Congratulations, citizen! You have been randomly selected for a short bout of Biohazard-Control duty! Report to your local Biohazard-Control Department Chapter for details concerning the Thrilling Adventure of missing-persons retrieval to which you have been assigned." The messenger looks around furtively, and lowers his voice. "You know that dragon what crash-landed yesterday? Word is, there's some kinda rich muckity-muck inside that needs extractin'." He grins toothily, then scampers off before you can muster a reply.

This game will be great if you like dragons (especially their interiors), Fantastic Voyage, The Magic Schoolbus, and weird science-fantasy

We will build characters in the session.

keep an open mind and roll with it

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 session will eh hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: bodily fluids and secretions

David P’s Game Runner Profile

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

Check out the Game Rules- https://www.troikarpg.com/resources

Congratulations, citizen! You have been randomly selected for a short bout of Biohazard-Control duty! Report to your local Biohazard-Control Department Chapter for details concerning the Thrilling Adventure of missing-persons retrieval to which you have been assigned." The messenger looks around furtively, and lowers his voice. "You know that dragon what crash-landed yesterday? Word is, there's some kinda rich muckity-muck inside that needs extractin'." He grins toothily, then scampers off before you can muster a reply.

This game will be great if you like dragons (especially their interiors), Fantastic Voyage, The Magic Schoolbus, and weird science-fantasy

We will build characters in the session.

keep an open mind and roll with it

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 session will eh hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: bodily fluids and secretions

David P’s Game Runner Profile

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

Check out the Game Rules- https://www.troikarpg.com/resources

Check out the Rules: https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/datingsim

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning

"Dating.sim is a light-hearted romance roleplaying game inspired by the TV show The Dating Game as well as the “dating simulator” video game genre. Dating simulators are narrative-heavy games where players can date one of multiple eligible characters via choose-your-own-adventure-style conversations. Make the right choices and a character might like you more, make the wrong choices and they might like you less. Dating.sim recreates this structure through competitive roleplaying, with players improvising multiple-choice options for one player to select over the course of a date.

Ever seen a Witch, Knight, and sentient Robot compete for the affection of your kingdom's Princess? In Dating.sim this may very well happen! Play as any type of fantasy character you can imagine. But are you in it for love or do you have an ulterior motive like fame or money? Only you will know...

The game has two parts. In the first, the Lead (GM) asks the Contestants questions and ends up picking their Date. In the second part, everyone collaboratively narrates how the date went. If you gain the most influence, you get to narrate the final result. Will it be true love or a total disaster?"

This game will be great if you like choose-your-own-adventure, improv, Monster Prom and other dating sims, and collaborative storytelling.

We will build characters in the session.

You only need a general character concept, not a fully fleshed-out character.

This session will be especially good for new players. New players are welcome.

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This session will be hosted in room #3 fo the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: n/a

"Perils & Princesses is a fantasy role-playing game of gritty and pretty fairy tale adventure. Steel your resolve, gather your grace, and sharpen your wits, and you might just live…Happily Ever After.

Remember that scene in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs when our hero runs off into the deep dark forest, narrowly avoiding the pitfalls and horrors within? Or when Dorothy Gale throws a bucket of water in the face of the Wicked Witch? This game is all about the humble moments of heart and heroism of storybook princesses.

These adventurers rely on baskets of goodies, trusty hatchets, and their hidden talents to help them on their way. The gifts from their Fairy Godmothers help them call upon woodland animals, sing enchanting songs, or connect with the elements of nature as they dig deep to survive the perils that await them."

https://outrider-creative.itch.io/perils-and-princesses

This game will be great if you like OSR and NSR games, player creativity, Grimm's Fairy Tales, animated Princess Movies, and Classic Storybooks.

We will build level 1 characters in the session. You can pick from 8 pregenerated Princesses 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, with optional use of Miro whiteboards, can also be run strictly on Discord. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: insects, spiders

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning

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

Mouse parents across Cratchington are worried: the annual Christmas delivery of toys from the factory hasn't arrived. All year long, the mice of the toy factory are hard at work, under the special blessing of the three Spirits of Christmas. Your party of brave mice has traveled to the factory to find out what's going on. Can these mice save Christmas? Play to find out!

This game will be great if you like holiday specials, Christmas, OSR games, Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, and Thumbelina.

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. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for maps and visuals. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: harm or even death of player characters (who play as animals), you can roll up a new character in 5 minutes should yours die. Further lines & veils may be sent to your game runner at any time

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning

Schedule Listing: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/have-yourself-a-merry-little-murder

Warhorn Listing: https://warhorn.net/events/ttrpg-pickup-con/schedule/sessions/3278dff2-7a21-4e67-8d44-027131c77483

The handouts (rules reference & character sheet) will be messaged to players on Discord ahead of time "<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>

Christmas is approaching, and that means it’s time for the Great Holiday Gala. This year’s Gala is special because the venue, the BelCanto Concert Hall, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Holly Stamp Card Company sponsors the Gala, making their mark with their banners and a display of limited edition keepsakes and ornaments. The Gala fills the week with choir and orchestra concerts, community dinners, board member functions, and, finally, the Gala Ball and charity auction. Celia Domingo wants to pamper her favorite great-aunt, one of the Mavens (players), with plenty of tickets and backstage passes to the Gala.

Unfortunately, Miles Greaves, the beloved founder and owner of the BelCanto, passed away before the celebration began. Thus, this year, his family has gathered for both the Gala and

his funeral. To make matters worse, at the wake, Greaves’s great-nephew, Nathan, made a drunken spectacle of himself and claimed Miles had been murdered. The next day, when the BelCanto opened to prepare for the first of the Gala concerts, Nathan is found dead on the main stage; the cause of death was an apparent blow to the back of the head.

The possibility of a double murder during the biggest holiday event of the year is too juicy for the Mavens to ignore, and those all-access passes will be just the thing to help get to the bottom of what’s going on.

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

BRINDLEWOOD BAY is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who find themselves solving actual murder mysteries in their quaint New England town. <b>There is no canon solution to the mysteries, instead, players must collect and piece together many different clues and come up with a convincing theory, then play to find out if they are right!</b>

The Mavens themselves are all elderly women whose partners have passed away and whose children have long flown the nest. Now, they’re enjoying their golden years in the picturesque town of Brindlewood Bay, keeping their homes the way they like, pursuing their hobbies, and finding comfort and companionship in each other. Their mystery book club has been meeting on the top floor of The Candlelight Booksellers every Saturday evening for the last ten years. The Mavens are particularly fond of The Gold Crown Mysteries series by Robin Masterson, featuring the globe-trotting super-sleuth, Amanda Delacourt (which only exists in-universe and not in our world).

The Mavens' special interest in these books has resulted in them becoming amateur detectives themselves, and by the time the game starts, they have helped local police solve several high-profile crimes. Sometimes people approach them to get their help on a case, but usually, the Mavens just stumble onto it—much to the chagrin of the authorities, who almost always resent their meddling.

There are some supernatural elements in play in the background, but those will need to be uncovered through repeated plays and aren't a part of this one shot. There is also a meta-level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. <b>If there is enough interest in it, the game runner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.</b>"

This game will be great if you like holiday specials, cozy murder mysteries, collaborative storytelling, improv, PbtA games, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying

Players should build characters ahead.

Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.

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

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

Murder will be featured (but without gory details), and other content will be adjusted based on players' lines & veils. May contain hints to cults and the supernatural and subjects such as infidelity, illness, and other "family scandals"

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning

Schedule Listing: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/jingle-bell-shock

Warhorn Listing: https://warhorn.net/events/ttrpg-pickup-con/schedule/sessions/7a8653b1-5178-4692-9951-3ccbc57dc298

The handouts (rules reference & character sheet) will be messaged to players on Discord ahead of time "<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>

It’s the holiday season, and the Murder Mavens are out caroling as part of the Brindlewood Bay Lunch Club’s annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Carol-a-thon fundraiser. The carolers arrive at the grand home of Amelia Hawthorne, only to learn that Amelia was just found murdered! The rest of the carolers quickly leave to get help from the police, but our Mavens can't help but stay and conduct their own investigation.

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

BRINDLEWOOD BAY is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who find themselves solving actual murder mysteries in their quaint New England town. <b>There is no canon solution to the mysteries, instead, players must collect and piece together many different clues and come up with a convincing theory, then play to find out if they are right!</b>

The Mavens themselves are all elderly women whose partners have passed away and whose children have long flown the nest. Now, they’re enjoying their golden years in the picturesque town of Brindlewood Bay, keeping their homes the way they like, pursuing their hobbies, and finding comfort and companionship in each other. Their mystery book club has been meeting on the top floor of The Candlelight Booksellers every Saturday evening for the last ten years. The Mavens are particularly fond of The Gold Crown Mysteries series by Robin Masterson, featuring the globe-trotting super-sleuth, Amanda Delacourt (which only exists in-universe and not in our world).

The Mavens' special interest in these books has resulted in them becoming amateur detectives themselves, and by the time the game starts, they have helped local police solve several high-profile crimes. Sometimes people approach them to get their help on a case, but usually, the Mavens just stumble onto it—much to the chagrin of the authorities, who almost always resent their meddling.

There are some supernatural elements in play in the background, but those will need to be uncovered through repeated plays and aren't a part of this one shot. There is also a meta-level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. <b>If there is enough interest in it, the game runner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.</b>"

This game will be great if you like holiday specials, cozy murder mysteries, collaborative storytelling, improv, PbtA games, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying

Players should build characters ahead.

Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.

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

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

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder will be featured (but without gory details), other content will be adjusted based on players' lines & veils. Will likely contain various religious beliefs and family feuds, and may contain hints of alcoholism, mental illness, off-screen sexual activity, cults, and the supernatural.

CacodemonSlayer14’s game runner profile.- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/liberty-the-referee

"The ill omens have come. The priests have chanted their chants.

The Flower Liches are here.

Their race is on!

In an ancient Asian city, a deadly and strangely magnificent festival is taking place. The dragonboat race of the Flower Liches, Ancient and dark undead kings and queens of beautiful blossoms conjured into the city to boost their wealth of the city, however, their payment is the dragonboat race.

This dragonboat race is unlike any other. It is a deathly death race over the water with one team winning and the last team sacrificed to the Flower Liches, however, the rules of reality within the race are different and horrors are spawned in the river where the race is held.

Come join the race and risk not only your body, but your very soul for riches unimaginable.

Explore the city where the Flower Liches call home and try to thrive and survive the bizarre streets and the stranger beings that live in them.

Perhaps even dare to delve into the Flower Liches' houses of flowers and ghouls to uncover their riches."

This game will be great if you like Enter the Dragon, Legend of the Demon Cat, Wacky Races,

Death Race 2000, and Big Trouble in Little China

The game runner will provide level 1 characters.

Come with an open mind. Know how to think outside of the box. Be flexible

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

CW: Anachronistic China, violence, horror themes

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)

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

The Red Handed Adventuring Guild is a valuable part of many communities, but they aren’t without their enemies. For years there has been an open rivalry between the guild and the wizards of the Circle of Eight and their College.

Guildmaster Kishtari has learned that a powerful staff created by Mordenkainen’s first librarian will be transported on a ship called The Vivid Morning. She’s asked for intrepid volunteers from the Guild to infiltrate the crew of this ship and steal the artifact while it’s in transit. It’s being escorted by a powerful, but elderly wizard and their full escort so only the bravest need apply.

This game will be great if you like Leverage, Pirates of the Caribbean, Heists.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

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

• Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.

• Please make a character who is working for hire, and has taken this job from the Red Hand Adventuring Guild.

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

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

• You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

• If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

• Let me know what your role on the ship will be. This will be first-come, but I won’t consider your choice official until you’ve sent in your character sheet. If none of these roles sound good to you, please reach out.

  • Sailing Master (Navigation), Bunting Tosser (Lookout), Lead Gunner, Powder Monkey, Surgeon, Cook.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Risk of drowning

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

The Red Handed Adventuring Guild is a valuable part of many communities, but they aren’t without their enemies. For years there has been an open rivalry between the guild and the wizards of the Circle of Eight and their College.

Guildmaster Kishtari has learned that a powerful staff created by Mordenkainen’s first librarian will be transported on a ship called The Vivid Morning. She’s asked for intrepid volunteers from the Guild to infiltrate the crew of this ship and steal the artifact while it’s in transit. It’s being escorted by a powerful, but elderly wizard and their full escort so only the bravest need apply.

This game will be great if you like Leverage, Pirates of the Caribbean, Heists.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

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

• Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.

• Please make a character who is working for hire, and has taken this job from the Red Hand Adventuring Guild.

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

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

• You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

• If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

• Let me know what your role on the ship will be. This will be first-come, but I won’t consider your choice official until you’ve sent in your character sheet. If none of these roles sound good to you, please reach out.

  • Sailing Master (Navigation), Bunting Tosser (Lookout), Lead Gunner, Powder Monkey, Surgeon, Cook.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Risk of drowning

Your life as a sailor on The Salty Dog hasn’t been easy, but it’s not been without its good points. There’s been song, camaraderie, and all the loot you can smuggle along with the hardships. But a sad day has dawned for your crew; your beloved Captain fell ill in your last port and died before you could get him to a good cleric.

His last request of the crew was to bring his body home for burial on the family plot.

This game will be great if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Or Flag Means Death, Pirates.

Players should build level 3 characters ahead.

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

• Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Non-official content needs to be run by me before the game.)

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

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

• You can pick 1 magic item or weapon of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

• If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

• Please make a character who is working on a smuggler’s ship and let me know what your role on the ship will be. This will be first-come, but I won’t consider your choice official until you’ve sent in your character sheet. If none of these roles sound good to you, please reach out.

  • Sailing Master (Navigation), Bunting Tosser (Lookout), Lead Gunner, Powder Monkey, Surgeon, Cook.

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: Risk of drowning, death of a friend

Your life as a sailor on The Salty Dog hasn’t been easy, but it’s not been without its good points. There’s been song, camaraderie, and all the loot you can smuggle along with the hardships. But a sad day has dawned for your crew; your beloved Captain fell ill in your last port and died before you could get him to a good cleric.

His last request of the crew was to bring his body home for burial on the family plot.

This game will be great if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, Or Flag Means Death, Pirates.

Players should build level 3 characters ahead.

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

• Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. (Non-official content needs to be run by me before the game.)

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

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

• You can pick 1 magic item or weapon of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

• If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

• Please make a character who is working on a smuggler’s ship and let me know what your role on the ship will be. This will be first-come, but I won’t consider your choice official until you’ve sent in your character sheet. If none of these roles sound good to you, please reach out.

  • Sailing Master (Navigation), Bunting Tosser (Lookout), Lead Gunner, Powder Monkey, Surgeon, Cook.

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: Risk of drowning, death of a friend

Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year

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

The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.

This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build 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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.

Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year

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

The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.

This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build 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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.

Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year

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

The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.

This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build 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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.

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

"Xadia, a magical land, gifted its Elves with abilities associated with the six Primal Sources: the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the Earth, the Sky, and the Ocean. But one day non-magical Humans discovered a new source of magic, Dark Magic. It utilized the essence of magical creatures to create a unique, dark version of its Primal counterparts. Disgusted by what they saw, the Elves banished the Humans to the west. The continent was split in two, magical Xadia to the east and the Human Kingdoms to the west.

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Storm Spire, the war between Xadia and the Human Kingdoms has been stopped before it could truly begin. But despite this and the border now open, tensions still run high. Will you and your party be able to bridge the gap between Elves and Humans to create a better world? Or is war and destruction still inevitable?"

This game will be great if you like roleplay-heavy games and motivations in every roll

Players should build characters ahead. The game runner will work with players to schedule character creation prior to the con.

Please see the linked cheat sheet above

This session will be especially good for new players., 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 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Potentially typical rpg violence

Yazeba, the witch who owns the B&B, has lost her shadow. Now it is running amuck, causing chaos and spooking residents and staff alike. Yazeba, the robotic housekeeper Amelie, and a cast of other staff and guests must team up to keep the specter's shenanigans in check and capture it before it can cause too much damage!

This game will be great if you like Saturday morning cartoons (especially Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends), goofing off with friends and strangers alike, and exploring fantastical settings with a modern twist

The game runner will provide characters.

This a game system without character levels. New players are welcome.

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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Rules and characters will be provided in the VTT (One More Multiverse), using the official Bed&Breakfast verse on that platform.

CWGhost/haunting

The island continent of Eleri contains many different lands, but this story takes us into the wilds of the Ardent Swamp. Your party’s journey began weeks ago, in the frigid mountains where you were hired by a timber company. Now, as you approach the end of your journey you need only get your cargo of rare Jasmine Pine logs through the sweltering swamp.

This edge of the empire is known for being a little backward, but as long as you keep to the King’s Road, things should remain quiet. All you need to do is find lodging for the night in the sleepy swamp town of Higgit’s Bend and then continue on to your final destination of Orchard on Evves in the morning.

Surely nothing ill could befall you in this former mining town, deep within a mostly uncharted swamp.

This game will be great if you like Scooby Doo, The Mummy, and Campy Horror

Players should build Level 5 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.

Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (screen shot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.

Forbidden Ancenstries: Aasimar, Centaur, Changeling, Dragonborn, Elves (all), Fairy, Ginazi, Gith(zerai), Minotaur, Plasmoid, Satyr, Shifter, Thri-kreen, Triton.

Your character could come from any background, but you’re currently working as a delivery person for a timber company. You’ll only be paid if you can get your cargo to it’s destination. Your party has a wagon to transport this cargo.

You have 100g to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment you want during character creation.

For spellcasters: if the spell components you need have no price, assume that you have them. Otherwise, you must factor this into your starting gold.

If you have any backstory notes, please let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

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 #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Spooky situations and campy horror

The island continent of Eleri contains many different lands, but this story takes us into the wilds of the Ardent Swamp. Your party’s journey began weeks ago, in the frigid mountains where you were hired by a timber company. Now, as you approach the end of your journey you need only get your cargo of rare Jasmine Pine logs through the sweltering swamp.

This edge of the empire is known for being a little backward, but as long as you keep to the King’s Road, things should remain quiet. All you need to do is find lodging for the night in the sleepy swamp town of Higgit’s Bend and then continue on to your final destination of Orchard on Evves in the morning.

Surely nothing ill could befall you in this former mining town, deep within a mostly uncharted swamp.

This game will be great if you like Scooby Doo, The Mummy, and Campy Horror

Players should build Level 5 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded.

Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (screen shot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.

Forbidden Ancenstries: Aasimar, Centaur, Changeling, Dragonborn, Elves (all), Fairy, Ginazi, Gith(zerai), Minotaur, Plasmoid, Satyr, Shifter, Thri-kreen, Triton.

Your character could come from any background, but you’re currently working as a delivery person for a timber company. You’ll only be paid if you can get your cargo to it’s destination. Your party has a wagon to transport this cargo.

You have 100g to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment you want during character creation.

For spellcasters: if the spell components you need have no price, assume that you have them. Otherwise, you must factor this into your starting gold.

If you have any backstory notes, please let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

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 #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Spooky situations and campy horror

"Once upon a time, the world was cruel, and there was a witch who knew it well. And so, she sold her heart away and built a house in the woods where the world could never find her.

At first she would let no one into her fortress. But in the long march of days, a strange thing happened: in her own cold and spiteful way, the witch made a friend... and then another... and then several more, until her house was teeming with colorful faces and complicated lives.

The house would come to be known as Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, and it would last for a very long time."

In Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, we'll use established characters to tell stories about the residents and guests, and how they change, grow, and spend their days. Play as SAL, the young night porter and aspiring rock star; PARISH, the cook as well as a former knight, current frog, and part-time dad; AMELIE, the robotic maid and housekeeper; HEY KID, the rambunctious devil-child raised in the Bed & Breakfast; GERTRUDE, the teenage runaway who sleeps on the dryer in the laundry room, or YAZEBA, the cold and heartless owner of the Bed & Breakfast.

We'll be playing through Chapter 9, in which the Bed & Breakfast puts on a theatrical production in the living room."

This game will be great if you like slice of life stories, found families, dice-less & GM-less ttrpgs, and legacy board games

The game runner will provide characters.

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: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: -

The town of Verdigris is the finest city on the island continent of Eleri, a shining-green jewel of the empire. It’s ruled by the founder of the city, Entrócenite the Eternal, an ancient emerald dragon. The Emeralden Emperor is the last of his kind but continues to watch over the city and share the gift of magic with the guilds of Verdigres.

Our story starts in the outer ring of Verdigris. Here the guilds are few and far between, because when it really comes down to it, magic ain’t free. But one Firbolg isn’t going to let that stop his dream of starting his own blacksmith guild. He may not have the thousands of gold that it would take to license the spells he needs, but he does have a handful of shady friends willing to help him out.

This risky heist will take you deep into the heart of Verdigris, to the beautiful green-gilded streets that you’ve only seen on festival days -- into the magical library -- the hoard of the Emeralden Emperor.

This game will be great if you like heist movies, whimsical fantasy tropes, and the color green Players should build Level 5 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (screenshot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.

Forbidden Ancestries: Aasimar, Centaur, Changeling, Dragonborne, Elves (all), Fairy, Ginazi, Gith(zerai), Minotaur, Plasmoid, Satyr, Shifter, Thri-kreen, Triton.

Your character could come from any background, but you’re currently down on your luck. You’re friends with a local blacksmith, Yuri the Firbolg. He’s promised you an enormous amount of money (20g) if you can steal the properly licensed spells it will take for him to open a Blacksmith’s Guild.

You have 75g to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment you want during character creation.

For spellcasters: if the spell components you need have no price, assume that you have them. Otherwise, you must factor this into your 75g to spend.

If you have any backstory notes, please let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence

The town of Verdigris is the finest city on the island continent of Eleri, a shining-green jewel of the empire. It’s ruled by the founder of the city, Entrócenite the Eternal, an ancient emerald dragon. The Emeralden Emperor is the last of his kind but continues to watch over the city and share the gift of magic with the guilds of Verdigres.

Our story starts in the outer ring of Verdigris. Here the guilds are few and far between, because when it really comes down to it, magic ain’t free. But one Firbolg isn’t going to let that stop his dream of starting his own blacksmith guild. He may not have the thousands of gold that it would take to license the spells he needs, but he does have a handful of shady friends willing to help him out.

This risky heist will take you deep into the heart of Verdigris, to the beautiful green-gilded streets that you’ve only seen on festival days -- into the magical library -- the hoard of the Emeralden Emperor.

This game will be great if you like heist movies, whimsical fantasy tropes, and the color green Players should build Level 5 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (screenshot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.

Forbidden Ancestries: Aasimar, Centaur, Changeling, Dragonborne, Elves (all), Fairy, Ginazi, Gith(zerai), Minotaur, Plasmoid, Satyr, Shifter, Thri-kreen, Triton.

Your character could come from any background, but you’re currently down on your luck. You’re friends with a local blacksmith, Yuri the Firbolg. He’s promised you an enormous amount of money (20g) if you can steal the properly licensed spells it will take for him to open a Blacksmith’s Guild.

You have 75g to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment you want during character creation.

For spellcasters: if the spell components you need have no price, assume that you have them. Otherwise, you must factor this into your 75g to spend.

If you have any backstory notes, please let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be hosted in room #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence

All of England is atwitter about an extraordinary astronomical event as the planet prepares to pass through the tail of the strangely-colored comet discovered by the great English astronomer William Herschel. Across the countryside, the gentry are planning viewing parties to catch the spectacle, though the Northlakes of Tarryford have an ace up their sleeve--the man himself, William Herschel. You are cordially invited to attend. Who knows? Perhaps a star will fall to earth. Wouldn't that be wonderful and absolutely not horrific at all?

This game will be great if you like Jane Austen, The Colour Out of Space, and The Arrival. Players should build characters ahead. The game runner will provide characters. New characters are welcome, and previous Regency Cthulhu characters are also welcome. Character build information and game sheets will be provided by email.

New players are welcome.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner. Though 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 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Horror elements, body horror, exsanguination, grotesque animals

All of England is atwitter about an extraordinary astronomical event as the planet prepares to pass through the tail of the strangely-colored comet discovered by the great English astronomer William Herschel. Across the countryside, the gentry are planning viewing parties to catch the spectacle, though the Northlakes of Tarryford have an ace up their sleeve--the man himself, William Herschel. You are cordially invited to attend. Who knows? Perhaps a star will fall to earth. Wouldn't that be wonderful and absolutely not horrific at all?

This game will be great if you like Jane Austen, The Colour Out of Space, and The Arrival. Players should build characters ahead. The game runner will provide characters. New characters are welcome, and previous Regency Cthulhu characters are also welcome. Character build information and game sheets will be provided by email.

New players are welcome.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner. Though 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 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Horror elements, body horror, exsanguination, grotesque animals

All of England is atwitter about an extraordinary astronomical event as the planet prepares to pass through the tail of the strangely-colored comet discovered by the great English astronomer William Herschel. Across the countryside, the gentry are planning viewing parties to catch the spectacle, though the Northlakes of Tarryford have an ace up their sleeve--the man himself, William Herschel. You are cordially invited to attend. Who knows? Perhaps a star will fall to earth. Wouldn't that be wonderful and absolutely not horrific at all?

This game will be great if you like Jane Austen, The Colour Out of Space, and The Arrival. Players should build characters ahead. The game runner will provide characters. New characters are welcome, and previous Regency Cthulhu characters are also welcome. Character build information and game sheets will be provided by email.

New players are welcome.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner. Though 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 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Horror elements, body horror, exsanguination, grotesque animals

"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.

A West Marches (Roughly Connected) style game in the D&D 5e system. Led by Ansel Burch

Raptor Peak has been overtaken by The Occlusion an enemy of their protector god. People in the town have lost the ability to form long term memories and their history is being erased around them while they are powerless to stop it from inside. After sending waves of adventurers out into the world, finally enough heroes have gathered in the nearby city of Harvan's Keep to make an attempt on driving The Occlusion out and saving Raptor Peak.

Players should build level 12 characters ahead. "You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have), and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest).

Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one ""common"", two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.

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 con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Memory loss, violence