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“The Rainslick Murders” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
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 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“The Rainslick Murders” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session of Cards. Led by Ansel Burch
A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.
The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.
This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.
We will build characters in the session.
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 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.
Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Perpetual Temple of the Pale Falcon” a Standard One Shot in the Original Dungeons and Dragons system. Led by Sean F. Smith
"YOU CANNOT HAVE A MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN IF [THE] TIME RECORD IS NOT [TAKEN]!
Rampaging hordes of goblinoids have been laying siege to follies and keeps in the outer regions of the duchy. The palace mage Xi’Gag has formed a plan to blunt the assault but is missing a key item of power - the time record, which lies ensconced in the mysterious Temple of the Pale Falcon. You have been conscripted to join a party tasked with its recovery.
SGi PERPETUAL TEMPLE OF THE PALE FALCON is the first in the Syzygy line of adventures, whose content is procedurally derived from the birth chart of an individual."
This game will be great if you like Harryhausen films, old-school dungeon bashes, and fantastic locations.
We will build level 1 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 #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server.
CW: fantasy violence, reptiles, undead
“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel
“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.
This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West
Players should build Beginning characters ahead.
https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner wrote this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Violence
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile
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
“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel
“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.
This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West
Players should build Beginning characters ahead.
https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner wrote this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Violence
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile
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
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile
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
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile
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
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
Bob Brinkman’s Game Runner Profile
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
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
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
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
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
“The Will and Well of Wilmingdon” a Standard One Shot in the Quarrel + Fable system. Led by Sean F. Smith
Check out the Rules- http://quarrel-fable.carrd.co/
In Wilmingdon, they plough the fields with warhorses. And when the eorl dies, you'll descend into the well where you will find out why."
This game will be great if you like
creative OSR gameplay
cobwebbed British folklore
Dungeons-in-wells
We will build characters in session. Chargen detail here: https://quarrel-fable.carrd.co/#persons ─ though we'll manage that at the very start of the session.
This session will be especially good for new players., 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 Google Meet. The game runner will use Wilmingdon for TPC
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/yzu-wtqn-hrm"
CW: fantasy gore, mild claustrophobia, subterranean humanoids
“Beneath the Isle of Serpents” a Playtest session in the DCC RPG System. Led by Bob Brinkman.
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
“Mausritter: Shattered Rain” a Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning
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 Hat Full of Skull” a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session in the Rapscallion system. Led by Ansel Burch.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Check out the game rules for free! https://magpiegames.com/products/rapscallion-quickstart-1
The Legends of the Sea are usually just that but this month, under the demon's moon, a group of the blackest hearts and strongest arms on the sea will meet to revisit their century-old pact. For one night, they will sail under the same banner, and fight back death itself.
This game will be great if you like Pirates, Our Flag Means Death, Complicated Adventures, Dark Secrets, Treasure, etc.
We will build characters in the session.
This session will be perfect 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. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Demonic possession, Murder, Sin.
"Full Boar" a Standard One Shot in the Backwater system. Led by Collin R.
Check Out the Game Rules- https://backwards-games.itch.io/quickstart
Collin's Game Runner Page- www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/collinr
The wealthy Buchanan family has held a hog hunt as a rite of passage for their young men since they came into the New Orleans aristocracy. This year, the current patriarch Daniel Buchanan and his brother Warren accompany Daniel's son, Norm, to go through the same ceremony. Along with a well-paid hunting guide, they departed for Fontainebleau across Lake Pontchartrain ten days ago and are yet to return. Two other wardens like yourself were sent to retrieve them five days ago. A messenger pigeon was due back two days ago, but it never came. Now Chancellor Rose has selected your crew of Wardens to discover the fate of those who have gone missing across the lake. Dark Romantic literature, Southern Gothic, Sleepy Hollow (TV series)
We will build level 1 characters in the 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 #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Mentions of Hell/the devil, dead bodies, body horror, possible dark/blood magic
“Wherewolves?” A Standard One Shot and Playtest using the Dialect rules. Led by Ansel Burch
"The loup garou have always kept to themselves, on the edges of the community, forming camps and packs of their own in hopes to save the uninfected from the ravages of their condition and its spread. The discovery of asymptomatic carriers though, came with a whole new challenge.
How will we make a new community for ourselves in the primeval forests and how will it change us and the way we use language? "
This game will be great if you like linguistics, werewolves, and stories of community.
We will be telling a story of a community together and will not build individual 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 hoisted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Pandemic, quarantine, isolation.
“Wherewolves?” A Standard One Shot and Playtest using the Dialect rules. Led by Ansel Burch
"The loup garou have always kept to themselves, on the edges of the community, forming camps and packs of their own in hopes to save the uninfected from the ravages of their condition and its spread. The discovery of asymptomatic carriers though, came with a whole new challenge.
How will we make a new community for ourselves in the primeval forests and how will it change us and the way we use language? "
This game will be great if you like linguistics, werewolves, and stories of community.
We will be telling a story of a community together and will not build individual 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 hoisted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Pandemic, quarantine, isolation.
“A Simply Dreadful Birthday Party” a Standard One Shot in the Bedlam Hall PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn
“A Simply Dreadful Birthday Party” a Standard One Shot in the Bedlam Hall PbtA system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn
It is Mathilda's birthday again. The youngest and wondrously horrible daughter of the Blackwoods. You and the other servants of Blackwood Manor have been instructed to make sure the birthday goes off without a hitch and that all the guests' needs are attended to. It is sure to be a dreadful event, as most events tend to be. And of course, your fellow staff members are always trying to make you look bad. But no time to think about that, it appears the Lord's crocodile Fluffy has gotten out again...and it is your turn to retrieve it...
This game will be great if you like Downton Abbey (with dreadful undertones), Edgar Gorey books, Gloom the Card Game.
We will build beginners characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server
CW: Dark Imagery, Spiders, the occult
“The Siege of Tsuin no Yama Mura” a Standard One Shot in the L5R 4th Edition system. Led by Raynor Frejrûn.
The small village of Tsuin no Yama Mura (Twin Mountain Village) is a quiet village nestled between a pair of beautiful mountains. The nearby river makes Tsuin no Yama good for fishing and for growing rice and it also has a few buckwheat farms in the mountains. While resting their tired feet in town, a small group of samurai must put aside their differences and come together to protect the village from a bandit raid that threatens a major crop supplier of the empire.
This game will be great if you like Feudal Samurai Action, Drama and Magic!
The game runner will provide Rank 1 and 2 characters.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server
CW: Violence, Blood, Gore
“The Weeper of Hail Street” a Playtest of an original RPG system, led by Ashton MacSaylor
Hail Street runs through the heart of an old neighborhood on the outskirts of a major New England metropolis. It’s renowned for its elegiac charm, with an old church and graveyard, a park, several crumbling apartment buildings, and neighborhood lore that runs deep, with more than its fair share of old ghost stories, murders, and missing persons cases.
Now, a new ghost story haunts the street: several people have claimed to hear the sound of an invisible woman crying as she walks down the street. Some of the Latino residents whisper of the myth of La Llorona, the Weeping Woman, while others claim that it’s the ghost of a madwoman who just died, still grieving over the children she lost two decades ago. You may be an amateur paranormal investigator, a concerned resident, or a relative of your Great Aunt Amelia, who has determined to get to the bottom of this and asked you to help, since she can’t leave home, given her health. Who is the Weeper of Hail Street?
This is a playtest of my original, modern horror and mystery RPG system. I've been working on it for years, with excellent reviews, but recently made some overhauls to the system that I'm eager to try out. The premise is that you play regular people in a modern world, and you--out of game--don't know if there's something supernatural going on or not.
This game will be great if you like modern games with an element of mystery, where you actually don't know if there's a ghost, or a monster, or a rational explanation. Consider inspiration sources like X-Files, Twilight Zone, and Monster-of-the-Week shows like Buffy, except when the game starts, you actually have no idea if there's really a monster or a rational explanation.
We will build characters in session (it's very quick!).
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 in room #2 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.
CW: This game includes some very dark themes. It is not appropriate for children. That said, the darkest content will be off-screen, behind a veil. We will use the X-Card protocol for personal safety.
“Blades in the Neon Shadows” a Standard One Shot in the Blades in the Dark system, led by Ansel Burch
In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.
This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.
We will build characters in session.
New Players are welcome.
Tha game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality
“Blades in the Neon Shadows” a Standard One Shot in the Blades in the Dark system, led by Ansel Burch
In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.
This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.
We will build characters in session.
New Players are welcome.
Tha game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality
“Porcelain Souls” a Standard One Shot in the Gear System. Led by Mitch Bustillos
In Porcelain Souls, you play as an immortal Doll, possessed by the souls of humanity amidst an apocalyptic landscape. Explore twisted ruins and walk in dreams. But beware: nightmares crave the souls within. Open the door to the fantastical.
Inspired by the movie 9 and the many works of the Quay Brothers.
The game runner will provide starting level characters. You will need a standard deck of cards.
New players are welcome.
The gamer runner wrote this system
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted over zoom and broadcast on Twitch, https://www.twitch.tv/weavethetale
CW: Dolls, horror
Mausritter: The Flood Priest's Garden
A Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning
In a garden, once used as a holy site by members of the Order of the Green Mice, sits a pond and a large apple tree, as well as a dark secret. From the depths of the pond, a catfish has seduced a wizened mouse mage into doing his dark bidding. High atop his tower in the apple tree, the Flood Priest uses magic from the deep to flood all of the garden and turn it into the realm of the catfish. Strange creatures have emerged from the water and the mice of Terra-Potta are fleeing the garden in droves. Rumors have been stirring that the end is near, and all will soon become the Flood Priest's Garden. You are among the few who refuse to flee. There must be a way for the catfish to be taken down or the flood priest to be stopped, perhaps after making proper alliances. Whatever you do, do it soon before the flood consumes all.
This game will be great if you like Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, Thumbelina, and OSR style RPGs
Character creation is lightning quick and involves just a few random rolls. We'll do this together at the start of the session. If you've played Mausritter before and want to bring an existing character, contact me upfront to discuss.
New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con Discord and will use Miro whiteboards.
CW: flooding, drowning, dark magic, possible PC death (you can join with a new PC if that happens)
Wildsea for New Players, a Standard One Shot using the Wildsea system, led by Ansel P Burch
"The Wildsea is a fiction-focused tabletop roleplaying game from QuillHound Studios for 2-6 players. You play a wildsailor, an explorer of rustling waves and curious ruins, sailing the endless treetop expanse in your own unique, player-created ship. You might join the crew as one humanity's weathered descendants, as a cactoid bastion of spine and bloom, as a silk-clothed hive-mind of spiders... or as something much, much stranger."
This game will be great if you like getting really weird and stepping into a totally new world.
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
We'll be learning together
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the con’s discord channel and spectators are welcome.
The Empty Cliff: Level One a Playtest and West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5E system. Led by C. J. Casey.
The territory of Rilleah has been suffering since the Eight Years' War, not least because the victorious New Council decided it was a great place to send demobilized soldiers and refugees. The Earl and his advisors have been looking for something to do with this unexpected influx, and one of them thinks he's found the solution: round up groups and have them explore the cave-riddled chasm at the edge of the territory. Farmers and villagers have been reporting night raids, and some say they're coming from there. Plus, of the four parties the Earl sent into the caves, only one person survived, and he's a little too unwell to talk about it. If you decide to sign up, you may eventually win a profession, property, and riches, instead of a spot on a mandatory work-detail, which is the choice the "recruiter" is offering you.
This game will be great if you like old-school dungeon crawls, snatch-and-grab hunts, dynamic combat and roleplaying."
Players should build characters ahead.
4d6 drop 1, double one score of 5 or below. One free custom feat related to prior military service will be explained before 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 #4 of the con’s discord channel and spectators are welcome.
CW: I did not write this to be a killer dungeon, but it is intended to be difficult. Strategic thinking, luck, and a familiarity with creating new PCs in-game will all come in handy.
“Porcelain Souls” a Standard One Shot in the Gear System. Led by Mitch Bustillos
In Porcelain Souls, you play as an immortal Doll, possessed by the souls of humanity amidst an apocalyptic landscape. Explore twisted ruins and walk in dreams. But beware: nightmares crave the souls within. Open the door to the fantastical.
Inspired by the movie 9 and the many works of the Quay Brothers.
The game runner will provide starting level characters. You will need a standard deck of cards.
New players are welcome.
The gamer runner wrote this system
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted over zoom and broadcast on Twitch, https://www.twitch.tv/weavethetale
CW: Dolls, horror
Envoy to Boulderdeep
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
Cause and Effect
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.
Envoy to Boulderdeep
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