All too often the heroes of our stories stand in their tall boots, wearing fancy hats, or swinging blades. What of the creatures on the fringes of those stories? Who will celebrate their successes and

This game will be great if you like Animal adventures and creative problem solving

The game runner will provide characters with your input.

This session will be especially good for new players.

This system was written by the game runner.

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Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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This game will be played in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: None

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

"Far away on the island of Faelos, lies a forest under the watchful eye of the Warden of the Woods. This fearsome creature is a giant made of twisted branches and thorns, burning with a heatless flame from within, it stalks the forest in an endless, pacing circle. 

Traversing the forest is dangerous, but if you can make it to the center, legend says there lies a fountain of the purest water that can cure any disease. Your party has been hired to bring back this water at the request of an ailing elven man. 

This game will be great if you like Labyrinth, Jonathan Strang & Mr. Norel, general fae nonsense 

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation. 

• Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Utilizing elements from established third-party sources is encouraged, but please reach out to run them by me first.

• Further details will be posted in the discussion thread. "

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 played in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Fatal illnesses, possible character death, altering memories, general fae nonsense

The mouse kingdoms survive on the edge of collapse. A harsh winter or heartless cat could spell the end for all. The settled mice huddle together, hidden in their settlements in trees and burrows and walls, scraping and saving. A tenuous existence.

But you are not like those settled mice. By choice or by necessity you are an adventurer.

You live by your luck, your smarts, your bravery. With your friends by your side, you will abandon the warmth and safety of the mouse settlements and venture forth into the dark and dangerous places where other mice do not dare to tread. There is great wealth to be found by those who are willing to take it. 

It's a huge and dangerous world out there. It does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice. This time the adventure takes your mice to the once warm and lively home of an alchemist, which is now attended to by his familiar, Fluffy the cat... uh-oh!"

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

We will build level 1 characters in the session. 

Character creation is lightning-quick and involves just a few random rolls. We'll do this together at the start of the session. If you've played Mausritter before and want to bring an existing character, contact me upfront to discuss.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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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. The game runner uses Miro whiteboards for visual aids (free). https://miro.com/app/dashboard/

Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: as you play as animals, there may be harm/death to anthropomorphic animals involved

Check out the rules!- https://losing-games.itch.io/mausritter 

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

AGE OF ADVENTURE RPG is a rules-light fantasy hack of the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. You are a member of an adventuring party undertaking a dangerous and heroic quest 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 in the Age of Adventure Discord server. You will be assigned your own character sheet channel, and there will be background music and encounter images to enhance immersion. This is a brand new adventure so both new and returning players are welcome

This game will be great if you like the heroic fantasy adventure genre and lots of dice rolls Players will select a pre-generated character or play a previous character

-Here are 36 pre-generated Characters you can choose from: https://bit.ly/3UouZIi

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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This game will be hosted in Discord (Another Server), https://discord.gg/ZMZTHvQYGJ

Check out the Rules: https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg

CW: Potential Character Death

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

Check out the rules: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

The Cerritos boldly goes where.... a few people have gone before, but defiantly not many. And they sure do boldly go. As members of the Lower Decks crew, you've seen your share of wacky space nonsense. But surely nothing ridiculous will happen on this little away mission. Surely.

This game will be great if you like Star Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, or the general idea of exploring space

We will build characters in session.

Please have an idea of who you would like to play (their name, their role in Star Fleet, sketchy backstory etc.) and we'll create their stats at the start of the session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

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 room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

We'll be aiming for light-hearted space adventure with some fantasy violence.

"The Bensfield Detectives Club has tackled wild cases before, from the Skeleton in the Butchershop to the House of Nobody, but they've never dealt with something quite this hairy.

The grown-ups are saying to stay out of the woods, but will you listen?"

• This game will be great if you like Scooby Doo-esque mysteries and scary investigations. Players should build characters ahead.

• Your characters must have a direct connection to the mystery-solving group known as the Bensfield Detectives Club. We will also be answering some backstory questions as a group. This session will be especially good for new players.

• 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 TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Wild Animals, Possible Harm to Animals, Gore, Possible Harm to Kids

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.

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Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted in Zoom.

CW: Kidnapping, potential human sacrifice

The syrup-making mice of Maplemoor have lost contact with their garrison in Oakhollow Keep, a lightning-hollowed stump vital to the colony’s security. What happened there? What threats remain? And what secrets yet lie in the keep? Tread carefully and think creatively, for the very traps and defenses that hinder your investigation may yet be used against your foes…

About Mausritter:

The settled mice huddle together, hidden in their settlements in trees and burrows and walls, scraping and saving. A tenuous existence. You are not like those settled mice. By choice or by necessity you are an adventurer. You live by your luck, your smarts, your bravery. With your friends by your side, you will abandon the warmth and safety of the mouse settlements and venture forth into the dark and dangerous places where other mice do not dare to tread. There is great wealth to be found by those who are willing to take it.

It's a huge and dangerous world out there. It does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice."

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

We will build level 1 characters in the session. Character creation is lightning-quick and involves just a few random rolls. We'll do this together at the start of the session. If you've played Mausritter before and want to bring an existing character, contact me upfront to discuss.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: as you play as animals, there may be harm/death to anthropomorphic animals involved

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

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

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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.

A Standard One Shot in the D&D 5E system, led by Terri.

A new set of ruins have been discovered by the archaeologists of the Cobalt Soul, and you, a member of the monastery, though maybe not an archaeologist, have been sent to the archives to handle organizing some of the newly discovered items into the storage warehouse. You will have a guide to help you navigate the warehouse, but will you make it through the booby traps and temptations of the other artifacts? 

This game will be great if you like Warehouse 13.

Players should build level 6 characters ahead. You may have 1 rare item in your inventory and 2 uncommon/common items.

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 #1 of the con discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Monsters

A Standard One Shot in the Call of Cthulhu: Regency Cthulhu system. Led by Jim.

You are cordially invited...

The Delapore family has returned to Tarryford just in time for the season. What's more, the word around the village is they've come with two very eligible heirs in tow--the twins Edgar and Edwina. Only the most respectable members of the community have been invited to a private dinner at their estate of Exham Priory--including you. Are you there looking to make a respectable match for yourself? Are you there to present face and climb the social ladder at what is assuredly the social event of the year? Or maybe you're there for a front-row seat to drama that is sure to unfold. Regardless, this is sure to be an absolutely stunning affair with nothing untoward, horrific, or eldritch whatsoever.

This game will be great if you like Jane Austen, Sleep Hollow, Ravenous

Players should build Starter Regency Cthulhu characters ahead. But pre made characters can be provided.

Character sheets and instructions will be sent by email.

New Players are welcome.

This is a new system for the game runner So, you’ll be learning together.

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Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

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Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in Room #4 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Romance (if desired), gore, cannibalism, monsters

A West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5e system. Led by Ansel Burch

Raptor Peak has been overtaken by The Occlusion an enemy of their protector god. People in the town have lost the ability to form long term memories and their history is being erased around them while they are powerless to stop it from inside. After sending waves of adventurers out into the world, finally enough heroes have gathered in the nearby city of Harvan's Keep to make an attempt on driving The Occlusion out and saving Raptor Peak.

Players should build level 12 characters ahead. "You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have), and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest).

Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one ""common"", two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.

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 #3 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Memory loss, violence

A Standard One Shot in the MASKS system, led by Ansel Burch.

A cadre of wizards has taken over Seattle and is trying to bend to coastal city to their will. The adult heroes don't believe that it's a problem. So, it's up to your scrappy team of amazing adolescents to do something before it's too late!

This game will be great if you like Teen Titans, Young Justice, The Young Avengers, Superhero movies in general.

Players should build starting heroes ahead

The Game Runner will provide playbooks.

This game is great for new players.

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 #3 of the con’s Discord server and spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence

A Standard One Shot in the D&D 5E system, led by Rayne Bakcheious

Every year before the First Frost a fearsome beast, the Turagon, comes and attempts to destroy your town. Some see this as a curse on the land. Some see it as a blessing, a great harvest to be made before winter. Every year, a few townsfolk are selected at random to defeat it. This year, your number has come up. A grand festival has been thrown in your honor. You’ve had a taste of every luxury that Hamburgerberg has to offer over the last three days.

And now. You have a job to do.

This game will be great if you like Dimension 20's "Crown of Candy" or The Nuttiest Nutcracker (The Best Xmas Movie Ever).

Players should build level 3 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.

This will be a high-fantasy, high-comedy adventure. I’m riffing on Dimension 20’s Crown of Candy and you’ll be playing in a world of food and food people.

You can use whatever official race as your base, but choose a type of food to base your character’s look on. You’re welcome to “reskin” magical abilities with food flavor as well. I’ll be sending image examples along with your character creation emails to help illustrate.

You have 250 gold to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment you want. (Healing potions included.)

For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.

You can pick 1 magic item or weapon of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play. "

New players welcome.

This game runner is very familiar with this system.

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Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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

CW: Fantasy violence and death with be featured, but comedy is the goal, not horror.

Standard One Shot in the D&D 5E system, led by Terri.

A cloaked figure is asking for your help, to quietly aid the beloved emperor. Should you choose to accept this mission, there will be some special tools provided, and a wacky adventure will ensue as you get the emperor his new clothes.

This game will be great if you like Who's Line Is It Anyway?, The Muppets, and Classic fairy tales.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead, using the muppetborn race. If you would like help building a character, or would like one provided, please message the GM in Discord. Here is the link to the choices for that. https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/134623-muppetborn The race still leaves you the choice to make your character look like whatever you want, and be any size. 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 room #1 of the con’s discord server. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Bullying

The Piney Wood Creepers Are A’Creeping Tonight: A Shudder Mountains Tale, a Standard One Shot in the Dungeon Crawl Classics - Shudder Mountains system, led by Yorkus Rex

Most thought the Piney Wood Creepers were just a tall tale meant to frighten children into staying home at night. A recent heavy storm and muddy landslide would set into motion a series of horrifying events proving them wrong!

This game will be great if you like Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Pumpkinhead, Descent

Level 2 characters will be provided.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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This game will be hosted via zoom.

CW: Blood, Gore, Claustrophobia

A game in the Starscape system from Golden Lasso Games, led by Ansel Burch.

Trust, like breathable air, is a precious and rare commodity in space. Starscape focuses on the ebb and flow of trust and the dynamic relationships that form between a crew as they explore the stars. It is ideal for stories that focus on a small number of main characters who agree on a central goal, such as in Star Trek, Farscape, or Firefly. Trust means life or death for a crew. Everyone must trust in each other, their ship, and even their own abilities to successfully navigate the vast emptiness of space.

This game will great if you like Star Trek, Farscape or Firefly.

We will build characters in session.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will likely balance comedy with seriousness and combat with role play.

This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord server in Room #1 and spectators are welcome.

CW: None

A game in the Starscape system from Golden Lasso Games, led by Ansel Burch.

Trust, like breathable air, is a precious and rare commodity in space. Starscape focuses on the ebb and flow of trust and the dynamic relationships that form between a crew as they explore the stars. It is ideal for stories that focus on a small number of main characters who agree on a central goal, such as in Star Trek, Farscape, or Firefly. Trust means life or death for a crew. Everyone must trust in each other, their ship, and even their own abilities to successfully navigate the vast emptiness of space.

This game will great if you like Star Trek, Farscape or Firefly.

We will build characters in session.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will likely balance comedy with seriousness and combat with role play.

This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord server in Room #1 and spectators are welcome.

CW: None

A game in the D&D 5E system, led by Ansel Burch.

The Raptor Peak village rotary has been offered the chance to fund the work of the eminent gnomish horologist, Syr Risonhar and the whole town is abuzz to have a clocktower constructed at the top of the mountain pass. There's already poetry being written about how this clock will define time for the whole region. As a result, exotic woods have been sent to make each intricate piece and no expense is being spared. Will you answer the call to deliver a piece of lignum vitae for the grasshopper escapement? It promises to be quite the event and an easy payday... probably.

This game will be great if you like Speed or Dr. Strangelove.

Players should build level 9 characters ahead. You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have) and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either standard array or rolled (Roll 4, Keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest). Your characters should come into the session with five magic items: one "common", two "uncommon", one "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.

This game will be great for new players.

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

CW: None.

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 sandbox mission, Guildmaster Kishtari has asked for help in setting up the newest location for The Red Hand. She has her eye on a small former mining town in the Argent Swamp that would provide a valuable base for adventurers in the area. But the locals are suspicious of outside business owners and so your team has been sent in to convince the mayor that you’ll be a valuable asset to the community.

This game will be great if you like Discworld, Howl's Moving Castle, Dimension 20, etc..

Players should build level 8 characters ahead.

• 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.

• Any ancestry, class, or combination multi-class is fine.

• 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.

  • For this adventure, you can also have 300gp as your disposal.

  • Please pick 3 magic items or weapons if uncommon rarity or less. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items --This adventure could take a lot of different directions depending on how the players would like to approach things. Avenues for combat, diplomacy, and creative approaches exist.

Players need to be familiar with the system.

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

This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord server in Room #2 and will be open for spectators.

CW: Rated PG13 for fantasy violence.

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

A 1st level Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure set in The Shudder Mountains (Chained Coffin). The Shudder Mountains setting is a blend of fantasy and Appalachian horror based loosely on the writings of Manly Wade Wellman. “Some say ol’ Melasé lives alone because she values privacy; others say it’s because she’s unneighborly. Still, some say she’s a witch in league with dark powers. If this is the case, maybe she can help... Several locals have fallen ill; they’re just a layin’ there in their beds neither awake nor asleep and nothin’ will rouse them. The ol’ witch-woman may know the cure that is if’n she ain’t the cause!” This will be a Zoom event (free account required); dice rolls on the honor system. Pregens will be made available. No DCC experience necessary; system will be taught in-game.

This game will be great if you like hillbilly humor and backwoods horror.

This game is for first level characters which will be provided.

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

This game will be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Violence, sickness, witchcraft

A game using the Crash Pandas one page RPG rules led by Ansel Burch

You're a bunch of raccoons, all trying to drive the same car, looking to make their names in the dangerous world of LA street racing. Driving is handled with a blind-bidding system that could see you all try to turn right at the same time and smash the car into a wall.

• This game will be great if you like the Fast and The Furious, GTA and weird teamwork.

• Characters will be built in session.

• This game is good for new players.

• This game will lean heavily to goofiness and will feature almost no “combat”.

• This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord channel and will be open for spectators on the Dungeon Barkeep Twitch channel.

• CW: Reckless driving, rodent jokes and cinematic violence.

A Game in the D&D 5E system led by Rayne Whitington

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. This time, the kingdom known as The Sweetest Straight has called for aid. This strange island chain, born of wild magic, is made entirely from candy and sweets. Recently a powerful dark mage calling himself the Neccomancer has attacked the peaceful candy people there, and they need some brave adventurers to take him down!

• This game will be great if you like Adventure Time, Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy and Discworld.

• Players should prepare level 8 characters ahead. ~ The Sweetest Straight is essentially a grim-dark version of Candyland. Most of the inhabitants are peacefully ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy, but there’s some nasty stuff out there. For reference on the Candy People, think Adventure Time. You’re welcome to play as a standard D&D character in a candy world, or play as a candy person there to save your homeland. Create a character of any ancestry or class at level 8. My only prerequisite is that you need to know how your character/spells work, or be able to easily look them up. Please note, wild magic will be a factor in this setting. If you need resources, please check out my google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2K6mrqQ2XseU2tZcm1jbDY5RFE Please also choose a magic item of common or uncommon rarity for your character to start with.

• This game is best for experienced players of the D&D system. New players are still welcome.

• This game will lean goofy and will slightly favor combat over role play.

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

• CW: Rated PG13 for Fantasy Violence

A game in the Monsterhearts 2 system led by Cody Beck

Belvedere Academy is full of monsters. No, I don't mean teenagers, though there are plenty of those who manage to fit the category. I mean werewolves, vampires, the odd ghost or ghoul. Most of us are perfectly fine, of course. I mean, who wouldn't sell their soul to a demon if he'll take you from a 6 to a 10, hotness-wise? But sometimes...well, sometimes things get out of hand. And if the teachers got wise to the source of all those mysterious disappearances and vicious killings, they might call our parents, and then the parents would totally freak, yada yada. Best to keep everything on the DL. That's where we come in. We're the Monster Teens Mystery Club, keeping the mortals safe from the psychos and freaks. Totally underground, totally rad. Totally NOT crushing on that girl from third period.

• This game will be great if you like Monster of the Week; Jennifer's Body; Riverdale.

• Cody will provide playbooks pre-filled with stats and movesets for players to choose from. Players will choose their own name, look, eyes, and origin for their character.

• This game will be ideal for players with a little experience.

• This game will balance goofiness and seriousness. This game will lean to role play in favor of combat.

• This game will be hosted over Zoom.

• CW: sexuality; underage drug/alcohol use; crude language; emotional manipulation

A game in the D&D 5E system led by Ansel Burch

Raptor peak is a small tourist town in the mountains with a roaring seasonal economy. The summer heat drives the rich to the mountain to beat the heat and the annual Dragon Festival brings them back in the winter as well. It's a careful balance of giving tourists a taste of danger in a place that feels safe. So, when the pass into the valley is endangered by marauders, the local Rotary needs to make sure that it is handled quickly and discreetly. Will you help to make sure that the visitors to this year's Dragon Festival can make it to the peak?

• This game will be great if you like Blackadder and Discworld.

• Players should build lvl 3 characters ahead. Pre-made will be available if needed. Players can create 3rd level characters however by either standard array or rolled (Roll 4, Keep 3. 7 times drop the lowest). New characters should choose one "common" magic item. A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

• This game will balance goofiness with seriousness and combat with role play.

• This game will run on the Con Discord server.

• CW: urprise violence.

A game in the Lady Blackbird system led by Elliot Besmann

Lady Blackbird is on the run from an arranged marriage to Count Carlowe. She hired a smuggler skyship, The Owl, to take her from her palace on the Imperial world of Ilysium to the far reaches of the Remnants, so she could be with her once secret lover: the pirate king Uriah Flint. HOWEVER, just before reaching the halfway point of Haven, The Owl was pursued and captured by the Imperial cruiser Hand of Sorrow, under charges of flying a false flag. How will Lady Blackbird and the others escape the Hand of Sorrow? What dangers lie in their path? Will they be able to find the secret lair of the pirate king? if they do, will Uriah Flint accept Lady Blackbird as his bride? By the time they get there, will she want him to?

• This game will be great if you like Treasure Planet, Guardians of the Galaxy, Flash Gordon, swashbuckling and laser guns.

• Characters will be provided. Character sheet and ruleset can be found here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/

• This game will be equally fun and serious with a lean toward role play over combat.

• This game will be run on the Con’s Discord server.

• CW: Mild violence, romantic attachment and denial