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

In this game, you'll play as a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society, a group of friends researching the creepy and unexplained happenings in Chicago. One afternoon, you arrive at your group's office to find a message on the answering machine:

"Hi, uh this is Jayden Augustine. My husband and I just bought this really cool old house that we're renovating for a bed and breakfast. And like, sure it's a little haunted but it's really old. And that's part of the charm.

But last night Jacques found me sleepwalking. Which I've never done before. And I was... well I was digging in the basement... And now he says if I don't have someone ‘fix it’ that he's gonna call a priest. Could you... maybe come have a look?"

This game will be great if you like playing Monster of the Week, but would like a crunchier combat system.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Human or Human Variant only. Point buy or standard array.

Build a standard D&D character, but do not choose background, weapons, or equip. Those you'll get from my "Modern Backgrounds" list. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Your character is already a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society. For reasons of your own, you have a drive or interest in researching paranormal events.

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 run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Ghosts, death, homophobia

Check Out These Special Backgrounds- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

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

Lots of places have a west and our world is no different. The people of the continent may have a peaceful coexistence but the people who society has no room for or who have no room for society.

This game will be great if you like historically inaccurate cowfolks, and weird western stories. Players should build beginning characters ahead. https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

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 1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Mild dismemberment

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

Check out the game rules- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Some say that Raptor Peak represents the edge of the known world. And looking north from the frostbitten crag would certainly encourage that impression for most. So, having a visitor from the distant north, beyond the distant horizon would be enough cause for excitement without her also carrying a demanding message from the distant city of dragons.

This game will be great if you like lighthearted fantasy, creative problem-solving, and playtesting new systems.

Players should build beginning characters ahead using the guidelines in the system doc, https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: None

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

Check out the game rules- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

When a mysterious egg found in a small village of the Green Vales is identified as a dragon egg, a group of young adventurers must undertake the dangerous journey to the capital at Menaleth to bring the egg to the Queen--before any adult dragons discover the egg's presence and get the wrong idea!

But the journey is complicated by strange dreams that these young heroes start experiencing, in which they themselves seem to be soaring through the air, on wings that look suspiciously like dragon wings...

(This game will be run in Isles of Mist, a high fantasy system that breaks from the Tolkien-esque tradition. This is the official gaming system of Story Tables, used to run family-friendly games as an after-school and summer program for ages 9-18, and sometimes parents.)"

This game will be great if you like Miyazaki anime-style stories and coming-of-age adventure stories.

The game runner will provide Adept (lvl 2) 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 run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Owlbear Rodeo for visuals. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. CW: Should be quite family-friendly.

Check out the Rules! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HSY9Y15Hw4H-d1jKXLUKfkC72jR_TF8ovhJzU2t5jtU/edit?usp=sharing

Ashton MacSaylor’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ashton-macsaylor

In this game, you'll play as a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society, a group of friends researching the creepy and unexplained happenings in Chicago. One afternoon, you arrive at your group's office to find a message on the answering machine:

"Hi, uh this is Jayden Augustine. My husband and I just bought this really cool old house that we're renovating for a bed and breakfast. And like, sure it's a little haunted but it's really old. And that's part of the charm.

But last night Jacques found me sleepwalking. Which I've never done before. And I was... well I was digging in the basement... And now he says if I don't have someone ‘fix it’ that he's gonna call a priest. Could you... maybe come have a look?"

This game will be great if you like playing Monster of the Week, but would like a crunchier combat system.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Human or Human Variant only. Point buy or standard array.

Build a standard D&D character, but do not choose background, weapons, or equip. Those you'll get from my "Modern Backgrounds" list. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Your character is already a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society. For reasons of your own, you have a drive or interest in researching paranormal events.

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 run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Ghosts, death, homophobia

Check Out These Special Backgrounds- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

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

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

"From the creators of Critical Roll, Daggerheart is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game of brave heroics and vibrant worlds that are built together with your gaming group. In this one-shot session we'll be participating in the Open Beta Playtest of this brand new system!

“Marlowe Fairwind, the right-hand sorcerer of King Emeris, has gathered her most trusted allies to carry an important package to Hush, a small village within the ancient forest of Sablewood. The crate is large, heavy and sealed with magic, addressed to the Whitefire Arcanist. You’ve been given a map and a carriage, and the promise of reward upon your arrival.”

You'll select from a battery of premade characters and we'll learn the system together before jumping right into the action! "

This game will be great if you like narrative high fantasy with fast action, magical forests, and whimsical monsters.

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players. New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner might use Roll20 for visual purposes. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: PG-13 fantasy violence

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

The Valcouret Mountains are filled with stone statues of people of many ancestries. Called the Silent Guardians by the locals, they have recently been seen to move and speak ominous warnings. They ask for the people to leave or run.

Their leaders have hired us to figure out why and stop it.

This game will be great if you like Zelda, The Mummy, High Fantasy Adventures

Players should build level 10 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Oops, All Monsters. No humans, halflings, elves, or similar ancestries.

Utilizing established 3rd party publishers is encouraged, after DM review.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Rated PG-13 for Fantasy Violence

Raptor Peak is an idyllic tourist destination, far to the north and notably distant from most population centers. It's attracted thrill seekers, rich vacationers, and ne'er do wells alike. What better place to make some friends or raise a family?

This game will be great if you like lighthearted fantasy, making fun of consumer culture. Players should build beginning characters ahead.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: The Undead

Check out the Rules: https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

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

The Valcouret Mountains are filled with stone statues of people of many ancestries. Called the Silent Guardians by the locals, they have recently been seen to move and speak ominous warnings. They ask for the people to leave or run.

Their leaders have hired us to figure out why and stop it.

This game will be great if you like Zelda, The Mummy, High Fantasy Adventures

Players should build level 10 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Oops, All Monsters. No humans, halflings, elves, or similar ancestries.

Utilizing established 3rd party publishers is encouraged, after DM review.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Rated PG-13 for Fantasy Violence

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

This playtest will be for a new micro RPG based around social media tropes. You'll play as (internet) famous influencers who have become lost in the wilderness. We'll build characters and decide on the exact setting during the setup for the game. Newbies are welcome!

This game will be great if you like Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings, or Social Media in general.

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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Possibility of dying in the wilderness, plane crash, or natural disaster

"Raptor Peak is an idyllic vacation spot, high on a snowy crag and primed for adventure and leisure alike. What only the locals know is that underneath the sanitized safety of this tourist destination is a simmering pot of disasters that must be kept in check for the safety of visitors.

Fate is coming for Raptor Peak in a big way as the nefarious elements in the local counsel make their "

This game will be great if you like cozy mysteries, small towns with big problems, shenanigans, and new games.

Players should build beginning characters ahead.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

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

CW: Backstabbing, money-grubbing, land lording.

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

“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.

This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West

Players should build Beginning characters ahead.

https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: Violence

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. 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! The specific mystery will be one not played at TTRPG Pickup Con before and is selected based on submitted lines & veils :)

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 oneshot. There is also a meta level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. If there is enough interest in it, the gamerunner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.

This game will be great if you like cozy murder mysteries, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling, improv, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying Players should build characters ahead.

Characters who played 0-2 sessions (this system has no levels). Character creation is a really quick multiple choice process. The gamerunner 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 is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder will be featured (but without gory details) and all mysteries may contain hints of cults and the supernatural. The mystery will be selected based on everyone's submitted lines & veils. Examples of potentially triggering content could include terminal illness, mental illness including mentions of attempted suicide or other self harm, bullying, substance abuse (alcohol/drugs), abandonment, kidnapping of humans or pets, imprisonment and infidelity. Not all of these are part of the same mystery, so I will work around your boundaries to provide a great game for everyone.

“The Sidewinder” a Playtest session in the Mavericks (working title) system. Led by Ansel https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks Word has it Scagtown Slim caught a bullet, leaving Tarjeta Mesa up for grabs. Fer' them what hain't aware, that's the tallest lookout in all the western territories. Naturally, everyone and their pappy wants a piece of it. Will you and your crew of spur-jangling horse enthusiasts make it there to stake your claim afore any other varmint with a bad attitude and a good head start? Well, that's between you and fate.

This game will be great if you like poorly researched Westerns, non-historical histories, and Westerns that probably aren't in the American West

Players should build Beginning characters ahead.

https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: Violence

"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

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

This playtest will be for a new micro RPG based around social media tropes. You'll play as (internet) famous influencers who have become lost in the wilderness. We'll build characters and decide on the exact setting during the setup for the game. Newbies are welcome!

This game will be great if you like Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings, or Social Media in general.

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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Possibility of dying in the wilderness, plane crash, or natural disaster

"Your character can be anything, the story is what you make, and how things unfold is between you and fate. Your character sheet is an ever-evolving deck of cards, marked with the story of your deeds and abilities.

Mavericks is a new RPG in development and you can be among the first to try it out. This session will be an overview of the rules and a chance to build a character for use in a future game. Games are being offered throughout TTRPG pickup Con and will be offered monthly for the rest of the year.

Ansel hopes for the release of this game by GenCon this year.

This game will be great if you like new games, cards, story first RP We will build characters in session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: None

"Raptor Peak is an idyllic vacation spot, high on a snowy crag and primed for adventure and leisure alike. What only the locals know is that underneath the sanitized safety of this tourist destination is a simmering pot of disasters that must be kept in check for the safety of visitors.

Fate is coming for Raptor Peak in a big way as the nefarious elements in the local counsel make their "

This game will be great if you like cozy mysteries, small towns with big problems, shenanigans, and new games.

Players should build beginning characters ahead.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

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

CW: Backstabbing, money-grubbing, land lording.

"Your character can be anything, the story is what you make, and how things unfold is between you and fate. Your character sheet is an ever-evolving deck of cards, marked with the story of your deeds and abilities.

Mavericks is a new RPG in development and you can be among the first to try it out. This session will be an overview of the rules and a chance to build a character for use in a future game. Games are being offered throughout TTRPG pickup Con and will be offered monthly for the rest of the year.

Ansel hopes for the release of this game by GenCon this year.

This game will be great if you like new games, cards, story first RP We will build characters in session.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: None

There are few who can brave the great ink long enough to learn to rope stars and fewer yet with the mettle to live with the loneliness of the frontier of heaven. When a group of ropers finds themselves together, no one can tell if they’ll fight like hell or be thick as an oort cloud within the hour. Someone must think it’s worth the risk of a posse to rope a whole star nursery.

Mavericks is a game in which your character sheet is a deck of cards. As you play, the deck will change, your powers will enhance, and your story will become epic. Use this game for any genre for a story-first experience that prioritizes big-picture narrative over blow-by-blow mechanics.

This game will be great if you like poorly researched space Westerns, and non-historical histories

We will build characters in the session.

https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner wrote this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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

CW: Violence

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

Check out the rules: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

The Cerritos boldly goes where.... a few people have gone before, but defiantly not many. And they sure do boldly go. As members of the Lower Decks crew, you've seen your share of wacky space nonsense. But surely nothing ridiculous will happen on this little away mission. Surely.

This game will be great if you like Star Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, or the general idea of exploring space

We will build characters in session.

Please have an idea of who you would like to play (their name, their role in Star Fleet, sketchy backstory etc.) and we'll create their stats at the start of the session.

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: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

We'll be aiming for light-hearted space adventure with some fantasy violence.

"The Bensfield Detectives Club has tackled wild cases before, from the Skeleton in the Butchershop to the House of Nobody, but they've never dealt with something quite this hairy.

The grown-ups are saying to stay out of the woods, but will you listen?"

• This game will be great if you like Scooby Doo-esque mysteries and scary investigations. Players should build characters ahead.

• Your characters must have a direct connection to the mystery-solving group known as the Bensfield Detectives Club. We will also be answering some backstory questions as a group. This session will be especially good for new players.

• New players are welcome.

• The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

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

CW: Wild Animals, Possible Harm to Animals, Gore, Possible Harm to Kids

The syrup-making mice of Maplemoor have lost contact with their garrison in Oakhollow Keep, a lightning-hollowed stump vital to the colony’s security. What happened there? What threats remain? And what secrets yet lie in the keep? Tread carefully and think creatively, for the very traps and defenses that hinder your investigation may yet be used against your foes…

About Mausritter:

The settled mice huddle together, hidden in their settlements in trees and burrows and walls, scraping and saving. A tenuous existence. You are not like those settled mice. By choice or by necessity you are an adventurer. You live by your luck, your smarts, your bravery. With your friends by your side, you will abandon the warmth and safety of the mouse settlements and venture forth into the dark and dangerous places where other mice do not dare to tread. There is great wealth to be found by those who are willing to take it.

It's a huge and dangerous world out there. It does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice."

This game will be great if you like OSR-style RPGs, Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, and Thumbelina.

We will build level 1 characters in the session. Character creation is lightning-quick and involves just a few random rolls. We'll do this together at the start of the session. If you've played Mausritter before and want to bring an existing character, contact me upfront to discuss.

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 #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: as you play as animals, there may be harm/death to anthropomorphic animals involved

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. 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! The specific mystery will be one not played at TTRPG Pickup Con before and is selected based on submitted lines & veils :)

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 oneshot. There is also a meta level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. If there is enough interest in it, the gamerunner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.

This game will be great if you like cozy murder mysteries, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling, improv, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying Players should build characters ahead.

Characters who played 0-2 sessions (this system has no levels). Character creation is a really quick multiple choice process. The gamerunner 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 is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder will be featured (but without gory details) and all mysteries may contain hints of cults and the supernatural. The mystery will be selected based on everyone's submitted lines & veils. Examples of potentially triggering content could include terminal illness, mental illness including mentions of attempted suicide or other self harm, bullying, substance abuse (alcohol/drugs), abandonment, kidnapping of humans or pets, imprisonment and infidelity. Not all of these are part of the same mystery, so I will work around your boundaries to provide a great game for everyone.

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

Check out the rules: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/

The Cerritos boldly goes where.... a few people have gone before, but defiantly not many. And they sure do boldly go. As members of the Lower Decks crew, you've seen your share of wacky space nonsense. But surely nothing ridiculous will happen on this little away mission. Surely.

This game will be great if you like Star Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, or the general idea of exploring space

We will build characters in session.

Please have an idea of who you would like to play (their name, their role in Star Fleet, sketchy backstory etc.) and we'll create their stats at the start of the session.

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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

We'll be aiming for light-hearted space adventure with some fantasy violence.