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Session A (Friday Afternoon) 02 PM - 06 PM
Board Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Advanced Squad Leader | Five-round tournament with new scenario selection each round. Players should be familiar with either Squad Leader or Advanced Squad Leader, but newcomers are always welcome. Prizes awarded to champion, runner-up, third place. Sportsmanship Award also given to deserving player in tournament. Saturday night round will include short scenarios to allow players to play non-ASL pick-up games on Saturday evening. Players may play anyone in the first round, but are paired by seeding (based on past ASL performances at Winter War) after the first round. ASL is an all-weekend event. |
Advanced Squad Leader by MMP/Hasbro
Some Experience with Specific Game 40 Players Brien Martin |
| RoboRally A | Do the robot dance while you try to win the race without falling into bottomless pits or being shot to pieces by your brother robots. It's a hard (and short) life being a robot. |
RoboRally
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Alan Conrad |
| Hotel Special | Two board games in one session. Prove who's best at running a hotel empire with the Avalon Hill classic Acquire (including the extra options from the more recent edition) and their 2005 game of hotel/casino complex management Vegas Showdown. I am providing a special prize for this event. |
Acquire/Vegas Showdown
Younger Players Welcome 11 Players Phil Parker |
| Hoity Toity | A rock-scissors-paper style game where players use their antique collections to move to the head of the table! |
Hoity Toity
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Clark Barthel |
| Star Fleet Academy | Learn to play Star Fleet Battles. |
Star Fleet Battles
Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Kurt Jeffries |
| World War II | Axis and Allies on steroids. A 6-foot by 3.5-foot game board. Major and minor countries. Double set of counters and all tournament rules in play. Begins Friday Afternoon, runs through Friday Evening. |
The War Game WWII
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Michael Davis |
| Circus Maximus | Seen Ben-Hur? Want to flog horses for fun and profit? Don't worry about lack of experience. You will get plenty of advice from other drivers how to obstruct other chariots. |
Circus Maximus
Younger Players Welcome 16 Players Michael Wilson |
Card Game Events
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Miniatures Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Frontier Blood | French and Indian forces try to destroy frontier farmsteads. Can the settlers hold out until reinforcements arrive? |
Brother Against Brother Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Dean Spitz |
| Fire & Fury Scratch Game A | 15mm Civil War. |
Fire & Fury Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Return to Guildren A | The Viscounty of Verbobonc endures. As CY 599 begins, Abbot Duncan MacHaarl invites you to Guildren to renew old friendships and find new adventure. Of special interest to charismatic heroes of Verbobonc. Players should bring a Living Greyhawk character of level 10-13, or create an 11th level character using 3.5e core rules (28 point buy). |
D&D 3.5/Illinois Greyhawk home Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Gregg Homerding |
| Operation S.A.N.T.A.: Deus Egg Machina | Commander John Blitzen and his team of Reindeer comman-does are the best of the best. Having defeated the white-tailed turncoat Rudolph and having saved Santa from the evil G.N.O.M.E., Blitzen and his mob decide to take some R&R in the tropics. Unfortunately their vacation is cut short when Santa is kidnapped by the diabolical Easter Bunny and taken to his secluded lair on Easter Island. Now they must liberate their lardaceous leader from the libertine lowlife and his loathsome league of lethal lagomorphs or lose their lives trying! |
Home Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Christopher Fairfield |
| Living Forgotten Realms A | Offering DRAG1-2 A Thin Gray Line, EAST1-3 Unbidden, and SPEC1-1 Shades of the Zhentarim. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 24 Players Kerrie Peacock |
Session B (Friday Evening) 07 PM - 11 PM
Board Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Betrayal at House on the Hill | Scooby Doo meets Call of Cthulhu; Empty the creepy old mansion, explore its secrets, and then run like crazy as one of you turns to the dark side and begins to hunt his former companions? But who is it? Could it be you? |
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Stephen Borden |
| Railroad Tycoon | Create your own railroad, build track and connect cities, deliver goods, upgrade your engine, invest in new city growth, compete for the most profitable routes. |
Update From BGG
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Leslie Lightstone |
| Zombies! | Load up the shotgun, the Zombies are on the loose again! Come and join in on a boardgame of zombie killing, friend betraying, and general mayhem! |
Zombies!
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Jim Best |
| Shadows Over Camelot | Will use Merlin's Company expansion |
Shadows Over Camelot
Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Leland Black And Charlie Priest |
| Complete History of the World | Avalon Hill's classic world history game with a bigger map, more empires and more options! |
History of the World variant
Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Alan Conrad |
| Duel in the Skies | What's a B-17 to do? How about an Avro Lancaster or a SeaFire? 2 Games - Duel in the Dark follows 1 night of British Bomber Command in W.W. II with German Nightfighters of course. Simultanously or sequentially, Using the Fantasy Flight's Wings of War - Plane to Plane combat with early W.W. II aircraft. Both are low random high strategy games. |
Duel in the Dark & Wings of War Dawn of W.W. II
Newcomers Welcome 8 Players James Richards |
| Star Traders | Win fame as you gather a fortune and build a trading empire . |
Steve Jackson's Star Traders
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Robert Walter |
| Cadet Wars | This is total all out battle between cadets. Show off your skills and experience by destroying more targets than your fellow cadet. |
Star Fleet Battles
Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Kurt Jeffries |
| Settlers of the Stone Age | Struggle to spread your people across the world, developing advances in food preparation, hunting techniques, and developing boats and warm clothes to adapt and expand. |
Settlers of the Stone Age
Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Elmer Nyberg |
Card Game Events
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Miniatures Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Crossroads, VA | American Civil War. Learn easy rules, race to the crossroads, who can win the race? |
Rally Round the Flag Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Rich Nelson |
| Flames in the East | Control Russian and German forces for mastery of the Eurasian Steppes. Themed but generic battles. Late war armor and infantry companies available for player use. Players are also welcome to provide their own companies (1500-2000 points). |
Flames of War Some Gaming Experience 12 Players Chad Fauber |
| Johnny Reb Scratch Game A | 15mm Civil War. |
Johnny Reb II Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
| Hedgerow Hell | On the big Operation Overlord expansion map! This scenario depicts the American advance through the hedgerows of France and the hell they went through trying to flush the Germans out. |
Memoir '44 Overlord Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Deane Geiken |
| Nice Tower - We'll Take It! | Rumors of the Demise of the Wizard Prael has brought multiple raiding parties to his Tower, in hopes of Treasure. However, even in his absence, his holding is not defenseless... |
Song of Blades & Heroes variant Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Steve Massey |
| When Universes Collide | A federation science vessel reported a space/time disruption before contact was lost. Now a taskforce has been sent out to investigate.A training session will take place before the scenerio starts to teach new players the rules. |
Starmada: The Admiralty Edition Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Ronald Ralston |
| The Second Day at Sidi Rezegh A | November 22st, 1941. |
Command Decision IV Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Thomas Harris |
| The Long Road | A British force attempts to make a trip up the long road to stop construction of a new fort by the French. |
Brother Against Brother Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Dean Spitz |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Return to Guildren B | The Viscounty of Verbobonc endures. As CY 599 begins, Ludovic Langmuir invites adventurers to join the social elite in celebration. What can happen when such folks mingle? Players should bring a Living Greyhawk character of level 7-10, or create an 8th level character using 3.5e core rules (28 point buy). |
D&D3.5 / Illinois Greyhawk home Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Gregg Homerding |
| Left Turn at Alba-Quirky | Tongue-in-cheek post-apocalyptic adventuring. Build your own pre-gen using the rules at http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/10/critical-encounters-on-planet-gamma.html or play a GM-supplied mutant. |
Encounter Critical Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Jeff Rients |
| Anyone for Doomsday? | Sixteen poker chips, a bowl of won-ton soup, and a locked briefcase making a repetitive, beeping sound? These seemingly disparate objects all make an appearance in this latest installment of Friday Night Action Theatre! |
Feng Shui Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Dave Hoover |
| Cthulhu Mansion | Inspired by a movie totally not based on true events, come experience a haunted house.... with a twist! |
Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed. Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Royce Thigpen |
| The Mansion of Terror | The adventurers stumble upon the village of Stour and discover the Count has been terrorizing the the village. Dare you face the terrors of his mansion and rid the village of the evil that is Count Frederick. |
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: 2nd Edition Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Daniel Conner |
| Living Forgotten Realms B | Offering ALGA1-2 At the Foot of the Lighthouse, DRAG1-3 A Stab in the Dark, and SPEC1-1 Shades of the Zhentarim. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 36 Players Kerrie Peacock |
| Militus Rutilus! | You are newly inducted Acolytes in the service of the Imperial Inquisition. For your first mission you are sent to the Under-hive of Sibellus to assess the heretical danger of a new cult. In the ruins of the ancient processing plant, Militus Rutilus, thrives a society where idealistic revolutionaries mingle with the hive underworld as planetary nobles discover untold debauchery. The question is not who is the heretic, but who is the greater threat to the Empire? Mature content warning. |
Dark Heresy, Warhammer 40K Role-play Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Aaron Sheehan |
| The Bedlam in Goliath | A subway construction crew reveals an odd ship. Experts are needed to deal with the emerging Shan threat. |
Chill Newcomers Welcome 6 Players James Kelly |
| The Third Riddle A | A Pathfinder Society Organized Play Event for characters of 1st through 5th level. Seek fame, fortune, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while advancing your faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
Session C (Friday Twilight) 12 AM - 04 AM
Board Game Events
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Session D (Saturday Morning) 09 AM - 01 PM
Board Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Who Got Revenge on Sir Reginald? | Sir Reginald Gotbucks has been murdered in a house filled with people who wanted him dead. Can you beat Sherlock Holmes to the solution? |
Elementary Watson
Younger Players Welcome 10 Players Michael Wilson |
| Bomber Blitz | WWII B-17 bombers are over Germany. The Luftwaffe fighters are on their way to intercept the bombers and there seems to be no bomber escorts? What is a B-17 bomber to do? |
Flight Zone home
Some Gaming Experience 10 Players Kurt Jeffries |
| If You Can't Stand the Heat... | Arena Combat + Napalm = Fun! |
Car Wars
Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Ryan Whelan |
| Kingmaker on the Big Board | Avalon Hill's classic board game with some home spun variants on a super large board with miniatures |
King Maker
Younger Players Welcome 7 Players John Satterfield |
| Diplomacy | Avalon Hill's classic game of intrigue. Fifteen minutes to learn, a lifetime to master. Let your inner Kissinger come out to play! Starts Saturday Morning, continues through Saturday Afternoon. |
Diplomacy standard
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Alan Dyche |
| Agricola | Farming in the middle ages is Fun! If you enjoy long hours of back-breaking work, that is. Come and develop your farm in this deep, strategic game designed by Uwe Rosenberg. We'll have two tables working -- one for beginners, and one for those with some experience. |
Agricola
Younger Players Welcome 10 Players Jim Ferguson |
| From the Box | Take your pick of playing such classic boardgames as Star Wars -Queen's Gambit, BattleCry or Memoir '44, for 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 competition. |
Various
Younger Players Welcome 12 Players Brent Nyberg |
| Lure of the Lich Lord - OOTS | Yeah, they told you it was dangerous, but you can't resist the rewards you will find. Wealth beyond your wildest dreams. All you have to do is avoid the Lich Lord. This should be easy - you're the Order of the Stick! |
HeroQuest
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Kenneth Vreeman |
| Daytona 500 | Classic Milton Bradley NASCAR game, three single lap races determine who can make the most prize money! |
Daytona 500
Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Leland Black And Charlie Priest |
Card Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Eleventh Annual Magic Tournament | Winter War's annual DCI sanctioned Magic tournament, using the Legacy format. Tournament rounds dependent on attendance. Cards from Conflux are legal for play. Please see the event judge for more information. Event check in begins at 8:45 AM to ensure a prompt start. |
Magic Legacy Rules Some Experience with Specific Game 32 Players Christopher Fairfield |
Miniatures Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Heroscape Deathmatch | Across the war torn fields of Valhalla, armies gather to crush each other into oblivion. They fight over hallowed ground, consisting of frozen tundra, fiery lava fields, tropical jungles, and a massive castle. Can you lead yours to reign as champion? |
Heroscape Master Set Younger Players Welcome 8 Players Andrew Taylor |
| Caverns of Chaos | A small village has been terrorized by monsters for years. Now bands of heroes will enter the caves to try and end the threat. Players are encouraged to bring there own 300 point Warlord troop. The troop must be legal and cannot contain a Warlord as the leader; captains and sergeants only. Troops will also be available for those who want to play, but do not have pieces. |
Warlord w/ Rage Chronicles 08 Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Ronald Ralston |
| A Bridge Too Far A | A special presentation of the local Champaign miniatures gamers is our version of 'A Bridge Too Far' in 54mm! This game will be played on a series of tables as the Allied airborne forces attempt to take the bridges along Hell's Highway against the German counterattacks while 30th Corps attempts to charge to their rescue. Saturday Afternoon event continues action from Saturday morning. |
Disposable Heroes Newcomers Welcome 16 Players Greg Novak |
| Fire & Fury Scratch Game B | 15mm Civil War. |
Fire & Fury Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
| WWII Naval Minis | Action in the Pacific with player determined fleets. If time allows we will do a convoy action in the Atlantic. War at Sea miniatures multiples plus 2 full sets. Plenty of ships. |
Victory at Sea Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Michael Davis |
| Operations Veritable and Grenade A | Replay the pincer movement of the 1st Can Army advancing from Nijmegen and the US 9th Army crossing the Roer River against the nearly-beaten but still capable German 1st Para and 5th Pz Armies. Players are army commanders ordering divisions and brigades across the muddy battlefield, making the same tough decisions faced by their historical counterparts. |
Variations on a Theme by George Knapp Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Chris Fawcett |
| Raid on Epsilon Omega | A small group of Merc survivors & local Resistance have planned a raid on a Word of Blake facility known to be guarded by a single Level II Mech unit. Unfortunately, they are not fully aware of the True Nature of that unit... |
CBT: Total Warfare variant Newcomers Welcome 7 Players Steve Massey |
| Super Fund Zombies A | Federal government Superfund Money. What money? All we got is more dirt here in the trailer park. Everyone knows they stored stuff in the old mine. Big deal! Modern Zombies created from a toxic waste accident. Can you survive? |
Dead Walk Again Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Carl Vandevender |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Stay of Execution A | A Pathfinder Society Organized Play Event for characters 1st through 7th level. Pursue fame, glory, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while working to advance your faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
| Zombies Ate My Kobold | It wasn't your fault! So the baby you brought back to King Torg (All Hail King Torg) looked a little green, and oddly enough, kept trying to bite you, you just thought it was teething! But odd noises are coming from the kitchen, and you've been sent to investigate. Oh look, here comes the cook. Why is he shuffling like that? And why does he keep saying Brains? |
Kobolds Ate My Baby Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Jim Best |
| The Council of 599 | Gathering at the behest of the Viscount, a secret conclave confronts choices that may reshape the political landscape of the region. When old rivalries resurface and treachery strikes, will the sword prove mightier than the pen? Players should bring a character (from 5th to 10th level, inclusive) compliant with 3.5 / Illinois Greyhawk home rules. Some experience with specific game assumed. 6 players, Rhett Skubis. |
D&D 3.5/Illinois Greyhawk home Some Experience with Specific Game 7 Players Rhett Skubis |
| Waste Riders | Years after nuclear holocaust, the world has been thrown back to something resembling the Old West. You and your band of self-proclaimed Rangers still fight the good fight to restore law and order to a ravaged wasteland. |
Cartoon Action Hour Younger Players Welcome 8 Players Royce Thigpen |
| Living Forgotten Realms C | Offering DALE1-3 Master and Servant, EAST1-2 Marauder?s Spear, and TYMA1-1 Elder Wisdom. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 48 Players Kerrie Peacock |
Session E (Saturday Afternoon) 03 PM - 07 PM
Board Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Power Grid A | This is a money game that you build power plants, power cities, and the player that powers the most cites at the end of the game wins. |
Power Grid
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Leslie Lightstone |
| A Sad Day | December 7, 1941: Japanese planes have just attacked Pearl Harbor and are returning to their ships. The Americans managed to get a few planes off the ground but too late to stop the attack. Now it's time for revenge. |
Flight Zone home
Some Gaming Experience 10 Players Kurt Jeffries |
| True Glory Takes Root | create cities, build temples, sail the seas, and engineer new technologies in this fast moving game of ancient civilizations. |
Antike
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players David Dubin |
| Zombies!!! | Here's your chance to play with the first five expansions, and simultaneous play! No more waiting for your buddy to finish his turn. Let the mayhem begin! |
Zombies!!! modified
Younger Players Welcome 12 Players Eric Young |
| Blind Sniper Annual | Thirty-first Annual Blind Sniper Tournament. See Information Wall for scenario details. Starts at 4 PM, continues through Saturday Twilight until only one remains standing. |
Sniper
Newcomers Welcome 20 Players Bruce Gletty |
Card Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Shards of Alara/Conflux Booster Draft | Draft with Magic's newest sets, Shards of Alara and Conflux! No need to bring a deck, you'll build one on the fly! Sanctioned if we have eight players. Event check in begins at 2:45 PM to ensure a prompt start. ADDITIONAL $10 FEE AT EVENT FOR CARDS. |
Magic Booster Draft Rules Some Experience with Specific Game 16 Players Christopher Fairfield |
| Card Game Time | Condotierre, Collossal Arena, Democrazy, Intrigue, Jericho, Lunch Money, Razzia, Saboteur, Saga, Motherload of Sticky Gluch and Red Empire. Can't find a good game in the afternoon? Well, why not play a card game to pass the time! We will play multiple games depending on the number of people participating. |
Various Younger Players Welcome 10 Players Rick Maurer |
Miniatures Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Gold Fever A | Four rival bandit gangs search a ruined town for a large stash of gold, while the US Army randomly mortars the town thinking hostile Modocs are still there. Can you survive and find the gold? Curse those Coehorns! |
Desperado variant Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Warren Burrus |
| Johnny Reb Scratch Game B | 15mm Civil War. |
Johnny Reb II Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
| Winter Waaagh! | Warhammer 40k Apocalypse, table, terrain and scenario will be provided. Participants need to bring a 3000pt apocalypse force. Continued through Saturday Evening. |
Warhammer 40k Apocalypse Regular Play of Specific Game 8 Players Dustin Weir |
| Lt. Rain's Patrol | Cavalry vs. Nez Perce indians 1877. Lt. Rains patrols to find and report movement of a band of Nez Perce scouts. |
Warpaint Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Stanley Arbogast |
| Cadets of Saumur | The Battle of France is lost. The Germans are ready to cross the Loire. The only force left to defend it are the officer cadets of Saumur and the remnants of the French Army. Played on the Hedgerow Hell big Operation Overlord expansion map. |
Memoir '44 Overlord Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Deane Geiken |
| 55 Hours on Uranus | Multi-National forces making a last stand on the Planet Uranus versus the Orc invasion. Can they hold until relieved? |
Revised 55 Days in Peking Younger Players Welcome 11 Players Kenneth Vreeman |
| A Bridge Too Far B | A special presentation of the local Champaign miniatures gamers is our version of 'A Bridge Too Far' in 54mm! This game will be played on a series of tables as the Allied airborne forces attempt to take the bridges along Hell's Highway against the German counterattacks while 30th Corps attempts to charge to their rescue. Saturday Afternoon event continues action from Saturday morning. |
Disposable Heroes Newcomers Welcome 16 Players Greg Novak |
| Super Fund Zombies B | Federal government Superfund Money. What money? All we got is more dirt here in the trailer park. Everyone knows they stored stuff in the old mine. Big deal! Modern Zombies created from a toxic waste accident. Can you survive? |
Dead Walk Again Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Carl Vandevender |
| Midwest Mayhem II | Steam powered smackdown returns! Players bring their favorite Warmachine factions to battle for the championship in this Steamroller tournament. Prizes include the rare, discontinued Best of Faction and Championship coins, so factions are limited to Warmachine only. Players must supply their own miniatures and up to three 500 pt. army lists. Continues through Saturday Evening. |
Warmachine Regular Play of Specific Game 16 Players Dennis Campbell |
| Warhammer 40K Tournament | Bring your 1500 point Warhammer 40K army for a three-game tournament. Players are scored on painting, sportsmanship, theme, and battle points earned in games. Forgeworld models are permissible, but no super-heavy vehicles or flyers. Please bring five legible copies of your army list and all books/materials needed to play. Tournament starts Sunday Morning and continues through Sunday Afternoon. |
Warhammer 40K 5th ed. Younger Players Welcome 8 Players Adam Joseph |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Living Forgotten Realms D | Offering AGLA1-1 Lost Temple of the Fey Gods, MOON1-3 Black Gold, and CORE1-5 Touched by Darkness. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 48 Players Kerrie Peacock |
| Dark Conspiracy | Let's face it; humans must taste bad. There are so few animals that kill us and only a few of them eat us. That is...until now. Nowhere California is a small rural town and something has put humans on the menu. Will the small town police department handle it or will the citizens band together to survive? |
Dark Conspiracy Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Michael Colleen |
| Random Taco | Win your freedom! Play a kobald fighting for ingredients and freedom! Should you fail... well... you are crunchy and taste good with salsa. |
D&D 3.5 Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Shannon Shumate |
| The Hidden City | Two years after the attack on Corvis by the Skorne, a member of the Cygnaran intelligence has gone to trace the source of the Skorne Raiding parties. Scout General Rebald has enlisted your aid to seek him out and bring back any more intelligence. |
Iron Kingdoms d20 Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Brad Trumpinski |
| Arcane Vault of the Magic Goddess | Nomads trading on the outskirts of the desert bring news of a ferocious sandstorm. In the aftermath of the storm, a previously unknown monolithic structure was seen rising out of the desert sands. Will a group of adventurers learn its secrets or suffer terrible fates? This old school adventure won an Honorable Mention in the Fight On!/Otherworld Miniatures Adventure Contest. High-level Adventure. Pre-generated characters provided. |
AD&D 1E/OSRIC Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Alex Riedel |
| The Third Riddle B | A Pathfinder Society Organized Play Event for characters of 1st through 5th level. Seek fame, fortune, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while advancing your faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
| The Dwarven Rail | The regime of Grocktar has been halted temporarily. The adventurers are on their way to the port city of Emporcea when they encounter a dying dwarf with news of an attack. Will the characters be strong enough to save the dwarves? |
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: 2nd Edition Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Daniel Conner |
| A Tall Tale | Bards still tell the tale of the might of the hero's during Verbobonc's dark times, but in the passage of years those stories have gotten worn out. And so on a crisp Brewfest day the bard Roddane tells the tale of the princess and the dragon to the children of Sobanwych, and shows the citizenry that one does not have to be a Hero in order to be heroic. An adventure run for characters 6th level, characters will be provided. Players should just bring dice and a sense of humor. |
D&D 3.5/Illinois Greyhawk home Some Experience with Specific Game 8 Players Gregory Hanigan |
Session F (Saturday Evening) 08 PM - 12 AM
Board Game Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| RoboRally B | Try a tougher race. Same old problems. It's a hard (and short) life being a robot. |
RoboRally
Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Alan Conrad |
| Battlestar Galactica | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game puts players in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the widely-acclaimed new Sci Fi Channel series. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to reach the fabled planet Earth; however, one or more players in every game secretly side with the Cylons. Players must attempt to expose the traitor while they tackle fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest which threatens to tear the fleet apart. |
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Rick Maurer |
| Estimated Time to Invasion | You really did not think Motorola got the microchip from it's own labs? Play one of 6 companies racing to develope the earth's defences against an alien invasion. just beware - not only do they have dire and hidesous technology but one of you may be working with them. |
ETI - Alpha Set
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players James Richards |
| Settlers of Catan | Individual players vie for control of the island of Catan. Using resource start plus Soldiers' Prerogative rule. Top two point winners of each game play against each other, losers battle for consolation round; all players will play three games during the event. |
Settlers of Catan
Newcomers Welcome 16 Players Elmer Nyberg |
| Trouble with Dragons | Torg Quickspike of Clan Clingbeard has a problem. Dragon problems. Seems a clutch of dragons have moved in Clan Clingbeard's mountain home and he wants them gone. He'll pay handsomely. |
Hero Quest
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Kenneth Vreeman |
| Euro Dice Grab Bag | Come learn and play one of the three Euro games that use dice in different ways: Stone Age, Kingsburg, and Yspahan. |
Standard Rulesets
Newcomers Welcome 13 Players Darren Hron |
| Tile Game Grab Bag | Choose from 3 great tile games: Carcassonne, Galaxy Trucker, and Oregon |
Various
Newcomers Welcome 14 Players Hannah Bellwoar |
Card Game Events
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Miniatures Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| The Goblins are Revolting! | 10mm fantasy, Orcs vs. Goblins. A mysterious Goblin leader has risen to challenge the Orc overlords and throw off the chains of oppression. Can the Goblins really stand up to an Orc force? Maybe with trickery. However, Orcs can be tricky too. |
Home Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Barry Hudek |
| It's the End of the World as We Know It! | A horrible world-wide plague has caused the collapse of civilization in a matter of days. As roaming bands of 'wretched' (victims mutated into zombie-like plague carriers) clash with survivors over rapidly diminishing resources, the authors of humanity's doom reveal themselves? |
Mutants & Death Ray Guns variant Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Steve Massey |
| Desperado | Get two gunfighters and go a'gun slingin', pardner! Every man for himself to see who's the meanest, mangiest shootist this side of the Pecos River... |
Desperado modified Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Stephen Borden |
| The Second Day at Sidi Rezegh B | November 22st, 1941. |
Command Decision IV Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Thomas Harris |
| Plastic Ships & Fuzzy Men | In this miniatures style game, you will Captain a shoebox ship, order your fuzzy crew of pirate toys, and navigate the Tablecloth Sea in a race to collect booty and sink your opponents. AAARG! This game requires smart planning, crew allocation, cannon placement, and teamwork. |
Plastic Ships and Fuzzy Men Younger Players Welcome 10 Players Eric Young |
| Barges Away! | American Civil War. The hapless USS Indianola is sent to patrol the Red River for signs of the Confederate-captured USS Queen of the West and the CSS Webb while dragging along two coal barges. |
Smoke on the Water Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Bob Swieringa |
| Flames in the West | Vie for control of the French and Lowlands countryside. Late war Allied and German companies available for player use. Players are also welcome to provide their own companies for themed scenarios (1750-2000 points). |
Flames of War Some Gaming Experience 12 Players Chad Fauber |
| Dunken Church 1864 | American Civil War. Take the high ground and make the enemy pay. |
Rally Round the Flag Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Rich Nelson |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Militus Rutilus! | You are newly inducted Acolytes in the service of the Imperial Inquisition. For your first mission you are sent to the Under-hive of Sibellus to assess the heretical danger of a new cult. In the ruins of the ancient processing plant, Militus Rutilus, thrives a society where idealistic revolutionaries mingle with the hive underworld as planetary nobles discover untold debauchery. The question is not who is the heretic, but who is the greater threat to the Empire? Mature content warning. |
Dark Heresy, Warhammer 40K Role-play Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Aaron Sheehan |
| Return of the Raven | In winter in upstate New York, secrets are revealed about extreme cold, the native Cayuga Indians, and the Raven, the creature which that motivated Poe's famous poem. In 1843, the investigators face the worst winter on record. In 2003, they research temporal effects at low temperatures. Play will be simultaneous at two tables; player actions at one table effect the other. Note: this is the same event as last year. |
Call of Cthulhu Some Gaming Experience 12 Players Suzanne Wills |
| Living Forgotten Realms E | Offering BALD1-2 The Night I Called the Undead Out, CORE1-6 Incident at the Gorge of Gauros, and DRAG1-1 Many Hands Make Light Work. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 42 Players Kerrie Peacock |
| Death at the Dance | It's the homecoming dance. Something bad is about to happen, and I'm not talking about the DJ playing Sister Christian. |
Call of Cthulhu Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Ryan Whelan |
| Final Frontier | The intrepid crew of the ISS Explorer is to set out upon the greatest adventure man has ever endeavored to achieve! Manned FTL flight, join the crew and explore the galaxy. |
GURPS 3rd Ed Some Gaming Experience 8 Players Brad Trumpinski |
| The Prince of Augustana | A Pathfinder society Organized Play Event for characters of 1st through 5th level. Seek fortune, fame, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while advancing your faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
| Interdiction | At the end of CY 599, the isolationist elven nation of Celene invades the southwest reaches of the Viscounty and quarantines the town of Ostverk. What dire portents could cause such uncharacteristic military activity? Discover the Verbobonc Year 9 plot arc that could-have-been. Bring your Living Greyhawk characters of 5th through 10th level, or make up an 8th level character using the 3.5 rules. |
D&D 3.5/Illinois Greyhawk home Some Experience with Specific Game 7 Players Ron Lundeen |
Session G (Saturday Twilight) 12 AM - 04 AM
Board Game Events
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Session H (Sunday Morning) 09 AM - 01 PM
Board Game Events
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| From Source to Market - Batavia/Serenissima | 2 game session - sequentially or simultanously - In Batavia, each Player is an independent merchant finding and selling goods to each of the European Trade Companies in the Indian Ocean. In Serenissima, each player is one of the great trading states of southern eruope obtaining supplies and shipping them across the Mediterrainian Sea. In both, the most profitable and the most filled warehouses usually wins. |
Batavia & Serenissima
Newcomers Welcome 8 Players James Richards |
| Ca$h 'n Gun$ | Fun game of bluffing, negotiating as players try to collect the most loot. |
Ca$h 'n Gun$
Newcomers Welcome 10 Players Clark Barthel |
| Advanced Civilization on the Big Board | The Original game, just on a bigger table. Bigger table means additional commodities and more calamities! Game starts Sunday Morning, continues through Sunday Afternoon. |
Advanced Civilization
Younger Players Welcome 9 Players Kenneth Vreeman |
| Really Nasty Horse Racing | Win the race and take home the prize money. Or, if you prefer, bet on someone else's horse and run your own into the wall! With six races, you can do both during this lively and easy-to-learn British import. |
Really Nasty Horse Racing rules
Younger Players Welcome 6 Players Tim Gritten |
| Alhambra | Create Your Own Palace, Room By Room. |
Original Rules
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Elmer Nyberg |
| Pod Racing | Take control of a Star Wars? pod racer and race against the others to the finish line. |
Pod Racer home
Younger Players Welcome 10 Players Kurt Jeffries |
Card Game Events
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Miniatures Events
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| Operations Veritable and Grenade B | Replay the pincer movement of the 1st Can Army advancing from Nijmegen and the US 9th Army crossing the Roer River against the nearly-beaten but still capable German 1st Para and 5th Pz Armies. Players are army commanders ordering divisions and brigades across the muddy battlefield, making the same tough decisions faced by their historical counterparts. |
Variations on a Theme by George Knapp Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Chris Fawcett |
| Invasion! | What if Israel's stunning 1967 victory over the Arab countries caused the Cold War to erupt? As Soviet tank columns pour across the West German border, NATO scrambles to mount an effective defense? |
Cold War Commander variant Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Steve Massey |
| Chaos Invasion | Bring 3000pts of Warhammer Fantasy and prepare for the imminent battle. Continued through Sunday Afternoon. |
Warhammer Fantasy Legendary Battles Regular Play of Specific Game 8 Players Dustin Weir |
| Gold Fever B | Four rival bandit gangs search a ruined town for a large stash of gold, while the US Army randomly mortars the town thinking hostile Modocs are still there. Can you survive and find the gold? Curse those Coehorns! |
Desperado variant Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Warren Burrus |
| Fire & Fury Scratch Game C | 15mm Civil War. |
Fire & Fury Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Race for the Helm | In the deserts of Arabia lies the ruins of a long-forgotten Knights Templar outpost. According to ancient lore, hidden within this outpost is the Helm of Sir Dorgan Haereth, Champion of the Crown and defender of the eastern border of the empire. In 1942, a group of treasure hunters have set out to find and claim this lost artifact, but they find themselves not the only ones looking for the helm. |
Savage Worlds Some Gaming Experience 6 Players Dave Hoover |
| A Slaughter in Giant City! | Paranormal investigators try to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of a college student near Carbondale, Illinois. |
Chill Newcomers Welcome 6 Players James Kelly |
| Living Forgotten Realms F | Offering AGLA1-2 At the Foot of the Lighthouse, EAST1-3 Unbidden, and SPEC1-1 Shades of the Zhentarim. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 48 Players Kerrie Peacock |
| A Mob Is A Terrible Thing | The Prince and his bride have been kidnapped, along with the guests. A mob has formed to rescue them. You brave adventurers are the vanguard, braving dark depths to rescue the hostages and punish those responsible. The King has promised vast treasure, tax-free What are you waiting for?! |
Microlite20 Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Michael Shorten |
| Stay of Execution B | This is a Pathfinder Society Organized Play Event for characters of 1st through 7th level. Seek fame, fortune, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while advancing your faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
Session J (Sunday Afternoon) 02 PM - 06 PM
Board Game Events
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| RoboRally C | Try a tougher race. Same old problems. It's a hard (and short) life being a robot. |
RoboRally
Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Alan Conrad |
| Power Grid B | Build a network of power lines and stations. You must properly manage your money to acquire the necessary raw materials in the commodities market, to expand your network of supplied communities, and to vie for increasingly efficient and expensive plants in this competitive game. Time permitting, a final round will play on one of the three expansion sets (Italy/France, Benelux/Central Europe, and China/Korea). |
Power Grid
Newcomers Welcome 18 Players Tim Gritten |
| Rail Baron Express | All players start with an express train, superchief costs $30,000, total assets are counted towards victory, game victory total is $250,000. Event begins at 1 PM and ends at 5 PM on Sunday Afternoon. |
Rail Baron
Some Gaming Experience 10 Players Elmer Nyberg |
Card Game Events
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Miniatures Events
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| Clay-o-rama | The old Dragon Magazine favorite...Build your Clay Monster and Fight other clay monsters. Fun for the whole clan! |
Clay-o-rama Younger Players Welcome 8 Players Ryan Whelan |
| Johnny Reb Scratch Game C | 15mm Civil War. |
Johnny Reb II Newcomers Welcome 8 Players Russ Hartley |
Role Playing Events
| Event Name | Description | Details |
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| Jeff's Big Stupid Dungeon Party | Fighters, clerics, magic-users, thieves, elves, dwarves, and halflings seek fame and fortune in a gloomy underworld full of deadly traps and dangerous monsters. |
Labyrinth Lord/D&D '81 Basic/Expert Newcomers Welcome 20 Players Jeff Rients |
| The Many Fortunes of Grandmaster Torch | A Pathfinder Society Organized Play Event for characters of 1st through 7th level. Seek fame, fortune, and knowledge for the Pathfinder Society while advancing your own faction's influence in the city of Absalom. |
D&D 3.5/Pathfinder Society Some Experience with Specific Game 6 Players Jared Rascher |
| Living Forgotten Realms G | Offering DRAG1-2 A Thin Gray Line, DRAG1-3 A Stab in the Dark, and SPEC1-1 Shades of the Zhentarim. |
D&D 4E/Living Forgotten Realms Newcomers Welcome 36 Players Kerrie Peacock |
| Soviet Star | The world changed forever when pieces of an Alien Spaceship scattered across the Globe in 1908. Now, hundreds of years later, a rag-tag group of nations has made their home in stars to try and escape the ever growing threat of the Soviet Star Empire. You and your crew of free-booters are trying to make a living, while avoiding Soviet Patrols and attempting to keep your ship in the sky. Unfortunately for you, your latest cargo has attracted a lot more attention than you'd like! |
Alternity Newcomers Welcome 6 Players Christopher Fairfield |