-level pre-generated characters. No experience required, but familiarity with D&D d20 rules is helpful. “The Distraction” is adapted for use with The Black Company Campaign Setting from an adventure written by Tim Hitchcock.[/bq]
1. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
2. sw3333
3. GreatLemur
4. gperez1234
5. Diremede
6. GORAK
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 5: Aces & Eights
Aces & Eights
thalmin
[bq][imager]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Joseywales2.JPG/250px-Joseywales2.JPG[/imager]
Through the gunsmoke and over the slumped corpse of a gambler, beyond the sprawl of grazing buffalo on the high plains, above the din of a saloon in full swing and farther than the blue sky atop the open range lies the Shattered Frontier of the Aces & Eights game.
A game about the daring adventures and everyday lives of people in the Old West, Aces & Eights lets you tell the tale of the West that could have been, in your own words, deeds and history. The Aces & Eights game allows for rugged cowboys, brave Indians, murderous desperados, determined lawmen, sturdy prospectors, powerful rail barons and all of the characters we think of when we watch a good western movie or read books about the expansion of the western frontier in America. (Kenzer & Co.)[/bq]
1. Jaws
2. waterdhavian
3. petenik
4. Jade Fire
5. Nazriel
6. Sharraunna
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 6: Primitive
Primitive
Nev the Deranged
[bq][imager]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9f/180px-Neanderthal_2D.jpg[/imager]
Primitive is a game of prehistoric tribal cooperation, discovery, and mayhem. Players will become members of a small clan of early humans who walk (mostly) upright, and exhibit a high degree of curiosity, intelligence, and problem solving ability. There's just one small detail.
They haven't discovered language yet.
Characters in Primitive can't speak AT ALL. And neither can the players (except to the GM). Gestures, grunts, and sketches are your only tools for communication among the tribe. Can you help each other survive the harsh realities of day to day prehistory despite your lack of language?
Players will need to bring 2 or 3 distinct and matching tokens to represent themselves on the map and the initiative queue. Shiny rocks, bits of bone, small shells, or other natural or "found" items are best, preferably around the size of standard gaming bead counters, or a little larger. Everything else will be provided.
Please note that while Primitive certainly could be played as a cartoonish, clubs and dinosaurs romp, this particular game will be about exploration, discovery, and the struggle to survive in an unforgiving environment.[/bq]
1. Tofu_Master
2. Painfully
3. reidmcc
4. Annamarie Fadorsen (reidmcc)
5. Reidzilla
6. pvt. patterson
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 7: I Only Have Eyes For You...And You...And You...
Call of Cthulhu BRP
Yort
[bq][imager]http://catalog.chaosium.com/images/CHA23106.gif[/imager]
Every city can be a little weird, and Chicago is certainly no exception. As a member of the city's proud police force, you've certainly dealt with more odd events than most folks. Still, your new promotion was to a department that was rumored to deal with the some of the biggest, strangest crimes in the city: InCASE, the Investigations of Chicago Area Special Events.
Your first day is here, and you honestly don't know what to expect. It certainly wasn't a traffic accident. Yet here you are, taking statments at a single car crash while the rest of the team works the site. Three deaths are nothing to sneeze at, but the deaths aren't what interest you. Everyone agrees the truck veered into the construction area and smashed into the concrete divider. What no one can explain is why two of the stiffs were tied up in the back of the truck. Some kind of gang hit? A kidnapping gone wrong? Once the doc unties the bodies, maybe you can get some answers...
Join a modern day romp on the tough streets of Chicago in the classic Call of Cthulhu system. Pre-gens will be provided, multiple characters available if need be. Experience not needed, open minds appreciated.[/bq]
1. dmdm24
2. Tekkmage
3. Ninjacat
4. Shadowbane2
5. Josh (pvt. patterson)
6. Chino (pvt. patterson)
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
[section]Game 8: Me and My Shadow Mark 4
PARANOIA XP
WJMacGuffin
[bq][imager]http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/product_images/full_size/paranoiacover.jpg[/imager]
Research & Design has developed a new warbot that will revolutionize the war on Communists, mutants, and traitors. Your job? Guard the bot overnight until its official unveiling ceremony. This mission will be totally, completely, and utterly safe--but if the bot is harmed in any way, even just a dent, then you're deader than dead. Dead plus? Deadest? Double secret dead? We'll invent a new word to describe how dead you are. Oops, we mean how dead you 'might' be. You won't let the bot get hurt, right?
PARANOIA is a darkly humorous game of terror, death, bureaucracies, mad scientists, death, mutants, dangerous weapons, insane robots, and death, which encourages players to lie, cheat, and backstab each other at every turn. Your character has 5 clones, meaning you can die five times and still play. And die you will, like drunk lemmings riding motorcycles in the rain towards the White Cliffs of Dover. Experienced or inexperienced, all are welcome! Pregenerated characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. Lifelike
2. bigznak
3. Redwind
4.
5.
6.
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[size=-2]Read the FAQ to learn more about Chicago Gameday.[/size]
[h1]Chicago Gameday XVII Sign-Up Thread[/h1]
ENWorld Chicago Gameday XVII is a day of FREE gaming held at earth's finest game store, Games Plus.
Gameday XVII is June 30th.
To participate, simply post to this thread with your intention to play in one of the following events. Event sign-up is first-come, first-serve. Be aware that the event schedule may be subject to change until the last week before Gameday. No changes will be made to the schedule after that point. PM or email me (buzz[at]buzzmo[dot]com) with any questions.
The Gameday prize giveaway is open to donations from attendees. We solicit prizes from publishers, but attendees are also welcome to donate games they'd like to "swap" to the prize pool.
[highlight]PLEASE NOTE: This thread is the primary means of communicating information about Gameday XVII. Please keep an eye on the thread for any updates or schedule changes, especially in the day or so prior to Gameday. This goes double for GMs. If you'd like to be on the Gameday mailing list, just shoot me an email.[/highlight]
[h2]Location[/h2]
Games Plus
101 W Prospect Ave
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
(847) 577-9656
Hosts: Curt Duval & Jeff Swegler (owners)
[h2]Schedule[/h2]
- Slot 0: Breakfast
To be held from 8:00am to 9:00am at Le Peep Grill (located across the Metra tracks, kitty-corner from Games Plus). Ask for the "Games Plus" table. [highlight]PLASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT LOCATION FROM PREVIOUS GAMEDAYS.[/HIGHLIGHT] - [highlight]Arrive at the store by 9:15am to settle in to your game tables.[/highlight]
- Slot 1: Morning events from 9:30am to 2:30pm
[highlight]Game 1 is FULL[/highlight]: "A Festival of Murder!", D&D, Mark CMG (private room)
[highlight]Game 2 is FULL[/highlight]: "Expedition to Mt. McCraken (A)," D&D, Barendd Nobeard
[highlight]Game 3 is FULL[/highlight]: "Expedition to Mt. McCraken (B)," D&D, Sqwonk (tall table in back)
[highlight]Game 4 is FULL[/highlight]: "S.O.S. Winchesters," Unisystem/Witchcraft, Ninjacat
[highlight]Game 5 is FULL[/highlight]: "Dr. Methuselah and the Airship of Terror," Spirit of the Century, buzz (whiteboard)
[highlight]Game 6 is FULL[/highlight]: "Heavy Lifting," Star Wars Saga Ed. (d20), FCWesel
[highlight]Game 7 is FULL[/highlight]: "Dude, Where's My Spellbook?", D&D 3.5, TracerBullet42 - Meal break from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. Be sure to come back on time for the...
- Prize drawing from 3:30pm to 4:00pm. HinterWelt has donated copies of Roma Imperious, Turris Lemurum and Squirrel Attack!
- Slot 2: Afternoon events from 4:00pm to 9:00pm (or later)
Game 1: "Fly You Fools!", Roma Imperious, HinterWelt
[highlight]Game 2 is FULL[/highlight]: "Famine in Far-Go," True20, Pbartender
[highlight]Game 3 is FULL[/highlight]: "Ghostbusters III: Revenge of Dr. Janosz Poha", Ghostbusters D6, TracerBullet42
[highlight]Game 4 is FULL[/highlight]: "The Distraction," Black Company d20, Vyvyan Basterd
[highlight]Game 5 is FULL[/highlight]: "Aces & Eights", Aces & Eights, thalmin
[highlight]Game 6 is FULL[/highlight]: "Primitive," Primitive, Nev the Deranged
[highlight]Game 7 is FULL[/highlight]: "I Only Have Eyes For You...And You...And You...," Call of Cthulhu BRP, Yort
Game 8: "Me and My Shadow Mark 4", PARANOIA XP, WJMacGuffin
[h2]Event Listings[/h2]
[h3]Slot 0 (Breakfast)[/h3]
No limit to number of attendees.
1. buzz
2. Trevalon Moonleirion
3. Pbartender
4. Shadowbane2
5. Vyvyan Basterd
6. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
7. GORAK
8. Barendd Nobeard
9. Sqwonk
10. Guest (Barendd Nobeard)
11. Guest (Barendd Nobeard)
12. Nev the Deranged
13. bigznak
14. WJMacGuffin
15. thalmin
16. ...
[h3]Slot 1[/h3]
[section]Game 1: A Festival of Murder!
D&D 3.5/d20 System
Mark CMG
[bq][imager]http://www.vincewilding.com/cadfael.jpg[/imager]
In the tradition of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and the Cadfael series from Ellis Peters, this murder mystery will challenge all of your skills and wits. As the town elders and elite, you are tasked with discovering who has committed a most heinous crime before the end of the Holy Day Festival when all those who have come to the Vindeford Valley will disperse back to their homes in the surrounding countryside.
5th and 6th level NPC Class Pregenerated characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. Shadowbane2
2. pvt. patterson
3. bigznak
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. William Ronald
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
[/section]
Game 2: Expedition to Mt. McCraken (A)
D&D 3.5
Barendd Nobeard
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
7th level characters will be provided
You have responded to King Xomat - of South Ablet - call for adventurers to go into the abandoned dwarven stronghold inside of Mt. McCracken and bring back the Hammer of Hulda. Be wary – who knows what sort of evil now inhabits the place. Also, rumor has it some ruffians from North Ablet are also looking for the Hammer.[/bq]
1. Monte At Home
2. Trevalon Moonleirion
3. rowport
4. socpsychguy
5. fadedgray
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 3: Expedition to Mt. McCraken (B)
D&D 3.5
Sqwonk (tall table in back)
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
7th level characters will be provided
You have responded to King Tomax - of North Ablet - call for adventurers to go into the abandoned dwarven stronghold inside of Mt. McCracken and bring back the Hammer of Hulda. Be wary – who knows what sort of evil now inhabits the place. Also, rumor has it some hooligans from South Ablet are also looking for the Hammer. [/bq]
1. Braunusvald
2. Jay (pvt. patterson)
3. Will (pvt. patterson)
4. Yort
5. Sir Brennen
[highlight]This event is full.[/highlight]
Game 4: S.O.S. Winchesters
Unisystem (Witchcraft)
Ninjacat
[bq][imager]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Supernatural_r1_s1_full.jpg/180px-Supernatural_r1_s1_full.jpg[/imager]
It's a quiet night at Harvelle's Roadhouse. A slow night, the good kind of night where there's only a few other patrons in the place, and they're all either fellow hunters or survivors of the supernatural the hunters don't have to hide from. It's good to just be with other people sometimes, to not have to remember a cover story or pretend that the things that go bump in the night aren't real. It's a good night- -you really should know by now, that sort of thing never lasts.
Ellen and her crew are good people, and no one means to pry, but when the whole room is trained to be alert for trouble and Ellen's voice takes on a note of concern after she answers the phone... Well, when that note shifts to alarm, you're just glad you decided to stop by the Roadhouse tonight, and you stand up, offering to help any way you can, just like half the other people in the bar.
When Ellen says John Winchester's boys need help stopping the apocalypse, you think maybe the evening's peace was the calm before the storm...
S.O.S. Winchesters is a Unisystem adventure for up to six players in the setting of the CW's "Supernatural" television show. Thirteen pre-generated characters will be available to choose from, including some from the show (sorry, none of the Winchesters are player characters, nor is Ellen.) Unisystem is a simple system to learn and use, needing only 1d10 for all rolls other than damage. No familiarity with the Supernatural tv show is needed -though it might well prove useful. All you need to know is that ghosts, demons, hauntings, possession, etc. are real, and some people fight back against the supernatural. Saving people, hunting things...
View the available characters[/bq]
1. Vyvyan Basterd
2. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
3. Tofu_Master
4. Jade Fire
5. Josh (pvt. patterson)
6. Chino (pvt. patterson)
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Game 5: Dr. Methuselah and the Airship of Terror
Spirit of the Century
Buzz (table by whiteboard)
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A leisurely tour of Manhattan by airship takes a turn towards disaster when nefarious mathemagician Dr. Methuselah hijacks the vessel as part of a mad plot to travel in time, irrevocably changing history as we know it... and destroying half of New York in the process!
Manhattan's only hope are the Centurions of the Century Club, heroes who embody the bold, heroic spirit of the 20th century. Will they be able to stop Dr. Methuselah before he can travel into the past and erase their very existence?
Spirit of the Century is a pulp RPG based on the FATE system. The complete rules are avaiable in the Spirit of the Century SRD.
Pregenerated characters and Fudge Dice will be provided.
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1. Jaws
2. Painfully
3. petenik
4. Nev the Deranged
5. rvalle
6. dalkai
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Game 6: Heavy Lifting
Star Wars Saga Ed. (d20)
FCWesel
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Since the Rebellion’s victory just over a year ago at the Battle of Yavin the Empire has redoubled its efforts to quash the insurgency. The Rebellion’s materials and provisions grow thin with weapons, food and medical provisions in short supply as raid after Imperial raid disrupts their war efforts. In many cases, in order to survive, Rebel cells find themselves dealing with severely questionable sources.
In the Telgal Sector a group of Rebel conspirators have been dealing the last few months with a shadow market operative, trading what they can for what they need. But now, an Imperial raid during an exchange-meeting has resulted in the shadow market operator being arrested: it was luck that the Rebels hadn’t yet arrived when the Imperials made their move.
Now, It is only a matter of time before the Empire gets what it wants from the operative, and there’s little doubt that the Rebels can rely on a criminal to keep whatever secrets he knows to himself. So they have little choice, they must rescue the shadow market operative..
But no matter how you look at it…there’s just no easy way to rescue a Hutt.
Come try out the new STAR WARS Saga Edition rpg. Bring a set of dice and be willing for some space opera action and adventure. Characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. waterdhavian
2. sw3333
3. Pbartender
4. dmdm24
5. Tekkmage
6. Redwind
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Game 7: Dude, Where's My Spellbook?
D&D 3.5
TracerBullet42
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/phb.jpg[/imager]
5th level characters will be provided
It was a seemingly quiet day. You were minding your own business at The Tonga Room, trying to have a drink when trouble busted in.
Now you find yourself with a strange group of companions trying to figure out just what the heck is going on. No doubt that snooty nobleman from out of town is involved...
(Yes, this description is a little vague, but I promise it will be good fun!)
Join in for some good ol' D&D action for six 5th level characters. Some simple house rules will be applied. No experience necessary. Just bring some dice and an imagination.[/bq]
1. WJMacGuffin
2. Lifelike
3. micky hardcase
4. mitch (micky hardcase)
5. Diremede
6. DLWesel
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[h3]Slot 2[/h3]
Game 1: Fly you Fools!
Roma Imperious
HinterWelt
[bq][imager]http://roma.hinterwelt.com/images/britanniafront200.gif[/imager]
Gaius Claudius Cordus, prefect of Eborucum, has summoned you to deal with a beast in the Cambria mountains. It has come raiding the outlying villa and it is the job of the Legions to handle such issues. His time is precious but the natives hound him, bleating like sheep about the Draco. Still, there may be something to their murmurings.
To that end, your maniple and a Ventor Draconis, Tullius, will be sent to the Villa Bato. Dectus Bato is a wealthy German mercator who has made his wealth exporting tin. He has made enemies and some believe this extends to the Gods. It will be your job to see if it is so and to drive off this threat to the wealthy Equites Provincialis.
Pregens will be provided. No experience needed. This is an adventure for the upcoming Britannia: Edge of the Empire supplement to Roma Imperious. This adventure will use the Iridium System.
View the pregens and adventure info[/bq]
1. Mark CMG
2. James J. Skach
3. William Ronald
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[section]Game 2: Famine in Far-Go
True20
Pbartender
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Far-Go is dying... the people are afraid... the animals are wasting away... the crops are withering in the fields. No one, not even the powerful high priest, Arx Skystone, know what caused Far-Go's misfortune.
You are a part of a group of young adventurers about to embark on the mysterous and perilous Rite of Adulthood. As you travel through the savage wilderness, all you have to guide you are your wits... your strength... and your dreams!!
"Our entire village is being ravaged by a plague of unknown origin and soon it will destroy all the land we love and call home. Unless this horror stops within a month we shall have to leave our village and seek a new home. This, my young ones, is where you might aid us all. As you travel to meet your destiny, look for fresh lands to make a new homeland. If luck should smile upon you, perhaps you may discover the reason and even a means to end this awful misfortune of ours."
This is a True20 d20 adventure for up to six 1st-level pre-generated characters. No experience required, but familiarity with the d20 system is helpful.
View the pregrens
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1. buzz
2. Monte At Home
3. rowport
4. Thorindale
5. rvalle
6. Trevalon Moonleirion
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Game 3: Ghostbusters III: Revenge of Dr. Janosz Poha
Ghostbusters D6
TracerBullet42
[bq][imager]http://gameday.buzzmo.com/images/ghostbusters.jpg[/imager]
On the set of Ghostbusters III: Revenge of Dr. Janosz Poha , the Mount Prospect Ghostbusters franchise has been called in as consultants to ensure the "accuracy" of aspects of the film. When disaster strikes and our beloved busters of ghosts go missing on the set, it is up to you, THE ACTORS AND CELEBRITIES IN THE MOVIE, to find out what has gone wrong and make things right using what you've gleaned from them in the short time they were on the set.
That's right, in this game you can play anyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Paris Hilton as a "star" of Ghostbusters III or just some celebrity making a cameo appearance. Character generation is a snap, so we'll take care of that at the start of the game, but I'll have a few sample characters ready if you get stuck. (That also means that replacement characters can be whipped up in a jiffy if anything unfortunate should happen to one of our "stars.")
The system is ridiculously simple, so you need not know anything about it in advance. If you'd like to brush up on it a bit, however, you can go here to get a rough overview. All you need, though, is a handful of d6s and you'll be provided with the ultimate game mechanic: The Ghost Die.
Oh, and be prepared for things to get a little silly.[/bq]
1. Barendd Nobeard
2. FCWesel
3. dalkai
4. Jay (pvt. patterson)
5. Will (pvt. patterson)
6. socpsychguy
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Game 4: The Distraction
The Black Company d20
Vyvyan Basterd
[bq][imager]http://www.greenronin.com/images/product/grr1409_200.jpg[/imager]
Forced to defend themselves from within the makeshift walls of Fort Chance, the normally peaceful folk of the D’Coc-Alloc Jungle curse the Black Company for abandoning them in dire times. Feral raiders have mobilized rapidly across the Hyclades River with the news of the Black Company’s disappearance. Reinforcements gather to the south, but unless the raiders suffer a major setback the reinforcements might arrive just in time to watch Fort Chance burn to the ground.
Your commander is seeking volunteers for a suicide mission. Soon the flood waters of the river will subside and the raiders will pour across your banks. Tonight is a wake in your honor, tomorrow glory!
This is a Black Company d20 adventure for up to six 1st-level pre-generated characters. No experience required, but familiarity with D&D d20 rules is helpful. “The Distraction” is adapted for use with The Black Company Campaign Setting from an adventure written by Tim Hitchcock.[/bq]
1. Laurie (Vyvyan Basterd)
2. sw3333
3. GreatLemur
4. gperez1234
5. Diremede
6. GORAK
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Game 5: Aces & Eights
Aces & Eights
thalmin
[bq][imager]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Joseywales2.JPG/250px-Joseywales2.JPG[/imager]
Through the gunsmoke and over the slumped corpse of a gambler, beyond the sprawl of grazing buffalo on the high plains, above the din of a saloon in full swing and farther than the blue sky atop the open range lies the Shattered Frontier of the Aces & Eights game.
A game about the daring adventures and everyday lives of people in the Old West, Aces & Eights lets you tell the tale of the West that could have been, in your own words, deeds and history. The Aces & Eights game allows for rugged cowboys, brave Indians, murderous desperados, determined lawmen, sturdy prospectors, powerful rail barons and all of the characters we think of when we watch a good western movie or read books about the expansion of the western frontier in America. (Kenzer & Co.)[/bq]
1. Jaws
2. waterdhavian
3. petenik
4. Jade Fire
5. Nazriel
6. Sharraunna
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Game 6: Primitive
Primitive
Nev the Deranged
[bq][imager]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9f/180px-Neanderthal_2D.jpg[/imager]
Primitive is a game of prehistoric tribal cooperation, discovery, and mayhem. Players will become members of a small clan of early humans who walk (mostly) upright, and exhibit a high degree of curiosity, intelligence, and problem solving ability. There's just one small detail.
They haven't discovered language yet.
Characters in Primitive can't speak AT ALL. And neither can the players (except to the GM). Gestures, grunts, and sketches are your only tools for communication among the tribe. Can you help each other survive the harsh realities of day to day prehistory despite your lack of language?
Players will need to bring 2 or 3 distinct and matching tokens to represent themselves on the map and the initiative queue. Shiny rocks, bits of bone, small shells, or other natural or "found" items are best, preferably around the size of standard gaming bead counters, or a little larger. Everything else will be provided.
Please note that while Primitive certainly could be played as a cartoonish, clubs and dinosaurs romp, this particular game will be about exploration, discovery, and the struggle to survive in an unforgiving environment.[/bq]
1. Tofu_Master
2. Painfully
3. reidmcc
4. Annamarie Fadorsen (reidmcc)
5. Reidzilla
6. pvt. patterson
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Game 7: I Only Have Eyes For You...And You...And You...
Call of Cthulhu BRP
Yort
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Every city can be a little weird, and Chicago is certainly no exception. As a member of the city's proud police force, you've certainly dealt with more odd events than most folks. Still, your new promotion was to a department that was rumored to deal with the some of the biggest, strangest crimes in the city: InCASE, the Investigations of Chicago Area Special Events.
Your first day is here, and you honestly don't know what to expect. It certainly wasn't a traffic accident. Yet here you are, taking statments at a single car crash while the rest of the team works the site. Three deaths are nothing to sneeze at, but the deaths aren't what interest you. Everyone agrees the truck veered into the construction area and smashed into the concrete divider. What no one can explain is why two of the stiffs were tied up in the back of the truck. Some kind of gang hit? A kidnapping gone wrong? Once the doc unties the bodies, maybe you can get some answers...
Join a modern day romp on the tough streets of Chicago in the classic Call of Cthulhu system. Pre-gens will be provided, multiple characters available if need be. Experience not needed, open minds appreciated.[/bq]
1. dmdm24
2. Tekkmage
3. Ninjacat
4. Shadowbane2
5. Josh (pvt. patterson)
6. Chino (pvt. patterson)
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[section]Game 8: Me and My Shadow Mark 4
PARANOIA XP
WJMacGuffin
[bq][imager]http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/product_images/full_size/paranoiacover.jpg[/imager]
Research & Design has developed a new warbot that will revolutionize the war on Communists, mutants, and traitors. Your job? Guard the bot overnight until its official unveiling ceremony. This mission will be totally, completely, and utterly safe--but if the bot is harmed in any way, even just a dent, then you're deader than dead. Dead plus? Deadest? Double secret dead? We'll invent a new word to describe how dead you are. Oops, we mean how dead you 'might' be. You won't let the bot get hurt, right?
PARANOIA is a darkly humorous game of terror, death, bureaucracies, mad scientists, death, mutants, dangerous weapons, insane robots, and death, which encourages players to lie, cheat, and backstab each other at every turn. Your character has 5 clones, meaning you can die five times and still play. And die you will, like drunk lemmings riding motorcycles in the rain towards the White Cliffs of Dover. Experienced or inexperienced, all are welcome! Pregenerated characters will be provided.[/bq]
1. Lifelike
2. bigznak
3. Redwind
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