Program Book
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Program Book
Coming this fall – ICON 38 Nov. 15-17, 2013 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Marriot (The same place it was last year. Nothing has changed.) Recalling 1013 - The Year When Nothing Happened! Take a breather from all the chaos and hubbub. Science Fiction is the literature of change; Predicting, Promoting or Preventing the future. But what if you lived in a time where nothing ever changed? How would that affect your world view? Guests: Hugo & Nebula winning author Nancy Kress, Hugo & World Fantasy Award winning Editor Ellen Datlow, Writer Jack Skillingstead Editor and Mommy of ICON Gay Haldeman Toastmaster Jim C. Hines FAN Guest of Honor Steven Keith Tait Use this mystic incantation to conjure worlds we don't understand: Go to http://iowa-icon.com/ for more information Another Con from the Mindbridge Foundation (Busy making sure that Something happens.) Sponsors..................................................................................... 3 Guests.........................................................................................4 Staff.............................................................................................. 5 Iowa Memorial Union............................................................ 7 Special Events.......................................................................8-9 Schedule............................................................................. 17-20 Game Descriptions Board Games........................................................... 10-12 Card/Dice Games..................................................14-16 Collectible Card Games............................................22 Miniature Games................................................. 23-24 Misc. Games that defy categorization.................24 Pathfinder Society Games................................. 25-27 Roleplaying Games............................................... 28-31 Video Games................................................................33 Convention Rules................................................................. 34 Refund Policy......................................................................... 34 Individual Sponsors: Jon Maakestad Michele Maakestad Tim Daly Tim Rudzianski Corporate Patrons Hobby Corner Corporate Benefactor Critical Hit Games Corporate Sponsor TPK Dealers: ACME Comics & Collectibles Chaos Fractal Critical Hit Games Fractal Evolution Games Multiverse Comics & Games The Psydkicks Rebecca VanAcker Silver Gryphon Games Spuds Emporium TPK Games Tyler Walpole Wandering Mail Clinton J. Boomer Clinton J. Boomer, known to his friends as “Booms,” resides in the quaint, idyllic, leafy paradise of Macomb, Illinois, where he attended school from the 4th grade through college. He began playing D&D with the 1993 release of Planescape, began freelancing for Paizo & Kobold Quarterly after his Top 4 placement in RPG Superstar 2008, and currently devotes a full 99.9% of his waking hours to thinking about RPGs. Boomer is an amateur filmmaker (co-creator of the PHB PSAs on YouTube), an Ennie-award winning writer (contributor to the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting and KoboldQuarterly.com) and a very talented bartender. Although he cannot find enough hours in the day to do even half of what he wants, Boomer is insanely prolific on the topics of ninjas, comedy, D&D, vampires, Lovecraftian gods, pornography, super-villains, gay-rights, the human condition, alcohol and a number of other things he thinks are pretty darn cool. Tyler Walpole See that cool art on the cover? That great stuff is the work of Tyler. Tyler is an Iowa artist who has done fantastic illustrations, covers and storyboards. He has worked on a variety of projects, including the Avengers animated TV show, Dungeons & Dragons Comic, Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Bestiary, World of Warcraft TCG, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and many others. Those of you who have been at Gamicon in years past might recognize the models for the characters. See next guest entry... The Gary Lange The Gary Lange is the founder and creative genius behind Lange Games. His credits include the ever popular Dragon Supreme strategy board game, a series of party games, and the RPG Role Playing Xpress. Any resemblance to the cover art is purely incidental... really... Steve Crow Steve Crow has been working in the gaming industry as a freelancer since 1980. He started with Villain & Vigilantes 1.0 for FGU, and then moved on to DC Heroes for Mayfair, Vampire and Werewolf for White Wolf Game Studios, and Spycraft and Stargate SG1 for Alderac and Crafty Games. His most recent work includes World on Fire in 2009, a worldbook for Spycraft. Steve has also written fiction for Twilight Creations and Silver Age Sentinels. Upcoming projects in 2011 include Spycraft 3.0, and a return to his roots with an epic space adventures, for Villains & Vigilantes 2.1, a sequel to his original work. Todd Morgan Todd was raised in the wild by red foxes. Since then he has been into tabletop gaming for about 6 years, picking it up after reading a lot of RPG fiction (Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, etc). His gaming experiences have been dominated by organized play campaigns, starting with Living Greyhawk. He assisted the local organized play community when 4E was released by co-organizing Living Forgotten Realms. As the local community shifted towards the beta-test version of Pathfinder, he began coordinating and judging that game almost exclusively. At GenCon 2011, Paizo awarded him a 5 Star Judge award after judging his 106th scenario and offered him the Venture-Captain position for Iowa. As the regional Venture-Captain, he is tasked with growing Pathfinder Society play locally as well as helping other coordinators across the state and in Omaha grow their local game days. Convention Committee - Jim Castlebury, Shawn Johnson, Michele Maakestad, Ryan Smith-Burns, Art: Tyler Walpole Auction - Nigel & Susan Ray Auctioneer - Brian Womachka Computer Games - Allen Ott, Debbie Hansen Dealers - Jon Maakestad Event Coordinator - Michele Maakestad, Shawn Johnson Game Library - Steve Tait Hotel - Jon Maakestad, Shawn Johnson Logistics - Jim Castlebury Pathfinder Coordinator - Todd Morgan Publications & Social Media - Ryan Smith Burns, Michele Maakestad Registration - Ryan Smith-Burns Treasurer - Jon Maakestad Video Gaming & Website - Jay Cooper Volunteer Coordinators - Josh Goldsborough & Elisabeth Buettner Game Company Liaison - Conner Burns Look for Special Deals on our flyer. It‛s in your GamiCon Welcome Bag. Iowa City’s Premier Gaming Source Shop our Online Store • See our Events Calendar or Check Out our Magic Buylist at CriticalHitGames.net 7 0 2 S . G i l b e r t S t # 1 0 4 • I o w a C i t y, I o w a 319-333-1260 Over 3,600 square feet of games and more! Trains • Games • Radio Control Kites • Puzzles • Science Kits Models • Rockets • Slot Cars Tools • Paints • & Much More Always Available! Settlers of Catan • Fantasy Flight Games Wizards of the Coast • Steve Jackson Games Workshop • Rio Grande Games Sycamore Mall • Iowa City, IA 1672 Sycamore Street 319-338-1788 www.TheHobbyCornerIowaCity.com M-F 10-8 • Sa 10-5:30 • Su 12-5 THE HOBBY CORNER M# = Main Lounge S# = Sunporch A51 = Area 51 N= North Room S - South Room AREA 51 Registration/ Convention HQ Hours Friday 12:30-10pm Saturday 7:30am-8pm Sunday 7:30am-2pm Iowa Memorial Union Madison & Jefferson Streets University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-335-3114 Dealer Room Hours: IOWA HOUSE HOTEL 319-335-3513 Union Market (1st floor, next to River Room Cafe) • Friday 9am to 11pm • Saturday 11am to 11pm • Sunday 11am to 1am 24 Hour Gaming Available in the River Room Cafe and the Hospitality Suite (217) Iowa House Friday: 4pm-8pm River Room Cafe • Friday 7am to 5pm • Saturday 10:30am to 5pm • Sunday 10:30am to 7pm Saturday: 10am-6pm Sunday: 10am-2pm The Grindhouse Arena| Pathfinder, Bryan Nash Novice, Saturday 9am, M02 Free-for-all, join-at-any-time arena combat game! THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. AGAIN. Do YOU have the strength to take on all challengers?? Test your mettle in the SECOND ANNUAL GRINDHOUSE ARENA! This grand melee event will use pregenerated Player Characters so bring only your dice and your courage, but check your mercy at the door! This one-of-a-kind, trap-filled “Arena of Spinning Death” will pit PC vs PC vs PC in an eight-hour, enter-at-any-time King of the Mountain challenge unlike anything you’ve ever seen! You can join in the action AT ANY TIME during this marathon grand melee! There will be awards given out for top combatants! Clinton Boomer Live and Uncensored Sunday 11am, Area 51 So what is this panel all about? We don’t know. As far as we know, he doesn’t either. Come find out what lies in the darkest reaches of the mind of Clinton Boomer after a weekend of Guest Activities. Clinton Boomer: Meet & Greet Friday 2pm, Area 51 Come meet our Guest of Honor. Get an autograph. Find out more about him and his work. Closing Ceremonies Sunday 4pm, Main Lounge We will say goodbye to all our friends and wish everyone a safe trip home. We will also be drawing for prizes and acknowledging staff and volunteers for a job well done! Computer Gaming North Room - All Con Long Gamicon Computer Gaming offers a variety of puzzle, arcade, dungeon crawl and other game types on our PC and Amiga computers. From modern favorites like Super Cow, Plants vs. Zombies, and Chuzzle to beloved classic games like Lemmings and Bomberman, you’re sure to find something for a quick break between slots or hours of entertainment. We will be setting up Friday (and possibly opening Friday night) and will be open all day Saturday and Sunday. Console Games North Room - All Con Long Come test your skills on our games, or bring your own! Extensive collection of Nintendo and Super Nintendo Games, Dance Dance Revolution, and more! Freelancing 101 Clinton Boomer and TPK Games Saturday 10am, Area 51 Have you ever wanted to write for a game company? Come find out what it takes to write for Paizo and others. Game Auction Saturday, 1pm, South Room The Gamicon Auction takes place on the Saturday morning of the convention. Items for the auction may be dropped off beginning at around 8 am and the auction itself starts at 1 pm. 10% of all sales from the auction go to Gamicon for the upkeep of the convention. All auction participants must have a convention badge. AUCTION STORE Store hours: 8 am to 8 pm, South Room This year, in addition to our popular, live auction, we will have an auction store on Saturday. Individuals wishing to add items to the store must have a Gamicon badge. We will accept items beginning Saturday morning and continuing throughout the day. Sellers will need to collect money and unsold items by the end of the day. If staff is available store will remain open during the auction proper. Otherwise, the store will close from start of auction until auction is concluded. Q: Will my item be in the auction or the store? A: An item will go straight to the store if: You want it to go to the store OR If it is NOT gaming related OR If it comes to the auction with a minimum bid over $10 .00 The Auctioneers may choose to move items in these last two categories from the store to the auction proper if they believe this would improve the auction. Gamicon Meeting Mindbridge Meeting Mindbridge Game Library RPG Superstars South Room, Sunday Noon Having fun? Want to come again next year? Got a suggestion for us? Help make it happen. Come see how you can lend a hand to make this convention better than ever? Pizza will be provided!!!! Main Lounge , All Con Long Got some time to kill between games? Looking for something new to play? Check out a game from the Mindbridge Game Library. Over 150 Games to choose from. Presented by Mindbridge Foundation. Prize Drawings South Room, Sunday 1pm What is Mindbridge? What do they do? Mindbridge runs conventions. Anime, SciFi, Gaming and more! We’re active in the community and have a book group and a film group. Come join in the fun! Clinton Boomer & Chris Mortika Friday 6pm, Area 51 What is RPG Superstar, how do you get in to it and what does it take to be a star? Come join Clinton & Chris as they talk about their experiences with RPG Superstar. Throughout the weekend, you may receive tickets for prizes for games, rewards for judging and other random stuff. We’ll have boxes set up for prize drawings. Put your name on your ticket and put it into the drawing you want, then show up to see if you win! You or a representative with your ticket must be present to win. You can only win one time per prize. Android Fantasy Flight Games, Michele Maakestad Novice, Friday 7PM, M19 Android is a board game of murder and conspiracy set in a dystopian future. Detectives travel between the city of New Angeles and moon colony Heinlein chasing down leads, calling in favors, and uncovering the sinister conspiracy beneath it all. The detectives must balance their pursuit of the murderer against their personal lives and their inner demons. You’ve got just two weeks to solve the murder, uncover the conspiracy, and face your personal demons. Awful Green Things From Outer Space Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice, Saturday 11am & Sunday 12pm, M01 The crew of the exploration ship Znutar just wanted to cruise around the Galaxy, discovering strange new worlds and playing pool. But then their ship was invaded by the Awful Green Things... and suddenly they were fighting for their lives! Kingsburg Fantasy Flight Games, Shawn Johnson Novice, Saturday 3pm, M15 Each player plays a governor who take turns throughout the year influencing advisors to obtain resources of wood, gold, stone and soldiers which are used to build structures that expand and defend your territory from invaders each winter. You have five years to prove your worth and earn the favor of the king. Lords of Waterdeep Wizards of the Coast Novice Friday 6pm – Ken Johnson, M10 Saturday 8am – Critical Hit Games, M38 Saturday 1pm – Ken Johnson, M01 Lords of Waterdeep is a game of intrigue, shifting resources, and secretive schemes in the most fantastic metropolis of the Forgotten Realms. The powerful Lords of Waterdeep contend for control of the city. Behind the gleaming facade of tall buildings and winding streets, dark intrigues and shady back deals play out, leaving the city’s treasure and resources ripe for plunder. Merchant of Venus Fantasy Flight Games, Wes Dau Intermediate, Friday 7pm & Sunday 9am, M15 A space themed, pick up and deliver game. Come try FFG’s new remake of Richard Hamblen’s Merchant of Venus. It is a space themed, pick up and deliver game. There are two different versions. Time allowed, we can try both. Miskatonic Adventures Arkham Horror, Jeff Woods Expert, Saturday 12pm Noon, M06 Attend Miskatonic University, where you may study and/or slay undiscovered species on the streets of Arkham. Miskatonic University offers prospective students a wide array of high learning opportunities. Located in rustic Arkham, Massachusetts, our campus is chaotic, lively and staffed with insane, unconventional faculty. Be prepared for field work in zoological studies with an emphasis on brutal death, care and feeding of hideous monsters, and extraplanar life forms. Monsters Menace America Avalon Hill (Hasbro), Steve Crow Novice, Sunday 12pm (noon), M06 & M07 Monsters stop across the U.S. and prepare for a final showdown. In this board game, you play classic movie monsters rampaging across the U.S. Stop buildings, landmarks, and military bases, while playing military forces that attach your opponents. In the end, the monsters will square off in a final “winner take all” showdown. Two tables available, so with enough players there will be a super-showdown between the winners of the two tables. Munchkin Quest Steve Jackson Games Novice Saturday 8am – Randy Barker, M22 Saturday 1pm – John Moore, L07 & L08 Kill the monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. That’s what it’s all about. Now, Munchkin comes to the board game. Cooperate with the whole group, adventure with a partner, or strike out on your own. You don’t know what’s behind a door until you open it . . . then another tile is added to the dungeon. Battle monsters for power and treasure, or send them after your friends. Reach Level 10, and then get out alive if you can!” Ogre Deluxe Steve Jackson Games, Lewis Stoneking Novice Friday 6pm, M22 Summon to mind a futuristic nightmare of desperation and exhilaration, where rumbling machines unleash barrage after barrage of titanic weaponry and the inexorable advance of a soulless giant can only be stopped by zinging swarms of self-sacrificing martyrs. OGRE is a tactical ground combat game set in the not-so-distant future. In 2085 A.D., armored warfare continues - faster and deadlier than ever. Hovercraft, tanks and infantry slug it out with tactical nuclear devices. But the most feared weapon of all needs no human guidance... it’s a giant cybernetic tank called the OGRE. The OGRE game gives one player a force of infantry and armor, and a command post he must defend. The other player has only one unit - but it’s an OGRE. This game will be run as a single elimination, mini-tournament Out of this Galaxy The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Sunday 1pm, M12 Greetings space traveler! Be one of a group of space travelers racing across the galaxy in an effort to reach Earth first, and win the coveted “Galaxy Cup”. Take your ship and dodge asteroids, fight pirates, and stop for ship upgrades along the way. Revolution! with Palace Expansion Steve Jackson Games Novice Friday 3pm – Selena Barker, M18 Saturday 6pm – Selena Barker, M18 Sunday 10am – Randy Barker, M22 Fun to play and easy to learn! In Revolution! players take advantage of the fluid political situation by secretly bidding for a number of characters, each yielding a combination of territory control, points (popular support) and more currency with which to bid next round. Players win by gaining the support of the people (the most points). Players can gain bonus points by controlling an area of the city at the end of the game. Summoner Wars Plaid Hat Games, Jon Merkle Novice Saturday 3pm, M22 Summoner Wars - The card game of tactical combat. Summoner Wars is the exciting card game of fantastic battlefield combat that puts you in the grandiose role of a Summoner. Strategy shapes the composition of each deck of cards and how they are used. Tactics determine the effectiveness of those cards in battle. Call walls of stone to protect you in combat and serve as magic portals for you to summon your warriors. Call your forces forth and send them in a surging wave against your enemy. Cast spells that bolster your forces and cut down those who would oppose you. Assassinate the opposing Summoner before he has a chance to kill you! The Stars are Right Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Friday 6pm, M01 As a cultist of Cthulhu, you are trying to rearrange the stars to make constellations favorable to you. Summon enough minor minions that you can eventually summon the Great Old Ones, who will shower you with wealth and power beyond your dreams! ... or eat you. Maybe both. Touch of Evil Flying Frog Productions,, Jamie Herbert Novice Friday 3pm, M17 Trouble is afoot in the town of Shadowbrook! The Village of Shadowbrook is under attack, not from the redcoats, but from something far more sinister, far more ancient. Anyone in town may be in league with this unknown evil, it is up to you to find out the mysteries of Shadowbrook, and hopefully defeat an ancient evil before the basic rules and souls of the village are out of time. We will be using the basic rules and the Something Wicked expansion, along with Hero Pack expansion. Wiz War Tournament Fantasy Flight Games, Spud Novice Qualifier 1 – Friday 6pm, M08 Qualifier 2 – Saturday 10am, M08 Qualifier 3 – Saturday 2pm, M08 Qualifier 4 – Saturday 4pm, M08 Final – Sunday 10am, M08 Who doesn’t love battling wizards? Steal the treasure or just blast your opponents. Join Spud for his annual game tournament with the overall winner getting a copy of the Game on Sunday morning. 4 qualifier rounds of competition with the winner of each round advancing to the finals on Sunday. Use your tickets for FREE Products from http://www.facebook.com/ StoryWeaverGames Break Out The Pizza Dice and Roll For Dinner! GAMICON SPECIAL! Three Two Large Medium One-Topping One-Topping Pizzas Pizzas Only Only 16.99 15 $$ 99 Not valid with any other offer. Expires March29, 15, 2009. 2013 Expires February 307 S. Gilbert St. • Iowa City • 358-8282 89 2nd Street • Coralville • 887-2727 7 Wonders Chez Geek Ascension Chronicle of the Godslayer Chez Goth Asmodee, Critical Hit Games Novice Saturday 3pm & 10pm, M38 7 Wonders is a quick card drafting game. New players are encouraged to try out this easy to learn game. Ascension, Critical Hit Games Novice Saturday 11am, M38 Ascension is a deck building game designed by Pro Magic players. The game is easy to learn and new players are encouraged to try a round. Burn in Hell Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice, Mature Saturday 9am & Sunday 11am, M01 Collect souls of the damned to make sets for points. Watch out for your fellow collectors. When Hell freezes over, the game ends. Cardfight!! Vanguard Demo Bushiroad Inc., Critical Hit Games Novice Sunday 1pm, M38 Learn to play Cardfight!! Vanguard - free manga & 4 episode DVD’s while supplies last. Learn to play the popular new card game from Japan, Cardfight!! Vanguard. Play a round with our demo decks and receive a free Cardfight!! manga and a DVD containing the first four episodes of the anime series. Chaos Fractal Chaos Fractal, Mikara Bridgett Kani Novice A fast paced strategic card game of colliding elemental forces using an online client connecting duelists from all over, ensuring the constant contest of wills in a dramatically changing world. The game is designed for two players. Duels can be much quicker than 30 minutes depending on the skill and luck of the players. Chez Cthulhu Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice, Mature Saturday 12pm, M01 The Chez game gets even weirder when all the roomies are Cthulhu cultists. Collect slack and madness points while going to your dead-end job and dealing with a variety of “friends.” Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice, Mature Friday 10pm & Sunday 10am, M01 You can’t throw them out -- they live here! Life in the apartment complex can be weird. Collect slack while avoiding the losers who will harsh your mellow. Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice, Mature Saturday 4pm, M01 Work at your dreary job. Spend your hard-earned money and precious time to accumulate Slack points... or collect Gloom when life turns against you. As it will! You can earn slack for buying Clothes, Shinies, and Booze... or you can just Cough, Complain, or even Faint Dramatically, especially if you have an audience. And if you get very lucky, there might be some Graveyard Nookie in your future. DC Comics Deck Building Game Cryptozoic Entertainment, Steve Crow Novice Friday 6pm, M06 & M07 As a Justice League member, build a deck, beat the bad guys. In this fast paced deck-building game, you play one of seven Justice League members each with their own unique ability. Assemble a deck of heroes, captured villians, equipment, and superpowers and compete against your peers to see who can accumulate the most fame. Two tables available, games run 30-45 minutes each, so play throughout the slot, or stop in for a demo or two. Dog Collector The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Saturday 11am, M12 You can find all your favorite dogs in Dog Collector, a card game designd for the entire family. Collect color or number sets of your favorite dogs to score the most points. Dominion Tournament Rio Grande Games, Pat Johanns Intermediate Saturday 8am, M15 & M19 You are a monarch, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. However, you want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! But wait! Several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Dominion is not a CCG, but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. Frag Gold Steve Jackson Games, John Moore Novice Friday 6pm - John Moore, M16 Friday 3pm & Sunday 8am - Randy Barker, M33 Game starts. Enemy in sight . . . Frag him! Grab his stuff! Run! Get a bigger gun! Grab some armor! There he is again! Frag him! Whoa, there’s another one. Run . . . you’re hit! You’re down. Respawn! Grab a weapon! Start again! Frag is a computer game without a computer. It’s a “first-person shooter” on a tabletop. Move your fighter and frag your foes; draw cards for weapons, armor, and gadgets; move through the blood spatters to restore your own health! If you die, you respawn and come back shooting! Global Control The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Saturday 6pm, M12 Take control of countries from around the world in fierce battle with your friends. Global Control is an auction-based card game where players wrestle for control of the planet, country-by-country. Illuminati Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Saturday 8pm, M01 Players compete to take control of groups ranging from the FBI and CIA to the Dentists, increasing their wealth and power for further takeovers, until one rules supreme. Every player has different victory conditions! No ploy is too devious, no stratagem too low, as you scheme your way to victory. Mall Frenzy The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Sunday 11am, M12 Whether you want to have a coffee shop, a shoe store, or a fine art establishment... now you can do so with Mall Frenzy. Start with a small shop at your local mall and expand upwards and outwards to rake in the cash. Munchkin Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Friday 9pm & Sunday 9am, M01 Munchkin now comes in thirteen different flavors, with several expansions. We’ll be playing whichever genre players want to play. Munchkin Conan Steve Jackson Games, Selena Barker Novice Friday 7pm, M18 Munchkin Conan has a new type of card “birthright” and the mechanisms are similar to that of classes and races! In Munchkin Conan, Robert E. Howard’s epic hero gets the full Munchkin treatment. Play a Cimmerian Warrior or a Stygian Wizard! Wield the Sword of the Phoenix and poison your foes with Black Lotus! Slay Thoth-Amon’s minions, Pict raiders, and abominable monsters, and hear the lamentations of their women! Munchkin Zombie Apocalypse Steve Jackson Games, John Moore Novice Saturday 10am, M16 It’s the end of the world and the zombies have risen! Will the Munchkins survive? Will the Zombies win? Who’ll die with the most toys? Munchkin Zombies Steve Jackson Games, Selena Barker Novice Sunday 10am, M18 In a reversal of roles, all players in Munchkin Zombies start out as zombies, and the monsters are the normal people trying to stop the zombie invasion (such as the Action Hero, Soccer Mom, Fireman, etc.) Unlike most Munchkin games, there are no classes or races; instead, you can have a mojo: Atomic Zombie, Plague Zombie, and Voodoo Zombie. Nanuk Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Friday 4pm & Sunday 1pm, M01 Will you be a hunter, or will you prophesy that the hunt is doooooooooomed? Watch out for Nanuk, the great white polar bear, who spells doom for the hunt. Ninja Burger Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Saturday 7pm, M01 You are a ninja. Whatever the obstacles, whatever the opposition, you can deliver a burger and fries anywhere, in 30 minutes or less. You will bring honor to your franchise. Save the Zoo The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Friday 6pm & Saturday 2pm, M12 All the zoo animals have escaped! Work together with your fellow zookeepers to recapture the animals before all the zoo visitors are scared away. Sentinels of the Multiverse Greater than Games, LLC, Steve Crow Novice Saturday 1pm, M07 Play a unique superhero in this easy-to play cooperative card game. Grab a customized deck and take on the role of a superhero archetype. In this game of pre-constructed non-collectible decks, you play a team of superheroes working together to take down a villain. Play Tachyon, the Fastest Woman Alive; Bunker, the One-Man Army; the maniacal Baron Blade, the rogue Al Omnitron, or Gran Marshal Voss and his invading alien army. Three tables available, games run 30-90 minutes, so play throughout the slot or stop in for a demo or two. Smash Up! Alderac Entertainment Group, Critical Hit Games Novice Saturday 10am & Saturday 1pm, M38 Smash Up! is a shuffle building card game. Popular nerd-culture factions like zombies, pirates, robots and aliens are trying to take over the world but they can’t do it alone. Pick two factions, shuffle their decks together and take on other players to achieve world domination in this unique shuffle building game, SPANC Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Friday 5pm & Saturday 10pm, M01 Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls. What did you think it stood for?? Go on capers and collect toys to win. She who retires with the most toys (and poolboys), wins! Steve Jackson Games Presents The Dice Games! Various, Selena Barker Novice Saturday 3pm, M18 You haven’t played a dice game until you have played these dice games. Cthulhu Dice, Zombie Dice, Dino Hunt Dice, and Trophy Buck will all be available to play. The Fourth Annual We Didn’t Playtest This At All Tournament Asmadi Games, John Moore Novice Sunday 10am, M16 In this exceptionally silly and awesome game, your objective is to win! Simple enough. Sadly, all of your opponents have the same simple goal, and they’re trying to make you lose. Between Rock Paper Scissors battles, being eaten by a random Dragon, or saved by a Kitten Ambush, there are many hazards to avoid. Wacky Game I Made Up One Afternoon The Game Crafter, LLC, Jaime Habel Novice Friday 9pm & Saturday 4pm, M12 Grab your friends and try out something a little different. An enjoyable party game where players learn about each other, and complete challenges for tokens. May the best score win. Gamicon is on Foursquare! Check in for a special prize. If you check in enough, you can become the mayor of Gamicon, but be ready to be dethroned! @gamiconiowa feed #gamiconiowa hashtag 11-12pm 10-11pm 9-10pm 8-9pm 7-8pm 6-7pm 5-6pm 4-5pm 3-4pm 2-3pm 1-2 pm Table locations are noted in event descriptions PFS #3-23 The Goblinblood Dead p.26 PFS #3–24 The Golden Serpent p.26 PFS #3–25 Storming the Diamond Gate p.26 PFS #3–26 Portal of the Sacred Rune p.26 Games on Demand p.31 Clinton Boomer Meet & Greet p.8 Touch of Evil p.11 Revolution! p.11 Frag Gold p.15 Nanuk p.15 SPANC p.16 The Stars are Right p.11 GSPANC! p.29 Adventure in a Con p.28 DC Comics Deck Building Game p.14 Wiz War Tournament Rd. 1 p.12 Lords of Waterdeep p.10 The DM’s Girlfriend is Missing p.30 Save the Zoo! p.16 Tomb of Caragthax p.31 Frag Gold p.15 Dam Beaver p.28 Ogre Deluxe p.11 Aetherflyer to Tombstone p.28 Friday Night Fiasco p.29 Legend of the 5 Rings Tournament p.22 Modern Miniatures: Mideast Turmoil p.23 RPG Superstar p.9 PFS #4–01 Rise of the Goblin Guild p.26 PFS #4–02 In Wrath’s Shadow p.26 PFS #4–03 The Golemworks Incident p.26 PFS #4–04 King of the Storval Stairs p.26 Merchant of Venus p.10 Munchkin Conan p.15 Android p.10 Battle Cry p.23 Cornucopia p.24 Munchkin p.15 Wacky Game p. 16 Chez Geek p.14 Late Night Cornucopia p.24 PFS #4–08 The Cultist’s Kiss p.27 3-4pm 2-3pm 1-2pm 12-1pm 11a-12p 10-11am 9-10am 8-9am Grindhouse Arena p.8 Games on Demand p.31 PFS #4–05 The Sanos Abduction p.26 PFS #4–06 The Green Market p.26 PFS #4–07 Severing Ties p.26 PFS #4–09 The Blakros Matrimony p.27 PFS #4–10 Feast of Sigils p.27 PFS #4–11 The Disappeared p.27 PFS #4–13 Fortress of the Nail p.27 Relic Hunt p.29 Demon Cat p.29 Training Day p.31 Munchkin Quest p.10 Dominion Tournament p.14 Auction p.8 Seven Cities of Gold p.30 Lords of Waterdeep p.10 Chez Cthulhu p.14 Save the Princess Saturday p.33 Burn in Hell p.14 Civil War: Antietam Creek Bridge p.23 Cornucopia p.24 Wiz War Tournament Rd. 2 p.12 Munchkin Zombie Apocalypse p.15 Smash Up! p.16 Freelancing p.8 Awful Green Things p.10 Dog Collector p.14 Ascension p.14 Civil War: Antietam Creek Bridge p.23 Wiz War Tournament Rd. 3 p.12 Bug Hunt p.28 Smash Up! p.16 7 Wonders p.14 Save the Zoo p.16 Miskatonic Adventures p.10 Fen of the Five-Fold Maw p.29 Insidious Villains p.23 Lords of Waterdeep p.10 The Third Riddle: The Director’s Cut p.30 Sentinels of the Multiverse p.16 A Darkness at Summerfort p.28 The computer always shoots 3.141592 times p.30 Something Left Behind p.30 Circus Maximus Zeppelinus p.23 Munchkin Quest p.10 Skylanders p.33 Kingsburg p.10 Summoner Wars p.11 SJ Dice p.16 11p-12a 10-11pm 9-10pm 8-9pm 7-8pm 6-7pm 4-5pm 5-6pm Grindhouse Arena p.8 Games on Demand p.31 Pathfinder Special: Race for the Runecarved Key p.27 PFS #4–09 p.27 PFS #4–10 p.27 PFS #4–11 p.27 PFS #4–13 p.27 Chez Goth p.14 Wiz War Tournament Rd. 4 p.12 Wacky Game p.16 Ninja Burger p.15 Battle Cry p.23 GURPS Atomic Horror p.29 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena p.24 A Midsummer Night’s Improvisational Sex-Comedy Of The Merry Jackanapes And The Ten Million Orcs p.28 A New Awakening p.28 The Worst Job EVER! Job p.31 Civil War p.23 A Knight in Centropolis p.28 Global Control p.15 GSPANC! p.29 New Atlantis: Attack of the Service Industry p.29 The DM’s Girlfriend is Missing p.30 Revolution! p.11 To Deal with a Dragon p.31 Red Blizzard p.29 MtG: Gatecrasher Draft p.22 DUST Warfare p.23 Miskatonic p.10 Fen of the Five-Fold Maw p.29 Insidious Villains p.23 Witch Hunt p.31 Illuminati p.15 SPANC p.10 7 Wonders p.14 The Third Riddle p.30 Sentinels p.16 Summerfort p.28 Computer Shoots p.30 Left Behind p.30 Zeppelinus p.23 Munch. Qst. p.10 Skylanders p.33 Kingsburg p.10 Summoner Wars p.11 SJ Dice p.16 Late Night Cornucopia p.24 3-4pm 2-3pm 1-2pm 12-1pm 11a-12p 10-11am 9-10am 8-9am PFS #4–12: The Refuge of Time p.27 PFS #4–14 My Enemy’s Enemy p.27 PFS #4–15 The Cyphermage Dilemma p.27 PFS #4–16 The Fabric of Reality p.27 Fuzzy Heroes! p.23 It’s a Blast! p.29 Frag Gold p.15 Games on Demand p.31 Munchkin p.15 Merchant of Venus p.10 Okay Cadet! p.24 Pokemon Tournament p.22 Chez Geek p.14 Wiz War Tournament Final p.12 Ship of Fools p.30 WDPTTA Tournament p.16 Battle Cry p.23 Revolution! p.11 Munchkin Zombie p.15 Clinton Boomer Live & Uncensored p.8 Burn in Hell p.14 Mall Frenzy p.15 Awful Green Things p.10 Monsters Menace America p.10 Gamicon Psi p.9 Mindbridge Mtg. p.9 Nanuk p.15 Fuzzy Heroes! p.23 Out of this Galaxy p.11 Cardfight! p.14 Cornucopia p.24 Closing Ceremony p.8 got RPGs? get Games on Demand HOW DOES THIS WORK? JOIN US! 1. Visitusattheconvention. 2. Talktousaboutthekindof roleplayinggameswehaveon handtorun. 3. We’lldoourbesttomatchyou upwithagametoplay,orto helpyourunone. WHO ARE WE? A corps of dedicated gamerswho arewillingandabletosharea varietyofRPGswithin30minutes to2-hourblocksoftime. WHAT GAMES? corridorgod.blogspot.com GAMES ON DEMAND? Games on Demand, a part of the Indie Games Explosion,isa groupofvolunteerswhobringtheir favoritepen-and-papergamesto conventionsnearyou!ThisisaccomplishedthroughpreparedGMs runningshort-sessiongameblocks oflesspopularand/ornontraditionalRPGs.It’saboutintroducing moregamestomorepeople. FIND US! At Gamicon:IntheIowaMemorial UnionBallroomofTheUniversity ofIowa,March8-10,2013.Stopby tables 25 and 26(neartheBoard GameLibrary)formoredetails,or [email protected]. ORRIDO R C It depends on who is volunteering, butweplantooffergamessuchas AmberDiceless,Bulldogs!,Dogs intheVineyard,Don’tRestYour Head,EclipsePhase,Dungeon World,Fate,Fiasco,LadyBlackbird, MyLifewithMaster,Psi*Run, Risus,Tremulus,Wushu... That’s right,ifyouwouldliketo joinourgroupandGMoneormore RPGs,letusknow. [email protected] Legend of the 5 Rings Constructed Deck Tournament Alderac Entertainment Group Critical Hit Games Intermediate Friday 6pm, M38 Legend of the 5 Rings Collectible Card Tournament. Must bring a full constructed deck. Bring an Emperor Edition legal deck and battle against your opponents. Winners receive mystery prizes. Magic The Gathering Trading Card Game Draft Magic the Gathering (Gatecrash) Critical Hit Games Intermediate Saturday 6pm, M38 Build a deck by picking and passing cards and then compete for mystery prizes. Players should be familiar with the rules of Magic the Gathering CCG. Please bring three unopened Gatecrash booster packs to play with. This is a sanctioned event. DCI numbers will be provided to players that do not have one. Pokemon Tournament Pokemon CCG Critical Hit Games Intermediate Sunday 9am, M38 Pokemon Tournament - All players must have a full constructed deck. Bring a legal, constructed Pokemon deck and battle against other trainers. Winners will receive promos and special mystery prizes. This is a sanctioned event. We will provide organized play numbers to anyone that needs one. Battle Cry Battle Cry, David Fageol Novice Friday 7pm, Saturday 6pm & Sunday 10am, M39 Civil War battles on board with miniatures and landscape. Strategic and fun. Circus Maximus Zeppelinus Home Rules, Lewis Stoneking Novice Saturday 1pm, M39 Steampunk version of the chariots of the Roman Circus Maximus, except you are the captain of a Zeppelin airship attempting to skillfully pilot your craft across the lunar landscape... that’s right, the Moon! Select from a myriad of airships available to find the ship that suits your racing temperament... be it aggressive rogue or passive soul. There are many opportunities for courageous and clever pilots to push their luck and skill in order to be the first to cross the finish line. Assemble your crew and pilot your craft to the start line... “Bonne chance, mon ami!” Civil War: Antietam Creek Bridge Johnny Reb III, Steven Rugh Novice Saturday 9am & Saturday 1pm, M40 Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, commanding McClellan’s left wing, received the order to assault Lee’s right. It would mean taking the 125-foot-long Rohrbach Bridge, a triple-arched stone span crossing Antietam Creek or find another crossing. Toomb’s Georgia brigade are in positions on the other side of the bridge. The Georgians are to hold off the Union assaults on the bridge and protect the Confederate flank. Will you be a Reb and defend or Yank and attack? Players with no previous experience welcome. All materials and rules will be provided. DUST Warfare Fantasy Flight Games, Lewis Stoneking Novice Saturday 6pm, L07 & L08 Another Earth. A different 1947. The Second World War has raged for nearly a decade and its grip has spread to every continent on the planet. This is the world of Dust. Dust Warfare is a tabletop war game in which players take command of elite soldiers, awesome combat walkers, and inspiring heroes on the battlefronts of World War II. In this accessible and thrilling game, opposing generals craft strategies and execute tactics as they fight for victory. Fuzzy Heroes! Fuzzy Heroes, Bryan Nash Novice Sunday 8am & Sunday 1pm, M02 Stuffed animals come to life and battle to protect their bedroom from the Action Figure Bad Guys!Family friendly game! For children from ages 5-105, Fuzzy Heroes pits you, the stuffed animal defenders of your child’s bedroom against the Nasty Action Figure Bad Guys in one of the simplest miniature combat games ever written! All you need to bring is your childlike sense of adventure - all materials will be provided. Insidious Villains: Challenge of the Master Minds Insidious Villains, Tom Johnston Novice Saturday 3pm, M24 Can you, as a Villianous Mastermind, best your peers in using your cunning, skills and weapons in a unique arena. Join GM Tom Johnston as he unveils his new miniature combat game with a Steampunk twist. If you like Spartacus, you will love this one too. Modern Miniatures: Mideast Turmoil Home Rules, Steven Rugh Novice Friday 6pm, M40 Egypt joins in the fight against Israel after Iran’s Nuke Plant was destroyed and Iran retaliated. Egypt was bringing up their Artillery and Scuds close to Israel border. Israel sent in some planes but with SAMs near they need to try a ground attack. Being so close to the Israel border they want to push them back. Do you want to be an Egyptian force with Scuds, M1A1s, EIFVs, and more in Defense? Or be the IDF (Israel Defence Force) and push back the Egyptian force with Merkava IVs, Namers, Zeldas and more? Sponsored and Prizes from GHQ. Okay Cadet! Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Corunucopia Late Nite Cornucopia Silent Death, Christian Nelson Novice Sunday 9am, M19 Jump in a space fighter and engage the enemy. What happens if you die?! Don’t worry! We got more cadets to back you up! Silent Death is an easy to learn, fast paced star fighter miniatures game and the Astrosmash format is the perfect introduction. Grab a ship and join the carnage. If you die, get a new ship! Survive and you level up into a better ship. Just be aware everyone else will be gunning for you now. Ah... the joys of promotion! Plays up to 8 players. Join in at any time during the time slot. Steve Jackson Games, Brian Anderson Novice Friday 8pm, Saturday 10am & Sunday 2pm, M01 Want to lean a little about some Steve Jackson games without committing to playing for 4 hours? We’ll have a show and tell session and play whatever people feel like playing. Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Tom Johnston Novice Saturday 8pm, M24 Can you brave the gladiatorial arena and emerge victorious? Only the Gods know. This fast paced miniature game was a hit last year, making it’s return this year with more action and fun. Misc. Adult Games, Jon Maakestad Novice Friday 11:59pm & Saturday 11:59pm Room 217 Who knows what games will come out in this Adults only event. Cards Against Humanity? Jon’s own homebrewed version of Adult Dalmuti? Grab a drink and come on up to room 217 for a little hilarity and fun. Must be at least 21. What is Pathfinder Society Organized Play? 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Play chapter started in your area, please For additional information on Pathfinder Society contactPlay, Paizo’s Pathfinder Society and Organized visit paizo.com/pathfindersociety, Campaign Coordinator, download the PDF guide book. Michael Brock, at [email protected]. To get a Pathfinder Society Organized Play chapter started in your store, please contact Paizo’s Events Manager, Joshua J. Frost, at [email protected]. #3-23 The Goblinblood Dead (1-5) Friday 1pm By Jerall Toi. More than a decade has passed since the Goblinblood Wars left the nation of Isger in shambles, and the Pathfinder Society uses the many abandoned roads through the county’s interior to smuggle valuable relics. But when a series of attacks on the Varisian caravans carrying the illicit cargo puts the route in jeopardy, it falls to the PCs to investigate. #3–24 The Golden Serpent (5 - 9) Friday 1pm By Jim Groves. The Pathfinder Society sends a team of agents to meet an important contact in an unassuming restaurant in Absalom’s Ivy District, but not everything is as it seems. What the Pathfinders find there will lead them into a lion’s den of danger and intrigue in the City at the Center of the World. #3–25 Storming the Diamond Gate (3 - 7) Friday 1pm By Larry Wilhelm. Agents of the Pathfinder Society have discovered the location of a back door into their private demiplane that puts the entire realm at risk of plunder and exploitation at the hands of the Aspis Consortium. Rather than close the access point into their adventuring paradise, however, the Decemvirate sends a crack team of Pathfinders to secure the gate.. #3–26 Portal of the Sacred Rune (7-11) #4–03 The Golemworks Incident (5-9) Friday 7pm By Larry Wilhelm. When the Golemworks in Magnimar starts reporting some “problems” with their most recent batch of golems, the PCs are sent to investigate in the hope that the Pathfinder Society can get on good terms with the influential arcane organization. #4–04 King of the Storval Stairs (7-11) Friday 7pm By Dennis Baker. The PCs are sent to map the Storval Stairs and ensure the stairs provide a safe route to the Storval Rise from Magnimar, but upon their arrival, they find the ancient site claimed and “ruled” by the self-proclaimed King of the Storval Stairs. Only through guile, diplomacy, or cold steel will the Pathfinders ensure access to iconic Thassilonian location. #4–05 The Sanos Abduction (3-7) Saturday 8am By Jerome Virnich. The Pathfinders are sent to the Sanos Forest in central Varisia to assist an agent researching the fey who inhabit the remote wood. But like many seemingly routine tasks in a Pathfinder’s adventuring career, the simple support mission quickly turns into an adventure the PCs aren’t soon to forget—presuming they survive. #4–06 The Green Market (5-9) Friday 1pm By Sean McGowan. The Pathfinder Society has secured one end of a portal from Golarion leading to an isolated demiplane rife with adventuring opportunities. Now all that remains is gaining control of the other end, thereby ensuring safe and continued use by Pathfinders for years to come. The PCs are selected as the best chance the Decemvirate has of claiming the portal for their own. Saturday 8am By Jim Groves. When an ally of the Society reports that her sister’s business is being harassed by the Aspis Consortium in Korvosa, a team of Pathfinder agents is dispatched to the Green Market to assist. What they find there is more than simple strong-arming and intimidation. What mysterious forces bring the popular market its unlikely success, and can the PCs stop the Aspis Consortium from gaining control of a lucrative resource for the rival organization? #4–01 Rise of the Goblin Guild (1-5) #4–07 Severing Ties (1-5) Friday 7pm By Matthew Goodall. When a monster is discovered on the grounds of the Pathfinder Lodge at Heidmarch Manor in Magnimar, an investigation into its appearance leads the PCs deep under the City of Monuments—and face to face with a burgeoning thieves’ guild. #4–02 In Wrath’s Shadow (3-7) Friday 7pm By Mike Shel. In the ruins of Xin-Bakrakhan—seat of power of the Runelord of Wrath—the Pathfinder Society stands on the verge of a great discovery, but first the brave agents exploring the ruins must survive ages-old dangers and contemporary threats to return with the knowledge and wealth they’ve unearthed. Saturday 8am By Ron Lundeen. The Pathfinder Society has discovered a new Aspis Consortium base in the pirate city of Riddleport and sends a small team of agents to infiltrate the rival cell disguised as newly hired mercenaries from Magnimar. After proving their value to the Aspis Consortium, the Pathfinders can learn the location of one of the consortium’s local allies and ensure that the support the Aspis Consortium is counting on from their friends won’t come. #4–08 The Cultist’s Kiss (7-11) Saturday 8am By Sam Zeitlin. An active cell of the cult of Lissala has been discovered in the Varisian town of Palin’s Cove. Seeking a chance to learn about this long-lost faith, a team of Pathfinders travels to the industrial seaside settlement to uncover the secret coven and infiltrate its services in the guise of prospective converts. Will the Pathfinders discover the knowledge they seek, or will the evil cult subvert them with its vile and seductive faith? #4–09 The Blakros Matrimony (3-7) Saturday 1pm By Thurston Hillman. The eldest daughter of the prominent Blakros family is set to wed an influential Hellknight, and the Pathfinder Society is invited to the festivities. A team of Pathfinders attend the ceremony on behalf of the Decemvirate, but will their presence ultimately strengthen the Society’s relationship with the influential Blakroses, or will events at the wedding bring the already tenuous alliance to a breaking point? #4–10 Feast of Sigils (7-11) Saturday 1pm By Dennis Baker. In Kaer Maga, the mysterious and dangerous cliffside City of Strangers in untamed Varisia, the Pathfinder Society will come face to face with a sect of the cult of Lissala who prey upon the city’s most vulnerable denizens to increase their own power. To what end do they conduct the ancient Feast of Sigils ritual, and can the Pathfinders stop them before their evil plans come to fruition?” #4–11 The Disappeared (1-5) Saturday 1pm By Jonathan H. Keith. A powerful ally of the Pathfinder Society has disappeared, and no one but the Pathfinders even remembers that she ever existed. Can the PCs discover the fate of their missing associate, or will all memory of her be erased completely from history?” #4–12: The Refuge of Time (7-11) Sunday 8am By Steve Miller. In the ruins of a fallen empire built on the power of sin lies the key to awakening a great evil from a time long gone. The Pathfinder Society isn’t the only organization seeking this potent artifact, however, and the result of failure could mean disaster for the whole of Varisia and beyond. #4–13 Fortress of the Nail (5-9) Saturday 1pm By Amanda Hamon. The Pathfinder Society sends a team of agents into a Hellknight citadel to free a wrongfully imprisoned ally. Among the law-bound knights, however, they may find that getting out of the prison isn’t as easy as getting in. #4–14 My Enemy’s Enemy (3-7) Sunday 8am By James Olchak. Someone in the city of Magnimar is committing crimes and leaving evidence implicating the Pathfinder Society. It falls to the Pathfinders to get to the bottom of it, and what they find may signal the resurgence of an enemy thought long defeated. #4–15 The Cyphermage Dilemma (1-5) Sunday 8am By Patrick Renie. In the shadow of the cyclopean Cyphergate that spans Riddleport’s harbor, the PCs find themselves embroiled in a dangerous plot of deception that one could only find in Varisia’s infamous pirate port. #4–16 The Fabric of Reality (5-9) Sunday 8am By Tom Philips. For the past year, the Pathfinder Society has used the isolated demiplane contained in the Hao Jin Tapestry as a private adventuring realm and bas a shortcut from the tapestry’s location to a hidden corner of Varisia. But the tapestry wasn’t designed for this purpose. Now a team of Pathfinders must discover how the Ruby Phoenix created her private demiplane and enter the heart of the tapestry and alter the very nature of the magical realm. Pathfinder Special: Race for the Runecarved Key (1-12) Saturday 7pm By Kyle Baird and Tim Hitchcock. An ancient Thassilonian artifact has been unearthed in Magnimar and is to be auctioned off by the city government. In order to maintain good relations with those in power in the City of Monuments, the Pathfinder Society must obtain the relic without simply stealing it, although employing any other means necessary. It falls to the PCs to infiltrate the auction, sabotage the other bidders’ efforts, and call in favors from those in the Society’s debt to ensure the Runecarved Key (and the secrets it unlocks) belongs to the Pathfinders when the adventure draws to a close. Adventure in a Con Æther, Kevin Rohan Novice Friday 6pm, M03 Adventure in a con? This is an adventure that is generated on the spot using the Random Setting Generator for AEther, and will become the basis for an adventure that will be written during the convention, using an artist at the convention to do the illustrations. Characters will be created on the spot! Aetherflyer to Tombstone Extraordinary Adventures RPXpress, Gary Lange Novice Friday 6pm, M24 Steampunk adventure in the wild west! The aetherflyer Horus is delivering supplies and passengers to Tombstone Arizona in exciting times: trouble is brewing between the marshall and the outlaws, Apache raids are occurring, rumors of giant lizards begin spotted, strange lights in the sky, people are disappearing, and a soiled dove is found drained of all her blood. Roleplaying is emphasized, rules taught, characters provided. Bug Hunt Dam Beaver Mouse Guard, Ray Williams III Novice Friday 6pm, M17 A patrol group of four Guard mice were sent word from Lonepine’s mayor begging for their assistance. A couple of beavers erected a dam last fall on Trickle Creek to the east. Due to the spring thaw, the town is now under threat of a flood. With the floodwaters rapidly rising and the populace in a panic, how will your patrol save the day? This adventure is run in Mouse Guard RPG system with slightly modified rules. A Darkness at Summerfort Ingenium System, Ben Overmyer Novice Saturday 1pm, M16 An adventure for our Ingenium system run by our own Ben Overmyer, the system creator! A Darkness at Summerfort is an introductory adventure for Ingenium, and it can take many twists and turns, from political, to a stealthy dungeon crawl, to an all-out hack-and-slash! Pre-generated characters are available. Universal Horizons Novice Saturday 1pm – AJ Schmidt, M09 Saturday 1pm – John Teske, M10 Heroes travel through time and space to Araqunidia. Aligned with human resistance, they fight the bugs and explore this new world. Characters provided; a skill-based RPG. Demon Cat part 1 The Computer Always Shoots 3.141592 Times The DM’s Girlfriend is Missing Fiasco, Jamie Herbert Intermediate Saturday 1pm, M17 Paranoia, unlike you have ever played it before. The cult classic rpg in a way you have never played it. WITHOUT A GM! Using the fiasco rules set players will build the characters, plot, and insane backstabbing on the fly without a GM. Ever hated paranoia because the GM is too cruel? Well this time it is up to you the players to come up with every dirty trick, every insane computer logic, and every mutant commie plot,(both real and imagined!). So stay alert, trust no one especially your comrades, and keep your laser handy. Universal Horizons Novice Saturday 8am – AJ Schmidt, M09 Saturay 8am – John Teske, M10 Heroes explore a high-rise for a possessed feline. Backdrop is 1980 New York City with magic, intrigue, and conspiracies. Characters provided; a skill-based RPG. Various Early Systems, Nigel Ray Novice Friday 6pm, M09 & Saturday 6pm, South Room More adventures on the elemental plane of Fantasy Role Play. You’re a college student at Hilltop College in 1981. Last year a guy named Eric DMed a game that was apparently amazing, but afterwards no one would talk about it. It had something to do with the Elemental Plane of FRP, whatever that is. This year his girlfriend Renate is missing, and you’ve got to find her. Is it somehow tied to the mysterious game run last year? Is it tied to campus visit of the bestselling Star Trek novelist S. B. Kobold? Probably, or else I wouldn’t have bothered mentioning them in this blurb. Dungeon Crawl Classics Marathon Dungeon Crawl Classics Novice All Convention Long, S34 Some good-ol’-fashioned dungeon delving all weekend long. Whether you just want to pop in for an adventure or if you’re in it for the long haul, all are welcome. Or just come to experience a GM’s will slowly crumbles before your eyes. Breaks for meals and quick smokes will be taken between adventures. Pre-gen characters and minis (along with various board game pieces) can be provided, or just create your own 0-level character at the table. Fen of the Five-Fold Maw Pathfinder, TPK Games Novice Saturday 12pm, M13 In this new deadly adventure by TPK Games, the players must delve deep into the Sorrowfen, an ancient swamp infested with lizardmen who had suddenly risen to threaten the nearby village of Wyverglynn. The village needs aid from a witch that lives in the swamps and send the heroes. But will the swamp devour them before they can come to the aid of Wyverglynn? Characters provided. Friday Night Fiasco Fiasco, Andrew Lister Novice Friday 6pm, M28 Come play the insane collaborative storytelling game that will more than likely turn out to be a heck of a Fiasco! Fiasco is a GM-less game where the entire process of creating the characters, setting, and plot is a group effort. You set up the story, and then we play through with our created characters. As players pile on more and more complications, the game turns toward a truly tragic and hilarious ending. 3 playset choices that will be voted on by the group. The game is rules light and for those with wild imaginations! GSPANC! Gurps Lite, Anthony Parisi Novice Friday 6pm, M02 & Saturday 6pm, M15 GURPS meets SPANC! Your character? A Space Pirate, Amazon, Ninja Catgirl. Your goal? To overcome obstacles, collect loot and poolboys, and not get thrown overboard! Runs using a GURPS lite engine (You can probably guess your stats) and is great for hilarious, epic, world-turning fun! Pregen characters will be provided. Gurps Atomic Horror GURPS, Brian Anderson Novice Saturday 5pm, M01 Zombies? Science tells us there’s no such thing! Then why are there zombies walking among us? Calling Team Wildfire! Priority Alpha! A Knight in Centropolis Universal Horizons Novice Saturday 6pm – AJ Schmidt, M09 Saturday 6pm – John Teske, M10 A Knight in Centropolis. Heroes arrive in Centropolis on a war-ravaged world with scattered humans and a few hundred bugs. Find the humans before the bugs do. A skill-based RPG. It’s a Blast! Universal Horizons Novice Sunday 8am – AJ Schmidt, M09 Sunday 8am – John Teske, M10 Heroes travel in time to stop a cataclysmic event in 1980s. Solving the problem requires ingenuity, persistence, & resourcefulness. Characters provided; a skill-based RPG. A Midsummer Night’s Improvisational Sex-Comedy Of The Merry Jackanapes And The Ten Million Orcs Pathfinder, Clinton Boomer Intermediate, Mature Levels 3-5 Saturday 6pm, M03 A not-the-Pathfinder-Society drunken-comedy adventure that ran at PaizoCon 2009. A disgraced former Pathfinder Venture-Captain has learned that Oxzakosh Man-Blooded, lord of Clan SkySunder, is in possession of a pillow which once belonged to none other than the Whispering Tyrant himself - although the dread lich Tar-Baphon most certainly had no use for the grim (but beautifully embroidered!) object upon achieving undeath, it is said that the magical cushion used during his lifetime has strange and otherworldly properties. The ex-Pathfinder, a lecherous Ustulavan inebriate by the name of Remoobius VonNotnilken, plans to obtain the item and deliver it to the Grand Lodge which has so long shunned him, in high hopes of being re-instated in their league; to that end, he has cajoled a cadre of Pathfinders and associates into taking on the rented roles of the masked Merry Jackanapes, journeying into the dangerous lands of Belkzen, and stealing the tyrant’s pillow under cover of night and drunken revelry. New Atlantis: Attack of the Service Industry GURPS IOU, John Moore Novice, Mature Saturday 6pm, M16 To Prince JOHN III: Your AcTiOnS AGAINST the Lakeside Mall will not GO unpunished. WE are cOmInG to avenge THOSE WHOSE livelihood you have STOLEN. Prepare FOR WaR! Yours sincerely, Morton Binkle, Regional Manager, Subway Restaurant, Chairman, Gas/Food/Lodging Axis. (150-point characters provided or bring your own 125-point character, anything goes, requires GM approval) A New Awakening Adventure, Todd Miller Novice Saturday 6pm, M06 You wake up in a hospital, but you don’t remember an accident. It looks like the hospital has been abandoned for a while and you are hearing and seeing strange things. Where is everyone else, and what is going on? Red Blizzard Savage Worlds, Shannon Patrick Novice Saturday 8am, M28 This nasty romp puts the characters up against a family with a dark secret; they are trapped in the family’s house during a horrific blizzard. Nowhere to go, and nowhere to hide, the characters must choose carefully and try to survive the night! Run by Shannon Patrick. Characters will be created on the spot! Relic Hunt Marvel Heroic RPG, Steve Crow Novice Saturday 8am, M07 Play one of the Sentinels of the Multiverse and stop the bad guys from assembling the relics of power. As a member or ally of the Freedom Five, team up to stop an unknown villian from assembling the relics they need to plunge the world into chaos. The adventure uses the Marvel Heroic RPG Cortex rules, but is set in the Sentinels of the Multiverse card game universe: half the angst, twice the filling of the Marvel Universe! Emphasis on personal character goals and simple superpower usage. Seven Cities of Gold Savage Worlds, Andrew Lister Novice Saturday 8am, M28 A steampunk Savage Worlds adventure based on Rush’s newest album Clockwork Angels. Welcome to Cibola, better known as the Seven Cities of Gold. You are all citizens within a perfect society, a society fashioned by your beloved Watchmaker. Out of his infinite love and kindness, The Watchmaker brought about an end to the Chaos of the old world to establish Stability. However, there are those that wish to break the Stability. To what extremes will you go to keep your lands safe? Take part in a Savage Worlds steampunk adventure based off Rush’s newest album Clockwork Angels. No prior experience with the system or the album required. Ship of Fools Pathfinder, TPK Novice Sunday 10am, M13 If nautical nonsense be something you wish... Then hop on the deck and... explore the Ship of Fools! This lost ship lies adrift on the ocean and your crew is given charge to find out what happened to it. Of course, nothing is a s simple as it seems in this deadly TPK adventure! Characters provided. Something Left Behind Dread, Tasha Robinson Novice Saturday 1pm, M19 In this horror game, a group of teenagers setting up a haunted corn maze in the weeks before Halloween learn they aren’t alone on the farm. You are a smalltown North Carolina high-school student and a member of a 4-H Club, assembling a haunted corn maze at a rural family farm on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. After stomach flu sidelined most of the people working on the maze, you volunteered to camp out and work on it over a weekend, trying to get it ready for the big fall festival. The farm owners are away, so it’s just the PCs and a few hands on a vast farm in the middle of nowhere. And there’s something else there... (Note: Dread is suitable for RPGers of all levels. It is a horror game with a simple mechanic: All potentially dangerous actions are resolved by playing Jenga. Knock over the tower... and your character pays the price.) The Third Riddle: The Director’s Cut Pathfinder, Clinton Boomer Level 1 Saturday 1pm, M03 Play the game with the author! This year 0 nowretired Pathfinder Society event as you’ve never seen it before. Complete and uncut from the author’s original submission. The scenario uses the Adamant Company of Nidal instead of the Aspis Consortium for the beginning, and includes a number of other elements that were deemed “too deadly” for Season Zero of the Society. The Worst Job EVER! Job Leverage RPG, Steve Crow Novice Saturday 6pm, M07 A comic book dealer is ripping off unsuspecting customers. A desperate old woman contacts your team of thieves and grifters, desperate to get back a valuable comic book collection that a comic dealer tricked her into selling. Seems like a simple enough job to take the man down. But why is the dealer so desperate to raise money? And why does his store have state-of-the-art security? To Deal with a Dragon Pathfinder, Christian Nelson Intermediate Saturday 6pm, M19 The Barony of Redstone Valley needs help dealing with a dragon that has been disrupting the mithral loads from a newly discovered mine in the high desert. The barony recently spent most of their resources dealing with local brigands. Now they are looking for competent adventurers to put an end to the Dragon’s destructive rampage. “Furry” characters, using advance races guide like ratfolk, kitsune and catfolk. Pre-gen’s available or make your own, 9th level 20 point build, 2 traits. Tomb of Caragthax Pathfinder, TPK Novice Friday 6pm, M13 The players stumble upon the forgotten cairn of a long dead butcher of ages past. Caragthax’s malignance in life has not kept him well in death, and both he and his former companions hungrily await retribution against those who try discovering the secrets sealed away in this tomb and for those who foolishly disturb his millennia of rest. Characters provided. Training Day ICONS, Jamie Herbert Novice Saturday 8am, M17 Just your luck first patrol, as a full fledge hero, and this happens... The Guardians have FINALLY let you and your fellow sidekicks into the frey on your own! Your chance to Shine as heroes on your own right! O.K. sure you had a lot of false starts, and setbacks (hey what happened in the danger room, was totally not your fault) and while the Guardians are dealing with Doctor Destruction, you and your fellow New Guardians are given the duty of protecting Empire city, so of course professor Kafka Decides to assault the city with robo roaches. So much for hanging out at the Mall, things are about to get real! Various Indie Games Games on Demand David Miessler-Kubanek & James Shannon Novice all convention, M25 & M26 Games on Demand, a part of the Indie Games Explosion, is a group of volunteers who bring their favorite pen-and-paper games to conventions near you! This is accomplished through prepared GMs running short-session game blocks of less popular and/or nontraditional RPGs. It’s about introducing more games to more people. HOW DOES THIS WORK? Visit us at the convention. Talk to us about the kind of roleplaying games we have on hand to run. We’ll do our best to match you up with a game to play, or to help you run one. (See our ad in this booklet for more information and visit us at tables 25 and 26 for more details.) Witch Hunt Witch Hunt, Ryan Smith-Burns Novice Saturday 7pm, Area 51 A small village is being eliminated by witches. A game about misreading your best friends. A psychological experiment turned into a convention phenomenon. Witches kill villagers secretly at night, and villagers negotiate during the day to rid themselves of witches. Issue 24: May 3-5, 2013 In this issue: David Weber Honor Harrington, Oath of Swords, Path of Fury, 1632 co oss Fantasy and SF artwork Mitch and Mary Thompson Fandom, music, and costumes Tadao Tomomatsu Toastmaster See inside for: Art show, panels, contests, music, costume contests, Anime, videos, theater, AND MORE! PLUS A SPONSORED GAME ROOM WITH TOURNAMENTS AND PRIZES! Holiday Inn Northwest Des Moines, IA www.demicon.org Skylanders Tournament Skylanders, Rhianna Maakestad Novice Saturday 1pm, North Room Skylanders is a cross-platform video game where you use figures to bring characters to life in the video game. You may provide your own Skylanders or you can use a pre-made one during the tournament. The tournament is double-elimination. Super Save the Princess Saturday Super Nintendo, Jay Cooper All Saturday 8am, North Room Competition to see who can beat Super Mario World on Super Nintendo the fastest. Do you have what it takes to save Princess Toadstool from King Koopa? 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