Pre-convention fun. Join fellow fans and friends to catch up on scenarios from previous seasons.
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A loosely organized gathering for fans intended to provide an opportunity for players to catch up on modules from season 3 they haven't yet played, but social fans are welcome to come hang out. Pick-up games at open tables are welcome. New PFS players are welcome and pre-generated characters will be available for the uninitiated. No prior experience necessary. Experienced players should contact this event's organizer to suggest modules for volunteer GMs to prepare.
The Auction is back for sellers and buyers. We'll have the COLLECIBLES AUCTION on Fri, and the CHARITY AUCTION on Sat. Don't forget about the STORE either. For more info check the website below.
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**ITEM REGISTRATION**: Wed noon-6pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Fri 9am-5pm, Sat Store items accepted 9am-11am, Live auction items pre-reg only or by exception. **CONSIGNMENT STORE**: Thu 10am-11pm, Fri 9am-11pm, Sat 9am-8pm. **LIVE AUCTION** Thu 10am-11pm, Fri&Sat 9am-midnight. **SELLER PAYOUTS & ITEM RETURNS: Sun 10am-2pm.
It's one thing when bandits steal gold but now your favorite watering hole can’t get the fine ales and dwarven whiskey you have become accustomed to. They have gone too far and must be punished!
Retrieve the Codex of Arratuuz from the abandoned tower of the Wizard Pavlad who disappeared 200 years ago. Even though the tower is supposedly abandoned, there should be something worth Hacking!
Goblins are raiding the settlements along the Avdoron Mires in southern Cosdol with increased viciousness. Lord Enlaos has charged you with stopping the raids and whatever is behind them.
A mysterious illness infects the wife of an affluent noble merchant. Your party must find the cure hidden somewhere in the Sunken Fortress.
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A mysterious illness has infected the wife of an affluent noble merchant. Now, the noble seeks your help to recover a powerful magic item which he believes will banish this pernicious disease and return his wife to her former vigor. You and your well-armed, but inexperienced, party set off in search of this item of power. Rumors hint that it has been entombed in the Sunken Fortress.
New to the VIG program? Didn't have time to read all the newsletters? Come join us for an informal orientation session so that you can make the most of your VIG package. VIG and VIG Companion only!
Pre-convention fun. Join fellow fans and friends to catch up on scenarios from previous seasons.
Description:
A loosely organized gathering for fans intended to provide an opportunity for players to catch up on modules from season 3 they haven't yet played, but social fans are welcome to come hang out. Pick-up games at open tables are welcome. We plan to make every effort to show a live video streaming from the community meeting happening during this slot. New PFS players are welcome and pre-generated characters will be available for the uninitiated. No prior experience necessary. Experienced players should contact this event's organizer to suggest modules for volunteer GMs to prepare.
Space Ghost, Birdman, Young Sampson & The Galaxy Trio first appeared on the 1960 and then reappeared in the 1990ds, but what have they been up do lately?
New to the VIG program? Didn't have time to read all the newsletters? Come join us for an informal orientation session so that you can make the most of your VIG package. VIG and VIG Companion only!
Shadowfist is the TCG based on Asian and Sci-Fi action films! Come learn to play the greatest card game on the market and walk away with a deck to keep!
Knights of the Dragon #12: Diplomacy in the Depths
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Calvaria is attacked from below the city, the heroes need to negotiate a cessation of hostilities. Bring an existing 3rd-5th level KotD character, or use pre-generated character.
In order for the sun to rise and bring about Gen Con the Indy Mavens present the APOCASTINK. Kick off Gen Con with the 9th Annual Stink party.
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The original Wednesday event that you can: meet gaming groups, socialize with gamers from around the world, see friends you haven't seen in a year, and play unique games.
Heroes arrive in Centropolis on a war-ravaged world with scattered humans and a few hundred bugs. Find the humans before the bugs do. A skill-based RPG.
Every year this Free Event is Packed and a BLAST! Come out with your friends and have fun! Please help me keep an eye out for thieves stealing my weapons. You can bring your own weapons. Come anytime!
You’re not one of Paradigm City's great heros, but you’ve got heart, and sometimes that’s all you really need. Especially when it’s time to kill Hitler - again.
Pre-convention fun. Join fellow fans and friends to catch up on scenarios from previous seasons.
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A loosely organized gathering for fans intended to provide an opportunity for players to catch up on modules from season 3 they haven't yet played, but social fans are welcome to come hang out. Pick-up games at open tables are welcome. We plan to make every effort to show a video of the community meeting from earlier in the day for those who missed it. New PFS players are welcome and pre-generated characters will be available for the uninitiated. No prior experience necessary. Experienced players should contact this event's organizer to suggest modules for volunteer GMs to prepare.
Bronzed & Brave Guides Needed! Explore Ancient Earth Fantasy, battle the desert tribes, and keep track of your camels! Award winning GM presents an oasis of old school feel original adventure.
Your quiet little 16th century village has suddenly become infested with some very unfriendly werewolves... can you and the other villagers find them before they devour everyone?
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance and always useful -- and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less-confident dancers.
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance, and always useful - and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers (experts are welcome, too!). Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best with the most fun possible.
Celebrate Gen Con's (unofficial) opening night by staging a play of your own! This game will use the Break a Leg playset by Megan Pederson and John Kelly.
Geopolitical, military and economic role-playing game. Players take senior leadership positions in a real-world nation. Can you solve the world’s problems? New countries and problems in every game.
After the fall, when all hell had broken loose, they came! Only a few warriors at first, soon however many sought the prize. Champion of Gamma Dome. 1 player WILL win a free copy of Morton's List!
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After the fall of the world when all hell had broken loose, they came. At first it was just a few brave warriors, soon however many more sought the prize. Champion of Gamma Dome. Look among the detritus for hidden surprises, Test energy fields and unknown liquids for strange effects. Players will roll up random warriors and take each other on to rule the Gamma Dome. Some may join forces but alliances will not, can not last. And because it's Gamma World it will mean zany and chaotic events through out the battle. Bring your lucky dice or get some from a vendor. (WE WILL NOT BE SUPPLYING DICE) Knowledge of D&D 4.0 will be helpful. We will be supplying character sheets, pencils, Gamma World game instruction and fun. One player WILL win a free copy of Morton's List!
Cardinal Dalin has disrupted a Liche, now the heroes must find its phylactery before it revives. Emphasis: puzzle solving, trapfinding, combat (See Online Decription for Character info.)
Did you join us for Part 1 this year or at a previous con? Then you're ready to kick it up with us!
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance, and always useful - and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers (experts are welcome, too!). Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best with the most fun possible. PLEASE NOTE: Part 2 assumes a basic knowledge of Part 1. You're welcome to join us without it, but we can't cover the previous workshop here. Thanks!
A social deception/deduction party game based on Dmitri Davidoff's 'Mafia' experiment. There may be others besides Werewolf, Villager, Seer. 'The Resistance' games will form from dead villagers.
Growing up here you've always been interested in the war in which your town was made famous. The site of a massive battle between Orcs and the brave soldiers of Stonebrook.
A cold wind blows through the town. Mysterious deaths. Unusual sound. Weird Wikipedia pages. Horror with a modern day twist. What can it mean? Are you brave enough to find out?
An ElfWood ship, drifting on the scalding sea? What a prize! None of the cursed human drift colongies are within sight and the Kapukka's hold is near empty - plenty of power for towing. To arms!
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ElfWood is a fantasy world where the Vyrdon (forest elf) culture is dominant. The races are a little unusual for a fantasy game and include 4 Elven variants, 3 human tribes, ratlings, bison-men, dwarf-like Dwargs and "evil fairy"-like Drey. Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but this adventure may have ZOMBIES...
Rumors of a ship drifting in the desert with a caliph's treasure. What ship could sail the dunes? Surely the rumors are false. But if they're not, you could afford a bath! By Ashik's Anvil, it's true!
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Promised Sands is a dark, desert fantasy which plays out like a post-apocalyptic world using fantasy tropes. The races are not typical fantasy races, the world is not a typical fantasy world. Expect the unexpected. Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but this adventure may have ZOMBIES...
The shifting alliances of the Factions threaten the well-being of all and leaving some to fend for survival. A drifting mistship, caught in the currents of the Eye? Avast, me hearties, Salvation!
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Mytharia is a high fantasy world still recovering from a near-apocalyptic event that forever changed both the lands and the people. The Factions Wars rage on as gods and men alike vie for power, ancient technologies surface in archeological digs, and fierce magics turn the tides of what some say is mythology in action. This is a playtesting adventure for a world that is not yet complete. If players submit their names after the adventure, they will receive credit in the setting book when it is released. Oh, and don't tell anyone, but this might be a game with ZOMBIES! ;)
Pick up a peacemaker and see how long you can last. We haven't decided if it will be lawmen vs. outlaws or a free for all but you get to shoot someone either way!
A board-based version of the popular Tower Defense style game as seen on many a website. We're still in the process of working out the bugs and need YOUR help.
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As this game is still being finalized, we appreciate the public's help in finalizing our rules. Any players that participate (and give their permission) will be credited in our rules. Out of all our playtestesters (from GenCon and other sources), one will be chosen to get a free copy of the game when we finally publish it).
Join us in a session of lighthearted fun and games while you try to win points for your team and prevent their summary execution (maybe).
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Greetings, fellow Citizens! The Computer in its high wisdom has requested for volunteers to participate in its semi-every-now-and-then Olympic Event. Volunteering for this event is Mandatory and failure to volunteer will result in summary execution. 4 Teams of 5 Troubleshooters will step forward and try to win the favor of the Computer in a number of events designed by the R&D Group to amaze, entertain and slightly toast the masses!
Swords. Sorcery. Wizards. Whatever! Get ready for a full-throttle fantasy free-for-all! Role play lite. Tactics heavy. Fun.
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A rag-tag assortment of adventurers are having a real slow night at the Tongue of Dung, a seedy, cut-throaty tavern in the convict-infested village of Ikkspatt. In one dark corner, an Elf Mage sleepily stares over her spellbook, while her pet troll looks hungrily about. And there is a table of furry-footed Gnobbits getting way too loud with their SHIRE THIS and SHIRE THAT nonsense! And why does the village body snatcher keep going out to his cart to count the bodies? Never a dull moment in this joint. A great intro to the Wickedly Errant Game System!
Guardian must attend. The 1st hour teaches roleplay & rules with provided characters. Play an adventure in 2nd hour. Play all four (1/day) for a certificate.
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Tables will be limited to four children. A parent or guardian must be on sight to supervise their child at all times. A band of mercenaries is called to the town of Sandpoint to help an ailing business contact and relieve him of his family’s relic. In order to retrieve the item, the mercenaries must first survive dangerous traps guarding the depths of the family vaults. But danger is always around the corner — the Bloody Knuckles gang is well aware of the riches and will stop at nothing to claim the loot for their own profiting.
Vor is fed up! King Torg (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) orders a massive feast to save his butt from Vor’s wrath. You must brave the dangers of Lower Swelling to retrieve the tastiest of ingredients… BABIES!
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Vor, god of kobolds, is fed up! He is ready to rain lightningy death on all his useless worshipers. To save his furry butt, King Torg (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) orders a massive feast to appease the Big Red God's wrath. You, King Torg's (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) loyal subjects, must brave the dangers of the village of Lower Swelling to retrieve the most vital and tastiest of ingredients… BABIES!
Play as a group of high-risk extractors in a game based on the best selling movie "Inception." Learn the basics, create your totem, and step into the dreamworld.
Join Pathfinder Society Regional Coordinators and experienced GMs as they explore the many facets of judging scenarios for Pathfinder Society Organized Play
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Join Pathfinder Society Regional Coordinators and experienced GMs for an interactive workshop designed to make you a better Pathfinder Game Master! This introductory program focuses on improving GMing skills, handling challenges, and giving a great table experience. Part 1 includes four break-out sessions covering Roleplaying and Lore, Combat and Rules, Running the Game, and Advanced Topics.
Learn how to bead sprite! Bead spriting is the art of creating 2d wall art of your childhood video game characters. Come get the know how in this 2 hr tutorial of Bead Spriting by Ravenfox Studios.com
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A workshop showing how to go about bead spriting. The class will also give helpful information, tips and tricks that are used in spriting. All Players will get to create a sprite to take home. Bead spriting is the art of creating 2d wall art of your childhood video game characters! Come get the know how in this 2 hr tutorial of Bead Spriting by Ravenfox Studios.com
Come to play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Build track for various railroads while collecting stock in the largest companies. Win one game to advance to Tournament Semi-Final. PBT.
Come to play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Collect train cards to claim railway routes that will fulfill your destination cards. Part of the Ticket to Ride weekend Tournament. PBT.
Come to play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Collect train cards to claim railway routes that will fulfill your destination cards. Part of the Ticket to Ride weekend Tournament. PBT.
Game based on the original hungry zombie apocalypse comic books! Play as Rick, Shane, Dale, Glenn, Andrea or Tyreese, find followers and fight your way to victory. Did we mention the hungry zombies?
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Game based on the original comic books! The zombie apocalypse is now... can you find a save place for you and yours to be safe from hordes of hungry zombies... or will you become one of The Walking Dead? Play as Rick, Shane, Dale, Glenn, Andrea or Tyreese, find followers and fight your way to victory. Did we mention the hungry zombies?
You are a ruler of a small kingdom. You want a Dominion! You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible.
A new Martin Wallace game that puts you in the middle of the first battle of the Civil War! Play this on our giant board!
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Martin Wallace puts you in charge of history! On July 21, 1861, inexperienced Union forces began a march on Richmond, Virginia to nip the Southern insurrection in the bud. They were met by equally green Confederate troops in what would become the first major battle of the Civil War. Will you replay history, or revise it? Play this on our giant board!
You have landed on Catan, with just the clothes on your back. Explore and aid others to gain the help you need. Play this on our giant board!
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You never give up! Despite the long journey to your new homeland, and the loss of everything you owned, you have made it: you are a settler of Catan! You begin with nothing more than your own two hands, and each day will bring you a host of new experiences and adventures. Hunting bears and wolves? Building trunks and furniture? Working hides and skins? Not a problem for you! You have landed on the island of Catan, with just the clothes on your back. Explore and aid others to gain the help you need. Play this on our giant board!
Discover why playing with crayons is not just for kids! Play this introductory train game on our giant board!
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If you've wanted to try the Empire Builder system, this is your chance! Try this introductory train game and discover why playing with crayons is not just for kids! Play this on our giant board!
Build a Vegas casino empire, on our giant-sized game!
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Can you take your handful of dusty Nevada parking lots and convert it into a casino empire? With trading, opportunity and a little luck, become the most powerful boss in Vegas! Play on our giant board!
Tower building in Italy! Will the best towers be yours? Play on our giant board!
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Tower building in Italy! Use cards to stack tower pieces in cities, then draw cards from the cities you have built in. Will the best towers be yours? Play on our giant board!
Escape the doomed city, avoiding the lava that threatens your people! Play on our giant board!
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Come to beautiful Pompeii with this exciting game! You will use cards to attract your Roman friends and relatives to the town. But hidden in the deck is the dreaded Vesuvius card! Once this card is drawn, the volcano will erupt, raining fire onto the unsuspecting city! Now you must struggle to escape the doomed city, rushing to avoid the constant streams of lava that threaten to engulf your people! Will you be able to save them all? The player with the most survivors will be the winner! Play on our giant board!
Got wood for sheep? Players are settlers establishing colonies on Catan by building settlements, cities & roads with their resources. The base game beloved by many & played on our oversized 3-D board.
Ah, do ewe long for the life of a sheep? But watch out for the shearer! Play this on our giant board!
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Ah, do ewe long for the life of a sheep? Bright summer days filled with games of tag and attempts to flock closer to Roger, the Heartthrob Ram? But watch out! The shearer wants to drag you away from all the fun and games! In Shear Panic, maneuver your ewes to score points, playing tag, standing close to Roger, or trying to avoid the shearing scissors! Will your brave sheep score the most points, or will it be "off with the wool" for ewe? Play this on our giant board!
A game by Klaus Teuber. Will you be able to defend your favorite outhouse and keep your buildings standing? Play this on our giant board!
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A game by Klaus Teuber. Miners digging in the shadow of Fort Rossdorf struck the mother lode! Not gold, not silver, but a torrent of that mindmarbling drink the locals call “Wacky Water!” All that wealth means they can too bowl over the competition and lay claim to the only fertile spots left in town! The only thing stoppin’ ‘em is the Town Charter Amendment #5, which states (and I quote): “no landholder may move, remove, or detonate any outhouse without a majority vote of the Town Citizens...” Will you be able to defend your favorite outhouse and keep your buildings standing? Play this on our giant board!
Can you control enough territory to become the most prestigious duke before the king's return? Build your domaine on the big board!
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The lords of the kingdom struggle to improve their place and standing. New borders are drawn, and expanded through strength of arms and subtle maneuver. Can you control enough territory to become the most prestigious duke before the king's return? Try this on our oversize set!
Ever thought about the struggles faced by other species? In Turtle Soup, you get a taste of the hard life by controlling the fate of countless turtle hatchlings as they struggle to make it out to sea.
Lead a group wanting to bring your very own dragon into our world by any means you can. In Big Bang, play out the expansion and eventual collapse of a galaxy in just minutes.
Fun session of the simple yet difficult to master word game. Is the key in placing the right letter on the right scoring location or is it in creative use of letters in forming words? Come see
Race you Matchbox or Hot Wheel cars in this fun sim of Formula racing. Different dies represent different gears. Board is scaled for these popular lines of die cast cars.
A crash course on writing fundamentals—from the proper use of point of view to the conundrum of commas. It’s a great introduction for new writers and an excellent refresher for old pros.
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A crash course on writing fundamentals! In this interactive Q & A session we cover the basics of good writing—from the proper use of point of view to the conundrum posed by commas. It’s a great introduction to the fundamentals of writing for new writers and an excellent refresher for old pros.
An overview of the state of publishing today. Want to know what genres are going to be hot? Do short stories still sell? We cover these questions and much more in our 2012 Market Update!
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An overview of the state of publishing today. Want to know what genres are going to be hot? Wondering if short stories still sell? Worried that the eight-volume fantasy epic you wrote isn’t what publishers are looking for? We cover all of these questions and much more in our 2012 Market Update!
From Crops to Machines - Nile DeLuxor & Impossible Machine
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The Cycle of Civilization - 1st one wins by the best crop speculation and then one attempts to build machines to simplify the crop process. Where can one go wrong? Try these two card games and learn.
What do you need besides a brush & paint? What tools are helpful for beginners? Participants will walk away with a handout, a high end kolinsky sable brush, a wet palette, primer, and matte medium.
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So you found a mini that you want to paint? What do you need besides a brush and paint? What would be helpful? We'll talk about tools for beginning painters including files, primer, brushes, palettes, paint, and varnish. Participants will walk away with a handout, a high end kolinsky sable brush, a wet palette, primer, and matte medium.
Be among the first to learn and play the new "Shufflebuilding" game: Smash Up!
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Be among the first to learn and play the new "Shufflebuilding" game: Smash Up! Will your ninja-pirates defeat your opponent's zombie-dinosaurs? Or will your opponent's alien-ninja obliterate your wizard-robots? It will all depend on which decks you choose to Smash Up!
Three different ways to fight the fire! Players can become firefighters, firefighting pilots, or fleeing woodland animals in this game of forests and flame!
Come join us for a couple of hours of play with the D&D Adventures series game Castle Ravenloft.
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Come join us for a couple of hours of play with the D&D Adventures series game Castle Ravenloft. We will have Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, Legend of Drizzt, and Lords of Waterdeep availabler to play.
Two players race to control Catan in this new version of the Catan card game!
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This newly revised Catan card game for two players pits you in a face-to-face race to control Catan! This new version plays faster and more easily, with all of the fun of the original!
Come to play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Build tracks to pick up and deliver goods to fulfill contracts on the moon. Qualifies for Empire Builder International Tournament. PBT
Come play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Play any of the 18xx variants. Some provided, bring the ones you like to play. Qualifies for the 18xx Tournament. PBT.
Come play just for fun or to compete in the tournament. Amass railroad deeds and cash in this classic train game. One win advances to the Tournament Final on Saturday at 8 am. PBT.
It's race day! The crowd has gathered, the hover chariots are polished, and the beasts are Frenzied! Are you tough enough to race the ultimate carnivores? If so, Crack That Whip and hold on tight.
A flight of Austro-Hungarian two seaters fly over the lines to land in Italy and bring their commander back some good Italian food. The Italians take a dim view of this.
Kill the monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. Cooperate with the whole group, adventure with a partner, or strike out on your own. You don't know what's behind a door until you open it.