"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?

Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "

This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.

The game runner will provide 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 in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Isolation, guilt, possession

Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/

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

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: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

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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)

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

Beakwood Bay is a PbtA/Carved from Brindlewood roleplaying game for 2-4 ducks and a Keeper (GM), but not just any ducks. Inspired by Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics, in this hack of Brindlewood Bay you play as bipedal Mallards hired to hunt down treasure instead of solving mysteries. Beakwood Bay is a thriving port city inhabited by all sorts of anthropomorphic animals, where anything can happen and adventure is always on the agenda. The city’s aesthetics are rooted in the early 20th Century, but there are all manner of scientific advancements, such as an experimental rocketpad, a bustling university, and many factories. The oligarchs who control these technology-focused businesses often act as patrons for working ducks and adventurous mallards. No one comes to Beakwood Bay without a plan of how to leave richer. But there’s a curse that comes with this pursuit and many fall victim to the so-called Coin Fever. Ducks who are sitting on vaults of gold are frequently cruel and miserly in later years, pushing away family and friends to slavishly protect the gold they’ve acquired. 

But for now, you are just a Middle Class Mallard who dreams of adventure with your friends. Your ducks work in service of the city’s wealthy benefactors, trying to make a fortune to call their own all while working to avoid the crippling greed and exploitation that is rampant among the city’s elite. Hindered by NPCs after the same treasure, players do their best to gather clues (represented as helpful information and tools that can be used to recover the treasure) before finally trying to retrieve it. There is no prewritten canon path or method, instead it's up to you to cleverly combine all that you've found to obtain the treasure! Will you succeed? Play to find out!

<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>

New-money billionaire Silas Pepperbeek has had just about enough of trying to ingratiate himself in Beakwood Bay society. But he has a plan that will make him a fortune and get him in good with the other oligarchs! He decides to sent the Mallards off to uncover the remains of the recently sunk so-called unsinkable freighter, the Lampooned, hoping to find the Shining Beak, a stunningly-detailed diamond bust of the legendary Morganna le Duck. The ship went down while crossing the North Atlantic, supposedly striking an iceberg and sinking in inhospitable frigid waters. He offers to pay handsomely if the Mallards recover it."

This game will be great if you like Ducktales, Indiana Jones, cartoons, comic books, Brindlewood Bay, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling

Players should build characters ahead.

New characters (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.

New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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

CW: greed, capitalism, social class differences

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

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

"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.

But being an adventurer is a hard life, and sometimes a short one. Sometimes the jobs break bad, and that’s where you come in. A member of the guild’s Clean-up Crew, you’re being sent into a long abandoned, and most assuredly haunted, castle to finish what another party has started and bring them home….if there’s anything left. "

This game will be great if you like The Mummy, Supernatural, Pitch Black, etc....

Players should build level 8 characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 8

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

  • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Material from established third-party sources is encouraged, but will need to be submitted to review at least 1 day before play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: death, undeath, hauntings, mild/moderate gore and body horror 

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

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

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

Schedule link

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/the-wild-hunt

The Wild Hunt is a modern-day horror story set in the tradition of a Saturday-night horror movie. In it, the players find themselves unexpectedly stranded in a rural town in the American Midwest, and on the wrong end of a curse more than a century old. With their very souls on the line, they must avoid an unrelenting horde of unholy hunters determined to add the heroes to their host!

This game will be great if you like low-budget rural horror movies

The game runner will provide level 1 characters.

New players to the system are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be run in Room # 1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will be using Owlbear Rodeo as a virtual table top for this session.

CW: Undead/zombies/ghosts/Catholic priests.

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

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

Schedule link

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/the-wild-hunt

The Wild Hunt is a modern-day horror story set in the tradition of a Saturday-night horror movie. In it, the players find themselves unexpectedly stranded in a rural town in the American Midwest, and on the wrong end of a curse more than a century old. With their very souls on the line, they must avoid an unrelenting horde of unholy hunters determined to add the heroes to their host!

This game will be great if you like low-budget rural horror movies

The game runner will provide level 1 characters.

New players to the system are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be run in Room # 1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will be using Owlbear Rodeo as a virtual table top for this session.

CW: Undead/zombies/ghosts/Catholic priests.

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

Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pined to the door of the tavern this morning,

“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.

-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül

Count of the Obsidian Pass”

This game will be great if you like What We Do in the Shadows, The Mummy, vampire stories in general

Players should build level 10 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell will also not be allowed.

Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.

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

You can pick 2 magic items or weapons 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.

Players should be familiar with this system prior to signing up.

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 con’s Discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Death, undeath, blood, fantasy violence

A standard one shot in the Masks: A New Generation system, led by Kyle of Five Point Games in their San Fransapporo setting. Familiarity with the San Fransapporo setting isn't required, all information will be presented in game. If you own The Worst Generation by Five Point Games you're free to use those materials.

Highschool Super Hero Hijinks

This game will be great if you like Big Trouble in Little China

We will build characters in session.

This game will be great for new players.

The Game Runner is very familiar with this system

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted on the con discord in room #. Spectators are welcome.

CW: None

A Standard One Shot session in the D&D 5e system, led by Adam Mc.

It has been over a fortnight since you’ve heard anything from the normally bustling dwarven town of Boulderdeep. Scouts have reported that, strangely, both surface entrances to town have collapsed. You have volunteered to join a small envoy that will attempt to reach Boulderdeep through a disused mineshaft and make contact with the Under-jarl, Ulf Stoneshield. There are many dangerous things that can lurk underground, but you’ve got a very personal reason for venturing there.

This game will be great if you like LOTR

This is a game for 6th lvl dwarf characters.

Players should build 6th level dwarf characters ahead. Any officially published classes are fine, but only 1 party member per class.

This game will be great for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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

CW: Violence

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

After the tragic incidents at the annual Supers Olympics, hundreds are dead and thousands more injured.  What's more, the new designer drug EXCELSIOR can give mundanes powers for the right price.  The people of Halcyon City have demanded regulation, and the government is responding.  How will our "heroes" respond to the new government oversight and regulations?

This game will be great if you like Marvel and DC. Marvels Civil War (Comic and Movie)

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dirty Politics, Comic Book Violence.

A West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D 5e system, led by Ansel Burch

Beneath the tourist village of Raptor Peak is a system of natural caves and catacombs which have long been used as the final resting place for locals. As autumn comes on and the winter solstice approaches, the spirits of the mountain become restless. What makes this year different from any other? Well, no one is quite sure, but it has resulted in some fairly bitey former residents trying to inhabit their homes again despite the current owner's protests.

This game will be great if you like Shaun of the Dead, LOTR: The Return of the King

Players should build level 11 characters ahead. Otherwise, please let the game runner 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."

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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

CW: Undead, damp, bugs

A game in the FATE Condensed system, led by Ansel Burch.

Dr Sally Ammon, the noted chemist and expert in historical alchemy, has made an amazing breakthrough in releasing the full potential of phosphorous in the production of focused, energized beams. Rumour has it she can cook a chicken from the other side of a football field in under a second. You've been invited to the first-ever public demonstration of her miraculous technique ahead of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition. How Dandy!

This game will be great if you like Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rocketeer.

We will build characters in the session.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will be a little on the goofy side and will likely feature almost no combat.

This game will be hosted on the con discord in room 1 and spectators are allowed.

CW: Scientific negligence, theft, heights, burns.

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 panel on running games, led by Ansel Burch.

Are you interested in being a game runner but you're not sure where to start? Do you want to run a game for TTRPG Pickup Con or shake up your own gaming groups at home? I've got some mental exercises and tips to share over the course of this 2 hour session which should help prepare you for your

This panel will be led in Seminar/Presentation, Demonstration format.

This game will be hosted on the con’s discord server in the “The Ballroom near the Elevators”

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 Monster of the Week system, led by Rayne.

In this game, you’ll play as a group of middle school weirdos. Your friend group always go trick-or-treating together, but this year you’ve been dared by some high schoolers to explore the old haunted house at the edge of the subdivision. After all, all the cool kids have done it. But being creatures of the supernatural yourselves; you have a hunch that the place may be more than what it seems.....

This game will be great if you like Stranger Things, Goonies, Hocus Pocus, etc...

Players should build level 1 characters ahead. Choose one of the playbooks from the link below. These playbooks function as your “class” if you’re unfamiliar with this game style. Beyond that, you can add any extra flair to your character that you like. I try not to have an overlap of playbooks, so let me know what one you want to play when you know. -- Monster of the Week Playbooks (Character Sheets) and everything can be found on their website, here: https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week-resources/ Create a character that’s in middle school (11-13). You’ll need to be part of a group of outcast weirdo friends. Other than that, maybe just have your Halloween costume in mind.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

This game will be very silly and will lean to role play over combat.

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

CW: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and Halloween horror

A game in the DCC Lankhmar setting and system, led by Yorkus Rex.

“War is brewing in the neighborhood. Two rival gangs have decided that their counterpart has to go. They can leave peacefully or be rolled out on a corpse-collector’s cart. You’ve stumbled into the middle of this impending clash and sense there’s coin to be made. Which side will you choose?”

This game will be great if you like Urban adventure, gang fights, A Fistful of Dollars (or Yojimbo).

First level characters will be provided.

This game will be great for new players.

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

This game will be hosted on Zoom.

CW: Violence, betrayal.