Sure, Quarry Street is just the road that connects the big church with the reservoir outside town but it's where we live and there's no way we're letting a supervillain scare away the pigeons, mess up Mz Gall's roses, or disrupt the annual art walk downtown.

This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.

Players should build characters ahead.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: None

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

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. 

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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Modern Day 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 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 warning: creepy-crawlies (bugs/insects)

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

Port perilous has long been the provenance of pirates as it is the last island before the vast Open Sea takes ownership of the horizon. Sailing towards the morning Sun from point perilous means going into the unknown with no promise of ever returning. By that same token, Port Perilous is the first place where anything from the wide sea will interact with the known world. This game will be great if you like pirate stories, and RP heavy combat. 

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players.

This system was written by the game runner.

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This game will be hosted in room #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Deep water, drowning

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 Doom That Walked to Shküllheim” is a Standard One Shot in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system. Led by Yorkus Rex

For centuries, the great colossus sat silently brooding on its mountain throne partially covered by landslides of earth and rock.  The Stone Priests claimed their power alone kept the Great Destroyer from rising from its stony slumber and annihilating the city.  With the recent murder of the order’s high priest, the colossus has risen and begun a slow walk towards the city.  The dead are rising from their graves.  Storms roll wild over the plains. Panic grips the populace as many flee. Will your party of reavers and cutthroats be able to unlock the mystery of the approaching colossus and SAVE THE CITY?  Also: get paid fat loot!

This game will be great if you like films like The Jabberwocky and dark comedy.

The game runner will provide 1st level characters.

This session will be especially good 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 Zoom and use Zoom whiteboard for mapping.

CW: Undead, violence

Yorkus Rex’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/yorkusrex 

Check out the Rules: https://goodman-games.com/store/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/DCC_QSR_Free2.pdf

“Harbour Ends ─ a slasher ordeal for Troika!” is a Standard One Shot in the Troika! System. Led by Sean F. Smith

"The party have been tasked with tracking down a reclusive vagrant, Silas Hansom, who's the only person in town who knows the name of the wizard who built the tower on the bluff. Silas is known to hide out in the commercial docks just upriver and you have to find him tonight.

However, six years ago ─ to the very day ─ prominent militiaman Conrad Zaar was lured to these docks to be murdered by the gang whose secrets he was selling. They tied him up, set him ablaze, and drowned him in the river.

But Conrad did not die.

And each year, on the night of his death, he returns."

This game will be great if you like slasher movies, seaside noir

We will build starting characters in session. Full details here ─ https://troika-srd.netlify.app/#/character-creation ─ but no prior reading is necessary New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted on Google Meet

CW: murder, immortal slasher killer, port and seaside

Check out the Rules: https://troika-srd.netlify.app/

Sean F. Smith's Game Runner Profile www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sean-f-smith

For the city to survive, it must move. Hammer of the Earth is an adventure game about humans who worship the last machine in a world ruled by vines. You are Outriders, individuals who ensure the fuel supply for Hammer. It's the last bastion of civilization in the form of a gargantuan train, each carriage housing ten thousand souls, navigating an endless network of tracks. If the train stops, they are all doomed. The Navigator (GM) picked you from your various factions to keep the train moving. Presented with a limited clock and numerous obstacles, can you get back in time? Success or failure, you must all work together, even if in the end only one of you is held responsible for the outcome... Hammer of the Earth 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 rules-light adventures, countdown clocks, an impending sense of doom and trying desperately to be the hero when everything seems to be against you. 

We'll create characters together at the start of the game, it only takes mere minutes. 

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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 

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

This playtest will be for a new micro RPG based around social media tropes. You'll play as (internet) famous influencers who have become lost in the wilderness. We'll build characters and decide on the exact setting during the setup for the game. Newbies are welcome!

This game will be great if you like Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings, or Social Media in general.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: Possibility of dying in the wilderness, plane crash, or natural disaster

"Raptor Peak is an idyllic vacation spot, high on a snowy crag and primed for adventure and leisure alike. What only the locals know is that underneath the sanitized safety of this tourist destination is a simmering pot of disasters that must be kept in check for the safety of visitors.

Fate is coming for Raptor Peak in a big way as the nefarious elements in the local counsel make their "

This game will be great if you like cozy mysteries, small towns with big problems, shenanigans, and new games.

Players should build beginning characters ahead.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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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: Backstabbing, money-grubbing, land lording.

Check out the Rules: https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/datingsim

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

"Dating.sim is a light-hearted romance roleplaying game inspired by the TV show The Dating Game as well as the “dating simulator” video game genre. Dating simulators are narrative-heavy games where players can date one of multiple eligible characters via choose-your-own-adventure-style conversations. Make the right choices and a character might like you more, make the wrong choices and they might like you less. Dating.sim recreates this structure through competitive roleplaying, with players improvising multiple-choice options for one player to select over the course of a date.

Ever seen a Witch, Knight, and sentient Robot compete for the affection of your kingdom's Princess? In Dating.sim this may very well happen! Play as any type of fantasy character you can imagine. But are you in it for love or do you have an ulterior motive like fame or money? Only you will know...

The game has two parts. In the first, the Lead (GM) asks the Contestants questions and ends up picking their Date. In the second part, everyone collaboratively narrates how the date went. If you gain the most influence, you get to narrate the final result. Will it be true love or a total disaster?"

This game will be great if you like choose-your-own-adventure, improv, Monster Prom and other dating sims, and collaborative storytelling.

We will build characters in the session.

You only need a general character concept, not a fully fleshed-out character.

This session will be especially good for new players. New players are welcome.

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

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This session will be hosted in room #3 fo the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: n/a

“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.

This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West

Players should build Beginning characters ahead.

https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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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: Violence

Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile

Check Out The Rules!

Recent raids by serpent-men have raised the specter of the Shadow Kingdom of old. The party must journey to the Isle of the Serpents, discover what has stirred the remnants of this once great race to return to their ways of old and rescue those taken for sacrifice. Rapidly caught between a rock (the serpent people) and a hard place (the angry human inhabitants of the Starry Archipelago) the true identity of those responsible must be uncovered and a plot that threatens the whole of the region stopped.

• This game will be great if you like delving deep into the earth, into places where no mortal was ever meant to tread.

• The game runner will provide 2nd level characters.

• 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 Zoom.

CW: Kidnapping, potential human sacrifice

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. 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! The specific mystery will be one not played at TTRPG Pickup Con before and is selected based on submitted lines & veils :)

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 oneshot. There is also a meta level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. If there is enough interest in it, the gamerunner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.

This game will be great if you like cozy murder mysteries, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling, improv, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying Players should build characters ahead.

Characters who played 0-2 sessions (this system has no levels). Character creation is a really quick multiple choice process. The gamerunner 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 is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

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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: Murder will be featured (but without gory details) and all mysteries may contain hints of cults and the supernatural. The mystery will be selected based on everyone's submitted lines & veils. Examples of potentially triggering content could include terminal illness, mental illness including mentions of attempted suicide or other self harm, bullying, substance abuse (alcohol/drugs), abandonment, kidnapping of humans or pets, imprisonment and infidelity. Not all of these are part of the same mystery, so I will work around your boundaries to provide a great game for everyone.

“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.

This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West

Players should build Beginning characters ahead.

https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote 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: Violence

Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile

Check Out The Rules!

Recent raids by serpent-men have raised the specter of the Shadow Kingdom of old. The party must journey to the Isle of the Serpents, discover what has stirred the remnants of this once great race to return to their ways of old and rescue those taken for sacrifice. Rapidly caught between a rock (the serpent people) and a hard place (the angry human inhabitants of the Starry Archipelago) the true identity of those responsible must be uncovered and a plot that threatens the whole of the region stopped.

• This game will be great if you like delving deep into the earth, into places where no mortal was ever meant to tread.

• The game runner will provide 2nd level characters.

• 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 Zoom.

CW: Kidnapping, potential human sacrifice

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

Remember that scene in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs when our hero runs off into the deep dark forest, narrowly avoiding the pitfalls and horrors within? Or when Dorothy Gale throws a bucket of water in the face of the Wicked Witch? This game is all about the humble moments of heart and heroism of storybook princesses.

These adventurers rely on baskets of goodies, trusty hatchets, and their hidden talents to help them on their way. The gifts from their Fairy Godmothers help them call upon woodland animals, sing enchanting songs, or connect with the elements of nature as they dig deep to survive the perils that await them."

https://outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-princesses

This game will be great if you like OSR and NSR games, player creativity, Grimm's Fairy Tales, animated Princess Movies, and Classic Storybooks.

We will build level 1 characters in the session. You can pick from 8 pregenerated Princesses This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server, with optional use of Miro whiteboards, can also be run strictly on Discord. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: insects, spiders

"Today dawns a sad day for your groups of familiars. In the night, your witch was murdered by one of the foulest hunters in the land. As you lick your wounds from the battle you recall an ancient legend: If you can kill a witch hunter and bring his eyes back to her body -- your witch can return from the dead.

Guess there's only one thing to do. "

This game will be great if you like Sabrina, Wednesday, Hocus Pocus...

We'll be playing the 1 page RPG "The Witch Is Dead" by Grant Howitt. We'll be building characters at the start of the game.

You can download it for free here: https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead/download/eyJpZCI6MjI1NTM3LCJleHBpcmVzIjoxNjc2MTUyNzU5fQ%3d%3d.P7IRNF%2bGDQ5Re9te8QVobyrebHE%3d

New players are welcome.

You'll be learning together with the game runner.

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This game will eb host in room #1 of the con Discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Death and likely dismemberment. In a cartoon way.

In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.

This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.

We will build characters in session.

New Players are welcome.

Tha game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality

Ever been dumped so hard you transformed into a bloodthirsty mutant monster? We see you, hero.

Olathvee, Mad Un-God of mortal passion, lies heartsick after his romantic advances went ignored by the otherworldly object of his affection. Now his cosmic desolation grips our entire world, separating every lover from their other and threatening to end civilization within a generation. The only chance for mankind is a dangerous quest that will pit our lovelorn heroes against Olathvee’s own castle guardians, mutated by metaphysical anguish into horrifying creatures. Who dares to delve into the darkest, loneliest corners of Castle Heartache?”

This game will be great if you like romance novel tropes, farcical comedy

Level 3 characters will be provided.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Sexual Content

In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.

This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.

We will build characters in session.

New Players are welcome.

Tha 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 and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality

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 Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning

In a garden, once used as a holy site by members of the Order of the Green Mice, sits a pond and a large apple tree, as well as a dark secret. From the depths of the pond, a catfish has seduced a wizened mouse mage into doing his dark bidding. High atop his tower in the apple tree, the Flood Priest uses magic from the deep to flood all of the garden and turn it into the realm of the catfish. Strange creatures have emerged from the water and the mice of Terra-Potta are fleeing the garden in droves. Rumors have been stirring that the end is near, and all will soon become the Flood Priest's Garden. You are among the few who refuse to flee. There must be a way for the catfish to be taken down or the flood priest to be stopped, perhaps after making proper alliances. Whatever you do, do it soon before the flood consumes all.

This game will be great if you like Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, Thumbelina, and OSR style RPGs

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.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con Discord and will use Miro whiteboards.

CW: flooding, drowning, dark magic, possible PC death (you can join with a new PC if that happens)

“In this special Valentine’s Day-themed adventure, a group of adventurers must face the wrath of an offended deity who has substituted the heart of a young cleric with that of a mechanical bear. To save the cleric, the adventurers must overcome candy heart puzzles, feral fluffees, and other obstacles if they are to keep hope alive and once again know love in the age of gongfarmers.”

This game will be great if you like Valentines Day tropes, and farcical comedy.

Level 2 characters will be provided.

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 via zoom.

CW: Sexual Content (implied)

A game in the Mazes (polymorph) system, led by Ansel Burch.

The kobolds of Raptor Peak live in the famed dragon cave of the mountain and until late, were believed to be its only inhabitants. Recent events caused some damage to the interior of the main cave and, ever since, it is becoming clear that someone or something is coming up from the heart of the mountain. With tourist season coming, the Rotary is looking for heroes to explore the newly revealed caves to determine if they need to be concerned.

This game will be great if you like Pitch Black, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Dungeon Crawling.

Players should build characters ahead. I will provide easy to fill out sheets and guidance via email.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will balance seriousness with silliness and role play with combat.

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

A game in the Mazes (polymorph) system, led by Ansel Burch.

The kobolds of Raptor Peak live in the famed dragon cave of the mountain and until late, were believed to be its only inhabitants. Recent events caused some damage to the interior of the main cave and, ever since, it is becoming clear that someone or something is coming up from the heart of the mountain. With tourist season coming, the Rotary is looking for heroes to explore the newly revealed caves to determine if they need to be concerned.

This game will be great if you like Pitch Black, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Dungeon Crawling.

Players should build characters ahead. I will provide easy to fill out sheets and guidance via email.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will balance seriousness with silliness and role play with combat.

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

A game in the Hearts of Wulin (Powered by the Apocalypse) system, led by Benton Sartore.

News spreads that a reclusive sword master, Peerless Sister, is near death and wants to relinquish her famed sword, Heavenly Steel, before she passes. Many have come in hopes of impressing the master—but she has many strange requests.

This game will be great if you like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, Shang-Chi.

I will provide character-building resources in advance, but we will also build characters in session if need be.

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

This game will balance combat with role play and silliness with seriousness.

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

CW: Martial arts violence

A game in the D&D5E system, led by Rayne.

In this one-shot, you’ll play as members of The Red Hand Adventuring League. Your guild is frequently contracted to kill various beasts or bring back treasures from treacherous dungeons—it’s nice work if you can get it. For this mission, you’ve been hired by the clerics of Eldath to retrieve an item stolen from one of their temples generations ago. This artifact is now being held in the collections of one of the richest and most powerful wizards in the land: Otto the Curator, Member of the Circle of Eight. Your best bet is to stage a heist during his upcoming birthday party. As this is a delicate affair, it’s been declared a rouges-only job.

This game will be great if you like Ocean's 11, Burn Notice, or the general idea of heist movies.

Players should build characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 8 Characters | Use either point-buy or standard array for attributes.

• Players should build a character that is working as an adventurer for hire in the Red Hand Adventuring League.

• Rogues only, baby! No multiclassing, all stealybois all the time. Any subclass of rogue is fine. --Any ancestry

• For spell casters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen. If this is a consumable component worth more than 50gp, assume that you have enough for one casting.

• Assume that as an adventurer you have been able to purchase any (non-magical) armor and weapon that you want -- as well as any standard adventuring equipment.

• Please pick 3 magic items or weapons of uncommon rarity or less. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Players should be familiar with the system.

This game will balance silliness and seriousness as well as role play with combat.

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

CW: Rated R for fantasy violence and possible romantic situations.

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 game in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system, led by Yorkus Rex.

Eons-old secrets slumber beneath the forbidden Ghost Ice. Since the time of the Elders, the local tribes have shunned the crawling glacier, knowing it as taboo land that slays all who tread its frigid expanse. Now, the Ghost Ice has shattered, revealing hints at deeper mysteries entombed within its icy grasp. Strange machines and wonderful horrors stir beneath the ice…

This game will be great if you like Yor, Hunter from the Future.

first level characters will be provided.

This game will be good for new players.

This game will balance silliness and seriousness and combat with role play.

This game will be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Violence

A game in the Bark Against Evil! system led by Adam Mc.

You are a Good Dog. You have Humans that know and love you. In return, protect your home and town against Evil. An Evil that the Humans cannot see has come into your town and is not human. Some of the Humans are starting to act weird but, of course, they don't speak dog. You have to find the Evil, bark loud, and chase out the Evil!

• This game will be great if you like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Homeward Bound, The Thing?

• Characters will be built in session.

• This game will be great for new players.

• This game will be a little silly and favor role play over combat.

• This game will be hosted on the Con’s discord server and allow spectators there.

• Content warnings: Some spooky/horror elements, possibly human to human violence. NO DOGS WILL BE HARMED IN THE PLAYING OF THIS GAME

A game in the Alas for the Awful Sea ruleset, powered by Apocalypse World led by Ansel Burch.

An optional sequel to Red Sky Morning.

Life in the Hebrides is raw, challenging and vivid. These islands are not for the faint of heart and the people who make their homes there tend to be just as hard and sharp as the rocky land they cling to. Emotions, commitments and relationships are at the heart of this game about surviving despite inhospitable conditions of the most extreme sort. Players will be members of a small crew, shipwrecked on the coast. Will they be able to get the help they need to get back to sea and what will it cost them to get that help?

• This game will be great if you like folklore, history and heavy role play.

• Characters will be built in session.

• This game will be best for players who have played some role playing games before.

• This game will be very serious and heavily favor role play over combat.

• This game will be run over the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.

• Content Warnings: Emotional situations, extreme weather, loss, neglect.