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The Dungeon of Unreliable Doors is a Standard One-Shot in the Mazes system, led by Ansel Burch
Getting from one side of the stronghold to the other has become a rite of passage for adventurers of all stripes and origins. The challenge, of course, is navigating through the ever-changing corridors and chambers of what was once the most esteemed institution of magic in all the world. Now, it's just a lot of nonsense with occasional bursts of real peril. What more could an adventurer hope for?
This game will be great if you like random tables, classic crawls
We will build beginning characters in the session.
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 room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
This Will Be Graded is a Standard One-Shot in the Daggerheart system. Led by Ley
This is it! The Demonstration Dungeon: the final test before you all get to call yourselves full fledged *trained* adventurers, licensed to go out and scour the notice boards for fame and fortune, and maybe even help some people along the way. You’ve worked so hard for this. But so have all the other teams, and the team with the highest grade gets the coveted Golden Key. Except, you’re not really sure *how* they grade this, and you’ve only passed by some of your teammates in the hall sometimes. You suppose the only thing to do is do your best!
This game is great if you like exploration, team strategy, and time-based challenges.
The game runner will provide level 1 characters
If players are familiar with the material, they can build their own characters with GM final approval
All players will be able to choose Ancestries, Communities, and Experiences. GM will provide ancestry and community options and example experiences.
New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: violence and tricks
Check out the Rules: https://www.daggerheart.com/srd/
The Dungeon Deck is a Standard One-Shot in the Mavericks system, led by Ansel Burch
In the deepest part of the city of Vjernigas festers the abandoned guild of dungeoneers. The ancient order once tunneled through the region, protecting the growing communities of the Hartwood from subterranean threats. It's been centuries since they disbanded, and the creatures of the wide caverns have overcome their old taboos and are beginning the scrabble at the underside of the city's foundations. The Sovereign has promised lavish funding to anyone who resurrects the old order and begins the process of clearing out the tunnels. It won't be easy, but it will be... exciting.
This game will be great if you like dungeon crawls that are mostly about lore.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
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.
CW: Enclosed spaces, jump scares.
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 Rattling Wind is a Standard One-Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG led by GM Age
The adventurers must defend a hamlet from a swift and brutal monster that has left several mangled bodies in its wake. Can you end this terrible menace, or will it kill more in its wrath?" This game will be great if you like playing Heroic Fantasy Characters in a Runequest crossover
The game runner will provide characters. Returning characters are also welcome.
Pre-generated characters: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server https://www.questportal.com/
CW: Potential Character Death
GM Age’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/gm-age
Check out the game rules- https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
The Dungeon of Unreliable Doors is a Standard One-Shot in the Mazes system, led by Ansel Burch
Getting from one side of the stronghold to the other has become a rite of passage for adventurers of all stripes and origins. The challenge, of course, is navigating through the ever-changing corridors and chambers of what was once the most esteemed institution of magic in all the world. Now, it's just a lot of nonsense with occasional bursts of real peril. What more could an adventurer hope for?
This game will be great if you like random tables, classic crawls
We will build beginning characters in the session.
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 room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The Dungeon Deck is a Standard One-Shot in the Mavericks system, led by Ansel Burch
In the deepest part of the city of Vjernigas festers the abandoned guild of dungeoneers. The ancient order once tunneled through the region, protecting the growing communities of the Hartwood from subterranean threats. It's been centuries since they disbanded, and the creatures of the wide caverns have overcome their old taboos and are beginning the scrabble at the underside of the city's foundations. The Sovereign has promised lavish funding to anyone who resurrects the old order and begins the process of clearing out the tunnels. It won't be easy, but it will be... exciting.
This game will be great if you like dungeon crawls that are mostly about lore.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
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.
CW: Enclosed spaces, jump scares.
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
This Will Be Graded is a Standard One-Shot in the Daggerheart system. Led by Ley
This is it! The Demonstration Dungeon: the final test before you all get to call yourselves full fledged *trained* adventurers, licensed to go out and scour the notice boards for fame and fortune, and maybe even help some people along the way. You’ve worked so hard for this. But so have all the other teams, and the team with the highest grade gets the coveted Golden Key. Except, you’re not really sure *how* they grade this, and you’ve only passed by some of your teammates in the hall sometimes. You suppose the only thing to do is do your best!
This game is great if you like exploration, team strategy, and time-based challenges.
The game runner will provide level 1 characters
If players are familiar with the material, they can build their own characters with GM final approval
All players will be able to choose Ancestries, Communities, and Experiences. GM will provide ancestry and community options and example experiences.
New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server.
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: violence and tricks
Check out the Rules: https://www.daggerheart.com/srd/
“Recipe for Disaster” is a Standard one-shot in the Wilderfeast system led by Nona,
Hunter. Ranger. Keeper. Chef.
In Wilderfeast, you are a Wilder. You are human, though you might not look like it, as with every hunt, you incorporate part of another monster into yourself. Once upon a time, the first Wilder dedicated their lives to containing the Frenzy, the incurable curse that amplifies hunger, pain, and rage in a vicious cycle. But despite their best efforts, it now circulates with virulent speed across the One Land. Wilders spend their time between hunting monsters that cannot be saved and helping those that can. As the Frenzy spreads, the Wilders fight to maintain harmony between humanity and nature. They kill the creatures they must, nurture the ones they can, and consume the ones they fail to save. In doing so, Wilders transform into half-human chimeras, for like all monsters, they derive their power from the One Law of the One Land: You are what you eat.
The game offers a nice blend of exploration, roleplay, and combat in its gameplay loop: Travel and discover plants and monsters in the One Land. Forage and cook meals. Track and hunt down a frenzied monster. Honor its sacrifice with a feast that will forever change you (literally!) In today's adventure, poachers have captured the Wilders, along with several wild monsters they hope to sell to the Charter. But one caged monster has the frenzy and escapes! To secure their own freedom, to keep the infection from spreading, and to ensure no one else gets hurt, the Wilders must band together and hunt it down.
This game will be great if you like cooking, exploration, nature, animals, monsters, Dungeon Meshi, and Monster Hunter.
New players welcome.
The GM is very familiar with this system.
Pre-generated characters provided.
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.
Tags: animals, monsters, exploration, fantasy Content warnings: harm to animal-like monsters
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“Sea and Salt” (an Age of Vikings scenario) is a Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG led by GM Age
“Sigbert Loftsson, disgraced and outlawed, has taken refuge on the small isle of Hrafney. The adventurers have been sent to retrieve him so that he may face trial”
This game will be great if you like playing Heroic Fantasy Characters in a Viking Age crossover The game runner will provide characters.
Pregenerated characters: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on another Discord server , Quest Portal
CW: Potential Character Death
“Weird Times at the Paisley Thistle Hotel” is a Standard One Shot in the Troika system led by Adam M.C.
A trippy adventure set in a bizarre science-fantasy hotel. Your mission: get to your (shared) room with both your mind and body intact. Roll up your character at the outset to see which of the 55 possible backgrounds you get! Game mechanics are relatively simple and easy to pick up.
This game will be great if you like Labyrinth, Wes Anderson, and Monty Python
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
CW: Potential Cartoon-esque violence
Adam Mc’s Game Runner Profile-https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/adam-mc
The Sanctum of Screams is a Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG system, led by GM Age
“When the light of the moon falls upon the chapel the screams are heard. Most of the villagers have now long abandoned the cursed hamlet, while the remaining few brave the night in fearful silence. Can you restore peace by silencing the Sanctum of Screams?”
This game will be great if you like heroic fantasy meets unspeakable horror
Select a pre-generated character or contact the GM to build-your-own
Pre-generated Characters available here: https://bit.ly/3UouZIi
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on another Discord server, https://discord.gg/ZMZTHvQYGJ CW: Horror Themes; Potential Character Death
GM Age’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/gm-age
“Blood in the Water” is a Standard one-shot in the Rapscallion, led by Ansel Burch
Sail the strange seas with a crew of magic-touched, vice-driven, twice damned pirates. The Leviathan's horde calls to the captain, and for the first time, our assorted ghosts, djinn, demons, and monsters are in agreement. We stand to profit enormously if we can get to the skull grotto before the beast. The scaly bastard's been seen on the other side of the world. Even at his speed, we should have a couple of days for the heist of the decade.
This game will be good if you like pirates on the edge of destruction and fantastical adventures driven by personal need.
We will build characters in session.
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 room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: blood, vice, temptation, some pseudo-sexual themes.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Terror of Dagger Bay” is a Standard One-Shot in the Deck system, led by Ansel Burch.
There are a few pirates in the world who haven't been to Dagger Bay. It's a rite of passage to sail along the bay from the false edge to the true. It's said that the blade won't cut down those tougher than steel. What happens to the others may be too gruesome to tell. Can your crew exfiltrate a young myrfolk and a flylander who ran off to become pirates?
This game will be good if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, and Sea Hawk.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
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
CW: Deep water.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Cloud of Dreams is a Standard One-Shot in the Age of Adventure system, led by GM Tavis
Age of Adventure RPG is a one-page rules-light heroic fantasy game inspired by the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. 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! https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
💰 Cost: Free
🗓️ When: https://r.3v.fi/discord-timestamps/
🎲 Where: Discord for Voice, dice rolls and character sheets (video optional)
🕰️ Duration: 4 hours
🧑🤝🧑 No. of Players: 2-4
📖 Player Guidelines: Potential Character Death. No rules knowledge required. No PvP.
⚔️ Character Selection: Pre-generated Characters available here: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens (returning Characters welcome)."
This game will be great if you like RPG fantasy
https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
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 on another Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: possible character death
“The Terror of Dagger Bay” is a Standard One-Shot in the Deck system, led by Ansel Burch.
There are a few pirates in the world who haven't been to Dagger Bay. It's a rite of passage to sail along the bay from the false edge to the true. It's said that the blade won't cut down those tougher than steel. What happens to the others may be too gruesome to tell. Can your crew exfiltrate a young myrfolk and a flylander who ran off to become pirates?
This game will be good if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Hook, and Sea Hawk.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
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
CW: Deep water.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Blood in the Water” is a Standard one-shot in the Rapscallion, led by Ansel Burch
Sail the strange seas with a crew of magic-touched, vice-driven, twice damned pirates. The Leviathan's horde calls to the captain, and for the first time, our assorted ghosts, djinn, demons, and monsters are in agreement. We stand to profit enormously if we can get to the skull grotto before the beast. The scaly bastard's been seen on the other side of the world. Even at his speed, we should have a couple of days for the heist of the decade.
This game will be good if you like pirates on the edge of destruction and fantastical adventures driven by personal need.
We will build characters in session.
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 room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room
CW: blood, vice, temptation, some pseudo-sexual themes.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
"Chiseled to Perfection" is a One-Shot of “The Crowned” with its co-creator, Sarah Moore
You are a god of a small sliver of reality…and things are about to get weird.
This game will be great if you like Gods and Consequences.
The game runner will provide characters.
New players are welcome.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted on Zoom
CW: Can get dark.
Sarah Moore’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/sarah-moore
Release the Kraken! Is a Standard One Shot in the Deck system, led by Tz.
"The West Indies Company has long been frustrated by the loss of profit margins from pirates raiding their shipping and local rulers and towns refusing their oh-so-reasonable trade treaties. Now they set their sights on a way to achieve total domination. Having recently found an artifact with the power to potentially bind the Kraken itself, they seek to turn this legendary avatar of the sea into a brute force superweapon in the name of their shareholders.
This of course, cannot be allowed, and that's where you come in. Nautical adventurers from various backgrounds, it will be up to you to infiltrate their grand fleet and stop the dark cultists of capital from completing their evil scheme."
This game will be great if you like swashbuckling action, foiling the forces of capital, and a mythical sense of scale.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted on the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Cruelty towards mythical animals
TZ’s Game Runner Profile: www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/tz
“Squall of the Southward Passage” a Standard One Shot in the D&D 5e system. Led by Rayne Whitington
The morning hardly dawns at all on the 7th day of your voyage with your new captain. As his map foretold, the sea in this channel is choppy and littered with many jagged rocks. He confidently steers you through them, but there are moments that make you wonder why he sails with such speed through such treacherous waters. You cannot help but feel that something dark is driving him onward.
In this adventure you’ll play as a crew member on a small sailing vessel. You’ve been hired to help Captain Topsham explore a channel within a range of sea mountains in hopes of finding a safe passage to the other side. You’ll choose your role within the ship during character creation as well as your standard class.
This game will be great if you like seafaring adventures and eldrich horror.
Players should build characters ahead.
–D&D 5E | Level 3
–Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
–Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Content from established third-party sources is encouraged, but needs to be run by me before the game.)
–You'll be choosing your role on the ship first come, first served.
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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Risk of drowning. Will feature underwater and eldritch horror.
Tags: Fantasy, Pirates
Rayne Bakcheious’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
“The Golden Eyepatch” is a Standard One-Shot in the Sails and Legends system, led by Ansel Burch
"You are epic pirate captains in a loose confederation. Your mission is to explore the archipelago, deal with supernatural complications, and defend your gold against other pirates. The Admiral, Rakefelon Bones McBones, Slayer of the Hidden Sea, has been cursed by the gods of the sea to walk only on soil, leaving you to fend for yourselves while he climbs the tallest mountain he can reach to meet with the sky gods for help.
This leaves you, the remaining captains, in charge of the fleet’s home port of Deepwash Anchorage for the time being. You must work together with your crews behind you to deal with whatever threats appear. Fail and Rakefelon Bones McBones will have you nailed to the deck for sure."
This game will be good if you like silly pirates. Our Flag Means Death, Pirates: Band of Misfits, One Piece, and Yellowbeard are all inspirations.
We will build characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Comedy blood and guts, loss of body parts.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Squall of the Southward Passage” a Standard One Shot in the D&D 5e system. Led by Rayne Whitington
The morning hardly dawns at all on the 7th day of your voyage with your new captain. As his map foretold, the sea in this channel is choppy and littered with many jagged rocks. He confidently steers you through them, but there are moments that make you wonder why he sails with such speed through such treacherous waters. You cannot help but feel that something dark is driving him onward.
In this adventure you’ll play as a crew member on a small sailing vessel. You’ve been hired to help Captain Topsham explore a channel within a range of sea mountains in hopes of finding a safe passage to the other side. You’ll choose your role within the ship during character creation as well as your standard class.
This game will be great if you like seafaring adventures and eldrich horror.
Players should build characters ahead.
–D&D 5E | Level 3
–Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
–Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Content from established third-party sources is encouraged, but needs to be run by me before the game.)
–You'll be choosing your role on the ship first come, first served.
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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Risk of drowning. Will feature underwater and eldritch horror.
Tags: Fantasy, Pirates
Rayne Bakcheious’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
The Witch Is Missing is a Standard One-Shot in the “The Witch Is Dead” system, led by Rayne Bakcheious
"Most of the time, you live a quiet life with your beloved witch and fellow familiars. The cottage is cozy, the baked goods are plentiful, and the visitors are few. But ever so often, she must attend a conclave with the other witches. Strange and unknowable beings they are; their congress is raucous and frightening.
All night, you and your friends have waited in the tent for her to return, but the morning dawns quietly, and still no sign of her. Now you and other familiars must set out to rescue her from this bizarre land…"
This game will be great if you like witches and animals
We will build characters in session.
This session will be perfect for new players.
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. The game runner will be using Schmeppy whiteboards for mapping. schmeppy.com
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mild-moderate violence against animals is possible. Possible inclusion of cults.
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
Check out the game rules- https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead
For the Pride is a Standard One-Shot in the "The King is Dead" system, led by Ansel Burch
The savannah has always been a place of competition and survival, even more so now that the Dominion of Lions has reformed the government around birthright, no more with the helter-skelter groping for power that our foremothers knew. Instead, now, from one generation to the next, power will follow cleanly. At least, that was the plan. With the death of Malkia, the families are in disarray, and power is ours to claim. Will your family take the throne? Will you wear the crown?
This game will be good if you like playing as an animal, messing with power structures and politics, heavy RP games, and interesting game systems.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
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: Romance and family conflict are significant parts of this game.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Recipe for Disaster is a Standard one-shot in the Wilderfeast system, led by Nona.
Hunter. Ranger. Keeper. Chef. In Wilderfeast, you are a Wilder. You are human, though you might not look like it, as with every hunt, you incorporate part of another monster into yourself. Once upon a time, the first Wilder dedicated their lives to containing the Frenzy, the incurable curse that amplifies hunger, pain, and rage in a vicious cycle. But despite their best efforts, it now circulates with virulent speed across the One Land. Wilders spend their time between hunting monsters that cannot be saved and helping those that can. As the Frenzy spreads, the Wilders fight to maintain harmony between humanity and nature. They kill the creatures they must, nurture the ones they can, and consume the ones they fail to save. In doing so, Wilders transform into half-human chimeras, for like all monsters, they derive their power from the One Law of the One Land: You are what you eat. The game offers a nice blend of exploration, roleplay, and combat in its gameplay loop: Travel and discover plants and monsters in the One Land. Forage and cook meals. Track and hunt down a frenzied monster. Honor its sacrifice with a feast that will forever change you (literally!) In today's adventure, poachers have captured the Wilders, along with several wild monsters they hope to sell to the Charter. But one caged monster has the frenzy and escapes! To secure their own freedom, to keep the infection from spreading, and to ensure no one else gets hurt, the Wilders must band together and hunt it down.
This game will be great if you like cooking, exploration, nature, animals, monsters, Dungeon Meshi and Monster Hunter.
New players welcome.
The GM is very familiar with this system.
Pregen characters provided.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/ Spectators are welcome.
Content warnings: harm to animal-like monsters
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Darkest Night is a Standard one-shot in the Age Of Adventure system, led by GM Tavis.
Elevator Pitch: Age of Adventure RPG is a one-page rules-light heroic fantasy game inspired by the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. 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! https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg
Player Guidelines: Potential Character Death. No rules knowledge required. No PvP.
This game will be great if you like RPG fantasy.
Pre-generated Characters available here: https://bit.ly/AoA-Pre-Gens (returning Characters welcome).
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 on another Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Potential Character Death
For the Pride is a Standard One-Shot in the "The King is Dead" system, led by Ansel Burch
The savannah has always been a place of competition and survival, even more so now that the Dominion of Lions has reformed the government around birthright, no more with the helter-skelter groping for power that our foremothers knew. Instead, now, from one generation to the next, power will follow cleanly. At least, that was the plan. With the death of Malkia, the families are in disarray, and power is ours to claim. Will your family take the throne? Will you wear the crown?
This game will be good if you like playing as an animal, messing with power structures and politics, heavy RP games, and interesting game systems.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.
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: Romance and family conflict are significant parts of this game.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The Witch Is Missing is a Standard One-Shot in the “The Witch Is Dead” system, led by Rayne Bakcheious
"Most of the time, you live a quiet life with your beloved witch and fellow familiars. The cottage is cozy, the baked goods are plentiful, and the visitors are few. But ever so often, she must attend a conclave with the other witches. Strange and unknowable beings they are; their congress is raucous and frightening.
All night, you and your friends have waited in the tent for her to return, but the morning dawns quietly, and still no sign of her. Now you and other familiars must set out to rescue her from this bizarre land…"
This game will be great if you like witches and animals
We will build characters in session.
This session will be perfect for new players.
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. The game runner will be using Schmeppy whiteboards for mapping. schmeppy.com
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mild-moderate violence against animals is possible. Possible inclusion of cults.
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
Check out the game rules- https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead
“Room For Everyone” is a Living World One Shot in the Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Welcome to Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, a sprawling old house outside time and space, where it’s always September 15th and there’s always room for a new visitor. The unusual blend of premade characters, modular rules, and legacy mechanics makes this TTRPG perfect for pick-up play: busy players can drop in and out without ever feeling lost, and anyone who wants to jump in can make a long-term impact without a long-term commitment. Yazeba's is yours to change. Perhaps Residents will leave or change, Guests will become far more important than you expected, or Journeys will take unexpected twists. Take control of one of the 7 long-term residents of the B&B or choose from a cast of 50 quirky guests, each of whom has their own ongoing storylines.
Chapters can be played in any order and include things like lazy afternoons, frightful nights, insurmountable chores, and zany competitions, so every adventure is full of surprises. When we were little, we were taught that a story is a sequence of events with a beginning, middle and end. But that’s not how all stories work: some loop around on themselves, some are told out of sequence, and some never end. After we play one Chapter, we can play another without worrying too much about whether it came before or after the Chapter we just played, or how much time has passed. Think back on that prolific paperback series you may have once read: you might have missed a few issues, or read them out of order, but you were always able to figure out what was going on. That's what Yazeba's is going for!
Chapters are short, so we may play more than one adventure during our session, swapping characters in between!
If you've played Yazeba's before, feel free to let your gamerunner know which chapters you've played, so you can try some new ones. There are many different types to suit different moods and player counts. It's the gamerunner's birthday, so we'll for sure play the chapter called Gertrude's birthday this time around!
This game will be great if you like legacy board games, trying different things, and collaborative storytelling.
New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs. The game runner is very familiar with this system.
The game comes with pre-existing characters to pick from.
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/ Spectators are welcome.
Content warnings: n/a
Tags: fantasy, cozy, living world
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“Deep Water and Long Roads” is a standard one-shot in the Root system, led by Ansel Burch.
In the midst of a three-sided war, you and your friends - vagabonds all - travel between the clearings, taking on jobs no one else can or will do. You choose whom you serve, if anyone... but everyone knows you may tip the balance of the War.
This game will be great if you like woodland animals, political systems, and outlaws
We will build characters in the 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: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
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: Possible inner party conflict.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Check out the rules: https://magpiegames.com/collections/pdfs-root
“Bluebeard's Bride” is a Standard One Shot in the Bluebeard's Bride system, led by Ansel Burch.
Explore the Manse of Bluebeard, packed with secrets, not least of which is the one you carry. Will you defy his wishes, or are you loyal enough to resist the temptation of the hidden truth?
Each player takes on the role of an aspect of the Bride’s psyche—a Sister—who guides the Bride through Bluebeard’s house, armed with little more than a set of keys. Each of you takes turns speaking as these aspects of her psyche would speak, deciding what actions the Bride takes, pushing the Bride deeper into the mysteries of each room, and provoking new horrors along the way."
This game will be great if you like dark storytelling and heavy metaphors.
We will build characters in the 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: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
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: Horror, fears, neglect, imprisonment.