Spectaculars is a game of comic book heroes and villains in its own entirely new comic book universe using a rules-light percentile % system. However, this universe is not predetermined, it takes more a "legacy board game"/living world approach. You start with knowing just a few basics and creating just a few characters. As more sessions are played, the setting will grow and change and become filled with memorable heroes, engaging villains, and stories of the clash between them. It's perfectly suitable for oneshots, but if you return to the game, you may see old locations and characters reappear. It's a living world, so what happens in a session can affect the universe we play in. Things like your reputation with the public, media and government are shared between games as well. Come play in our city just once or come back time and time again, the choice is yours! Today's adventure takes place in the Streetlight Knights branch of our comic book universe. This branch is themed around street-level heroes, organized crime, gang wars, and intrigue. It hearkens back to comic book stories of defenders of Bad Neighborhoods, shadowy vigilantes, sinister crime lords, assassins, secret societies, and the struggle between the lawless and the heroes who would stand in their way. Join a Neighborhood Watch team and come save the day! Your team is made up of heroes who band together to protect a particular district within the city. Examples from popular comics include the Defenders® (Marvel), and the Birds of Prey® (DC). This time, the Government Agency Chief suspects that a Terrorist Group might be planning something in the city, but their resources are tied up in other matters. Can you save the city? This game will be great if you like superheroes, a living world, rules-light systems, lots of freedom, and creative problem-solving.

New players are welcome. The game runner has run this game a few times now. The game runner will provide pre-generated characters to pick from. 

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Characters start with an archetype and are further customized by combining different cards drawn from various decks to determine team role, identity and powers. Created heroes go into a common pool, so players can select any existing character or pick an unused archetype to make a new one. The game runner will send you your choices in advance. Any last-minute signups can only pick from the pre-existing pool.

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome. The con runner will be using using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/

Content warnings: terrorism 

Tags: Superheroes, Modern Day 

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

Saving the city is hard and tiring work. Right now we're at the headquarters of our superhero team after a long day of heroics. And really? Everyone just wants to go home. Break Room is a game about one-upping your coworkers. In this short GMless comedic storytelling game, each player comes up with their own superhero employee. Then everyone takes turns convincing the other players AND characters why they are the ones who deserve to go home early today! You can Rant, Gush, Dish or even Throwdown to get your way. After three rounds that get shorter and shorter as your break ticks down, one character will emerge victorious and gets to go home early! Break Room is part of The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book, an anthology of 2-page games. This means it's very rules-light and very easy to learn, but players should be comfortable using their own imagination without many rules to hold on to. 

This game will be great if you like collaborative storytelling, comedy, and superheroes. We'll create characters together at the start of the game. 

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.

Content warnings: n/a

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

Perils & Princesses is a game of gritty & pretty fairy tale adventure. Steel your resolve, gather your grace and sharpen your wits, and you might just live…Happily Ever After. 

Play as Princesses who don't need saving, they'll be their own heroes! With magical Gifts from their Fairy Godmothers to aid them in their quest through the enchanted forest, they set out. With bright sword in hand, they faced threats and saved the realm time and time again. Can they do it once more? Once upon a time, there was a Princess named Elysia, who ruled over the humble village of Willowbrook nestled amidst the lush embrace of the forest. The villagers of Willowbrook revered Princess Elysia. She was their guardian. Her Rosewood Crown, a gift from her Fairy Godmother, gave her the ability to channel the powers of nature and protect the villagers from harm. But even in the most enchanting of tales, darkness has a way of slithering into the hearts of the unsuspecting. A cruel conjurer, Velesar, preyed upon the Princess's kindness. He stole the Princess's crown for his own nefarious purposes and broke her heart. Vanishing into the depths of the forest, the sorcerer left no trace behind, leaving the Princess bereft, her heart heavy with sorrow. Ages passed, and the crown was forgotten. The only relic of Princess Elysia is a moss-covered statue in the town square, with Elysia's mournful likeness carved in stone. A Princess without a crown. Recently, strange occurrences have been frightening the villagers. Crops suddenly rot. Groups of deer and rabbits flee the nearby forest. Reports of strange sounds and mysterious disappearances put everyone on edge. Furthermore, each of you has plagued by the same dream—you see visions of Princess Elysia beckoning you to a giant tree in a clearing deep in the forest. It's time to find the Rosewood Crown.

This game will be great if you like whimsical settings, fairytales, OSR/NSR games and creative problem-solving. 

New players are welcome. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system. 

The game runner will provide pregenerated characters to pick from. 

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome. The con runner will be using using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/

Content warnings: spiders/bugs/insects 

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

"Your character can be anything, the story is what you make, and how things unfold is between you and fate. Your character sheet is an ever-evolving deck of cards, marked with the story of your deeds and abilities.

Mavericks is a new RPG in development and you can be among the first to try it out. This session will be an overview of the rules and a chance to build a character for use in a future game. Games are being offered throughout TTRPG pickup Con and will be offered monthly for the rest of the year.

Ansel hopes for the release of this game by GenCon this year.

This game will be great if you like new games, cards, story first RP We will build characters in session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

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

CW: None

Raptor Peak: Swimming Contest a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D5e system. Led by Ansel P Burch

Raptor Peak breathes a sigh of relief, and as spring approaches, the tourists and locals alike take to the lakeside. So, why is it that some of the other locals are freaking out about it?

Join a small group of heroes quietly removing a terrifying danger from the lake under cover of night before the locals host a picnic and swimming competition.

This game will be great if you like Hot Fuzz, Scooby Doo, and Stranger Things.

Players should build level 13 characters ahead.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con’s discord channel and spectators are welcome.

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Tarryford's local magistrate, the venerable Mr. August Milliton, has died, leaving behind a large estate and a bereft community. The funeral will be held at St. Bidget's Church. All are invited. Hopefully, Mr. Milliton's long-estranged children will come, if for no other reason than to hear what their father left for them in his will. It will undoubtedly be a reflective, sober affair with nary a murder no mystery in sight. And indeed, no unspeakable horrors.

This game will be great if you like Pride and Prejudice, The Thing, and Agatha Christie.

Players may build starter Cthulhu characters ahead of time or use characters from a previous Regency Cthulhu game. Pre-gen characters are available. Starter Cthulhu

Guidelines for character creation will be provided in an email

New players are welcome.

You’'ll be learning the system together with the game runner

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

CW: Invasive body horror, Murder most foul, family estrangement, insects

Surge of Tentacles is an adventure for a party consisting of 3-5 third-level characters. They can probably ascend to fourth level upon completing this quest. It's set in The First Gate Lintel District and serves as an introduction to the key area of the world city. A balance of character classes is recommended since the adventurers will face various challenges.

If you like a mystery and roleplay combined with Magical Sci-fi this might be a thing you enjoy.

Players should build level 3 characters ahead.

Any Classes you want from 5th edition D&D,

Use standard Array for stats

New Players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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

**This game will be streamed on Twitch at twitch.tv/biscuittinrpg **

CW: There shouldn't be anything too bad, the scariest thing may be descriptions of giant unknowable creatures and tentacle monsters

In Porcelain Souls, you play as an immortal Doll, possessed by the souls of humanity amidst an apocalyptic landscape. Explore twisted ruins and walk in dreams. But beware: nightmares crave the souls within. Open the door to the fantastical.

Inspired by the movie 9 and the many works of the Quay Brothers.

The game runner will provide starting level characters. You will need a standard deck of cards.

New players are welcome.

The gamer runner wrote this system

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This game will be hosted over zoom and broadcast on Twitch, https://www.twitch.tv/weavethetale

CW: Dolls, horror

A game in the D&D 5e system, led by Adam Mc.

Just down the mountain from Raptor’s Peak and across the Xanar plains lies the town of Giant’s Rest. Tall, gray, and wet, the city has been built from the stones of a crashed storm-giant castle and the clouds that hang over the city sky never stop pouring.

Inquisitor Markel, an investigator for the Temple of the Watchful God, has sent a summons looking for keen minds and sharp eyes. The city is full of secrets, far too many for one man to uncover on his own. Like one of the town founders recently turning up dead under suspicious circumstances. Perhaps you can help!

This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Maltese Falcon, Dark City, Sin City.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.
Most PUBLISHED ancestry/classes are accepted, but please check first. Standard-array or point-buy for stats (no rolling). Standard equipment, one uncommon item permitted.

This game will be best for players who have played some RPGs previously.

This game will lean a little to the serious and balance roke play with combat.

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

CW: Violence

A playtest game in the Starscape (PBtA) system, led by Ansel Burch.

The Rappaccini is a generation ship headed for Alpha Centauri. After a 4300 year journey at the speed of light, we are closing in on our destination. The hard part should be over but is it? Can we trust each other enough to complete this final phase?

This game will be great if you like Interstellar, The Green Book and Wall-E.

Players should build characters ahead. Playbooks will be provided from system beta materials.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will lean a little serious and will feature almost no combat.

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

CW: Betrayal, isolation and peril

A game in the DCC system, led by 2OG Christophor.

A war rages in the universe. The Elemental Gods are locked in an eternal war to expand their dominion on the prime material plane. Now, the Elemental Earth Lord Moerg invades the realm of Umwansh, Lord of the Tides, and his ally Pelagia, Goddess of the sea. Umwansh is pressed on all sides by enemies. Moerg, sensing the time to strike, creates an Elemental Earth Incursion Zone that captures a ship as it bursts forth from the ocean depths.

This game will be great if you like action and adventure movies.

Level 2 characters will be provided.

New players are welcome.

This game will be serious as a death blow and combat heavy.

This game will be hosted on Zoom using Roll20 for maps and assets.

This game will be streamed on Twitch for spectators. twitch.tv/AlltheRPGs

CW: claustrophobic setting, chance of buried alive

A Game using the All Outta’ Bubblegum rules led by Rayne Whitington.

In this game, you’ll play as a group of archeologists, historians, trail cooks, and other NPCs on a dangerous journey to learn the secrets of the Temple of the Prowling Queen. While the showboating PCs are bound and determined to set off every trap in the temple, no one seems to be taking care of these valuable artifacts! It’s up to your group to not only preserve the beauty of the temple, but maybe even save the day.

• This game will be great if you like The Mummy, The Princess Bride, Dimension 20.

• Characters will be built in session. This game will be set in a fairly standard DnD world, loosely based on Chult. Character sheets won’t be needed for this game, but please feel free to use standard DnD ancestries and tropes to imagine your character. The Prowling Queen is an ancient Tabaxi goddess invoked as a protector from the undead. The ideal character for this one-shot would be an NPC in any other campaign. Archeologist, historian, trail cook, guide, translator, stable hand, squire, etc.... If you want to check out the game sheet beforehand, please to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNoYvWwJODtaqLinXWUHFvfOo9sRWBuc/view?usp=sharing

• This game will be good for new players.

• This game will be very silliness forward and will favor combat.

• This game will be hosted on the con’s discord server and will be open for spectators.

• Content Warnings: Rated PG13 for Foul Language and Cartoon Violence.

A game in the Honey Heist system led by Ansel Burch.

You are criminal bears. The biggest haul of your long and storied bear career will be Honeycon 2016 where the worlds most exclusive and hard to get honeys will be ripe for the picking. Will your team be able to walk in and walk out without raising any alarms?

• This game will be great if you like The Oceans Series, Mission Impossible, The Pink Panther.

• Characters will be built in session.

• This game is great for new players.

• This game will be an absolute cartoon and will barely feature any combat in favor of role play and silliness.

• This game will be played on the con’s Discord server and streamed over Twitch on the Dungeon Barkeep channel.

• Content warning: Cartoon violence.