WHATE HAPPENS WHEN THE PICTURES AREN’T PHOTOSHOPPED?
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: HOMEBREW
GENRE: HORROR
GM: MATT ARMSTRONG
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: NORMAL HUMANS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES, BUT TWEAKED AT THE TABLE
TONE: CREEPY HORROR
DESCRIPTION:
Everybody knows that those stories are creepypasta...bored teenagers writing their foolish stories and posting them online, making fake "photos" to creep out the gullible, and just generally carrying on. But, here you are, with your friends in this hotel room...and you think you saw something just out of the corner of your eye...and you are afraid that you might know what it is.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
None Stated
TICKET TO HIDE
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: RIZERGS (HOMEBREW)
GENRE: 1980S HORROR
GM: NICOLAS SOLBERG
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES (Several to choose from)
TONE: PLAYFUL, DARK, FREAKY
TAGS: GORE, VIOLENT, CRISIS, BODY HORROR
DESCRIPTION:
Join Lima Joe and his youthful guide Sasha on a less than upscale tour bus excursion from Lima, Peru to find the more off-the-tourist path wonders of Peru’s natural wonders and history. Because this is the 10th anniversary of Lima Joe’s Rockin’ Bus Tours, he’s providing a classic Peruvian lunch and beverages free of charge on this 8am-4pm trek into the roads less travelled. However, sunscreen, mosquito repellent and aspirin are recommended. So, grab your tickets, snap camera, and remember it’s the 1980s, so apply the Aquanet and break out those Docker shorts you chibolos because it’s going to be a wild ride!
COVID PROTOCOLS:
No masks needed, but be courteous and remember we’ll sacrifice you if you get us sick.
BANK JOB IN BLUE CITY
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: LACUNA DARK (LACUNA/CTHULHU DARK hack)
GENRE: SURREAL HEIST
GM: COLIN FAHRION
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: MODERATE
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5-6
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: PLAYFUL, DARK, FREAKY
TAGS: A little bit The Bank Job with some Dog Day Afternoon and a heaping spoonful of surreal dreamworld, bureaucratic conspiracy, and encroaching nightmares
DESCRIPTION:
A string of strange bank heists has rocked the collective subconscious realm known as Blue City. There is no known motive and in each case nothing seems to have been stolen, but details are always hard to pin down in the irreal world of Blue City. Rumors are circulating in The Company that it's an inside job and rogue mystery agents are to blame. Others whisper rumors that The Girl has something to do with it. The Mythography Omega Department has psychogeographically triangulated the next bank most likely to be hit. With this info, The Company sends in its best mystery agents for a stakeout hoping to put a stop to it or at least figure out who is behind it.
Players will be split between the thieves attempting to rob the bank and the mystery agents on a stake out to stop them. Only one thing is for certain — all plans fail on first contact with the strangeness that is Blue City.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Vaccination required. Stay home if sick. Masks only required if community transmission levels are high.
TEN TORCHES
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: TEN CANDLES
GENRE: DARK FANTASY HORROR
GM: ANTHONY BROWN
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5-6
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: DARK D&D
DESCRIPTION:
The Heroes left you in the last chamber they cleared, before going off to slay the Mad Goblin Wizard behind all the chaos of the last few months. While you were cleaning their gear and preparing to leave this foul hole in the ground there was a loud bang, a horrible smell, and the world went black. Somehow the five of you found the remaining 12 torches and sat waiting for the heroes to return.
That was two torches ago, maybe you should look into what has happened...
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Masks up to individuals,. Please be vaxxed
WINTER’S CHILDREN
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: CTHULHU DARK
GENRE: INVESTIGATIVE, LOVECRAFTIAN
GM: WILLIAM LEE
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: ORDINARY PEOPLE
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: DARK, SERIOUS
DESCRIPTION:
The year is 1920. The English village of Ebon Eaves is dying. The Great War had robbed the village of its young men, who died in the trenches of Somme and Ypres. Poverty had robbed the village of its young women, who flocked to cities looking for work. Influenza robbed the village of its children, and of its last shreds of hope. The farms are failing with no families to tend them. You are all that is left: the old, the lost, the dying, the ones crippled in body or soul.
Your friend Florence Parsons was the only light in this darkness. Her kindness sustained you. Her optimism was Ebon Eave’s last lifeline. But yesterday, her body was found in her home. The police constable was reluctant to divulge details, but around the village there are whispers that the beloved Mrs. Parsons committed suicide, the unforgivable sin.
How can a woman who seemed so full of life only days before take her own? You, the friends of Mrs. Parsons, are determined to shed light on her mysterious death. You may not be good for much anymore, but you will do your friend this one final service.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Not Specified
SILENT AND SUBMERGED
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: CALL OF CTHULHU 7TH EDITION
GENRE: HORROR
GM: BADGER MCINNES
VARIATIONS: LUCK SPENDS, PUSH ROLLS
POWER LEVEL: TRAINED MILITARY VETERANS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: INVESTIGATIVE MILITARY HORROR
TAGS: Call of Cthulhu, Horror, Grim, Mystery
DESCRIPTION:
It is August, 1942, and the United States has been embroiled in World War II since early December of ’41. Ever since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the West Coast has been on constant alert, ever vigilant against submarine attacks by the Japanese fleet. An attack by one Japanese sub in the waters near Santa Monica only a few months earlier has the entire Pacific Navy on edge.
You and the rest of your crew are stationed on Treasure Island, where a small Naval base assists with the Navy blimps that patrol up and down the coast. This morning, Flight 101 has disappeared after broadcasting some odd radio transmissions. Your orders are to find the blimp and recover the crew, if possible. Good luck.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
No mask restrictions, unless a player requests it.
THE KOREATOWN KIDNAP JOB)
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: SOMETHING WICKED
GENRE: INVESTIGATIVE /PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
GM: JILL STAPLETON
VARIATIONS: Something Wicked is a homebrew, rules-light system
POWER LEVEL: MID
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: GRITTY, FAST, INTENSE
DESCRIPTION:
The world is Lovecraftian. A thin and fragile veneer of ‘normality’ covers a reality that is so terrifying that exposure to it is harmful. Monsters are real and godlike beings are more likely to be horrifying than beatific. Humanity is protected by a frail delusion of innocence, which is both sword and shield. You are one of the few people who know and fight the terror. You protect innocence at any cost. If you don’t, people suffer... or worse: they believe. When more people believe, the darkness gets stronger.
You are a specialist with Paranormal Tactical (P-Tak to the innocent). 48 hours ago a 14 year old girl was kidnapped. Your job - find her and bring her home. Alive.
GM Notes & Guidance to Players: This game will be psychological horror. It will mess with your head. Your character will have bad choices and have bad experiences. This game will go from bad to worse.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Only fully Vaccinated please. Mask wearing optional.
SANITARIUM
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: AVATR
GENRE:SCARY
GM: MATTHEW GRAU
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: ORDINARY PEOPLE
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
DESCRIPTION:
In this game, you'll take on the role of everyday people who have voluntarily committed themselves to a psychiatric care facility. They suffer from realistic disorders, the kind which can be managed with care and medication, such as self-harming, eating disorders, depression, panic attacks, and bipolar disorder. Things had gotten too difficult at work or home, and you realized you needed some short-term in-patient help.
The opportunity was presented to move to a newly constructed special facility, and it was a step up from your current hospitals. It looks fancy from the outside, but inside is a special breed of hell.
You'll need to keep secrets, out others, and keep on your toes to survive. Characters are allies of convenience, so the people you're with may not really be friends, and may hold secrets which shock you. Characters will die, but there are opportunities for players who have perished to continue to actively partipate. Will you choose your death or will it be chosen for you? Will you be the one who survives to see it through?
There will be prep before the game, in which you'll have to read your character information and be present to it for the game. This won't be a problem with this group.
Given the subject matter, there may be a variety of triggers or potentials for upset. For example, you may have watched someone suffer from cutting or an eating disorder, and that pain is very real, even if treated with respect. If you have concerns, but are interested in playing, please contact me so we can make sure the game doesn't include any for you. We will be playing with X-cards, just in case.
Wear comfortable clothing, because you'll be moving around. If you have any physical restrictions to mobility, please let me know ahead of time so I can accommodate them.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Since I was at Gen Con, wherein 6 of 8 people in my room came down with Covid (fortunately, I was not one of them), I'd prefer if we followed some best practices regarding minimizing potential transmission. If you've been sick within a week of the convention, please take a rapid test to make sure you're not bringing an unexpected guest with you.
ONE WAY TICKET
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS / VEINS OF THE EARTH
GENRE: FANTASY HORROR
GM: DAVID EVANS
VARIATIONS: MODIFICATIONS TO SKILLS AND SANITY
POWER LEVEL: 5TH LEVEL
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: A Fantasy RPG set in a renaissance period, and with a bit too much realism. A cave spelunk into a brutally, unapologetic rendition of the Underdark. Like Alien with the solitude and danger around every corner but underground and equally as claustrophobic. Or a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. OD&D system foundation
TAGS: darkness, claustrophobia, unknowable infinite, mutilation, scarcity, loss, resource guarding, isolation, madness, monstrous human nature
DESCRIPTION:
A maw into the veins of the earth had cracked opened some 60 years ago and since then the dreams of normal folk have been plagued by nightmares of all kinds. No one has a good reason to delve into the depths of the earth except the mad and the greedy; certainly not you or yours. But treasures and dead civilizations rest inside the caves below.
Children have been going missing though and up until this point it was not your problem. But a child of some importance has now been taken and you find yourself thrust into the malicious clutches of the darkness that resides beneath the earth and all of the terrors it has birthed. Hunger will be your companion and light your lifeline. Run, hide, retreat, or explore. The way back is blocked and finding the child is your ticket back to the sunlit lands.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
None Stated
THE SCOTTISH PLAY
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: CALL OF CTHULHU 7TH EDITION
GENRE: HORROR
GM: COLIN DIMOCK
VARIATIONS: MODERN DAY CoC
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: INVESTIGATIVE HORROR
TAGS: Mass Mob Insanity, Dark Magic, Violence
DESCRIPTION:
A student production of Shakespeare’s most notorious play – Macbeth! (Yeah, I said it). At a small off-campus theater actors and audience gather, but what of the fabled curse? Back stage, stage and audience all – will any be spared this unclean feeling? There is only one certainty here – that, as in all tragedies, there will be blood…
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks!
Enter MACBETH
COVID PROTOCOLS:
No mask restrictions, unless a player requests it. My wife is in long term chemo therapy – I request that players be up to date with boosters and symptom free. I am not requiring masks, but will be wearing one myself.
GREAT BRINDLEWOOD BAKE-OFF
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: BRINDLEWOOD BAY /PbtA
GENRE: COZY CREEPY MYSTERY
GM: MARCUS FLORES
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: Character will be created at the table
TONE: Light-hearted, Creepy, Menacing, Dark Humor
TAGS: TV Murder Mystery, Immergent Mystery, Powered By The Apocalypse, Lovecraftian, Cooking Show, Amatuer Sleaths, Cults
DESCRIPTION:
The UK Reality Cooking show sensation "The Jolly Good Baking Show" has come to the quaint coastal town of Brindlewood Bay to find its best baker! But will The Jolly Good Baking Show be so jolly when the set becomes the scene of a murder!?!? Will the ladies of The Golden Crown Mysteries book club be able to solve another case!?!? Will the darkness that hides in the shadows of Brindlewood Bay reveal itself?!? Will someone's bake be ruined thanks to a soggy bottom?!? Time to play to find out!
Brindlewood Bay is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women, members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club frequently find themselves investigating (and solving!) real-life murder mysteries. They become increasingly aware that there are supernatural forces that connect the cases they are working on!
The game is directly inspired by the television show "Murder, She Wrote", but also takes inspiration from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, “cozy” crime dramas, and American TV shows from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
None stated
NOWHERE AND BACK AGAIN
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: Mork Börg / Cy Börg
GENRE: HORRORWAVE FAR FUTURE FANTASY
GM: MARTY CAPLAN
VARIATIONS: Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult Runivese
POWER LEVEL: ETHERIUM BLOCK 666,666,666,666
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: MAD GOD, GALAKTIKON, SPINE OF NIGHT
TAGS: Violence, Gore, Body Horror, Insanity, Weird Shit
DESCRIPTION:
Within the Quantum Shadow, a surreal horror unfolds infinitely as future and past, magic and technology, flesh and metal are compacted in a grinding tesseract of apocalypse. A group of powerful individuals from the distant future brave this kaliedoscopic temporary autonomous zone to find an escape from the endpoints of their personal reality tunnels, probably dooming the universe in the process! With events and settings largely generated at random, the challenge is to assemble a Metal Hurlant B-movie narrative from aesthetic, strange and awful tropes, together.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Vaccination & boost required, masking optional
OLD MEG
7PM - 1AM
GAME SYSTEM: VAESEN
GENRE: NORDIC HORROR
GM: SHANNON MAC
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: FRAGILE FLESHIES WITH HEART
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
DESCRIPTION:
The mystery starts at the headquarters of the investigators who receive correspondence from the curate of a rural parish. They are called to a place in the rural west of England where the old ways died hard and echoes of the pagan past are all around. Investigators will then find themselves with a trail of clues and an eventual countdown leading towards healing or devastating the community.
This scenario is based on a published one in Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland. If you think you may have played in it send Shannon a private message.
Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying is based on the work of Swedish illustrator and author Johan Egerkrans, Vaesen presents a dark Gothic setting steeped in Nordic folklore and old myths of Scandinavia. The game mechanics use an adapted version of the award-winning Year Zero Engine.
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/vaesen/
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Face masks are optional. I will likely be wearing one.
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
7:00PM - 1:00AM
GAME SYSTEM: CYPHER
GENRE: NEAR-FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION
GM: JIM MATHEWS
VARIATIONS: STAT POOLS HAVE BEEN REDEFINED
POWER LEVEL: ELITE HUMANS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: Mostly Serious
TAGS: Physical and Social Violence, Classism
DESCRIPTION:
On the soot gray concrete, you are the elite of the street, grinding for money, respect - and did I mention money. It’s an eat-or-be-eaten world, but you’re a fucking predator. Guns, blades and fists are your weapons, and you’ll literally climb over the corpses of anyone who makes the mistake of getting in your way.
In the glass towers above the clouds, you are the elite of society, battling for fame, power and recognition. It's a ruthless world, but you are truly dangerous. A word in the right ear, an ugly rumor or a well timed stock trade are your weapons, and you will figuratively climb over the corpses of anyone who makes the mistake of getting in your way.
Things are happening, people are making moves and the results won’t be pretty.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
I would prefer to not wear masks. However, depending on what’s happening covid-wise closer to the date, I may discuss options with the players who sign up.
WE DON’T BELIEVE. WE FEAR.
7:00PM - 1:00AM
GAME SYSTEM: CoC 7E
GENRE: HORROR
GM: AARON TEIXEIRA
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: SEAMAN
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: Historical Horror
DESCRIPTION:
In 1910, the crew of an enterprising merchant ship attempted the recently charted North West Passage in an unregistered voyage bound from Oslo to San Francisco. Just off the coast of Prince Wales Island, the challenges they faced in: operating their vessel, surviving the harsh environment, and coping with the constant gnawing and persistant l'appel du vide inherant to life above the 66th parralel, compounded to pull the crew into darkness beneath a sun which never sets.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Vaccinated
A FEW NIGHTS IN DECEMBER
7:00PM - 1:00AM
GAME SYSTEM: HOMEBREW
GENRE: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
GM: MATT ARMSTRONG
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: NORMAL HUMANS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 6
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES, with some tweaking by the Players at the table
TONE: DARK FILM NOIR
TAGS: PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR, CLAUSTROPHOBIA
DESCRIPTION: They let you know what they have on you. You thought you had left no trace, but you were wrong. They told you to come to this hotel, play a game, and maybe, if you are very lucky, you will be able to go on about your business after a few days. You cannot leave the hotel, and every night, when you receive the message, you must report to the room with the others and play the game...but you don't know the rules, or even what the game is, and you don't know what the other players have on you. Gakona, Alaska.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
HALLOWED GROUND
7:00PM - 1:00AM
GAME SYSTEM: CoC 7E
GENRE: CIVIL WAR
GM: FRANK FIGONI
VARIATIONS: SLIGHT
POWER LEVEL: This is Cthulhu. It won’t help. Y’all going to die.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES!!!
TONE: Deadly serious but whimsical at time depending on the Players
DESCRIPTION:
Acrid smoke, broken bodies, screams of mortally wounded men, women and horses, flies as thick as clouds feasting on the flesh of the dead, wounded men shouting their last to a God that seems eerily absent, and a red sky in one’s own minds eye harkening the apocalyptic end of days for themselves, and the Union are all but memory now…
As a winter chill approaches, great men gather to orate praise for deeds done on that most hallowed battlefield. However, something malignant stirs. A disconcerting howl in the night, missing servants and loved ones, dismembered livestock, dug up graves and whispers of satanic ritual plague the town of…. Gettysburg.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
None
INSIDE OUT
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: CALL OF CTHULHU 7E
GENRE: HORROR
GM: COLIN DIMOCK
VARIATIONS: MODERN DAY CoC
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: Investigative horror with tensions between characters
TAGS: Cults, violence, mind control, paranoia, high tension
DESCRIPTION:
A woman steps away from the stress of urban life for a while. When she disappears, her friends and family set out to find her, but somewhere along the way, it all went wrong…
GM COVID PROTOCOLS:
No mask restrictions, unless a player requests it. My wife is in long term chemo therapy – I request that players be up to date with boosters and symptom free. I am not requiring masks, but will be wearing one myself.
CAN PART MENTAL EYES
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: FATE ACCELERATED + HOMEBREW
GENRE: MYSTERY SCI-FI HORROR
GM: LIZ SPAIN
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES, but smartphone with a working camera function & headphones required
TONE: Liz Spain invites you to join her for a rules-light, narrative-heavy, atmospheric and immersive romp through a mystery wrapped around some psychologically heavy shit.
TAGS: Body Horror, Claustrophobia, Nyctophobia, Trauma Themes
DESCRIPTION:
You survived. Now what? Time to begin the arduous process of piecing your lives back together. Gather what you can from the aftermath. Work together to untangle the truth of the disaster that left you all hanging on by a thread. And discover what doesn't kill you, makes you stranger…
COVID PROTOCOLS:
No mask restrictions, unless a player requests it.
FACES IN THE WATER
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: AVATAR
GENRE: SCARY
GMS: MATTHEW GRAU
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: NORMAL 20-SOMETHINGS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: WEIRD
TAGS: EVERYPERSON, FOUND FOOTAGE, WEIRD HORROR
DESCRIPTION:
You're a group of 20-somethings out to make your very own found footage film, Faces in the Water. The premise revolves around the legends of Pyramid Lake, NV, where locals say at least one fisherman disappears without a trace each year, victims of the ghostly beings known as Water Babies. You've gotten permission to film from the Paiute tribe and will be staying in the nearby town of Nixon, because you've seen enough found footage movies to know that camping on these things never goes well. Nixon has a population of about 400 and is the seat of tribal government of the Paiute Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation and home to the tribe's Museum and Visitor Center.
You've got some cameras, a mess of hard drive space, plenty of flashlights, a solar generator, and a safe place to store your gear. Let's go make a scary movie on a shoe-string budget!
There will be a few personal items you'll be asked to bring, including a warm jacket and dark sunglasses. Those who register will be given a complete list as we get closer to the event.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Since I just came from Gen Con, wherein 6 of 8 people in my room came down with Covid (fortunately, I was not one of them), I'd prefer if we followed some best practices regarding minimizing potential transmission. If you've been sick within a week of the convention, please take a rapid test to make sure you're not bringing an unexpected guest with you.
Monsters and Other Childish Things
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: One Roll Engine (ORE)
GENRE: Kids on bikes with monsters
GM: CHRIS ORY
VARIATIONS: I'm bad at rules
POWER LEVEL: Monstrous
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
Characters:Collaboratively created at the table
Monsters: Collaboratively created at the table
Tone: Collaboratively created at the table
Tags: Harm to children…probably. There are monsters.
DESCRIPTION:
Life can be boring for a kid in a small town. At least you have your very own monsters. It's not that special. Loads of kids have them. Even the bullies. Grown-ups always have so many “important” things to do that they never even notice all the monsters. Yup. Pretty boring. Hopefully something interesting will happen tomorrow.
Monsters and Other Childish things is a game about kids, spooky mysteries, and monster fights. There will be collaborative character and monster creation at the table and then probably nothing interesting will happen.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Whatever. Biden says the pandemic is over. Get vaxed, dummy.
PARADISE OF THE UNCHANGING
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: DREAMLAND (unpublished so far)
GENRE: DARK PORTAL FANTASY
GM: AARON VANEK
VARIATIONS: N/A
POWER LEVEL: N/A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES, but Players will select from 3 roles (classes) chosen out of 30 for their Dream-half character
TONE: Surreal, Symbolic fantasy
TAGS: Inspired by authors Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft, Michael Ende, Kij Johnson, and world traveler Marco Polo
DESCRIPTION:
Evil threatens a wondrous and peaceful city without age or death.
ABOUT DREAMLAND:
There is another world beyond our perception, a world which few people know. Past time and space is the Dreamlands, an infinite place of wonder and terror, formed from dreams and hopes of humanity.
The game system features a unique mechanic of using Words randomly drawn from a pool while talking in character* to add to a d6 against challenges. But use too many words and you may break the Pillars of Dreamland! The scenario is more "fluffy" (mood, atmosphere, roleplay, story) than "crunchy" (tactics, game mechanics, combat, dice rolling). Characters may die, but it's only a dream..right?
The scenario may not have a "win", but the story will conclude. No familiarity with H.P. Lovecraft or Lord Dunsany needed, nor should you expect their creations in the scenario. But their dreamy style is redolent throughout the game.
* No oratory skill needed, but basic English language comprehension is helpful.
For more information about this wonderful ttRPG created by Jason Bradley Thompson (https://mockman.com/) go here: https://www.dreamrpg.com/
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Please do not play if you feel sick or think you might be infected. Please be vaccinated, but I will not check cards. DM is fully vaxxed/boosted. I wil bring masks and antigen tests for my players if they request one.
ONE FLEW OVER THE PRINTING PRESS
11AM - 5PM
GAME SYSTEM: CoC 7E
GENRE: INVESTIGATIVE HORROR
GM: JASON FRANKENFIELD
VARIATIONS: MINOR HOUSE RULES
POWER LEVEL: NEWBIE INVESTIGATORS
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
CHARACTERS PROVIDED: YES
TONE: Mostly serious Lovecraftian horror and investigation
TAGS: 1920’s, Arkham
DESCRIPTION:
Floyd Tobey's gone bananas! Why else would you try to smash up the printing press of the very newspaper you write for?
If Floyd gets an extended 'vacation' at Arkham Asylum, who's going to report on all the strange goings-on and interview the cranks and conspiracy nuts of the Miskatonic Valley? The editor isn't offering much, but you owe it to old Floyd to find out just what the heck happened.
COVID PROTOCOLS:
Masks optional at the table. Be vaxed, and act responsibly please.