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“You Wouldn't Steal a Car” is a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the Masks system, led by Ansel Burch
In this epic issue, our heroes face a real conundrum. Is it better to commit minor crimes or risk not saving the day? Introducing Sister Silver, the Happy Medium, all the way from Eastern Europe. Will our teenage capes come to terms with her predictions or find another devil to bargain with?
This game will be good if you like teenage superhero stories like Teen Titans and all those movies in the 80's and 90's that were fixated on teenage drama whilst saving the day.
Players should build characters ahead.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: teenage angst
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Blood in the Water” is a Standard one-shot in the Rapscallion, led by Ansel Burch
Sail the strange seas with a crew of magic-touched, vice-driven, twice damned pirates. The Leviathan's horde calls to the captain, and for the first time, our assorted ghosts, djinn, demons, and monsters are in agreement. We stand to profit enormously if we can get to the skull grotto before the beast. The scaly bastard's been seen on the other side of the world. Even at his speed, we should have a couple of days for the heist of the decade.
This game will be good if you like pirates on the edge of destruction and fantastical adventures driven by personal need.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: blood, vice, temptation, some pseudo-sexual themes.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“A Life on the Ocean Waves” is a Standard one-shot in the Goblin Quest system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Goblin Quest is a tabletop roleplaying game by Grant Howitt about slapstick violence, fatal ineptitude, and the most incredible adventure of your life.. Doodle and play five goblins each (in sequence, not parallel) and watch them one by one meet hilarious ends. As you play, you’ll tell stories about goblins trying to achieve basic tasks and meeting fatal misadventure as they do it. You’ll play the goblins, and you’ll steer them through (or, more commonly, directly into) adversity, and you’ll have a fun time doing it. Will they survive the dangerous world and complete all their silly quests? Probably not. But you'll have fun finding out! Today, your Goblins will go on a Quest we'll call A Life on the Ocean Waves. Tired of the reeking claustrophobia of the Green Pits, you’ve decided to get together a greasy crew of restless adventure types and set sail for a nautical life. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to build a boat out of filthy rubbish and scrounged scrap, and all you have to sail it on is the festering swamp that borders the western wall of the Great Battle Camp. What could possibly go wrong with that plan, right?
This game will be great if you like drawing, goblins, shenanigans, harebrained schemes, Saturday morning cartoons, and Grant Howitt's games. This system is especially great for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
We will build characters in session.
Note: drawing your goblins is a minor but required part of gameplay; this can be done digitally or on paper. If drawing on paper, please be prepared to take pictures of your goblins (using a smartphone) and share/upload them in our game's thread here on Discord.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome.
“The Terror of Dagger Bay” is a Standard One-Shot in the Deck system, led by Ansel Burch.
There are a few pirates in the world who haven't been to Dagger Bay. It's a rite of passage to sail along the bay from the false edge to the true. It's said that the blade won't cut down those tougher than steel. What happens to the others may be too gruesome to tell. Can your crew exfiltrate a young myrfolk and a flylander who ran off to become pirates?
This game will be good if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, and Sea Hawk.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: Deep water.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Stonespire Marsh” a Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning
Session pitch - Crawler Beyond The Stone:
Stonespire Marsh, named for the eponymous boulder at its center, is home to reclusive, sun-basking lizards. One day, amidst the muck and mud, they uncovered an entrance to the Stonespire itself, and their demeanor changed. They opened their island, speaking to visitors about a ""Second Sun.” They promise sanctuary and shelter the lost and needy, ""The Second Sun brings warmth and prosperity to all it shines upon."" However, pilgrims that enter the Stonespire never seem to leave again. What are High Priest Zon and the lizard cult up to? It's time for your brave mice to crawl beyond the stone and investigate what's really going on in Stonespire Marsh!
About Mausritter:
The settled mice huddle together, hidden in their settlements in trees and burrows and walls, scraping and saving. A tenuous existence. You are not like those settled mice. By choice or by necessity you are an adventurer. You live by your luck, your smarts, your bravery. With your friends by your side, you will abandon the warmth and safety of the mouse settlements and venture forth into the dark and dangerous places where other mice do not dare to tread. There is great wealth to be found by those that are willing to take it.
It's a huge and dangerous world out there. It does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice."
This game will be great if you like Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, Thumbelina, OSR style RPGs
We will build Level 1 characters in the session. Character creation is lightning-quick and involves just a few random rolls. We'll do this together at the start of the session. If you've played Mausritter before and want to bring an existing character, contact me upfront to discuss.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/
CW: drug use, cult, imprisonment, ritual sacrifice, possible PC death (you can continue with a new PC if that happens)
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Check out the Rules: https://losing-games.itch.io/mausritter
“All Hands on Deck” is a Standard one-shot in the Descended From The Queen system. Led by Nona de Koning.
All Hands on Deck is a zero-prep GMless game and a hack of For The Queen. In this game, we collaboratively tell a story about a ship, its crew, and the sea they sail on. It is a game about the relationships between those people, about relying on each other, about being an individual in a team. We start by briefly discussing what sort of ship you sail, giving it a captain and naming them both. There is no need to dwell on details at this step; we'll learn more about our individual crew members, our captain, and our ship as our story develops!
This game will be great if you like For The Queen, ships, pirate crews, and collaborative prompt-based storytelling.
This system is especially great for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Cloud of Dreams is a Standard One-Shot in the Age of Adventure system, led by GM Tavis
Age of Adventure RPG is a one-page rules-light heroic fantasy game inspired by the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. Be prepared for some old-school fun as you dice with death in search of fortune and glory! So grab your pack, sharpen your sword, and ready your spells. Now Onward to Adventure! https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
💰 Cost: Free
🗓️ When: https://r.3v.fi/discord-timestamps/
🎲 Where: Discord for Voice, dice rolls and character sheets (video optional)
🕰️ Duration: 4 hours
🧑🤝🧑 No. of Players: 2-4
📖 Player Guidelines: Potential Character Death. No rules knowledge required. No PvP.
⚔️ Character Selection: Pre-generated Characters available here: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens (returning Characters welcome)."
This game will be great if you like RPG fantasy
https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on another Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: possible character death
“The Terror of Dagger Bay” is a Standard One-Shot in the Deck system, led by Ansel Burch.
There are a few pirates in the world who haven't been to Dagger Bay. It's a rite of passage to sail along the bay from the false edge to the true. It's said that the blade won't cut down those tougher than steel. What happens to the others may be too gruesome to tell. Can your crew exfiltrate a young myrfolk and a flylander who ran off to become pirates?
This game will be good if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, and Sea Hawk.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: Deep water.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Blood in the Water” is a Standard one-shot in the Rapscallion, led by Ansel Burch
Sail the strange seas with a crew of magic-touched, vice-driven, twice damned pirates. The Leviathan's horde calls to the captain, and for the first time, our assorted ghosts, djinn, demons, and monsters are in agreement. We stand to profit enormously if we can get to the skull grotto before the beast. The scaly bastard's been seen on the other side of the world. Even at his speed, we should have a couple of days for the heist of the decade.
This game will be good if you like pirates on the edge of destruction and fantastical adventures driven by personal need.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: blood, vice, temptation, some pseudo-sexual themes.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Sunken Tower” is a Standard One-Shot in the Dragonbane system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Dragonbane is a classic fantasy TTRPG, OSR/NSR in spirit and full of magic, mystery, and adventure. Carefully explore, creatively solve problems, and treat combat like the dangerous thing it is! Dragonbane is designed from the ground up to facilitate fast and furious play, with room for laughs at the table, while still offering brutal challenges for the adventurers. The sea wind howls, and the smell of seaweed and decay stings your noses. You pull your cloaks tighter around you as the rowboat cuts through the restless sea towards your destination. Then the fog clears to reveal the sinking tower rising from the water. This is the moment you have all been waiting for, the day when the enchanted stone tower said to have been built by a mad mage rises from the sea once more. It only happens once every twenty years, according to the fishermen around the inn’s warming hearth, and only stays above water for two hours. Then it sinks back into the deep along with its treasures. There is a ghostly green light glowing ominously at the top of the tower. That is where the sorcerer’s emerald is said to be. Perhaps you will be the first to find it? Today, you'll play the Sunken Tower scenario, which Free League designed specifically for convention play. Players will need to work together to solve puzzles, win battles, and find valuable treasures. And all that in just two hours, as the IC part has a strict time limit! The session is scheduled for 3 hours to allow for introducing characters, a brief teach, a midway break, and a short wrap-up at the end, where your score is revealed! The latter is just a fun nod to those old-school tournament-style games, as always, telling a good story together is more important than winning! Pregen characters are provided.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is new to this system, but has plenty of experience with similar games.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome. using Miro whiteboards, https://miro.com/
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
"Chiseled to Perfection" is a One-Shot of “The Crowned” with its co-creator, Sarah Moore
You are a god of a small sliver of reality…and things are about to get weird.
This game will be great if you like Gods and Consequences.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted on Zoom
CW: Can get dark.
Sarah Moore’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sarah-moore
Release the Kraken! Is a Standard One Shot in the Deck system, led by Tz.
"The West Indies Company has long been frustrated by the loss of profit margins from pirates raiding their shipping and local rulers and towns refusing their oh-so-reasonable trade treaties. Now they set their sights on a way to achieve total domination. Having recently found an artifact with the power to potentially bind the Kraken itself, they seek to turn this legendary avatar of the sea into a brute force superweapon in the name of their shareholders.
This of course, cannot be allowed, and that's where you come in. Nautical adventurers from various backgrounds, it will be up to you to infiltrate their grand fleet and stop the dark cultists of capital from completing their evil scheme."
This game will be great if you like swashbuckling action, foiling the forces of capital, and a mythical sense of scale.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Cruelty towards mythical animals
TZ’s Game Runner Profile: www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/tz
“Squall of the Southward Passage” a Standard One Shot in the D&D 5e system. Led by Rayne Whitington
The morning hardly dawns at all on the 7th day of your voyage with your new captain. As his map foretold, the sea in this channel is choppy and littered with many jagged rocks. He confidently steers you through them, but there are moments that make you wonder why he sails with such speed through such treacherous waters. You cannot help but feel that something dark is driving him onward.
In this adventure you’ll play as a crew member on a small sailing vessel. You’ve been hired to help Captain Topsham explore a channel within a range of sea mountains in hopes of finding a safe passage to the other side. You’ll choose your role within the ship during character creation as well as your standard class.
This game will be great if you like seafaring adventures and eldrich horror.
Players should build characters ahead.
–D&D 5E | Level 3
–Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
–Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Content from established third-party sources is encouraged, but needs to be run by me before the game.)
–You'll be choosing your role on the ship first come, first served.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be played in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Risk of drowning. Will feature underwater and eldritch horror.
Tags: Fantasy, Pirates
Rayne Bakcheious’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
“You Wouldn't Steal a Car” is a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the Masks system, led by Ansel Burch
In this epic issue, our heroes face a real conundrum. Is it better to commit minor crimes or risk not saving the day? Introducing Sister Silver, the Happy Medium, all the way from Eastern Europe. Will our teenage capes come to terms with her predictions or find another devil to bargain with?
This game will be good if you like teenage superhero stories like Teen Titans and all those movies in the 80's and 90's that were fixated on teenage drama whilst saving the day.
Players should build characters ahead.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: teenage angst
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Off the Hook” is a Standard One-Shot in the Descended From The Queen system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Rumors of a terrible sea monster have been floating around your seaside town. People disappearing, tides changing, total devastation... Gnashing teeth, unimaginable strength... Hardly anyone goes outside anymore. No one has actually seen this monster in all its entirety, but you can't live in terror forever. Boarding the next available boat, you set off on what might be your last marine journey. With nothing better to do, you begin to reminisce about the tall tales about the sea monster. Will they prove to be true when you finally encounter the monster? And can you bring yourself to end its life?
Off the Hook is a zero-prep GMless game and a hack of For The Queen. In this game, we collaboratively tell a story of rumors and mystery surrounding a sea monster currently terrorizing the seaside town you and your ragtag group of people hail from. Using a card deck and pregenerated prompts, we exchange memories, tales, hypotheticals, and general banter about the sea monster. Ultimately, we decide if we let the monster live, out of mercy or perhaps out of safety, or confront the monster, to capture it, kill it, or die trying.
This game will be great if you like For The Queen, sea monsters, pirate crews, and collaborative prompt-based storytelling.
This system is especially great for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“The Coldsteel Curse” is a Standard One-Shot in the Cryptid Creeks system. Led by Nona de Koning.
In Cryptid Creeks, you play a crew of River Scout teenagers setting out to save Clawfoot, the place you call home. Guided by a benevolent cryptid called the Watcher, you will travel the waterways, track down Clues to dangerous Curses, and break them before it’s too late! All the while, an eldritch figure known as the Peddler schemes from the shadows, willing you to fail, and for Clawfoot to fall. It is meant to emulate a blend of mystery, horror, and coming-of-age genres. And the overall vibe is cozy horror, meaning it alternates between comforting and creepy fiction. The system is based off Carved from Brindlewood: this means there is no canon solution to breaking the curses! Instead, players must collect and piece together different clues to come up with a convincing answer and play to find out if they're right! This time, the Coldsteel Curse is plaguing your town: In recent days, vandalism and petty burglaries have been plaguing the area. People are saying that the docks have suffered the most because of this. In addition, the Tranquility ferry has ceased operations due to an unseasonably heavy fog. The police don't seem worried, but you are sure a Curse is the cause. It's not long before you learn that the McGally & Son Fish and Tackle shop is aglow with eldritch energy! Could this be the Ghost of Captain Coldsteel, a feared pirate who lived and died in this area many centuries ago? Can you find out what brought him back and how to stop him once and for all?
This game will be great if you like playing as teenagers, solving mysteries, Carved from Brindlewood, and media like The Goonies, Gravity Falls, Night in the Woods & Stranger Things.
The GM will make a thread in advance to sort character selections.
New players are welcome.
The GM is very familiar with this system.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“The Golden Eyepatch” is a Standard One-Shot in the Sails and Legends system, led by Ansel Burch
"You are epic pirate captains in a loose confederation. Your mission is to explore the archipelago, deal with supernatural complications, and defend your gold against other pirates. The Admiral, Rakefelon Bones McBones, Slayer of the Hidden Sea, has been cursed by the gods of the sea to walk only on soil, leaving you to fend for yourselves while he climbs the tallest mountain he can reach to meet with the sky gods for help.
This leaves you, the remaining captains, in charge of the fleet’s home port of Deepwash Anchorage for the time being. You must work together with your crews behind you to deal with whatever threats appear. Fail and Rakefelon Bones McBones will have you nailed to the deck for sure."
This game will be good if you like silly pirates. Our Flag Means Death, Pirates: Band of Misfits, One Piece, and Yellowbeard are all inspirations.
We will build characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Comedy blood and guts, loss of body parts.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Squall of the Southward Passage” a Standard One Shot in the D&D 5e system. Led by Rayne Whitington
The morning hardly dawns at all on the 7th day of your voyage with your new captain. As his map foretold, the sea in this channel is choppy and littered with many jagged rocks. He confidently steers you through them, but there are moments that make you wonder why he sails with such speed through such treacherous waters. You cannot help but feel that something dark is driving him onward.
In this adventure you’ll play as a crew member on a small sailing vessel. You’ve been hired to help Captain Topsham explore a channel within a range of sea mountains in hopes of finding a safe passage to the other side. You’ll choose your role within the ship during character creation as well as your standard class.
This game will be great if you like seafaring adventures and eldrich horror.
Players should build characters ahead.
–D&D 5E | Level 3
–Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
–Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Content from established third-party sources is encouraged, but needs to be run by me before the game.)
–You'll be choosing your role on the ship first come, first served.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be played in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Risk of drowning. Will feature underwater and eldritch horror.
Tags: Fantasy, Pirates
Rayne Bakcheious’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
“For the Spoils” is a Standard One-Shot in the Descended From The Queen system. Led by Nona de Koning.
For the Spoils is a zero-prep GMless game and a hack of For The Queen. In this game, we collaboratively tell a story about scoundrels looking to score big. For this month's Pickup Con theme of High Seas, I've predetermined we'll play as a crew of pirates! We'll tell the story of our crew planning, executing, and facing the fallout from what they hope is a big score. As is typical of heists in film and TV, your story will be told in a non-linear fashion - with point-of-view shifts, flashbacks, and other common tropes of the genre.
This game will be great if you like For The Queen, heist movies, pirate crews, and collaborative prompt-based storytelling.
This system is especially great for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server, only using Discord, as always, spectators are welcome.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“The Sunken Lampooned” a Standard One Shot in the Beakwood Bay system. Led by Nona de Koning
About the game system:
Beakwood Bay is a PbtA/Carved from Brindlewood roleplaying game for 2-4 ducks and a Keeper (GM), but not just any ducks. Inspired by Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics, in this hack of Brindlewood Bay you play as bipedal Mallards hired to hunt down treasure instead of solving mysteries. Beakwood Bay is a thriving port city inhabited by all sorts of anthropomorphic animals, where anything can happen and adventure is always on the agenda. The city’s aesthetics are rooted in the early 20th Century, but there are all manner of scientific advancements, such as an experimental rocketpad, a bustling university, and many factories. The oligarchs who control these technology-focused businesses often act as patrons for working ducks and adventurous mallards. No one comes to Beakwood Bay without a plan of how to leave richer. But there’s a curse that comes with this pursuit and many fall victim to the so-called Coin Fever. Ducks who are sitting on vaults of gold are frequently cruel and miserly in later years, pushing away family and friends to slavishly protect the gold they’ve acquired.
But for now, you are just a Middle Class Mallard who dreams of adventure with your friends. Your ducks work in service of the city’s wealthy benefactors, trying to make a fortune to call their own all while working to avoid the crippling greed and exploitation that is rampant among the city’s elite. Hindered by NPCs after the same treasure, players do their best to gather clues (represented as helpful information and tools that can be used to recover the treasure) before finally trying to retrieve it. There is no prewritten canon path or method, instead it's up to you to cleverly combine all that you've found to obtain the treasure! Will you succeed? Play to find out!
Session pitch:
New-money billionaire Silas Pepperbeek has had just about enough of trying to ingratiate himself in Beakwood Bay society. But he has a plan that will make him a fortune and get him in good with the other oligarchs! He decides to sent the Mallards off to uncover the remains of the recently sunk so-called unsinkable freighter, the Lampooned, hoping to find the Shining Beak, a stunningly-detailed diamond bust of the legendary Morganna le Duck. The ship went down while crossing the North Atlantic, supposedly striking an iceberg and sinking in inhospitable frigid waters. He offers to pay handsomely if the Mallards recover it."
This game will be great if you like Ducktales, Indiana Jones, cartoons, comic books, Brindlewood Bay, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling
Players should build characters ahead.
New characters (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: greed, capitalism, social class differences
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Check out the Rules: https://jackson-adams-rpg.itch.io/beakwood-bay (free download of character sheet)
Delving into Darkness is a Standard One Shot in the Mazes system, led by Ansel Burch
With only your wits and torches to find the path, journey into the deepest parts of the world where creatures lurk on the very edge of survival and desperation. Will you become a tasty meal for the caustic beast? Will your heart stop at the sight of the vile portent? Will you fall victim to the envenomed blades of deep cultists? Only the soothsayers might guess.
This game will be good if you like classic dungeons, escalating stakes, easy to learn rules, and Ronnie James Dio.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The Witch Is Missing is a Standard One-Shot in the “The Witch Is Dead” system, led by Rayne Bakcheious
"Most of the time, you live a quiet life with your beloved witch and fellow familiars. The cottage is cozy, the baked goods are plentiful, and the visitors are few. But ever so often, she must attend a conclave with the other witches. Strange and unknowable beings they are; their congress is raucous and frightening.
All night, you and your friends have waited in the tent for her to return, but the morning dawns quietly, and still no sign of her. Now you and other familiars must set out to rescue her from this bizarre land…"
This game will be great if you like witches and animals
We will build characters in session.
This session will be perfect for new players.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will be using Schmeppy whiteboards for mapping. schmeppy.com
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mild-moderate violence against animals is possible. Possible inclusion of cults.
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
Check out the game rules- https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead
Save the Cat! is a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the Masks system, led by Ansel Burch.
If we're going to keep up the public image of heroes in Halcyon City, we need to be seen doing some unambiguously good stuff. Lady Indomitable keeps vaporizing bystanders by accident and Comandante America just will not stop expressing his outdated views in post-heroics interviews. We need some real image rehabilitation, and plucky teenagers seem like the way to go. This game is perfect for fans of superheroes, teenage shenanigans, and emotional drama. Players should build characters ahead. Playbooks will be provided before the session. Characters played in this universe previously are welcome to return.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
CW: none.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
For the Pride is a Standard One-Shot in the "The King is Dead" system, led by Ansel Burch
The savannah has always been a place of competition and survival, even more so now that the Dominion of Lions has reformed the government around birthright, no more with the helter-skelter groping for power that our foremothers knew. Instead, now, from one generation to the next, power will follow cleanly. At least, that was the plan. With the death of Malkia, the families are in disarray, and power is ours to claim. Will your family take the throne? Will you wear the crown?
This game will be good if you like playing as an animal, messing with power structures and politics, heavy RP games, and interesting game systems.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Romance and family conflict are significant parts of this game.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Nancy Druid, a Standard Oneshot in the Polymorph system, led by Nona.
In Nancy Druid, you will play as a druid scout who solves mysteries along with a trusty animal companion! Your magic is drawn from the natural world, the day-night cycle, and the turning of the seasons. Will you be a sun druid, who brings brightness and a warm glow to all, with the help of your scout troop's companion critter? Or will you be a moon druid, versed in all things celestial and able to transform into an animal yourself? Nancy Druid runs on the Polymorph system, where each player only ever uses ONE polyhedral die: a d4, a d6, a d8, or a d10. Each die represents a different character “role” in the group, making you better or worse at certain types of actions. It helps characters feel unique and encourages teamwork! Do you wanna join a troop of scout kids and come solve a mystery?
This game will be played in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Recipe for Disaster is a Standard one-shot in the Wilderfeast system, led by Nona.
Hunter. Ranger. Keeper. Chef. In Wilderfeast, you are a Wilder. You are human, though you might not look like it, as with every hunt, you incorporate part of another monster into yourself. Once upon a time, the first Wilder dedicated their lives to containing the Frenzy, the incurable curse that amplifies hunger, pain, and rage in a vicious cycle. But despite their best efforts, it now circulates with virulent speed across the One Land. Wilders spend their time between hunting monsters that cannot be saved and helping those that can. As the Frenzy spreads, the Wilders fight to maintain harmony between humanity and nature. They kill the creatures they must, nurture the ones they can, and consume the ones they fail to save. In doing so, Wilders transform into half-human chimeras, for like all monsters, they derive their power from the One Law of the One Land: You are what you eat. The game offers a nice blend of exploration, roleplay, and combat in its gameplay loop: Travel and discover plants and monsters in the One Land. Forage and cook meals. Track and hunt down a frenzied monster. Honor its sacrifice with a feast that will forever change you (literally!) In today's adventure, poachers have captured the Wilders, along with several wild monsters they hope to sell to the Charter. But one caged monster has the frenzy and escapes! To secure their own freedom, to keep the infection from spreading, and to ensure no one else gets hurt, the Wilders must band together and hunt it down.
This game will be great if you like cooking, exploration, nature, animals, monsters, Dungeon Meshi and Monster Hunter.
New players welcome.
The GM is very familiar with this system.
Pregen characters provided.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/ Spectators are welcome.
Content warnings: harm to animal-like monsters
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Delving into Darkness is a Standard One Shot in the Mazes system, led by Ansel Burch
With only your wits and torches to find the path, journey into the deepest parts of the world where creatures lurk on the very edge of survival and desperation. Will you become a tasty meal for the caustic beast? Will your heart stop at the sight of the vile portent? Will you fall victim to the envenomed blades of deep cultists? Only the soothsayers might guess.
This game will be good if you like classic dungeons, escalating stakes, easy to learn rules, and Ronnie James Dio.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Darkest Night is a Standard one-shot in the Age Of Adventure system, led by GM Tavis.
Elevator Pitch: Age of Adventure RPG is a one-page rules-light heroic fantasy game inspired by the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. Be prepared for some old-school fun as you dice with death in search of fortune and glory! So grab your pack, sharpen your sword, and ready your spells. Now Onward to Adventure! https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
Player Guidelines: Potential Character Death. No rules knowledge required. No PvP.
This game will be great if you like RPG fantasy.
Pre-generated Characters available here: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens (returning Characters welcome).
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on another Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Potential Character Death
For the Pride is a Standard One-Shot in the "The King is Dead" system, led by Ansel Burch
The savannah has always been a place of competition and survival, even more so now that the Dominion of Lions has reformed the government around birthright, no more with the helter-skelter groping for power that our foremothers knew. Instead, now, from one generation to the next, power will follow cleanly. At least, that was the plan. With the death of Malkia, the families are in disarray, and power is ours to claim. Will your family take the throne? Will you wear the crown?
This game will be good if you like playing as an animal, messing with power structures and politics, heavy RP games, and interesting game systems.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Romance and family conflict are significant parts of this game.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The Witch Is Missing is a Standard One-Shot in the “The Witch Is Dead” system, led by Rayne Bakcheious
"Most of the time, you live a quiet life with your beloved witch and fellow familiars. The cottage is cozy, the baked goods are plentiful, and the visitors are few. But ever so often, she must attend a conclave with the other witches. Strange and unknowable beings they are; their congress is raucous and frightening.
All night, you and your friends have waited in the tent for her to return, but the morning dawns quietly, and still no sign of her. Now you and other familiars must set out to rescue her from this bizarre land…"
This game will be great if you like witches and animals
We will build characters in session.
This session will be perfect for new players.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will be using Schmeppy whiteboards for mapping. schmeppy.com
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mild-moderate violence against animals is possible. Possible inclusion of cults.
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
Check out the game rules- https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead
Save the Cat! is a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the Masks system, led by Ansel Burch.
If we're going to keep up the public image of heroes in Halcyon City, we need to be seen doing some unambiguously good stuff. Lady Indomitable keeps vaporizing bystanders by accident and Comandante America just will not stop expressing his outdated views in post-heroics interviews. We need some real image rehabilitation, and plucky teenagers seem like the way to go. This game is perfect for fans of superheroes, teenage shenanigans, and emotional drama. Players should build characters ahead. Playbooks will be provided before the session. Characters played in this universe previously are welcome to return.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
CW: none.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Delving into Darkness is a Standard One Shot in the Mazes system, led by Ansel Burch
With only your wits and torches to find the path, journey into the deepest parts of the world where creatures lurk on the very edge of survival and desperation. Will you become a tasty meal for the caustic beast? Will your heart stop at the sight of the vile portent? Will you fall victim to the envenomed blades of deep cultists? Only the soothsayers might guess.
This game will be good if you like classic dungeons, escalating stakes, easy to learn rules, and Ronnie James Dio.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch