TABLE OF CONTENTS
Gaming Introduction/Schedule...... 4 Announcements...... 5
Board Gaming...... 7
Collectible Card Games (CCG)...... 9
LAN Gaming (LAN)...... 13
NSDMG/War College (NSDM)...... 14
Miniatures...... 16
Live Action Role Playing (LARP)...... 22
Role Playing Games (Campaign)...... 23
Campaign RPGs Grid...... 42
Role Playing Games (Non-Campaign)...... 33
Non-Campaign RPGs Grid...... 44
Table Top Gaming (GAME)...... 46
Video Game Programming (VGT)...... 49
Maps...... 53
CREDITS
Co-Chairman / Senior Director of Gaming Director of Gaming Registration Dave Cody...... [email protected] Shy Aberman...... [email protected] Director of Board Games Director of Live Action Role Playing Phil Collins...... [email protected] Allison Gonding...... [email protected] Director of Campaign RPG’s Director of Miniatures Games Brooks Banks...... [email protected] Steve McFarland...... [email protected] Director of Collectable Card Games Director of Video Gaming Fans Jim Colson...... [email protected] Kevin Stallard...... [email protected] Director of E-Tournaments Director of Non-Campaign RPG’s Joseph Monaco...... [email protected] Mark Liberman...... [email protected] Director of LAN Gaming Director of Video Gaming Makers Gail Reese...... [email protected] Mike & Julianne Capps...... videogamingmakers@ Director of Table Top Gaming dragoncon.org Rucht Lilavivat...... [email protected] Gaming Consigliore/Editor ...... John Richardson Helpful Human to Have Around...... Sean Flaherty
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DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 3 GAMING INTRODUCTION AND SCHEDULE
Welcome back to the AmericasMart Building 1 and the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, our home for gaming. We continue to add many more events and activities in our spacious home including, free classic arcade games courtesy of Joystick Gamebar, Japanese focused arcade games not normally available in the United States brought to you by Tokyo Attack, a free-play PC and Console section along with new Esports tournaments with cash prizes.
On the first floor of AmericasMart Building 1 you will find our Campaign Role-playing gaming events. For 2018 the Non-Campaign Role-playing gaming events have been moved to AmericasMart Building 2. HOWEVER! The only access available to this area is via the bridge from building one to building two. This bridge is located on the second floor of building one next to the concession area and Miniatures gaming. If you walk into building 2 from anywhere else in an effort to find the Non-Campaign Role-playing events, “you can’t get there from here” rules will apply. You cannot access this gaming area from bulding 2, it must be done from the bridge from building 1. Also on the second floor; Gaming HQ, Board games, Miniatures games, Open Gaming, Demonstrations, Collectible Card games, Kids’ Sampler, Mechcorps, Tokyo Attack, and Joystick Gamebar classic arcade cabinet games.
The War College/National Security Decision Making Game, Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator, Live Action Role-playing games, Werewolf games, Videogaming Programming, and Table Top Programming are located in the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, next to AmericasMart Building 1 and accessable via skybridge from the second floor of AmericasMart Building 1 and the 6th floor of the Westin.
Please note that gaming remains a 24 hour adventure! There will always be 24 hour access to AmericasMart Building 1 via the skybridge from the Westin on the 6th floor and from the Peachtree Street entrance next to Starbucks. During the parade on Saturday morning the Peachtree Street entrance will likely be problematic so the John Portman Boulevard entrance will also be open.
For 2018 we have the usual maps included in our brand new Quick Start Guide, our mobile app, and the Gaming Guide to help you navigate. There is also signage that will help direct you to the proper floor, meeting room or area. If all else fails and you have trouble finding where you need to be please ask a helpful volunteer at Gaming HQ/Registration located on the AmericasMart side of the bridge connecting the AmericasMart with the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel and inside the AmericasMart in the North Hall. Gaming Registration will be open Thursday at 4PM and also every day of the convention at 8AM.
You can access our massive library of board games for $10 and borrow any game we have. Board game access also allows you play of any Werewolf game at the convention the entire weekend. Members interested in playingWerewolf games will also need to purchase a board game pass.
In order to play some events you will need an event ticket. Most event tickets are $5.00 but there are many free demonstration games and a handful are more expensive. There are also Collectible Card Game tournaments that charge more and those tickets usually include the cards you will use and keep in your games. You can also purchase generic tickets that are usable at any event. If an event is sold out you can show up for that event with a generic ticket and if anyone with a “real” ticket for that event does not show up you will be able to step in. Other tournaments will be able to add additional space as needed. This is particularly true for the larger events where there is more of a chance of a no show or cancellation.
We collect admission fees for events to fund prizes for most events. We award “Dealer Coins” to the winners of some events that can be used as credit in the Exhibition Halls in the AmericasMart and the Dragon Con Stores in the Marriott, Sheraton and the AmericasMart. Each coin is valued at $5 in credit.
4 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE ARTEMIS STARSHIP BRIDGE SIMULATOR
Join a crew on our fully interactive Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator: it’s a LAN party/LARP/Escape Room mashup experience you can’t duplicate online! You and your friends assume the roles of Captain, Helm, Science, Weapons, Communications, Weapons, and Fighter pilots to operate the Terran Stellar Navy spaceship, Artemis. GGCaptain: Channel your inner Kirk/Picard/Janeway and make the tough choices. GGHelm: Ahead warp factor 1, then slow to impulse and hard to starboard. Bring us behind the enemy fleet just outside torpedo range... GGWeapons: Load... lock... fire! Turn big enemy ships into small pieces. Just don’t fire nukes at point blank range; go for beam weapons instead. GGScience: Scan the sector, find the enemies, and check for secret intel and weaknesses. Watch out for cloaked ships. GGCommunications: Incoming message! Our space station is under attack! Taunt the enemy fleet leader to draw them away from the base, then call for reinforcements from other Terran vessels. GGEngineering: Power and cooling are the name of the game. Boost power to warp to get us there, to weapons for more boom, and to shields when we’re getting toasted! Give it all she’s got! GGFighter: The Artemis can launch up to 2 single-pilot fighter craft to join the fight and add a bit more punch. Your crew’s success--or failure!--depends on your ability to follow the Captain’s orders and work together to defend Terran bases against an alien invasion. This event is a 6 to 8 player experience, suitable for ages 10+. Don’t have a group large enough for a full crew? No problem! Sign up and join with another small party and make new friends! Tickets available for $10 and $15 at www. Jump2Warp.com or in-person at Westin Chastain C.
CLASSIC ARCADE Modernity too much for ya? Take a break and kick it old school in Joystick’s classic arcade. Pinball toPacMan , Joust to Gyruss, the Classic Arcade with all the originals on FREE PLAY! Starting at 4PM on Thursday we will be open 24 hours a day until Monday at 5PM in the East Hall of AmericasMart Building 1, floor 2. No sleep til High Score! Arcade brought to you by Joystick Gamebar, Atlanta’s booze-soaked retro arcade, tucked away at 427 Edgewood Avenue.
MECHCORPS
They’re back! MechCorps is place to let off steam by beating on your friends in a virtual arena by driving Giant Robots loaded to the teeth with guns, lasers, missiles and all types of weaponry. 12 players at a time enter the cockpit simulator pods after a short training session. Each player uses seven display screens, over 50 controls, foot pedals, throttle and joystick to take on all others. The game is easy to learn, but hard to master. Adjustable skill levels allow the novice to enjoy the game, but can also give the veterans a challenge. Located in AmericasMart, Building 1, Floor 2 in the East Hall. See more info on the pods and the game via the Training Manual: www.mechcorps.com/trainingmanual
TOKYO ATTACK
Love arcade games? Wish you could visit an arcade in Japan? Good Luck! Tokyo Attack is bringing ALL of their Japanese arcade games to Dragon Con this year! From Dance Dance Revolution to Initial D, Pop’n Music to Street Fighter, SOUND VOLTEX to Silent Scope. This year they will be bringing their Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senjō no Kizuna (Gundam Battle Pods!) Tokyo Attack will be located in AmericasMart Building One, on the 2nd floor in the East Hall.
SETTLERS OF CATAN QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT
Every year players from around the country compete in local qualifying tournaments. The winners of each of the tournaments win a seat at the Catan United States Championship. In 2019, the Catan US Championship will be held at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. Players will face off against all other winners of the qualifier tournaments and the Origins Qualifiers to become the year’s US Catan Champion. Every two years the US Champions are sent to the Catan World Championship tournament to represent the United States.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 5 WAR COLLEGE / NSDMG
The fine folks at the NSDMG (National Security Decision Making Game) will return to the convention this year. They will be running different formats of their games and doing some great seminars and presentations. If you pay attention to the news or current events, or have an interest in military and geopolitical history and/or contemporary affairs, it is a hoot! The National Security Decision Making Game (NSDMG) is a political, military, and economic roleplaying game that uses gaming as an entertaining medium to inform players of contemporary, historical and futuristic geopolitical, military and economic issues. The idea behind the NSDM game is: “You players are the Congress. You over there, you’re the Cabinet. You folks in the corner are the Joint Chiefs. This guy’s the President. The scenario is that it’s the world as you know it today. Fix it. You may start now.” There are new issues and problems explored and different nations in play in every game, showing a range of real issues across the world and modeling a number of different political systems. Can you affect Iran as the US? Can you take the Ukraine playing Russia? And how to you solve a problem like Korea? In addition to trying to fix the world as it is today, the NSDM staff will also be running a game confronting escalating tensions in the Pacific Rim, a resurgent Iran and the turmoil and uncertainty in the Middle East. The NSDM lecture series will follow up on the performance from the last four years with detailed presentations covering contemporary and historical geopolitical and military topics, including prominent World War I and II anniversaries, developing technology in combat, terrorism and destructiveness. Discussions of global pandemics that can bring civilization to its knees, but how much is fictiob ubvebted by our entertainment industry. Discussion of developing technology cyber war and for fiction enthusiasts, examining the role of magic in combat. Full details can be found at nsdmg.org. NSDM is also on Facebook, where they frequently post links to, and discuss, articles of general and national security interest: facebook.com/pages/The-National-Security-Decision-Making-Game/187557132044. Located in rooms Augusta A and H in the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, 7th floor.
SUNMESA EVENTS
Sunmesa Events has partnered with Dragon Con to host more Card Game events than you can possibly play. There will also be cube drafts featuring Star Trek and Lord of the Rings. Magic: The Gathering with sealed drafts in over ten different formats including 24 different boosters from throughout Magic’s history, a Convention League, plus lots of single elimination tournaments. Endless drafts, tournaments for complete sets of foils, and one of a kind prizes will also be available. Dozens of free, casual and learn to play events, all supported by expert judges and staff. Located in AmericasMart Building 1, Floor 2 in the West Hall.
Dragon Con Mobile App
Dragon Con is excited to announce the return of our free mobile app for iOS, Android, Blackberry, and mobile internet browsers. Point your web browser to m.core-apps.com/dragoncon18 download your app from the the iTunes or Androind market today by looking for “Dragon Con,” or use the QR code to the left. Make sure you check out the “Gaming Events icon on the homescreen for all the latest event scheduling!
6 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE BOARD GAMES
Board Game Membership Dragon Souljourn: Learn, Play, and Git Gud
Board games membership System: Board Gaming Dragon Souljourn is tactical, System: Demo Games ribbon allows for unlimited Ribbon unit building, dragon riding Difficulty: Easy check out from Dragon Difficulty: Easy game on a modular hex Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, Con Board Game Library. Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM board for 1-4 player. Players Sat 10:00 AM, Sun 10:00 Hundreds of games to Duration: 4 hours can play the Campaign, PVE AM, Mon 10:00 AM choose from. Valid State Cost: $10.00 Drop-in, or even PVP. Duration: 4 hours issued ID also required. Cost: Free GameMaster: Clint Fleetwood, Evan Zebley Werewolf Sticker
Werewolf membership System: Werewolf sticker allows for unlimited Difficulty: Easy Werewolf play on the 14th Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM Floor of the Westin Hotel Duration: 4 hours Drunken Goats and Tabletop Generals Demo and the America’s Mart 1 Cost: $10.00 Daniel Scott (co-creator) Game Floor. System: Demo Games will be setting up demos for Difficulty: Easy Drunken Goats and Tabletop Sessions: Sat 2:00 PM, Generals. Both games are Sun 2:00 PM Crokinole Demos and Casual Play fun, fast paced, and easy to Duration: 4 hours learn. Prizes will be given Cost: Free Crokinole is a fast-paced System: Demo Games out. GameMaster: Daniel dexterity game for 2 or 4 Difficulty: Easy Scott players. Come join us at Sessions: Fri 12:00 any time for demos and PM, Sat 12:00 PM, Sun casual play - all skill levels/ 12:00 PM ages welcome; beginners Duration: 4 hours encouraged! Cost: Free GameMaster: Mark Eschaton Freitag Place tiles, roll some bones, System: Original Board and race against other cult Game leaders as you prepare to Difficulty: Easy raise your own version of the Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, Death’s Door Demo apocalypse! 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM, Sat 12:00 AM, 2:00 Drop by for a chance to System: Original Board PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM, play the new board game Game Sun 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, DEATH’S DOOR and meet Difficulty: Detailed 3:00 PM, Mon 11:00 the designer behind this Sessions: Sat 11:00 AM AM, 1:00 PM brutal, semi-cooperative Duration: 4 hours Duration: 4 hours dungeon crawl experience. Cost: Free Cost: Free GameMaster: Paul Ott GameMaster: Jessica Mullins
Dragon Catchers: A Game of Shenanigans & Dragons Playtest
Dragon Catchers is System: Demo Games looking for play-testers Difficulty: Basic of all experience levels! Sessions: Sat 11:00 AM, 2-12 players (up to 16 if 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 necessary), roughly 45-90 PM, Sun 11:00 AM, 1:00 min. play time. Stop by and PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM check it out! Duration: 4 hours Cost: Free GameMaster: Zack Kohrman
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 7 Executive Order Non-Competitive Multi Expansion Red Dragon A simple, political card game Inn System: Demo Games in which you build a wall to Difficulty: Easy Want to try out Red Dragon System: Red Dragon Inn protect yourself from the Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, Inn for the first time? Love Difficulty: Easy other players. Watch out 1:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 playing the game? Come by Sessions: Fri 5:00 PM, though, because they are PM, Sat 12:00 AM, 2:00 for a fun gaming event. No Sun 4:00 PM trying to do the same! PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM, equipment needed. Show Duration: 4 hours Sun 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, up, have fun. Cost: Free 3:00 PM, Mon 11:00 GameMaster: Salix AM, 1:00 PM Duration: 4 hours Cost: Free GameMaster: Chad Settlers of Catan Championship Qualifier Gagnon DragonCon’s annual Catan System: Settlers of Catan Qualifying Tournament Difficulty: Basic for the National Catan Required Experience: Championship Held in Some Here I Stand Columbus, OH Qualify for Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, finals by competing in any of Sat 1:00 PM, Sun 12:00 We will be playing the 500th System: Here I Stand three prelim rounds. PM, Sun 6:00 PM Anniversary Edition, full Difficulty: Complex Duration: 4 hours 1517 scenario. Please have Required Experience: Cost: Free played before, read the rules Some GameMaster: Will in advance, or at least read Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM Kenyon/Shaunnon Drake “Here I stand in 20 Minutes.” Duration: 4 hours Cost: Free GameMaster: Schuyler Thieves’ Town Game Demos DuPree An action placement game System: Demo Games where you control a thieves Difficulty: Basic guild and get to stab your Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, Heroes of Icos Demo and Afternoon Play Test friends in the back. Very 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:30 Session interactive. PM, 10:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM, Sun 10:00 A pleasant questing game System: Demo Games AM, 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM for the modest adventurer. Difficulty: Basic Duration: 4 hours Help make Icos safe with the Sessions: Sat 2:00 PM Cost: Free help of saber tooth kittens Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: David and a troll named Tiny, but Cost: Free Huseman beware the yawning dragon! GameMaster: Rachel Youkey
Urban Insanity! Tile board game. Score System: Demo Games Heroes of Icos Demo and Morning Play Test points building city blocks Difficulty: Basic Session and roads. Map is different Sessions: Fri 3:00 PM, every time! Add expansion 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 7:00 A pleasant questing game System: Demo Games packs with mobsters, aliens, PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 PM, for the modest adventurer. Difficulty: Basic and other adventures to the 10:00 PM, 11:00 PM, Sat Help make Icos safe with the Sessions: Sat 9:30 AM mix. 12:00 AM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 help of saber tooth kittens PM, 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, Duration: 4 hours and a troll named Tiny, but Cost: Free 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 beware the yawning dragon! GameMaster: Rachel PM, 10:00 PM, 11:00 Youkey PM, Sun 12:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM, Mon 2:00 PM Duration: 4 hours Cost: Free GameMaster: Mic Mell / Larry Grayson
8 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMES
Arkham Horror, LCG 7 Wonders
New players and System: Arkham Horror, New players and System: 7 Wonders experienced players LCG experienced players Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Fri 4:00 PM, taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Sat 4:00 PM taught. We will play multiple Sat 7:00 PM games as time allows. 1 to 2 Duration: 1 hour games as time allows. 1 to 7 Duration: 1 hour players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Rose Tatu GameMaster: Rose Tatu Productions Staff Productions Staff
Coal Baron: The card game Ascension: 4-Up Tournament
New players and System: Coal Baron: the $12 [Multiplayer - System: Ascension: CotG experienced players Card Game Elimination] Play in groups Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy of 3-4 advancing 2 players Sessions: Sat 4:00 PM, taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM from each table. Sets and Sun 4:00 PM games as time allows. 1 to 4 Duration: 1 hour expansions used will be Duration: 1 hour players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 determined at the start of Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Rose Tatu each tournament. GameMaster: Glenn Productions Staff Godard
Dixit Century Spice road New players and New players and System: Dixit System: Century Spice experienced players experienced players Road Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Mon 10:00 AM Difficulty: Easy taught. We will play multiple taught. We will play multiple Duration: 1 hour Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, games as time allows. 1 to Cost: $5.00 games as time allows. 1 to 5 Sat 10:00 AM 10 players. 2 hours. CCG GameMaster: Rose Tatu players. 2 hours. CCG Area Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 Area. Productions Staff GameMaster: Rose Tatu Productions Staff
Elder Sign Dominion New players and New players and System: Elder Sign System: Dominion - experienced players Difficulty: Easy experienced players Teaching game welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Sun 7:00 PM welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy taught. We will play multiple Duration: 1 hour taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, games as time allows. 1 to 6 Cost: $5.00 games as time allows. 1 to 4 Fri 4:00 PM players. 2 hours. CCG Area. GameMaster: Rose Tatu players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Duration: 1 hour Productions Staff Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Rose Tatu Productions Staff Seasons New players and System: Seasons experienced players Difficulty: Easy Fields of Green welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM New players and taught. We will play multiple Duration: 1 hour System: Fields of Green games as time allows. 1 to 4 Cost: $5.00 experienced players Difficulty: Easy players. 2 hours. CCG Area. GameMaster: Rose Tatu welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Sat 10:00 AM Productions Staff taught. We will play multiple Duration: 1 hour games as time allows. 1 to 4 Cost: $5.00 players. 2 hours. CCG Area. GameMaster: Rose Tatu Productions Staff
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 9 Inhabit the Earth MTG: 4-Pack Sealed
New players and System: Inhabit the $20 [Sealed – Non- System: MtG experienced players Earth Elimination – Casual] Players Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy will get 4 boosters to build a Sessions: Fri 4:00 PM, taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Mon 1:00 PM 30 card minimum deck and Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 4:00 games as time allows. 1 to 4 Duration: 1 hour then play 4 rounds. Prizes PM players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 based on record. Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Rose Tatu Cost: $5.00 Productions Staff GameMaster: Glenn Godard
Legendary Encounters: Firefly MTG: Box Sealed
New players and System: Legendary $115 [Sealed–Single System: MtG experienced players Encounters: Firefly Elimination–Rated] Players Difficulty: Easy welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy get a sealed box of Core Set Sessions: Fri 3:00 PM, taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Sun 4:00 PM 2019 boosters (36 boosters) Sat 3:00 PM, Sun 3:00 games as time allows. 1 to 4 Duration: 1 hour from which to build a 40- PM players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 card minimum deck. Top 4 Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Rose Tatu split 2 boxes. Cost: $5.00 Productions Staff GameMaster: Glenn Godard
Legends of the Five Rings, LCG MTG: Chaos Draft New players and System: Legends of the experienced players Entry Fee TBD ($45+) [Draft- 5 Rings, LCG System: MtG welcome. Rules will be Difficulty: Easy Single-Elim-Rated] Draft 3 Difficulty: Easy taught. We will play multiple Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM random boosters from magic Sessions: Fri 5:00 PM, games as time allows. 1 to 2 Duration: 1 hour history. Italian Legends Sat 5:00 PM, Sun 5:00 players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Cost: $5.00 Booster guaranteed to each PM GameMaster: Rose Tatu table. Prizes: Boosters 6, 4, Duration: 1 hour Productions Staff 1, 1 Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Glenn Godard Moon-Faced Assassins of Joy The annual Dragon Con Babylon 5 CCG Babylon 5 Tournament System: MTG: Convention League Difficulty: Detailed returns. Bring your favorite [Pre-Constructed–Open Sessions: Sun 8:30 AM System: MtG decks and let’s fight it out. Duration: 1 hour Play–Casual–Continuous] $5 Difficulty: Easy Decks available if you don’t Cost: $5.00 Players choose two 30 card Sessions: Fri 8:00 AM, have one handy. GameMaster: Andrew decks to combine into a 60- Sat 8:00 AM, Sun 8:00 Apold card league deck. Prizes: AM, Mon 8:00 AM Earn loot from the treasure Duration: 1 hour chest. Cost: $5.00 MTG Sealed Commander GameMaster: Glenn $40 [Preconstructed —Non- Godard System: MtG Elimination—Casual] Get a Difficulty: Easy random Commander 2018 Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, deck and play 2 multiplayer Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 8:00 MTG: Core Set 2019 Re-Prerelease rounds. Please see onsite PM $30 [Sealed-Non- description for further Duration: 1 hour System: MtG Elimination-Rated] Players Difficulty: Easy details. Cost: $5.00 get a Core Set 2019 GameMaster: Glenn prerelease pack to build Godard Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM a 40-card minimum deck. Duration: 1 hour Prizes based on record. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Glenn Godard
10 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE MTG: Core Set 2019 Sealed MTG: Sealed Commander Grand Melee
$30 [Sealed–Non- System: MtG $40 [Preconstructed —Non- System: MtG Elimination–Rated] Each Difficulty: Easy Elimination—Casual] Get a Difficulty: Easy player gets a set of 6 Core Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, random Commander 2018 Sessions: Sat 10:00 AM, Set 2019 boosters from Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 6:00 deck and play 1 grand melee Sun 10:00 AM which to make a 40-card PM event. Please see onsite Duration: 1 hour minimum deck Prizes based Duration: 1 hour description for further Cost: $5.00 on record. Cost: $5.00 details. GameMaster: Glenn GameMaster: Glenn Godard Godard
MTG: Sealed-Draft
MTG: Dominaria Re-Prerelease $30 [Sealed/Draft–Non- System: MtG $30 [Sealed-Non- Elimination–Casual] Each Difficulty: Easy System: MtG player gets 6 Core Set 2019 Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM, Elimination-Rated] Players Difficulty: Easy boosters. They open 3 then Sun 12:00 PM get a Dominaria prerelease Sessions: Sat 7:00 PM draft 3 then build a 40-card Duration: 1 hour pack to build a 40-card Duration: 1 hour minimum deck. Prizes based Cost: $5.00 minimum deck. Prizes based Cost: $5.00 on match record. GameMaster: Glenn on record. GameMaster: Glenn Godard Godard
MTG: Ixalan Block Re-Prerelease MTG: Shiny Sealed $40 [Sealed–Non- $55 [Sealed-Non- System: MtG System: MtG Elimination–Rated] Each Elimination-Rated] Players Difficulty: Easy Difficulty: Easy get Ixalan and Rivals of player receives 6 Core Set Sessions: Sat 12:00 PM Sessions: Sun 7:00 PM 2019 boosters to build a 40- Ixalan prerelease packs to 1 hour Duration: 1 hour Duration: card minimum deck. Prizes: build a 40-card minimum Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 Top 16 rotisserie draft foil deck. Prizes based on record. GameMaster: Glenn GameMaster: Glenn Godard set of Dominaria Godard
MTG: Two-Headed Giant (2HG) Sealed MTG: Last Chance Sealed $40 [Sealed–Team–Non-Elimination–Rated] Each 2 $30 [Sealed–Non- System: MtG player team gets 8 Core Set Elimination–Rated] Each Difficulty: Easy 2019 boosters from which to System: MtG player gets a set of 6 Core Sessions: Mon 12:00 PM build two 40 card minimum Difficulty: Easy Set 2019 boosters to make Duration: 1 hour decks. Prizes based on Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 2:00 PM, Sun 2:00 a 40-card minimum deck. Cost: $5.00 match record. Last Sealed event of the GameMaster: Glenn PM weekend. Godard Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Glenn MTG: On Demand 2HG Draft Godard [Draft–Single Elimination– System: MtG Rated–On-Demand] $16/ Difficulty: Easy San Juan player, 4 team single Sessions: Fri 8:00 AM, New players and System: San Juan elimination draft. Prizes: Sat 8:00 AM, Sun 8:00 experienced players Difficulty: Easy AM, Mon 8:00 AM 8, 4. Restarts with each 4 welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Fri 7:00 PM, Duration: 1 hour teams. Available anytime all taught. We will play multiple Mon 10:00 AM Cost: $5.00 weekend. Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Glenn games as time allows. 1 to 4 Cost: $5.00 Godard players. 2 hours. CCG Area. GameMaster: Rose Tatu Productions Staff
MTG: On Demand Draft Star Trek CcG 2e, Demo [Draft – Single Elimination – System: MtG Come learn how to play Star Difficulty: Easy System: STCCG Rated – On-Demand] $16, Trek CCG 2e. Starter decks Difficulty: Detailed 8 Player single elimination Sessions: Fri 8:00 AM, available and experienced Sat 8:00 AM, Sun 8:00 Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM, draft. Prizes: 6, 4, 1, 1. players waiting to teach you AM, Mon 8:00 AM Sun 11:00 AM Restarts with each 8 players. how to play. Duration: 1 hour Duration: 1 hour Available anytime all Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 weekend. GameMaster: Glenn GameMaster: Michael Godard Shea
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 11 Star Trek CCG 2e, Sealed Deck Star Wars Living Card Game Sealed deck tournaments Bring your constructed System: STCCG System: Star Wars LCG require the players to build decks or borrow one from Difficulty: Detailed Difficulty: Detailed the best deck from only the Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM the Event Director. Free to Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM cards provided. Each player Duration: 1 hour play, just show up and have Duration: 1 hour will receive one starter box Cost: $5.00 fun! Cost: $5.00 and a number of booster GameMaster: Michael GameMaster: Phillip packs. Shea Gladney
The Lord of the Rings TCG Cube Draft Star Trek CCG 2e, Slipstream Tournament No cards needed, just show System: LotRTCG Slipstream events offer System: STCCG up and play for free. Draft reduced victory conditions Difficulty: Basic Difficulty: Detailed from a pool of cards and Fri 1:00 PM for quicker games. A player Sessions: Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM make your own deck to vie Duration: 1 hour wins when he or she has 50 Duration: 1 hour for supremacy in Middle- Cost: $5.00 points and has completed Cost: $5.00 Earth. Cards and tokens GameMaster: Phillip Michael at least one mission of any GameMaster: provided. Gladney type. Shea
Star Trek CCG 2e, Standard Tournament Thunderstone Star Trek Standard format System: STCCG New players and System: Thunderstone allows players to construct Difficulty: Detailed experienced players Difficulty: Easy decks using any card in Sessions: Sat 4:00 PM welcome. Rules will be Sessions: Sun 10:00 AM the 2e library. for more Duration: 1 hour taught. We will play multiple Duration: 1 hour information on rules, please Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 visit www.trekcc.org. GameMaster: Michael games as time allows. 1 to 4 GameMaster: Rose Tatu Shea players. 2 hours. CCG Area. Productions Staff
Star Wars CCG Cube Draft No cards needed, just show System: SWCCG up and play for free. Draft Difficulty: Detailed a Dark or Light Side deck Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM from a huge pool of cards, Duration: 1 hour make your deck and vie for Cost: $5.00 supremacy in the Galaxy. GameMaster: Phillip Gladney
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Injustice 2 Tournament Tekken 7 Tournament
All console tournaments are System: PS4 All console tournaments are System: PS4 Bring Your Own Controller. Difficulty: Detailed Bring Your Own Controller. Difficulty: Detailed See http://smash.gg/ Required Experience: See http://smash.gg/ Required Experience: dragoncon2018 for more Extensive dragoncon2018 for more Extensive info. Signup in advance in Session: Friday 12pm info. Signup in advance in Session: Saturday 8pm the tournament area. Duration: 4 Hours the tournament area. Cap of Duration: 4 Hours Cost: $10 64 players Cost: $10
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Rivals of Aether Singles Tournament Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Tournament All console tournaments are All console tournaments are System: PC System: PS4 Bring Your Own Controller. Detailed Bring Your Own Controller. Difficulty: Difficulty: Detailed See http://smash.gg/ Required Experience: See http://smash.gg/ Required Experience: dragoncon2018 for more Extensive dragoncon2018 for more Extensive info. Signup in advance in Session: Sunday 8pm info. Signup in advance in Session: Saturday 12pm the tournament area. Duration: 4 Hours the tournament area. Duration: 4 Hours Cost: $10 Cost: $10 per player, 3 players per team Smash 4 Tournament All console tournaments are Gundam Versus Tournament System: PS4 Bring Your Own Controller. Difficulty: Detailed See http://smash.gg/ All console tournaments are System: PS4 Required Experience: dragoncon2018 Bring Your Own Controller. Difficulty: Detailed for more Extensive See http://smash.gg/ Required Experience: info. Signup in advance Session: Saturday 12pm dragoncon2018 for more Extensive in the tournament area. Duration: 4 Hours info. Signup in advance in Session: Saturday 4pm $1000 Prize bonus provided Cost: $10 the tournament area. Duration: 4 Hours by Dragoncon. Cap of 128 Cost: $10 per player, players teams of 2 players
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 13 League of Legends Tournament Overwatch Tournament
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Hearthstone Tournament GameMaster: See http:// System: PC smash.gg/dragoncon2018 Difficulty: Detailed for more info. Signup in Required Experience: advance in the tournament Extensive area. Cap of 32 players. Session: Sunday 1pm Duration: 4 Hours Cost: $20
NSDMG / WAR COLLEGE (NSDMG)
Friday NSDM Cold War Crisis Game Intense two-hour version of the NSDM geopolitical- 50th Anniversary of Sinking of Nuclear military RPG focusing on a specific, credible crisis Submarine USS Scorpion: scenario. You are a key decision maker in a major nation. It’s the 1960s, the world is a tinderbox. You’re called in Sinking of the Scorpion: theories fill an information after hours. What’s wrong now? 2 hours Fri 1:00 pm; vacuum, from internal torpedo detonation to Russian Augusta D [W]; 2.5 Hrs ambush. Lecture covers history, Cold War backdrop, predominant theories and makes conclusions. C. McDonaghFri 9:00 am; Augusta C [W] Contemporary FastPlay NSDM Game; Syrian Quagmire 75th Anniversary, 1943 Push-Back Battles of Geopolitical-military RPG, players taking a senior World War II leadership position in a real-world nation. It’s the world of today. Here are the real issues, and some big problems Great battles in 1943 built momentum as the Allies looming. Can you fix it? The focus of this game will be on began to roll back the Axis including Kursk, Smolensk, solutions to the Syrian problem and the aftermath of the North Africa, Italy, the North Atlantic, the air war over conflict. 3.5 hours Fri 6:00 pm; Augusta D [W]; 4 Hrs Europe, and Tarawa. A broad-based panel discussion of the events of this decisive year that turned the course of the war. C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. 1918: The Year of Decision Robinson, M. Tucker; Fri 9:00 am; Augusta D [W]; 2.5 Hrs Panel by the National Security Decision Making staff, on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, The Cold War: A Concise Overview discussing final campaigns, and the military, geopolitical, diplomatic and economic legacies of the War to End This lecture provides a quick overview of the Cold War All War that still shape the world today. C. McDonagh, period in terms of themes, influences, and significant C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. Robinson, M. Tucker; Fri events. It provides a background into the competition 10:00 pm; Augusta C [W]; 2.5 Hrs between the U.S. and USSR. C. Greathouse; Fri 10:00 am; Augusta C [W] Saturday The Coming of the Five Horsemen of the Future Global Apocalypse –Game 100th World War I Anniversary, Germany in Pestilence, War, Famine, Disease, Climate: what 1918: From the Acme to the Abyss potential catastrophes is CNN missing? A broad Lecture discusses Germany’s Spring 1918 offensive, fed discussion of current and near future problem areas by troops freed from the Russian front, that was stopped around the world: fact, fiction, and where we are now. in July, and the Allied counteroffensives, the German 90 minutes C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. response, retreat, collapse, and how the “peace” Robinson, M. Tucker; Fri 11:00 am; Augusta C [W] contributed to the rise of the Nazis and the seeds of the next world war. R. Mosher; Sat 9:00 am; Augusta C [W]
14 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE The Current Strategic Situation in Europe: Sunday Russia Ascendant? Crimea, Ukraine, Syria, cyber attacks, bioweapon 50th Anniversary, the Legacy of the 1968 TET assassinations. The Russian bear is no longer in Offensive hibernation, changing the European strategic calculus. The TET offensive failed operationally, but calling the Lecture looks at changing dynamics of European security Vietnam War into question in the US body politic in a issues from the view of Central and Western states and bitter election year arguably defeated a President and from the Russian view point. C. Greathouse; Sat 9:00 am; caused reevaluation of US goals leading to withdrawal. Augusta D [W] Its legacy has affected US policy and fed the aspirations of adversaries. M. Robinson; Sun 9:00 am; Augusta C [W] 100th Anniversary: Canadian Corps and the 100 Days Alien-Nations? Search for Alien Life, and First The last 100 days of World War I saw the Canadian Corps Contact Protocols in nearly continuous action at the forefront of British Serious discussion of real world planning for first contact Empire forces pushing the Germans back into Belgium. with extra-terrestrial life, including, what could they Lecture examines key battles, tactics and innovations possibly want with us? Presented by Merle Robinson of that show how this Corps became “The Shock Army of the NSDMG staff. A. Robinson; Sun 10:00 am; Augusta the British Empire.” M. Tucker; Sat 10:00 am; Augusta C [W] C [W] War Magic at Sea Korea: Still a State of War Numerous authors have used magic in their literary Korea has been in a technical state of war for over 68 battlefields, but how would magical capabilities years. There are political forces at work that make it interact with the strategies, tactics, logistics, and the difficult to modify the status quo. Lecture discusses very principles of the art of war in a maritime setting? prospects for war, peace or the collapse of the DPRK Seminar imposes the reality of Mahan, Sun Tzu and regime. How do the US and PRC fit into this? M. Clausewitz on magical realms. 90 mins. C. McDonagh, R. Robinson; Sat 10:00 am; Augusta D [W] Mosher; Sun 11:00 am; Augusta C [W]
China- Emerging Superpower Contemporary Sci-Fi Variant NSDM Game Panel discusses the growth of Chinese economic, Sci-Fi variant of the geopolitical-military-economic RPG. industrial and military power moving into the 21st It’s the world you recognize, a few years from now; with Century. Are their limits? Where are the roadblocks and some “peculiar” events. Can you fix things? Or exploit speedbumps? Is any Chinese win necessarily a US loss? them? Focus is peaceful, or not, space exploitation, birth C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. Robinson, of space piracy and space law keeping. And maybe aliens M. Tucker; Sat 11:00 am; Augusta D [W] walk among us. C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. Robinson, M. Tucker; Sun 1:00 pm; Augusta D [W]; Contemporary FastPlay NSDM Game; Chinese 4 Hrs Superpower Geopolitical-military role-playing game, players taking a ColdWar-1960s Sci-Fi Variant NSDM Game senior leadership position in a real-world nation. It’s the Sci-Fi variant of the geopolitical-military-economic live- world of today. Here are the real issues, and some big action role playing game set in the early 1960s. You’re problems looming. Can you fix it? Focus of this game is a superpower leader. Just history as we know it, but the Pacific Rim and emergence of China as a 21st century then some “peculiar” events happen. Fix it. Or use it. C. superpower. C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, M. Robinson, M. M. Robinson, M. Tucker; Sat 1:00 pm; Augusta D [W]; Tucker; Sun 6:00 pm; Augusta D [W]; 4 Hrs 4 Hrs 1968: The Year of the Meltdown Contemporary FastPlay NSDM Game; European Panel discusses the 50th anniversary of pivotal year: US Disunion domestic unrest, Tet Offensive, assassinations of Martin Geopolitical-military RPG, players take senior leadership Luther King and Robert Kennedy, capture of the Pueblo, positions in a real-world nation. It’s the world of today. mysterious sinking of four submarines, Prague Spring, Here are the real issues, and some big problems. Can a President failing reelection and a change of parties in you fix it? Start now. This game’s focus will be on Europe, Washington. C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, including Russian policies, terrorism and collective M. Robinson, M. Tucker; Sun 10:00 pm; Augusta C [W]; security issues. C. McDonagh, C. Greathouse, R. Mosher, 2.5 Hrs M. Robinson, M. Tucker; Sat 6:00 pm; Augusta D [W]; 4 Hrs
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 15 MINIATURES GAMES
1947 - The Return to Stalingrad Asmodee - Open Gaming The war hasn’t ended, and All weekend long open System: Homemade System: Asmodee: Open new tech now rules the Rules Set gaming with many of our Gaming Demos battlefield. the Germans Difficulty: Basic library favorites and some Difficulty: Easy are marching on Stalingrad Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM new surprises; Unlock, Cities Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, again, with an army of both Duration: 1 hour of Splendor, Dice Forge, Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 10:00 living and dead. Can soviet Cost: $5.00 Legend of the 5 Rings. AM, Sat 2:00 PM, Sun mechs hold? GameMaster: Thomas E. 10:00 AM, Sun 2:00 PM, Thomas Mon 10:00 AM Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 40k - Demos GameMaster: Jesse Cromley Heard about the System: Games awesomeness that is Workshop Warhammer Warhammer 40k? Want 40K to see what it is all about, Difficulty: Basic Battle for the Throne maybe even play a demo Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, Command a great house and game? Come on over and Mon 11:00 AM System: De Bellis battle to put your heir on meet our demo team and Duration: 1 hour Antiquitatis the Throne. Rules: A Game Difficulty: Easy learn to play! Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Rob of Knights & Knaves (DBA Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM Bristow Variant), Figures Provided, Duration: 1 hour Multiple rounds Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Thomas E. Thomas 40k - Dragon Con Tournament!
Come and play in our yearly System: Games 40k tournament at Dragon Workshop Warhammer BattleQuest - Adventure Awaits Con! We’ll have the tables, 40K Come play a Cooperative, the terrain and some pretty System: BattleQuest Difficulty: Basic Story-based, Tactical sweet prizes. Do you have Minis Required Experience: Adventure for 2-5 players, what it takes to win? Extensive Difficulty: Detailed with games taking around Sessions: Sun 10:00 AM Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM, an hour to play, though they Duration: 1 hour Fri 7:00 PM Cost: $5.00 can be strung together All Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Rob Day/Night/Con. Cost: $5.00 Bristow GameMaster: none
BattleQuest - Adventure Awaits Age of Sigmar - 1,000 point Tournament Come play a Cooperative, System: BattleQuest Join us for a 1000pt Age System: Games Story-based, Tactical of Sigmar tournament Minis Workshop Warhammer Adventure for 2-5 players, Difficulty: Detailed following rules for match Difficulty: Basic with games taking around Sessions: Fri 7:00 PM, play in the Generals Sessions: Sat 11:00 AM an hour to play, though they Sat 12:00 PM, Sun 2:00 Handbook 2018. 16 player Duration: 1 hour can be strung together All PM, Mon 4:00 PM cap Cost: $5.00 Day/Night/Con. Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Jon Galvin Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: none Age of Sigmar - Demos
Come explore the Mortal System: Games BattleQuest - Adventure Awaits Realms in this fantasy Workshop Warhammer Come play a Cooperative, tabletop miniatures game Difficulty: Easy System: BattleQuest by Games Workshop. Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, Story-based, Tactical Minis Players will be able to learn Sun 11:00 AM, Mon Adventure for 2-5 players, Difficulty: Detailed the basics of war in Age of 11:00 AM with games taking around Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM, Sigmar. Duration: 1 hour an hour to play, though they Fri 2:00 PM, Fri 4:00 PM Cost: $5.00 can be strung together All Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Jon Galvin Day/Night/Con. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: none
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Battletech! - Clan Fight! DiceMasters - Learn to Play
Battletech Clan invasion System: Catalyst: Two players take the role of System: Catalyst: era fight between the Jade BattleTech masterminds directing the BattleTech Falcons and the Diamond Difficulty: Detailed actions of a team of powerful Difficulty: Detailed Sharks. Sessions: Sat 11:00 AM supers (represented by dice) Sessions: Sat 11:00 AM Duration: 1 hour to battle each other! Come Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 learn to play. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Elias GameMaster: Elias Kakesh Kakesh
Battletech! - Jihad Era Battle Dust: 1947 - Demos Battletech! This will be a System: Catalyst: The year is 1947 and the Jihad era battle between BattleTech System: DUST: 1947 war has not stopped. With House Davion and the Death Difficulty: Detailed Difficulty: Easy the discovery of Alien Commandos of House Liao Sessions: Sun 11:00 AM Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, fighting for control of an Duration: 1 hour technologies and growing Fri 3:00 PM, Sat 11:00 AM, Sat 3:00 PM, Sun important city. Cost: $5.00 occult activity it has only GameMaster: Elias grown. Learn to play in this 10:00 AM Kakesh Weird War 2. Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Ray Rappaport Battletech! - Succession Wars 3039
Classic Battletech! The Grey System: Catalyst: General Quarters 3 - Narvik and Battleship Death Legion will clash BattleTech Slugfest! against House Kurita. Difficulty: Detailed Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM Action Stations, Captains! System: General Duration: 1 hour WWII Naval Miniatures. Quarters 3 Cost: $5.00 Beginners welcome. Friday = Difficulty: Basic GameMaster: Elias The Battle of Narvik; Can the Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Kakesh Germans escape? Saturday = Sat 1:00 PM Battleship slug fest! Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 Blood and Plunder: The Mysterious Island GameMaster: Curtis Sharpe French and English pirates System: Homemade crash upon a quiet island, Rules Set HeroClix - Battle Royales but there is more to this Difficulty: Basic place than meets the eye- Sessions: Sun 3:00 PM Sealed Draft - each player System: WizKids/NECA Strange creatures and Duration: 1 hour purchases either a single HeroClix intellects haunt these Cost: $5.00 booster or 4 gravity feed Difficulty: Easy woods-race to escape. GameMaster: Thomas E singles and drafts a team. Sessions: Fri 10:00 AM, Thomas The game is over when one Sat 10:00 AM, Sun 10:00 player is left or time runs AM, Mon 10:00 AM out. Duration: 1 hour Charlie Company Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Timothy Welcome to Nam Squad System: RAFM: Charlie Cummings Leader! This squad level Company game is all about completing Difficulty: Easy your mission objectives Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, while attempting to survive Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 HeroClix - Golden Age, 300 points your year in Vietnam. No Exp AM, Sat 2:00 PM, Sun All figures and elements required! 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 PM System: WizKids/NECA Duration: 1 hour from any set are allowed HeroClix Cost: $5.00 Difficulty: Basic GameMaster: Timothy Sessions: Gearhart Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Tim Cummings
18 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE HeroClix - Golden Age, 300 points, No Figures Heroclix - The Charlie Event: Figures Only, Over 50 Points Modern Age Any figure and/or HeroClix System: WizKids/NECA Build restrictions: Single System: WizKids/NECA game element from any HeroClix base figures only, no tactics, HeroClix HeroClix set is allowed Difficulty: Basic no additional figures can be Difficulty: Basic except that no figure can Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM brought in, all figures must Sessions: Mon 9:00 AM cost more than 50 points Duration: 1 hour have at least 1 KO clix Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Tim GameMaster: Tim Cummings Cummings
HeroClix - Modern Age, 300 points Into the Abyss Below!
HeroClix - Modern Age, 300 System: WizKids/NECA a great pit deeper than System: Homemade points HeroClix the ocean...advanced Rules Set Difficulty: Basic relics of a lost civilization... Difficulty: Basic Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, primordial beasts beyond Sessions: Mon 12:30 PM Sat 1:00 PM comprehension...Man has Duration: 1 hour Duration: 1 hour done more over less. Delve Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 in, seek fortune! GameMaster: Thomas E GameMaster: Tim Thomas Cummings
HeroClix - Silver Age, 400 points Legion - Rome & Fantasy Take your legion to battle System: FGU: Legion 400 Silver Age Silver Age” System: WizKids/NECA Commander, Be they from Difficulty: Detailed format: This unofficial HeroClix our Past or another World! Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, format allows all figures Difficulty: Basic Face off against your Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 but no additional elements Sessions: Sat 10:00 AM opponent with Strategy and AM, Sat 2:00 PM, Sun other than special objects. Duration: 1 hour Tactics to bring Glory and 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 PM Cost: $5.00 Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: Tim Honor! Cost: $5.00 Cummings GameMaster: Christopher Gearhart HeroClix - Silver Age, 500 Points, Theme Teams Only Monsterpocalypse - Demos 500 Point Silver Age - Theme System: WizKids/NECA “Let Them Fight” Epic teams only Each team must System: Privateer Press: HeroClix battles between towering be either a named or generic Difficulty: Basic Monsterpocalypse monsters, be crowned King theme team figures from Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM Difficulty: Easy (or Queen) of the Monsters! Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, any HeroClix set can be used Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 Come out and learn how to Sat 11:00 AM, Mon GameMaster: Tim play Monsterpocalyse! 11:00 AM Cummings Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jon Galvin HeroClix - The Chadd Event, 1,000 points
Spell your either your first System: WizKids/NECA Paint & Take - Golden Dragon Painting or last name using HeroClix HeroClix Competition figures. Figures only no Difficulty: Basic Offering an opportunity to other game elements are Sun 10:00 AM System: Paint & Take Sessions: paint a miniature and take allowed Duration: 1 hour - Open it home with you. Visit the Cost: $5.00 Difficulty: Easy GameMaster: Tim Paint & Take area in the Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Cummings gaming hall. Sat 9:00 AM, Sat 11:00 AM Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 19 Paint & Take - Open Paint Paint & Take - Paint-Along Workshop, Offering a free opportunity Introduction to Miniature Painting System: Paint & Take to paint a miniature and - Open Elizabeth Beckley, a System: Paint & Take - take it home with you. Visit Difficulty: Easy professional artist, will Instructional the Paint & Take area in the Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, demonstrate the various Difficulty: Easy gaming hall. Fri 2:00 PM, Fri 3:00 PM, techniques & methods to Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Fri Fri 4:00 PM, Fri 5:00 PM, bring a miniature to life. 3:30 PM, Sat 2:00 PM, Fri 6:00 PM, Fri 7:00 PM, Sun 2:00 PM Fri 8:00 PM, Sat 9:00 Duration: 1 hour AM, Sat 10:00 AM, Sat Cost: $5.00 11:00 AM, Sat 12:00 PM, Sat 1:00 PM, Sat Paint & Take - Paint-Along Workshop, 2:00 PM, Sat 3:00 PM, Sat 4:00 PM, Sat 5:00 Introduction to Miniature Painting for Kids PM, Sat 6:00 PM, Sat Elizabeth Beckley, a System: Paint & Take - 7:00 PM, Sat 8:00 PM, professional artist, will Instructional Sun 9:00 AM, Sun 10:00 demonstrate the various Difficulty: Easy AM, Sun 11:00 AM, Sun techniques & methods to Sessions: Sat 3:30 PM, 12:00 PM, Sun 1:00 PM, bring a miniature to life Sun 3:30 PM Sun 2:00 PM, Sun 3:00 geared for our younger Duration: 1 hour PM, Sun 4:00 PM, Sun Cost: $5.00 5:00 PM, Sun 6:00 PM, miniature gamers. Sun 7:00 PM, Sun 8:00 PM, Mon 9:00 AM, Mon Star Wars Legion - Demos 10:00 AM, Mon 11:00 Try out Fantasy Flights new AM, Mon 12:00 PM System: Star Wars Minis Star Wars themed infantry Duration: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy battle miniature game. Cost: $5.00 Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, Take control of the Rebel Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 6:00 Alliance or Galactic Empire PM and destroy the opposition. Duration: 1 hour ~30 min Cost: $5.00 Paint & Take - Paint-Along Workshop, Color GameMaster: David Schemes/Army Colors Lambright
Sean Twiddy, a professional System: Paint & Take - artist, will demonstrate Instructional TMNT - Shadows of the Past - Demos various techniques & Difficulty: Basic Heroes in a half-shell! The methods to bring a Sessions: Sat 10:00 AM, System: IDW: TMNT - miniature to life. Sun 10:00 AM, Mon energy and back story Shadows of the Past 10:00 AM of those pizza craving Difficulty: Easy Duration: 1 hour superstars. Take down Sessions: Fri 10:00 Cost: $5.00 Shredder and his Foot Clan, AM, Sat 12:00 PM, Sun step on some mousers. 12:00 PM Paint & Take - Paint-Along Workshop, Faces “Turtle Power!” Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 and Skin GameMaster: Steve Sean Twiddy, a professional System: Paint & Take - McFarland artist, will demonstrate Instructional the various techniques Difficulty: Basic Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay - Demos & methods to bring a Sessions: Sat 11:30 AM, Barnacle Bay was once miniature to life. Sun 11:30 AM, Mon System: Wander: The 11:30 AM a peaceful fishing village Cult of Barnacle Bay Duration: 1 hour until the evil cult leader Difficulty: Easy Cost: $5.00 Elder Bane took over the Sessions: Fri 11:00 AM, town with his followers of Fri 3:00 PM, Sat 11:00 the deep. Come learn this AM, Sat 3:00 PM, Sun fantastic game! 11:00 AM, Sun 3:00 PM, Mon 11:00 AM Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jonathan Phillips-Bradford
20 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE Warmachine - 75pt Sunday Steamroller X-Wing - Heroes of Altari Cluster
Join us for a Warmachine System: Privateer Press: Back by popular demand. System: X-Wing & Hordes steamroller Warmachine Help Dragon Squadron Miniatures tournament! This will be Difficulty: Basic repel the empire and save Difficulty: Basic using the 2018 rules! One Required Experience: the Altari Cluster in this Sessions: Sun 12:30 PM, list required second list Extensive cooperative campaign. Sun 6:30 PM, Sun 8:30 optional. Sessions: Sun 11:00 AM PM, Sun 10:30 PM Duration: 1 hour Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Max GameMaster: David Lammon Lambright
Warmachine - Company of Iron Colossal X-Wing - Swiss Tournament Encounter Take on other con-goers Try the new skirmish format System: X-Wing System: Privateer Press: in our annual tournament. Miniatures of Warmachine & Hordes Warmachine 100 points 3/4 swiss rounds Difficulty: Detailed in this special narrative Difficulty: Easy (depending on attendance). Sessions: Sat 6:30 PM scenario. Multiple warbands Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM Everyone get prizes. Duration: 1 hour must work together to Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 survive the might of a Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: David colossal. GameMaster: Rob Lambright Ashwill
Warmachine - Demos X-Wing 2.0 - Demos Join the combat in the Iron Come and find out what System: Privateer Press: System: X-Wing Kingdoms in this Steampunk Warmachine X-Wing 2.0 has to offer. A Miniatures miniatures game! Pit Difficulty: Easy short demo can take ~5-10 Difficulty: Easy Warcasters and their steam Sessions: Fri 11:00 minutes. The full demo takes Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM automatons vs each other or AM, Sat 11:00 AM, Sun about 30 minutes. Duration: 1 hour the Warlocks and Warbeasts 11:00 AM Cost: $5.00 of Hordes. Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: David Cost: $5.00 Lambright GameMaster: Jon Galvin
X-Wing 2.0 - Demos Warmachine - Mangled Metal, Tooth & Come and find out what ClawTournament System: X-Wing X-Wing 2.0 has to offer. A Miniatures Fight with just your System: Privateer Press: short demo can take ~5-10 Difficulty: Easy Warcasters and Warjacks Warmachine minutes. The full demo takes Sessions: Sat 6:00 PM or Warlocks and Warbeast Difficulty: Easy about 30 minutes. Duration: 1 hour in this 0 point tournament. Sessions: Fri 12:00 PM Cost: $5.00 No themes allowed. This is a Duration: 1 hour GameMaster: David great event for those new to Cost: $5.00 Lambright Warmchine! GameMaster: Max Lammon X-Wing 2.0 - Demos X-Wing - Furball/Hunger Games Come and find out what System: X-Wing Take control of a single X-Wing 2.0 has to offer. A Miniatures System: X-Wing short demo can take ~5-10 Easy fighter in this X-Wing Free- Miniatures Difficulty: minutes. The full demo takes Sessions: Sun 6:00 PM For-All. Each player will Difficulty: Basic Duration: 1 hour be given a point total or Sessions: Fri 6:30 PM, Fri about 30 minutes. $5.00 preconfigured ship and set 8:00 PM, Fri 9:30 PM, Fri Cost: David loose to destroy the enemy. 11:00 PM, Sat 12:30 AM GameMaster: Lambright Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: David Lambright
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 21 Zombie Survival
The age of Civilization has System: Homemade reached its end the hunger Rules Set is all the remains. Gather Difficulty: Easy fellow survivors and help Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, save as many as you can Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 from the ever-growing AM, Sat 2:00 PM, Sun Horde of Undead! 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Trent Watson
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22 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (CAMPAIGN) This year, Campaign Gaming will be offering 6 signature campaign offerings, 4 of which have been extremely successful in years past – Catalyst Lab’s ShadowRun Missions (SRM/CMP), Paizo’s Pathfinder Society (PFS) and Starfinder Society (SFS), and WotC’s D&D Adventurers League (DDAL). In addition, we are going to be offering 2 new campaigns to Dragon Con – Modiphius’ Star Trek Adventures and Paradigm’s Living Arcanis 5E. At present, we do not have a firm commitment on the specific events that will be offered, as release schedules for events have not been finalized by the various companies that offer Campaign style gaming. When current release schedules are available (ensuring the ability to provide the newest event scenarios, while being able to guarantee these scenarios will be received in a timely fashion for the show), we will update the Gaming Registration website (http://gaming.dragoncon.org/) . All event scheduling should also b available for the final Gaming Guide and Dragon Con 2018 app.
CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
D&D Adventurers League (DDAL) GGD&D Adventurers League Events uses the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Rules. For all D&D Adventurers League Events, participation requires membership in the RPGA/DCI and a character created using the Character Creation Guidelines available from the following website: http://www.dndadventurersleague.org. Please refer to this website for additional information. GGD&D OnDemand, under the DDAL umbrella, are scheduled 2-hour events for those who are wanting an introduction to D&D Adventurers League, or even just to 5th Edition D&D, or just have a couple hours to kill. These events are geared towards new characters and new players. Pre-generated characters, basic rules, dice, and pencils will be provided for those who wish to just show up and play. All that is required is 2 Generic Tickets, which can be purchased at Gaming Registration. These events will run every 2 hours from 9am to 9pm Friday/Saturday/Sunday and 9am to 3pm Monday. GGD&D Experience, under the DDAL umbrella, is a multi-slot event that takes place over the course of the convention. You will keep the same great DM and players for the entire series of adventures. Your one ticket covers all the listed slots of your track. We are offering 2 different tracks this year, with each track having 2 different slot offerings. These events will be played in a smaller room away from the main DDAL gaming area. These are very limited in quantity to ensure the very best gaming experience, and are priced accordingly.
Pathfinder Society (PFS) GGPathfinder Society uses Paizo’s Pathfinder Rules. For all Pathfinder Society Events, participation requires membership in Paizo’s Organized Play system and a character created using the Character Creation Guidelines available from the following website, http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety. Please refer to this website for additional information. GGPFS Quests, under the Pathfinder Society umbrella, we will be offering walk-up 1(ish) hour mini-events for those who want to just drop by and play a little Pathfinder based D&D (please note that this is not 5th Edition, but the Pathfinder 2E ruleset which is newly released at GenCon 2018). There are 6 1(ish) hour events available, so you can always play for longer if you want. Each 1(ish) hour event requires 1 Generic Ticket, which can be purchased at Gaming Registration.
Starfinder Society (SFS) GGStarfinder Society uses Paizo’s Starfinder Rules. For all Starfinder Society Events, participation requires membership in Paizo’s Organized Play system and a character created using the Character Creation Guidelines available from the following website, http://paizo.com/starfinderSociety. Please refer to this website for additional information. GGSFS Quests, under the Starfinder Society umbrella, we will be offering walk-up 1(ish) hour mini-events for those who want to just drop by and play a little Starfinder based D&D (please note that this is not 5th Edition, but the Starfinder ruleset which was based on Pathfinder 1E). There are 5 1(ish) hour events available, so you can always play for longer if you want. Each 1(ish) hour event requires 1 Generic Ticket, which can be purchased at Gaming Registration.
ShadowRun Missions (SRM or CMP) GGShadowRun Missions uses Shadowrun 5th Edition Rules. For allShadowrun Missions Events, participation requires a character created for Shadowrun 5ed using the rules found at http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/missions/. Please refer to this website for additional information.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 23 Star Trek Adventures Living Campaign (STA) GGStar Trek Adventures uses the Star Trek Adventures Rules. For all Star Trek Adventures Living Campaign Events, participation requires a character created for Star Trek Adventures using the rules found at https://www. modiphius.com/livingcampaign.html. Please refer to this website for additional information.
Living Arcanis (LA) GGLiving Arcanis uses Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Rules with modifications by Paradigm Concepts. For all Living Arcanis Events, participation requires a character created for Living Arcanis 5e using the character creation guidelines found on the following website: http://www.paradigmcampaigns.com/DefaultLivA.aspx. Please refer there for more information.
CAMPAIGN EVENTS
CCC-BMG-22: Phlan 2-1 Demagogue CCC-SKULL-01-01: A Murder Most Foul A D&D Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League Event for Characters of Adventurers League Level(s) 11-16 With the Difficulty: Detailed Level(s) 5-10 In the sewers Difficulty: Detailed Banite coup recently foiled, Required Experience: beneath the ruined streets Required Experience: election day in Phlan has Extensive of Mulmaster, a murdered Some finally arrived. But the Lord Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, corpse has been found: the Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, of Darkness needs a new Sun 9:00 AM nephew of a prominent Sat 9:00 AM representative. Barrett Duration: 5 hours noble. Once great houses Duration: 5 hours Sokol, his hand squarely Cost: $5.00 are at each other’s throats Cost: $5.00 on the pulse of today’s GameMaster: Campaign with accusations as the GameMaster: Campaign Phlan, requires additional Staff desperate family seeks out Staff vetting and may need your the truth. assistance. CCC-SKULL-01-02: Not All Who Are Lost Should CCC-BMG-23: Phlan 2-2 Hatemaster Be Found A D&D Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D D&D Event for Characters of System: Event for Characters of Adventurers League Adventurers League Level(s) 11-16 With the Level(s) 5-10 An elusive Difficulty: Detailed Difficulty: Detailed Master Thief claims to have Required Experience: Banite coup recently foiled, Required Experience: election day in Phlan has information regarding to Some Extensive Fri 2:00 PM, finally arrived. But the the murder of a prominent Sessions: Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, noble’s nephew. However, Sun 9:00 AM Lord of Darkness needs a Sun 8:00 PM the adventurers must first Duration: 5 hours new representative. Colvin Duration: 5 hours Cost: $5.00 Doverson, his qualifications Cost: $5.00 prove themselves by finding something the Master Thief GameMaster: Campaign rooted in Phlan’s brutal GameMaster: Campaign Staff past, requires additional Staff lost. vetting and may need your assistance. CCC-SKULL-01-03: Who Pulls the Strings A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D CCC-BMG-24: Phlan 2-3 The Royal We Event for Characters of Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League Level(s) 5-10 Pursuing the Difficulty: Detailed System: D&D Event for Characters of murderers of the nephew Required Experience: Adventurers League of a prominent noble house Some Level(s) 11-16 With the Difficulty: Detailed Banite coup recently foiled, has revealed more than a Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, Required Experience: simple random crime. A Sun 8:00 PM election day in Phlan has Extensive new group or faction has Duration: 5 hours finally arrived. But the Lord Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, risen from the ashes and Cost: $5.00 of Darkness needs a new Mon 9:00 AM dust from destruction of GameMaster: Campaign representative. Jhessail Duration: 5 hours Staff Greycastle, with her grand Cost: $5.00 Mulmaster, and its nature plans for the future of GameMaster: Campaign and intent still unknown. Phlan, requires additional Staff The leader of the Silver Skulls is a mystery, and perhaps a vetting and may need your threat to what little stability Mulmaster has found since assistance. disaster struck.
24 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE CCC-STORM-01: The Barrows of Solina CCC-YLRA01-03: Bound by Duty A D&D Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D System: D&D Event for Characters of Event for Characters of Adventurers League Adventurers League Level(s) 5-10 Zhentarim Difficulty: Detailed Level(s) 5-10 Civil disorder Difficulty: Detailed traders. Shadowy figures Required Experience: threatens to throw the Required Experience: roaming the fields near Some leaderless town of Ylraphon Some Hillsfar. How do these all Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, into chaos. You find respite Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM, relate? Everything traces Mon 9:00 AM from this political strife Sun 8:00 PM, Mon back to the recently Duration: 5 hours when the Chiang Emporium 2:00 PM unearthed grave-barrows. Cost: $5.00 hires you for an escort Duration: 5 hours Rescuing a caravan from GameMaster: Campaign mission. The task: sail south Cost: $5.00 undead attackers, the Staff to accompany a Chiang GameMaster: Campaign adventurers learn of an Emporium envoy on a return Staff ancient danger. voyage to Ylraphon, where her wedding is to take place upon her arrival. The voyage CCC-YLRA01-01: Her Dying Wish is perilous, but not nearly as complicated as what awaits when you finally make it back to town. A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League D&D Experience: MORD Track A Level(s) 5-10 You’ve come Difficulty: Detailed to the wild frontier outpost A D&D Adventurers League Required Experience: System: D&D of Ylraphon, a town rebuilt Event for Characters of Some Adventurers League from destruction and now Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Level(s) 11-16 The D&D Difficulty: Detailed ruled by adventurers, to pass Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 9:00 Experience is a multi- Required Experience: on a proud noblewoman’s AM slot event that take place Extensive final wish to her dungeon- Duration: 5 hours over the course of the Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, raiding heirs. Yet the young Cost: $5.00 convention. You will keep Sun 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 heroes of House Marsh have GameMaster: Campaign the same great DM and PM, Sun 8:00 PM delved too deep. Can you Staff players for the entire series Duration: 5 hours rescue them from a trap-filled ruin, vengeful assassins, of adventures. Your one Cost: $5.00 and a mysterious entity that turns its attackers into its ticket covers the four slots of GameMaster: Campaign defenders? your track. The MORD track Staff uses Guild Adept content CCC-YLRA01-02: Uneasy Lies the Head which focuses on Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. This track includes DDEP8-1 The Red War, The Lich-Queen’s A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D Begotten, and To Wake The Leviathan played over 4 Event for Characters of Adventurers League slots. Level(s) 5-10 Refugees from Difficulty: Detailed Mulmaster have flooded Required Experience: D&D Experience: MORD Track B the rough-and-tumble Some town of Ylraphon. Poverty, Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D shortages, overcrowding, Sun 9:00 AM, Sun 8:00 Event for Characters of Adventurers League and an unnatural heatwave PM Level(s) 11-16 The D&D Difficulty: Detailed have tempers running high. Duration: 5 hours Experience is a multi- Required Experience: When a series of mysterious Cost: $5.00 slot event that take place Extensive crimes erupt, the people GameMaster: Campaign over the course of the Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, are desperate for someone Staff convention. You will keep the Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 to blame. Can you find the same great DM and players PM, Mon 9:00 AM connection and the culprit, or will the angry mob deal its for the entire series of Duration: 5 hours own form of justice? adventures. Your one ticket Cost: $5.00 covers the four slots of your GameMaster: Campaign Staff track. The MORD track uses Guild Adept content which focuses on Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. This track includes DDEP8-1 The Red War, The Lich-Queen’s Begotten, and To Wake The Leviathan played over 4 slots.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 25 D&D Experience: Skull Track A DDAL00-01: Window to the Past A D&D Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D System: D&D Event for Characters of Event for Characters of Adventurers League Adventurers League Level(s) 5-10 The D&D Difficulty: Detailed Level(s) 17-20 When a Difficulty: Detailed Experience is a multi- Required Experience: Thayan research expedition Required Experience: slot event that take place Some returns from the Glacier Extensive over the course of the Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, of the White Wyrm with Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, convention. You will keep Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 AM only two survivors that Sun 9:00 AM the same great DM and Duration: 5 hours are reduced to whispering Duration: 5 hours players for the entire series Cost: $5.00 about an ancient pyramid Cost: $5.00 of adventures. Your one GameMaster: Campaign under the ice, perhaps it is GameMaster: Campaign ticket covers the four slots Staff time to discover just what Staff of your track. The Skull scares the life out of a nation track has CCC-SKULL-01-01, CCC-SKULL-01-02, and CCC- of necromancers. SKULL-01-03. These tracks are run by the authors and playtesters of this series. DDAL00-03: Those That Came Before A D&D Adventurers League D&D Experience: Skull Track B System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League Level(s) 17-20 All of the System: D&D Difficulty: Detailed Event for Characters of Adventurers League scribes in Candlekeep are Required Experience: Level(s) 5-10 The D&D Difficulty: Detailed reporting eerie dreams, Extensive Experience is a multi- Required Experience: dreams in which the flying Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM, slot event that take place Some citadels of Ancient Netheril Sun 8:00 PM over the course of the Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, remain aloft among the Duration: 5 hours convention. You will keep Sun 9:00 AM, Sun 8:00 clouds, with the modern Cost: $5.00 the same great DM and PM skylines of Neverwinter and GameMaster: Campaign players for the entire series Duration: 5 hours Waterdeep far below. These Staff of adventures. Your one Cost: $5.00 hazy visions all end the same ticket covers the four slots GameMaster: Campaign way: with tremendous calamity as those fortresses of your track. The Skull track Staff smash down upon the defenseless metropolises. What has CCC-SKULL-01-01, CCC- aid can be enlisted when such doom is on the horizon? SKULL-01-02, and CCC-SKULL-01-03. These tracks are run by the authors and playtesters of this series. DDAL06-03: Crypt of the Death Giants A D&D Adventurers League D&D Open 2018: Gangs of Waterdeep System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League Level(s) 17-20 A magical System: D&D Difficulty: Detailed Event for Characters of Adventurers League storm builds over the Required Experience: Level(s) Pre-Gen Amid Difficulty: Detailed Anauroch desert bringing Extensive violence in the streets of Sessions: Sat 2:00 PM portents of death and Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM Waterdeep, six unlikely Duration: 5 hours destruction to Faerun. Duration: 5 hours criminals plan the heist of Cost: $5.00 Giants imbued with power Cost: $5.00 the century, hoping to grab GameMaster: Campaign of death itself threaten to GameMaster: Campaign the key to a fortune in gold Staff permanently destroy the Staff coins. This 8-hour event uses giant Ordning and small folk pregenerated characters. Compete for prizes, fun, and in their wake. Can you stop these unnatural giants and the ultimate in roleplaying glory: winner of the D&D those that seek to control them? Open! Players also earn rewards applicable toward their D&D Adventurers League characters. DDAL08-00: Once in Waterdeep
A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League Level(s) 1-4 Who knows Difficulty: Detailed why adventurers are drawn Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, together? The lust for gold, a Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 8:00 common foe, or the whimsy PM, Mon 9:00 AM of fate? Pull up a stool, stoke Duration: 5 hours the hearth, and let YOUR Cost: $5.00 story begin! GameMaster: Campaign Staff
26 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE DDAL08-01: The Map with No Names DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 2 A D&D Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League Event for Characters of Adventurers League Level(s) 1-4 Rumors abound Difficulty: Detailed Level(s) 5-10 The Cults of Difficulty: Detailed of a map that leads to a Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Elemental Evil had wrought Required Experience: treasure of unimaginable Sat 9:00 AM incredible destruction on Some value. When chance drops Duration: 5 hours the city of Mulmaster, and Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM the map into your hands, Cost: $5.00 in its hour of need, the Duration: 5 hours you have the chance to GameMaster: Campaign City of Danger received aid Cost: $5.00 become wealthy beyond Staff from an unlikely ally: the GameMaster: Campaign your wildest dreams. But Mageocracy of Thay. Now, Staff you’re not the only ones with that dream. The chase is with Mulmaster moving on. Part One of the Umbral Aristocracy Trilogy. ever closer into Thay’s orbit, strife is brewing within the Factions as some call for action against the Red Wizards. DDAL08-02: Beneath the City of the Dead DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 3 A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D Event for Characters of Adventurers League A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D Level(s) 1-4 The treasure Difficulty: Detailed Event for Characters of Adventurers League hunt has led to the City of Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Level(s) 11-16 The Cults of Difficulty: Detailed the Dead. Beneath that well- Sun 9:00 AM Elemental Evil had wrought Required Experience: manicured park is an ancient Duration: 5 hours incredible destruction on Extensive crypt where the treasure Cost: $5.00 the city of Mulmaster, and Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM awaits you! Part Two of the GameMaster: Campaign in its hour of need, the Duration: 5 hours Umbral Aristocracy Trilogy. Staff City of Danger received aid Cost: $5.00 from an unlikely ally: the GameMaster: Campaign DDAL08-03: Dock Ward Double Cross Mageocracy of Thay. Now, Staff with Mulmaster moving A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D ever closer into Thay’s orbit, strife is brewing within the Event for Characters of Adventurers League Factions as some call for action against the Red Wizards. Level(s) 1-4 You’ve been set Difficulty: Detailed up. However, the man you Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 4 were set against is more Sun 8:00 PM than willing to forgive and Duration: 5 hours A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D forget, if you are willing to Cost: $5.00 Event for Characters of Adventurers League join forces to seek a terrible GameMaster: Campaign Level(s) 17-20 The Cults of Difficulty: Detailed vengeance. Part Three of the Staff Elemental Evil had wrought Required Experience: Umbral Aristocracy Trilogy. incredible destruction on Extensive the city of Mulmaster, and Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 1 in its hour of need, the Duration: 5 hours City of Danger received aid Cost: $5.00 A D&D Adventurers League System: D&D from an unlikely ally: the GameMaster: Campaign Event for Characters of Adventurers League Mageocracy of Thay. Now, Staff Level(s) 1-4 The Cults of Difficulty: Detailed with Mulmaster moving Elemental Evil had wrought Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM ever closer into Thay’s orbit, strife is brewing within the incredible destruction on Duration: 5 hours Factions as some call for action against the Red Wizards. the city of Mulmaster, and in Cost: $5.00 its hour of need, the City of GameMaster: Campaign Danger received aid from an Staff PFS 2E Demo 2: Raiders of Shrieking Peak unlikely ally: the Mageocracy A Pathfinder Society Event System: D&D of Thay. Now, with Mulmaster moving ever closer into for Characters of Level(s) 5. Adventurers League Thay’s orbit, strife is brewing within the Factions as some When an extraordinary relic Difficulty: Detailed call for action against the Red Wizards. surfaces in the nearby town Required Experience: of Diobel, the Pathfinder Extensive Society dispatches an agent Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM to recover and transport it Duration: 5 hours back to the Grand Lodge. Cost: $5.00 That strategy fell through GameMaster: Campaign when the agent disappeared Staff along the road to Diobel. The Pathfinders must learn what befell their comrade and recover the shipment—a task that will take them into the dangerous wilds of the island’s interior.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 27 PFS 2E Demo 3: Arclord’s Envy PFS10-00: The Hao Jin Cataclysm (Multi-table Special) A Pathfinder Society System: Pathfinder Event for Characters of Society A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder Level(s) 5 Among the Difficulty: Detailed for Characters of Level(s) Society greatest archmages in Required Experience: 1-11 Centuries ago, the Difficulty: Detailed Golarion’s history is Nex, Some sorceress Hao Jin crafted Sessions: Sun 8:00 PM who created an arcane Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, a museum demiplane, Duration: 5 hours kingdom that shares his Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 9:00 ripping locations from Cost: $5.00 name and survives to this AM, Mon 9:00 AM across Golarion to add to GameMaster: Campaign day. Although the archmage Duration: 5 hours her personal collection. The Staff $5.00 disappeared under Cost: Pathfinder Society gained GameMaster: Campaign mysterious circumstances access to this realm seven years ago and its agents Staff millennia ago, his disciples began exploring the demiplane’s wonders. When Hao the Arclords have continued his vision—at least what Jin vanished, the demiplane fell into disrepair. Pathfinder they can piece together from his surviving writings. The Aram Zey recently discovered the deterioration reached capital of Quantium’s now abuzz with the news that a critical stage and without intervention, the entire another of Nex’s texts has resurfaced, and already the demiplane will rip apart violently, ejecting its contents owner has died under suspicious circumstances. Hoping into the Astral Plane and killing everyone inside. Yet to avert a political predicament as various arclords repair isn’t as simple as sewing the demiplane back fight to inherit the text, the local authorities have hired together with some metaphysical thread and the the Pathfinder Society to untangle the situation as impending apocalypse has thrown the tapestry’s independent investigators. civilizations into turmoil.
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28 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE PFS10-01: Oathbreakers Die PFS9-23: The Ghol-Gan Heresy
A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder for Characters of Level(s) 1-5 Society for Characters of Level(s) Society The city of Daggermark is Difficulty: Detailed 7-11 The Aspis Consortium Difficulty: Detailed best known for its poisoners Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, and Vanji Prospectors’ Required Experience: and assassins, who maintain Fri 2:00 PM, Fri 8:00 PM, Guild may have allied to Some active guilds that enjoy Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 9:00 extract valuable minerals Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, the full respect of local AM, Mon 9:00 AM from the tropical Kaava Sat 8:00 PM authorities. Local venture- Duration: 5 hours Lands, yet their endeavor Duration: 5 hours captain Istivil Bosk prefers Cost: $5.00 also threatens to release a Cost: $5.00 to keep his head down and GameMaster: Campaign fiend sealed beneath the GameMaster: Campaign Staff Staff stays out of their affairs, nearby ruins. The Pathfinder but he has recently learned that a Pathfinder agent has Society and its new friends have strangled the operation been targeted for assassination. Can the PCs enact the economically, causing most of the workers to abandon venture-captain’s daring plot to save this agent without the dig. However, a dedicated corps is trying to dig out becoming the assassins’ next victims? one last lucrative (and perilous) haul before evacuating the site. The PCs range deep into the jungles alongside PFS10-02: Bones of Biting Ants their grippli allies to stop the Aspis and perhaps confront the same fiend imprisoned millennia ago. Contents in A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder “The Ghol-Gan Heresy” also contribute directly to the for Characters of Level(s) 3-7 Society ongoing storyline of the Exchange faction. The sole survivor of an ill- Difficulty: Detailed fated Society expedition into Required Experience: PFS9-24: Beneath Unbroken Waves the Mwangi expanse barely Some managed to return home Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder years ago, bringing little to Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 for Characters of Level(s) Society show but an unpleasant AM, Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 5-9 Fishers have dredged Difficulty: Detailed affliction and haunting 2:00 PM, Mon 9:00 AM up a strange, glowing Required Experience: memories, neither of which Duration: 5 hours artifact from the sea off the Some they could shake. While Cost: $5.00 coast of Jalmeray, and the Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM, the agent had planned GameMaster: Campaign Pathfinder Society believes Sun 2:00 PM Staff to retire from the Society this is a key—likely to Duration: 5 hours for good, they now seek assistance in finding closure, something hidden beneath Cost: $5.00 seeking a cure, and recovering the relics the team had the waves. With the key GameMaster: Campaign to abandon. What sounds at first like a simple recovery in hand, the PCs sail out to Staff mission becomes far more complicated, for the same the underwater ruins of a people erased from history. threats that spelled disaster for the first mission are as Can the PCs discoveries shed new light on whose these dangerous today. people were and the true reason for their downfall? Contents in “Beneath Unbroken Waves” also contribute PFS10-03: Death on the Ice directly to the ongoing storyline of the Concordance faction. A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder for Characters of Level(s) Society PFS9-25: Betrayal in the Bones 5-9 A message delivered by Difficulty: Detailed an unlikely courier sends Required Experience: A Pathfinder Society Event System: Pathfinder the PCs to the Crown of Some for Characters of Level(s) Society the World. After making a Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Fri 12-15 Using misdirection Difficulty: Detailed dangerous trek across the icy 8:00 PM, Sat 8:00 PM, and misinformation, the Required Experience: passes and bays of Golarion’s Sun 9:00 AM, Sun 2:00 Pathfinder Society has Extensive northernmost continent, PM, Mon 9:00 AM cornered a pair of its old Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, the PCs must come to Duration: 5 hours enemies—a demoniac and Sun 9:00 AM the aid of a Pathfinder Cost: $5.00 an assassin—in the Five Duration: 5 hours Society expedition whose GameMaster: Campaign Kings Mountains. However, Cost: $5.00 archaeological excavations Staff the two have taken refuge GameMaster: Campaign have uncovered far more inside a sacred dwarven Staff than they expected to find. Can the PCs unravel the burial ground sacred to Magrim, and their desperate mysteries that lie beneath the gelid glaciers of the Crown defenses have stymied the dwarves’ initial assaults. It of the World in time to save their fellow Pathfinders falls to a team of the Society’s best agents to overcome from a frigid fate? these obstacles, avert impending blasphemies, and end these villains’ treachery forever. Contents in “Betrayal in the Bones” also contribute directly to the ongoing storyline of the Grand Lodge faction.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 29 SFS1-13: On the Trail of History SFS1-19: To Conquer the Dragon
A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder for Characters of Level(s) Society for Characters of Level(s) Society 3-6 Now possessing key Difficulty: Detailed 5-8 After much negotiating, Difficulty: Detailed information about the Required Experience: the Starfinder Society Required Experience: mysteries of the Scoured Some has reached an accord to Some Stars, the Starfinder Society Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, work with leaders of the Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, sends the PCs to a distant Sat 9:00 AM Drakelands and Skyfire Fri 2:00 PM, Sat 9:00 star system in the Vast. Duration: 5 hours Mandate on the world of AM, Sun 9:00 AM, Sun The idea that the non- Cost: $5.00 Triaxus. To commemorate 2:00 PM, Mon 9:00 AM spacefaring natives of this GameMaster: Campaign this historic achievement, Duration: 5 hours Staff $5.00 system have any connection the Society intends to open a Cost: GameMaster: Campaign with the distant Scoured Stars seems unlikely, but it’s new lodge in the settlement Staff up to the PCs to confirm if a connection does exist. of Cumo. However, a recent Other factions complicate the situation by having their enemy intends to disrupt the event, and only the PCs own unique agendas relating to the distant world stand between this hidden threat and the Society’s and its peaceful inhabitants. Content in this scenario newest endeavor. Content in this scenario builds on contributes to the ongoing goals of the Second Seekers story elements established in Starfinder Society #1–13: (Luwazi Elsebo) faction and The Year of the Scoured Stars On the Trail of History, however, playing that previous storyline. scenario is not required.
SFS1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!! SFS1-20: Duskmire Accord 9
A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder for Characters of Level(s) Society for Characters of Level(s) Society 3-6 It’s finally here; the Difficulty: Detailed 1-4 A vault opens inside Difficulty: Detailed sugar-pop band sensation, Required Experience: the mysterious false moon Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Strawberry Machine Cake, Some of Salvation’s End, and the Fri 2:00 PM, Fri 8:00 PM, is starting its Pact Worlds Sessions: Sat 8:00 PM, Starfinder Society sends Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 9:00 tour. Thanks to the Exo- Sun 2:00 PM in a team of agents to AM, Mon 9:00 AM Guardians’ leader, Zigvigix, Duration: 5 hours investigate. Although it has Duration: 5 hours the PCs and Historia-7 have Cost: $5.00 discerned little about the Cost: $5.00 tickets to attend the holo- GameMaster: Campaign vault’s interior, the Society GameMaster: Campaign concert event of the year. As Staff has identified a powerful Staff Zigvigix hopes to celebrate energy signature near the and mourn friends lost in the Scoured Stars, Historia-7 vault’s center. Several factions within the vault clash enlists the PCs to track down an attendee associated for control of the area. If the PCs are to succeed at with a conspiracy against the Society. When a stunning their mission, they’ll need to choose a side. Content in revelation endangers the concert, it falls to the PCs this scenario is a continuation of the Starfinder Society to step in and save one of the most hotly anticipated special, Starfinder Society #1–00: Claim to Salvation and concerts in Pact Worlds history. Content in this scenario Starfinder Society #1–09: Live Exploration Extreme!; contributes to the ongoing goals of the Dataphiles and however, playing those previous scenarios is not Exo-Guardian factions. required.
SFS1-21: Yesteryear’s Sorrow SFS1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear A Starfinder Society Event A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder System: Starfinder for Characters of Level(s) for Characters of Level(s) Society Society 3-6 The Exo-Guardians’ 5-8 One final task remains Difficulty: Detailed Difficulty: Detailed leader, Zigvigix, has been before the First Seeker can Required Experience: Required Experience: forced by recent events to realize her ongoing mission Some Some reevaluate the Society’s of returning to the Scoured Sessions: Sun 9:00 AM Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM, Fri arsenal of weapons. They 8:00 PM, Sat 9:00 AM, Stars: recovering the key Duration: 5 hours order a new exploration Sat 8:00 PM, Sun 2:00 that can lower its shields. Cost: $5.00 mission to the irradiated PM, Mon 9:00 AM She has identified the key’s GameMaster: Campaign nuclear wasteland world of Duration: 5 hours location and assembled a Staff Elytrio, homeworld of the Cost: $5.00 team, yet the key rests on a beetle-like ghibrani species. GameMaster: Campaign barren moon in a dangerous complex filled with ancient Far from the homes of the Staff traps from a technologically advanced alien species surviving ghibranis, the PCs travel into a missile silo intent of keeping their relics protected against invaders. that contributed to the death of a world. Content in Content in this scenario contributes to the ongoing goals this scenario is a continuation of the Starfinder Society of the Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) faction and The scenario, Starfinder Society #1–03: Yesteryear’s Truth, Year of the Scoured Stars storyline. however, playing this previous scenario is not required.
30 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE SFS1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (Multi- CMP2018-04: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? table Special) A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - Any A Starfinder Society Event System: Starfinder Missions A Viva Las Vegas event. In for Characters of Level(s) 1-8 Society Difficulty: Detailed Balancing time against the Difficulty: Detailed Las Vegas, a single night out Sessions: Sat 2:00 PM lives of the myriad trapped Sessions: Sat 2:00 PM can make or break anyone. Duration: 5 hours Starfinders, nominated Duration: 5 hours Mr Johnson decides to let it Cost: $5.00 First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo Cost: $5.00 ride on the runners, in a bid GameMaster: Campaign authorizes a dangerous GameMaster: Campaign to knock over a casino. The Staff mission to return to the Staff security may be state of the fated region of space known art, but a single pull of the lever can change a life as the Scoured Stars. The might of the resurgent Society is finally poised to breach the formerly impenetrable CMP2018-05: Letter of Marque barrier surrounding the trinary system. The galaxy A Shadowrun Missions Event pauses to watch if a new generation of Starfinders can System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - save those once lost. A mission of exploration and a Missions Any A Cerulean Shadows mission of mercy, this return to the Scoured Stars will Difficulty: Detailed event. Cargo ships are undoubtedly shape the future of the Starfinder Society. Sessions: Sun 9:00 AM turning up missing on their Duration: 5 hours Content in this scenario contributes to the ongoing goals way to Metropole, and the Cost: $5.00 of the Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) faction and The owners aren’t too happy GameMaster: Campaign Year of the Scoured Stars storyline. about it. The team is hired to Staff crew a decoy vessel in order CMP2018-01: Dead Man’s Hand to capture the elusive Pirate before they can strike again. A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - Missions CMP2018-06: Honor Amongst Thieves Any A Viva Las Vegas event. Difficulty: Detailed A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun The team is called out to Las Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM for Characters of Karma - Any Missions Vegas to help a gambler out Duration: 5 hours A Cerulean Shadows event. Difficulty: Detailed with a goon issue. When the Cost: $5.00 Business is business, right? Sessions: Sun 2:00 PM Johnson doesn’t show up for GameMaster: Campaign The team gets an interesting Duration: 5 hours the meet, they only have so Staff offer from someone they Cost: $5.00 long before their paycheck just had arrested. A little GameMaster: Campaign becomes a mirage. nuyen goes a long way Staff toward forgiveness. CMP2018-02: You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You CMP2018-07: No Prey, No Pay A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun A Shadowrun Missions Event Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - System: Missions for Characters of Karma - Missions Any A Viva Las Vegas event. Difficulty: Detailed Any A Cerulean Shadows Difficulty: Detailed The heart wants what it Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM event. An offer comes Sessions: Sun 8:00 PM wants, but there are those Duration: 5 hours in from an independent Duration: 5 hours who don’t approve of this Cost: $5.00 Johnson looking to turn Cost: $5.00 union. The team is hired GameMaster: Campaign the screws on some of GameMaster: Campaign Staff to extract a mafia princess the shipping corporations Staff from the family, but is it love operating in the Caribbean, or leverage Mr. J is looking for? and hopefully fund out why boatloads of people have gone missing. Taking down a cargo ship, the team finds CMP2018-03: Sin City Sabotage more than they signed on for. A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - CMP2018-08: X Marks the Spot Missions Any A Viva Las Vegas event. Difficulty: Detailed A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun A new resort is opening Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM for Characters of Karma - up on the strip, and the Missions Duration: 5 hours Any A Cerulean Shadows Difficulty: Detailed VIP weekend is coming up. Cost: $5.00 event. Nothing stays hidden Sessions: Mon 9:00 AM Mr Johnson wants you to GameMaster: Campaign forever. Even the best kept Duration: 5 hours make this a particularly Staff secrets eventually come to Cost: $5.00 memorable event for all the light. A mysterious private GameMaster: Campaign investors. island with a corporate Staff facility, and hundreds of brainwashed prisoners stand between the runners and a real payday.
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 31 SRM09-01: Started from the Bottom SRM09-03: Learning Little from Victory
A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - Missions for Characters of Karma - Missions Any When you are new to Difficulty: Detailed Any Honor is life in Neo- Difficulty: Detailed the shadows of Neo Tokyo, Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Tokyo; how do you hold on Sessions: Fri 8:00 PM, without much in the way of Fri 8:00 PM, Sat 8:00 PM to yours when Tanaka-san Sat 9:00 AM reputation or established Duration: 5 hours asks you to get involved in Duration: 5 hours contacts, the work that Cost: $5.00 local politics? Can you put Cost: $5.00 comes your way feels GameMaster: Campaign your candidate on the path GameMaster: Campaign beneath your talent. But this Staff to victory without losing face Staff is Neo-Tokyo and you start in front of new ‘friends’? from the bottom. SRM09-04: Neo-Tokyo Drift SRM09-02: Finders Keepers A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun A Shadowrun Missions System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma - Missions Event for Characters of Missions Any The street racing scene Difficulty: Detailed Karma - Any Tanaka-san has Difficulty: Detailed of Neo-Tokyo is reknown Sessions: Sat 2:00 lost something and needs it Sessions: Fri 2:00 PM worldwide so when the PM, Sat 8:00 PM, Sun retrieved. He won’t tell you Duration: 5 hours team is asked to get involved 2:00 PM what it is, where to get it, Cost: $5.00 they jump right in. What Duration: 5 hours or even reveal himself. Can GameMaster: Campaign happens when the stakes Cost: $5.00 you prove your worth and Staff get higher and higher on the GameMaster: uncover the mystery? unforgiving streets? Campaign Stafff
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32 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE SRM09-05: Violent Shadows SRM09-06: Seven Breaths
A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun A Shadowrun Missions Event System: Shadowrun for Characters of Karma Missions for Characters of Karma - Missions - Any Tanaka-san needs Difficulty: Detailed Any War in the streets is Difficulty: Detailed an inconspicuous crew to Sessions: Sun 9:00 AM threatening to boil over Sessions: Sun 8:00 PM rescue a missing child, but Duration: 5 hours when an opportunity arises Duration: 5 hours his Yakuza rivals are already Cost: $5.00 to bring it back to a simmer. Cost: $5.00 a step ahead. Do you rescue GameMaster: Campaign Pick your preferred losers GameMaster: Campaign the child for Tanaka or will Staff but don’t take too long as Staff you turn him over to the time is short rival faction?
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AD&D 1stEd: Ghost Tower of Inverness Afterverse: The Living Labyrinth of Lemuria Old school Dungeons and 2116: An archaeological System: AD&D 1st Ed System: Afterverse Dragons using Adv. D & D Difficulty: Basic expedition to find powerful Difficulty: Easy rules(loosely). Originally Required Experience: ancient artifacts takes an Sessions: Sat 6:00 PM, released in 1980 as a Some unexpected turn. (original Sun 1:00 PM tournament module level Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, d6-based system; read more Duration: 4 hours 5-7. Good combination of Fri 1:00 PM, Sat 9:00 at www.afterver.se) Cost: $5.00 fighting and puzzles AM, Sun 9:00 AM, Mon GameMaster: Ray 9:00 AM Nothnagel Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Dave Afterverse: The Sirius Expedition Davis 2071: After ending the System: Afterverse Afterverse: Crimes Against Humanity occupation, Earth cobbles Difficulty: Easy 2095: A criminal together a fleet & sets off to Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM System: Afterverse investigation in the asteroid make first contact the right Duration: 4 hours Difficulty: Basic way. Cost: $5.00 belt has larger implications Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM as tensions escalate. GameMaster: Ray Duration: 4 hours Nothnagel Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Ray Nothnagel Age of Rebellion: Rancor Squadron Take on the role of the Rebel System: Age of Rebellion Afterverse: The Battle of Ceres Alliance freedom fighters Difficulty: Basic and save the frontier world Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, 2101: The Bactarans have System: Afterverse of Ulandar form an Imperial Sat 1:00 PM blown through the blockade Difficulty: Basic blockade. Pre-made Duration: 4 hours & must be stopped before Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM characters provided. Cost: $5.00 they can report to their Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Chris homeworld. Cost: $5.00 Dailey GameMaster: Ray Nothnagel Amber: Children of the Blood Afterverse: The Last Ditch Long running campaign set System: Amber Diceless in the prehistory of Amber. RPG 2058: aliens occupy Earth; System: Afterverse Talk to GM for details Difficulty: Basic one group of outlaws takes Difficulty: Basic before signing up. Character Required Experience: up the mantle of heroism Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM creation summary at https:// Some and kicks off the resistance. Duration: 4 hours goo.gl/Vnm7LU Sessions: Sun 6:00 PM Cost: $5.00 Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Ray Cost: $5.00 Nothnagel GameMaster: Scott Acker
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 33 D&D 3.5: Enter the Pygmy Dragon XVII: Barker’s D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist Markers Part 1: Trouble with Humans
Beelzebob Barker is calling in System: D&D 3.5 Standard story of people System: D&D 5E his marker. You made a deal Difficulty: Easy finding Goblins on the Difficulty: Basic with a devil and the debt is Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, border of their territory, Required Experience: due. Only you know why you Sat 1:00 PM, Sun 1:00 but the twist is that you Some did it. You knew the price - PM, Mon 9:00 AM are playing the Goblins. All Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Fri one task, no questions. Duration: 4 hours materials and characters to 6:00 PM Cost: $5.00 be provided. Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Ken Ditto Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jimmy Reynolds D&D 3.5: In the land of Eldebaron! D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist A third level 3.5 D&D System: D&D 3.5 campaign in the Game Difficulty: Complex Part 2: Trouble with Goblins Master’s custom world. Required Experience: Standard story of people System: D&D 5E Game books will be Some finding Goblins on the Difficulty: Detailed provided. The characters Sessions: Mon 1:00 PM border of their territory, Required Experience: will be pregenerated. The Duration: 4 hours but the twist is that you Some character sheet may be Cost: $5.00 are playing the Goblins. All Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM, taken home! GameMaster: Scott D. materials and characters to Sat 6:00 PM Johnston be provided. Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jimmy D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 1 Reynolds Join your fellow scoundrels System: D&D 5E as members of the Ebon Difficulty: Basic D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist Ashes Guild in a quest to Required Experience: Part 3: Whose Land will this end up being. prove once and for all, who Some owns the night. 8th level. Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Standard story of people System: D&D 5E Characters will be provided. Sat 1:00 PM finding Goblins on the Difficulty: Detailed Duration: 4 hours border of their territory, Required Experience: Cost: $5.00 but the twist is that you Some GameMaster: Jonathan are playing the Goblins. All Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM, Stokes materials and characters to Sun 6:00 PM be provided. Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 2 GameMaster: Jimmy Reynolds Join your fellow scoundrels System: D&D 5E as members of the Ebon Difficulty: Basic Ashes Guild in a quest to Required Experience: D&D 5E: Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons prove once and for all, who Some Have you been interested in System: D&D 5E owns the night. 8th level. Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, playing a game of Dungeons Difficulty: Basic Characters will be provided. Sat 6:00 PM and Dragons, but not sure Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Duration: 4 hours where to start? I welcome Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 9:00 Cost: $5.00 any and all ages to the land AM GameMaster: Jonathan Duration: 4 hours Stokes of fantasy and dragons. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Richard D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 3 Mraz Join your fellow scoundrels System: D&D 5E D&D 5E: Tal’dorei - Seductive Waters as members of the Ebon Difficulty: Basic Ashes Guild in a quest to Required Experience: A Tal’Dorei adventure set System: D&D 5E prove once and for all, who Some around the town of Byroden, Difficulty: Basic owns the night. 8th level. Sessions: Fri 10:00 PM, on the Riffenmist Peninsula. Required Experience: Characters will be provided. Sat 10:00 PM The party investigates the Some Duration: 4 hours apparent suicides of some Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Cost: $5.00 townsfolk in the nearby Sat 6:00 PM GameMaster: Jonathan Gladepools Duration: 4 hours Stokes Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: James Scott
34 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE D&D 5E: Tal’dorei - The Exterminators Dreadful Paranoia: The Legend of Roy-G-BIV
An adventure in Tal’Dorei, System: D&D 5E Legends say much about System: Paranoia set in the town of Byroden, Difficulty: Basic ROY-G-BIV. Legends are Difficulty: Easy on the Riffenmist Peninsula. Required Experience: treason. Also, in regards to Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM The party is hired to clear Some your request for ACTUAL Duration: 4 hours out some nearby ruins that Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM RULES instead of just a Jenga Cost: $5.00 are rumored to be haunted. Duration: 4 hours tower: REQUEST GRANTED. GameMaster: Paul Carey Cost: $5.00 MWAHAHA! GameMaster: James Scott Dungeon Crawl Classics D&D 5E: The Best Band in the Metaverse Return to the glory days of System: Dungeon Crawl fantasy with modern rules. Classics RPG The great contest looms. System: D&D 5E Play Dungeon Crawl Classics Difficulty: Easy Will you shred harder Difficulty: Easy Role Playing Game and Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, than the rest and prove Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, adventure as 1974 intended Sat 9:00 AM, Sat 6:00 that you are best band in Sat 10:00 PM you to. PM, Sun 9:00 AM, Mon the Metaverse? Pre-made Duration: 4 hours 1:00 PM characters provided. Cost: $5.00 Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Chris Cost: $5.00 Dailey GameMaster: Jay Domingo
D&D 5E: The Island in the Mist Dungeon World: In girum imus nocte et Your party is trapped on System: D&D 5E an ancient Fey island. To Difficulty: Basic consumimur igni escape, you must find the Required Experience: This is the finale of a System: Dungeon World magic Black Bell. A custom Some multi-year dungeon world Difficulty: Easy D&D 5E adventure with lots Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM campaign. Slots reserved for Required Experience: of suspense! No materials Duration: 4 hours returning players. You finally Some needed! Cost: $5.00 have the key for the imperial Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM Ken GameMaster: capital, but what awaits? Duration: 4 hours Horowitz Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Andrew Apold Dread: The beginnings A unique horror RPG System: Dread Everyone is John: A night to remember... where decisions are made Difficulty: Easy Everyone is John is a System: Everyone is as “pulls” from a stacked Sessions: Sat 10:00 humorous competitive RPG John block tower. Hope fades PM, Sun 9:00 AM, Mon where the players all play Easy 9:00 AM Difficulty: as characters deal with voices in the head of an Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM Duration: 4 hours nightmares and begin to insane man. On his birthday, Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 succumb to their Dread. no less... Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Rebecca Andrew Cherney GameMaster: Apold Fate: And by morning we’ll be free Dread: The Mystery at Hannover Asylum The infamous hacker T3H System: Fate P0P3 is dead and the race is Welcome to Hannover System: Dread Difficulty: Easy on to find his stash of phat Asylum! Horror themed Difficulty: Basic Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM, investigation using Jenga Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM lootz before it gets spent on Sun 1:00 PM tower, miniatures and tiles, Duration: 4 hours his flash mob memorial rave. Duration: 4 hours and pre-gen characters. Age Cost: $5.00 No problem, right? Cost: $5.00 18+ GameMaster: Rich GameMaster: Michael McCurry Thompson
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Fate: Galaxy Rangers - Citizens on Patrol Feng Shui 2: Raising the Dragon
The Galaxy Rangers have System: Fate Dragon Con is under attack! System: Feng Shui been reformed and it falls Difficulty: Easy A mysterious cult has Difficulty: Basic on the shoulders of the Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, infiltrated the convention, Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM crew of the Ajax to train the Sat 1:00 PM thankfully a group of Duration: 4 hours first class at Galaxy Ranger Duration: 4 hours unexpected heroes are on Cost: $5.00 Academy. What could go Cost: $5.00 hand (and in costume) to GameMaster: Seth wrong? GameMaster: Michael save the day(s). Woodmansee Thompson Gamma World 7E: Feud Glorious Feud
Fate: Galaxy Rangers - Speedwell’s 6 The Empire of the Pork has System: Gamma World located a new asset that they 7E Join Brooke Speedwell System: Fate would like to acquire...and Difficulty: Detailed as she puts together Difficulty: Easy you’ve been volunteered! Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, an unorthodox crew of Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Fri 6:00 PM, Mon 9:00 criminals to pull off the heist Sun 9:00 AM A GAMMA WORLD 7th Ed. AM of a lifetime. Duration: 4 hours adventure for 4-6 players. Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Michael Russell Thompson GameMaster: Timm Fate: Madlib Heroes: Use It or Lose It Gamma World 7E: The Earth Starts to Rumble Group therapy hits System: Fate the road as Awkward Difficulty: Easy While the City of Change System: Gamma World Supers Anonymous faces Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM, offers no shortage of 7E down supervillains and Sat 1:00 PM, Sun 9:00 troubles, seismic activity is Difficulty: Detailed performance anxiety. AM not one of them...at least Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Fri Materials and questionable Duration: 4 hours until recently. A GAMMA 10:00 PM, Mon 1:00 PM therapy provided. Cost: $5.00 WORLD 7th Ed. adventure Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Stephen for 3-6 players. Cost: $5.00 Thompson GameMaster: Russell Timm
Fate: Mberimbe’s Cauldron: Abyssal Knight Genesys: Fallout: Atlanta Epic heroes hunt aquatic System: Fate horrors in the depths of a Difficulty: Easy Can you survive the southern System: Genesys sea twisted by wild magic. Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, wasteland or will you end Difficulty: Basic Set in an original dark Sat 9:00 AM, Sun 6:00 up ghoul chow?. Pre-made Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM, fantasy setting. Materials PM character provided. Sun 10:00 PM provided. Duration: 4 hours Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Stephen GameMaster: Chris Thompson Dailey
Fate: Mberimbe’s Cauldron: Tattered Dreams Hero System: 5th Edition- Dust and Ashes, a In this dark fantasy, after a System: Fate post-apocalyptic adventure! Part 1 heretical cult murders your Difficulty: Easy In 72 hours, the world as goddess, both sides race to System: Hero System Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, we knew it was reduced to find her next incarnation in a Fifth Edition Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 1:00 ruins! Now a brave band of swamp permeated with wild PM Difficulty: Basic survivors must brave the magic. Materials provided. Duration: 4 hours Required Experience: Cost: $5.00 wastes to save humanity! Some GameMaster: Stephen Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM Thompson Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Patrick Dougherty
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 37 Hero System: 5th Edition- Dust and Ashes, a Invisible Sun: We Begin at the End post-apocalyptic adventure! Part 2 The clock resets. The moth System: Invisible Sun crawls back into its cocoon. In 72 hours, the world as System: Hero System Difficulty: Easy Renewal isn’t always we knew it was reduced to Fifth Edition Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM, ruins! Now a brave band of Difficulty: Basic welcome. Sometimes things Sun 1:00 PM, Mon survivors must brave the Required Experience: should end. Can you stop 1:00 PM wastes to save humanity! Some the rebirth of the Illustrated Duration: 4 hours Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM Messiah? Cost: $5.00 Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Brandon Cost: $5.00 Ording GameMaster: Patrick Dougherty Jack of Clubs Honey Heist What’s a felon to do when System: Shadowrun 5th wanted by Knight Errant? Edition Honey Heist: play as a gang System: Honey Heist Move to a small South Difficulty: Easy of criminal mastermind Difficulty: Easy American country and make Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, bears in a heist for literal Sessions: Fri 10:00 a ton of cash bringing in a Fri 1:00 PM, Sat 9:00 honey. Featuring a simple PM, Sat 1:00 PM, Mon warlord’s officer. AM, Sat 1:00 PM 1d6 rp system and bears 1:00 PM Duration: 4 hours in hats. All play levels Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 welcome! Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jonathan GameMaster: Rebecca L Ferenczy Cherney Night’s Black Agents: First Blood
Index Card RPG: Last Flight of the Red Sword In 1877, British adventurers System: Night’s Black in the Balkans must become Agents Can we solve the mystery System: Index Card RPG secret agents in order to Difficulty: Basic of the derelict pirate space Difficulty: Easy fight a long-lost vampiric Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM ship? Fast character creation Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, horror. Duration: 4 hours and action using Index Card Sat 1:00 PM Cost: $5.00 RPG. Bring dice! Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Andrew Cost: $5.00 Adkins GameMaster: Dr. Atomica Night’s Black Agents: Song of Building Seven
Indie Games on Demand In the near future, System: Night’s Black revolutionaries embark Taste the best of what small Agents System: Various indie on a mission to destroy press gaming has to offer! Difficulty: Basic and small press games the Illuminati. Soon, they Sat 6:00 PM, Games include Fiasco, Sessions: Difficulty: Easy come to find that the real Sun 6:00 PM Dogs in the Vineyard, Little Sessions: Sat 1:00 PM, conspiracies are different... Duration: 4 hours Sat 6:00 PM, Sat 10:00 Fears, Sideload, Ingenuous Cost: $5.00 PM, Sun 1:00 PM and more! Come make GameMaster: Andrew demands! Duration: 4 hours Adkins Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Tobes Hubbird NIght’s Black Agents: The Carmilla Sanction A British hit team must System: Night’s Black InSpectres: Mass Effect: Spectres of the Abyss find an destroy a vampire Agents countess before the Soviets There she is! The Grande Difficulty: Basic System: InSpectres close off Vienna at the Mon 9:00 AM Titan! The legendary, luxury Sessions: Difficulty: Easy height of the Cold War. Duration: 4 hours liner of salvager lore. Who Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, Cost: $5.00 cares why it vanished in the Sat 9:00 AM GameMaster: Andrew first place? All that matters is Duration: 4 hours Adkins the glorious salvage. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Ken Ditto
38 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE Numenera: Forgetting Doomsday Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 3 A band of automatons System: Numenera arrive in town, bringing the Difficulty: Easy The Good King Roland System: Pathfinder threat of a disaster. The PCs Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, has hired a band of brave Difficulty: Basic must remember what truly Sat 9:00 AM adventurers to rescue his Required Experience: matters: saving everyone Duration: 4 hours kidnapped daughter from Some from the loss of everything Cost: $5.00 the clutches of an evil Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM they know. GameMaster: Brandon overlord! Duration: 4 hours Ording Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Patrick Dougherty Pathfinder: 1000 Ways to Slay a Bard
The party is on its way doing System: Pathfinder Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- its own escort quest, but Difficulty: Easy Part 4 a very pesky bard keeps Sessions: Sun 9:00 AM The Good King Roland showing up no matter how Duration: 4 hours System: Pathfinder many times he dies, or how Cost: $5.00 has hired a band of brave Difficulty: Basic many times you kill him... GameMaster: Jon Green adventurers to rescue his Required Experience: kidnapped daughter from Extensive the clutches of an evil Sessions: Fri 10:00 PM Pathfinder: Ethical Adventuring: Become a overlord! Duration: 4 hours Better Hero Today! Cost: $5.00 Patrick God has decided a certain GameMaster: System: Pathfinder Dougherty group of adventurers need Difficulty: Easy to go through some ethical Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM training after burning down Duration: 4 hours Pathfinder: To Catch an Adventurer the 6th orphanage that Cost: $5.00 A Lich is building his lair, and System: Pathfinder was rumored to have loot GameMaster: Jon Green he needs help keeping pesky Difficulty: Basic inside... adventurers out, will you Sessions: Fri 6:00 PM help him create the perfect Duration: 4 hours Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- dungeon? Cost: $5.00 Part 1 GameMaster: Jon Green
The good king Roland System: Pathfinder has hired a brave band of Difficulty: Easy Pathfinder: To Catch an Adventurer v2 adventurers to rescue his Required Experience: A certain Lich has a bone kidnapped daughter from System: Pathfinder Some to pick with adventurers the clutches of an evil Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM Difficulty: Easy and has started his own overlord! Duration: 4 hours Sessions: Mon 1:00 PM operation known as To Catch Cost: $5.00 Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Patrick an Adventurer. Can you lure Cost: $5.00 Dougherty in an adventurer and shame GameMaster: Jon Green him? Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 2 Pathfinder: Who You Gonna Call? Dungeon Busters! The good king Roland System: Pathfinder A Lich has been evicted of Pathfinder has hired a brave band of Difficulty: Basic System: his own Lair by adventurers Basic adventurers to rescue his Required Experience: Difficulty: kidnapped daughter from Some who helped him build it. Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM 4 hours the clutches of an evil Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM Can you help him reclaim his Duration: $5.00 overlord! Duration: 4 hours home? Cost: Jon Green Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: GameMaster: Patrick Dougherty Red Markets: Papers, Please
Papers, Please is a Red System: Red Markets Markets introductory game, Difficulty: Basic no experience necessary. Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Try to survive the zombie Sun 1:00 PM infested Crash and save Duration: 4 hours enough money to escape. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Dan Williamson
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 39 Savage Worlds: Street Fighter: Some Fight for TORG: Day 1 Module: Pan-Pacifica Power! This is a Day 1 module System: Torg Eternity designed to teach the TORG The fighters of the ancient System: Savage Worlds Difficulty: Easy system to new players. Order of the Web are Difficulty: Basic Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM summoned to Bangkok to Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM, Duration: 4 hours save humanity from the Sun 9:00 AM Cost: $5.00 invincible crime lord M. Duration: 4 hours GameMaster: Mark Bison. Cost: $5.00 Hendrix GameMaster: Andrew Adkins TORG: Delphi Mission: First Walk
An Edeinos Gotak has System: Torg Eternity Savage Worlds: Suzerain Legends Awaken promised to lead Storm Difficulty: Basic Knights to a valuable Required Experience: Suzerain Legends Awaken System: Savage Worlds resource, but before they Some Legends Awaken is the name Difficulty: Basic can gain it...they must first Sessions: Sat 9:00 AM given to a shared campaign Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, pass the test of the First Duration: 4 hours world, where every story Fri 6:00 PM, Sat 1:00 Walk! Pre-gen chars Cost: $5.00 matters and every story is PM, Sun 1:00 PM, Sun GameMaster: Mark considered to be cannon. 6:00 PM Hendrix Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Howard TORG: Delphi Mission: Seattle Underground Brandon Baruk Kaah destroyed System: Torg Eternity Seattle with massive Shadowrun 5E: Act of Mercy Difficulty: Basic earthquakes, the party is Required Experience: sent in to investigate why Some A greedy corporation needs System: Shadowrun 5th so many other highlords are to be taught a lesson. Sounds Edition Sessions: Sat 6:00 PM 4 hours like a job for shadowrunners. Difficulty: Easy now sending agent into this Duration: $5.00 Shadowrun 5th Edition Sessions: Fri 1:00 PM, Fri area. Cost: Game, characters provided. 6:00 PM, Sat 1:00 PM, GameMaster: Mark New & seasoned players Sat 6:00 PM, Sun 1:00 Hendrix welcome. PM, Sun 6:00 PM Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 TORG: Kali Station Has Gone Dark! Timothy GameMaster: The party will have to Chandler System: Torg Eternity investigate what happened Difficulty: Basic to the Delphi Council’s Required Experience: Shadowrun 5E: Just a Standard Run listening station in the Some horror realm or Orrorsh. Fri 10:00 PM Hired to collect financial Sessions: System: Shadowrun 5th Pre-gen characters. Duration: 4 hours records from a Johnson’s Edition Cost: $5.00 previous employer sounds Difficulty: Easy GameMaster: Mark like a ordinary job for a Sessions: Sun 9:00 AM, Hendrix runner. Hopefully nothing Sun 1:00 PM unexpected will happen to Duration: 4 hours mess it up. Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Jonathan TORG: Kill Bill Vol.1 L Ferenczy The party will have to find System: Torg Eternity and save game designer Bill Difficulty: Basic Slavicsek who is trapped in Required Experience: The Cheese Grinder 2018 the Cyberpapcy before other Some agents can nab him. Pre-gen Sessions: Sun 1:00 PM Players create their System: Pathfinder characters. Duration: 4 hours biggest cheesiest 9th level Difficulty: Basic Pathfinder character, using Cost: $5.00 Sessions: Fri 9:00 AM, GameMaster: Mark our rule set and are thrown Fri 1:00 PM, Fri 6:00 PM, Hendrix into a dungeon of death Sat 9:00 AM, Sat 1:00 to see how long they can PM, Sat 6:00 PM, Sun survive. 1:00 PM Duration: 4 hours Cost: $5.00 GameMaster: Bart Hewitt
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CAMPAIGN RPGS GRID
Pathfinder Society Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm PFS 2E Demo 2: Raiders of Shrieking Peak X X X X PFS 2E Demo 3: Arclord's Envy X X X X PFS9-23: The Ghol-Gan Heresy X X PFS9-24: Beneath Unbroken Waves X X PFS9-25: Betrayal in the Bones X X PFS10-00: The Hao Jin Cataclysm (Multi-table Special) X PFS10-01: Oathbreakers Die X X X X X X PFS10-02: Bones of Biting Ants X X X X X X PFS10-03: Death on the Ice X X X X X X Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Starfinder Society 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm SFS1-13: On the Trail of History X X SFS1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!! X X SFS1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear X X SFS1-19: To Conquer the Dragon X X X X X X SFS1-20: Duskmire Accord 9 X X X X X X SFS1-21: Yesteryear's Sorrow X X X X X X SFS1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (Multi-table X There will be 3 special events running every 2 hours near Pathfinder/Starfinder HQ. These events are PFS 2E Demo 1 “The Rose Street Revenge”, SFS Intro “Into the Unknown”, and SF1-16 “Dreaming of the Future”. These events do not have tickets, and can be played using Generic Tickets. Each “slot” is 1-1.5 hours long. Seating is via walk-up, first come/first served. Pathfinder/Starfinder HQ will have judges on hand to run these demo-style events as folks show up. Availability will be from 9am-9pm Fri/Sat/Sun and 9am-1pm Mon. If you are interested in learning about either Pathfinder or Starfinder, feel free to grab some generics and come down. For all Pathfinder/Starfinder Society Events, participation requires membership in Paizo’s Organized Play and a character created using the Character Creation Guidelines available from Pathfinder/Starfinder Society HQ. Pre- generated characters will be available at Pathfinder Society HQ upon request. Events of Levels 5-9 and 7-11 cannot be played by new Pathfinder Society members, as they require characters of 5th level or above. **Pathfinder/StarfinderSociety HQ is located on the 1st Floor or Mart 1, Room I. All Quest events (notated above) will be in the same room. All other PFS/SFS Events will run in Rooms L-N, across from PFS/SFS HQ.**
Star Trek Adventures Events Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm STA-NG1: Decision Point X X X STA-NG2: Doomed to Repeat the Past X X X For all Star Trek Adventures Events, participation requires a character created for Star Trek Adventures using the rules found at https://www.modiphius.com/livingcampaign.html. Please refer to this website for additional information. Pre-generated characters will be available from the Star Trek Adventures GameMaster upon request. **All Living Arcanis Events will take place on the 1st Floor of the Atlanta’s Mart, Room K.**
Living Arcanis Events Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm LA-SP1: Once Upon a Time in Metra X X X LA-SP2: Trouble's Tide X X X LA-SP3: When the Wine Spills X X X LA-HP3-4: Into Doar Zhan Vor X X X LA-HP3-5: Still in Dar Zhan Vor X X X LA-HP3-8: Spear of the Past X X X “For all Living Arcanis Events, participation requires a character created for Living Arcanis using the rules found at http://www.paradigmcampaigns.com/DefaultLivA.aspx. Please refer to this webisite for additional information. Pre- generated characters will be available from the Living Arcanis GameMaster upon request. **All Living Arcanis Events will take place on the 1st Floor of the Atlanta’s Mart, Room K.**
42 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE Shadowrun Missions Events Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm CMP2018-01: Dead Man’s Hand X CMP2018-02: You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You X CMP2018-03: Sin City Sabotage X CMP2018-04: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? X CMP2018-05: Letter of Marque X CMP2018-06: Honor Amongst Thieves X CMP2018-07: No Prey, No Pay X CMP2018-08: X Marks the Spot X X SRM09-01: Started from the Bottom X X X SRM09-02: Finders Keepers X SRM09-03: Learning Little from Victory X X SRM09-04: Neo-Tokyo Drift X X X SRM09-05: Violent Shadows X SRM09-06: Seven Breaths X For all Shadowrun Missions Events, participation requires a character created for Shadowrun 5ed using the character creation guidelines. Pre-generated characters will be available from the Shadowrun GameMaster upon request. **All Shadowrun Missions events will take place on the 1st Floor of Altanta’s Mart, Room K.**
D&D Adventurers League Events Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 CCC-BMG-22: Phlan 2-1 Demagogue X X CCC-BMG-23: Phlan 2-2 Hatemaster X X CCC-BMG-24: Phlan 2-3 The Royal We X X CCC-SKULL-01-01: A Murder Most Foul X X CCC-SKULL-01-02: Not All Who Are Lost Should X X CCC-SKULL-01-03: Who Pulls the Strings X X CCC-STORM-01: The Barrows of Solina X X CCC-YLRA01-01: Her Dying Wish X X X CCC-YLRA01-02: Uneasy Lies the Head X X X CCC-YLRA01-03: Bound by Duty X X X D&D Open 2018: Gangs of Waterdeep (2-Round DDAL00-01: Window to the Past X X DDAL00-03: Those That Came Before X X DDAL06-03: Crypt of the Death Giants X DDAL08-00: Once in Waterdeep X X X X DDAL08-01: The Map with No Names X X DDAL08-02: Beneath the City of the Dead X X DDAL08-03: Dock Ward Double Cross X X DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 1 X DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 2 X DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 3 X DDEP 00-01: The Red War TIER 4 X D&D Experience: Skull Track A X X X D&D Experience: Skull Track B X X X D&D Experience: MORD Track A X X X X D&D Experience: MORD Track B X X X D&D OnDemand Events will be running every 2 hours from 9am to 9pm Friday/Saturday/Sunday and from 9am to 3pm Monday. There are no specific tickets for D&D OnDemand, it simply takes 2 generic tickets per slot of play. Play is First Come, First Served using a standard event line system. See DDAL HQ for more details. D&D Experience is a Special Track Style Event where you play all the listed events in that track (3 Events for Skull Track and 4 Events for Mord Track) in the indicated slots, but with the same judge and same players at the same table. These events will run in a smaller room away from main gaming to provide an improved atmosphere and less background noise to hopefully provide a more emersive experience. You only buy 1 ticket, but it covers all the slots for that Track. For all DDAL Events, participation requires a character created using the Character Creation Guidelines available from the DDAL HQ. Pre-generated 1st level PCs are available at DDAL HQ. **All DDAL events and marshaling as well as DDAL HQ will take place on the 1st Floor of the Atlanta’s Mart. D&D OnDemand will take place in Pre-Function A (Look for theD&D OnDemand Sign). DDAL Main Events will take place in Rooms F-H and D&D Experience will take place in Room E. Please look for the sign “DDAL HQ.”**
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Event Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm AD&D 1stEd: Ghost Tower of Inverness X X X X X
Afterverse: Crimes Against Humanity X
Afterverse: The Battle of Ceres X
Afterverse: The Last Ditch X
Afterverse: The Living Labyrinth of Lemuria X X
Afterverse: The Sirius Expedition X
Age of Rebellion: Rancor Squadron X X
Amber: Children of the Blood X
D&D 3.5: Enter the Pygmy Dragon XVII X X X X
D&D 3.5: In the land of Eldebaron! X
D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist Part 1 X X
D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 1 X X
D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 2 X X
D&D 5E: Among Thieves Part 3 X X
D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist Part 2 X X
D&D 5E: Goblins on the Border with a Twist Part 3 X X
D&D 5E: Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons X X X
D&D 5E: Tal'dorei - Seductive Waters X X
D&D 5E: Tal'dorei - The Exterminators X
D&D 5E: The Best Band in the Metaverse X X
D&D 5E: The Island in the Mist X
Dread: The beginnings X X X
Dread: The Mystery at Hannover Asylum X
Dreadful Paranoia:
The Legend of Roy-G-BIV X
Dungeon Crawl Classics X X X X X
Dungeon World: In girum imus nocte et consumimur X igni
Everyone is John: A night to remember... X
Fate: And by morning we’ll be free X X
Fate: Galaxy Rangers - Citizens on Patrol X X
Fate: Galaxy Rangers - Speedwell’s 6 X X
Fate: Madlib Heroes: Use It or Lose It X X X
Fate: Mberimbe’s Cauldron: Abyssal Knight X X X
Fate: Mberimbe’s Cauldron: Tattered Dreams X X X
Feng Shui 2: Raising the Dragon X
Gamma World 7E: Feud Glorious Feud X X X
Gamma World 7E: The Earth Starts to Rumble X X X
44 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE Event Friday Saturday Sunday Monday 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 2pm 8pm 12am 9am 1pm Genesys: Fallout: Atlanta X X
Hero System: 5th Edition- Dust and Ashes Part 1 X
Hero System: 5th Edition- Dust and Ashes Part 2 X
Honey Heist X X X
Index Card RPG:
Last Flight of the Red Sword X X
Indie Games on Demand X X X X
InSpectres: Mass Effect:
Spectres of the Abyss X X
Invisible Sun:
We Begin at the End X X X
Night's Black Agents:
First Blood X
Night's Black Agents: Song of Building Seven X X
NIght's Black Agents: The Carmilla Sanction X
Numenera: Forgetting Doomsday X X
Pathfinder: 1000 Ways to Slay a Bard X
Pathfinder: Ethical Adventuring: Become a Better X Hero Today!
Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 1 X
Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 2 X
Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 3 X
Pathfinder: The Princess is in another Castle- Part 4 X
Pathfinder: To Catch an Adventurer X
Pathfinder: To Catch an Adventurer v2 X
Pathfinder: Who You Gonna Call? Dungeon Busters! X
Red Markets: Papers, Please X X
Savage Worlds: Street Fighter: Some Fight for Power! X X
Savage Worlds: Suzerain Legends Awaken X X X X X
Shadowrun 5E: Act of Mercy X X X X X X
Shadowrun 5E: Jack of Clubs X X X X
Shadowrun 5E: Just a Standard Run X X
The Cheese Grinder 2018 X X X X X X X
TORG: Day 1 Module: Pan-Pacifica X
TORG: Delphi Mission: First Walk X
TORG: Delphi Mission: Seattle Underground X
TORG: Kali Station Has Gone Dark! X
TORG: Kill Bill Vol.1 X
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 45 TABLETOP GAMING
Friday Science Fiction Gaming Table Top Gaming doesn’t end with fantasy. Find out Around the Horn! about the wide-ranging worlds of science-fiction! Talk We open the convention with talk about the state of the to our expert guests about creating soft science fiction industry. How are table top games doing? What new worlds vs. hard science fiction worlds. Find out about trends have we seen in gaming? What is the direction designing worlds and characters that fit into a futuristic that gaming will take in 2019? Fri 10:00 am; Augusta setting. J. Chambers, E. Lasanta, M. Cook; Fri 5:30 pm; 1—2 [W] Augusta 1—2 [W]
Board Game Design Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Dungeons: How does one design a board game? Our experts talk Designing Dungeon Crawls for Teaching about designing board games from start to finish. Find An interactive workshop demonstrating how RPGs can out how a designer goes from creating the game on facilitate teaching and learning. Fri 5:30 pm; Augusta 3 paper to getting it to the shelf! B. Fawcett, K. Baker, T. [W] Gofton; Fri 11:30 am; Augusta 1—2 [W] Dungeons and Randomness The Elder Gods Some of our favorite guests return! Dungeons and How does one portray a supreme, malevolent being in Randomness is an actual play D&D; podcast that reaches the context of a role-playing game. If player cannot hope thousands of fans every week. Learn about the D&R to defeat or fathom such a being, is there a point to the podcast, and talk to the D&R hosts about what’s next for game? Find out here in this panel! M. Cook, K. Hite; Fri their podcast. J. Massey, B. Marie; Fri 7:00 pm; Augusta 1:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] 1—2 [W]
Pathfinder Society! The Gamer Dating Game Find out about what the Pathfinder Society is. And if One of our favorite panels return! Real gamers and get you’re already a member of the Pathfinder Society up and answer real questions from our host! Audience Organized Play, find out what changes will the Pathfinder participation! Laugh! Cry! Find out what happens in the Society see with the advent of Pathfinder Second Edition! Gamer Dating Game! Fri 8:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] From the lead developer of Pathfinder’s Organized Play! J. Compton; Fri 1:00 pm; Augusta 3 [W] Saturday Paizo Games! A Beginner’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons All things Paizo are discussed in this panel. Their While the world of Dungeons & Dragons may seem upcoming products, their current line of products... overwhelming, we promise it’s really not! Join the find out about the latest things Paizo has to offer! J. panelists as they take you through all the basics you Bulmahn; Fri 2:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] need to get started and show you how to find others to adventure with in person and online. A super-friendly, Designing Your Own RPG non-intimidating intro to D&D;! J. Burns; Sat 10:00 am; We talk to industry professionals about the nuts and Augusta 1—2 [W] bolts of game design. How do you go about designing your own table top RPG? What about publishing? Find Cults, Conspiracies, and Other Craziness! out! J. Chambers, E. Lasanta; Fri 4:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 Find out about the crazy, the weird...and all of the things [W] your history teacher didn’t talk about! With our two published authors who are experts on all things occult, Game Mastery 101 mystical, cult-y, and conspiratorial! M. Cook, K. Hite; Sat Always a favorite, always one of our largest panels! This 11:30 am; Augusta 1—2 [W] panel is for both starting game masters and veterans. Come find out about running, creating, and putting Minature Gaming! together your own roleplaying games from some of the Our general panel on miniature games! Find out about industry’s greatest veterans! M. Cook, S. Germain, J. the state of the industry, and latest trends in miniatures Massey; Fri 4:00 pm; Cent. I [H] games! Talk about which new miniatures games are coming out! Sat 11:30 am; Augusta 3 [W]
46 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE The Role in Roleplaying Horror in Gaming How do we create rich, complex characters? How do we An Elder Gods Themed Panel! Find out about how to get the players at our table to role-play more? How do scare players, what makes a horror game tick, and the we bring out those wondrous character moments in our great secrets of the dark! From some of the masters of games? Ask our professionals! S. Germain, J. Massey, B. horror gaming! K. Hite; Sat 7:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Marie; Sat 1:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Dungeons and Randomness LIVE! Ultimate Combat The hosts of the D&R Podcast play a game of D&D; LIVE! Combat is always the most complex aspect of a table top Join the actual players and actual GM of this live play role-playing game. Here from leading industry experts podcast for a very special game of D&R! J. Massey, B. on how to design interesting combats, how to speed Marie; Sat 8:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] combat up, and how to make everything balanced! J. Bulmahn, E. Lasanta; Sat 1:00 pm; Augusta 3 [W] Sunday Advanced Game Mastery Diversity in Gaming: More Action, Less Talk! Here, we talk next-level tips and tricks for game masters. We talk about enhancing role-play, speeding up combat, We continue on our journey, exploring the our ever- and enhancing the experience overall! A great panel changing world and what it means to the gaming for both beginners and veterans! K. Baker, J. Massey, B. community. In this new chapter, we talk about how Marie; Sat 2:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] that community is transforming and how the industry is changing with it. E. Lasanta, S. Germain; Sun 10:00 am; Augusta 1—2 [W] Imagining Ourselves: Unreality, Identity and Escapism in Games Board Games! Board Games! Board Games! A philosophical and historical discussion of player Our annual round up on board games! An open table identity in RPGs and board games Sat 2:30 pm; Augusta discussion for beginners or veterans! Here about the 3 [W] latest board games and the latest trends in one of the most rapidly growing hobbies in the industry! T. Gofton; Pathfinder Second Edition Sun 11:30 am; Augusta 1—2 [W] One of roleplaying’s biggest games has launched its second edition! Find out aboutPathfinder ’s new edition, Help! My Game is on Fire! as well as the new direction of the game from the lead Talk to industry experts - Car Talk style - about the designers themselves! J. Bulmahn, J. Compton; Sat 2:30 problems in your game! Obnoxious player? No place to pm; Intl. S [H] play? Is the party too powerful? Ask your questions to the experts! J. Bulmahn, M. Cook, K. Hite; Sun 11:30 am; Monte Cook Games Augusta 3 [W] Find out what’s next from the mind of Monte Cook. What new worlds will be explored? What is the next chapter in Kill, Stab, Squash! Character Death in the games like The Strange, Numenera, and Invisible Sun! M. Campaign! Cook, S. Germain; Sat 4:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] An Elder Gods themed panel! Here we talk about character death in the campaign. How do different Using Music in Games people handle it? How often should it be present in a We talk about using music as an enhancement for campaign? Is there such a thing as a game that is too your own games. We discuss which music to use, how lethal or one that is not lethal enough? J. Bulmahn, K. exactly to implement it, and resources you can use to Hite; Sun 1:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] get dramatic gaming music. Sat 4:00 pm; Augusta 3 [W] Painting Miniatures Roll for Madness! We go over the basics of painting with miniatures as well An Elder Gods Themed Panel! How does madness as some advanced techniques. Join expert painters from work in a game? How do you role-play insanity or our own staff! Sun 1:00 pm; Augusta 3 [W] mental disorders? How can we use this to enhance our understanding of role-playing? Join our award-winning Vampire the Masquerade: 5th edition game designers to find out! K. Hite; Sat 5:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Talk with the game’s lead designer about the resurrection of the game that started a revolution! The Masquerade is back! K. Hite; Sun 2:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Gaming with Children Talk about gaming with kids! Our expert designers talk Best Dungeon Ever about the challenges and idiosyncrasies of gaming with children, as well as innovations to help you game with One of our favorite panels! Find out from industry the younger generations. E. Lasanta, S. Germain; Sat designers about the best tricks, traps, and shortcuts you 5:30 pm; Augusta 3 [W] can use to create the most memorable dungeons ever! J. Bulmahn, M. Cook; Sun 2:30 pm; Cent. I [H]
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 47 Ultimate Game Mastery! Ebberon Returns! Here, we talk about the great games we have played and Join the originator of the famed Ebberon setting to talk how to bring that epic-ness to your own table. We talk about its return to the world of Dungeons & Dragons! about how to go to that “special place” and bring home This is D&D;’s new DM’s guild setting! Sun 7:00 pm; an amazing experience to your own table. K. Baker; Sun Augusta 1—2 [W] 4:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Monday The Investigative Game An Elder Gods Themed Panel! How do you set up a Worst. Gaming. Story. Ever. mystery? How do you create clues for players to follow? What about investigative characters? Can investigative Our annual wrap up! Always a hit! Laugh, cry, and laugh games exist in a magical universe like in D&D;? Find out! some more as we commiserate with each other over our K. Hite, K. Baker; Sun 5:30 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] most terrible, awful, and postively worst gaming stories ever! Mon 1:00 pm; Augusta 1—2 [W] Pathfinder LIVE! Our annual event! Watch as the lead designer of one of table top’s leading games leads our celebrity guests through a hilarious and short adventure through the world of Pathfinder. J. Bulmahn, M. Meer, R. Garriott, H. Masters; Sun 5:30 pm; Cent. I [H]
48 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING (VGT)
Thursday Blizzard Lore Q&A First there were the Lost Vikings, then came Orcs vs Overwatch After Dark Humans, then you had Zerg and Protoss, now you’ve got Join your fellow Overwatch cosplayers as we gather giant hamsters in metallic rolling balls of destruction. for a few quick group photos and make new friends How did we get here from there? C. Golden, S. Copeland, before the night carries us away with Overwatch After A. Robinson; Fri 1:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Dark. This meetup is for those dressed in the following: Playboy Bunny or Hugh Hefner, Underwear or Lingerie Video Games for Good and Evil themed around Overwatch Thu 7:00 pm; Peachtree Sit in with our panel of experts as they discuss the Ballroom [W]; 2.5 Hrs benefits (and pitfalls) of gaming, gamer culture, and speculate on where things will go. L. Levy, M. Gandy, S. The 8-Bit Bash Schoemann; Fri 2:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W] The Video Gaming Track is back again this year with its Thursday night retro dance party - now with classic Meet The Cast: Overwatch arcade cabinets. Enjoy classics from the 80s and 90s. Sure, you know about Symmetra, Mercy, and D. va, Costumes optional, but always welcome, and you won’t but what else are the voice actors behind your favorite even have to put down a quarter for the next game. Thu Overwatch characters up to these days? Dragon Con’s 10:00 pm; Peachtree Ballroom [W]; 4 Hrs own Megan Tindale will help you find out. C. Chung, L. Pohl, A. Bhimani; Fri 2:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Friday Modernizing the Board Game Experience With Mobile Game Development VR and AR Most of the Sprocket Creative VR / AR team gather Bobby Blackwolf of the VOG Network hosts a panel to play board games on a regular basis. So, when the discussion on mobile game development featuring conversation of mixing what they love into what they some of the developers and artists who worked on The do for a living started...Well, the answer was obvious. Fri Simpsons: Tapped Out. A. Carrier, L. Brown, B. Blackwolf; 4:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W] Fri 10:00 am; Augusta A—B [W]
Meet The Cast: Mass Effect Head-to-Head Celebrity Video Game Challenge Win a chance to play video games against our mystery Rob Roberts of the VOG Network sits down with the celebrity guest(s). All proceeds go to the official voice actors from Mass Effect to find out what new DragonCon charity. M. Mosley; Fri 4:00 pm; Augusta projects they’re working on and to reminisce over some E—H [W] of their favorite stories while working on the popular BioWare franchise. M. Meer, C. Taylor, D. Douglas, R. Roberts; Fri 10:00 am; Augusta E—H [W] Video Game Costume Contest Pre-Judging Pre-judging for our Video Game Costume Contest. Kingdom Hearts Jeopardy! Mandatory for all contestants. Not open to spectators. Contestants may bring one handler. M. Jacobs, M. Test the depth of your Kingdom Hearts lore knowledge Mosley, A. Gbinigie, Character Lab; Fri 4:00 pm; Chastain in this Jeopardy! style trivia contest. Audience I—J [W]; 2.5 Hrs participation encouraged. Penina, Draconath; Fri 11:30 am; Augusta A—B [W] Gods & Monsters - Behind the Scenes of Smite Introduction to Shoutcasting Meet the devs for SMITE as they discuss the game from inception to present day...and beyond! HiRezFish; Fri Learn more about how your personality can add insight, 5:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W] color and excitement to the eSports universe and how to start your own shoutcasting stream from experienced Dragon Con shoutcasters, B. Blackwolf; Fri 11:30 am; The Science of Pokemon Augusta E—H [W] Stop by and take a lesson in biology that lives in the amazing monsters of Pokemon. Together we will eSports and Education discuss what Pokemon may have planned for the future monsters, what moves and abilities can be found in Game educators talk about current and future roles that our own world, and we find out once and for all which eSports will have in colleges and universities, including Pokemon makes the best pet! L. Hernandez; Fri 5:30 pm; scholarships to put gamers through college and the Augusta E—H [W] academic pressures to succeed. J. Zagal, D. Fowler, R. Altizer; Fri 1:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W]
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 49 Indie Game Showcase Saturday Panel discussion with a selection of indie game developers as they discuss their current projects, Coffee & Coloring including: Kartik Kini, developer of Twin Cop Robert Take a break from the Georgia heat and relax while we Wahler, developer of SiNKR Stu Phelps, developer of color, converse, and drink enormous amounts of coffee Neon Ninja Patrick Durbin, developer of Elemensional Sat 10:00 am; Augusta E—H [W]; 2.5 Hrs Rift Fri 7:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Let’s Play - Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Video Game Costume Contest Location A cavalcade of some of the most impressive costumes Listen to the actors from FNAF: Sister Location describe inspired by the most popular video games of yesterday their experiences behind the scenes while watching and today. Participants must attend pre-judging in order a live play-through of the game. Penina, R. Roberts, K. participate. 90mins. C. Taylor, M. Jacobs, M. Mosley, A. Goff, H. Masters, J. Shields; Sat 1:00 pm; Augusta A—B Gbinigie, Character Lab; Fri 7:00 pm; Peachtree Ballroom [W] [W]; 2.5 Hrs Lore and Storytelling FormalWatch Blizzard’s panel of experts discuss the in’s and out’s of FormalWatch is a chance for you to have fun and dress creating a compelling story and characters to go with as your favorite Hero in formal wear such as tuxedos their video games. How does a video game’s story get and cocktail dresses. You can go all out with gala wear told across multiple platforms such as novels, comics, or keep it more relaxed with a simple black tie look! Fri short stories, and animation? S. Copeland, A. Robinson; 8:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W]; 2.5 Hrs Sat 1:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W]
An Hour with Christie Golden Video Game Character Hall of Fame Sit in with Christie as she shares her experiences as an Take a look back in history at some of the greatest author writing video game tie-in novels. Q&A to follow. characters from classic video games! From Pac-Man to C. Golden; Fri 8:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Mario to Lara Croft, we’ll discuss the best and worst pixelated protagonists. Sat 1:00 pm; M103—M105 [M] Video Game Improv Our favorite characters from Video Games get down All Things British with Richard Garriott and dirty with delicious dialog. We honestly have no A deep dive into the past present, and future adventures idea what is going to happen and we like it that way! of Richard Garriot covering subjects like the Ultima M. Meer, D. Andrade, D. Douglas, V. Atkin; Fri 10:00 pm; franchise, space travel, deep sea exploration, IP Augusta E—H [W] development, game design, and whatever else is on his mind R. Garriott; Sat 2:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W] Blizzard Fan Fest A celebration for fans of any and all Blizzard game Fortnite Battle Royale - Information and Q&A featuring voice actors, writers, and developers from Nelli-Jeanne Lucus answers your questions about the many of Blizzard’s most popular games, the return of the smash hit Fortnite Battle Royale Sat 2:30 pm; Augusta dance contest, a Hearthstone Fireside Gathering, and E—H [W] much, much more. S. Copeland, A. Robinson, L. Pohl, A. Bhimani; Fri 10:00 pm; Peachtree Ballroom [W]; 2.5 Hrs Woz’s Wisdom: Game Development on the Apple II Dub Your Own Dating Simulator (Adult Version) The Apple II is a masterclass of clever digital design. How Do you wanna date a daddy? Join video game track for did Steve wring so much capability out of so few chips? a late night adventure in DILF dating where you, the What was it like to develop games on these machines? audience, gets to choose which one of these eligible What lessons can they teach today’s programmers? bachelors gets to “score” at Dragon Con. Featuring the Featuring Lord British playing one of the first games he game “Daddy Dating” starring YOU. (Featuring Raunchy ever developed. R. Garriott; Sat 4:00 pm; Augusta A—B Comedy, not suitable for kids) Fri 11:30 pm; Augusta [W] A—B [W] Twitch 101 S*** Voice Actors Have to Say Live gaming is all the rage and Twitch is where it’s at. “I have to say WHAT?” “You want me to say that HOW?” If you’ve ever wondered how live streaming can do for Let’s see how well you can say “You’re an jeek-horkin you as a creative, a game company, or a viewer, one of dooker with an ook for a head.” with a straight face. G. Twitch’s engineers is here to tell you what you need to Houser; Fri 11:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] get started. R. Roberts, C. Ratajski; Sat 4:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W]
50 DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE Video Game History and Preservation An Hour with Felicia Day A panel on video game history and preservation, Felicia and her ‘straight’ man Mike talk about anything particularly the perception that gaming is “disposable and everything. M. Capps, F. Day; Sun 10:00 am; media.” and the recent popularity of legacy gaming. Sat Peachtree Ballroom [W] 5:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W] Hands on with Gaming Accessibility Hardware DragonCon Video Gaming Presents - Hands on demonstration of hardware options for gamers Masterpiece Theatre with disabilities. Find out how to both maximize built in Selected dramatic readings from modern literature options or adapt the environment for you. B. Jacobs; Sun and cinema, performed by your favorite video game 11:30 am; Augusta A—B [W] characters. C. Taylor, D. Andrade, D. Douglas, V. Atkin, C. Chung, L. Pohl; Sat 5:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Meet The Cast: Assassin’s Creed George Sumpter of GenXGrownUp hosts the cast from Virtual Reality as Storytelling Media Assassin’s Creed to discuss their current projects as well There is a lot of buzz about virtual reality, but the as some of their favorite stories from behind the scenes majority is focused around the technology. If you are of Assassin’s Creed. P. Amos, K. Holden-Ried, V. Atkin, C. not looking closely you might miss that VR is becoming Anvar; Sun 11:30 am; Augusta E—H [W] the next big wave in storytelling. Sat 7:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W] Why Go To School For Gaming? More universities are creating these programs for Dub Your Own Dating Simulator undergraduates, but is this the best way to get into the The world of visual novels is large and we’re going to industry? Representatives from the top gaming program play one (Hatoful Boyfriend), with voices provided by universities in the country will discuss the pros and cons you! Sat 7:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W] of going to school for games and answer your questions. J. Zagal, S. Schoemann, R. Altizer, E. Allen; Sun 1:00 pm; Five Nights At Freddy’s - Trivia Augusta A—B [W] How will your knowkledge of Five Nights at Freddy’s lore measure up against our trivia masters? Penina, The Dragon Con Voice Acting Audition Draconath; Sat 8:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W] Simulator Get put through the paces of a voice actor’s life as a Video Game Karaoke director takes audience volunteers through a typical Sing your bits out to your favorite video game songs. Sat recording session. D. Andrade, G. Houser; Sun 1:00 pm; 8:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Augusta E—H [W]
The Heroes and Villains Ball The Arcade of Your Dreams: Atari’s Coin-op The Video Gaming Track invites you to Dragon Con’s Classics biggest ball of all. The Heroes & Villians are back again in A pictorial stroll through some of the highlights and the Westin. Enjoy the musical stylings of DJ Spider while history of Atari\’s epic coin-op games. Featuring a brief you dance the night away under our mind controlling synopsis of Atari\’s development of Pong and then step dance lights of doom. You won’t even need your super through some of the many highlights and trivia of Atari\’s suit. Sat 10:00 pm; Peachtree Ballroom [W]; 4 Hrs coin-op game creations. Sun 2:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W]
Getting the Science Right in Video Games Sunday Scientists share their advice for how to banish bad science and build believable design. E. Macdonald, E. Gaming For All: Accessibility in Video Gaming Spana; Sun 2:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W] Experts discuss accessible game design and the challenges of accessibility in video gaming B. Jacobs, L. Overwatch Voice Actor Q&A Levy; Sun 10:00 am; Augusta A—B [W] You have questions, they have answers! About Overwatch we hope. R. Roberts, C. Chung, L. Pohl, A. eSports 101 Bhimani; Sun 2:30 pm; Peachtree Ballroom [W] Ever wanted to get into eSports but didn’t know where to begin? So many channels and streams out there, how A History of Video Gaming Hardware do you find the good stuff without wading through all of From the 2600 to the Switch, the Atari 800 to the Amiga, the dreck? Our experts will guide you through the basics. 2D to 3D, player-missile graphics to FMV, dive deep into Sun 10:00 am; Augusta E—H [W] the CPUs, GPUs, and system architectures that ran your favorite games. Although accessible to a non-technical audience, some assembly code may be required. Sun 4:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W]
DRAGON CON 2018 GAMING GUIDE 51 So You Want To Be a Monster Hunter? The Notorious [Zombie Related] Erotic Fanfic Do you have what it takes to hunt down these creatures Show in real life. Join us as we discuss what it would take to be The after hours SHOW that has been turning on and a real monster hunter, what weapons would actually take pleasing fans at cons across the nation is back! D.C. these beasts down, and see just how much work was put Douglas (voice of Albert Wesker) embarks on an erotic into these games to make these monsters surprisingly journey of language with the help of the “evil resident” realistic. L. Hernandez; Sun 4:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W] audience members. What happens in this show stays in this show. A must see! (17+ NSFW, NO LATE SEATING). D. Meet the Cast: Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Douglas; Sun 10:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W]; 2.5 Hrs Location Dani Lyman of TomGirl Gaming sits down with the voice Monday actors from Five Nights At Freddy’s: Sister Location to find out what new projects they’re working on and Augmented and Virtual Reality in Video Gaming to reminisce over some of their favorite stories while working on the smash hit game. Sun 4:00 pm; Peachtree A look at the history and future of Virtual Reality in video Ballroom [W games. M. Capps, M. Jacobs, M. Gandy, B. MacIntyre; Mon 11:30 am; Augusta E—H [W] The Future of User Interfaces in Video Games The End Boss - Survivor’s Gathering We’ll look at the user interfaces and technology used by characters in video game universes and investigate The good, the bad, and the ugly - we want to hear it all. possible parallels between what we experience through What we did right. What we did wrong. What we should virtual characters and what we could experience never do again. What we missed. K. Stallard; Mon 1:00 firsthand in the future. L. Levy, M. Gandy, B. Blackwolf, pm; Augusta E—H [W] A. Lambeth; Sun 5:30 pm; Augusta A—B [W]
Name That Tune - Video Game Edition Exercise your encyclopedic knowledge of video game music in as few notes as possible. Sun 5:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W]
Lessons Learned in Game Design A rambling, yet comprehensive, enumeration of the most common pitfalls and pratfalls that occur when developing video games complete with facepalm-worthy examples of the fallout that occurs afterward. M. Capps, J. Brown, M. Jacobs; Sun 7:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W]
Dragon Con Presents (again) - Masterpiece Theater More selected dramatic readings from modern literature and cinema, performed by your favorite video game voice actors. T. Strong, M. Meer, D. Andrade, A. Bhimani, G. Houser; Sun 7:00 pm; Augusta E—H [W]
Camelot Unchained Mark Jacobs shows off the latest builds and greatest features of his forthcoming MMO. M. Jacobs; Sun 8:30 pm; Augusta E—H [W]
Overwatch Payload Party This event is a casual meetup for Overwatch fans to mingle in or out of costume. This year for the Payload Party we encourage those wanting to cosplay to think Sunday night eSports slumber party! From Overwatch League sports jerseys to characters in onesies and pjs, get creative while staying comfy. Sun 10:00 pm; Augusta A—B [W]; 4 Hrs
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