GaryCon 2019... YES, going on an Odd Year

I will Pretty this page up later...


So many people have been telling me I have to go in 2019... and after being at Gencon and running into so many people.. I can confirm that somehow I will be at GaryCon 2019... it may be on a Silver badge, with lots of begging, or if I can scrape enough together to beg Luke to sell me a Gold that someone turns in before event registration.... or if a friend comes through and takes me to rep for them or find another sponsor

Anyway, Here is a list of games that I will be presenting
(subject to change if a Sponsor comes forward)

Scheduled - Toon - Foo-Fuu Toon... Catch that Bird  Thursday 10:00 AM (2 Hours)

Capture the exclusive bird to collect the key to the ACME superstore shopathon
Bring your own or use one provided
Levels Silly to utterly rediculous

No one under age 3 and a half permitted due to goofy content, ability to roll 2 6 sided dice and drool occasionally recommended... bring your best gookie!

Scheduled  Thursday 6:00 PM  

Dangerous Journeys - The Hour of the Wolf   

(4 Hours) may go an hour over

Set against the backdrop of war between Atlantis and neighboring Kingdoms that have raged for too long

"The hour between night and dawn. The hour when most people die, when sleep is deepest, when nightmares are most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fears, when ghost and demons are most powerful, the hour of the wolf is also the hour when most children are born." -From Ingmar Bergman

Friday 9:00 AM     (4 Hours)   

(Ran 1 time at GC8 and at GC10)

Scheduled         TOON - PizzaToon / A Toon Love Story      

2 Shorts

Pizzatoon, deliver pizzas to ....

2nd feature is TBD

Levels Mild Insanity to Outright bambooled

Friday 6:00 PM  (4 Hours)

Scheduled  

Title: The Greg Barry Invitational Drunken Dungeon Master Challenge

Game System - AD&D 1st Edition

Greg will run a super secret game that will be amazing. Armed with one page of notes and a POORLY drawn map.. everything will be done improve style on the spot. You must Email gmbarry@msn.com to claim one of 8 reserved spots (2 Open Spots) , submit character preference for your custom Pregen and offer suggestions to be included in the game

Note: This may not be the greatest game, but it will be the most entertaining...

(Drunken Dungeon Master is a title and may or may not be true based on the previous game, also I reserve the right to have no more than 2 pages of notes, typed big enough to read while consuming Spotted Cow)

Complete the Survey for the Drunken Invitational Game

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6XRYNB

Saturday, Tentative at 4:00 PM  (4 Hours)

Pirates of Dark Water, The Lost Episode  (Dragonscales RPG)

Based on the Cartoon, 

The alien world of Mer is being devoured by an evil substance known as Dark Water. Only Ren, a young prince, can stop it by finding the lost Thirteen Treasures of Rule. The evil pirate lord, Bloth, will stop at nothing to get the treasures for himself
This uses the Ward Card system as used in Dragonscales and 77 Lost Worlds, but is not set in Either Setting (Used with Permission)
Pregenerated characters provided.

AD&D The Quest for the Gate Between Worlds (4 Hours)

(Ran 1 time at GC8)

Pregens Provided

All you have do is find the gate and get past the ... 

  

Or

AD&D - 4 hours

Maidens of the Desert 

Explore the Suel Empire that crumbled 3 centuries ago and a map recently surfaced with it's location

Scheduled  AD&D - AAAAHHHH Sunday 10:00 AM (4 Hours) 

Ran twice at GC8 and once at GC10

Pregen Characters Provided... I promise a truly Epic adventure that will generate stories for you to tell in the tavern
This features some of the greatest concepts and Role Play that I have ever put together. The characters provided are all high level
and saying anything further goes would ruin the integrity of the game.
Age 15+ please.
ONLY Pregenerated characters will be used.

Monty Python Fluxx Tournament (2 Hours)

Come Play Monty Python Fluxx with 2 Crazy People (Animator Greg Barry and TIM Nepal(Alphabetically Listed , of Course) The Enchanter) Get your Tim card signed by Tim (Some, call him…. TIM) These 2 insane people will keep you entertained for the entire time you will leave in a most fitting way when the gong sounds and someone yells “Bring Out Your Dead”

( I will see if Fluxx will sponsor this and send us a copy of the game for the winner)

Sparkle Kitty NIghts

A PG-13 Card GameYou only dislike Sparkle*Kitty because you have not played Sparkle*Kitty 
What happens in the tower stays in the tower! Sparkle*Kitty Nights is an perfectly clean card game for the dirtiest minds. . Time to get ready, it's about to get naughty! , Sparkle*Kitty Nights adds So. Many. Naughty. Word. Spell. Combinations!

going to GENCON!

https://www.gencon.com/

So, by a chance of fate, I am going to the biggest gaming convention in the world. 60K+ will be attending

This is the first time I am going to a Con and not running any games... I get to travel light for a change, usually I have to bring all sorts of stuff to run games. 

I have avoided GenCon because of several things

• The amount of people attending
• Trying to run games would be crazy
• Trying to get into a game with thousands competing for a seat is insane
• Cost of hotels
• Cost of the badge
• Location: Indianapolis

So, since being involved with Envoy and doing board game demos (PAX Unplugged in Philly was my first big event) they put out a call for demo crew at GenCon... giving Rooms and Badges and goodies from the companies... 

So my first venture to Gencon will be doing board game demos. I will be with Breaking Games

https://breakinggames.com/

I requested Breaking games because I love the Sparkle Kitty and Sparkle Kitty Nights Games.  

I will be doing demos of Rise of Tribes and Expancity

I am trying to pick up as many Demo team opportunities as I can so I can remain as busy as possible without overdoing it... 

So, What am I looking forward to:

• Collecting as many Promo cards for games that I can
• Taking lots of Pictures 
• Getting lots of new games 
• Maybe running a game or 2 off the grid
• Playing an RPG game
• Playing in a few board games

I signed up for one event, that looks amazing... 

The Fist of Dragonstones: Tavern Edition Rollout Party

So, I will most likely get the game through Envoy, but this mug will be pretty cool....

I tend to Eat light when I am at a Con, Usually 1 meal per day and 2-3 Protein bars, This cuts down on food costs by a great amount... I try to spend less than 10-15 on Food and Drink... hoping to find a cheap coffee seller somewhere

So I get to pack light for GenCon

One suitcase for Clothes, 

Shorts

1 set of Long pants

TShirts

Hawaiian Shirt

essentials - shaving 

CPAP

Backpack

Spare Shirt

Travel Towel (always have a Towel) 

Deodorant

Protein bars

snacks (usually unsalted Sunflower seeds and salted peanuts)

Notepad, Pen and Pencils, Sharpie

Dice, a few choice sets 

3 small games

Sparkle Kitty Nights

Firefly Fluxx

Fuji Flush

My Duffel for bringing games back with me. 

Dragonscales DEMO at Dexcon and Kickstarter

DEXCON 21, I ran 2 games of Dragonscales RGP

My Prep included reading over the PDF, then printing the adventure and putting it in the binder. I then created a cover page for the binder. I then bought a 12 pack of Cards.

I printed the Players sheets

(FANG WARRIOR RANK 2 CHARACTER SHEET) and the introduction

Note: The Joker is the most powerful card in the game, it is a game changer

Game one:
After Card creation, they had there creation cards, and an Idea... then it was off to pick a gate... First I had lions chase them and get turned to dust just to start some excitement.

I loved the Dragon enticing them to come out and play, so I used that. I should have killed a player 20 minutes in but instead took his armor and nearly all his health. He spent the rest of the game trying not to die. They made it into the town and completed most of the quests

WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH

1 – Get into town
2 – Find out where the marketplace is and what is necessary to open a booth there
3 – Find a place to live
4 – Find a temple to pray in
5 – Explore a possibly dangerous place

Wrap UP
Everyone enjoyed the Mechanics and how the game ran. Most of them were excited and asked about the kickstarter.
I have to say, this was a lot of fun to run. This system offers a lot of flexible encounters which yields to my improve strengths. I am sure I did encounters incorrect or combined some, but the feel of the game was great
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Game Two:
I was supposed to run another game of mine but did not meet the Minimum player, So I asked them if they would be ok with another game system. They wanted to play so all agreed.. I went grabbed my stuff, came back to the table and asked if they all brought a deck of cards...


After Card creation, they had there creation cards, and an Idea... then it was off to pick a gate... They choose the gate that would not open for them until morning


I loved the Dragon enticing them to come out and play, so I used that once more. The player facing down the dragon pulled the JOKER...

They were not happy with being shanghaied into the Gate Keepers, while the one readily signed his year away, the others needed a bit more persuasion

Then they went to face the Giant... one was killed by the giant and right after that - - a player pulled the JOKER

Next time I am not allowing Jokers - LOL

Wrap up: Again the loved the game and they asked about the kickstarter... I had a great time running the game

-------------------------------------------------- Dragonscales Kickstarter Ok, Everyone knows I am a Dice guy and the only reason I played in this was because of James M. Ward and Stephen Lee....

Let me just say that this is a great setting with so many possibilities. I really do not care for fabricated settings and never played Greyhawk, Dark Sun or any of the AD&D settings, even the Pathfinder Society does not pique my Game Master intuition.

I just prefer my own creations where I am free to create and write and adjust as I see fit.

So, that being said, I found the City of Concord intriguing and the 2 adventures included in the Kickstarter very entertaining.. at least until Mr. Ward Killed me out

So, while at GaryCon, I bought the Apocalyptic version of the setting 77 Lost Worlds box Set. I have done about 5 sessions of the game and will be wrapping up this part of the campaign in our next session, having played through most of the Quests in the Egyptian Dome.

What I have enjoyed about the Quests is they are mostly outlines that allow me to do what I do best, fill it in on the spot and create as a go along

For example.. I wanted to reward them and while searching an area of a waspians Nest, they found a helmet that implanted brain chips... The Tinker was able to operate it and was able to insert a Knowledge chip in one of the players.. So whenever they ran into something in the dome, I could impart what they encountered.. it was limited to the current dome

I played in both Dragonscales games at Garycon and found them to be very well done, this was my first exposure to the Ward Card System as I had not played in any 77 Lost Worlds games

CRIMSON CLIFFS OF CONCORD

This was the first game, I played a Fighter... we decended down the stairs and into the caves...

Blood Red Castle of Doom

I am not sure if I was supposed to have the top part of the information, but I was playing a Templar Knight

Was mostly working out well except we had encountered the first ever TPDD (Total Party Door Death)

So if you are looking for a Fantasy system and want to something different, Back this Kickstarter, it is a great change of pace for any group. I imagine I will be running this in series in between my normal AD&D First Edition

Demos and Board Game Recommendations

Game demos...

I have been doing game demos for a few months at a few different stores. Some of the games I really like and some of them I do just to do...Still doing my game nights  on Wednesday and Thursday.

Doing the demos can be tedious because sometimes you sit around for a few hours with no players...not bad when you do not care for the demo but when you really like the game, it becomes frustrating. Then sometimes, you do not get another shot to bring that game for various reasons.

My upcoming splash a demos are great games that I really enjoy

Wanted is a Quick 30 minute game that is really rich in the feel of shootouts and the old west...

Compounded gets you into a Lab and using elements to make scoring compounds, I am really excited about this one. it takes about 90 Minutes to play

Here is another one that I am Excited about... this demo is upcoming this month

Top Ten on my Games List at this time... 

1 - The Thing, Infection at Outpost 31

Everyone who plays this seems to be impressed, based on the John Carpenter movie, this is a a game where you try to identify the Imitations and stop them from leaving the base.. 

2 - Telestrations

Here is a Draw and Guess game where you do not have to know how to draw and the more wild the guess, the funnier the game is.. It comes in a 12 Party Pack, An 8 player pack and 8 Player After Dark (Adult) version

Everyone draw and passes to the next person who guesses, then you pass to the next person who draws from the guess

The best is when all is revealed at the end of the game... 

be sure to take pics of the hilarity that occurs.. you will want to play this at every gathering

3 - Compounded

This is a game where you use elements to create compounds and score points.. it has a real good feel to the game and they got everything right and the details are fantastic

3 - Any Fluxx versions

Either you play for 15 minutes or the game get fustrating after a long play.. I love this when it goes about 30-45 minutes at the longest.. set a timer and start over. 

4 - Sushi Go Party

This is simple a quick play game with 3 rounds of Pass and Play... there is a bit of strategy involved but nothing too complex. 

5 - Dastardly Dirigibles

A seemingly simple game that cause frustration when you are forced to change your airship plan.. but lots of fun to play, again a fairly quick game 

6 - Sparkle Kitty

Don't let the name fool you, this is a great game for adults...Teens and kids.. Can be quite cutthroat and lots of fun

7 - Donner Dinner Party

Probably the best Social deduction game on the market, quick and easy to play (7 rounds) feed everyone or vote one of the party to (well, you know) 

8 - Tsuro 

Lots of fun as an in between game, you have to think and see the paths as the board get filled...the best thing is to not let anyone lay a path for you...never ends well for you

9 - Not Alone

Not Alone pits one person against everyone else... I like the game because of the mechanics of the game. Sometimes you get caught and sometimes you make a great play

10 - Munchkin

It takes about 2 games to really get into Munchkin.. it is a fun game to backstab other players or help them