You are a Judge in Mega-City One, highly trained from the age of 5 to handle any situation from Boinging to Gaxing. Can you, the Ultimate Law-Enforcer, rescue the Kidnapped Sector House Chief.
First the young women of the village were kidnapped during a magic show. Then the rescue forces disappear. Can you solve this mystery? For levels 5-6. BYOC, or characters will be here.
Join us each day at this time for our second Game Masters Workshop. Six experts lead 8 sessions. So popular last year we have divided into 2 sections. Graduates receive outlines & a detailed adventure.
Your party,characters provided, must traverse the under-realm where chaos rules & stop Silvia-High seer of Black Magic. I guarantee you’ll enjoy this roleplay intro to Dragon Quest. 16 and over.
Compete in a race against up to 9 other people with slavering beasts aplenty, plus an occasional spear tossed your way. If you place in the top five, you then race with the best in the final!
Official SFB Patrol tourney. Play as much Star Fleet as you want. Preliminary rounds all day Thurs. & Fri. Top finalists play elimination on Sat. Tournament will use Dooms Day.
The German Italian Fleet is on the way to bombard Malta. The British Mediterranean Fleet has to stop them. Can they do it? Find out as you command a ship in this computerized Seapower Battle,
Rebel forces hold a key river junction, gunboats reinforced by shore battles. Union river boats must gain control of the junction & neutralize the batteries. Exciting Civil War Novel Miniatures.
15/25mm miniature battles. 1500 pt army. Revisions and amendments per NASAMW. Play 3 rounds Th & Fr, to qualify for semis. Go to West Hall HQ for rules and table assignments.
What do you do when you misplace your adventure notes? Do you get alarmed and upset? Worry no more! We’ll show you how to create and run effective one-shot scenarios, and run them easily.
Continuously running event. Complete 3 Lance battles. Top ten players will receive prizes.
Come to FASA booth for opponent assignments, then go to West Hall HQ for table assignments.
Explore one possible future in this action-packed roleplaying saga. Sci-Fi to Swordplay, the Hero System will be used in a new setting each round of adventure amidst the self-destruction of humanity.
Ever wonder what it’s like to run the streets in a nihilistic rampage? If rising in the ranks is the way you want to go, come join your bloodboys for a night on the town.
The 8 of you have been hired to hunt Wizards. The last on the list is the toughest of them all. Your Party, 2 witches, A pixie, 2 werics and 3 fighters must destroy Shoctan, before he finds you.
The King is dead! He lived long & now you eagerly await an invitation to the Crowning of the New King. The invitation arrives with a surprise! Inventive role-playing involved.
Your covenant’s council has elected you to check on Old Fraemon, an elderly recluse wizard. Should he have finally passed on, you are to claim his library for your covenant.
Brutal murders occur when dancing lights appear in the night sky. A single elusive killer seems to be behind it all. Can he be stopped? A dark dangerous mystery which will stress role-playing
All PBM moderators (whether or not members of the PBMA) are invited to come be a part of a panel to discuss play by mail. Rick Loomis (FBI) and David Webber (Paper Mayhem) and others will be there.
Lester Smith (designer) talks about the future of 2300 AD products and will answer questions from attendees. Some topics will include translations, articles and future planned product.
Get a sneak preview of the new Fantasy Hero campaign book! Game designers show off new product with an exciting demonstration. Spectators welcome. Also demo at Booth A on Fri-Sun
Merc’s turned brigands plot revenge against all & Lord Belorathe holds court while daek priests divide his estate. Come expose the dark plot & defeat the Merc’s before it’s too late.
Here is your chance to meet the people behind the scenes at Lion Rampant. We will be unveiling some of our future products, answering questions about Ars Magica, and talking about gaming in general.
Examine your wilderness adventures and their role in your campaign. Make treks through the wilds more than weary plods through a dull and deadly countryside full of monsters. Breathe life in it.
An Imperial/Eldar force tries to escape from a trap set by the traitors. This would appear to be straightforward except for the untimely arrival of the Orks.
It’s here! Jorune lives on the computer screen! Query us about the game. The best of Jorune programmed by SkyRealms designer Andrew Leker and animated by co-designer Miles Teves.
Come and participate in a demonstration of ICE’s new star fighter miniatures game. Demo run by the designer, Kevin Barrett. There will be additional demos at Demo Booth H ,Fri-Sat.
Ken Rolston surveys global geography and cultures. Anecdotal accounts invited. (That is, we game designers want to know what’s going on in your campaigns.)
Everyone’s favorite sage, Elminster (or is it really Ed Greenwood?) blathers on his version on the real Realms. Interesting session as it relates on different, dark corners of the Realms.
You wake up in a dank, dark hole. You have no idea where you are, or how you got here, and there’s this heavy weight on your chest, and something scaly is gnashing at your throat. Levels 5-8.
After all, TSR could open up a new division just about anywhere it wanted to. So why Los Angeles? Other than the perfect weather, beautiful women, and big city excitement of course. Check it out.
Anytime! Anywhere! We think the Hero system can be used with any gaming genre and we’re out to prove it! Players can try to stump Hero designers with an offbeat setting. Can you top Soap Opera Hero?
Okay, so what’s SPELLJAMMER campaign rules all about? Try it for yourself in this demonstration. The AD&D game takes on a whole new meaning when its launched into outer space.
Join us each day at this time for our second Game Masters Workshop. Six experts lead 8 sessions. So popular last year we have divided into 2 sections. Graduates receive outlines & a detailed adventure.
...Comes Together. What is the party doing here? What will the PC’s do next? Discuss the goal and dreams of your PCs and their impact on the roleplaying in your game.
Just because the fourth succession war is over doesn’t mean you can relax. For even now, the Vultures are swooping in to pick up the pieces of the shattered Successor houses.
Booka and Innkeeper have always coexisted at the Giant’s Toe Inn. Now the Innkeeper has decided that the Booka must leave immediately. A role-playing adventure.
Amidst the winds of change a bird of prey flies. A beacon shines in darkness. Another pair of eyes. Myani deal was broken. Elders demand repentance. Hunt of infinity, Serve Paul’s sentence. LVL 10-15
The event gives the characters, a challenge to kill a sovereign king. It has three parts, if they pass parts 1 & 2 they will make it to a final battle in the Kings Palace.
4 players strive to become King of England during the period 45ad to 1085ad. From the Roman conquest to William the Conqueror. Winners in the 1st. round will advance to the finals.
Come meet the West End design staff and hear about the directions the company is going in. Ask questions, discover secrets. Find out what’s new and exciting!
Learn everything and anything about your favorite character classes from the barbarian to the invoker! All information comes from TSR’s Complete Fighter, Priest, Thief and Wizard books.
Does racism occur on any level in gaming? Are some game systems inherently racist in orientation? Do games tend to have an ethnocentric or multi-cultural worldview?
Starting up your new campaign while you are still designing it. Let your players help. We discuss techniques and shortcuts to designing a full body campaign on the run.
Using the Cities of Mystery and its expansions, explore the city of legend. Guard yourself, make friends, make enemies—get as far as you can before Monster Day arrives. Bring own figure.
So, you think you’re some hotshot Mechwarrior? Well, come test yourself against the ultimate—a 386-20mhz Mech. Eight players battle a like # on the battle field. Programming done in C, by myself William Dufton ll
A workshop for those interested in writing for Steve Jackson Games. All our writers are invited to share their experiences with their fellows and other hopefuls.
National Geographic (from Alphatia) would be proud of you! Come and test your knowledge of D&D game world geography in this trivia contest. Prizes awarded to winners.
Lou and I are interested in the invisible decisions that go into Role-Playing, and the thin daggers edge between success and failure in a campaign. Come let us infect you with our ideas.
What is really necessary to design when creating your world—and what’s not? We’ll look at geography, economics, politics, religion, history, magic, legends...and more.
Roger Moore, Dale Donovan, and Barbara Young discuss the past, present and future of DRAGON magazine & DUNGEON Adventures and tell you how you can get published and gain fame and fortune.
Play Empire Builder over all of North America by adding the South of the border spice to the game. Exercise your knowledge of Great Britain in British Rails. Even Build the rails of India!
Politics Russian style. Exert your influence over politburo members. Push your men to the top by scheming, purges or whatever deal you can cut. A fast simple, but demanding fun game among comrades
You have been convicted of a crime you didn’t commit, & have been sentenced to the Labyrinth. The only exit was thought to be death, but the door you found doesn’t appear to lead there.
For 3 GEN CON Game Fairs your Deryni party has survived, this year the Archbishop knows who you are! How does he know? Role-play, intrigue, suspense, humor. PC level 6.
The Odd Squad is called upon to help a Genevolent despot create a magic item, and later learns too much about the underlying reasons. Stresses all aspects of high-level AD&D role-playing.
Here you set, among refuse and debris, on the edge of a creeping darkness, dreaming of your last fortune and the pleasures it once purchased. That fool’s fortune begs to be taken and spent!
On the edge of a Faerie Forest, an odd tree blooms. It alters the landscape & hides bizarre animals. Two Magi investigate the strange plant & hope to secure a valuable resource.
What is causing the power outages in the major cities of the U.S.A.? Why is the Treasury Department asking for assistance? Join Guardion Inc., Baltimore Branch, and foil Cobra’s plot.
A mysterious spaceship appears in lunar orbit. We’ve lost contact with the investigative party, Superman,Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern. It’s up to you, the JLE and the Titans to find out why.
Your party is colonizing an abandoned wizard’s Isle. Strange events happen, a murder is committed and your friends are acting strange. Role-playing and problem solving are stressed as you fight.
The night has always been a frightening and unknown place to man. Night has always gone away, until now. Your party has been dispatched to deal with the evil. The night always has surprises!
Last year’s interaction tournament got one complaint, too much DM. This year we’re back to basics. No books, no dice, no DM story line, just your 8 stories blended together.
The Elven Princess, Soula, and her 5 handmaidens have been kidnapped. Can you rescue them? For levels 7-9. Bring your characters or one will be provided for you.
Your distant relative dies, leaving his fortune to anyone who can win in his deadly game for In-heritance. A game for up to 40 PCs, interacting with each other & 5 DMs.