7th Sea
Wickedly Seeking Witches
Gamemaster: Bob "Mad Captain John" Johnston
Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: Chumash Foyer
Your team of outsiders & residents are called upon to find Glinda (Formerly known as Galinda). She was believed to have last been at the Ruby Palace in the southern area of the Quadling region of Oz. Fortunately, you have been given a royal introduction, so that when you find her, she may (hopefully) respond to you kindly. NO knowledge of the system/setting or familiarity with plays, films or books required. Heroic Characters provided. Coming in a costume gets you in-game reward. Ages 11 to 14 require a parent present.
7th Sea
Wicked Witch Hunt
Gamemaster: Bob "Mad Captain John" Johnston
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: Chumash Foyer
You’ve been tasked by Princess Ozma, ruler of all OZ to find Wicked Witches in the Quadling District! You’re not exactly sure why, but have been requested to present a sealed scroll to any you find. Your team of outsiders & residents were specifically called upon to complete this request. Madame Morrible is the only witch that you have any location information on, but it is old information. As always there seems to be multiple unanswered questions. NO knowledge of the system/setting or familiarity with plays, films or books required. Heroic Characters provided. Coming in a costume gets you in-game reward. Age: 11 to 14 can play with a parent present.
Alien RPG
Hopes Last Day
Gamemaster: Sean Hollins
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU218
The atmosphere on LV-426 has turned deadly, and the final evacuation of Hadley’s Hope is your only way out. As desperate survivors, you must navigate flickering shadows and blood-stained corridors to reach the last shuttle before the colony consumes you. In this hunting ground, the only thing more dangerous than the darkness is the secrets your teammates are hiding.
An introductory Alien RPG game
The game will feature elements of horror and suspense.
Cinematic Mode: Pre-generated characters will be used.
Argent: The Consortium
Gamemaster: Ian Brown
Time: Saturday 13:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: Pit F
Do you have what it takes to become the next Headmaster of the Argent University of Magic? Gather your apprentices and build up your spellbook. Then, try to secretly discover and compete for the votes of the school’s board members. And if a few of your opponents’ apprentices get banished to the Shadow Realm or sent to the infirmary in a freak meteor-related “accident”? Well, nobody said academia would be easy.
Argent: The Consortium is a sprawling, cutthroat worker-placement and engine-building board game. It’s very thematic and high on interaction but low on luck. It will probably take about 4 hours, but it can go a little longer, so I scheduled 5 just in case.
Argent: The Consortium
Gamemaster: Colby Gonzalez
Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Pit C
Convince a shadow Council that you'd be the best Chancellor of Argent's University.
Ark Nova
Gamemaster: Paul Zito
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit A
In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world.
ASL Signer
Gamemaster: Robyn and Char Girard-Sanders
Time: Saturday 10:30
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit A
We're excited to announce The ASL Signer's Table, where you'll learn board games in American Sign Language (ASL). Sponsored by Clean School Paper.
We're BACK!! For the third year in a row, PolyCon will have two Deaf game masters teaching all manner of board games in American Sign Language!
Two Deaf game masters will take you on a great big journey through all kinds of board games. Also open to those with varying degrees of hearing loss, speech difficulties or disabilities, and non-verbal folx on the spectrum are also welcome.*
Bring a pen and paper or your phone if you don't know ASL. PolyCon will provide paper, pencils and other communication tools upon request!
The table will be open from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday morning in the Chumash Auditorium Board Game Pit.
*Please note this table focuses on attendees who need accessible games, not students looking to practice their ASL.
Azul
Summer Pavilion
Gamemaster: Danielle Halebsky
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit A
Azul: Summer Pavilion is a tactical, drafting, and tile-laying board game where players compete to build a grandiose summer pavilion in Portugal. Across exactly six rounds, players draft beautifully crafted resin tiles to complete intricate, star-shaped patterns and earn points.
Bad Maps!
Gamemaster: PolyCon Staff
Time: Friday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit C
You are a band of knights, sent on a quest by your wise and benevolent king, but your map, such as it is, is cheap and poorly made, incomprehensible and vaguely sticky. Without the person who made it, you brave knights must make your way into the world to complete your quest and save the day. You play as both a group of knights and as mapmakers, drawing landmarks on the map at the same time as you explore the world.
Bad Maps!
Gamemaster: PolyCon Staff
Time: Friday 17:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit C
You are a band of knights, sent on a quest by your wise and benevolent king, but your map, such as it is, is cheap and poorly made, incomprehensible and vaguely sticky. Without the person who made it, you brave knights must make your way into the world to complete your quest and save the day. You play as both a group of knights and as mapmakers, drawing landmarks on the map at the same time as you explore the world.
Bad Maps!
Gamemaster: PolyCon Staff
Time: Saturday 08:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit C
You are a band of knights, sent on a quest by your wise and benevolent king, but your map, such as it is, is cheap and poorly made, incomprehensible and vaguely sticky. Without the person who made it, you brave knights must make your way into the world to complete your quest and save the day. You play as both a group of knights and as mapmakers, drawing landmarks on the map at the same time as you explore the world.
Bad Maps!
Gamemaster: PolyCon Staff
Time: Saturday 17:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit C
You are a band of knights, sent on a quest by your wise and benevolent king, but your map, such as it is, is cheap and poorly made, incomprehensible and vaguely sticky. Without the person who made it, you brave knights must make your way into the world to complete your quest and save the day. You play as both a group of knights and as mapmakers, drawing landmarks on the map at the same time as you explore the world.
Bad Movie Night: The Experiment Game
Gamemaster: Doctor Damnearkilther
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU220
Once again, PolyCon's mad scientist is bad with the worst movies he could find (fa la la!) and you'll have to sit through them both! Be there at the start, don't leave, be there at the end... and you win! Enjoy (?) bad movies with a crowd!
Bargain Quest
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Sunday 15:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
Players take the role of fantasy shopkeepers in an adventuring town plagued by monsters. Players must draft items to sell to adventurers while attracting wealthy heroes to their shops. When the monsters strike heroes will use their equipment to battle for their shops prestige.
Battle of Pismo
Prototype/Playtest
Gamemaster: Daniel Weitz
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Miniature D
Historical Background: The Battle of Pismo
The Pacific Theater has taken a chilling turn. Following a catastrophic loss for the U.S. Navy at the Battle of Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) has maintained complete dominance of the Eastern Pacific. Emboldened by this victory, the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters approves ""Operation Katsu""—a bold, high-risk plan to seize a foothold on the American mainland to disrupt U.S. West Coast manufacturing and training.
The target is not the heavily defended San Francisco or Los Angeles harbors, but the undefended, fog shrouded coast of Central California. The strategic goal: bypass the heavily fortified primary ports and strike at the soft, under-defended central California coast, effectively splitting the West Coast defense by capturing San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria.
Battle of Pismo
Prototype/Playtest
Gamemaster: Daniel Weitz
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Miniature D
Historical Background: The Battle of Pismo
The Pacific Theater has taken a chilling turn. Following a catastrophic loss for the U.S. Navy at the Battle of Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) has maintained complete dominance of the Eastern Pacific. Emboldened by this victory, the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters approves ""Operation Katsu""—a bold, high-risk plan to seize a foothold on the American mainland to disrupt U.S. West Coast manufacturing and training.
The target is not the heavily defended San Francisco or Los Angeles harbors, but the undefended, fog shrouded coast of Central California. The strategic goal: bypass the heavily fortified primary ports and strike at the soft, under-defended central California coast, effectively splitting the West Coast defense by capturing San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria.
BattleTech
Alpha Strike
Gamemaster: Rick Godsey
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Miniature C
BattleTech Alpha Strike is a fast-paced version of original Battle Tech. Command your mech lances and destroy enemy mechs. Easy to learn and fun to play. Highly recommended if you enjoy Battle Tech or tabletop war games.
Biotix
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit D
To gain scientific superstardom, you must grow a culture of highly volatile microbes, by sabotaging the work of others, by pushing their populations to bio-react and explode in all sorts of fun ways.
Blood On The Clock Tower
Gamemaster: Max
Time: Saturday 20:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Chumash Foyer
Blood on the Clocktower is a game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception for five-to-twenty players. Good players share information to solve the mystery whilst evil players lie about who they are and what they know. Can the good team hunt down the demon before the town is overrun?
Bus
Capstone edition of Splotter game
Gamemaster: Gregg Saruwatari
Time: Friday 10:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit B
Bus is one of the original Splotter games and is often referred to as the first worker placement game. Known for being light on rules but heavily player driven interaction, Bus starts by being a simple pick up and deliver game that gets more and more complex as Bus companies fight for passengers and even stop time. . .
Calico
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Saturday 08:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats. In Calico, players compete to sew the coziest quilt as they collect and place patches of different colors and patterns. Each quilt has a particular pattern that must be followed, and players are also trying to create color and pattern combinations that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also able to attract the cuddliest cats!
Captain Sonar
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit E
Torpedoes away! Hunt for your opponent's sub in this exciting, real-time team game. All the members of a team sit on one side of the table, and each takes a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game. Be organized and communicate, because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer.
Carcassone
With River Expansion
Gamemaster: Coby Skye
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit F
Play Carcassonne! Open to showing this ready to learn game to anyone interested.
CBR+PNK (Forged in the Dark)
Unlimited Power
Gamemaster: Ian Brown
Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 B
> Time for one last job.
> This is the big one, runner. Just break into [REDACTED] headquarters, steal their [REDACTED] for us, and you’ll be rich. Your debts can be repaid, your criminal record wiped clean. You can have anything you want. This is your ticket out of the slums.
> Accept?
> Y / n
CBR+PNK is a slick, high-octane system designed specifically for cyberpunk one-shots. Its rules are based on Blades in the Dark, but trimmed down for single sessions. We’ll make characters together and then start the heist immediately! No hours of planning; you can flash back to your character having planned for this already! (For a cost)
Circus Imperium
Gamemaster: Robert Tilley, Paul Zito
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Miniature A
Circus Imperium is a tongue-in-cheek board game where players take on the roles of future-era charioteers competing in a chariot race. The game, loosely based on FASA's Renegade Legion RPG, features anti-grav chariots pulled by carnivorous beasts and a focus on chaos and player interaction.
Concordia
Gamemaster: Danielle Halebsky, Paul Zito
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit A
Concordia is a peaceful, strategy game of economic development in Roman times. Use action cards to send colonists out from Rome to settle down in cities that produce bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth and use those resources to acquire additional action carts. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. Gather resources, build outposts, and acquire action cards on your road to victory.
Detective: City of Angels
Bloody Christmas
Gamemaster: Jef Watts
Time: Friday 15:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit C
In 1940's Los Angeles, not many days go by without a low-life, half-wit gettin' conned or some chump gettin' iced. Can't be no angels without a few folks shufflin' off their motal coil, now can there? Can you be the first dick to solve the crime and impress the sergent?
Dominion
Base Game + 10 Expansions
Gamemaster: Bryan Noel
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit B
The original deck-building game
Dungeon Kart
Gamemaster: Mark Olsen
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit C
Dungeon Kart transforms the multiplayer mayhem of kart racing into a turn-based tactical tabletop experience set in the world of Boss Monster. Play as one of the baddest Bosses around while using Spells to disrupt other racers, grab coins, and power yourself up! With a lot of skill and a little luck, you can cross the finish line first and show your opponents who’s Boss!
Dungeons & Dragons
Erevane’s Labyrinth
Gamemaster: Kimberley Cambron
Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU218
The trickster king has taken note of your walks through his forests. He’s watched as you’ve cleverly dealt with the obstacles placed before you and laughed as you danced beneath his trees. It is decided. Tonight you will meet. And he will take something dear from you to ensure you come to find it. Erevane offers you a game. Solve his labyrinth in the Feywild before the clock strikes the 13th hour and he’ll grant you your most cherished treasure and your freedom. Fail and you lose both. Navigate the mysteries of his labyrinth even as your memories begin to fade. You'll meet those who call the twisting paths home - some you can trust and others you cannot. Will you know the difference? Heavily inspired by the movie The Labyrinth, this one shot is infused with epic battles, whimsical settings, quirky companions and clever puzzles to solve.
Dungeons & Dragons
Humblewood: That Which Was Taken
Gamemaster: Jeffrey Tyler Sweigart
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: UU217 G
Summoned by King, the group of heroes must track down something of great importance that was lost. A Calamity beast aims to bring ruin unless it finds the one thing it holds dear.
Dungeons & Dragons
Fey Fayre
Gamemaster: Irish Bob
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: UU216
Every year, just after spring blossoms have fallen but before the summer heat sets in, the veil between the land of the fey and the mortal plane grows thin. For one night, Fey Folk pass freely into the material plane, bringing with them the whimsical chaos of their world for the entertainment of those of the material. To celebrate this momentary mingling of worlds, they set up the spectacular Fey Fayre, attracting people from far and wide to visit the fayre and enjoy it’s exotic fruits, fanciful performers, chaotic games and the main event: The Talent Show.
This is a One-Shot Module designed by r-n-w with modifications by Irish Bob for the use in PolyCon 43.
Dungeons & Dragons
Feedback Loop
Gamemaster: Annika Bullock
Time: Saturday 13:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: Stage
You've awoken in the middle of a forest clearing, without your party, your equipment, or your memories. You and the rest of the people stuck here with you will have to work together to discover who or what you are and how you ended up here. Hopefully you can figure it out before more victims end up the same way… Beginner-friendly Dungeons and Dragons one-shot with premade characters that explores plot more than combat and encourages role play and creative problem solving. Open to players of all skill and experience levels!
Dungeons & Dragons
Grande Masque de l’Hiver
Gamemaster: Kimberley Cambron
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 L
Perhaps it's the darkness of the new moon that makes the clearing look so different tonight. This plan you had with your friends to visit the "Stairs to Nowhere" as you'd done as children fifteen years ago sounded like a fun idea in the light of the day. But the night is dark, and the forest is still. Was it always this still? "Shall we enter the Carnivale together?" One of you jokes as they reach for your hand. "Are you ready?" And together you jump. But you find tonight is very different. Tonight these aren’t "Stairs to Nowhere." Tonight they lead into the Feywild…and directly into Erevane's Grande Masquerade. A Masquerade you’ve never heard of because no mortal who's ventured there has ever returned. Pre-generated characters will be provided...or feel free to bring your own level five character to the party (pending GM approval)
Dungeons & Dragons
Fey Fayre
Gamemaster: Irish Bob
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: UU216
Every year, just after spring blossoms have fallen but before the summer heat sets in, the veil between the land of the fey and the mortal plane grows thin. For one night, Fey Folk pass freely into the material plane, bringing with them the whimsical chaos of their world for the entertainment of those of the material. To celebrate this momentary mingling of worlds, they set up the spectacular Fey Fayre, attracting people from far and wide to visit the fayre and enjoy it’s exotic fruits, fanciful performers, chaotic games and the main event: The Talent Show.
This is a One-Shot Module designed by r-n-w with modifications by Irish Bob for the use in PolyCon 43.
Dungeons & Dragons
The Only Way to Be Sure
Gamemaster: Sean Hollins
Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 L
A small mining village near the edge of Thar goes silent
You are sent to investigate...
And discover that the truth is much worse than expected
An Adventurers League Tier-2 game (using DnD 2024 rules).
The game will feature elements of horror and suspense.
Pre-generated AL legal characters are available if you do not have a AL character to use.
Dungeons & Dragons
Feedback Loop
Gamemaster: Annika Bullock
Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: UU217 G
You've awoken in the middle of a forest clearing, without your party, your equipment, or your memories. You and the rest of the people stuck here with you will have to work together to discover who or what you are and how you ended up here. Hopefully you can figure it out before more victims end up the same way- Beginner-friendly Dungeons and Dragons one-shot with premade characters that explores plot more than combat and encourages role play and creative problem solving. Open to players of all skill and experience levels!
Dungeons and Dragons
Last Train from Nowhere
Gamemaster: Kimberley Cambron
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 L
You wake up in the plush, velvet-lined seats of a luxury train car. Your view from the windows is a pitch-black, endless void. The train is hurtling forward at terrifying speeds. You and four others might be the only ones on board, and you begin to see the behind you that the train is slowly, systematically disintegrating into the void, car by car. You don't know who you are, why you are here or what you are meant to do...but you'd better get on it, because you can make out the end of the line in the distance and you don't have much time to figure out who you are, how you got here, and how to stop the train before the engine plunges over the end of the track...or ends up entirely eaten up by the void.
You'll start with blank character sheets, which you will fill out as you take chances and test your skills. Prior knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons core characters will be helpful in solving the mystery of who you are...but is not necessary to play. You'll all be discovering who you are together as you also test your skills to see what you can possibly do in order to solve the mystery of the Last Train from Nowhere.
Eclipse
New Dawn for the Galaxy
Gamemaster: Colby Gonzalez
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: Pit E
Build an interstellar civilization by exploration, research, conquest, and diplomacy.
Escape From Aliens of Outer Space
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Saturday 20:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit E
It's humans vs. aliens in a game of hidden movement and bluffing. Who will survive?
Escape Room
Gamemaster: SLO CAPED
Time: Friday 11:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 12:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 14:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 15:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 16:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Friday 17:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 09:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 11:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 13:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 15:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 16:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 17:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 18:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 20:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 21:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Saturday 22:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 09:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Gamemaster: SLO CAPED
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 12:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 14:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 15:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU217 A
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Time: Sunday 16:00
Length: 1 Hours
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Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit D
I demand the honor of dying sword in hand! Trade, raid, and settle the world of the Middle Ages. Cross the seas to the edges of the world. Fight bravely under the banner of the Raven and proudly take your place in Valhalla! Make the civilized world tremble and the priests fervently pray: ""Lord, protect us from the fury of the Northmen."" Fire & Axe gives players the chance to take on the role of Vikings during multiple voyages between 750 AD and 1020 AD. Each voyage begins in Scandinavia, where Vikings and goods get on board and runes are cast. During the expeditions, you will trade with the locals, raid their treasures, or try to establish settlements. If you can, you will try to accomplish sagas, which will be repeated by the skalds. The speed at which you will gain riches and notoriety will determine how great a mark your Jarl will have left on the Middle Ages.
Flamecraft
Gamemaster: Ashley Black
Time: Sunday 09:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit G
Artisan dragons, the smaller and magically talented versions of their larger (and destructive) cousins, are sought by shopkeepers so that they may delight customers with their flamecraft. You are a Flamekeeper, skilled in the art of conversing with dragons, placing them in their ideal home and using enchantments to entice them to produce wondrous things. Your reputation will grow as you aid the dragons and shopkeepers, and the Flamekeeper with the most reputation will be known as the Master of Flamecraft.
Flight Club: Shuttle Escort
Gamemaster: Mike Whitney
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Miniature C
Playable demonstration of FLIGHT CLUB's modified/simplified version of X-Wing Miniatures. Flight Club uses the miniature models and movement markers of the old X-Wing miniatures game, with simplified rules geared toward larger squadron based Starfighter skirmishes and objective based missions.
Food Chain Magnate
Gamemaster: Gregg Saruwatari
Time: Saturday 11:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Pit B
The Splotter Modern Classic. Grow your 50's style chain restaurant by hiring different types of workers and both creating and filling demand. This game is very heavy on planning and player interaction(but not too complex) and lives up to the Splotter saying that "Any turn where a bad decision can't lose you the game isn't a turn worth playing"
Food Chain Magnate
Gamemaster: Gregg Saruwatari
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Pit B
Create the best 50's restaurant chain! Hire employees, advertise, fill orders and make sure no one steals your customers! FCM is a highly player driven, confrontational and yet not too complex economic game.
Fosteringo
Gamemaster: Jason Magness
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit D
Play Fosteringo! Avoid Shelter Perils and score points rehoming and fostering cute dogs, cats, and exotic pets. Use shelter roll intuition, trading and rescues while aiming for bonus scoring on your Fosteringo board. 30 min 2-6 players
Freelancers
Sisters & Songs
Gamemaster: Alan Scott
Time: Friday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 B
Congratulations! Humanity is dead! The bad news is that all they left behind is their garbage and a broken gig economy. That’s why we need freelancers like you: ready to take any job, no matter how loathsome. As a freelancer, you will delve into ruins, brave the wilds, and slay the hordes of hideous creatures that litter the dark forgotten corners of the world. All so you can gather loot and return home, ready to blow it all and start over again the next day. It’s a lousy gig, so it’s perfect for the likes of you.
Freelancers condenses the fantasy RPG campaign experience into a single night of fun and mayhem. Create a character, roll funky dice, and blaze your way through multiple stories set in a world of magic, monsters and murder. Better yet, no game master is required, as a magical companion app does all the storytelling for you!
Fromage
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
The finest Cheese-making board game in the land. You are a French cheesemaker in the early 20th century making, aging, and selling your artisanal cheeses. Become the most prestigious cheesemaker in all of France by running a highly successful creamery and crafting exceptional cheese.
Gold Fools Pirate
Gamemaster: Jason Magness
Time: Saturday 20:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit D
GOLD FOOLS PIRATE is a 2-3 player card trick filler game. 30 minutes to play and provide feedback for upcoming Kickstarter. all ages
Hamlet
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Saturday 16:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
In this tile placing game with an emergent economy, players construct buildings that everyone can use to create materials, refine resources, earn money, and make important deliveries to construct the Hamlet's biggest landmark - the Church. Hamlet features irregular shaped tiles that connect together without a grid to form a village that is completely different every time. Villagers perform jobs across the hamlet, while donkeys build a network for efficient transport of resources from one end of the village to another.
I'm Sorry, Did You Say Street Magic?
A narrative city-building game
Gamemaster: Myke Thomas
Time: Friday 15:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit A
Together, we will discover and describe a city filled with life and vivid detail, packed with a myriad of neighborhoods, landmarks, and residents. As we explore the city, we will find out how the residents connect to each other, and the events that will alter their lives and the city around them.
Illuminati
Gamemaster: Eric M. Aldrich I
Time: Friday 14:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit F
They're all around us. Secret conspiracies are everywhere, and where can you find the only truth? Certainly not in the game of Illuminati. Fnord.
Isle of Skye
Gamemaster: Fred Burkhardt
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit C
5 clans are competing for dominance, each trying to take away the best swaths of land from one another, and selling off the unpleasant ones for lot of money.
Jewel Box
Gamemaster: Katelyn Sweigart
Time: Friday 12:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit D
Unlock the shimmering secrets of the Jewel Box! This gorgeous tile-laying game lets you become an entomologist, strategically scooping up dazzling jewel-toned beetles and placing them in your own miniature museum. Each family of beetles has unique quirks, demanding clever placement to maximize your score. But beware — while your magnifying glass and trust forceps might help you bend the rules, true victory lies in masterful Collecting, Placing, and Scoring! (Ages 8+)
Jewel Box
Gamemaster: Katelyn Sweigart
Time: Friday 15:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit B
Unlock the shimmering secrets of the Jewel Box! This gorgeous tile-laying game lets you become an entomologist, strategically scooping up dazzling jewel-toned beetles and placing them in your own miniature museum. Each family of beetles has unique quirks, demanding clever placement to maximize your score. But beware — while your magnifying glass and trust forceps might help you bend the rules, true victory lies in masterful Collecting, Placing, and Scoring! (Ages 8+)
King of Tokyo
Dark Edition
Gamemaster: Xavier Saruwatari
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit B
The classic Richard Garfield game with giant monsters, special powers and rolling dice. Win by eliminating the other monsters or by becoming the most famous!
LARP
The Night Market
Gamemaster: Katelyn Sweigart
Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: UU220
You have been invited -- whether you were aware of it or not -- to the Night Market. A gathering of peddlers and traders of all walks of life...And unlife. You are here because you need something that cannot be gotten elsewhere, and the Night Market felt your needs. The wares you seek are here...somewhere...and your coin means nothing. Barter with your fellow traders, haggle with the vendors, and do not to upset the Overseer by breaking the Rules. (Minimum 12, Maximum 20)
Legend of the Five Rings
Where Lord Moon Watches
Gamemaster: Jaymes Bolton
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: UU218
Set in the mystical Empire of Rokugan, Legend of the Five Rings is a game of samurai drama where honor, duty, politics, and steel matter as much as martial skill. Players take the role of samurai serving the Great Clans, navigating a world of strict etiquette, deadly rivalries, ancient spirits, and hidden desires. After a series of sacred artifacts vanish under impossible circumstances, an Emerald Magistrate assembles a group of yoriki (deputies) to investigate the growing mystery. Their search will draw them into encounters with strange forces that do not obey mortal logic or custom. Themes of temptation, obligation, memory, truth, and the cost of desire lie at the heart of the story. Expect supernatural mystery, courtly intrigue, eerie folklore, dangerous negotiations, and cinematic samurai action.
Lord of the Rings
The Lord of The Rings The Fellowship of The Ring
Gamemaster: Jackie Epner
Time: Saturday 20:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit B
Coop trick taking. Co-operative card game that plays out over eighteen chapters that lead players through the events of the novel The Fellowship of the Ring.
Magic: the Gathering
Commander or Jumpstart
Gamemaster: Jackie Epner
Time: Friday 16:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: UU220
Join us for some Magic the Gathering! Not sure how to play? we can teach you. Just want some other people to play with and know when it will be? Bring your deck(s) and sit down.
I will have Jumpstart Decks if you don't have any decks yourself. Small decks, and perfect to learn how to play. I will also have at least one Commander deck, so make sure to bring your own if you don't wish to be stuck playing Rats.
Magic: the Gathering
Magic the Gathering free draft
Gamemaster: Louis Hudgens
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU220
Players will draft from 3 magic the gathering packs to make a minimum 40 card deck, then play in 3 rounds of Swiss best of 3 games to find the winner. Packs and lands will be provided. Both new and seasoned players are welcome.
Malifaux
Malifaux Madcap Match
Gamemaster: Christopher Smith
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 8 Hours
Location: Miniature A, Miniature B
Learn to play Malifaux or catch up on the latest edition in this fun, casual event. Madcap Match is a variant game mode for Malifaux that sees 2-4 players racing around the table collecting miscellaneous Mushroom markers.
Marvel United
Gamemaster: Paul Zito
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
In Marvel United, you take the role of iconic Marvel Heroes cooperating to stop the master plan of a powerful Villain controlled by the game. Each Villain unveils their unique master plan, with cards that trigger different effects, and threats that pose challenges across the locations. Heroes must choose carefully the cards to play from their unique decks, that not only offer different actions and superpowers to use, but also combine with the actions of other Heroes to do the impossible. Build your storyline, unite your powers, save the day!
Modern Art
CMON edition
Gamemaster: Gregg Saruwatari
Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit B
The Classic Knizia auction game where the demand and prices of the art are set by the players, not the game. This is a fairly quick game as in under an hour so come check it out even if it is full and we will probably run another game after.
Modern Art
CMON edition
Gamemaster: Gregg Saruwatari
Time: Saturday 15:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit B
The classic Knizia Auction game where the players set the Art prices and demand, not the game. Each game usually takes less than an hour, so even if the slots fil up come check it out and join the next game if interested.
Mysterium Park
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Sunday 08:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
It's cotton candy, circus, dark secrets - a psychic investigation at Mysterium Park! In this cooperative stand-alone game, the ghost sends visions with illustrated cards. The psychics try to interpret them in order to rule out certain suspects and locations. Then, they’ll seize their only chance to piece together what happened to the director. You have only six nights before the carnival leaves town... Open your minds and find the truth!
Mysterium Park
Gamemaster: Colby Gonzalez
Time: Sunday 12:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit C
It's cotton candy, circus, dark secrets - a psychic investigation at Mysterium Park! (Co-op game)
Namiji
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit E
Take to the sea and discover the hidden marvels of the Japanese coast.
Obsession
Gamemaster: Jen Smith
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit H
Obsessed with Obsession
Oceans
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Friday 14:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
Enter a vast, underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of tentacles, sharp teeth, and black ink, where your survival depends on your ability to adapt.
Oceans is a strategy game where you create a vibrant web of marine life in a continually changing environment.
This game is a spin-off of and is similar to the game Evolution. Beginners welcome!
Old Kings Crown
Gamemaster: Caleb Arbreton
Time: Sunday 14:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit D
Old King's Crown is a somewhat asymmetric area control card game. It's like playing three games of war / rock paper scissors, trying your best to just beat every region without loosing all your best cards too fast.
OPR Miniatures (One Page Rules)
Gamemaster: Andre Partin, Dr. Matthew Kay
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 7 Hours
Location: Miniature E
OPR miniatures are highly detailed tabletop wargaming models designed for sci-fi and fantasy settings. Known for being "model-agnostic," the rules allow you to use any physical or 3D-printed miniatures you already own. OPR offers their own official, highly regarded 3D printable files and physical ranges.
Paint and Take
Gamemaster: Steven Simily
Time: Friday 12:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU219
Poly Con's humble Paint Wizard returns once again to host this year's Paint and Take room. Come spend as much or as little time as you'd like in this family friendly event. Open to all ages, and no experience or materials required. Come pick out a miniature, paints, and a brush from our available selection, or bring your own, and enjoy a pleasant and relaxing time. Once you're done, take your miniature with you! It's yours to keep! No extra cost! Have questions about paint, miniatures, techniques, or never done anything like this before? The Paint Wizard will be on hand to answers questions, give tips and pointers, and provide tutorials. Great for beginners and experienced painters, families and solo artists, as a time filler between games and as event to hang around in and enjoy by itself.
Paint and Take
Gamemaster: Steven Simily
Time: Saturday 11:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: UU219
Poly Con's humble Paint Wizard returns once again to host this year's Paint and Take room. Come spend as much or as little time as you'd like in this family friendly event. Open to all ages, and no experience or materials required. Come pick out a miniature, paints, and a brush from our available selection, or bring your own, and enjoy a pleasant and relaxing time. Once you're done, take your miniature with you! It's yours to keep! No extra cost! Have questions about paint, miniatures, techniques, or never done anything like this before? The Paint Wizard will be on hand to answers questions, give tips and pointers, and provide tutorials. Great for beginners and experienced painters, families and solo artists, as a time filler between games and as event to hang around in and enjoy by itself.
Paint and Take
Gamemaster: Steven Simily
Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: UU219
Poly Con's humble Paint Wizard returns once again to host this year's Paint and Take room. Come spend as much or as little time as you'd like in this family friendly event. Open to all ages, and no experience or materials required. Come pick out a miniature, paints, and a brush from our available selection, or bring your own, and enjoy a pleasant and relaxing time. Once you're done, take your miniature with you! It's yours to keep! No extra cost! Have questions about paint, miniatures, techniques, or never done anything like this before? The Paint Wizard will be on hand to answers questions, give tips and pointers, and provide tutorials. Great for beginners and experienced painters, families and solo artists, as a time filler between games and as event to hang around in and enjoy by itself.
Parks
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
Hike through National Parks tiles, collecting memories and admiring gorgeous scenery.
Pathfinder
The Great Toy Heist
Gamemaster: James Anderson
Time: Friday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 L
There's always someone up to no good in the Chelaxian capital of Egorian, and this time it hits a little too close to home! A corrupt banker discovered there was something magical about The Terrific Toyshop beyond just the magnificent creations within. Greedy and unprincipled, this wealthy noble found a loophole in the diabolically complicated laws of the city and exploited it to seize the deed to the toyshop and threaten to boot the toy maker and his lovely creations out on the streets. What are sentient toys to do in the face of such reprehensible actions? Break in and steal the deed back, of course! In The Great Toy Heist, you take on the role of one of four unique poppets—living toys with strong wills of their own. While your gentle creator is beside himself with worry, you and your friends enact a risky plan to save your home and livelihoods with stealth, subterfuge, and no shortage of luck! The Great Toy Heist is a short adventure for 2nd-level characters that gives players a chance to try out one of Golarion's rare ancestries. This adventure takes a band of poppet heroes on a dangerous mission to prove themselves and save their home—the very place that gave them life! The four pregenerated characters also provide a quick way to jump right into this exciting Free RPG Day adventure! Grab your friends, grab some dice, and play the role of Golarion's newest adorable heroes!
Photosynthesis
Gamemaster: Danielle Halebsky
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit C
Photosynthesis is a highly acclaimed, environmentally-themed abstract strategy board game. Players cultivate and shape an ever-changing forest, competing to gather the most light points as the sun revolves around the board. Points are scored by taking trees through their life-cycle and harvesting them.
Photosynthesis
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
Welcome to the world of Photosynthesis, the green strategy board game! Plant and shape the ever-changing forest as you cultivate your seeds and your strategy. Take your trees through their full life-cycle, from seeding, to full bloom, to rebirth, and earn points as their leaves collect energy from the revolving sun's rays. Carefully pick where you sow and when you grow as the richest soil grows the strongest trunks, and the trees left in the shadows are blocked from the sun and from collecting light points.
PolyCon Auction
Gamemaster: Eric M. Aldrich I, Jef Watts
Time: Sunday 17:00
Length: 1.5 Hours
Location: Pit
The PolyCon Closing Auction
PolyCon BBQ
Gamemaster: PolyCon Staff
Time: Saturday 18:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Lawn
PolyCon Silent Auction
Gamemaster: Eric M. Aldrich I, Jef Watts
Time: Sunday 15:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit
Port Royal
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Friday 10:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit E
Push Your Luck, Tableau Builder. Trade with ships, hire crew, and gain influence in the pirate haven of Port Royal.
Power Grid
Gamemaster: Danielle Halebsky
Time: Sunday 12:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit A
In Power Grid, your objective is to supply the most cities with power. Players connect cities and bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities. However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available. Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power their plants, making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.
Quacks of Quedlinburg
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Friday 16:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
Welcome to Quedlinburg, where the best miracle doctors and quack surgeons from all across the land gather to brew their concoctions to cure everything from smelly feet to homesickness. The Quacks of Quedlinburg is a strategic push-your-luck game where each player draws from their potpourri of ingredients until they think that their own special blend is just right. But be careful: a few too many special ingredients and the whole potion could blow up in your face! Do you stop early to improve your chances of making a better option later that will win the day, or do you risk a big setback in order to get more money and fame now?
Quacks of Quedlinburg
Gamemaster: Fred Burkhardt
Time: Saturday 21:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit C
The Quacks of Quedlinburg is a popular "push-your-luck" bag-building strategy game where 2–4 players act as quack doctors brewing secret potions.
Red Dragon Inn
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Friday 15:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit E
Take That' style card game. In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You've raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you're back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.
Revolution!
Gamemaster: Wrynn Winslow
Time: Friday 12:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit E
Blackmail the printer. Threaten the innkeeper. Bribe the priest. Welcome to Revolution! Secretly bid against your opponents to gain victory points, control territories, and collect more Gold, Blackmail, and Force tokens for the next round of bidding! Knowing where to push for points – and where to back away and let your opponents fight – is the key to victory. It's a game of bluff, counter-bluff, and surprise!
Robot Quest Arena
Gamemaster: Mark Olsen
Time: Saturday 09:00
Length: 3 Hours
Location: Pit C
Robot Quest Arena is a deck building arena battle game with awesome (and adorable) robot miniatures! Use battery cards to move, power your weapons, and buy powerful new cards for your deck. Navigate around the hazards of the arena and blast your opponents to score points. Destroyed bots respawn each round, so you're never out of the action!
Roll for the Galaxy
Gamemaster: Ashley Black
Time: Sunday 11:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit G
Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2–5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages his workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!
Savage Worlds
Dænevar: Crisis at the Captains Ball
Gamemaster: John Kusters
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU216
The Imperial Governor's wife is in dire straits. Someone is attempting to expose her affair with a scion of a Dænevari Captain. You, as a member of the Greencloaks, the city's elite law enforcement force, have been tasked with uncovering the plotter behind the scheme and stopping them before the reputations of the Governor and the Captain are ruined. No experience with the system is necessary; it will be taught at the table if necessary.
Seminar
Gamemaster: Llyn Hunter
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: UU219
Fantasy Role Playing / Collectable Cards
Simple character design
So you want to create your own character, but don't know where to start? Come join my little brainstorming crew as we all come up with ideas for someone fun to play with. The plan is we'll come up this individual on Saturday and have an image of it for all on Sunday.
Seminar
Introduction to Longsword Fencing
Gamemaster: Blackfriar's School of Fence
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: University Union Plaza
An introduction to Longsword fencing as used in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA). Learn the basics of footwork, attacking, and defending with a longsword based on historical manuscripts. There will be a live sparring demonstration with steel weapons as used in a tournament format. In addition, the fencers will interpret combat maneuvers used by the D&D 5e Battle Master subclass and demonstrate how they might be used in a duel.
Sentinel Comics RPG
Larceny at the Tech Expo
Gamemaster: Myke Thomas
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 5 Hours
Location: UU218
No rest for weary heroes, as you are woken up with an emergency call. Armed agents are breaking into the Megalopolis Convention Center, where the NexTech Computing and AI Conference is scheduled to start tomorrow. Your help is desperately needed to stop them from taking any of the technology on display, before it falls into the wrong hands. Are you ready to help?
Slay the Spire
Split Personalities
Gamemaster: Becky Smith
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 8 Hours
Location: Pit H
Slay the Spire: The Board Game is a co-operative deck-building, dungeon-crawling adventure. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and finally become strong enough to slay the Spire! Each player starts with a character with unique abilities and a simple deck of cards that they can improve by adding and removing cards during the game. The game is divided into 3 Acts.
Split Personalities: 8 hours is a long time to commit to a game. You can sign up to play for part of the time and have another player take over your deck/character when you leave. If at all possible please be here for the first 30 minutes of play to get an introduction to the game rules no matter when you expect to play. Not required, but will make the game flow better.
SLO Library Hosts!
Gamemaster: Sally LaPorte
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 8 Hours
Location: Dealer Demo Table
SLO Public Library is hosting a table where we will teach / play board games that are available to check out! You can also sign up for a library card at our table.
Spirit Island
Gamemaster: Jake Johnsen
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 6 Hours
Location: Pit G
In the most distant reaches of the world, magic still exists, embodied by Spirits of the land, of the sky, and of every natural thing. As the great powers of human civilization stretch their colonial empires further and further, they will inevitably lay claim to a place where spirits still hold power - and when they do, the land itself will fight back alongside the islanders who live there. Spirit Island is a complex and thematic cooperative game about defending your island home from colonizing Invaders. Players are different Spirits of the land, each with its own unique elemental powers. Every turn, players simultaneously choose which of their power cards to play, paying energy to do so. Using combinations of power cards that match a Spirit's elemental affinities can grant free bonus effects. Faster powers take effect immediately, before the Invaders spread and ravage, but other magics are slower, requiring forethought and planning to use effectively. In the Spirit phase, spirits gain energy, and choose how / whether to Grow: to reclaim used power cards, to seek for new power, or to spread presence into new areas of the island.
Stable Times
Gamemaster: Katelyn Sweigart
Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit D
As a skilled horse trainer, it's your job to guide a herd of show horses back to the stable, arranging each one just right to keep them content. Each horse has its own personality; some are shy, some are social, and some just want their favorite stall. Use smart planning and a bit of intuition to corral the perfect layout. With strategic Grouping, Placing, and Scoring, the stable is where champions are made!
Stable Times
Gamemaster: Katelyn Sweigart
Time: Friday 16:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit B
As a skilled horse trainer, it's your job to guide a herd of show horses back to the stable, arranging each one just right to keep them content. Each horse has its own personality; some are shy, some are social, and some just want their favorite stall. Use smart planning and a bit of intuition to corral the perfect layout. With strategic Grouping, Placing, and Scoring, the stable is where champions are made!
Star Trek Fleet Commander
Gamemaster: Rick Godsey
Time: Saturday 14:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Miniature C
Star Trek Fleet Commander is a fast-paced combat game set in Star Trek the Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space Nine Era.
Star Wars: Outer Rim
Gamemaster: Mark Olsen
Time: Friday 11:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Pit C
Take to the stars and become a living legend in Star Wars: Outer Rim, a game of bounty hunters, mercenaries, and smugglers! You take on the role of an underworld denizen, setting out to make your mark on the galaxy. You'll travel the outer rim in your personal ship, hire legendary Star Wars characters to join your crew, and try to become the most famous (or infamous) outlaw in the galaxy by completing jobs, heists, bounties, and more!
Sushi Go!
Gamemaster: Jake Johnsen
Time: Sunday 13:00
Length: 1 Hours
Location: Pit B
In the super-fast sushi card game Sushi Go!, you are eating at a sushi restaurant and trying to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by. Score points for collecting the most sushi rolls or making a full set of sashimi. Dip your favorite nigiri in wasabi to triple its value! And once you've eaten it all, finish your meal with all the pudding you've got! But be careful which sushi you allow your friends to take; it might be just what they need to beat you!
Tales from the Loop
The Escapee
Gamemaster: Charles Picard
Time: Saturday 10:00
Length: 8 Hours
Location: UU217 B
Do you remember when we found the Escapee? I think it was the year before you moved to Vegas. We’d just gotten back to school and he was hiding in the wings while we were auditioning for the school play. Trapped under that string of lights he looked like a lost puppy. Even after we somehow got him back to your place, I knew it couldn’t last. Whenever I drive by school, I think about how It all came to a head right before Christmas. My parents didn’t understand when I barely played with that Atari they got me. The whole thing feels like a dream sometimes. But it still bothers me… do you think we made the right choice?
Tales from the Loop is a game set in a high-tech 1980s that never was. You play Kids who solve mysteries that the distracted adults in your lives don’t even notice. Characters will be made at the table. This session features maximum production value which includes sound design, in-world handouts, a one-act play and more!
Thieves Den
Gamemaster: Leah Lexington
Time: Saturday 12:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit D
Take on the role of a Master Thief in this card drafting worker placement game. Send out hirelings to nab treasures, sell ill-gotten goods to underworld fences, and deal with a witch to increase your reputation. Will you become the next Big Boss of Amarynth?
Tiny Epic Viticulture
Gamemaster: Danielle Halebsky
Time: Friday 13:00
Length: 2 Hours
Location: Pit A
Based on Viticulture and the Tiny Epic game series, Tiny Epic Viticulture is a light to medium weight Euro style game. As a vineyard owner, you are expanding your wine business through planting and harvesting vines, crushing grapes, and filling wine orders. In order to be successful, you must manage your workers wisely! Do you have what it takes to become a master wine maker?
Vantage
Coop choose your own adventure
Gamemaster: Jackie Epner
Time: Sunday 10:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: Pit C
Explore an entire planet's open world from a first-person perspective. Work entirely separately from your fellow players to a common goal.
Yazebas Bed and Breakfast
The Night Market
Gamemaster: Alan Scott
Time: Saturday 19:00
Length: 4 Hours
Location: UU217 B
Once upon a time, the world was cruel, and there was a witch who knew it well, and so she sold her heart to build 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.