"The Mutation Nation strives to bring the gift of the atom to all. The Doomsday Clock stands at 2 minutes to midnight and they have taken over Nooktun, a massive Ancients facility that once supplied the power of the atom to the region. They are preparing a ritual that will cause a massive detonation of ancient nuclear technology. This will bathe the region in radiation which they believe will allow all to bask in the mutating glow of the Megaton Maiden and become true Children of the Atom. but it may just kill everyone…..

Can you stop them in time?"

This game will be great if you like 90s schlock post-apocalyptic movies, Gamma World, mutants...

The game runner will provide characters.

If you skim the DCC RPG Quick Start guide freely available online, MCC is based on it and has just a few different  mechanics.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

4 This is more of a Michael Caine picture 5 This is a major aspect of the session 3 Balanced 5 This is a major aspect of the session

This game will be hosted on Roll 20. The game runner will be streaming this game on Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/ophoriclabs

CW: violence, possible character death

Christophor Rick’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/christophor-rick 

Check out the Rules- https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf

We have to get our dear friend back home in time for Light Day, a very real holiday we've all heard of before. They may come from a planet that is all one biome but their hometown is still tiny and the planet is poorly mapped. We're going to need all of our astrogation and navigation skills to make it in time. Fingers crossed the space fascists don't give us any trouble on the way.

This game will be great if you like Star Wars, road trip comedies, and making fun of the Star Wars holiday Special.

We will use pre-made characters. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0582/8372/0819/files/RebelScum_CrewoftheLastHope.pdf?v=1708710365

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 hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Fascists (you get to fight them) 

Check out the Rules: https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum?variant=41357755252851 

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

"The Myrfolk have been content in the sea for Brine knows how long. We've swum the currents and ridden the streams from the Great Trench to the Boiling Sea. 

Last tide, K'help found a... something. It's covered in strange markings and if we're right in guessing, it was made above the spray, perhaps by the great beasts whose shadows pass over the reef and whose calls sound so much like speech. Wherever it came from and whoever made it. Could this be a new horizon beyond the waves? "

This game will be great if you like exploration, coming-of-age stories, and underwater civilization stories.

We will build characters in the session.

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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: disorientation, isolation, loss

Check out the Rules: https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks 

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

"The chairs are up. The counters are clean. The lights are off. Now's your chance. 

Too long have you watched your brethren gobbled up by the unfeeling patrons of this café. But that's not how this cookie crumbles. Not today. As soon as this place is closed, you're making a break for it. "

This game will be great if you like Chicken Run, Toy Story, Crown of Candy 

Players should build characters ahead.

Level 3 "—D&D 5E (2014 Edition) | Level 3

• Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation. 

• Your character must be some kind of Food Folk, but you can use the stats of any ancestry or class. Then flavor it to your liking. 

• The cafe this one-shot takes place in serves a full line of pastries as well as lunch and dinner options. So feel free to create any type of food (or ingredient) you’d like to play. 

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. The game runner will use schmeppy.com for mapping. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Action comedy with some lighthearted horror, and implications of being eaten. 

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

Did you ever want to be a superhero? Today's your day! Join the young teenage superheroes known as Team Daybreak Play as decisive Headlong, ambitious Rockstar, supportive Muse, cosmic Aeon Girl or ghostly Muerto in the Sentinel Comics RPG! In this system, you creatively combine your superpowers with your ordinary qualities to try and be the best heroes you can be while living up to your principles. The Sentinel Comics RPG uses its own GYRO system, which focuses on quick comic book-style action, where teamwork is key and where your hero becomes more powerful as the situation gets more dire and twists get thrown your way! Today's adventure is called Urban Infestation, where our team is called in to help the hero team Dark Watch over in Rook City. In the wake of the global destruction from the OblivAeon event, Rook City is worse than ever, rocked with rifts of chaos magic causing all kinds of havoc (and let’s be honest, Rook City–the capital of crime and urban decay–wasn’t in great shape to begin with). Myriad, a villain composed entirely of crawling insects whose origin is linked to members of Daybreak, is taking advantage of these magical rifts to cause even more carnage. Being a new team of young inexperienced heroes, victory is not guaranteed! The Sentinel Comics RPG is its own superhero universe with a board game and podcast as well. But this features a team made just for the RPG so no familiarity with any lore is needed. Just be excited to play a teenage superhero and jump right in

This game will be great if you like comics, superheroes, shenanigans, cinematic action, and creative roleplaying.

Pregenerated characters provided. 

Rules will be taught, so no preparation is needed, but a rules reference will be provided ahead of time for those who prefer not to go in blind. 

This game is especially good for new players

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

Content warning: creepy-crawlies (bugs/insects)

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

"Three days ago, PETRA BELLAGAMBA lost her Wedding Ring at the Christmas Market in a town none of you has actually been to. It's a nice town, but it has too big of a market this year. Nothing on the scale of Nuremberg, but it's pretty big. 

That might warrant hiring dangerous people to find a small lost object in a huge, shivering crowd on a snow day. But the real reason is that PETRA lost The Wedding Ring, a unique and indestructible object with strange powers.

Not everyone knows about these powers, but the people who do will stop at nothing to get ahold of it before you do.

Also, there's a really good raclette at this one stall you know about. The cheese is incredible.

PLEASE NOTE: This game is set in the Lost Room Universe (a show that came out on the Sci-Fi channel in 2006), not the normal Unknown Armies Universe.

(Unlike a normal Unknown Armies game, you won't be able to start out with an Adept School. If there's an Avatar identity that really fits, maybe.)

Keep in mind that Unknown Armies is a horror game and may delve into uncomfortably adult areas from time to time. We will still start with a quick Lines and Veils just in case!

You'll pretty much be creating your character, defining your group goal, and building their connection to 5 key NPCs (provided by the GM) as you go along."

This game will be great if you like 

• competing with NPC parties

• making up your own version of a holiday event like Christkindlmarkt

• disrupting such an event with weirdness, maybe even a gunfight (but you're probably more sensible than that.)

• magic Items that look like 1960s kitsch household objects

• gaining skill bonuses from mental health changes

• A horror world where there are magic objects and humans, but no other monsters

• A consequence-based resolution system.

We will build characters in the session.

Beginner Level ("Street Level" in old UA Parlance) https://www.onarmiesunknown.com/resources/quickstart-ua3-character-concepts-identities/ New players are welcome.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in an outside Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Probably gun violence, definitely scary magic events, adult humor and situations, Christmas May Be Ruined

Check out the Rules: https://www.onarmiesunknown.com/game/methods/character-cabal-creation-guide/

We have to get our dear friend back home in time for Light Day, a very real holiday we've all heard of before. They may come from a planet that is all one biome but their hometown is still tiny and the planet is poorly mapped. We're going to need all of our astrogation and navigation skills to make it in time. Fingers crossed the space fascists don't give us any trouble on the way.

This game will be great if you like Star Wars, road trip comedies, and making fun of the Star Wars holiday Special.

We will use pre-made characters. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0582/8372/0819/files/RebelScum_CrewoftheLastHope.pdf?v=1708710365

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 hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Fascists (you get to fight them) 

Check out the Rules: https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum?variant=41357755252851 

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

For the Dungeon! is a short comedy role-playing game that takes inspiration from PbtA and Fate. You play as minions protecting their dungeon. They serve without question and seek to accomplish their leader’s goals to the best of their abilities. Often this means venturing out beyond the dungeon to spread their agenda. Charging into danger with reckless abandon and causing mayhem is all in a day’s work. Characters are quite freeform and have no stats, but instead have traits. These Traits should be short phrases that describe your character’s Talent, Tool, and Motivation. You also get Shiny to buy any sort of item you can imagine may be useful and a special Perk to make you stand out from the pack. Players should attempt to embody what it means to be a minion. Feel free to explore wild and crazy ideas when it comes to your character. This game is designed to lean into the ridiculous. It has a strong emphasis on improvisation, but offers plenty of tools to help you with that!

This game will be great if you like PbtA, Fate, comedy, improv, minions and mayhem.

Players should figure out their character concepts ahead of time, the game runner will prompt you a day or two ahead of time to do so.

This game is especially good for new players

This game will be played in room #1 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

GM Age’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/gm-age

Check out the Game Rules-

https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg

"AGE OF ADVENTURE RPG' is a one-page rules-light fantasy hack of the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 system.

You are a member of an adventuring party on a dangerous and heroic quest set in a world of magic, might, and monsters! 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!

The game will be hosted on Discord - you will be assigned your character sheet channel. There will be background music and encounter images to enhance immersion.

This game will be especially good if you like the heroic fantasy adventure genre.

Twelve pre-generated characters will be available to choose from, or play a previous character, or create a new character (contact the GM if interested)

You can look at the pre-gens available here: https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg-sample-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 the Age of Adventure Discord Server. https://discord.gg/ZMZTHvQYGJ

CW: Potential Character Death

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

Raptor Peak's star is rising and with it comes higher and higher profile visitors. This tourist destination may have added new attractions, capacities, and festivals at a blistering pace but can its food scene keep up? Our heroes will meet with a colossal confectioners conundrum comprising catastrophic, contrary, compromising contractual caveats.

This game will be great if you like cozy fantasy, high magic solutions to low-stakes challenges, and creative RP.

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 in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: none.

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

As fresh graduates of the Imperial Bardic College in Verdigris, you’re all ready and raring to make your mark on the world. Your journey through the picturesque small towns and taverns of the countryside has brought your merry band to the swamp village of Swanmoor. This town sits on the edge of a dark and haunted swamp – just the place to learn the tales of brave knights or adventurers.

But when you arrive the day before a local festival, you only hear stories of townsfolk who have gone missing. In these far reaches of the Empire, you might have to do the rescuing yourselves.

This game will be great if you like A Knight’s Tale, Zelda, Princess and the Frog

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Bards Only

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Bardic subclasses from well-established 3rd party publishers are encouraged.

Other specifics will posted following signups

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 #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for maps and visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Swans, mild body horror, risk of drowning

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning

Schedule Listing: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/jingle-bell-shock

Warhorn Listing: https://warhorn.net/events/ttrpg-pickup-con/schedule/sessions/7a8653b1-5178-4692-9951-3ccbc57dc298

The handouts (rules reference & character sheet) will be messaged to players on Discord ahead of time "<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>

It’s the holiday season, and the Murder Mavens are out caroling as part of the Brindlewood Bay Lunch Club’s annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Carol-a-thon fundraiser. The carolers arrive at the grand home of Amelia Hawthorne, only to learn that Amelia was just found murdered! The rest of the carolers quickly leave to get help from the police, but our Mavens can't help but stay and conduct their own investigation.

<b><u>About the game system:</u></b>

BRINDLEWOOD BAY is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who find themselves solving actual murder mysteries in their quaint New England town. <b>There is no canon solution to the mysteries, instead, players must collect and piece together many different clues and come up with a convincing theory, then play to find out if they are right!</b>

The Mavens themselves are all elderly women whose partners have passed away and whose children have long flown the nest. Now, they’re enjoying their golden years in the picturesque town of Brindlewood Bay, keeping their homes the way they like, pursuing their hobbies, and finding comfort and companionship in each other. Their mystery book club has been meeting on the top floor of The Candlelight Booksellers every Saturday evening for the last ten years. The Mavens are particularly fond of The Gold Crown Mysteries series by Robin Masterson, featuring the globe-trotting super-sleuth, Amanda Delacourt (which only exists in-universe and not in our world).

The Mavens' special interest in these books has resulted in them becoming amateur detectives themselves, and by the time the game starts, they have helped local police solve several high-profile crimes. Sometimes people approach them to get their help on a case, but usually, the Mavens just stumble onto it—much to the chagrin of the authorities, who almost always resent their meddling.

There are some supernatural elements in play in the background, but those will need to be uncovered through repeated plays and aren't a part of this one shot. There is also a meta-level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. <b>If there is enough interest in it, the game runner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.</b>"

This game will be great if you like holiday specials, cozy murder mysteries, collaborative storytelling, improv, PbtA games, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying

Players should build characters ahead.

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 hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder will be featured (but without gory details), other content will be adjusted based on players' lines & veils. Will likely contain various religious beliefs and family feuds, and may contain hints of alcoholism, mental illness, off-screen sexual activity, cults, and the supernatural.

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

As fresh graduates of the Imperial Bardic College in Verdigris, you’re all ready and raring to make your mark on the world. Your journey through the picturesque small towns and taverns of the countryside has brought your merry band to the swamp village of Swanmoor. This town sits on the edge of a dark and haunted swamp – just the place to learn the tales of brave knights or adventurers.

But when you arrive the day before a local festival, you only hear stories of townsfolk who have gone missing. In these far reaches of the Empire, you might have to do the rescuing yourselves.

This game will be great if you like A Knight’s Tale, Zelda, Princess and the Frog

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Bards Only

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Bardic subclasses from well-established 3rd party publishers are encouraged.

Other specifics will posted following signups

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 #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for maps and visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Swans, mild body horror, risk of drowning

David P’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/David-P

Check out the Game Rules- https://peginc.com/product/deadlands-the-weird-west-blood-on-the-range-savage-worlds-test-drive-swade/

Schedule Listing: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/silent-night-hungry-night

Warhorn Listing: https://warhorn.net/events/ttrpg-pickup-con/schedule/sessions/0e5d307f-ff81-4767-811a-c31aae31c43a

It's Christmas Eve and our posse's train has broken down, stranding them in a small frontier town for a few days. Sadly there is no Christmas cheer to be found, as a raiding party has apparently made off with all the town's provisions. Can our protagonists of questionable morality possibly rectify this situation?

This game will be great if you like westerns and/or Christmas horror-comedies.

The game runner will provide Novice characters.

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 hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Owlbear Rodeo for maps and visuals. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: n/a (I hope)

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

In this game, a deck of cards represents your character. As they grow and change, so too will the deck itself as you mark cards to build your character's history and abilities.

In this adventure session, we will build characters from scratch using the cards as our guides. Once our characters have been created, we will play through an adventure scenario featuring combat, court intrigue, and an adventure beyond known kingdoms of the world.

You will need a deck of cards that you are okay with ruining completely to play this game. It can be any card deck as long as you are willing to mark the cards.

This game will be great if you like card games and sword & sorcery paperback novels.

We will build characters in the session.

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 #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: none.

A standard one-shot led by Skeleton Shirt

You’ve been working at The Ethereal Leaf tavern for a while now. Maybe not what you envisioned for yourself, but it’s an honest living. And since the Inn sits at the crossroads to a few major Elven towns, the Inn’s clientele is always… interesting. The landlord is away off on an errand tonight, and it’s up to you to try and keep it all together. Fingers crossed!

This game will be great if you like workplace comedies.

Players should build level 3 characters ahead. Elves & Half-elves only. Any *published* class is fine. Standard array or point-buy for stats. Take a set of LIGHT armor. Take either a weapon or a spell-focus. Beyond that, you might need to improvise.

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: Hi jinx

A Playtest in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system, led by DMBadWrongFun.

Christopher Robin is a famed playwright who has fallen into a magical slumber. At the same time, fey creatures have begun emerging from nearby forests and now fiercely guard it. Christopher Robin must be awoken to banish the creatures. Enter his dreams and break the curse!

Winnie the Pooh mixed with Inception, by the way of an elven curse.

I will provide characters.

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 #2 of the con’s Discord server. 

CW: fantasy violence, gaslighting