Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
Gary Con IV is just a month away and I thought I might share some sense of the events being offered this year. I posted this in another thread for other reasons but figured this warranted its own thread. There are so many and sundry types of RPGs and other games being offered, I figured the General Forum made the most sense for this thread location.
(The following crossposted)
As to what gets played, it does seem at the old school conventions, like GaryCon, that 1E is the more popular of the pre-3.XE editions though if you add in Pathfinder which jined Gary Con this year and if you further include other d20 games, that tips the scales the other way.
For those interested, here's a breakdown of the games available at Gary Con as of this date through pre-registration (some are already filed at this time). Be aware, that many more games will be added to the official schedule and many, many more will be played as pickup games. This is Gary Con IV and it's been growing swiftly from, IIRC, just over 100 attendees the first year, about 250 year two, 350 or so year three, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get close to or over 500 this year. Anyway, here's the breakdown and please don't mind the way it is arranged. I tried to put the old school stuff together with D&D stuff towards the top and make a few other adjustments to keep some smilar games close to one another. Don't read too much into the arrangement as it was a quick job and not meant to be taken as prioritized or qualified in any real sense. The whole is divided with RPGs up top and then Boardgames and Minis games below. I made a few notations of where industry luminaries are running some specific boardgames but you should also know that many not named here and some that are are running many of the RPG offerings as well.
29 1E AD&D
6 (O)D&D (White/Brown Box)
5 3.XE D&D
4 BD&D Red Box
2 2E AD&D
1 BD&D (Moldvay)
1 1981 Basic/Expert D&D
3 Metamorphosis Alpha
1 Gamma World
2 Dangerous Journeys Multi Genre Role Playing Game System
1 Tunnels & Trolls
1 Lejendary Adventures
1 Middle-Earth Roleplaying (MERP)
2 TSR Marvel Superheroes
2 Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
1 DC Heroes Role-Playing Game
3 Ghostbusters
1 Villains & Vigilantes 3.0
20 Pathfinder
9 Hackmaster
5 Castles & Crusades
4 Adventurer Conqueror King System
3 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
3 Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
3 Revised D20 System (Avenadia)
1 Savage Worlds
1 Amber DRPG
1 Lance RPG (with Chris Clark)
1 Griffins & Grottos (Medieval Fantasy Wargame and Roleplaying System
10 Stargate SG-1 d20
1 Star Wars d20
1 Star Wars (WEG D6, Revised & Expanded)
1 Star Hero/Alien Wars
2 Serenity
1 Star Frontiers
1 Timemaster
1 The Doctor Who Role-Playing Game
1 Mutant Future
3 Call of Cthulhu d20
1 Call of Cthulhu (Cthulhu by Strobe Light)
1 Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed.
1 CHILL (Pacesetter)
6 Shadowrun (4A)
1 Cyberpunk 2013
1 Cyberpunk 2020
3 Cavemaster
1 Hercules and Xena (WEG)
1 MasterBook (WEG) (running an Indiana Jones adventure)
1 Fantasy Multi-System Compatible (with Jim Ward)
1 Monster Town
1 Paranoia, 2nd Edition
1 Aces & Eights
Boardgames and Minis Games
6 Chainmail Rules
1 Siege of Bodenburg
1 Surcoat (Medieval Fantasy Combat Miniatures Game)
1 Circvs Maximvs (enlarged with minis)
1 LeMans (enlarged with minis)
1 Dawn Patrol
1 Divine Right
2 Dungeon!
1 Titan (with Ernie Gygax)
2 Feudality (with Tom Wham)
1 Kings and Things (with Tom Wham)
1 Exploring the Depths of Uranus (with Chris Clark)
1 Gigantic (with Chris Clark)
1 Micro-Armor (with Tim Kask)
1 Battletech Classic
2 D & D meets Axis & Allies (Boardgame)
1 Euro/ameri-trash style Sci-fi (Boardgame)
1 Tournament of Chivalry
1 Board Games (Other)
(The following crossposted)
As to what gets played, it does seem at the old school conventions, like GaryCon, that 1E is the more popular of the pre-3.XE editions though if you add in Pathfinder which jined Gary Con this year and if you further include other d20 games, that tips the scales the other way.
For those interested, here's a breakdown of the games available at Gary Con as of this date through pre-registration (some are already filed at this time). Be aware, that many more games will be added to the official schedule and many, many more will be played as pickup games. This is Gary Con IV and it's been growing swiftly from, IIRC, just over 100 attendees the first year, about 250 year two, 350 or so year three, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get close to or over 500 this year. Anyway, here's the breakdown and please don't mind the way it is arranged. I tried to put the old school stuff together with D&D stuff towards the top and make a few other adjustments to keep some smilar games close to one another. Don't read too much into the arrangement as it was a quick job and not meant to be taken as prioritized or qualified in any real sense. The whole is divided with RPGs up top and then Boardgames and Minis games below. I made a few notations of where industry luminaries are running some specific boardgames but you should also know that many not named here and some that are are running many of the RPG offerings as well.
29 1E AD&D
6 (O)D&D (White/Brown Box)
5 3.XE D&D
4 BD&D Red Box
2 2E AD&D
1 BD&D (Moldvay)
1 1981 Basic/Expert D&D
3 Metamorphosis Alpha
1 Gamma World
2 Dangerous Journeys Multi Genre Role Playing Game System
1 Tunnels & Trolls
1 Lejendary Adventures
1 Middle-Earth Roleplaying (MERP)
2 TSR Marvel Superheroes
2 Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
1 DC Heroes Role-Playing Game
3 Ghostbusters
1 Villains & Vigilantes 3.0
20 Pathfinder
9 Hackmaster
5 Castles & Crusades
4 Adventurer Conqueror King System
3 Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
3 Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG
3 Revised D20 System (Avenadia)
1 Savage Worlds
1 Amber DRPG
1 Lance RPG (with Chris Clark)
1 Griffins & Grottos (Medieval Fantasy Wargame and Roleplaying System
10 Stargate SG-1 d20
1 Star Wars d20
1 Star Wars (WEG D6, Revised & Expanded)
1 Star Hero/Alien Wars
2 Serenity
1 Star Frontiers
1 Timemaster
1 The Doctor Who Role-Playing Game
1 Mutant Future
3 Call of Cthulhu d20
1 Call of Cthulhu (Cthulhu by Strobe Light)
1 Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed.
1 CHILL (Pacesetter)
6 Shadowrun (4A)
1 Cyberpunk 2013
1 Cyberpunk 2020
3 Cavemaster
1 Hercules and Xena (WEG)
1 MasterBook (WEG) (running an Indiana Jones adventure)
1 Fantasy Multi-System Compatible (with Jim Ward)
1 Monster Town
1 Paranoia, 2nd Edition
1 Aces & Eights
Boardgames and Minis Games
6 Chainmail Rules
1 Siege of Bodenburg
1 Surcoat (Medieval Fantasy Combat Miniatures Game)
1 Circvs Maximvs (enlarged with minis)
1 LeMans (enlarged with minis)
1 Dawn Patrol
1 Divine Right
2 Dungeon!
1 Titan (with Ernie Gygax)
2 Feudality (with Tom Wham)
1 Kings and Things (with Tom Wham)
1 Exploring the Depths of Uranus (with Chris Clark)
1 Gigantic (with Chris Clark)
1 Micro-Armor (with Tim Kask)
1 Battletech Classic
2 D & D meets Axis & Allies (Boardgame)
1 Euro/ameri-trash style Sci-fi (Boardgame)
1 Tournament of Chivalry
1 Board Games (Other)
Looks like the number of games at the con has take off which is good news!
