GaryCon XV; March 23-26, 2023

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Post January 11th, 2023, 11:03 pm

Necron 99 wrote: ↑January 11th, 2023, 3:22 pm My two sessions of Paupers' Ladder have been scheduled. Noticed more games in Board Games and RPGs are showing up too.
Emphasis mine.
I found some cool possibilities: 4-hour sessions of KingMaker and a 2e Mighty Fortress scenario....
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Post January 12th, 2023, 6:51 pm

Ok my sessions for C&C, along with yours Anc, have been added to the schedule along with a metric ton of new stuff. Looks like they are getting close to having it all up and available.
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Post January 12th, 2023, 7:30 pm

Got an email today saying mine were posted. I'll check out yours this evening. Let's roll the bones!

EDIT: I'm going to start building my event "shopping list" and find a map of the Grand Geneva to see where Evergreen 3 is located. Been a while since I was there last in 2019... ;)
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Post January 13th, 2023, 11:54 pm

Ancalagon wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 11:54 pm<snip>

Quick preliminary breakdown, by no means complete....
AD&D 1st: 21
AD&D 2e: 7
Ars Magica: 0
AS&SH: 3
BECMI: 3
C&C: 1
Call of Cthulhu: 6
D&D 3e: 2
D&D 5e: 13
D&D 5e AL: 276
D&D Original: 13
HackMaster: 0
HarnMaster: 0
MERP: 0
Mythras: 0
Pathfinder: 24
WFRP: 0
Update:

AD&D 1st: 61
AD&D 2e: 15
Ars Magica: 0
AS&SH: 9
BECMI: 4
C&C: 50
Call of Cthulhu: 10
D&D 3e: 2
D&D 5e: 70
D&D 5e AL: 276
D&D Original: 29
GURPS: 0
HackMaster: 2
HarnMaster: 0
MERP: 0
Mythras: 0
Pathfinder: 24
OSE: 4
WFRP: 0
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Post January 14th, 2023, 1:01 am

Ancalagon wrote: ↑January 12th, 2023, 7:30 pm EDIT: I'm going to start building my event "shopping list" and find a map of the Grand Geneva to see where Evergreen 3 is located. Been a while since I was there last in 2019... ;)
Evergreen is a partitioned room upstairs, in the main, middle section of the resort, mine are in there too. Except for my board games which are across the hall in smaller individual rooms from Evergreen. Just right click the map below and tell your browser to 'open image in a new tab' or save it and open it on your PC.

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Post January 14th, 2023, 5:57 pm

Even more events showing up when I check today. Noticed some Marvel Super Heroes, more C&C and DCC. Several other RPG system events. I'm starting to look now and seeing multiple events spanning the same time slots which is good, but man it makes me sad I can play in all of the ones that I think sound interesting.

I'm wondering if my board game events on Thu and Fri morning are even going to get players, there is a LOT to choose from at those times. If I end up with no players after Silver registration, I may just cancel them and find something to jump into.
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Post January 15th, 2023, 1:43 am

Let's compare event "wish lists" as time gets closer to see if there is any overlap and try to get in a game together.
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Post January 16th, 2023, 8:55 pm

I don't know why this thought popped in my head but here goes... If I should attend GaryCon in 2024, seeing how there are so may D&D games across various editions and simulacra thereof, maybe I should run a demo of a non-D&Desque game just for shits and grins. For some reason I keep thinking about HârnMaster.
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Post January 16th, 2023, 9:22 pm

Ancalagon wrote: ↑January 16th, 2023, 8:55 pm I don't know why this thought popped in my head but here goes... If I should attend GaryCon in 2024, seeing how there are so may D&D games across various editions and simulacra thereof, maybe I should run a demo of a non-D&Desque game just for shits and grins. For some reason I keep thinking about HârnMaster.
I think that's a pretty good idea. I know Quinn asked if I was going run any Warhammer Fantasy RP at Garycon this year, but alas, I didn't not plan for it. I think you should give it a try, even if it's just one session, just to test the waters and see what sort of response you get. Worse case, you get little to no interest and just cancel and find something else to fill the time.
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Post January 16th, 2023, 10:14 pm

Necron 99 wrote: ↑January 16th, 2023, 9:22 pm
Ancalagon wrote: ↑January 16th, 2023, 8:55 pm I don't know why this thought popped in my head but here goes... If I should attend GaryCon in 2024, seeing how there are so may D&D games across various editions and simulacra thereof, maybe I should run a demo of a non-D&Desque game just for shits and grins. For some reason I keep thinking about HârnMaster.
I think that's a pretty good idea. I know Quinn asked if I was going run any Warhammer Fantasy RP at Garycon this year, but alas, I didn't not plan for it. I think you should give it a try, even if it's just one session, just to test the waters and see what sort of response you get. Worse case, you get little to no interest and just cancel and find something else to fill the time.
A few years ago, I played Metal, magic and Lore (MML). MML is a % based, non-D&Desque system. The session was full. I spoke with Vito (GM) after the session. He stated all of his MML sessions were full so that is encouraging.

If I demo HârnMaster, it will probably just be basic combat - no magic and psionics. In fact, I already have a basic scenario idea in mind to frame the demo. ;)
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