Try your hand at one of the many computer games brought to you by the Milwaukee Area Computer Enthusiast s (MACE). Games include Army Men,
Interstate 76, Heavy Gear, Bomber Man and Worm. See schedule of games in the Ballroom.
Terror was never meant to be this funny. Join the annuol ritual of the Kaigat and its associates as they bring to you nearly horrifying tales about the domains
and denizens of Rovenloft. When TSR started this event several years ago, they planned something serious ond scary; instead, they've been getting bigger
laughs every year. Go figure. This event runs Fridoy ot 8:00 P.M. (Evt #3053) and Saturday at 8:00 P.M. (Evt #3054)
Round-robin battles. Bring a 36-health army (no more than 50% magic hoops) made entirely of either good or evil units. Sign up anytime at the Dragon
Dice playing area. The top eight armies (four good and four evil) will compete Sunday morning at 8:00 A.M. for control of Esfah! This event begins
Thursday ot 8:00 A.M. and runs the length of the convention. Sponsor: TSR, Inc.
From old classics to new favorites, stop by to play something from our assortment of games! Card Games, Board Games, simple to complex, there's
something for everyone! GM Alex Yeager. Thursday night beginning at 5:00 P.M. (Evt #298), Friday night beginning at 7:00 P.M. (Evt #301), and
Saturday night beginning at 7:00 P.M. (Evt #303)
Please see Costume Contest Text in this book. Full guidelines are available at the Information Booth. Sponsor: Chicagoland Costumers Guild. (* Please note
that availability for this event is limited on-site, dependent upon number of pre-registrants)
Enter the Makoto arena and test your speed and senses in the sport of the future. Top ten ployers over the course of the weekend will compete in the finals
for the championship and o sword. More details at the arena. Event runs continuously throught the convention. GM Andrew Goldstein. Sponsor: Creative
Evolution.
The shop will be open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 12:00 P.M. Each day will have different features. Drop by and learn how all the pieces fit
together. Supplies included. (* runs four hours each day)
Clan War! - The Legend of the Five Rings
Miniatures Battle Game Pointing Contest
Description:
Concentration, precision, patience. Some of the many virtues of the somurai shared by miniature painting enthusiasts. Enter the hist Clan War! Miniatures
Painting Contest. Miniatures will be supplied to all contestants at the Alderac Entertainment Group booth in the Main Exhibit Hall. Entries will be accepted
until Noon, Soturday, August 8th. Contest winners will be announced at the Alderac Entertainment Group booth in the Main Exhibit Hall ot 2:30 P.M.,
Saturday, August 8th. Judge: Ken Carpenter, Clan War Designer
Form railroads, issue stock, and pay dividends in the 18xx games about the beginnings of railbuilding in various countries. Games available: 1830,1835,
1825,1853,1841,1832,1850,1856,1870. This event is part of Mayfair's "MicroProse's 18xx Jam Session" train game category. Sponsor: Mayfair
Games.
Give Atlas Games' new Cthulhu Myfhos boardgame a try. From Seattle to R'lyeh to Waco to Arkham, you'll direct cultists, high priests, mythos monsters,
ond more. You con goin control of the Pope! Sock Milwaukee in your Big Honkin' Truck! Don't take no for on answer! Leorn Cults Across America hom the
experts, while there's still an America left! Sponsor: Atlas Games.
Come enter the twilight of the danger zone and mix it up with the best of the best in this 1918 scenario. GM George Henion. Sponsor: Flight in the Skies
Society.
Bid on race cars ond ploy your cards to get your car across the finish line first. The heat is grueling and the pace is fast. This event is part of Mayfair's "Fun-n-
Games" family games category. Sponsor: Mayfair Games.
Learn to play this award winning W.W.II strategy war game, depicting the war between the Soviets and Germans. Unique game system uses real wooden
blocks for hidden movement and a true sense of the "Fog of War" unlike any strategy game on the market. Easy to learn yet endless possible combinations
of play. GM Calvin Stengel. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Championship Tournament qualifier round. Test your wits, skill and shrewdness against some of the best. Prizes awarded. Final round on Sunday at 8:00
A.M. GM Calvin Stengel. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Patton wanted to take on the commies while the army was still in Europe. Uncle Joe Stalin wants to see Paris without an invitation. A what if scenario - June
1945 the Allies break with the Soviets and go head-to-head, Sherman-to-T34. GM Calvin Stengel. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Mob war the way you like it! St. Valentines Day Massocres, Hits, Payoffs, Intrigues and Mob War. Bring the family! Easy to learn, easy to ploy, difficult to
stop playing. This event is part of Mayfair's "Billy The Kid" family games category. Sponsor: Mayfair Gomes.
Kingmaker in miniature, one of Game Base 7's traditional games for GEN CON has been incorporated into our board and card game event. Play the game on
our magnificent board. Sponsor: Game Base 7/LCD Gamers.
Where U.S. Grant made a name for himself. Using the unique block system this game depicts the American Civil War in the Western Theater. Links with
Bobby Lee. Walk-ins welcome, special discounts on Whiskey Wednesday. GM Calvin Stengel. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Learn Saratoga, 1777, a brand-new game of this pivotal bottle of the American Revolutionary War. Benedict Arnold wos a hero and saved the day for the
Americans! Can the British win over elan? East to learn, tough to win and never the same. Learn the gome in the demo, then enter the Saratoga
tournaments. Sponsor: GMT Games.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities. Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and
roads. This event is part of Mayfair's "The Sheep Herders" family games category. Sponsor: Mayfair Games.
This will be a standard SFB Patrol Tournament as per Module T rules. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers. Runs concurrently with STB Rated Ace
Tournament. Play all you want, event runs all doy Thursday and Friday. Top four net kills and top four total kills will advance to a three-round final to be held
on Saturday evening. GM Patrick Abram.
"Captain, enemy ship dead ahead. Range 340,000 kilometers and closing." "Red Alert! All hands to battlestations." This will he a standard SFB Rated Ace
Tournament as per Module T rules. Re-entries will be allowed. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers. Run concurrently with the SFB Patrol Tournament.
This event runs Thursday through Sunday. It is single elimination, with the winner to be chosen on Sunday. GM Patrick Abram.
Expand quickly, build fleets, and do battle. Hand-molded pieces and o unique tallying system make this strategy game a really visual treat and fast-paced.
GM Fred Lange.
Mountains moved, bridges burned, virgins converted, governments toppled, tigers tamed, ships sunk, riots quelled, beginners taught, walk-ins welcome, gift
certificates awarded. Learn to play this brand new game. Looks like Stratego, is similar to Risk ond Axis & Allies, but combines the best of those games into
a new fast-paced game. Try it you'll like it! Suggested to bring your own game. GM Colvin Stengel. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Special setup using all 400 cards in Shiloh deck and two tables. Six columns of cards filled with Union Blue Bellies waiting to turn yellow tail. "Wait till ya
hit the hornets nest, you Rebel Scum." "Grant is a falling down drunkard." "Bedford Forrest is no Georgia peach." Complete deck provided. Special rules in
effect. GM Calvin Stengel.
GEN CON's longest running independent Magic event returns! Any number of any cards except Shahrazad and ante, total of deck and sideboard between 40
and 100 cards. The catch: You play against your deck half of the time! GM Dominick Riesland.
Out-numbered and out-gunned, your unit is the lost defense until reinforcements arrive. When that happens the tide of bottle will sway, unless... oh no...
how much more can we take? This is a 16 hour continuous bottle run in four-four hour blocks, play in one or all. Mech sheets provided. Sponsor: Game
Base 7.
Choose an OmniMech and battle in a huge free-for-all. Survivor gains entry to the Trial of Bloodright tournament. Bring your own mini, dice, and record
sheets. Sponsor: FASA Corp.
Up to 20 players, each provided with two Inner Sphere custom mechs, face-off in a free-for-all battle. The player with the most kills wins! Featuring GEOHEX
terrain. For more information, pictures, and past player testimonies visit: http://www.umn.edu/nlhome/g039/brad0112/gencon.html GM Joel Bradley.
Four Inner Sphere Houses drop onto a planet left ravaged by The Bloody Clans. Are rumors of hidden Inner Sphere Mechs left behind riue? Or is this another
of the bloody Clans traps? A TBC sanctioned event! This is a team two-round tournament - four teams of three for this round. The top two teams odvance to
finals at 2:00 P.M. GM Michael McDonald.
Choose 4 FASA 'Mechs, totaling 140-250 tons. Complete three games by Friday at 8:00 P.M. Top 16 advance to finals on Saturday at 5:00 P.M. Bring
your own minis, dice, maps and record sheets. Sponsor: FASA Corp.
This is the sequel to last years three-level track rally. Cars are provided, but you can bring your own for this J 00K race. Driver skill is awarded more than
kills. Last year's race ended with many midair collisions and insane jumps. So bring your guts and some glue to hold on. Final round at 9:00 P.M. GM Peter
Kamuf.
King Swineheort ond the Eye King at first turned down the idea of another Fuzzy Hero Olympics; that's why the stuffed animals call this the Nonono Games.
One of the most unique and fun events of '96 is back, with new events! Toys provided. Final round on Saturday ot 8:00 A.M. GM Wendy Carson. Sponsor:
Inner City Games.
A long-lost painting by an Ancient Fae Historian turns up in the local Fine Arts Museum. Some want it returned to the Fae hands, others want it wiped from
memory once more. Can you unlock the secrets of this forgotten piece of Fae history before someone else destroys it forever? Roleplaying stressed. GM
John Cullinan.
DC's obscure Golden Agers face yet another crisis in their golden years. In our fifth installment, The Tarantula's journals fall into Per Degation's hands. Will
even a 75 year old man with bees in his belt buckle be enough to stop this mad man from changing history? GM Joseph Linehon.
Sometimes, dead is better! Join this all-Harrowed posse on a creepy adventure. Sign up quick, everyone's dying to get into this one! Sponsor: Pinnacle
Entertainment Group.
The dead arise in Nacogdoches. Join the Texas Rangers as they attempt to find out where these walkin' dead are coming from. Sponsor: Pinnacle
Entertainment Group.
The event a lot of you have been waiting for. Be one of the first to take part in this new chapter in the chronicles of the Weird West. Sponsor: Pinnacle
Entertainment Group.
Who do you think is selling off the Death Zone? Why have the Time Lords allowed all these aliens on Gollifrey, and what does Rassilon have to do with it?
GM Daniel Giese.
Thera bound! Having discovered evidence of a Theran spy in Blood Wood, Queen Alachia charges you to track the spy down and prevent him from reaching
the Theran stronghold of Skypoint. The road is hard and long, but you must stop the spy from reaching Skypoint, no matter what the cost! You must keep
your wits about you, unless you want to end up as a slave to those vile Therans. Are you up to the challenge? GM Gregory Allan.
The "suicide" of a corporate "businessman" sparks an investigation from the "parent company." Vital corporate "information" may be at stake and time is
of the essence. Written by Paul Leary and Peter Mascitelli. GM Peter Mascitelli. Sponsor: Pandemonium Game Faire.
Come play with the best Coll of Cthulhu players from across the country in our Tenth Annual Cthulhu Masters Tournament - a decade of slime and horror! 48
people will compete for the coveted MiGo Braincose Award while slowly losing their minds. Sign up for any of our initial rounds on Thursday or Friday.
Advancing players should be prepared to play in a second round on Saturday and the final round on Sunday. Warning: Novices will be eaten! For more info
check out the CMT website at http://www.egal.org/cmt/ Sponsor: Chaosium, Inc.
The year is 1924. You are travelling to California by rail, enjoying the scenery of the west. Next stop - the small town of Redrock. Unfortunately it is a bad
day in Redrock - a bad day for living that is. Will this be where the rail ends? GM David Blaeske.
A scenario by Robert Suriano. A blast from the past comes to the future looking for a friend. Can you prevent him from taking over the world, or will you
feed his power even more? Stop him and become world famous. Team play stressed. Winners advance to final on Thursday at 9:00 P.M. Sponsor: Game
Base 7.
Can the team pick up the pieces of their family after last years revelations? and can they do it in time to solve the mystery of the new elven kingdom? PC's
provided roleplaying stressed. GM Richard Don.
Spring is here... love is in bloom... ond only the most cold-heorted Changelings can stop it. They say breaking up is hard to do. It is, but you're the
professional. GM Scott Alvarado.
What happens when chaotic good, evil and just plain crazy characters get together... again? Join us for love, hate, battle, roleploying, vampires? Insanity
required. GM Reena Vielehr.
Skilled dungeon explorers needed to brave the Crypts of Death to recover an ancient item. A substantial reward has been offered for its return. BYOC: levels
9-11. GM Jim Smidl.
DragonLance fans! Forged in the Age of Might, on artifact is entrusted to several Render and ragtag friends. Can the other characters survive the Render?
Third year running for this frantic adventure. You'll probably need to come early if you want to play one of the Render. More information at
www.webcommando.com. GM Carl Davis.
With a groggy heod and seven strangers, can you save your homeland and etch your name in the annals of history? Roleplaying stressed! Final round on
Saturday at 8:00 A.M. GM Brandon Rosas.
Powers from another plane have decided to take your land's fate into their hands. Can you tip the scales and control the fate of your homeland?
Roleplaying stressed. Final round Saturday at 8:00 A.M. GM Christopher Casberg.
Prince Jack, who rules the Ward itself, is getting married. But someone's killing people, and carving his initials in them! Jack has asked you fa get
everything calmed down in time for his happy event. But, to make matters worse, rumors of a strange item called "bananas" fill the air, and the orderlies
are frantic to find these things and gain control of them. This is crazy, even by Asylum standards! Sponsor: Clockworks.
It's more than a race for space - Fuzzy Heroes and Renegades duke it out for control of the cosmos and other alliterative goals. Sponsor: Inner City Games
Designs.
A on-going campaign from lost year's GEN CON Game Fair. The unrest in Avalon continues after the fall of Avalon Castle. The forces of justice have
regrouped and hove new allies while the evil forces' carnage continues to gather support for their unjust cause. The bottle now moves info Knapper Valley
where the just will try to put down the evil forces for good. GM Raymond Runge Jr.
Legions of Steel is a fast-paced miniatures combat game set in the not-so-distant future. Save humanity from a siege of mechanical horrors. Play an elite
group of commandos in high-tech-powered armor on their missions to destroy the base complexes of the Overlord computer. You need more than luck to
survive. Before you can out-fight your opponent you must first out-think them. Sponsor: Global Games.
The next generation's time has come. Now the younger people can stop the evil before it can take root. Step forward and earn fantastic rewards (ot least a
silver piece). Character levels five through eight provided. Last year Mirkwood was cleaned (a little), now it is Mordor's turn. GM Michael McCormick.
All you really need to play DSD is paper, pencil ond pizza - and in a pinch you can skip the paper ond pencil. Help me turn eight stories into one. No
characters provided - bring a story, not a tank. GM Joseph Alford.
You have been summoned to quest for a golden horn. The king's mage will teleport you to near where it is rumored to exist. Many dangers await the ones
who will take on this quest. Of all those who have gone on before, none hove returned. Adventure levels 4 - 7. Characters will be provided or bring your
own. This adventure continues on Friday and Saturday ot 8:00 A.M. Please do not sign up if you cannot play all three days. GM Gregory Franczyk Sr.
Sponsor: Explorer Post 9963 BSA.
Bring your own 55-card deck. 4th edition Rules. Rule of the Cosmos enforced. Deck Protectors allowed. This is a multi-round mini-tournament conducted
within a single slot. Sponsor: Game Base 7/LCD Gamers.
The mighty Allied army faces the crumbling, but still ferocious, empire of the Third Reich in this fast-poced cord game of World War II combat. Sponsor:
Chameleon Eclectic Entert.
Olaf and his merry band of raiders had no difficulty sailing up the Seine to visit Paris. But on the way home, some no-good local baron had blocked the river
and was trying to take Olaf's hard-earned booty for himself. Can you get your goods back home oi will you be the Franks as they try to capture Olaf once
and for all? GM Michael Brown. Sponsor: St. Louis Area Gaming Assoc.
The King demands the best for his elite guard. Come join the King's elite ranks. Warhammer players are invited to bring a 1000 point army with no magic
items, to be converted for the tournament. Magic items distributed at tournament. Armies provided for those who don't have one. Final round on Saturday
at 5:00 P.M. GM Jeff Johnson. Sponsor: Columbia Games.
Take a look at the Babylon Project's ship-to-ship combat system. The system was designed by Full Thrust developer John Tuffley, specifically for the Babylon
Project game line. Sponsor: Chameleon Eclectic Entert.
The race to the coast is on and only one railroad will emerge victorious. Choose your railroad and duke it out in Pinnacle's miniatures battle game set in the
Deadlands. Sponsor: Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Tournament will use Grand Tournament Rules. BYO army, 1500 points, no psychic phase. Top two players advance to final round on Sunday at 8:00 A.M.
GM Robert Scheel.
Four mages and two changelings band together to investigate the disappearance of some mutual friends. Is it the technocracy? Witch-hunters? Something
more sinister? Quick reflexes and quicker magic will be needed to come out of this in one piece! GM Louis Arenas.
The Martians have landed! I! They wont to destroy London! Save Us!! I Come play a game on a 3x4 foot 3-D map of downtown London. This is a Matrix
Gome with great handfuls of dice and little robots. GM Chris Engle. Sponsor: Hamster Press.
An assignment to locate a missing professor turns into a full scale catastrophe when the truth about bis disappearance is discovered, sending the operatives
on a bizarre trip that could end in disaster. Sponsor: Chameleon Eclectic Entert.
Come tty the ultimate RPG of mystery and personal horror - the game where your memories, your identity, and not even reality itself con be trusted!
Sponsor: Chameleon Eclectic Entert.
Mr. Johnson wants you to pick up a small package for him. If s in Dallas, and you're in Seattle, but it sounds like easy money... Until you see the
"package!” What an omelet that would make! And you think momma would be upset. GM Kim McGraw.
A scenario by J. Cannon, J. Mills, & J. Stein. The cruiser Discovery is sitting in dry dock, waiting to be taken to her deoth. The Rebel High Command has a
much better idea for her. The PC's ore assigned to recover the vessel for the Rebellion. Create a character, or bring an existing Sparks character. An Ongoing
Campaign Event. Winners advance to the semi-finals on Saturday at 8:00 A.M. Sponsor: Game Base 7.
A scientist has found a device the can shake the foundation of the Empire. The Rebellion needs your help to secure it. Can you face the challenges and help
him escape with his life and the plans from a high security complex? GM Matt Fanter. Sponsor: Millennium Interactive Gaming.
You're a member of a biomechanical hive community, or at leost you're no longer telepathically connected to the hive, on outcast. Not just an outcast, but
now you're being hunted by those who were your comrades. You must escape! Find a new life for yourself and your fellow rogues and maybe, just maybe,
somedoy return for revenge! Sponsor: Archangel Entertainment.
A simple trip through space turns into a struggle for survival when a passenger ship is forced to crash-land on a nearby planet. The survivors of the crash form
an unlikely group that must overcome their own prejudices and work together in order to survive. Sponsor: Chameleon Eclectic Entert.
A simple trip through space turns into a struggle for survival when a passenger ship is forced to crashTand on a nearby planet. The survivors of the crash form
an unlikely group that must overcome their own prejudices and work together in order to survive. Sponsor: Chomeleon Eclectic Entert.
Life in the city can be tough - especially if you belong to the Sabbat pack with the highest turn-over rate. Learn the true price of freedom in the sect that
cherishes it above all others. Ride with the Sabbat as a new spring dawns. For mature roleplayers. GM B Matt Conklin III.
A rash of robberies is plaguing the road to Murienburg. Its up to you to stop them. Who are you? Members of the Rood Wardens of course! Sponsor: Game
Base 7.
Form railroods, issue stock, and pay dividends in the 18xx games about the beginnings of roilbuilding in various countries. Games available: 1830, 1835,
1825, 1853, 1841, 1832, 1850,1856, 1870. This event is part of Mayfair's "MicroProse's 18xx Jam Session" train game category. Sponsor: Mayfair Games.
Join in on the annual quest for the Iron throne! Based on the award winning Birthright roleplaying setting, this original boardgame is a combination
tournament and playtest. Come help determine the true Emperor of Anuir! No knowledge of Birthright or roleplaying required - just willingness to betray and
conquer! Sponsor: TSR, Inc.
A murder mystery game with more possibilities than most. This event is part of Mayfair's "Billy The Kid" family games category. Sponsoi: Mayfair Games.
Learn some genealogical resources and pitfalls of geneological research os you entertain yourself with this boardgame. The trick is to collect ten generations
without going into debt. GM Robert Scheurell.
Five aristocrat lords buy and steal the great works of art and history. Display the best exhibits and win the contests! Sponsor: Game Base 7/LCD Gamers.