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“Welcome to Hekaton” a Standard One Shot in the Legacy: Life Among Ruins system. Led by Nona de Koning.
System Pitch Legacy: Life Among the Ruins is a PbtA game about the survivors of a reality-twisting apocalypse, and how they adapt to and rebuild their new world. Unique is the shift between the zoomed-out overview of your setting over multiple generations and the zoomed-in play of individual scenes. Every player gets two different playbooks, one for their family and one for their character. When your own character isn't in a scene, you can grab one of the quick characters and guest-star in someone else's family! As you play you’ll move between the family and character levels, zooming in to play through a short adventure with a group of characters and then zooming out to show the broad strokes of your families pursuing their agenda. Your family (i.e. faction) is a collection of survivors brought together by blood, loyalty, or ideology, with their own strange powers hard-earned as they survived the apocalypse. They have their own needs, strengths, and doctrine, and you will use their forces to conduct diplomacy, claim resources, and use subterfuge on other factions. Families act slowly, taking days or weeks to take action. You’ll also have an individual character - a particular member of your family who is your story’s focus. They’re in a position to change the course of the family’s history, whether the family intended to give them that power or not. They’ll have their own skills and powers, as well as the ability to command the family’s forces and resources. They’re more flexible than a family, able to act in a matter of moments and call on their friends from other factions for aid. If you play beyond a one-shot, your character's choices can even impact their family for many generations to come!
Session Pitch: Welcome to Hekaton. This world was meant to be paradise. From the first probe flyby, we heard incredible tales of lush jungles, pristine oceans, and fantastic beasts. Our ancestors landed, and there were some teething problems, for sure. The space elevator took longer than expected to build, and the ambient spores caused widespread illness before we worked out the source. Solutions were found, and the colony was prospering. Then the titans came. Maybe they were always there, slumbering in the jungle. Maybe they’re agents of the planet’s immune system, generated to wipe out our infestation. Maybe the research complexes out there in the jungle made something strange that they couldn’t control. They struck like a hammer blow. Towering beasts several stories tall surged out of the jungle, tearing apart our city. With a snap heard around the world, a titan shattered the diamond filaments of the space elevator. We fled into our bunkers or deep into the wild as its shards crashed down, gouging deep furrows in the land. With victory achieved, the beasts melted back into the jungle. We don’t know why nobody’s rescued us. Maybe they think the colony’s dead. Maybe they’ve fallen to their own apocalypse. All we know is that we’re stranded down here, finding homes in the ruins of our grandparents’ palaces. But still we look to the stars, and dream of a life free from the titans..
New players welcome.
Players should have played some RPGs before.
The game runner will provide pre-generated characters to pick from, with room for customization.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, and spectators are welcome.
Content warnings: Kaiju monsters, apocalyptic keystones like resource scarcity and environmental threats, chances of minor PvP
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

“I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic” a Standard One Shot in the Microscope system. Led by Nona de Koning.
I'm Sorry Did You Say Street Magic is a GMless and diceless worldbuilding game (a hack of Microscope) about building a city together: filling it with life and vivid detail, exploring its hidden corners, and meeting its strange and wondrous inhabitants. This city that we call home has a magic all its own. It is wonder, and joy, and spirit ̶ and with that spirit, we breathe life into the city together. An archipelago-based fishing town, separated by its various islands, gathers annually to celebrate the turn of the harvest. A collective of magical artists embarks on an ambitious project: a guerrilla public transit system powered by enchanted street art. In a sprawling metropolis decades from now, breakthroughs in biotechnology offer citizens superpowers far beyond mortal ability.
These are just a few samples of the types of cities and stories this game can create. What will ours look like? Play to find out! For a smoother and shorter experience, we'll use the Easy Streets supplement, providing us with a base framework to guide our worldbuilding. The gamerunner will provide several options for everyone to vote on, to ensure we'll develop a city with themes and a setting everyone is excited about.
This game will be great if you like worldbuilding, city life, exploring neighborhoods, people watching, architecture, and collaborative storytelling.
This game is great for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, and spectators are welcome. Using Miro whiteboards. https://miro.com/
Content warnings: n/a
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

“Grown-Up Attraction” a Standard One Shot in the Tales from the Loop system. Led by Nona de Koning.
System Pitch Tales from the Loop is a TTRPG using the Year Zero Engine, a D6 dice pool system from Free League. You play as young teens in the late 1980s, solving Mysteries connected to the Loop. Choose between character Types such as the Bookworm, the Popular Kid and the Weirdo. Everyday Life is full of things like nagging parents and never-ending homework. But there are also Mysteries, where you encounter the strange machines and weird creatures that have come to haunt the countryside after the Loop was built. The kids get to escape their everyday problems and be part of something meaningful and magical – but also dangerous. Session Pitch The autumn wind is brisk and chilly. The calm of everyday life settles over the area. But something else is in the air. A taste of something forbidden, something unnaturally tempting. The Kids notice how adults behave strangely, becoming victims of desire. Can the nefarious plot be stopped in time or will the grown-ups go willingly to their own doom? This game will be great if you like alternate realities, solving mysteries, ordinary people saving the day, engaging with your inner kid and mixing slice of life with adventuring. 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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, and spectators are welcome.
Content warnings: n/a
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

“Throne of the Forest Queen” a Standard One Shot in the Trophy Dark system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Trophy is a strongly collaborative storytelling game with horror themes throughout. It is about a group of treasure-hunters on a doomed expedition into a natural biome that doesn’t want them there. The game tells the story of the physical and mental descent of the treasure hunters as they move deeper and deeper into their location. Their journey will ultimately bring them to ancient ruins that hold the treasure they seek, and the monstrous entities that now dwell there. This is not, however, a hopeful story of brave and daring adventurers slaying dragons and dragging bags of gold with them back to town. This is a horror story of entitled pillagers meeting tragic ends. It is very likely that all the treasure-hunters will die or — at best — be permanently scarred and haunted by their expedition. Can you trust your friends? Can you even still trust yourself? In this game, the Trophy isn't the treasure you seek, but nature trying to take you as its trophy instead. Trophy Dark is designed to be played as a one-shot with small groups of 2-3 player characters. Players are heavily involved in offering up possible consequences for others throughout the game instead of just playing their own characters, so please be comfortable with this when signing up. Single-oneshot adventures are called Incursions.
Today's incursion is called Throne of the Forest Queen, where the following lures in your characters... The constant drizzle that has accompanied you through the tangled woods abates as you come into a lush glade baked in golden sunlight. The stink of mud and leaf mold is cut through with a cleaner scent of pine and crisp mornings. A stag at the edge of the clearing casts a lazy glance at you before trotting further into the wood, its flashing tail an invitation to follow. You have reached the Queensweald—rumoured home to salvation, inspiration, cures to fantastical diseases, and wonders conjured only in dreams. Only the stout of heart enter the realm of the Forest Queen—fewer still return. Why then, if her favour is so hard to claim, do so many mortals seek it? Quite simply, it has value beyond gold. The queen’s power is nearly limitless. She controls the fae court of the forest and can make the dreams of mortals into reality if she so chooses. For so long as people desire the impossible, they will venture in search of her...
This game will be great if you like impending doom, collaborative storytelling, and horror. Characters will be created together at the start of the session. This can be done in mere minutes, assisted by random tables and dice rolls. Players need to have played some RPGs. The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server, and spectators are welcome. Optional use of Google Sheets as character keeper & player aid.
Content warnings: In general: fear, paranoia, character death, high chances of other player characters betraying yours. This specific incursion can also include Body Horror, Cannibalism, Graphic Violence, Harm to Animals, Manipulation, Slavery and Torture. Many of these elements, like Torture and Harm to Animals, will only be mentioned briefly if they occur and not roleplayed out in detail.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

“Kids Day at Coaster Station” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sometimes, the most important part of teenage superheroing is remembering to be a kid. Every year, Coaster Station opens its gates to all of the kids of Halcyon City and so far, the incidents have been pretty minor. Lady Indomitable has designed a coaster that takes the riders into low earth orbit for a survivable period of time for the ultimate rush of brief near-vacuum and weightlessness. So, the entire super community has been invited to Kids Day for the unveiling. This should be the safest year yet!
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
CW: Hubris
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Kids Day at Coaster Station” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sometimes, the most important part of teenage superheroing is remembering to be a kid. Every year, Coaster Station opens its gates to all of the kids of Halcyon City and so far, the incidents have been pretty minor. Lady Indomitable has designed a coaster that takes the riders into low earth orbit for a survivable period of time for the ultimate rush of brief near-vacuum and weightlessness. So, the entire super community has been invited to Kids Day for the unveiling. This should be the safest year yet!
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord server
CW: Hubris
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

The Song of Bell Chapel
The people of the Obsidian Mountains have many stories of what they call the Bell Chapel. Sitting in a remote and dangerous part of the forest, it was said to once be a temple to a Twin Faced God of the Underworld. Hundreds of years ago people would come from far and wide with the remains of their loved ones, so that they might be carefully tended to by the monks and sent to their final rest.
The forest was once filled with the songs of clear ringing bells. But now their god's name is forgotten, and the halls of their monastery stand silent. Until now, when the bells ring out through the forest once again.
In this adventure you’ll play as members of the Red Hand Adventuring League who have been hired to investigate Bell Chapel. Local villagers suspect bandits may be using the old temple as a base of operations but no thefts have been reported yet.
This game will be great if you like Dimension 20, Indian Jones, or the general idea of adventure stories.
The players will need to create characters beforehand.
New players are welcome in this session.
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. Spectators are welcome.
CW: funerals, undeath, risk of drowning, (slight spoiler warning) cults
Check out the Rules: https://www.dndbeyond.com/resources/1781-systems-reference-document-srd
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

“A Fairy Tale Fiasco” is a Standard One Shot in the Fiasco Classic system. Led by Andy Pymont
“You think you know the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, of Hansel and Gretel, of Snow White and Rapunzel. But what if I told you that actually, their stories were not as simple as you've been told? What if I told you that actually, these stories were much more connected and overlapping, and that, actually, everyone didn't live happily ever after?
Join us as we imagine if Into the Woods had been directed by the Coen Brothers. Can our conflicting cast of evil stepmothers, long-lost siblings, fairy godmothers, and secret lovers manage to achieve their hearts' desires? Or will it all descend into a Fairy Tale Fiasco?"
This game will be great if you like improvised story-telling and plans going spectacularly wrong!
We will build characters in session.
New players are welcome.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 on The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord serverCW: Witchcraft, Orphan children, Love potions

The Song of Bell Chapel
The people of the Obsidian Mountains have many stories of what they call the Bell Chapel. Sitting in a remote and dangerous part of the forest, it was said to once be a temple to a Twin Faced God of the Underworld. Hundreds of years ago people would come from far and wide with the remains of their loved ones, so that they might be carefully tended to by the monks and sent to their final rest.
The forest was once filled with the songs of clear ringing bells. But now their god's name is forgotten, and the halls of their monastery stand silent. Until now, when the bells ring out through the forest once again.
In this adventure you’ll play as members of the Red Hand Adventuring League who have been hired to investigate Bell Chapel. Local villagers suspect bandits may be using the old temple as a base of operations but no thefts have been reported yet.
This game will be great if you like Dimension 20, Indian Jones, or the general idea of adventure stories.
The players will need to create characters beforehand.
New players are welcome in this session.
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. Spectators are welcome.
CW: funerals, undeath, risk of drowning, (slight spoiler warning) cults
Check out the Rules: https://www.dndbeyond.com/resources/1781-systems-reference-document-srd
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

“Trouble on Quarry Street” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sure, Quarry Street is just the road that connects the big church with the reservoir outside town but it's where we live and there's no way we're letting a supervillain scare away the pigeons, mess up Mz Gall's roses, or disrupt the annual art walk downtown.
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Port Perilous” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session in the Deck system. Led by Ansel Burch
Port perilous has long been the provenance of pirates as it is the last island before the vast Open Sea takes ownership of the horizon. Sailing towards the morning Sun from point perilous means going into the unknown with no promise of ever returning. By that same token, Port Perilous is the first place where anything from the wide sea will interact with the known world. This game will be great if you like pirate stories, and RP heavy combat.
The game runner will provide characters.
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 #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: Deep water, drowning
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

“Port Perilous” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session in the Deck system. Led by Ansel Burch
Port perilous has long been the provenance of pirates as it is the last island before the vast Open Sea takes ownership of the horizon. Sailing towards the morning Sun from point perilous means going into the unknown with no promise of ever returning. By that same token, Port Perilous is the first place where anything from the wide sea will interact with the known world. This game will be great if you like pirate stories, and RP heavy combat.
The game runner will provide characters.
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 #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: Deep water, drowning
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

“Trouble on Quarry Street” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sure, Quarry Street is just the road that connects the big church with the reservoir outside town but it's where we live and there's no way we're letting a supervillain scare away the pigeons, mess up Mz Gall's roses, or disrupt the annual art walk downtown.
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

Be the Bestiary is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session in the Deck system. Led by Ansel Burch
All too often the heroes of our stories stand in their tall boots, wearing fancy hats, or swinging blades. What of the creatures on the fringes of those stories? Who will celebrate their successes and
This game will be great if you like Animal adventures and creative problem solving
The game runner will provide characters with your input.
This session will be especially good for new players.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be played in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: None
Check out the Rules: https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Be the Bestiary is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session in the Deck system. Led by Ansel Burch
All too often the heroes of our stories stand in their tall boots, wearing fancy hats, or swinging blades. What of the creatures on the fringes of those stories? Who will celebrate their successes and
This game will be great if you like Animal adventures and creative problem solving
The game runner will provide characters with your input.
This session will be especially good for new players.
This system was written by the game runner.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be played in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: None
Check out the Rules: https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Bare Bears Bearing Berets is a Standard One Shot in the Honey Heist system. Led by Ansel Burch
"Honey Heist is a surprisingly successful one-page RPG. Here is the plot:
1) You have a complex plan that requires precise timing.
2) You are a GODDAMN BEAR.
That's largely it. It's easy to run and easy to play, and there's a D8 table for hats but this time you'll all be wearing berets. They can be green if you want.
This game will be great if you like Bears, silliness, puns, and thorough suspension of disbelief We will build characters in session.
This session will be especially good for new players.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be played in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possible cartoonish harm to bears
Check out the Rules: https://gshowitt.itch.io/honey-heist

“Under the Sea” is a Standard One Shot/Playtest session in the Deck system led by Ansel Burch.
"The Myrfolk have been content in the sea for Brine knows how long. We've swum the currents and ridden the streams from the Great Trench to the Boiling Sea.
Last tide, K'help found a... something. It's covered in strange markings and if we're right in guessing, it was made above the spray, perhaps by the great beasts whose shadows pass over the reef and whose calls sound so much like speech. Wherever it came from and whoever made it. Could this be a new horizon beyond the waves? "
This game will be great if you like exploration, coming-of-age stories, and underwater civilization stories.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: disorientation, isolation, loss
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

“Big Head Heroes” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session using the Big Head Heroes One Page Rules. Led by Ansel Burch
Saturday morning is here again and when the TV comes on a cavalcade of characters ready to have madcap adventures, do musical numbers, and sell toys. Join in for a once in a lifetime adventure rolled into existence using the one page system’s episode generator.
This game will be great if you like Tiny Toons Adventures, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Doug, and TaleSpin
We will build characters in 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 room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Loose relationships with reality.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“The Holiday Special That Didn't Happen” is a Standard One Shot using the Rebel Scum rules for Polymorph. Led by Ansel Burch
We have to get our dear friend back home in time for Light Day, a very real holiday we've all heard of before. They may come from a planet that is all one biome but their hometown is still tiny and the planet is poorly mapped. We're going to need all of our astrogation and navigation skills to make it in time. Fingers crossed the space fascists don't give us any trouble on the way.
This game will be great if you like Star Wars, road trip comedies, and making fun of the Star Wars holiday Special.
We will use pre-made characters. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0582/8372/0819/files/RebelScum_CrewoftheLastHope.pdf?v=1708710365
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. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Fascists (you get to fight them)
Check out the Rules: https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum?variant=41357755252851
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Under the Sea” is a Standard One Shot/Playtest session in the Deck system led by Ansel Burch.
"The Myrfolk have been content in the sea for Brine knows how long. We've swum the currents and ridden the streams from the Great Trench to the Boiling Sea.
Last tide, K'help found a... something. It's covered in strange markings and if we're right in guessing, it was made above the spray, perhaps by the great beasts whose shadows pass over the reef and whose calls sound so much like speech. Wherever it came from and whoever made it. Could this be a new horizon beyond the waves? "
This game will be great if you like exploration, coming-of-age stories, and underwater civilization stories.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: disorientation, isolation, loss
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 Holiday Special That Didn't Happen” is a Standard One Shot using the Rebel Scum rules for Polymorph. Led by Ansel Burch
We have to get our dear friend back home in time for Light Day, a very real holiday we've all heard of before. They may come from a planet that is all one biome but their hometown is still tiny and the planet is poorly mapped. We're going to need all of our astrogation and navigation skills to make it in time. Fingers crossed the space fascists don't give us any trouble on the way.
This game will be great if you like Star Wars, road trip comedies, and making fun of the Star Wars holiday Special.
We will use pre-made characters. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0582/8372/0819/files/RebelScum_CrewoftheLastHope.pdf?v=1708710365
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. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Fascists (you get to fight them)
Check out the Rules: https://9thlevel.com/products/rebel-scum?variant=41357755252851
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Big Head Heroes” is a Standard One Shot/ Playtest session using the Big Head Heroes One Page Rules. Led by Ansel Burch
Saturday morning is here again and when the TV comes on a cavalcade of characters ready to have madcap adventures, do musical numbers, and sell toys. Join in for a once in a lifetime adventure rolled into existence using the one page system’s episode generator.
This game will be great if you like Tiny Toons Adventures, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Doug, and TaleSpin
We will build characters in 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 room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Loose relationships with reality.
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Kobold Endeavor” a Standard One Shot in the Kobold Endeavor system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
You are a kobold, a scrawny dragonling whelp, and you have been tasked by the capricious and cruel MIGHTY DRAGON KING to sneak into a rival dragon’s hoard and steal as much loot as you possibly can in order to win favour. The problem is, you’re terrible at everything - except creating distractions. Can you stack up enough distractions to get in, get the treasure, and get out alive? Probably not.
This game will be great if you like silly games about silly kobolds
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 #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner uses shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Death is a possibility, but we'll be keeping things lighthearted and cartoonish.
Check out the Rules! https://gshowitt.itch.io/kobold-endeavour
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

“Kobold Endeavor” a Standard One Shot in the Kobold Endeavor system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
You are a kobold, a scrawny dragonling whelp, and you have been tasked by the capricious and cruel MIGHTY DRAGON KING to sneak into a rival dragon’s hoard and steal as much loot as you possibly can in order to win favour. The problem is, you’re terrible at everything - except creating distractions. Can you stack up enough distractions to get in, get the treasure, and get out alive? Probably not.
This game will be great if you like silly games about silly kobolds
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 #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner uses shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Death is a possibility, but we'll be keeping things lighthearted and cartoonish.
Check out the Rules! https://gshowitt.itch.io/kobold-endeavour
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

“The Laraine Estate” a Standard One Shot in the KULT: Divinity Lost system. Led by Shatargat
Popper Polly is a YouTuber and an urban explorer. One day she just disappeared, and a dark and weird video footage was found on her channel. You know that she was mentioning about a shooting at an abandoned mansion called The Laraine Estate. Now, you will visit the area to learn more about what happened to Polly, and more importantly, learn more about yourselves.
This game will be good if you like extreme horror with adult themes, along with self-exploration. (Please check content warnings before joining.)
The game runner will provide characters.
Premade characters will be provided.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Alchemy RPG for mapping. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Explicit sexuality, gore, facing with traumas.
Shatargat's Game Runner: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Shatargat

“Escape to a Rescue” a Standard One Shot in the MASKS system. Led by Ansel Burch.
The heroes of Halcyon City have been caught by the villainous Mr. Columnar C.P.A.! He can only effect the adults who have to pay taxes though, leaving the teen heroes in his lair to first find a way out, then find a way to save the adult heroes and the rest of the city.
This game will be good if you like Teen Titans, Superheroes, and action!
Players should build characters ahead.
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 run in room # 3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: May hedge into parental loss
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

“Prince Charming, Reanimator” a Standard One Shot in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system. Led by Colm McCarthy.
"In all kingdoms there are tales, and in the Barony of Westlake, it is said that the Grimmswood hides the ruins of a long-lost realm. The daughter of its final king, cursed by a malevolent faerie, pricked her finger on a spindle upon her sixteenth birthday, in the blossom of her youth, and died. With her death, the kingdom went to ruin. Few now dare to go far into the Grimmswood, although the riches of the lost kingdom are said to lie unclaimed within. Fear of dark fey magic and even greater evils keep men out.
Or they did so until now. For Prince Hubert Charming of Westlake has determined that the long-dead Princess Beauty is only cursed to sleep away the aeons, and he will have her for his bride. His men rounded up a stable of “volunteers” at the beginning of one early autumn morning, and here you are, with what makeshift arms and equipment you had upon you when you were “volunteered”.
Your mission, the Prince’s Bailiff explains, is to enter the ruined castle, find the place where the “Sleeping” Beauty lies, and bring her forth for Prince Charming to restore with a kiss. Those who choose not to go upon this quest must take their chances with the Prince’s Guard, twenty men strong, and be declared outlaw. Those who choose to hazard their lives within the ruined castle may keep what they find, apart from the sleeping princess, but dare not leave without her."
This game will be great if you like twisted dark fairy tales
The game runner will provide level 0 (beginner) characters.
This session will be especially good for new players., New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. The Judge will use Roll 20 as a VTT.
CW: Gruesome demises
Check out the Rules: https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf

“The Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen” a Standard One Shot in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system. Led by Colm McCarthy
"The Queen’s Onyx Jubilee is set to begin, marking the 95th year of the merciful monarch’s glorious reign. While the entire realm celebrates the good fortune of their long-lived sovereign, a group of common villagers fights to stay alive. For them, the festivities have become a nightmare, as the sounds of revelry are replaced by screams of terror – their own!
Imprisoned in opulence, marked for death, hunted by creatures both grotesque and foul. This ragtag group of unsuspecting villagers must band together to brave the vile mysteries that haunt this place and stand defiant in the face of death itself – if they hope to escape the Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen and save their very souls!"
This game will be great if you like old school fantasy horror filled with puzzles, grotesque monsters, and some jaw-dropping magical items.
The game runner will provide level 0 (beginner) characters.
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. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. The Judge will use Roll 20 as a VTT.
CW: Some corpse related horror
Check out the Rules: https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf

“Strange Tales of Songling” a Standard One Shot, Multishot in the Strange Tales of Songling. Led by Liberty the referee
Have you ever been to Hell?
Have the monsters ever been upon you?
Strange Tales of Songling is a fantasy horror role-playing game inspired by Chinese Ghost stories.
You play as traveling scholars, wandering warriors, demon hunters, and magicians striving against monsters and the powers of darkness. It is a game of investigation, survival, kung-fu, and terror.
It is set in a mysterious dream-Hell (not Western Hell, but Chinese Hell) where brave souls fight and investigate to save themselves from damnation.
In this dream-realm, you are tasked either as the groom to Lung Min, Daugher to the Lung family, or as constables to Sheriff Yu in Waterfall Bay.
However, horrible murders by decapitation have been happening in Waterfall Bay, and people have said they have seen dragons eating the dead people's heads. What's worse is that bodies are disappearing from the constables' house before they can be properly examined.
Will you be able to get to the bottom of these mysteries and crimes?
Will you be able to stop the murders?
Will you be able to survive the monsters?
To find out join Strange Tales of Songling . . . if you dare!
This game will be great if you like The idea of Bruce Lee and Doctor Who teaming up to fight supernatural monsters. Strange Tales from A Chinese Studio. Zhiguai: Glitches in the Matrix. The Shadow Book of Ji Yun. Chinese Ghost and Folk tales. A Chinese Ghost Story. The Boxer's Omen. Human Lanterns. vintage Doctor Who. vintage crazy kung fu movies from the 70's The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
Think outside the box
Be a team player
Be Flexible
Think on your fee
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: Violence, gore, body horror, prostitution
Check Out Liberty the Referee’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/liberty-the-referee
Check Out the Rules: https://baulderstone.craft.me/xz4a3janJGvMf1

“Strange Tales of Songling” a Standard One Shot, Multishot in the Strange Tales of Songling. Led by Liberty the referee
Have you ever been to Hell?
Have the monsters ever been upon you?
Strange Tales of Songling is a fantasy horror role-playing game inspired by Chinese Ghost stories.
You play as traveling scholars, wandering warriors, demon hunters, and magicians striving against monsters and the powers of darkness. It is a game of investigation, survival, kung-fu, and terror.
It is set in a mysterious dream-Hell (not Western Hell, but Chinese Hell) where brave souls fight and investigate to save themselves from damnation.
In this dream-realm, you are tasked either as the groom to Lung Min, Daugher to the Lung family, or as constables to Sheriff Yu in Waterfall Bay.
However, horrible murders by decapitation have been happening in Waterfall Bay, and people have said they have seen dragons eating the dead people's heads. What's worse is that bodies are disappearing from the constables' house before they can be properly examined.
Will you be able to get to the bottom of these mysteries and crimes?
Will you be able to stop the murders?
Will you be able to survive the monsters?
To find out join Strange Tales of Songling . . . if you dare!
This game will be great if you like The idea of Bruce Lee and Doctor Who teaming up to fight supernatural monsters. Strange Tales from A Chinese Studio. Zhiguai: Glitches in the Matrix. The Shadow Book of Ji Yun. Chinese Ghost and Folk tales. A Chinese Ghost Story. The Boxer's Omen. Human Lanterns. vintage Doctor Who. vintage crazy kung fu movies from the 70's The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
Think outside the box
Be a team player
Be Flexible
Think on your fee
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: Violence, gore, body horror, prostitution