Be the envy of your friends & make an awesome chainmail dicebag using colorful rubber rings woven with aluminum! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Take charge of Imperial Walkers & troops to hunt down the "rebel scum" or be part of the Rebel Alliance defending Echo Base, allowing the transports to escape.
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Be the envy of your friends & make an awesome chainmail dicebag using colorful rubber rings woven with aluminum! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Learn basic leatherworking for cosplay. Tools, cutting, stamping, dyeing, and stitching will be demonstrated. Participants will practice techniques and leave with a small leather keychain they make!
Description:
Learn basic leatherworking useful for cosplay. Tools, cutting, stamping, dyeing, and stitching will be demonstrated. Participants will practice techniques and leave with a small leather keychain they make! Adding leather pieces to your cosplay can bring it to the next level of authenticity! This class will introduce you to the basics of leatherwork and provide you time to practice with leatherwork tools and techniques.
200 pt constructed event played on the Mystery Map, a brand new map created for this event by Christopher West. Faction rules apply. Prizes based on attendance.
Description:
All entrants receive a copy of the map. Additional prizes to all players with zero or one loss. Map created specifically for this event by Christopher West. Christopher is a professional cartographer who created nearly all the poster maps for SWM that were released by Wizards of the Coast. He has also worked on projects such as numenera and firefly and published numerous poster maps of various locations. Be one of the first to get a copy of this new map.
Prizes based on attendance. Epic figure is the only figure who can score Gambit. Gambit worth 50 pts. Must have exactly one Epic figure in your squad. 16 Activations Maximum (cannot go over 16 figures with reserves or reinforcements). Commander Effects or Special Abilities that allow you to move less than the normal amount of characters will be ignored. Advanced Battle Meditation will end at the end of each round (instead of until the character next activates). There will be no limit on the number of Commander Effects in your squad.
The Nerd Circus returneth! Acrobatica Infiniti returns to bring your favorite fiction characters to life in a whole new spectacle of circus arts.
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The Nerd Circus returneth! Acrobatica Infiniti returns to bring your favorite fiction characters to life in a whole new spectacle of circus arts. The first and only nerd circus is ready to wow you with an all-star cast of contortionists, jugglers, acrobats, gravity-defying aerialists, and mouthy mercs. Missed the show last year? Fear not! This is your chance to catch the modern-day mash-up combining traditional circus performances within the confines of CosPlay, Sci-Fi, Gaming, and Comic culture!
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Implementing Serious Games in a Large Organization
Summary:
This panel will discuss the use of serious games in the US Military. The lessons learned should be relevant for anyone interested in implementing serious games in education and industry.
3 player teams. Each player has a 200pt. squad. Standard map list.
Description:
Each player on the team must use a different faction. Each team can only have 1 total instance of a unique so if 1 player runs Boba Fett, then no other team member can run any version of Boba Fett. In the pregame setup, each team captain will roll. High roll can choose to pick the first matchup or defer that choice to the other team. One team will determine first matchup, then the other team will determine the other 2 matchups.
The Big Bang Theory: Wil Wheaton's Excellent Lost Boy Adventure
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The Big Bang gang role play with Wil Wheaton, featuring a mash up between several of the latter's favorite 1980s movies, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, & Lost Boys. Do you - want to - play?
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Play the game and then take the adventure home. Players will be provided with electronic copies of the character sheets and scenario notes. Players will assume the roles of Dr. Leonard Hofstadter (as Dr. Sigmund Freud or Freud Dude), Dr. Sheldon Cooper (as President Abraham Lincoln), Dr. Raj Koothrappali (as Temujin or Genghis Khan or Bob Genghis Khan), Howard Wolowitz (as William Bonney, or Billy the Kid or Mr. The Kid) and Penny (as Joan of Arc, the Virgin Maid of Orleans…huh?). Always an extra character for those with a handful of generics and a dream, in this case, Stuart Bloom (as Socrates or So Crates, or Ludwig Von Beethoven or Napoleon Bonaparte depending on how many of his characters die in soul crushing ways).
McCall's president has asked for your help in tracking down a client's stalker, who seems to be able to track her no matter where she goes, even after changing her name & appearance.
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McCall’s president himself, Michael George, is asking for your help in aiding one of his favorite clients, Anna Roman. She is being stalked by a man who has followed her all across the country. Usually this isn’t the type of case for the Special Claims Division, but Anna believes that this man must possess some magical or psychic abilities, for he has been able to find her no matter what precautions she takes, including changing her name and her appearance. So who is this guy and why is he so interested in this young woman? Is she hiding something or is he just a psychotic stalker? Join Blade Runner Press in this all-new surprising mystery.
Beau Neville, the detective that aided Mystery, Inc. in their Moonscar Island case, has contacted Velma Dinkley, asking for her help in the follow-up investigation, but he has since gone missing.
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Velma Dinkley was recently contacted by Beau Neville, a New Orleans detective who worked with Mystery, Inc. on the case of Moonscar Island. He told her that he was doing a follow-up investigation and found something “right up her alley.” But now she hasn’t heard from Beau in over 3 days and she fears the worst. McCall International would like you and your teammates to join members of the mystery-solving gang and return to the swampland known as ‘zombie island’ to figure out what Fate may have befallen the detective and what sinister plot he may have uncovered. A new journey into the Unknown from Blade Runner Press.
The pagans of Summerisle have prospered for generations until one year the crops suffer from blight. We've got trouble! Trouble with a capital T & that rhymes with D, & that stands for Dagon!
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The Dagon worshipping pagans of fertile Summerisle have prospered for generations until one year the crops suffer from blight. The fast talking Lord Summerisle suggests a solution to their dilemma, manipulating and sacrificing a Christian policeman! I say, we have trouble, right here on Summerisle, trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with D and that stands for Dagon! Players will be provided with electronic copies of the character sheets and scenario notes. Players will assume the roles of Willow (the innkeeper’s daughter), Miss Rose (the schoolteacher), Alder (the innkeeper) and Oak (the hulking blacksmith). Always an extra character for those with a handful of generics and a dream, in this case, Iris (the librarian).
Receive a booster & a map pack to construct a 125 pt. squad. You win more pieces by playing more games.
Description:
As each player plays more games throughout the event, they will be able to win more pieces that they can use for their squad. Pieces they can win will include custom pieces from the More Civilized Age set which releases at Gen Con 2016.
Beau Neville, the detective that aided Mystery, Inc. in their Moonscar Island case, has contacted Velma Dinkley, asking for her help in the follow-up investigation, but he has since gone missing.
Description:
Velma Dinkley was recently contacted by Beau Neville, a New Orleans detective who worked with Mystery, Inc. on the case of Moonscar Island. He told her that he was doing a follow-up investigation and found something “right up her alley.” But now she hasn’t heard from Beau in over 3 days and she fears the worst. McCall International would like you and your teammates to join members of the mystery-solving gang and return to the swampland known as ‘zombie island’ to figure out what Fate may have befallen the detective and what sinister plot he may have uncovered. A new journey into the Unknown from Blade Runner Press.
The Frightful Four: Chess, Nobody is on Nobody's Side!
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The Frightful Four seek redemption through an international chess competition. Nobody is on nobody's side!
Description:
The Silver Age origin story of the Frightful Four explains how these characters were just misunderstood and maligned after saving the world from certain destruction. Now, the Frightful Four seek redemption through an international chess competition. Nobody is on nobody’s side! Players will be provided with electronic copies of the character sheets and scenario notes. Players will assume the roles of Bentley Whitman (The Wingless Wizard), Peter Petruski (The Trapster), Max Dillon (Electro) and Flint Marko (Sandman). Always an extra character for those with a handful of generics and a dream, in this case, Madame Medusa (suffering from comic book amnesia).
The JLA discovers a plot to subvert teenage costumed adventurers to criminal purposes. Can the JLA infiltrate & destroy this conspiracy from within as - the Teen Titans? It's a hard knock life!
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After returning from a prolonged mission in space, the Justice League returns to Earth and discovers a plot to subvert teenage costumed adventurers to criminal purposes. Can the Justice League infiltrate and destroy this conspiracy from within as…the Teen Titans? It’s a hard knock life! Play the game and then take the adventure home. Players will be provided with electronic copies of the character sheets and scenario notes. Players will assume the roles of Aqualad (Aquaman), Wonder Girl (Black Canary), Kid Flash (the Flash), Speedy (Green Lantern), and Robin (the Atom). Always an extra character for those with a handful of generics and a dream, in this case, the Martian Manhunter (Beast Boy).
Played on three 3-D grids 7 squares long x 5 squares wide x 5 squares high. The three grids represent past, present, & future. Move in all 4 dimensions.
9 strangers are sitting in the Purgatory Diner when all h-e-double hockey sticks breaks loose. Which side of the fight will you fall on? Side of the angels, or will your inner demons take control?
So you've heard the basics... Let's take this to the next level!
Description:
How do you further the creation of your one-of-a-kind costume without the safety next of pre-made patterns? I will show you key points to look for when choosing a pattern and show you how to make subtle adjustments to make it work. Our workshop will include the opportunity to see first hand how to use multiple patterns to create the vision you have for your costume design. Additionally we will be covering information on how to adjust for sizing. Bring your questions and ideas as well as a notepad. Handouts will be provided as well. Additional resources will be available for you to check out as well.
Be the envy of your friends & make an awesome chainmail dicebag using colorful rubber rings woven with aluminum! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Ok, so you know what you want...the problem is that there just isn't a pattern out there that's EXACTLY right... Now what?? Let me show you how to get what you need!
Description:
I will show you key points to look for when choosing a pattern and show you how to make subtle adjustments to make it work. Our workshop will include the opportunity to see first hand how to use multiple patterns to create the vision you have for your costume design. Additionally we will be covering information on how to adjust for sizing. Bring your questions and ideas as well as a notepad. Handouts will be provided as well. Additional resources will be available for you to check out as well.
Make an amazing scalemail dicebag with silver & colored aluminum scales! You will get to keep all of your supplies including your instructions & tools!
Things just haven't been the same since Dean got his head bitten off by Dagon. Jerry has a plan to get him back. Back from where? The moon, where else?
Description:
An event with 4 GMs, 6 different sub-plots, and probably some singing. Oh the horror. Adults with their own kids will be permitted.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Anti-grav chariots, pulled by snarling, ravenously carnivorous beasts, careen around the track, while the drivers struggle for control of the chariots, victory, & their lives.
Description:
The year is 6831 and it's Saturday night at the races. On any decent planet in TOG Space, the sport is Anti-Grav Chariot Races - with a twist. Ladies and Gentlemen, be prepared to whip your beasts! Some vocabulary for you to review: Drivers (Human Delecitius), Chariots (Boxius Luncheous), Beasts (Carnivorous Amazingus), and Wrecks (Endus Inevitabolus). Prizes awarded to the victor and the first victim.
Sammy Davis Junior has found the sword of Samuel. Can he save Frank Sinatra from Lillit? An event with 4 GMs, 6 different sub-plots, and probably some singing - oh the horror.
Last year, a fantasy/steampunk sub voyage went a bit off course! This year, take to the air and travel the world of Xep on a pleasure cruise to the floating island of Nimbus. Strangeness may abound!
Description:
Last year, a fantasy/steampunk sub voyage went a bit off course! This year, take to the air and travel the world of Xep on a pleasure cruise to the floating island of Nimbus. Strangeness may abound! Why are these unlikely passengers coming along? Are they even members of the Elite? Why would the master of the Elite grant ANYONE a reprieve while plenty of demons are still outside the Den? The Destroyer's Den is a fantasy/steampunk LARP using live lightest-touch combat with foam weapons and NERF-style guns. Don't worry if you've never LARPed (or only theater LARPed) before; combat (and all other) rules will be taught, and you're not required to physically fight (and no one will hit you) if you prefer a non-combat role. We will cast you as a character in this session connected to other characters or accommodate your current campaign character (perhaps with slightly fewer connections).
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
A party of young dwarven adventurers is selected by their Thane to journey to the Buried Vale & investigate a cave that has been discovered with the onset of the spring thaw.
Anti-grav chariots, pulled by snarling, ravenously carnivorous beasts, careen around the track, while the drivers struggle for control of the chariots, victory, & their lives.
Description:
The year is 6831 and it's Saturday night at the races. On any decent planet in TOG Space, the sport is Anti-Grav Chariot Races - with a twist. Ladies and Gentlemen, be prepared to whip your beasts! Some vocabulary for you to review: Drivers (Human Delecitius), Chariots (Boxius Luncheous), Beasts (Carnivorous Amazingus), and Wrecks (Endus Inevitabolus). Prizes awarded to the victor and the first victim.
Old games are still fun to play! The original 15 races & 54 card deck will be used for this game of cosmic domination.
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Old games are still fun to play! Cardboard hexagons,15 races & a 54 card deck will be used for this 4 hr play-as-much-as-you-care-to event. After dinner join other fans of this 1970's classic-the original beer and pretzels game! (Beer and pretzels NOT provided). This is not a tournament or a learn to play event. Bring your friends or make new ones as you attempt to conquer the cosmos.
The Jungle has frozen over, can you solve the mystery of the Snow Witches power & restore the Jungle to it's glory? Bring any character class from any edition.
You find yourself at a rock concert in the near future. Iron Drakin is about to take the stage. But something is wrong: people are missing & the only clue is a blue police box!
Disaster readiness, basic sanitation, animal conservation. Sometimes a game is the best way to teach. Learn the similarities between game & learning design - & how to put it to use for good.
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It's clear non-government organisations do a lot of good in the world, and sometimes a good game is the best way to teach a system. Come learn how designing a game and designing learning share similar principles - and how to put it to use for large organisations. Presented by Rich Durham; games and learning designer at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand, and designer of games for AsiaCrypt, Four Paws international, and various health organisations around the world.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice and partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Explore basic swordplay through individual practice & partner drills using techniques from various martial arts traditions. Optional combat scenarios using safety equipment.
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deduction games! This year we will be featuring L90: The Origin, Witch Hunt, Ultimate Werewolf, & of course, Are You A Werewolf?.