Gaming Hours: Gaming Info Table Hours: First game begins Friday at 4pm Friday 3pm to 8:45pm Last game ends Sunday at 4pm Saturday 9am to 9pm Sunday 9am to 1pm Gaming Volunteer Signoff Hours: Saturday 8:30am - 9am Saturday 9pm - 9:15pm Sunday 8:30am - 9am Sunday 1pm - 1:15pm Welcome to Necronomicon 2014! • BADGES MUST be worn and VISIBLE at all times! • No alcoholic beverages in gaming area. • No food in gaming area (hotel rule) • No smoking in any convention area. • NO SELLING in the gaming area. • No loud or disruptive behavior outside of the context of your game. • All convention members may reserve open tables on a first come first serve basis, subject to con rules (visit Gaming Info to sign up) • Do NOT swap table numbers in gaming room without prior approval from gaming staff. • All games & demos MUST start and end on time. • The GM is the final judge in the awarding of any prizes, if applicable (prizes provided by GM in these cases) • Attend the Survivor’s Raffle Sunday at 4pm for your chance to win prizes Sign up sheets will be available 1 hour prior to start time (exceptions are games starting after 10pm and before 10am) You may only sign YOUR OWN NAME on the sign up sheets. If you sign up for a game, please report to the table on time. If you are not there at the start time your place will be awarded to the first alternate on the list. If you miss the sign up period (or are an alternate) you can still show up at the start time & if the game isn’t full the GM will allow you to play. (Alternates first, then first come first serve) About Necronomicon and Stone Hill Necronomicon was started by a group of fans looking for a way to put on a great convention. Thus was formed the Stone Hill Science Fiction Association. Stone Hill is a Not for Profit group. These conventions are run for the enjoyment the staff and volunteers feel upon successfully pulling off yet another 3 day weekend. The Stone Hill Science Fiction Association is a Tampa area club. Founded in 1979, it’s a gathering of people that share interests in science fiction, fantasy & horror. These interests range from movies, TV, comics, gaming, computers and everything in between. 2 Your Gaming Department Dean Dryer - Overlord & Director of Unicorn Division Long feared and equally revered as a head of Gaming at Necro, Dean can often be found debunking psychics or saving orphans. In between such heroic efforts, he spends his time plotting world domination as a planetary potentate. Dean’s bucket list include: 1. Drive a jet-ski out of a plane mid-flight, punch a shark in the face during the free fall, and then participate in the first round of skydiving beer pong 2. Text “I hid the body” to a random number and 3. Finally understand women. Dean’s phobias include: 1. Anatidaephobia -fear that somewhere in the world, there is a duck watching you 2. Syngenesophobia - fear of relatives 3. Pogonophobia – fear of beards. In his spare time, Dean likes to swim with polar bears. Heather Dryer - Chief Visionary Officer & Director of Awesome As a head of Gaming at Necro, Heather can be counted on to enforce the rules without too much bloodshed (well, except for that one time). Outside of the con, Heather is often called upon to mediate wars and dispense justice when she isn’t stopping Dean’s efforts at world domination. Heather’s bucket list include: 1. Hire two private investigators and get them to follow each other. 2. Solve a Rubik’s Cube in the dark. 3. Compete in the Iditarod sled race in Alaska with a team of Pekingese. Heather’s phobias include: 1. Phobophobia - fear of fear itself or of having a phobia. 2. Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. 3. Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. In her spare time, Heather likes to make balloon animals while Irish Step Dancing. Rob Ritchie - Chief Wizard of Web & Experienced Bra Fitter The long time wizard responsible for our gaming website, Rob is a man of many talents, most of which we can’t talk about here. Rob’s bucket list include: 1. Find inner peace 2. Knock over a bunch of motorcycles at a Biker Bar 3. Participate in the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Rob’s phobias include: 1. Taurophobia- Fear of bulls 2. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words. 3. Scelerophobia – fear of bad men In his spare time, Rob likes to yodel in public places. mArNiAc - Chief Instigation Officer, Mystery Date & Cover Artist Nobody really knows much about mArNiAc, but whenever there is trouble you can guarantee she’s been in the vicinity. It’s probably best not to draw attention to yourself where she is concerned. Marni’s bucket list include: 1. Compose an opera about the Loch Ness Monster 2. Become one with the universe 3. Develop and market the Butt Mouse. Marni’s phobias include: 1. Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers. 2. Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact 3. Omphalophobia – fear of navels In her spare time, Marni likes to bob for bananas or annoy her sister. 3 Gaming Panels Date Time Location Name & Description Saturday 9am White Ibis Writing RPG Fiction South Find out what the ups and downs are to writing game based stories Host: Tracy Zielinski Panelists: Richard Lee Byers, Hal Greenberg, Chris Jackson Saturday 10am Audubon D Elements of Design: RPGs Game designers help you learn the basics you must have before you design your game. Host: Chris McCoy Panelists: Hal Green- berg, Ken Shannon, Christina McCoy, Brendan LaSalle Sunday 10am Audubon C How have RPGs changed since the birth of D&D? D&D was here long before the Internet and the many game con- soles available today. Our panel discusses how tech and time have changed RPGs. Host: Christina McCoy Panelists: Ken Shannon, Brendan LaSalle, Hal Greenberg, RM Garcia Sunday 11am Audubon C Video Games You Should be Playing Our panel suggests games you ought to try and shares how some- times, these games have helped them deal with real life problems such as chronic pain and depression as well as a lot of fun. Host: Lauren Podolak Panelists: Eden Smith, Peter Vogel Sunday 1pm Audubon C Getting Your Game to Market You’ve got a great game but now you need to know hw to become a professional. The panel gives tips on what and what not to do to get into field. Host: Hal Greenberg Panelists: Chris McCoy, Brendan LaSalle, Ken Shannon LARPS Date Time Location Name Friday 10am- LARP HQ/ Contracts - A Process of Elimination 10pm Open Friday 7pm-9pm Sandhill Johann Sebastian Joust Crane North Friday 11pm- Sandhill Angels and Other Demons 1am Crane North Saturday 12am- White Ibis Kill Doctor Lucky 2am South Saturday 1am-3am Sandhill Johann Sebastian Joust Crane North Saturday 10am- LARP HQ/ Contracts - A Process of Elimination 10pm Open Saturday 1pm-5pm Sandhill Missing Magic (BYOV) Crane North Saturday After Audubon Johann Sebastian Joust Prom D-F Ends Sunday 1pm LARP HQ/ Contracts - A Process of Elimination (Awards Ceremony) Open 4 Thanks to ALL our Sponsors! Atlas Games, Board Game Geek, Bombshell Miniatures, Bone Yard Effects, Brotherwise Games, Call of Catthulhu, Chaosium, Chivalry Games, Conquistador Games, Corvus Belli, Custom Handmade Medieval Banners, Cyberoptix, Days of Wonder, DriveThru RPG, Extreme SFX, Fabled Environments, Gamewick Games, Genesis of Legend Publishing, Giant Microbes, Golden Goblin Press, Goodman Games, Gryphons Moon, Hero Games, Imbalanced Games, Indie Games, Inked Up, Iron Wind Metals, Level 99 Games, Looney Labs, Mayday Games, Micro Art Studio, Middle of Beyond, Monte Cook Games, NorthStar Games, Out of Print Games, PatchGeeks.com, PlaidHat Games, Playroom Entertainment, Precis Intermedia, Qwertee, SFR - Inc, Sink or Swim stitching, etc., Steve Jackson Games, StoryWeaver, Tasty Minstrel Games, The Devils Panties, Think Geek, Twilight Creations, Wargames Factory Thank you to all our GAME MASTERS & VOLUNTEERS Alex Williamson Allen Smay AnneMarie Nece Brandon Smith Brett Berner Capricia Bruns Charles Jenkins Charles Powers Chris Thesing Dylan Shaw Eric Cote Erik Ziegler Graeme Smith Jack Faber JYVA James Hurley Jason Theis jeanne vaughn John Almack John Campbell John Strecker Jordan Peacock karen boginski Karl Keesler Katheryn Nece Kathy Wilson Lauren Podolak Lisa Powers Mark Cookman Marni Cooper Maxwell McDougall Melissa Ward Paul Albury Rachel Cote Ron Nece Teresa Williams Will Robinson SURVIVOR’S RAFFLE For those brave souls who survive with us until 4pm Sunday, don’t forget to join us in the ballroom for our 4th Annual “Survivor’s Raffle”. Back by popular demand, everyone who survives until 4pm on Sunday will receive an entry into our raffle. Great prizes will be given out thanks to our many sponsors. Don’t miss out on this fun event. 5 6 Necronomicon and Steve Jackson’s Men In Black present Cheating for Charity All Proceeds will benefit Kids and Canines Ever play Munchkin and wish you had “that one card” to make the game more munchkiny? Now you can help a worthy cause and “will” that one card into that game during this cheating for charity event! $5 will get you a seat in the Cheatin— $5 donation will event. let you cheat as if you had a Cheat Card. Lootin for charity—$1 donation during the game We'll have none o' that - $5 gets you a choice of a donation will cancel one treasure card or a door Cheat Card or Cheatin' for card, unless the person is in Cheatin's Sake.