The Necromancer is looking for love and wants to meet someone ""The Old Fashioned Way"" so it's up to you to make sure he finds a human who is willing to go home tonight and preferably one that won't be freaked out by the laboratory's cobweb and body parts forward decoration scheme.

From the game designer, "You and your Skeleton Crew are the minions of the great and powerful Necromancer! Your duty is to fulfill their wishes to the best of your ability, the only problem is Necromancy is forbidden, so you must pretend to be human while out in public spaces."

This game will be good if you like Young Frankenstein, Silliness, Resurrectionists, and bone puns.

We will build characters in session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

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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: Desecration of corpses.

Check out the game rules- https://k-ramstack.itch.io/numbskulls

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

“Whiskercliff Cemetery” is a Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning

"<b><u>Session pitch - Whiskercliff Cemetery:</u></b>

A cemetery sits perched on the edge of a cliff, smothered by an ominous mist. A haunted crypt stands alone. The undead crypt keeper roams the graveyard fiercely guarding those buried within. What has drawn adventurers to this foreboding place? Do they seek treasure? Will they rescue the souls trapped in this mortal realm? What dangers will they uncover? Play to find out!

<b><u>About Mausritter:</u></b>

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 spooky season, Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, Thumbelina, OSR style RPGs

We will build level 1 characters in 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 played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/

CW: undead, ghosts, possible PC death (you can continue with a new PC if that happens)

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

The job was simple: deliver a package to the reclusive resident of a mysterious mansion. But all is not as it seems…. Lord Spooky’s mansion is full of mystery and danger and who knows what else?!

Before the first 3D video game came out, all video games were text-based adventures. These were simple scenarios with limited interactions. The player would type their actions into the game, and if it was a valid command, the game would respond with new content.

Players will take control of a character together and the GM will play as the parser and control the computer processing your commands. Players will alternate giving commands like GO NORTH, LIGHT LAMP or GET SWORD, which the GM will follow to the best of the imaginary computer's ability. There’s no limit to the number of people that can play and no limit to the fun. So what are you waiting for? It’s time to unplug from your computer and plug into Parsely! Don't forget to hit SAVE and be mindful, because 3 deaths means GAME OVER! ;-) "

This game will be great if you like choose-your-own-adventure books, 80s computer RPGs, and Super Mario.

Players will control a single nameless player character together 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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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

CW: lack of control, character death (but without any gore or explicit details)

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

"As long as any mouse can remember, the Everstorm has raged. Torrential downpours, stiff winds, and the crackle of lightning and thunder engulf the area around a half-buried abandoned power transformer.

Those few folk that enter the storm return raving about the living dead, a haunting spectre made entirely of lightning, and the mad lightning wizard behind it all.

Lately, the dead have grown more bold, attacking and dragging travelers deep within the transformer. Are your mice brave enough to weather the Everstorm and stop the living dead?"

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

We will build level 1 characters in session.

We'll randomly roll up characters at the start, which is a quick and easy process! No knowledge or preparations are needed. If you have previously played Mausritter and want to bring an old character, contact me upfront.

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 and the game runner will be using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.CW: necromancy, captivity, possible PC death (you can rejoin with a new PC if this happens)

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 world’s 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, and The Pink Panther.

Characters will be built in session.

This game is great for new players.

Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be played on the con’s Discord server in room 2 and streamed over Twitch on the Dungeon Barkeep channel.

Content warning: Cartoon violence.

A game in the Dungeon Crawl Classics - Lankhmar setting and system, led by Yorkus Rex.

“A chance meeting, a simple offer, the lure of power and riches… such starts the tales of many of Lankhmar’s most notorious rogues and rascals. A mysterious stranger offers you a seemingly easy task: transport a package across town and deposit it in the River Hlal before sundown without raising suspicion… easy, right? Do this thing and future work is yours for the taking!”

This game will be great if you like Urban adventure, intrigue, criminal underworlds, farcical comedy.

First elvel characters will be built in session. Will furnish materials/links to players.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will balance silliness with seriousness and lean a toward role play over combat.

This game wiul be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Dead bodies, violence

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

Raptor Peak is an idyllic mountain resort town and it has to be kept that way at all costs. When the village rotary begins to have some internal struggle, who will stand up to expose corruption and serve the community over themselves?

This game will be great if you like Hot Fuzz, Renaissance Fairs, Murder She Wrote.

This game is for 7th level characters. 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 four magic items: one "common", two "uncommon" and one "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 balance the serious with the silly and will lean a little to role play over combat.

This game will be hosted on the con discord and allow spectators.

CW: Corruption, Graft

A game in the DCC RPG system led by Bob Brinkman.

Locals have been disappearing and someone must be sent to find them. Wouldn't you guess it, you're it. Travel across the desert to the famed "Five Teeth", a quintet of obelisks above and around an ancient temple. Rumor is that slavers have been operating out of there...but what sort of slavers might they be?

This game will be great if you like Classic fantasy adventure in the vein of Conan the Destroyer, as opposed to Conan the Barbarian.

Level 0 characters will be provided. All you need is dice, your character sheet, a pencil, and a willingness to have fun.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will lean toward seriousness and combat.

This game will be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Some gruesome depictions of death, off-screen slavery

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.