This blogger isn’t going to GenCon. It’s on the wrong side of the world. If only there was a virtual alternative? There is!
The Anti-GenCon con was set up by Jez Gordon. It’s a chance for those roleplayers who can’t or don’t want to get involved with Gen Con to still meet up, play some games and make some friends. The twist? This is nice and virtual. No travel involved. Just Google+ and those lovely Hangouts.
The agenda looks great so far. Here’s a repost of the schedule as it stands on Tuesday afternoon. Want to GM an extra game? Get in touch with Jez. The player sign up is here.
FRIDAY 15th
GM: Ed Hackett
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 5th Ed SlaughterGrid by Rafael Chandler
0100 which is 10am Friday 15th in Tokyo!
(11am Syd / 2am UK / 9pm Thurs NY / 6pm Thurs LA)
Open to new level 2s. Will put up an event invite later this week. Ping me for invites to the SlaughterGrid circle.
GM: Aaron Feild
3:16 CARNAGE AMONGST THE STARS
1200 GMT
(10pm Syd, 1pm UK, 8am NY, 5am LA)
Heinleinian space marines in power armor hop from planet to planet wiping out alien species as part of the elite 16th Brigade, 3rd Army. Kill bugs, gripe about the Lieutenant, and rise through the ranks. Simple dice, abstract map, discover your character in play through quick Flashbacks. 3-5 players, about 2 hours (but stay for a second 2-hour mission if you want!) Recurring characters welcome! Threat detected at gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/
GM: Aaron Feild
3:16 CARNAGE AMONGST THE STARS
1600 GMT
(2am Sat Syd, 5pm UK, 12pm NY, 9am LA)
Heinleinian space marines in power armor hop from planet to planet wiping out alien species as part of the elite 16th Brigade, 3rd Army. Kill bugs, gripe about the Lieutenant, and rise through the ranks. Simple dice, abstract map, discover your character in play through quick Flashbacks. 3-5 players, about 2 hours (but stay for a second 2-hour mission if you want!) Recurring characters welcome! Threat detected at gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/
GM: Zak Smith
LotFP: RED & PLEASANT LAND FLAILSNAILS MARATHON
2200 GMT FRIDAY to 0900 GMT SATURDAY
(8am Sat Syd, 11pm Fri UK, 6pm Fri NY, 3pm Fri LA)
On Friday August 15th FLAILSNAILS will be three years old. I will (Mandy’s health and post-Charlotte’s birthday state permitting) be running Red & Pleasant Land FLAILSNAILS games all motherfucking day long from 3pm-4am Pacific (that’s 6pm-7am eastern). Show up whenever. Mark your calendar.?
SATURDAY 16th
GM: Arnold Cassell
VIEWSCREAM – The Rats in the Hull
0000-0130 GMT
(10am Syd / 1am UK / 8pm NY / 5pm LA)
[Survival horror in space] Will you turn on your shipmates? Will you work with them, even though some of them may be guilty of horrific crimes? What happened to the rest of the crew? How many minutes do you have before it happens to you, too? Can you escape, or will someone find your mangled corpse floating in the void? Players: precisely 3 or 4
GM: Zzarchov Kowolski
NEOCLASSICAL GEEK REVIVAL – The Village of Mudkeep
0030 GMT Friday night in the Americas
(10.30am Syd / 1.30am UK / 8.30pm Fri NY / 5.30pm Fri LA)
A trip through dark ages England that never existed. 3-5 players. Flailsnails Blue, levels 1-4?
GM: Michael Raston
LABYRINTH LORD (with a little houseruling streamlinefication)
0100 – 0500 GMT SATURDAY Friday night in the Americas
(11am Syd / 2am UK / 9pm Fri NY / 6pm Fri LA)
An island crawl across a dead, white land. Vaguely dark soulsian inspirations, dungeons, pirates and flesh weaving. 4 – 6 level 1 players (Flailsnails characters welcome…but there is a high likely hood they won’t make it out alive).?
GM: Jon DeSpirito
TORG – “Foray Up Fifth Avenue”
0300-0700 GMT SATURDAY
(1pm Syd / 4am UK / 11pm Fri NY / 8pm Fri LA)
Monday, April 29th 1996. The world has been invaded by armies from other dimensions. New York City has been transformed into a prehistoric jungle, and somewhere amid the chaos, the Secretary of Defense is lost. 3-8 players, utilizing Roll20. Game link: this one and this one.
GM: Joey Lindsey
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – The Mines of Bloodstone
Classic D&D module run for FLAILSNAILS.
0400-0700 GMT
(2pm Syd / 3am UK / midnight NY / 9pm LA)
Higher level encouraged. 7 players max. Characters any edition, including OSR games (LL/LotFP/etc), but get approval for 3e/3.5 (I missed the 3e era, not as familiar with the rules). If starting a new character, make 4 level 0s or 1s from an OSR Game and pick one as leader and 3 as henchmen. Continuing from last session a few weeks ago, but same players not required. Module run pretty straight, occasional stuff from LotFP modules put in to replace boring stuff.
“A town recently reclaimed from chaos and settled by the people of the Good King is next to an ancient mine. They are desperate for income and need the mine to be productive again…but no one’s been down there for a long time. Keep any loose objects you find, discover ore veins for the town, and defeat nasty beasties.”?
GM: Michael Raston
LABYRINTH LORD (with a little houseruling streamlinefication)
0800 – 1200 GMT SATURDAY
(6pm Syd / 9am UK / 4am NY / 1am LA)
An island crawl across a dead, white land. Vaguely dark soulsian inspirations, dungeons, pirates and flesh weaving. 4 – 6 level 1 players (Flailsnails characters welcome…but there is a high likely hood they won’t make it out alive).?
GM: Gerardo Tasistro
SAINTS AND SINNERS – A pirate’s pirate (own game – modern military)
1200 to 1400 GMT SATURDAY
(10pm Syd / 1pm UK / 8am NY /5am LA)
A hijacked container ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean. You’re “contractors” hired to “retrieve” two containers before the Royal Navy rescues the ship, blaming the “recovery” on the pirates. Looking for 4 to 6 players. Mission briefing and pregens will be provided. A link to download the game rules will also be provided.?
GM: Barry Blatt
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS – England Upturn’d! (English Civil War)
2300 GMT SATURDAY – 0100 GMT SUNDAY
( 12pm Sun Syd / 11pm Sat UK / 6pm Sat NY / 3pm Sat LA)
It is May 1642, the King has hoist his standard in Lincoln and issued Commissions of Array, Parliament has passed the Militia Ordinance and are raising an army to defend themselves. But in one soggy corner of south Lincolnshire the locals might be jumping the gun and kicking off the civil war with spot of what appears to be purely local bother. There will be some rules variants, I’ll sort out a players doc with what you need to know, but essentially level 1 LotFP humans only, with gear from the Early Modern appendix to the rulebook, pregens will be available.
SUNDAY 17th
GM: Paul Schaefer
D&D Rules CYCLOPEDIA + MUTANT FUTURE Inexplicable Island
0000 GMT Saturday Night in the Americas
(10am Syd / 1am UK / 8pm NY / 5pm LA)
SEE your ship dashed upon the rocks by a terrifying storm! HEAR the haunting call of the Cricket Men from outer space! FEEL the heart pounding thrills of WEIRD SCIENCE FANTASY! SURVIVE and escape from the INEXPLICABLE ISLAND, if you can! Players: 4 to 6, Character Level: 1 to 10 (Hencmen welcome), FLAILSNAILS friendly and encouraged.?
GM: Arnold Cassell
VIEWSCREAM – The Rats in the Hull
0000-0130 GMT
(10am Syd / 1am UK / 8pm NY / 5pm LA)
[High Fantasy] Five years after the brutal war known as the Red Harvest, the Council of Mages gathers once more. Scattered across the realm, they are unable to convene at the Citadel atop Mount Anvil, so they must communicate via crystal balls. They have learned that the kingdom is in great peril. Will they work together? Will they turn on each other? Will the kingdom fall to ruin? Players: precisely 3 or 4
GM: Noah Stevens
DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS
0200 GMT SUNDAY Saturday night in the Americas
( 3pm Sun Syd / 12am Sun UK / 9pm Sat NY / 6pm Sat LA)
Interzone Transylvanian Adventures (FLAILSNAILSY). It’s 194X and your crew of misfits is in a W.Burroughs/Top Secret/Paranoia Mashup to curdle the plans of the Junkie Centipede Cult! Need 3 or 4 players with 1st level DCC characters from any freaking place or continuity. No Mugwumps, Tharks or Wookiee (no i’m just kidding go for it). Moks, also.
GM: Aaron Feild
SWORDS WITHOUT MASTER
1600 to 1900 GMT SUNDAY
(2am Syd / 5pm UK / 12pm NY / 9am LA)
Describe your rogue, a wandering barbarian or outcast sorcerer’s apprentice or something of your own imagining, and show us how they Jovially or Glumly struggle, overcome, or even succumb in a variety of fantastic situations. Call out motifs and create other threads that the we will revisit in the epilogue. Together we will toil to craft an enthralling short story of sword and sorcery! 2-4 players, about 3 hours including setup. Recurring characters welcome! The thunder is dig1000holes.wordpress.com/swords-without-master-2/
GM: Derik Badman
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS – Forgive Us by Kelvin Green
1700 to 2100 GMT SUNDAY
(3am Mon Syd / 6pm UK / 1pm NY / 10am LA)
Early 17th England, the players are hired to retrieve a stolen signet ring from the headquarters of the notorious thieves known as the Tenebrous Hand. It’s an LotFP adventure so you know it won’t be simple. 4 players. Pregens available or bring a low-level compatible character (you can download LotFP rules for free to convert), humans preferred, low magic level. Feel free to give your character a firearm, the pregens will have them.?
GM: Aaron Feild
SWORDS WITHOUT MASTER
2000 to 2300 GMT SUNDAY
(6am Mon Syd / 9pm UK / 4pm NY / 1pm LA)
Describe your rogue, a wandering barbarian or outcast sorcerer’s apprentice or something of your own imagining, and show us how they Jovially or Glumly struggle, overcome, or even succumb in a variety of fantastic situations. Call out motifs and create other threads that the we will revisit in the epilogue. Together we will toil to craft an enthralling short story of sword and sorcery! 2-4 players, about 3 hours including setup. Recurring characters welcome! The thunder is dig1000holes.wordpress.com/swords-without-master-2/
GM: Aaron Feild
SWORDS WITHOUT MASTER
2359 SUNDAY to 0300 MONDAY GMT
(10am Mon Syd / 1am Mon UK / 8pm NY / 5pm LA)
Describe your rogue, a wandering barbarian or outcast sorcerer’s apprentice or something of your own imagining, and show us how they Jovially or Glumly struggle, overcome, or even succumb in a variety of fantastic situations. Call out motifs and create other threads that the we will revisit in the epilogue. Together we will toil to craft an enthralling short story of sword and sorcery! 2-4 players, about 3 hours including setup. Recurring characters welcome! The thunder is dig1000holes.wordpress.com/swords-without-master-2/
MONDAY 18th
GM: Aaron Feild
3:16 CARNAGE AMONGST THE STARS
1600 GMT
(2am Tues Syd, 5pm UK, 12pm NY, 9am LA)
Heinleinian space marines in power armor hop from planet to planet wiping out alien species as part of the elite 16th Brigade, 3rd Army. Kill bugs, gripe about the Lieutenant, and rise through the ranks. Simple dice, abstract map, discover your character in play through quick Flashbacks. 3-5 players, about 2 hours (but stay for a second 2-hour mission if you want!) Recurring characters welcome! Threat detected at gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/.
GM: Sam Pender
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FLAME PRINCESS – Curse of the Belltower Barrens
2330 GMT
(9.30am Tues Syd / 12.30am Tues UK / 7.30pm NY / 4.30pm LA)
Want to be part of a nihilo-gnostic space paladin hit squad doing the dirty work of the Autarch on planet Acheron from The Sword’s Warp Riders album? Now is your chance. 4 players.?
