RPG Descriptions

Game Name	Game Description
All Flesh Must Be Eaten: Roadkill	In this tale of survival horror, six friends returning from vacation end up in a Wyoming ghost town. Can they get out, or will they become ghosts as well? Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Angel RPG: Heads, You Lose	Angel, the vampire with a soul (from the TV show of the same name) and his crew need to find out who's responsible for a series of brutally mutilated corpses. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Baron Munchausen RPG: Wagers, Wine and Competitive Lying	A game of the role-playing ilk, based upon the stories of the astonishing travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen, for the enjoyment and edification of noblemen and their friends. Although this game is also suitable for women, children, and the better sort of servant, it is not for dullards and uneducated common folk, who will find little here to divert them. You will require imagination, a manservant, money, a selection of fine wines, noble blood, a sense of flamboyance, and at least one attractive member of the opposite sex (optional). Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Bulldogs!: Rescue at Sen-Gamma	The Krit'Pr Surveying Association lost one of their ships, the T'Prta. Can you and your group of interstellar freebooters find the T'Prta and save its cargo and crew of lovable snail-beings? One thing is for sure…someone is gonna shoot at you if you try. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
The Burning Wheel: The Burning Wheel Melee Demo	Crush, Kill, Destroy! Join us for fast-paced action using the award winning Burning Wheel melee system. Demos last between 30-60 minutes. No knowledge of the system is required. Come and engage in mayhem! Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
The Burning Wheel: The Gift	An elven delegation has been dispatched to the dwarven hold to bring tidings of goodwill to the new prince. Can you overcome centuries of distrust, suspicion and tradition in order to forge new ties and simply survive the culture clash? Or will old habits rise, and we'll all die hard? It's a session of plotting, intrigue, and manipulation using the new Burning Wheel Duel of Wits mechanics -- a social conflict resolution mechanic! Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
The Burning Wheel: Trial By Fire	You stand bewildered in a courtyard. The trappings about you seem familiar but you do not know why you are here. The people that surround you are friends, but how you arrived is a mystery. The air is filled with the din of a crowd, lit by a great fire. Amidst the bonfire is a woman tethered to a post. The crowd respond to her screams with nothing but condemnation. Will you let her die or have you been called to change her destiny? Set in the low fantasy world of Fortune's Tide, a new setting for the Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System. You can learn more about The Wheel at http://www.burningwheel.org Check out the demos happening throughout the day. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
The Burning Wheel: Von Goten's Predicament	Can you help this man get down from the roof? He seems to be stuck up there. It's getting dark and nights round these parts are dangerous. Come and try a simple and fun scenario using the Burning Wheel system. It's a straightforward d6 die pool mechanic full of grit, pain and mayhem. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Call of Cthulhu d20: Exham Excavations	It is September of 1924. Exham Priory, close by the village of Anchester in the hills north of Exeter in southwestern England, was dynamited over a year ago. The horrible crimes that were committed there by James Delapore a year ago have entered into vague local legend thanks in large part to the efforts of the authorities to suppress the truth of the terror. James Delapore is confined to the asylum at Hanwell in the outskirts of London. His son Alfred, a wheelchair-bound invalid veteran of the Great War, lives an unquiet life due partly to the nature of his injuries and partly to his suspicions concerning his father's madness. You enter into this tale at Alfred Delapore's request: Can you look closely into the abyss that claimed his father James find the horrific truth behind his family's curse and emerge with your humanity? Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Call of Cthulhu Dark Ages: The Coming Darkness	Plague was nothing new to in these dark times but what happened in the quiet mountain town of Vallensburg was different. There were reports of an illness that killed within a single day. Now the town lies empty, or does it? Your party must go to Vallensburg to discover what evil befell there and put an end to it. For the ancient text that your party discovered a year ago in the heretic’s lair tells of this new plague and of the ruined town in the mountain. It is mentioned in a passage about the coming of the Dark One and the end of the world. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Call of Cthulhu Dark Ages: The Unsung Saga	When the crew of the "Ravenar" were summoned to the king’s hall their plans changed dramatically. No longer would they spend the season raiding Irish monasteries and towns. Instead they would set out into the dangerous north Atlantic searching for the king's lost son. Rich rewards are promised for the prince's return. Is this a fool's errand or the Path to fortune? Following the trail of clues will lead these Norsemen into perilous waters and onto deadly shores. This story will make quite a Saga if any can return home to tell it. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Castle Falkenstein: The Curse of the Tawantinsuyu	Sir Alistair Bromley-Green's disappearance in South America was interesting enough to make the papers. While less reputable rags spoke of sacrifice to heathen gods, it was commonly believed he simply was lost to the jungles that had obsessed him for years. But that was yesterday's news. It has recently come to light that several weeks ago, Sir Bromley-Green's daughter, Chloe, left on a steam ship bound for South American shores. It is rumored that with her traveled a motley group of adventurers. Their mission: to find her father. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Cyberpunk 2020: Interlock	Biotechnica, one of the world's leading biomedical corporations has come across a new technology that would make their stocks soar. This technology is a failed military prototype nanotechnology device called Messiah. The problem is no one knows what it is and what it does, and 3 other corporations are trying to get their hands on it. Guess who gets to go and recover it? Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Everway: BlindSight	Welcome to the city of BlindSight, where pilgrims go seeking wisdom from the powerful Seers. Lately these seers have cried out against a danger that threatens to destroy the prosperous city. Could you be the outsiders they have seen as their only hope? All Rules Taught. All Materials Provided. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Farscape d20: When the Dren Hits the Wormhole	Wormholes and dentiks and Peacekeepers, oh my! The popular Sci-Fi Channel TVseries Farscape returns in a new roleplaying game published by AEG. There's trouble brewing in the Uncharted Territories – rogue Leviathans, aggressive Scarrans, and other, darker dangers. Load up the transport pods, reload the pulse rifles, and join the action of the Farscape universe. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Fuzion/Cyberpunk 2020: Firefly" a roleplaying game for Browncoats	Did you ever see the TV series "Firefly"? Are you a fan of Joss Whedon? Do you just enjoy good roleplaying adventures? Well then, join us to play one of the 9 crew members of Serenity in this recreation of the great space western "Firefly". Characters provided. Players: 9 Difficulty: Intermediate Age Range: All Ages
Fuzion: Bad Muthas: Tales from the Funk!	"When the lights go out in the city." All is quiet along the Golden Gate. to most the City by the Bay is a place of beauty and serenity, but to those who know the truth evil and deceit are abound. Welcome to a different 1970's, a place of corruption, otherworld influence, and the power of the Funk! Help your fellow Bruthas and Sistas fight the power and the evils of "The Man." The Word on the street has it that a lot of cats have been turning up dead and missing, and all over some object of power that "The Man" wants to gets his hands on. Can you uncover the truth before The Man can put you down! Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
FVLMINATA: To Rule or Be Forgotten	FVLMINATA is Imperial Rome-with guns! Someone is plotting against the powerful Macrinus family. Two heirs lie dead and the shades at the family tomb have gone silent. Will House Macrinus rule or be forgotten? Part of the Indie Gaming Extravagnza. Learn more at http://incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com/ige.html Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
GODLIKE: Looming Shadow of a Fat Man	July 22nd, 1945. You and your associates have been puzzling out the horrors and the realities of the war your Emperor has embarked on to expand the great Empire of Japan. Loyal and discerning, you hash out your place in the conflict. That night you have a dream. A great shadow and a greater sense of dread. The scene is revealed to you in all its horror. Now you must decide what to do. If you tell others then history may change Tokyo may be the alternate choice. How many lives will you save and will yours be among the number? Players: 6 Difficulty: Intermediate Age Range: 13 and Over
GURPS Cabal: Thieves in the Memory	The answer to your dreams turns out to be in someone else’s dreams! Follow a path through parts of reality few humans ever see to reach your ultimate personal goal. Will you have the courage to pay the price when you get there? This is the final part of the trilogy that began with "The Initiates" and "Door to Yetzirah", but you do not have to have played those scenarios previously. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
GURPS Cool TV Shows: Trying to Find the John	Continuing a prematurely ended series from the Sci Fi Channel. The crew of a living ship stumbles across a former crewmate, who was thought to be dead. Could another who died in the same incident still be alive? It’s assumed that players will be familiar with the source material, but it’s no problem if you’re new to GURPS. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
GURPS Dimensional Travel: The Neverwere League	A steamtech scientist has invented a device to travel between dimensions and discovered that dimensions are being destroyed, one at a time. Your home was one of the first, but he removed you from it in time. Your team of survivors from the destroyed dimensions is going to investigate why this is happening and put a stop to it before you happen to be occupying the next one to go. Your first stop is a world where the Nazis won World War II, making the investigation…challenging. PCs will be from a variety of genres. This scenario is intended to be the first in a series of dimension-hopping adventures, but does stand on its own. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
GURPS Space: Who invited the Pirates?!	The year is 2563AD. The Garshan War has only just begun. Only now have the Green-haired menace turned their attentions (And BIG Guns) on the hapless Confederacy. Squadron after Squadron of Confed Military vessels have fallen by the wayside in desperate battles, yet the Garshans haven't as yet attacked a single human-dominated world. How exactly did we get hired by this human's Mega-Corp Infinity Enterprises to run supplies from the Artifact space station to a way station out in a fringe star system called Carcosa? And will someone tell me why we are taking this load of back up computer parts, various foodstuffs, and low-grade ore to this desolate, hole-in-the-wall star system that EVERYONE knows is a haven for Pirates?!? Welcome to a continuing GURPS Space Saga, one that has been running off and on for nearly 10 years. For this game, I am giving a group of players the chance to change history, so to speak. Back in '93, another group of players tried and failed to get a load of desperately needed spares to a Way Station. Maybe you can do better. The 5 players will man command positions onboard a standardized high-speed small transport (for the purposes of this convention, characters will be provided). Player Characters will be of three different races: Humans, Marrokians, or Gideons (Anthropomorphic Animals), and will be of wildly varying point values. This isn't a game of Point-munching, but of Role-playing potential. See you there! Players: 5 Difficulty: Expert Age Range: Adults Only
GURPS: House Cleaning	Baroness Stonewarden has a problem. The manor she purchased for her 16-year-old daughter seems to be haunted. The workmen won't enter and one even died. You have been hired to discover the problem and fix it. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Kill Puppies For Satan: Kill Puppies With Luke Crane	Hail fcking Satan. that's right. I mean it. Now say it like you* mean it. Hail f*cking Satan. As soon as I get this damned lighter to work I am going to light this puppy on fire, chant the words of power and be imbued with evil!!! Then the fun really starts! Join Luke Crane, the creator Burning Wheel, as he runs his first non-BW con game ever: Vincent Baker's "Kill Puppies for Satan". In this game players take on the role of loser satanists who torture pets in order to gain evil, in order to cast spells, in order to gain evil, in order to summon demons, you get the picture. (I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen.) Join us. (No actual puppies are harmed in the playing of this game. Nor is an actual Satan worshipped. Come to think of it, there's no actual evil, either. It's a game, and only a game. Also - if you're underage, think you might be squeamish, or think you might be offended, please don't play.) Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Kobolds Ate My Baby!: Kobolds Are Smarter Than Cavemen	Apparently Kobolds are smarter than Cavemen. Come help Paul and I see if this is true, as we first run kobolds, then Og in LARPish format! Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Land of Og: Og Coming to Life	Apparently Kobolds are smarter than Cavemen. Come help Paul and I see if this is true, as we first run kobolds, then Og in LARPish format! Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Maelstrom StoryTelling: Aviet Expedition	As if you didn't get enough of Shrikes if you've survived from the last adventure (players are encouraged to continue their characters from "I Lie in the Ice"). A year has passed, the Ambassador's Daughter is looking proud in her new Marine Captain's Uniform and she has a mission for you. Go to the ruins of the ancient Shrike infested Shard City of Aviet and bring her back copies of some books which have removed from the Queen's College Library. Of course where Aviet is, is anyone's guess, rumors put it on the shelf, the desert, near New Aviet!, or it could be at the far end of the Aviet Road. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Maelstrom StoryTelling: I Lie in the Ice	The thick plots of Diodet's Ambassador to Dacartha will lead the characters on a dangerous expedition to steal Military and Industrial Secrets in a remote Dacarthan province laid waste by hive-minded Shrikes. Dealing with Shrikes will be the least of your worries. A Dacarthan officer enamored with the Ambassador's daughter is leading a relief effort to rescue survivors trapped in a cave network. The Diodean Secret Police are tailing you, and the Trade Alliance is out to damage the Ambassador in any way possible. Throw in the mafia like Dacarthan Eye as a spoiler then add unexpected clues to the whereabouts of Diodet's long vanished Queen and some missing "family heirlooms" and you'll wish it were just as simple as going off somewhere, killing a few Shrikes and bringing home a secret or two. Players: 8 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
My Life With Master: Master, May I?	O, the terrible things your Master makes you do to the poor unsuspecting townsfolk. If only someone loved you. Can you find it within yourself to rise against the Master and put an end to his evil ways? Winner of Ken Hite's Out of the Box Award for Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003. Part of the Indie Gaming Extravaganza. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
Nobilis: Tuesday is the New Thursday	Recently, a member of your Familia was incarcerated by Lord Entropy. While losing a member of your Familia is bad enough, his estate still has to be defended, and he's in no position to do it himself. Unsurprisingly, someone has attacked the weakened Estate - it's up to you to find the culprits, punish them, and make everything right again. Rules to be taught - characters provided. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Over the Edge: Black Ops: Year Five	Agents emerging from the Academy verge on the superhuman, and need to be, to protect earth from the alien horrors Joe Six-pack is happier not to know about. That training comes at a price. Fully half the admitted students "graduate" in a body bag. Today's assignment: navigate a 10-mile survival course with live ammunition and a few other...complications. Stay sharp; your xenopharmacology midterm is this afternoon. Players: 5 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over
Over The Edge: The Yellow Cat	Of course I'm not real. Get serious. You think a genuine talking cat couldn't find anything better to do than hang out with you? That's what the kitty said. But it won't go away, though it's shredded your couch, insulted your girlfriend, and keeps retyping your thesis paper. And this afternoon, your landlady said a couple of Peace Force agents were asking after you... Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Paranoia: Buff-Y, the Mutant Slayer	Commie mutant traitors are trying to re-open HEL sector. Friend Computer has assigned you and your Troubleshooter friends to seal it permanently. Serve the Computer well and the usual rewards will be forthcoming! Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Sorcerer: Urban Squalor	In the darkest heart of the city, still darker demons are stirring. In a place where only life is cheap, how far will you go to make it out? Come learn this Diana Jones Award-winning game. Part of the Indie Gaming Extravagnza. Learn more at http://incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com/ige.html Players: 5 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: Adults Only
TOON: Worth the Weight	Join in the mayhem as we spoof crash diets, wacky weight loss fads and gadgets, and the modern media in three heavy-weight stories: Sundae Mourning Quarterback, Shallow Gal, and The Italian Slob. TOON is a rules-light, player-driven, role-playing game where the players take on the roles of cartoon characters. Nobody ever dies in TOON; they just fall down, and they get back up to continue with further zaniness. All rules will be taught. Children under the age of 16 are welcome with a playing adult. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Tribes: Quest For Sire	Tribes is a roleplaying game that simulates the way our ancestors lived long ago, when they were first becoming human. Players can re-create the earliest human societies, and see what effects the rules of society have on their ability to survive and reproduce. The object of Tribes is to raise healthy children. To do so, you must face the challenges of nature and make the best use of your abilities within the rules of your tribe . . . or convince your fellow tribespeople to change those rules. All rules will be taught. Children under the age of 16 are welcome with a playing adult. Players: 16 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: All Ages
Universalis: Universalis: The Game of Unlimited Stories	Universalis bills itself as The Game of Unlimited Stories. Each story/game is unique. Every time you play a new game of Universalis, the players generate the setting -- and even add to and change the rules of play. In Universalis, each player controls the story through a sophisticated yet easy to learn economy of story power. Story power is represented by Coins and is the ability of the player to shape the shared story. Everything in the game-world: characters, objects, locations, etc are components that are built with Coins. Control of these components is fluid among the players -- yes, even the characters (unless someone introduces a Rules Gimmick (for a Coin, of course) to change things) because the story is the thing. Challenges and Complications help the players to decide who gets to narrate and when. Come play Universalis with us for a new experience in narrative role-playing. The rules are quick to learn and you'll be building your story within minutes of starting the game. Players: 6 Difficulty: Beginner Age Range: 13 and Over

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