THE ROLE-PLAYERS GUILD OF KANSAS CITY PRESENTS

NOVEMBER 12-15, 2015 OVERLAND PARK CONVENTION CENTER

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Kickstarter Backers Pg 1 Schedule Pg 1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Convention Map Pg 2 General Information & Rules Pg 3 2:00 PM Doors Open Featured Activities Pg 4 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Gaming Slot Th2p Special Guests Pg 6 7:00 PM - 11:00PM Gaming Slot Th7p Exhibitors Pg 9 Midnight Doors Close Event Chart Pg 11 Event Descriptions Pg 16 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Board Games Pg 16 8:00 AM Doors Open Card Games Pg 18 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gaming Slot Fr9a Miniatures Pg 18 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Break Role Playing Games Pg 19 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Gaming Slot Fr2p Acknowledgements Pg 27 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Break 7:00 PM - 11:00PM Gaming Slot Fr7p Midnight Doors Close KICKSTARTER BACKER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 SPECIAL RECOGNITION 8:00 AM Doors Open 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gaming Slot Sa9a Thank you to everyone who backed our 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Break Kickstarter project! Pre-funding is critical, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Gaming Slot Sa2p as all expenses must be paid in advance 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Break each year. There would quite literally be 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Benefit Raffle no Midwest GameFest with you! 8:00 PM - 11:30pm Gaming Slot Sa8p Midnight Doors Close Aimee Capehart, Amanda Masek, Andria Osborne, Andy Terrill, Angela Robertson, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Anthony Sato, Benito Hipolito, Beth Perrin, Bill Weatherford, Brad Kelley, Brent Povis, Brett Walsh, Brian 8:00 AM Doors Open Gates, Brian Johnson, Bruce Higa, Captain Joy, Celeste Lindell, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Gaming Slot Su9a Chad Hyden, Chamelaeon, Chris Lloyd, Chris Rooney, Christian, Clint 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Break Brubakken, Damon C Bradshaw, DaNay, Daren Anderson, Dave Banks, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Gaming Slot Su2p Dawn, Dennis Worley, Dixie Williford, Doug Grimes, Drew, Elizabeth 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Closing Ceremonies Lindgren, Ethan Southworth, Fred Woodward, George Brown, Haley 7:00 PM Convention Concludes ER. Kottman, Ian W. Straughan, J. Cebron Cook, James Budnick, Jamie Lindemann, jared deremer, Jeff Michael, Jeff Porter, Jeramie, Jeremiah Frye, Jeriel, Jim Ryan, Joe Ciccio, Joe Roberts, John Edwards, John Hinkle, John Samona, John Sanchez, John Worley, Johnathan Reeves, Johnny Ungerer, Karl Fenner, Kelly Morris, Kevin Elmore, Mara Waters, Martin Cortez, Mary Hershey, MattHarrop, Matthew Budney, Matthew X. Petty, mechalink, Melinda Peters, Michael Born, Michael Christensen, Michael Kight, Michael Mockus, Michelle Hartley, Nick Tillman, NinjaDebugger, Oglesby, Orville D Howard Jr, Patrick McHenry, Paul Davis, Philip Tchou, RH, Rob Quillen, Robert Bellamy, Robert Gilson, Robert Schneider, Robert W. Iliff, Russell Petree, Samuel Joseph, Sarah Edwards, Schneeble, Seth Griffith, Shawn Patterson, Sheri Tindle, Stephen Hoffmann, Sterling Hershey, Steven J Kort, Thomas W Hook, Tiwaz, Todd Wallen, Tyson B. Cram, Wade Gregory Tripp, Will Vaughan, William (Bill) Reger, William Murray, Yvonne Wallen, and any others that may have been overlooked, typoed, or otherwise maligned!

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2 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 convention center’s own restaurant, The Cyber Cafe, will also be open WELCOME TO MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015! during most of the event offering similar options.

We hope to make this an enjoyable and memorable gaming convention GUEST LOUNGE for all attendees. This booklet should contain the information you need, but if you have questions, please ask at the registration desk. Special guests, VIGs, and volunteers can take a load off their feet at the Guest Lounge. Each morning these special folk can enjoy donuts WHAT IS THE MIDWEST GAMEFEST? with coffee and relax in a comfortable lounge chair while they get ready to start the day. Between events they can retreat here to take Midwest GameFest is an annual game convention bringing a number advantage of the water cooler, and enjoy a great place to bring lunch of long standing midwestern game organizations under one roof. or dinner! The Role-Players Guild of Kansas City (Shauncon), Heart of America Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (Borderwars), and Gamer’s EXHIBITORS Haven Game Library (KantCon) have banded together to bring you role-playing games, historical miniatures, board games, card games, We host a number of tabletop gaming and fantasy-related dealers, organized play, workshops, game designers, dealers, benefit events, vendors and small press game companies. Check the Exhibitors for a used game sale and more! The list of events expands up until the details on this year’s dealers. convention, so check back regularly. LODGING Midwest GameFest is pleased to offer room discounts at our

HEART OF AMERICA convention hotel, the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. ROLE-PLAYERS GUILD OF KANSAS CITY GAMER’S HAVEN GAME LIBRARY HISTORICAL MINIATURES GAMING SOCIETY HOW DOES MY GROUP, STORE OR I GET INVOLVED? WHERE IS IT? Essentially just shoot us an email at concoordinator@ The Overland Park Convention Center is conveniently located in midwestgamefest.org with your contact information and what you Overland Park, Kansas on College Boulevard between Woodson Street might want to do. See below for additional info: and Lamar Avenue. The facility address is 6000 College Boulevard Gaming Groups We will have a table for flyers and other promotional Overland Park, KS, 66211. Overland Park is part of the Greater Kansas information for area gaming clubs and conventions. Groups that are City Metropolitan Area. interested in greater participation should send us a message with details. Volunteer discounts are a great opportunity for your group or club. See our Volunteers page for details. Stores We will have a wall or table to put out advertisements and other promotional items for the Kansas City area and other game stores. Stores may contact us directly to discuss attending as a dealer, or to provide other support. See our Exhibitors page for details. Individuals Individuals may participate as players and event organizers, and need not be part of a larger group to do so. See our Volunteers and Events pages for details.

WHO ARE THE CONVENTION STAFF AND ORGANIZERS? ONSITE FOOD The convention is organized, staffed, and financed by a cadre of Overland Park has some of the region’s best food options, many of experienced conventioneers from the Role-players Guild of Kansas which are only a short drive away. But for folks who want to stay City, with an advisory board made up of participating members/ inside the convention facility and maximize their game playing we organizers from the Heart of America Historical Miniatures Gaming are pleased to offer onsite food options right in the convention pre- Society, the Gamer’s Haven Game Library and other interested folk. function area! Pizza, hot dogs, nachos, wraps, sandwiches, yogurt, The convention is financed by RPGKC coffers, a Kickstarter campaign soda, and more will all be available from 8am to 7pm. Coffee will be for the event, door procedes and sponsorships. available in the pre-function area until noon. In addition to this, the

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All PLAYERS must have an appropriate convention badge. Spectators are welcome; please see the Registration Desk for information. BENEFIT RAFFLE Midwest GameFest reserves the right to request that any guest leave the convention premises should staff deem with cause that the Midwest GameFest is holding a benefit event for attendee’s behavior, demeanor, or presence negatively impacts others Harvestors again this year. Help us help those at the convention. in need by attending the raffle Saturday at 6:00 pm. Purchase tickets at the Registration/Will- Events must occur at their scheduled table/locations unless their Call desk. Harvesters is a local food bank, which relocation is approved by convention staff. Games or events may is a centralized food collection and distribution facility that provides NOT be moved to private hotel rooms or other areas of the food and household products to agencies serving people in need. In hotel. 2008, Harvesters distributed more than 28 million pounds of food and household products in our 13-county direct service area in and around The selling or advertising of merchandise by unauthorized dealers Kansas City. For more information go to www.harvesters.org. within the convention areas is prohibited. If you want to sell anything to anyone, you must purchase a dealer’s table or place the item in the Gamers’ Garage Sale. This includes individual card or game sales. GAMER GARAGE SALE Flyers and advertisements for events, groups and stores beyond the The garage sale features items from attendees convention may be placed on the flyer table. They may not be handed and is open during most of the convention. To out in manner that disrupts events or suggests support from Midwest purchase items, browse the table and find what GameFest. you want. Take it to the checkout -- no bidding or hassles. Children under the age of 12 years of age must have an accountable parent or guardian supervising them. Midwest GameFest takes no Selling responsibility for supervision of children, either as attendees or as To sell items, fill out a Gamer Garage Sale Registration Form at the non-attendee guests. registration desk. Provide your name, address, phone number, item All events are subject to substitution or cancellation without prior descriptions and your price for each item. Prices must be in 50-cent notice. We don’t plan to do this, but it is often out of our control. increments. Attach a price tag and registration/item number on your item and place it on the sale tables and shelves. You may check out In consideration of other gamers (and city ordinance), smoking is not of the Gamer Garage Sale at any time by picking up your unsold allowed in any convention area. items and the money for the items that have been sold; if you opted in to accept credit card payments, you will be paid via PayPal the HARASSMENT POLICY week after the convention. A photo ID will be required. Please note: the Midwest GameFest will keep a 15% commission from your total The Role-Players Guild of Kansas City and Midwest GameFest are sales. Example: if the asking price for your sold items totals $25.00, committed in all areas to providing a fun and safe environment that you will receive $21.25, as the Fair keeps 15% ($3.75). Any items left is free from harassment. Harassment based upon an individual’s unclaimed at the end of the convention become the property of the sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion or any other legally Midwest GameFest. protected characteristics will not be tolerated. All attendees, All Sales Final spectators, staff and guests are all expected to abide by this policy. All items are sold as-is, and Midwest GameFest takes no responsibility for any missing pieces, damaged, or otherwise undesirable items. There is a 20-item limit per attendee, and items must be related to gaming. The con staff will determine if an item, bundle of goods, etc. meets the requirements, and reserves the right to accept or turn away items that do not meet the criteria, or break the spirit of the sale. You must have a convention badge to sell items in the Gamer Garage Sale.

4 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 HEROES OF ROKUGAN: TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE Library staff will track participant/player entries. Note: Only one entry per person per Play-to-Win game during the convention. The Heroes of Rokugan event staff will be collecting toys for the Toys for Tots 4) Check in copy of the game. program. Winning Any Heroes of Rokugan player who The Play-to-Win game drawings will take place and winners’ names brings one or more toys to donate will receive a “cert” for a free will be posted at the Game Library on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Players must experience point for one character. This can be used now, or saved for be present at the convention to win. later (maximum gained is one experience point). Midwest GameFest participants are encouraged to bring toys for donation even if they will If a winner’s name is posted and they fail to pick up their game by 2:15 not benefit from the experience point bonus. The standard restrictions PM, then a new winner will be selected for that game and posted. apply to donated toys: new, unwrapped toys only. There has been an Unclaimed games will be donated to the Gamer’s Haven Game Library. expressed need that toys for teens are especially in demand, though List of Play-To-Win Games any toys for children of all ages are welcome and accepted. Check out Envoy’s full-page ad on the back cover to see all Play-To-Win Note: If you want to ensure your experience point, be sure to games available at Midwest GameFest’s. coordinate your donation with the Heroes of Rokugan staff! GAMER’S HAVEN GAME LIBRARY PANEL DISCUSSIONS Midwest GameFest is partnering with the Gamer’s Haven Game Library to bring Our special guests have agreed to participate in panel discussions on you the hottest board games, established a variety of topics (see below). There are four panels, one each our classics, and hard to find jewels. The starting at 2pm Saturday in the VIP Guest Lounge. Each panel lasts game library contains board games and card games of all kinds, from 30 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A, and a 15 minute break. your basic family games like “Monopoly” and “The Game of Life” to Registration is not required to attend a panel, but does guarantee your more advanced titles like “Starcraft: The Board Game” and “Arkham seat. Horror.” There are tons and tons of games in the Gamer’s Haven Game Library, as you may have seen if you attended Planet Comicon or Note: Registering for this slot registers you for all of the panels, KantCon in recent years. though you are not required to attend them all. Bookings Sat 2pm “Numenera and Beyond: What’s Going on at Monte Cook Games” includes Monte Cook Games panelists Charles The Gamer’s Haven Game Library is even available for your own Ryan (Chief Operating Officer), Tammie Ryan (Customer special events outside of the convention setting: weddings, parties, Service Manager), and Bear Weiter (Art Director) and is corporate retreats, anywhere people gather. Visit the Gamer’s Haven moderated by freelance author and podcaster Jon Hook. Game Library site for booking information. Sat 3pm “Tips from the Pros: Kickstarting Your Own Tabletop http://kantcon.wix.com/gamershaven Game” includes MCG’s Charles Ryan, and Loren and Jamie Cunningham of WIBAI Games and is moderated by PLAY-TO-WIN GAMES Jon Hook. The Midwest GameFest Play-to-Win Sat 4pm “Creative Workflows: Peek into the Workflows of program is available to all convention RPG Authors and Artists” with freelance author and attendees that play a copy of the cartographer Sterling Hershey, Jon Hook, and Bear Play-to-Win games listed below. The Weiter, moderated by Brad Kelley. winner(s) receive one copy of the game Sat 5pm “Beyond the Rage of Demons: What’s Going on at D&D that was used for this program, not a new copy. It is sponsored by one Adventurer’s League” includes Jon Lamkin, AL’s U.S. or more generous game companies that donated a copy of the Play-to- Plains Regional Coordinator, and Sterling Hershey, Win game to raise awareness of their products. moderated by Doug Howard, Kansas City’s Local AL Rules Coordinator. 1) Check out a copy of a Play-to-Win Game, when available, from the Gamer’s Haven Game Library. 2) Find a space and play the game. 3) Return to the Game Library with a list of the first and last names of those who participated/played in the Play-to-Win game. Game 5 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 SPECIAL GUESTS JON HOOK Author & Podcaster Jon has authored several Call LOREN & JAMIE CUNNINGHAM of Cthulhu adventures for a variety of publishers, including Owners & Designers at Golden Goblin Press, Chaosium, WIBAI Games and Goodman Games. His most Loren has a degree in accounting, recent Call of Cthulhu adventure, a background in sales, and has Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng, run his own business since 2004. published by Goodman Games, Jamie has a PhD in Molecular is a 64 page hardcover book. and Cellular Biology and works Goodman Games will soon be launching a Kickstarter to crowd-fund as a biology professor. In 2013 his next Call of Cthulhu adventure, The Lost Expedition. Jon is also they founded WIBAI Games, one of the ENnie award winning hosts of the Miskatonic University which stands for “Wouldn’t It Podcast; a podcast dedicated to the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game Be Awesome If...” as in “wouldn’t it be awesome if we could publish and other Lovecraftian role-playing games. The Miskatonic University this great game we created?” The company’s first game, Transylvania: Podcast won the silver award for Best Podcast in the 2015 ENnies. Curses & Traitors, which they funded through Kickstarter in May of In addition to Call of Cthulhu, Jon is a contributing writer to some of 2014 is available in stores now. They are currently working on their Goodman Games’ other projects, including Dungeon Crawl Classics 2nd game, Pathogenesis, which combines Jamie’s love of biology with and the first edition revival of Metamorphosis Alpha. You can follow their board game hobby. Learn more about both games at wibaigames. Jon’s exploits on the Miskatonic University Podcast website, www. com. mu-podcast.com.

STERLING HERSHEY JON LAMKIN Freelancer, RPGs & D&D Adventurer’s League U.S. Cartography Plains Regional Coordinator Sterling continues his long Jon Lamkin has been playing association with the various D&D for over 40 years (since versions of the Star Wars RPG as 1974), and considers it a long and a writer and developer on Fantasy worthy journey. During that time Flight Games’ versions, Edge of he has been mostly a DM, been the Empire, Age of Rebellion, in the Army, been married twice and Force and Destiny. Sterling (the second time truly a charm), previously contributed to the and had a son and a step-daughter. Thanks to the both of them, he d6, d20 and Saga Edition versions of the game, as well as the Star has two grandchildren. Jon loves gaming and runs three games a Wars Miniatures Game. He is also one of the authors of the ENnie week, including D&D Adventurers League on Wednesday nights at award winning D&D 4e Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, The Source in Minnesota’s Twin Cities (Roseville). He considers it both and contributed regularly to Dungeon and Dragon magazines through an honor and privilege to serve as Regional Coordinator for the US D&D Insider and more recently to the Adventurer’s League. Sterling Plains area for the Adventurer’s League. Jon will be running games, also contributed to The Last Parsec Savage Worlds RPG setting. answering questions, and operating Fai Chen’s Fantastical Faire. The His cartography ranges from sci-fi and fantasy RPGs to the online Faire is the only way to exchange D&D AL certs, and acquire new ones webcomic Pirates of the Ineffable Aether. Sterling’s work can be found out-of-game. He brings with him a special GenCon cert that players at sterlinghershey.com. will definitely want.

6 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 CHARLES RYAN of the Coast, and as a freelance editor on many well-known gaming products and magazine articles. When she isn’t answering MCG Chief Operating Officer, emails or paying bills, Tammie can be found gaming with her husband, Monte Cook Games Charles, and their two children, Olivia and Rowan. With over 20 years in the games industry, Charles M. Ryan has BEAR WEITER created or contributed to nearly every class of tabletop game— Art Director, Monte Cook board games, card games, trading Games card games, miniature games, Bear Weiter has worked in the and roleplaying games—and design and graphics world for he’s garnered awards and 20 years, with a wide range of recognition for game design, editing and development, fiction, and experiences: production work, graphic design. As a businessman, he’s worked in every tier of the graphic design, interactive design market, from running his own independent publishing firm, to serving and development, illustration, as Hasbro’s global brand manager for Dungeons & Dragons, to heading animation, and beyond. In 1997 up marketing at the UK’s Esdevium Games, one of the world’s largest he started his own design company, Wombat Studios, through which game distributors. Charles served as Chairman of the Academy of he and his business partner handled a variety of projects and clientele. Adventure Gaming Arts & Design, the professional organization of the Outside of the day-to-day tasks of management and client support, his games industry, from 1997 through 2001. He’s also the author of the primary focus was in 3D illustration, animation and video production. well-reviewed novel The Mason of New Orleans. As MCG’s Art Director, Weiter brings with him a passion for inspired design, for artists, for high-quality products, and for the art of the TAMMIE RYAN fantastic. Customer Service Manager, Monte Cook Games Tammie Webb Ryan is MCG’s customer service manager. Tammie’s first experience in the game industry was as one of the playtesters for Shane Hensley’s Deadlands, and from that point on she was hooked on RPGs. In addition to non-game-industry employment, Tammie has worked for Last Unicorn Games and Wizards

7 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 also ask staff to add a sign-up sheet for your game at the Sign-Up EVENT SIGN-UP - HOW TO PLAY Desk. Other players may sign up. At the given time, select an open table and confirm its availability with con staff. The judges can also New players trying out a miniatures game or RPG for the first time teach games and play along if an extra person is needed. should seek out demonstration games, when available. Gamemasters are usually willing to take on new players in most events, though a few events may require more experienced players. If you have questions about what game to play, please see the convention staff for suggestions and aid.

DO I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY TO ATTEND? Absolutely not! In most cases you can learn the game when you sit down at the table. There may be some tournaments where more experience would be helpful. Demos will be available for some games, particularly board games. MINIATURES GAMES Go to the sign-up area and add your name to the signup sheet of the ROLE-PLAYING GAMES game you wish to play. If the signup sheet for a game is full, go over To schedule role playing events, we use a sign-up sheet and and ask if they can fit you in anyway. Sometimes they may be able to marshalling system. To play in an event, go to the sign-up sheet at the accommodate you. However, you may have to wait a couple of turns Sign-Up table. The sheet will list a table number for the event. At the for reinforcements to arrive. event’s starting time, report to the table listed. If more than one table New players – do not be put off by the size of the table or the number is needed, the judge will send the players to the appropriate table. of figures. You will only be handling a small part of them along Please show up on time. You must attend the marshaling table; do with the other players on your side. All you really need to know in a not assume that you can get in an event simply because your name miniatures game is how far you move, how far you shoot and when is on the form. The order of names on the list is the order of priority in the turns you do each. Everything else isn’t necessary to know until should there be more players than available space. Players who pre- it occurs. Game masters will be there to guide players through any registered will have their names already printed on the sign up sheets complications that occur. After a couple of turns, you will find that you and get first priority. and the other players have grasped the game and will only need to turn to the game master for the oddball occurrences. Don’t panic if you break something on the soldiers. This happens. Keep a hold of the broken part and tell the person running a game. They will put it in their repair box and the game will go on.

BOARD GAMES Scheduled Board Game Events Any board game on the event list will start at the scheduled time. Show up to the table 5-10 minutes before the start time and let a board game judge know that you want to play. To schedule and run a OTHER EVENTS board game at Midwest GameFest, please visit our Events page for Attendees seeking other events should report to the area outlined details on discounts and to sign up to run an event. on the event sign-up sheet prior to the event start time. If you have Pick-up Board Games questions about the event, refer to the listed event host to clarify them There is a library of board games available for play at any time during well in advance of the event. the con. To start a pick-up game, simply check out a game (or bring your own) and ask around for players in the board game area. You can 8 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 EXHIBITORS DUEL GROUNDS A Cthulhu Deckbuilder deck building card game coming to Kickstarter in 2016! The Midwest GameFest welcomes this year’s participating exhibitors. duelgrounds.com Please note that hours for individual exhibitors vary from overall convention hours. EXTRA LIFE Extra Life is gamers doing what they do best to PLATINUM SPONSOR help sick and injured children at their chosen Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Simply MACARONI KID sign up, commit to play games for 24 hours with us this November (or any day of your choosing), Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor, and ask your family and friends to support your Macaroni Kid, a free hyper-local efforts. Check our site for dates! e-newsletter and online calendar providing extra-life.org the most comprehensive weekly family fun guide and activity listing for the community. Sign up for the Johnson FARMER GAMES County edition at www.overlandpark.macaronikid.com or visit the The Farmer family is selling their late father’s national site at www.macaronikid.com for an e-publication near collection of thousands of games in hopes of you. getting them into the hands of collectors and www.overlandpark.macaronikid.com enthusiasts. Mostly used games, but also plenty of new one, they cover multiple genres including family games, card games, fantasy games, sports games and more! GOLD SPONSOR GAME CAFE ANTHONY PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLING One of the Kansas City metro’s premier tabletop Anthony’s technicians are NATE-certified gaming establishments, Independence-based and receive ongoing training to keep them Game Cafe offers card game singles, miniature on the cutting edge of plumbing, heating singles, board games, roleplaying games and and cooling technology. They’re experts in space to play them all! Game Cafe also offers their field and that means you receive fast, private event space, a retro gaming arcade, accurate service whether it’s a simple AC sodas, snacks and microwavable food. repair, installing a new furnace or whole- playgamecafe.com house re-piping. They think that quality service and impeccable customer care are the least you should expect as a customer. Call 913-384-4440 or 816-285-4440. JEFF PORTER ILLUSTRATION anthonyphc.com Fantasy/science fiction illustrations and art in the form of prints and pins. Jeff has worked for Pathfinder, Fantasyflight games, and Spartan APW PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLING Games but specializes in Warhammer 40k. jeffporterart.com Get a free estimate and take control of your home with a reliable HVAC company on your side. KAIJU KRAFT apwplumbing.com Makers of Pocket Odyssey, a micro board game that is a mix between an RPG and tabletop DESIGNS BY RAQUEL game. No pen and paper needed... just devilishly charming wit and an adventurous spirit! Dice bags, Tote bags and Cinch Bags handmade kaijukraft.com by Raquel O. etsy.com/shop/DesignsbyRaquelO

9 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 KANTCON PARAGALACTIC ATTRACTIONS KantCon is a non-profit family-friendly A Totally Unique Experience… The Dropship convention for tabletop hobby gamers each Flight Simulator is a one-of-a-kind mobile July in the Kansas City area. Come learn about attraction inspired by the Dropship from the KantCon 2016 and sign up to help out! 1986 film Aliens (20th Century Fox). Flight kantcon.com dynamics and systems virtualization rival the best flight simulators on the market today. ORION TRADER paragalactic.com New and used board games, minatures, video games, PC games, and DVDs! THE SEVEN DEADLIES It’s a race to Hell, and you gotta sin to win! Deadly Sins? As a game? Not for the faint of heart. sevendeadliesgame.com

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10 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 7 21 12 GL SU2P 1 11 12 29 GL E11 SU9A 12 21 20 GL SA8P 7 12 11 29 GL E11 SA2P 1 20 21 25 GL SA9A 12 21 29 GL FR7P 2 7 12 11 29 GL FR2P 1 12 25 20 GL FR9A 12 11 29 GL TH7P 7 12 20 29 GL TH3P EVENT TITLE CARD GAMES Between Two Cities Between Two Keyflower Mission: Red Planet Multi-Game Demo-1 Multi-Game Demo-2 Multi-Game Demo-3 Multi-Game Demo-4 NanoBot Battle Arena - 1 NanoBot Battle Arena - 2 NanoBot Battle Arena - Win a copy Playtest - Children of Mytheria Sheriff of Nottingham 7 Wonders Robot Battle Arena Action Movement programming - VOLT: AXIS & ALLIES GLOBAL-- 1942 SCENARIO - GLOBAL Dread Curse Eclipse Favor of the Pharaoh Demo Firefly: The Game Original - Cabal Playtest - Board Game Library Various Castles of Mad King Ludwig - Of Concordia Pandemic Power Grid Subdivision Super Dungeon Explore Game - Castles of Mad King Ludwig Tile-laying Village Suburbia

11 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 37 38 13 27 SU2P SU2P SU2P SU2P 13 27 SU9A SU9A SU9A SU9A 19 37 38 13 15 14 PRE 9,16 SA8P SA8P SA8P SA8P 8 19 37 38 13 15 14 10 27 28 9,16 SA2P SA2P SA2P SA2P 8 30 37 38 14 13 15 10 27 28 9,16 SA9A SA9A SA9A SA9A 6 19 34 33 14 13 FR7P FR7P FR7P FR7P 8 19 30 37 13 14 10 27 28 FR2P FR2P FR2P FR2P 6 37 38 34 10 28 FR9A FR9A FR9A FR9A 6 37 38 27 28 TH7P TH7P TH7P TH7P 6 8 37 38 28 TH3P TH3P TH3P TH3P OTHER EVENT TITLE CARD GAMES MINIATURE GAMES MINIATURE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES ROLE-PLAYING 13th Age - Race to Starport 3 & 4 Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR: Winter Court: Shiro Fukuro - Interactive 13th Age - Race to Starport 1 & 2 13th Age - Race to Starport 5 & 6 Basic Role Playing (Call of Cthulhu variant) - DREAM OF THE ANTS D&D 5th Edition - Familiar Faces D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-01: Harried in Hillsfar D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-02: Shackles of Blood D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-03: The Occupation of Szith Morcane KISS Rommel revised - WWII Wonder Weapons & Super Science Weapons KISS Rommel revised - WWII Wonder Cthulhu Deckbuilder Rules - The Old Contemptibles 1 Hour Wargames - GET ME OFF THIS PLANET! BATTLETECH Convention Napoleonics - The Battle of Montmirail 1814 GW Lotr SBG - The Lord of the Rings Kiss Rommel - Battle of Metz Imperial Assault Star Wars Thomas' Intro Napoleonic rules - The Patria in Danger! X Wing Minatures - Escape from Bounty Hunters Heromania Demo/Playtest WotR Season 1: PACG Pathfinder Adventure Card Game - of the Righteous Pathfinder Adventure Card Game - PACG WotR: Demo PACG Pathfinder Adventure Card Game - Sentinels of the Multiverse

12 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 1 33 34 SU2P 7 37 33 39 36 40 35 41 23 SU9A 1 8 34 33 31 SA8P 1 3 34 33 31 41 36 40 35 23 SA2P 3 7 33 31 41 36 40 35 11 23 SA9A 1 8 7 38 37 31 41 36 40 35 FR7P 1 5 38 33 34 41 36 40 35 FR2P 33 41 36 40 FR9A 1 7 34 TH7P 1 3 33 TH3P EVENT TITLE D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-05: Bane of the Tradeways D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-06: No Foolish Matter D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-07: Herald of the Moon D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-11: The Quest for Sporedome Fiasco D&D 5th Edition Adventurers League - DDEX3-11: PREMIER The Quest for Sporedome Danger Patrol Pocket Edition - / Gamma - The Pontchartrain Inquisition FATE Numenera - Isles of the Glowing Lake Numenera / Cypher System - Numenera: The Rolling Tower Firefly - Merciless GURPS - Morenci Madness GURPS Bureau 13 - 4th Down and to Go WILL Accept Mission, Which You GURPS Dungeon Fantasy - Your GURPS Island City - Missing Man In A Wicked Age Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR-NW01: Crossroads Destiny: Nightmare Begins Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR-NW02: Crossroads Destiny 2: Fragile Dreams Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR-NW03 Legion Lost Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR-NW04: Winds Change Legend of the Five Rings, 4th Edition - HR: Kickstarter Exclusive: Bonds of Blood MALL CRAWL Mutant Future - MUTANT Paranoia XP - LoST and FouND GURPS WWII POWs - Full Service Pathfinder - PFS: Beginners Box Bash Demo 1

13 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 22 17 SU2P 3 24 22 17 SU9A 5 22 23 24 26 27 18 17 SA8P 24 22 18 17 SA2P 24 22 18 17 SA9A 3 22 23 24 26 27 18 FR7P 23 22 18 FR2P 23 18 17 FR9A 5 22 17 TH7P 22 17 TH3P EVENT TITLE Pathfinder - PFS: Phantom Phenomena Pathfinder - PFS: The Silverhex Chronicles 1] Pathfinder - PFS6-23 Siege of Serpents [Table 2] Pathfinder - PFS6-23 Siege of Serpents [Table 3] Pathfinder - PFS6-23 Siege of Serpents [Table 4] Pathfinder - PFS6-23 Siege of Serpents [Table 5] Pathfinder - PFS6-23 Siege of Serpents [Table 1] Pathfinder - PFS7-00 The Sky Key Solution [Table 2] Pathfinder - PFS7-00 The Sky Key Solution [Table 3] Pathfinder - PFS7-00 The Sky Key Solution [Table 4] Pathfinder - PFS7-00 The Sky Key Solution [Table 5] Pathfinder - PFS7-00 The Sky Key Solution [Table Pathfinder - PFS7-03 Bronze House Reprisal Pathfinder - PFS7-05 School of Spirits To Judge a Soul pt 1:The Lost Legacy Pathfinder - PFS7-6 To Judge a Soul pt 2: Karma Reclaimed Pathfinder - PFS7-8 Warriors QAGS - Waxman's The Last Parsec - Ringdivers of Eris Beta-V Savage Worlds: Suite 1: Shadowrun 5th Edition - CMP 2015-01 Tennessee Copperhead Road Suite 4: Leavin' Shadowrun 5th Edition - CMP 2015-04 Tennessee Tennes Shadowrun 5th Edition - Missions-Player's choice Pathfinder - PFS7-07 Trouble in Tamran Trouble in Pathfinder - PFS7-07 Suite 2: Shadowrun 5th Edition - CMP 2015-02 Tennessee Rollin'on the Shadowrun 5th Edition - CMP 2015-03 TN Suite 3: Cinco de Mayo in Memphis Shadowrun, 5th Edition - CMP 2015-05 Deadly Competition: Carrying The Torch Shadowrun, 5th Edition - CMP 2015-06 Deadly Competition: Opening Ceremonies Shadowrun, 5th Edition - CMP 2015-07 Deadly Comp: Citius Altius Fortius

14 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 8 SU2P SU2P 4 5 SU9A SU9A SA8P SA8P 2 VIP SA2P SA2P 5 SA9A SA9A 5 17 FR7P FR7P 4 17 FR2P FR2P 2 FR9A FR9A 4 18 TH7P TH7P 2 TH3P TH3P SEMINAR EVENT TITLE Special Guest Panels The Lone Wolf Adventure Game - The Lost Caravan / Onward "til The Lone Wolf Morning Shadowrun, 5th Edition - CMP BBQ Bob 1: Broke Down in KC Shadowrun, 5th Edition - CMP Premier: The Midwest Farmer's Daughter Shadowrun, 5th Edition - SRM London Falling: Swing Vote Manhunt Age of Rebellion - Tatooine Star Wars Edge of the Empire & Age Rebellio - The Secret Star Wars Genesia Grey Station Force and Destiny - Ghost Whispers Star Wars Force and Destiny - Nal Hutta Manhunt Star Wars The One Ring - Marsh Bell The One Ring - Theft of the Moon of the Queen Thieves - The Secret Vault Torchbearer

15 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 CASTLES OF MAD KING LUDWIG EVENT DESCRIPTIONS In the tile-laying game Castles of Mad King Ludwig, players are tasked with building an amazing, extravagant castle for King Ludwig II of Bavaria.one room at a time. You see, the King loves castles, having built Neuschwanstein (the castle that inspired the Disney theme park castles) and others, but now he’s commissioned you to build the biggest, best castle ever - subject, of course, to his ever-changing whims. Each player acts as a building contractor who is adding rooms to the castle he’s building while also selling his services to other players. CONCORDIA Concordia is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in BOARD GAMES Roman times for 2-5 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards, players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be 7 WONDERS sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing You are the leader of one of the 7 great cities of the Ancient World. and where you can outpace them! In the game, colonists are sent out Gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your military from Rome to settle down in cities which produce bricks, food, tools, supremacy. Build your city and erect an architectural wonder which wine, and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing will transcend future times. cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two AXIS & ALLIES GLOBAL purposes: They allow a player to choose actions during the game. They The GERMANS are at the gates of MOSCOW! JAPAN has taken are worth victory points (VPs) at the end of the game. HONG KONG, MANILA, SINGAPORE & is ready to capture the EAST DREAD CURSE INDIES. The world is there for the taking. Can the ALLIES even stop Dread Curse is a push-your-luck game of cunning thievery and ample the Tri-Parte Alliance. Can the ALLIES hold out until the ARSENAL for turns of fortune. Play revolves around drawing loot from a cloth DEMOCRACY gears up. BUILD! FIGHT! MAKE THE OTHER POOR FOOL bag and stealing from the other pirates in order to gain the most DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY! THE GAME WILL RUN THRU 2 SESSIONS. valuable stash of treasure. Each turn, players reveal coins from their ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED. hidden cache to win the captaincy or one of the other seven crew BETWEEN TWO CITIES assignments, each of whom are able to draw from the bag in a unique A quick, 30 min, partnership-driven tile-drafting game in which each way or use a special “cheat” ability available only to that pirate. Stay tile represents part of a city. Players will be designing two cities; one in as long as you dare to grab more gold, but beware the Black Spot with the player on their left and the other with the player on their for if you end the game with it in your stash, you automatically lose. right. Rules will be taught. BOARD GAME LIBRARY ECLIPSE Midwest GameFest is partnering with the Gamer’s Haven Game A game of Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar Library to bring you the hottest board games, established classics, and civilization, competing for success with its rivals. You will explore new hard to find jewels. The game library contains board games and card star systems, research technologies, and build spaceships to wage games of all kinds, from your basic family games like “Monopoly” and war with. There are many potential paths to victory, so you need to “The Game of Life” to more advanced titles like “Starcraft: The Board plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your Game”, Zombicide, and “Arkham Horror.” species, while paying attention to the other civilizations’ endeavors. CABAL PLAYTEST The shadows of the great civilizations are about to eclipse the galaxy. Mars is vulnerable during its civil war. Various factions compete for Lead your people to victory! control in this cyberpunk espionage strategy game from Nerdhaus FAVOR OF THE PHARAOH DEMO Games. In ancient Egypt, even a lowly peasant could seek an audience with CASTLES OF MAD KING LUDWIG the Pharaoh, and in Favor of the Pharaoh 2–4 players vie for the In the tile-laying game Castles of Mad King Ludwig, players are tasked Pharaoh’s favor by working their way up through Egyptian society, with building an amazing, extravagant castle for King Ludwig II of gathering influence (represented by dice and powers) to gain entry to Bavaria...one room at a time. You see, the King loves castles, having the next level of society. Once any player gains the Queen’s influence, built Neuschwanstein (the castle that inspired the Disney theme a final contest occurs for the Pharaoh’s favor. Favor of the Pharaoh park castles) and others, but now he’s commissioned you to build the tasks players with building a dice-rolling engine — not to mention biggest, best castle ever — subject, of course, to his ever-changing adding and manipulating dice — in preparation for a final roll-off whims. Each player acts as a building contractor who is adding rooms between all players to gain the Pharaoh’s favor and win the game. to the castle he’s building while also selling his services to other This is a demo event! We will teach rules and play full games if time players. permits.

16 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 FIREFLY: THE GAME NANOBOT BATTLE ARENA - WIN A COPY In Firefly: The Game, players captain their own Firefly-class transport Tile-based strategy game. Players will use one of eight strains of ship, traveling the ‘Verse with a handpicked crew of fighters, NanoBots to battle other players in the Battle Arena. ***One copy of mechanics and other travelers. As a captain desperate for work, NanoBot Battle Arena will be given to the winner of this round. *** players are compelled to take on any job – so long as it pays. Double- This will not be a teaching round. A brief refresher will be provided. dealing employers, heavy-handed Alliance patrols and marauding All players are expected to know how to play. Learn the game at slots Reavers are all in a day’s work for a ship’s captain at the edge of the Fri 9a and Fri 2p. ‘Verse. Includes all expansions except Kalidasa. PANDEMIC KEYFLOWER In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously Over four seasons, players use workers to gain skills/resources and all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose to bid on tiles to add to their village. The player whose village and mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each workers generate the most VPs wins the game. of four plagues before they get out of hand. MISSION: RED PLANET PLAYTEST - CHILDREN OF MYTHERIA As the head of a mining corporation, players will simultaneously select I am working on a new game and looking for play testers. Disbelief character cards to send astronauts into space and occupy resource-rich is slowly taking over the land of Mytheria, threatening the mystical zones on Mars. creatures that live there. You and your band of friends must help the mystical creatures get through the portal to a safe land of innocence MULTI-GAME DEMO-1 and belief before disbelief covers half the land and before you turn 16 Join me at the KantCon booth for a demo of several games! I will and stop believing yourself. be teaching rules for several games that will include as many of the following games and likely more: Coup, Coup: Rebellion G54, Flash POWER GRID Point: Fire Rescue, Dimension, Dabble, Maze Racers, New Salem, The objective of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power. Dragon Slayer, Student Bodies, Lift It!, Wonky, Roar-a-Saurus, Good Players purchase routes between cities for connection, and then bid Cop, Bad Cop against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities. Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials MULTI-GAME DEMO-2 (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said plants, making Join me to play or demo several board games! I will be teaching rules it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency for several games that will include as many of the following games while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to and likely more: Space Cadets: Away Missions, Qin, Nevermore, One get the cheapest routes. Night Revolution, AttrAction, If time permits, we will play all of the games listed. SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM Prince John is coming to Nottingham! Players, in the role of MULTI-GAME DEMO-3 merchants, see this as an opportunity to make quick profits by selling Join me at the KantCon booth for a demo of several games! I will goods in the bustling city during the Prince’s visit. However, players be teaching rules for several games that will include as many of the must first get their goods through the city gate, which is under the following games and likely more: Space Cadets, Volt: Robot Battle watch of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Should you play it safe with legal Arena, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, If time permits, we will play all of goods and make a profit, or risk it all by sneaking in illicit goods? Be the games listed. mindful, though, as the Sheriff always has his eyes out for liars and MULTI-GAME DEMO-4 tricksters and if he catches one, he very well may confiscate those Join me to play or demo several board games! I will be teaching rules goods for himself! for several games that will include as many of the following games In Sheriff of Nottingham, players will not only be able to experience and likely more: Dread Curse, Qin, Nevermore, One Night Revolution, Nottingham as a merchant of the city, but each turn one player will AttrAction, Volt: Robot Battle Arena, Coup: Rebellion G54. If time step into the shoes of the Sheriff himself. Players declare goods they permits, we will play all of the games listed. wish to bring into the city, goods that are secretly stored in their NANOBOT BATTLE ARENA - 1 burlap sack. The Sheriff must then determine who gets into the city Tile-based strategy game. Players will use one of eight strains of with their goods, who gets inspected, and who may have their goods NanoBots to battle other players in the Battle Arena. Learn to play confiscated! NanoBots and then join us Fri 7pm where one copy of the game will be Do you have what it takes to be seen as an honest merchant? Will given to the winner. you make a deal with the Sheriff to let you in? Or will you persuade NANOBOT BATTLE ARENA - 2 the Sheriff to target another player while you quietly slip by the gate? Tile-based strategy game. Players will use one of eight strains of Declare your goods, negotiate deals, and be on the lookout for the NanoBots to battle other players in the Battle Arena. Learn to play Sheriff of Nottingham! NanoBots and then join us Fri 7pm where one copy of the game will be No Experience necessary. GM will provide all materials. given to the winner.

17 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 SUPER DUNGEON EXPLORE addition to playing back-to-back games of the base game Heromania: Princess Emerald and her companions are questing deep into the Dungeon Crawler Edition Core Set, we will also be playing with Lordship Ruins to confront the evil that resides there. Brooding from several expansion sets so stay for the whole time. Multiple copies of his darkened hallways, the Forgotten King is a cursed lord who has the game will be available to run simultaneously during each time slot. pledged himself to the service of the Dark Consul, darkening his once Each base game can have 2-5 players. lush and verdant lands. At his side are two new mini-bosses: Trent, a towering guardian of the forest with thick bark and brambles for armor, and Boris, a raging brute with snarling ursine features. In Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King, players explore the Fae Wood, home of the Kodama, sentient forest spirits with a taste for adventuring Heroes. Wisps lure Heroes into ensnaring traps as terrifying, man-eating plants sprout from the loamy forest floor to devour them. Continue into the Lordship Ruins where the once proud PACG WOTR SEASON 1: SEASON OF THE RIGHTEOUS bramble knights, now corrupted and twisted into servants of the Dark Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Consul, stalk the stony ruins for any who would defile their lord’s holdfast. Don’t get too close to the trees, though, as we hear the The Worldwound is a land beset by demons from the Abyss, but in squirrels are in an ill mood. the nearby city of Kenabres, crusaders gather to test their mettle. You have joined the Fourth Crusade, answering the call of High Queen VILLAGE Galfrey. The goddess Iomedae has also taken a personal interest in Life in the village is hard – but life here also allows the inhabitants to Abyssal incursions threatening the city, dispatching a herald known as grow and prosper as they please. One villager might want to become the Hand of the Inheritor to bolster the courage of those who would a friar. Another might feel ambitious and strive for a career in public face the demonic hordes. With martial skill, magical might, and a office. A third one might want to seek his luck in distant lands. Each little but of luck, your band of adventures now have an opportunity to player will take the reins of a family and have them find fame and liberate the Worldwound and save the world. glory in many different ways. There is one thing you must not forget, however: Time will not stop for anyone and with time people will Join the 5th Crusade! Pilot one of the class decks and join the vanish. Those who will find themselves immortalized in the village complementary story to the cataclysmic events of the Wrath of the chronicles will bring honor to their family and be one step closer Righteous. to victory. Village is a game full of tactical challenges. A smart and PACG WOTR: DEMO unique new action mechanism is responsible for keeping turns short Pathfinder Adventure Card Game and yet still tactically rich and full of difficult decisions. Also unique is the way this game deals with the delicate subject of death; as a This demo will introduce you to the world of Pathfinder Adventure Card natural and perpetual part of life in the village, thoughts of death will Game using the most current base set Wrath of the Righteous. The keep you focused on smart time-management. demo will take about 45 min and will get you ready to join the crusade against the Worldwound! VOLT: ROBOT BATTLE ARENA VOLT: Robot Battle Arena is a tactical game of robotic combat. Be the SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE first player to score five victory points. Players earn victory points by A group of heroes band together to stop the villain from wrecking having their robot on the active control point at the end of the round or havoc in the Multiverse. by destroying opposing robots. You must use your wits to out-think and out-maneuver your opponents to win! MINIATURE GAMES BATTLE OF METZ CARD GAMES Patton’s 3rd army is driving on Metz! Can a rag tag German force hold CTHULHU DECKBUILDER him off? Come play on the BIG WWII table. KISS Rommel is the easy Play the Investigator, build the most powerful deck, defeat the Ancient to learn and play operational miniatures game. After the 2nd turn you Ones and try not to go insane! A game for true Lovecraft fans. won’t be thinking about the rules, you’ll be thinking about how to beat your enemy! HEROMANIA DEMO/PLAYTEST Heromania is a light-hearted, fantasy themed, dungeon crawling card GET ME OFF THIS PLANET! game for 2-5 players. The goal is very simple: get from Level 1 of the A NUCLEAR REACTOR ON THE PLANET EXPLODED THIS MORNING dungeon all the way up to and out of Level 5. To do that, each player & IS SPEWING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RADIATION INTO THE must band together his Heroes to slay the lurking monsters that await ATMOSPHERE. A PLANETARY EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED him and collect its valuable EXP. If the player collects enough EXP, he AS THE RADIOACTIVE CLOUD WILL ENVELOPE THE ENTIRE PLANET. can advance to the next level putting him one step closer to victory! If EVACUATION SPACE IS LIMITED. SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY HAS AN the monsters are too difficult for a player to defeat, his Heroes must EYE ON YOUR DROP SHIP MECH BAY! DON’T BE LATE!!!!!!!!! flee in terror! The first player to clear Level 5 of the dungeon wins! In

18 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 STAR WARS IMPERIAL ASSAULT Hunters Bossk, Boba Fett, and the Infamous IG-88 droids. Use every Imperial Assault is a strategy board and miniature game of tactical smuggling trick in the book to avoid the scum hired by the Empire! combat and missions for two to four players. Led by a Game Master No experience necessary, but some is preferred. GM will provide all who plays the role of the Galactic Empire, you and your group of materials needed. Rebels will partake in a series of missions in order for the Rebellion to win the Galactic Civil War. With multiple heroes to play, and missions to partake in, no two campaigns will ever be the same. Will you rub ROLE-PLAYING GAMES shoulders with Han Solo or Chewbacca? Will the Empire call on Boba 4TH DOWN AND 13 TO GO Fett to try and eliminate your squad? The possibilities are endless. No Your team has noticed a strange pattern of murders correlated with Experience needed. GM will provide all materials. Chiefs games. THE BATTLE OF MONTMIRAIL 1814 Napoleon is at bay in 1814. The master surprises the Russians in France. THE LORD OF THE RINGS Aragorn, Eomer, and Theodred are escorting a group of refugees from the northern border of Rohan to the safety of Edoras. Sharku and his minions have other plans and are poised to set upon the hapless humans for a feast of manflesh. CMP 2015-01 TENNESSEE SUITE 1: COPPERHEAD ROAD THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES Shadowrun, 5th Edition Britian tries to hold the flank as von Kluck’s Germans drive on Paris! Can the ‘contemptible little army’, as the Kaiser called them, stand up Time to head south of the border-UCAS border that is. On your what to the Hun? to Knoxville, TN for a job, you find that simply getting into CAS proves more difficult than expected. Shadowrun Living Campaign. THE PATRIA IN DANGER! Citizens! The revolution is in danger! Prussian and Austrian armies CMP 2015-02 TENNESSEE SUITE 2: ROLLIN’ON THE advance on Paris to Strangle the revolution in it’s cradle! Shout Shadowrun, 5th Edition Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! And join us to fight for la belle France! It’s a simple job, just like always. Deliver this package down-river WWII WONDER WEAPONS & SUPER SCIENCE to Chattanooga. Of course, the river’s not as safe as it once was..... Germany, April 1945: As Allied Commander, your mission is to clear Shadowrun Living Campaign. the approaches to the German city of Maarsburg. Attack and destroy CMP 2015-03 TN SUITE 3: CINCO DE MAYO IN MEMPHIS all enemy forces you encounter. Intelligence indicates the area Shadowrun, 5th Edition is occupied by German armored forces, reinforced with ‘Wonder Weapons’. These include strange aircraft and rockets observed in It’s so hard to find good help these days, and too often when you buy a the area. Soldiers of the Fatherland! The FORTRESS of MAARSBURG politician he doesn’t have the good graces to stay bought anymore. So is endangered! Counter attack at once and sweep all in your path! you’re being sent in to investigate. Shadowrun Living Campaign. Be advised, there are reports of new allied weapon systems being CMP 2015-04 TENNESSEE SUITE 4: LEAVIN’ TENNESSEE deployed. Strange vehicles have been seen. These have been Shadowrun, 5th Edition described variously as ‘Tripods’ and uncorraborated sightings of giant ‘walkers’. A blues musician is interested in breaking his contract and heading to Chicago to follow his muse. After all, what city has the blues worse than the Windy City these days? But he comes with some baggage that threatens to make the runners’ job far more difficult than it should be. Shadowrun Living Campaign. Pre-gen character can be provided. CMP 2015-05 DEADLY COMPETITION: CARRYING THE TORCH Shadowrun, 5th Edition Neo-Anarchists are targeting the Olympic Torch in an effort to put X WING - ESCAPE FROM BOUNTY HUNTERS it out before it can light the flame on the Seattle Olympics. They What would have happened if Han Solo had never joined the use a sniper, attack team, and then finally a bomb in an effort to Rebellion? What would have happened if he annoyed the Empire stop the torch. This is a Missions organized play event. Beginner enough that they sent out a fleet of Bounty Hunters to try to capture and experienced players welcome; pre-gens provided as needed. him? This scenario aims to answer that very question. Join Han Solo Adjustments made to the scenario as experience level dictates. along with his smuggler buddies Dash Rendar, Jan Ors and their friends as they try to avoid capture and detainment by the Bounty

19 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 CMP 2015-06 DEADLY COMPETITION: OPENING CEREMONIES Shadowrun, 5th Edition Mr. Johnson is offering you some great seats to the 2076 Olympic Opening Ceremony. The catch? You need to smuggle a small explosive device into the stadium. This is a Missions organized play event. Beginner and experienced players welcome; pre-gens provided as needed. Adjustments made to the scenario as experience level dictates. CMP 2015-07 DEADLY COMP: CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS Shadowrun, 5th Edition DDEX3-02: SHACKLES OF BLOOD The runners are hired to protect Juanita Hernandez from assassination Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League attempts while she competes in the Neo-Pentathlon. This is a Missions organized play event. Beginner and experienced players The Red Plumes have increased patrols in the region surrounding welcome; pre-gens provided as needed. Adjustments made to the Hillsfar, and a string of disappearances has followed in their wake. scenario as experience level dictates. Naturally, this has roused the suspicion of the factions. Join your factions and find out the truth behind the missing farmers. A four-hour CMP BBQ BOB 1: BROKE DOWN IN KC adventure for 1st-4th level characters. Shadowrun, 5th Edition DDEX3-03: THE OCCUPATION OF SZITH MORCANE Engine trouble lands your team in KC. Coincidentally, a local Mr Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League Johnson has a milk run for you. Quick and easy nuyen, right? This is a Missions organized play event. Beginner and experienced players Agents of the fire giants of Maerimydra, a city in the Underdark, have welcome; pre-gens provided as needed. Adjustments made to the overtaken the drow outpost of Szith Morcane. The factions seek out scenario as experience level dictates. adventurers to free the outpost’s leaders for questioning on the giants’ activities. Can you extricate them before it’s too late? A four-hour CMP PREMIER: THE MIDWEST FARMER’S DAUGHTER adventure for 5th-10th level characters. Shadowrun, 5th Edition DDEX3-05: BANE OF THE TRADEWAYS The Midwest GameFest’s Premier: A team is hired to protect an Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League executive’s family from aggressive negotiations during an attempted hostile takeover. Simple and easy, right? This is a Missions organized Times are hard in the Hillsfar countryside, especially for those of non- play event. Beginner and experienced players welcome; pre-gens human ancestry. Unscrupulous merchants in league with the hated Red provided as needed. Adjustments made to the scenario as experience Plumes bleed local farmers and artisans dry. Perhaps some of those level dictates. loot-laden caravans coming and going from Hillsfar could use a bit of liberation? A four-hour adventure for 1st-4th level characters. DANGER PATROL / GAMMA PATROL In the fall of 2012, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, DDEX3-06: NO FOOLISH MATTER Switzerland, embarked on a new series of high-energy experiments. Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League No one knows exactly what they were attempting to do, but a little after 3pm on a Thursday afternoon came The Big Mistake. Something Some of the hamlets outlying Hillsfar have been struck by an odd unexpected happened, and in the blink of an eye, a multiplicity of malady. Rumor has it a traveling carnival visited those hamlets possible universes condensed into a single reality. Welcome to before the disease struck. Does coincidence not equal causation or is Gamma Terra. something sinister afoot? Gamma Terra is a savage land of adventure, where the survivors of DDEX3-07: HERALD OF THE MOON The Big Mistake must contend with radioactive wastes, rampant Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League lawlessness, and monstrous predators, searching crumbled ruins for Elanil Elassidil, an elf bard of no small legacy, has put out a call for lost artifacts while battling mutants and other perils and defending trustworthy agents. It is time, it seems, for a quietly hidden piece of their Village from harm. elven history to become known to the world. Meira Faerenduil, lost DDEX3-01: HARRIED IN HILLSFAR knight of Myth Drannor, has been discovered, and must be brought Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League back to civilization. A four-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters. In the village of Elventree, near the oppressive city of Hillsfar, a recent DDEX3-11: PREMIER - THE QUEST FOR SPOREDOME string of strange occurrences has the locals on edge. The factions have Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League gathered here on the borders of the forest of Cormanthor to determine This is an Adventurers League Premier! In the search for allies in the what’s happening. Is this the machinations of Hillsfar, or something Underdark, you are called upon to travel through the recently opened more? Five one-hour mini-adventures for 1st-2nd level characters. Waydown sinkhole to find the lost myconid colony of Sporedome. It is

20 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 said that they once cultivated a strain of mushrooms that could protect HR-NW01: CROSSROADS OF DESTINY: NIGHTMARE BEGINS one from falling into madness. Can this be the cure for the rapidly Legend of the Five Rings, Heroes of Rokugan Campaign spreading onslaught of insanity? Levels 5th through 10th. The end of the world is just the beginning of the nightmare. This mod, DDEX3-11: THE QUEST FOR SPOREDOME and all mods in Nightmare War, should be played in order if at all Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Adventurer’s League possible. In the search for allies in the Underdark, you are called upon to HR-NW02: CROSSROADS OF DESTINY 2: FRAGILE DREAMS travel through the recently opened Waydown sinkhole to find the lost Legend of the Five Rings, Heroes of Rokugan Campaign myconid colony of Sporedome. It is said that they once cultivated a strain of mushrooms that could protect one from falling into madness. Now that you’ve found this new home, can you find your place in it Can this be the cure for the rapidly spreading onslaught of insanity? too? This mod, and all mods in Nightmare War, should be played in Levels 5 thru 10. order if at all possible. DREAM OF THE ANTS HR-NW03 LEGION OF THE LOST It is the year 2087 and you are prisoners of the powerful Pentex Legend of the Five Rings, Heroes of Rokugan Campaign Corporation on Earth’s Moon. Gamma Base has gone silent and your A new world brings with it new opportunities, and new threats. overseers have decided to send in a group of criminals to see what has Modules in Nightmare War should be played in numerical order, if at happened. Nihilistic cosmic horror at it’s darkest. Rated PG 13. all possible. FAMILIAR FACES HR-NW04: WINDS OF CHANGE Life can be pretty good for a wizard’s familiar, but when your masters Legend of the Five Rings, Heroes of Rokugan Campaign are captured, it’s up to you to work together to save them. An invitation to celebrate at the city known as “Ryoko O-Wari by the FIASCO Sea” brings the promise of untold extravagance - but at what cost? THINGS CAN GO WRONG, FAST… Modules in Nightmare War should be played in numerical order, if at Maybe some dude from youth group talked you into boosting a case of all possible. motor oil, but now your cousin is dead in a swamp and you killed him. HR: KICKSTARTER EXCLUSIVE: BONDS OF BLOOD Maybe you and your girlfriend figured you could scare your wife into Legend of the Five Rings, Heroes of Rokugan Campaign a divorce, but things went pear-shaped and now a gang of cranked-up gangsters with latex gloves and a pit bull are looking for you.It seemed An exclusive slot of “Bonds of Blood,” an unreleased Heroes of like such a good idea at the time. Rokugan 3: Spirit of Bushido mod run by the mod’s author and HoR3’s head admin, Cory Mills. Fiasco is inspired by cinematic tales of small time capers gone disastrously wrong – inspired by films like Blood Simple, Fargo, The IN A WICKED AGE Way of the Gun, Burn After Reading, and A Simple Plan. You’ll play In this wicked age… Gods, demons and mortals contend with one ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control. another for power… Law and civilization are new, and no one is their There will be big dreams and flawed execution. It won’t go well for master… A simple midwife can set in motion the downfall of tyrants them, to put it mildly, and in the end it will probably all go south in and great empires… Your birth is not yours to choose, but your fate is a glorious heap of jealousy, murder, and recrimination. Lives and what you make it. reputations will be lost, painful wisdom will be gained, and if you are ISLES OF THE GLOWING LAKE really lucky, your guy just might end up back where he started. The Aeon Priests of the Order of Truth have long studied the FULL SERVICE mysterious Glowing Lake for the benefit of the islands that dot Being POWs is only your part-time job. The rest is spying and its surface. The normally steady light of the lake started pulsing sabotage. The Germans are building something right outside your POW several days ago. The Priests called in any available area Priests and camp… Numenera experts, and things only seem more threatening. Can you crack the mystery of the Glowing Lake. Characters provided. GHOST WHISPERS You are a group of Force using characters trying to track down any LOST AND FOUND remaining Jedi. Can you manage to find hidden information in a secret Friend Citizen, are you prepared to face the enemies of Alpha Imperial database and survive? Complex? Will you terminate the evil and foul Commie Mutant Traitors that threaten us at every turn? To sacrifice your clones in the name of the Great and Omnibenevolent Computer? The mandatory answer to all of these questions is a resounding “Yes!” (All other answers are, of course, treason). Remember treason is all around you. Stay alert! Trust no one! Keep your laser handy! And remember, The Computer is always your Friend!

21 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 MERCILESS Your crew has just successfully completed a job for Badger, by delivering a rare, genetically engineered plant to an outcast socialite on Ariel. The mysterious Zan Chui then offers you another sweet job -- use her security backdoor to get into the Planetary Museum in Arial City and bring back her family’s prized possession, the last Ming Vase. In return, your crew can keep whatever other bounty you want to carry out. Will you and your crewmates successfully defeat the security protocols and make it out of the museum clean? Do you know what items are worthwhile to take with you? What might happen if rival PFS6-23 SIEGE OF SERPENTS [TABLE 1] thief Camille hears about this exhibition too? What could possibly go A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. wrong? The Pathfinder Society has opened its gates to visitors from across MISSING MAN the world in anticipation of the Grand Convocation, a magnificent Several factors conflated to cause much of humanity to change to festival in which Pathfinders share tales of their exploits, show off hyper-aggressive Neanderthals. Those who did not change have their findings, and celebrate the Society’s accomplishments. However, gathered into isolated fortress cities. You are part of the RCF, and your an inopportune accident quickly spirals out of control when an old latest mission is to go and gather an unchanged family who have not enemy attempts a brazen assault on the Pathfinders’ home, and made it into the city. Things go wrong. an unexpected foe emerges from hiding to seek vengeance for the Society’s perceived crimes. Can the Pathfinders pacify the chaos and MORENCI MADNESS protect their guests while simultaneously defending the Grand Lodge? You are citizens of Morenci, Arizona, population 1879. And as we all know, small isolated communities are horror magnets. May your “Siege of Serpents” is a multi-table interactive adventure in which character’s inevitable death, mutilation, or decent into madness be be each group’s actions contribute to the entire room’s success. heroic, gratuitous, or memorable. I will be using a rules-light version of GURPS, so no experience with GURPS is necessary. PFS6-23 SIEGE OF SERPENTS [TABLE 2] A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. MUTANT MALL CRAWL In the radioactive aftermath of The Last War life still endures. It has The Pathfinder Society has opened its gates to visitors from across been changed, bent, ripped and twisted but goes on. You are a survivor the world in anticipation of the Grand Convocation, a magnificent in strange future, whether mutant, human, animal or robot. On the festival in which Pathfinders share tales of their exploits, show off horizon’s edge are ruins of the Ancients that might have treasures from their findings, and celebrate the Society’s accomplishments. However, a time unknown. Mutant adventures in a fantastic future. Rated PG 13. an inopportune accident quickly spirals out of control when an old enemy attempts a brazen assault on the Pathfinders’ home, and NAL HUTTA MANHUNT an unexpected foe emerges from hiding to seek vengeance for the A Force sensitive mentor of yours angered the Gorensla Hutt kajidic Society’s perceived crimes. Can the Pathfinders pacify the chaos and and fled... in your ship... which he crashed into the swamps of Nal protect their guests while simultaneously defending the Grand Lodge? Hutta. Can you find him before the Hutts and their bounty hunters close in? (Characters provided) “Siege of Serpents” is a multi-table interactive adventure in which each group’s actions contribute to the entire room’s success. PFS6-23 SIEGE OF SERPENTS [TABLE 3] A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. The Pathfinder Society has opened its gates to visitors from across the world in anticipation of the Grand Convocation, a magnificent festival in which Pathfinders share tales of their exploits, show off their findings, and celebrate the Society’s accomplishments. However, an inopportune accident quickly spirals out of control when an old enemy attempts a brazen assault on the Pathfinders’ home, and an unexpected foe emerges from hiding to seek vengeance for the NUMENERA: THE ROLLING TOWER Society’s perceived crimes. Can the Pathfinders pacify the chaos and Set out with your companions to explore the mysterious roving artifact protect their guests while simultaneously defending the Grand Lodge? known only as The Rolling Tower. This 2-3 hour demo adventure will familiarize players with the basics of Monte Cook Games’ Numenera “Siege of Serpents” is a multi-table interactive adventure in which setting and the mechanics of the Cypher System. Pre-generated each group’s actions contribute to the entire room’s success. characters and dice provided. For information about Numenera, visit www.numenera.com

22 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 PFS6-23 SIEGE OF SERPENTS [TABLE 4] the same power. A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. “The Sky Key Solution” is a multi- table interactive adventure in which The Pathfinder Society has opened its gates to visitors from across each group’s actions contribute to the success of the room. the world in anticipation of the Grand Convocation, a magnificent festival in which Pathfinders share tales of their exploits, show off PFS7-00 THE SKY KEY SOLUTION [TABLE 3] their findings, and celebrate the Society’s accomplishments. However, A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. an inopportune accident quickly spirals out of control when an old At long last, the Pathfinder Society has reassembled the Numerian enemy attempts a brazen assault on the Pathfinders’ home, and device known as the Sky Key. Initial tests suggest it is capable of an unexpected foe emerges from hiding to seek vengeance for the projecting a location’s past into the present, allowing Society agents Society’s perceived crimes. Can the Pathfinders pacify the chaos and to peruse books from destroyed libraries and speak with echoes of protect their guests while simultaneously defending the Grand Lodge? long-dead heroes. Now that it has perfected the Sky Key’s controls, “Siege of Serpents” is a multi-table interactive adventure in which the Pathfinder Society is prepared to extract a slice of Absalom’s each group’s actions contribute to the entire room’s success. history and bring it into the present; however, there’s no telling what might be waiting inside—or who in the present might wish to wield PFS6-23 SIEGE OF SERPENTS [TABLE 5] the same power. A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. “The Sky Key Solution” is a multi- table interactive adventure in which The Pathfinder Society has opened its gates to visitors from across each group’s actions contribute to the success of the room. the world in anticipation of the Grand Convocation, a magnificent festival in which Pathfinders share tales of their exploits, show off PFS7-00 THE SKY KEY SOLUTION [TABLE 4] their findings, and celebrate the Society’s accomplishments. However, A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. an inopportune accident quickly spirals out of control when an old At long last, the Pathfinder Society has reassembled the Numerian enemy attempts a brazen assault on the Pathfinders’ home, and device known as the Sky Key. Initial tests suggest it is capable of an unexpected foe emerges from hiding to seek vengeance for the projecting a location’s past into the present, allowing Society agents Society’s perceived crimes. Can the Pathfinders pacify the chaos and to peruse books from destroyed libraries and speak with echoes of protect their guests while simultaneously defending the Grand Lodge? long-dead heroes. Now that it has perfected the Sky Key’s controls, “Siege of Serpents” is a multi-table interactive adventure in which the Pathfinder Society is prepared to extract a slice of Absalom’s each group’s actions contribute to the entire room’s success. history and bring it into the present; however, there’s no telling what might be waiting inside—or who in the present might wish to wield PFS7-00 THE SKY KEY SOLUTION [TABLE 1] the same power. A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. “The Sky Key Solution” is a multi- table interactive adventure in which At long last, the Pathfinder Society has reassembled the Numerian each group’s actions contribute to the success of the room. device known as the Sky Key. Initial tests suggest it is capable of projecting a location’s past into the present, allowing Society agents PFS7-00 THE SKY KEY SOLUTION [TABLE 5] to peruse books from destroyed libraries and speak with echoes of A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. long-dead heroes. Now that it has perfected the Sky Key’s controls, At long last, the Pathfinder Society has reassembled the Numerian the Pathfinder Society is prepared to extract a slice of Absalom’s device known as the Sky Key. Initial tests suggest it is capable of history and bring it into the present; however, there’s no telling what projecting a location’s past into the present, allowing Society agents might be waiting inside—or who in the present might wish to wield to peruse books from destroyed libraries and speak with echoes of the same power. long-dead heroes. Now that it has perfected the Sky Key’s controls, “The Sky Key Solution” is a multi- table interactive adventure in which the Pathfinder Society is prepared to extract a slice of Absalom’s each group’s actions contribute to the success of the room. history and bring it into the present; however, there’s no telling what might be waiting inside—or who in the present might wish to wield PFS7-00 THE SKY KEY SOLUTION [TABLE 2] the same power. A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–11. “The Sky Key Solution” is a multi- table interactive adventure in which At long last, the Pathfinder Society has reassembled the Numerian each group’s actions contribute to the success of the room. device known as the Sky Key. Initial tests suggest it is capable of projecting a location’s past into the present, allowing Society agents PFS7-03 BRONZE HOUSE REPRISAL to peruse books from destroyed libraries and speak with echoes of A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 5–9. long-dead heroes. Now that it has perfected the Sky Key’s controls, A recent assault on the Pathfinder Society has renewed hostilities the Pathfinder Society is prepared to extract a slice of Absalom’s with the Aspis Consortium, and clues left behind point to one of its history and bring it into the present; however, there’s no telling what masterminds: the gold agent Maiveer Sloan. By infiltrating one of the might be waiting inside—or who in the present might wish to wield Consortium’s artifact-smuggling operations, the PCs can sabotage their rivals’ criminal operations and send a clear message: No attack will go unanswered. 23 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 PFS7-05 SCHOOL OF SPIRITS PFS: BEGINNERS BOX BASH DEMO 1 A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1–5. Four mini-adventures, specifically designed for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box. These adventures allow a GM and Seven years ago, Pathfinders entered Absalom’s shattered Precipice players to expand their experience of the Beginner Box. Each of the Quarter in pursuit of a ruby ring but also rescued a strange survivor. included adventures revolve around Sandpoint and are set in four She has since grown to adulthood and exhibited a rebellious spirit different areas of Varisia. connected to the ruined school where the Pathfinders found her. The woman’s family has contacted the Society, hoping that its agents PFS: PHANTOM PHENOMENA can escort her back to the haunted site and unravel the Drownyard’s A series of six Quests designed for 1st-level characters. relentless mysteries. Bizarre phenomena have tormented the people of southeastern PFS7-07 TROUBLE IN TAMRAN Ustalav for decades, and these events become stronger and more A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-5. dangerous every year. Hoping to uncover the origins of these flashes of red lightning and spectral hauntings, Dr. Quolorum from the Sincomakti Less than a decade ago, the Pathfinder Society established a lodge School of Sciences has set out with a team of able-bodied assistants. in Nirmathas, an act that infuriated the nation’s expansionist rival Can the PCs help the professor unlock the secret that dwells above Molthune. The latter outlawed the Society soon after, and ever since Lantern Lake? Pathfinders have relied on smugglers like the Varisian entrepreneur Guaril Karela to slip supplies past the Molthuni blockade for both the Phantom Phenomena includes six, 1-hour adventures that take the PCs lodge and the Society’s war-torn neighbors. Something has intercepted to a superstitious village, a lightning-scarred woodland, an ancient those shipments. Can the PCs uncover the culprit and save the Kellid monolith, a haunted manor, an occult university, and finally into Society’s reputation in Nirmathas? Content in “Trouble in Tamran” also the storm-choked mountains. Experience the adventures in any order ties into a special metaplot element from Pathfinder Society Special to create a unique story. #6–98: Serpents Rise. Players who have completed that special event are encouraged to bring its Chronicle sheet when playing this PFS: THE SILVERHEX CHRONICLES adventure. A series of six Quests designed for 1st-level characters. PFS7-6 TO JUDGE A SOUL PT 1:THE LOST LEGACY When the daring half-orc scholar Ulisha enrages a noble family in the River Kingdoms, she contacts the PCs with a special deal: she will sell A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3–7. them a unique and ancient druidic relic at a steep discount to secure When a samsaran dies, he is reborn again with few memories of his the gold she needs to pay off her bounty. By the time the PCs arrive past lives. The cycle continues until he has earned a righteous place in to meet her, she has gone into hiding. However, she has left behind the afterlife. After years of service and lifetimes of accomplishment, a journal full of profitable leads as a sign of good faith. Can the PCs Venture-Captain Bakten nears the end of his noble existence and has recover this hidden wealth and claim the powerful Silverhex before an begun investigating his past lives as a means of understanding Tian assassin finds their friend? Xia’s rich history. However, he cannot complete his research alone, and only with the PCs’ assistance can they decipher the region’s past. The Silverhex Chronicles includes six, 1-hour adventures that take the PCs to a graveyard in Gralton, a mist-choked forest in Ustalav, a “The Lost Legacy” is the first scenario in the two-part To Judge a Soul brainwashed village in Razmiran, an ancient crash site in Numeria, campaign arc. It is followed by Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-08: To and the perilous city of Daggermark. Experience the adventures in any Judge a Soul, Part 2: Karma Reclaimed and is intended to be played in order to create a unique story. order PFS7-8 TO JUDGE A SOUL PT 2: KARMA RECLAIMED A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3–7. Venture-Captain Bakten’s past lives and the history of northern Tian Xia are interwoven, and with the PCs’ assistance he has uncovered a troubling legacy secreted within the mountains of Zi Ha. It is up to RACE TO STARPORT 1 & 2 the Pathfinders to ascend into the ice-capped mountains to unveil Run for the first time this year at GenCon, this adventure continues the crimes of past generations and save one of the region’s greatest the organized play adventures from Pelgrane Press! The Archmage heroes. has a problem of comet-sized proportions! Will the adventurers meet “Karma Reclaimed” is the second scenario in the two-part To Judge strange new foes along the way? Yes! Will they encounter unlikely a Soul campaign arc. It is preceded by Pathfinder Society Scenario allies? Will they uncover a deadly secret? Join the adventure to find #7-06: To Judge a Soul, Part 1: The Lost Legacy and is intended to be out! played in order. This is parts one and two of a six part adventure. Pre-gen characters will start at level 1 and level up automatically as the adventure progress through the six parts. Parts three and four will be on Saturday at 2pm. Parts five and six will be on Saturday at 8pm.

24 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 RACE TO STARPORT 3 & 4 TATOOINE MANHUNT Run for the first time this year at GenCon, this adventure continues Ruthless bounty hunters are pursuing an undercover Rebel agent the organized play adventures from Pelgrane Press! The Archmage hidden on Tatooine. Does your party have what it takes to survive has a problem of comet-sized proportions! Will the adventurers meet the wilds of Mos Eisely and the arid desert wastes of this backwater strange new foes along the way? Yes! Will they encounter unlikely planet? allies? Will they uncover a deadly secret? Join the adventure to find out! THE LOST CARAVAN / ONWARD “TIL MORNING Brand new game by Cubicle 7 and Joe Dever, creator of the Lone Wolf This is parts three and four of a six part adventure. Pre-gen characters Gamebooks. This is designed for first time gamers or experienced will start at level 1 and level up automatically as the adventure gamers alike. Based in the world of Magnamund The players will take progress through the six parts. Parts one and two will be on Friday at on the role of Kai Lords as they fight for good against evil. 7pm. Parts five and six will be on Saturday at 8pm. THE MARSH BELL RACE TO STARPORT 5 & 6 Two Dwarven messengers left the Lonely Mountain several days Run for the first time this year at GenCon, this adventure continues ago on an errand. They now seem to have disappeared in the Long the organized play adventures from Pelgrane Press! The Archmage Marshes. The Kingdom under the Mountain is astir, and the news has a problem of comet-sized proportions! Will the adventurers meet quickly reaches Dale and Esgaroth. This is the introductory adventure strange new foes along the way? Yes! Will they encounter unlikely in the One Ring core manual. allies? Will they uncover a deadly secret? Join the adventure to find out! THE PONTCHARTRAIN INQUISITION A bunch of your friends tried to cross Lake Ponchartrain but only one This is parts five and six of a six part adventure. Pre-gen characters of you made it out alive. The police have some questions about that in will start at level 1 and level up automatically as the adventure this horror scenario told entirely in flashback. Who survived, and how? progress through the six parts. Parts one and two will be on Friday at Even you won’t know until the end. Characters will be pre-generated 7pm. Parts three and four will be on Saturday at 2pm. and prior knowledge of FATE will not be necessary. RINGDIVERS OF ERIS BETA-V THE SECRET OF GENESIA GREY STATION Today, Jumpcorp detected a signal of unknown origin within the Lost among the dozens of space stations of the Genesia system, the mysterious and dangerous inner rings of the planet Eris Beta-V. As the Grey Station hides a deep secret - it’s a Rebel outpost. Today, a freak closest Jumpcorp ship, you and your crew are ordered to investigate. accident sent an Imperial cargo shuttle smashing into the the station. Is it an illegal salvage mission gone wrong? Pirates? A signal from As the cunning owners and operators of the station, can you keep the some ancient Voidsman technology? As talented ringdiver explorers, it secret during the emergency? (Characters provided) is up to you to find out. (Characters provided) THE SECRET VAULT OF THE QUEEN OF THIEVES Tamar, secretive master thief of the port city of Highwater, is dead. The rumors say she dropped face-first into a bowl of soup yesterday while supping with her lover at the Three of Cups in Saltown near the docks. It happened just days after she stole the fist-sized jewel known as the Jackal’s Eye from the sinister Cult of Maata Re, Mistress of Plagues, and her lover has not been seen since. Amidst the stories of conspiracy and murder, the underworld of Highwater is abuzz with tales of the Secret Vault of the Queen of Thieves, where Tamar SHADOWRUN MISSIONS-PLAYER’S CHOICE is thought to have kept priceless trophies of her many adventures, Shadowrun, 5th Edition, Missions Campaign perhaps even the Jackal’s Eye, along with deadly traps to guard them. The race is on to find the vault; whoever does may become wealthy Running the shadows can be profitable. Come and be the one to beyond their wildest imaginings. decide what job to take. Players will select the mission. Pre-gen character can be provided. THEFT OF THE MOON The company visits (and may participate) in a harvest festival and SRM LONDON FALLING: SWING VOTE its celebrations. When a powerful artefact is stolen, the heroes are Shadowrun, 5th Edition, Missions Campaign tasked with its recovery. They track the artefact and confront the London where the thick fog makes for some truly deep shadows. Every thieves at their secret meeting place. crooked street, every cramped building holds a secret or two, as well WAXMAN’S WARRIORS as a person who will go to great lengths to ensure those secrets are After you died you were sentenced to an eternity in the pits of Hell. kept. There is, for instance, the dark secret of a minor noble who has The old man, Waxman, is right: the afterlife isn’t fair, and if you not been seen in Parliament in months. This is a Missions organized could find a way into Heaven, you’d give God what for. As if on cue, play event. Beginner and experienced players welcome; pre-gens a scorned goddess appears and tells you how to do just that. Can provided as needed. Adjustments made to the scenario as experience your ragtag band of sinners really sneak into Heaven and take on God level dictates. himself? Find out in this exciting adventure that puts the “fun” back in 25 MIDWESTGAMEFEST.ORG MIDWEST GAMEFEST 2015 “fundamentalism” and makes blasphemy a blast! 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Look for all of these great games at Midwest GameFest, being presented by Envoy Heralds and/or in the Play to Win Library!