It has been over 3 months since the dead started rising. You have managed to survive with a small group over these past few months inside a small cabin in the woods. Unfortunately, your supplies are running low and if you don't restock soon, you won't make it another 2 weeks. Tensions are high and your group is starting to get restless. Your only hope is the local High School a few miles away. What awaits you in those dark halls? Can you make it out alive?

This game will be great if you like Survival Horror, Hard Choices, Zombie stuff, and of course The Walking Dead franchise

We will build beginner characters in the session.

This is a new game by Free League that is currently in Beta release.

I would like to play it to see how it runs. It is not happy, it is deadly, there is a chance your character will not survive the scenario. Please be mindful of the personal horror theme of the setting, the more you lean into the horror, the more fun it will be.

This session will be especially good for new players.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

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This game will be hosted in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Descriptive Violence and Gore. Body Horror. Tense scenarios

“A Simply Dreadful Birthday Party” a Standard One Shot in the Bedlam Hall PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn

It is Mathilda's birthday again. The youngest and wondrously horrible daughter of the Blackwoods. You and the other servants of Blackwood Manor have been instructed to make sure the birthday goes off without a hitch and that all the guests' needs are attended to. It is sure to be a dreadful event, as most events tend to be. And of course, your fellow staff members are always trying to make you look bad. But no time to think about that, it appears the Lord's crocodile Fluffy has gotten out again...and it is your turn to retrieve it...

This game will be great if you like Downton Abbey (with dreadful undertones), Edgar Gorey books, Gloom the Card Game.

We will build beginners characters in session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

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Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Dark Imagery, Spiders, the occult

"Captain's Log - Stardate 48498.25

We have intercepted an old-style automated distress call from a old Starfleet vessel. Could the descendants of survivors from an ancient shipwreck still be alive somewhere out there, marooned on a strange planet? I wonder. The science officer has traced the signal to its source: an M-class planet. The star system is uncataloged and unique in my experience as it orbits an unstable wormhole. In two days we will arrive and begin our investigation. "

This game will be great if you like Star Trek

Players may build beginner characters ahead or in session.

https://sta.bcholmes.org/

New players are welcome.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

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Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Sci Fi Violence

The small village of Tsuin no Yama Mura (Twin Mountain Village) is a quiet village nestled between a pair of beautiful mountains. The nearby river makes Tsuin no Yama good for fishing and for growing rice and it also has a few buckwheat farms in the mountains. While resting their tired feet in town, a small group of samurai must put aside their differences and come together to protect the village from a bandit raid that threatens a major crop supplier of the empire.

This game will be great if you like Feudal Samurai Action, Drama and Magic!

The game runner will provide Rank 1 and 2 characters.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Violence, Blood, Gore

Las Vegas, city of sin...but for you, well you just live here. You get your coffee, drive in traffic, and work. Ya the fact you are the child of a god is cool and the powers are useful, but your powers don't pay the rent. Something strange is happening. People are being found dead and the police can't find a pattern. One dead at a concert, another at a museum, another in a random hotel room, and 3 at an art gallery. The only thing linking the deaths is that all the victims have died with big smiles on their faces. You sense the supernatural in this, perhaps you should have a look. After all, you can see what others refuse to.....

This game will be great if you like Percy Jackson, Hercules, Clash of the Titans

We will build beginning characters in the session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

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This game will be hostess in room #1 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Magic, Religious topics, creative portrayal of God(s)

"CAPTAIN’S LOG STARDATE 48311.3

We’ve received a message from Narendra Station that a runabout called the Susquehanna has gone missing in the Carina Nebula, deep within the Shackleton Expanse. The Susquehanna was investigating an unusual alien signal that originated from the nebula when all contact was lost. We have been ordered to enter the nebula, find the runabout, and determine the origin and cause of the alien signal. Starfleet has also advised that Romulan and Ferengi ships have been sighted in the region, so we should exercise caution since they may well have detected the alien signal as well."

This game will be great if you like Star Trek TNG, DS9, VOY.

Players should build beginning characters ahead.

“Feel free to look at the quickstart rules and this character generator https://sta.bcholmes.org/

Please do not look at chapter 2 of the quickstart guide, as that contains the adventure."

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Sci Fi violence, moral dilemas

"For generations, the Hookclaw kobolds have lived beneath the city known as Absalom, scratching out a hardscrabble existence by scavenging from the earth-packed ruins of ancient, buried buildings. In all that time, the Hookclaws have never been conquered or

wiped out by more powerful forces, which makes them truly prestigious by kobold standards. Unfortunately, this prestige has never resulted in wealth or comfort. Yet the smell of change is in the air. Just recently, a party of Hookclaw miners accidentally broke into an

underground room that was stuffed full of treasures and luxuries, most of them in far better condition than the time-rotted relics that the Hookclaws typically own. The Hookclaws have rounded up their greatest heroes, most eager volunteers, and most violent misanthropes to explore the mysterious area. Once the chamber has been secured and deemed safe,

the Hookclaws can cart off the treasure and live the opulent lives they have long deserved!" This game will be great if you like playing zany adventures as the underdog. And KOBOLDS! The game runner will provide 1st level characters.

This game is intended to teach players the PF2e system in a fun, lighthearted way. So, this session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

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This game will be hosted in Room #1 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome

CW: Violence and theft

The Licktoad goblins of Brinestump Marsh have stumbled upon a great treasure—fireworks! Yet unfortunately for them, the tribe member responsible for the discovery has already been exiled for the abhorrent crime of writing (which every goblin knows steals words from your head). To remedy this situation, the Licktoads’ leader, His Mighty Girthness Chief Rendwattle Gutwad, has declared that the greatest heroes of the tribe must venture forth to retrieve the rest of the fireworks from a derelict ship stranded in the marsh. In order to prove themselves as the Licktoads’ bravest goblins, the PCs must complete a series of dangerous dares, from swallowing bull slugs and braving the dreaded Earbiter to dancing with Squealy Nord himself. Yet even once they’ve proven their mettle, the adventure is just beginning. The ship in question is far from uninhabited, and Vorka the cannibal goblin would like nothing better than a few tasty visitors....

This game will be great if you like doing Goblin things for goblin reasons! Who needs logic!?

The game runner will provide 1st level characters.

This game is meant to teach new players the PF1 system. So, this session will be especially good for new players and new players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Potential cruelty to fantasy animals. Goblins dislike dogs, but they are not "cute human dogs" we are referring to here.

A Standard One Shot in the Avatar - PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn.

Chief Beifong has been having some difficulty with a new Triad that has shown up in Republic City.  She has sent in her best undercover officers, but they are always discovered.  She has asked you to assist her and the city by going undercover inside the Triad and bringing back information to her. 

This game will be great if you like Avatar - the last Airbender and Avatar - Legend of Korra. Players should build (Beginner - Advanced) characters ahead.

New Players are welcome.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome. 

CW: Martial Arts style violence

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

After the tragic incidents at the annual Supers Olympics, hundreds are dead and thousands more injured.  What's more, the new designer drug EXCELSIOR can give mundanes powers for the right price.  The people of Halcyon City have demanded regulation, and the government is responding.  How will our "heroes" respond to the new government oversight and regulations?

This game will be great if you like Marvel and DC. Marvels Civil War (Comic and Movie)

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dirty Politics, Comic Book Violence.

A Standard One Shot in the Starscape - PbtA system, led by RaynorFrejrûn.

"Space, the final frontier.  These are the voyages of the starship....”

You are crew members aboard a Nova-class science vessel.  While surveying a nearby nebula, your ship was hit by an unknown anomaly; the crew was ordered to abandon ship to the planet below.  With your crew scattered on this unhospitable planet, can you survive long enough to be rescued?  Or will be hunted down before you can escape?

This game will use the beta rules for Starscape, a new PbtA setting.  I will be using this to create a Star Trek analog.  

This game will be great if you like Star Trek, Mostly the TNG,DS9 and Voyager era.

We will build characters in session. Come prepared with ideas.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Death, Hallowen-esque themes (it is October after all) but nothing over PG-13

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

After the tragic incidents at the annual Supers Olympics, hundreds are dead, and thousands more injured. What's more, the new designer drug EXCELSIOR can give mundanes powers for the right price. The people of Halcyon City have demanded regulation, and the government is responding. How will our "heroes" respond to the new government oversight and regulations?

This game will be great if you like Marvel and DC. Marvels Civil War (Comic and Movie)

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be grat for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dirty Politics, Comic Book Violence.

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

After the tragic incidents at the annual Supers Olympics, hundreds are dead and thousands more injured.  What's more, the new designer drug EXCELSIOR can give mundanes powers for the right price.  The people of Halcyon City have demanded regulation, and the government is responding.  How will our "heroes" respond to the new government oversight and regulations?

This game will be great if you like Marvel and DC. Marvels Civil War (Comic and Movie)

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dirty Politics, Comic Book Violence.

A game in the MASKS PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn.

Heroes? Saving People? Obeying the rules? Lame. Take a chance. Have fun. Break the law. Live a little! Or are you scared?

This game will be great if you like Comics, Marvel/DC Movies, and Teen Titans.

Player should build characters ahead. Relationships will be established early in the session. All players will make a "villain" PC with 4 advancements. Create your character just like you would a hero. REFORMED, INNOCENT, SCION, and SOLDIER playbooks are not allowed.

This game will be best for players familiar with the MASKS game.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: crime, comic book violence, endangering innocents

A game in the MASKS -PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

The annual superhero beach party was a blast as usual, but now school is back in session, and the summer is but a memory...or is it?  It seems that the events at McKinnley Bay have awoken....something...and it is not too happy about it.

This game will be great if you like Comic book movies and shows

Players can build Beginner - Veteran characters ahead or bring ones you have played in other Masks sessions before.

This game will be great for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted on the con discord, and spectators are welcome. 

CW: Comic Book Violence and High School Drama

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn.

A new teen super-villain team calling themselves the "Symphony of Destruction" has been gaining notoriety and popularity around Halcyon City. Numerous attempts by AEGIS to infiltrate them has failed (gee...I wonder why). They have decided to change tactics and have asked you to assist with infiltrating the team. While they would prefer little to no collateral damage to the city, they are sure it is inevitable.

This game will be great if you like Avengers, Teen Titans, Villain redemption stories, or just a great super-powered brawl.

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in Room #1 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Smoking, Drugs, Alcohol

A game in the MASKS PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn.

Heroes? Saving People? Obeying the rules? Lame. Take a chance. Have fun. Break the law. Live a little! Or are you scared?

This game will be great if you like Comics, Marvel/DC Movies, and Teen Titans.

Player should build characters ahead. Relationships will be established early in the session. All players will make a "villain" PC with 4 advancements. Create your character just like you would a hero. REFORMED, INNOCENT, SCION, and SOLDIER playbooks are not allowed.

This game will be best for players familiar with the MASKS game.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: crime, comic book violence, endangering innocents

A game in the MASKS - PBtA system, led by Ture Westlund.

Trapped by the villainous Pagemaster, our heroes are transported to a dark and twisted Wonderland penned and altered by the evil Pagemaster. Can our heroes escape his diabolical trap before it is too late? Or will they lose their heads?

This game will be great if you like Alice in Wonderland and Grimm's Fairytales.

Bring existing characters or create a new one ahead of time.

This game will be great for players who are new to the system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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This game will run in room #4 of the con’s Discord server, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dark fairy tale themes. Mild blood and gore imagery are possible.

A game in the MASKS - PBtA system. led by Ture Westlund.

School is out! Time for some well-earned time off. Your swimsuit and towel are packed. Fun in the sun...here you come. Teenagers, hormones, beach parties, superpowers...what could possibly go wrong?

This game will be great if you like any teenage beach scene from the 80's and 90's (comic or TV Show)

Feel free to bring existing MASKS characters or make one ahead of time. We will spend about the first 30 minutes establishing connections.

This game will be great for players who are new to the system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This game will run in room #2 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Comic Book Violence. Alcohol use, fantastical WWII iconography (diesel punk).

A game in the MASKs - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn.

While attending an assembly at a local High School to impart the importance of school to new Freshmen, the heroes are interrupted by a new Super-Villain that has taken the school hostage with multiple mechanized minions. Will the heroes save the day from this maniacal madman and his mechanized minions before it is too late?

This game will be great if you like Teen Titans, Old Saturday Morning 80's cartoons, Codename Kids Next Door, and Being a badass Superhero.

People should build characters ahead (or bring existing characters); we will confirm relationships before the session. Google Drive Folder for Character Gen will be provided to established players.

This game will be great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: High School Drama

A game in the Avatar TLA - PbtA system led by Raynor Frejrûn.

Trouble is brewing in Republic City—First Gentleman Varrick has been kidnapped, and a conspiracy is afoot! For the last two decades, Wakkanai—a Southern Water Tribe business magnate and inventor—has managed Republic City’s water treatment plants on behalf of the city government. Yet it now appears that the Utilities Commission is poised to award the water management rights to San Ho, a mysterious Earth Kingdom businessman! President Zhu Li Moon is sure San Ho has rigged the situation…and she strongly suspects he might even have something to do with Varrick’s recent disappearance. Can the heroes discover what Varrick has to do with this dastardly plot and stop San Ho’s machinations before it is too late?

This game will be great if you like Avatar TLA, Avatar TLOK, mysteries.

Characters will be provided. Quickstart Rules are available at https://magpiegames.com/pages/avatarrpg DM me for adventure-specific questions you will need to answer.

This game will be great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room # 2 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Moral Dilemmas, Politics

A game in the DCC system, led by Raynor Frejrûn.

A delightful evening is suddenly disrupted by an earthquake. Now trapped hundreds of feet below ground, your plucky peasants must brave the dangers of the subterranean tunnels and old ruins as they look for a way back home. Will they survive the perils laid before them, or die trying?

This game will be great if you like Goonies, Tomb Raider, Uncharted.

Players should use Purplesorcerer.com build 4 level 0 characters ahead.

This game will be great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Death, human remains, fantasy religious symbology.

A game in the Avatar TLA - PbtA system led by Raynor Frejrûn.

Trouble is brewing in Republic City—First Gentleman Varrick has been kidnapped, and a conspiracy is afoot! For the last two decades, Wakkanai—a Southern Water Tribe business magnate and inventor—has managed Republic City’s water treatment plants on behalf of the city government. Yet it now appears that the Utilities Commission is poised to award the water management rights to San Ho, a mysterious Earth Kingdom businessman! President Zhu Li Moon is sure San Ho has rigged the situation…and she strongly suspects he might even have something to do with Varrick’s recent disappearance. Can the heroes discover what Varrick has to do with this dastardly plot and stop San Ho’s machinations before it is too late?

This game will be great if you like Avatar TLA, Avatar TLOK, mysteries.

Characters will be provided. Quickstart Rules are available at https://magpiegames.com/pages/avatarrpg DM me for adventure-specific questions you will need to answer.

This game will be great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room # 2 of the con’s Discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Moral Dilemmas, Politics