ARISIA 2001 TABLETOP GAMING SCHEDULE
as of January 8th, 2001
All games listed here are taking place in the Stanbro Room on the Mezzanine level across the divide from the elevators. Additional games may still be added to the schedule from 5pm Friday to 5pm Sunday (very limited space still available during Saturday afternoon). Contact: Gaming@Arisia.org
At the con, check in at the Stanbro Room for an updated list of games or to see if there's space and time to schedule any more. Pick-up games may be played on any available unscheduled tables.
Tables are large round or 5'X6' (can be slid apart for (2) 2.5'X6' for board or card games).
Games labeled "New players welcome," are open to curious newcomers as well as experienced players. All of the people presenting these games will be quite happy to teach the rules. We have lined up a number of exciting introductory games to lure new gamers into our clutches. Bwa Ha Ha Ha....
Games labeled "Additional players may join the game in progress" means that if you show up late and there's still room for more players, you can join in the game already in progress, or perhaps take the role of temporary non-player character(s) in one of the role-playing games.
Even if you're not planning on playing any games, do stop by the room to check it all out. We have some miniatures games running that make great spectator sports: the Clan War demo games and tournament is full of large colorfully painted armies ; watch the podracing mayhem as Micromachine Podracers zoom through 3-D canyons and everyone cheers for young Anakin to slam into a cliffside; the Looney Lab Rabbits at the (Unofficial) Pop-Tart Cafe will be adding a distinctive flavor to the room; Seer Inc., Boston Gamers, Goblintooth, and others are all providing a wide range of games for players of all skill levels.
Those interested in participating in the Clan War tournament -- this is limited to 10 players. You may sign up in advance for this event by sending email to Mark Perneta at turing2@rcn.com. Bring your own armies according to the standard tournament rules. For standard tournament rules, see: www.clanwar.com/rules/. 2000 point armies; players who send their completed army list to Mark by Friday Jan. 5 may add an additional 50 bonus points to their army. The competition on Saturday will be 3 rounds Swiss style, no elimination. The final two rounds on Sunday will be single elimination for the top 4 competitors. Players who do not make the semi-finals or other additional players are welcome to do pickup games.
Come join the fun!
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STANBRO ROOM GAMING TABLE ARRANGEMENT
#1 (5' X 6') #2 (5' X 6') #3 (5' X 6') #4 (5' X 6')
#5 (5' X 6') #6 (5' X 6') #7 (5' X 6') #8 (5' X 6')
#9 (5' X 6') #10 (5' X 6') #11 (5' X 6') #12 (5' X 6')
#13 (round) #14 (round) #15 (round) #16 (round)
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Friday
4pm-8pm Tables: 11 & 12
Game Title: Character Creation for Third Edition D&D
Rules: AD&D 3rd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Vivian Abraham
16 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the workshop in progress
Description: Make a character for the new Dungeons &Dragons rules, or convert your favorite first or second edition character. Overview of the new combat system, multiclass rules and the d20 mechanic. All questions answered, newbies welcome! Also, some quick demos if time permits.
Friday
5pm-9pm Table: 15
Game Title: The Mirror of Souls
Rules: AD&D 3rd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Michael Dlott
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
10 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: You are the homeguard of Altia, the elite fighting force in charge of safeguarding the King and the royal family Late last night you found that the King and Queen are missing and a strange mirror is on their bed. Now the crown prince is charging you to find his mother and father.
Friday
6pm-9pm Table: 10
Game Title: Valley of the Drow
Rules: D&D 3rd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Paul DiGennaro
Sponsor: SEER Productions
4-8 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: It all started one dark night at the pub. When the door crashed open and a gnome came in, no one paid too much attention. When he introduced himself as Volothamp and requested help charting out the underdark kingdom of Alythic, people looked up. When he brought out a large sack of coins, you and your party had their hands full trying to hustle the little man out with his life intact. Join the infamous explorer Volo as he attempts to map the fabled lands of the Drow rogues.
Friday
6pm-9pm Table: 3
Game Title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Playtest
Rules: Wild Ones
Type: Miniatures Skirmish
Sponsor: Goblintooth Enterprises
2-8 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: Wild Ones is a new game of biker brawls under development by Goblintooth Enterprises. Appendices will include supplemental rules for other genres: swashbucklers, cowboys, and supernatural. This scenario will try out the game with a "Buffy" flavor. There's a little role-playing and a lot of colorful combat action.
Friday
6pm-9pm Table: 14
Game Title: Illuminati
Rules: Illuminati
Type: Card Game
GM: Jason Hogue
Sponsor: Steve Jackson Games
3-8 Players
New players welcome.
Description: The original game of conspiracy... They're all around us. Secret conspiracies are everywhere, and where can you find the only truth? Certainly not in the game of Illuminati! The phone company is controlled by creatures from outer space. The Congressional Wives have taken over the Pentagon. Compete to grab powerful groups and increase your wealth and power. No ploy is too devious, no stratagem too low, as you scheme your way to victory. Fnord.
Friday
6pm-10pm Tables: 7 & 8
Game Title: 7th Sea Demonstration
Rules: 7th Sea
Type: Collectable Card Game
GM: Jessica McEwan
Sponsor: Dark Edge Gaming
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress
Description: Come learn to play this fun and popular card game. This is also a good time for pickup games between experienced players.
Friday
6pm-Midnight Tables: 2 & 6
Game Title: Boston Gamers Presents...
Rules: Any of a variety of games (Settlers of Catan, Robo Rally, Lord of the Rings, Cosmic Encounter, and many more such as WizWar, Age of Renaissance, Guillotine, Once Upon a Time, Castle, Tigris & Euphrates, Through the Desert, Apples to Apples, and several "family games" like Scrabble, Monopoly, etc.).
Type: Board Games
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players might be able to join the game in progress.
Description: Stop by anytime and ask to learn a new game or to play an old favorite.
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Saturday
9am-1pm Table: 12
Game Title: The Sunless Citidel (part one)
Rules: AD&D 3rd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Vivian Abraham
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
4-6 Players
New players welcome if attended Friday night's character creation session. Only open to playeers unfamiliar with this published module.
Description: Part One of Two. Journey into the depths of an underground citidel in search of missing adventurers. Encounter warring humanoids, decipher ancient runes, and try to thwart a twisted druidic ritual. The last brave souls who entered here never escaped. Will you? This game is based on a modulepublished by Wizards of the Coast. Only players unfamiliar with this module will be permitted.
Saturday
10am-1pm Tables: 4 & 8
6pm-10pm (or later?) Table 12
7pm-10pm (or later?) Table 8
Game Title: Boston Gamers Presents...
Rules: Any of a variety of games (Settlers of Catan, Robo Rally, Lord of the Rings, Cosmic Encounter, and many more such as WizWar, Age of Renaissance, Guillotine, Once Upon a Time, Castle, Tigris & Euphrates, Through the Desert, Apples to Apples, and several "family games" like Scrabble, Monopoly, etc.).
Type: Board Games
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players might be able to join the game in progress.
Description: Stop by anytime and ask to learn a new game or to play an old favorite.
Saturday
10am-6:00pm Table: 3
Game Title: Micromachines Podracing
Rules: Future Race
Type: Miniatures Racing
Sponsor: Goblintooth Enterprises
2-8 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress; a new line-up of racers will start the course each hour.
Description: Sometimes just surviving the race is winning in this easy to learn and fast-paced game. Its a lot like Circus Maximus, except that chariots don't disintegrate by slamming into cliffsides at exorbitantly high speeds when the driver misjudges a turn.
Saturday
10am-7:30pm Table: 2
Game Title: Clan War Demonstration
Rules: Clan War
Type: Miniatures Battle
GM: Mark Perneta
2 Players
New players welcome.
Demonstration games take about 45 minutes each and will run throughout the day on request.
Description: Learn the basics of this fantasy feudal Japanese combat game based on the popular Legend Of The Five Rings card game. Armies provided.
Saturday
10am-7:30pm Tables: 1, 4, 6, 9 & 10
Game Title: Clan War Tournament Rounds 1-3
Rules: Clan War
Type: Miniatures Battle
GM: Bob King
2-10 Players
Experienced players only.
Description: Limited to 10 players. You may sign up in advance for this event by sending email to Mark Perneta at turing2@rcn.com. Bring your own armies according to the standard tournament rules. For standard tournament rules, see: clanwar.com. 2000 point armies; players who send their completed army list to Mark by Friday Jan. 5 may add an additional 50 bonus points to their army. The competition on Saturday will be 3 rounds Swiss style, no elimination. Top 4 players advance to the final rounds on Sunday.
Saturday
11am-3pm Table: 13
Game Title: Clockworks
Rules: Big Eyes, Small Mouth 2nd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Jason Schneiderman
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
6 Players
New players welcome.
Description: A delightful and spine-tingling entertainment in the "steampunk" style set during a Victorian age that never was. Pilot a Tremendous Automaton! Foil the Secret Masters! Learn the secret of Springheeled Jack! Characters will be provided; character generation guidelines available for the adventurous. Contact the game-master at werther@hilander.com for more detail.
Saturday
Noon-4pm Table: 11
Game Title: Blood Moon
Rules: Feng Shui
Type: Role Playing
GM: David Hoberman
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
5 Players
New players welcome.
Description: What do a speed-freak, a woman who talks to God, a mall rat, and a retired gardener have in common? They're drawn together by an old friend to fight a mysterious conspiracy that threatens to plunge Hong Kong into totalitarian darkness. Horror, intrigue and high-octane ass-kicking in the city that never sleeps. Plate glass windows not included.
Saturday
11am-1pm, 1pm-3pm, & 3pm-5pm Table: 7
Game Title: Chez Geek
Rules: Chez Geek
Type: Card Game
GM: Jason Hogue
Sponsor: Steve Jackson Games
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Latecomers may not join a game in progress, but a new game can be set-up.
Description: Beer. Nookie. Roommates. Just another Friday night at Chez Geek, the fun card game that lets you set up house with your friends -- for as long as you can stand them. Get a job at the beginning of the game, and spend money and time to accumulate Slack points. You can have a party, hang out with friends, and dodge losers. Borrow from your roomies so you can have snacks while you watch TV. What other game gives you points for sleeping? Just look out for the car alarm...
1pm-3pm Table: 14
Game Title: Embrace of Madness
Rules: Vampire: The Dark Ages
Type: Role playing
GM: Paul DiGennaro
Sponsor: SEER Productions
4-8 Players
Experienced players only
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: You are a member of the Manus Nigrum, a group of the most powerful vampires in Medieval Europe. So who else would else would it fall to when a Clan Elder decides that he needs someone to escort a notorious mortal sorcerer to his embrace? Travel through the dark landscape of Europe during the 1400s and pit your very "life" against the forces of your enemy.
1pm-5pm Table: 16
Game Title: Phoenix Feathers from Samarkand
Rules: Ars Magica
Type:
GM: Jeremiah Genest
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
4-6 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress
Description: This game is for both experienced players of Ars Magica and people curious about the game. It will be run by veteran storyguide Jeremiah Genest, co-author of Kabbalah and Mysteries for Ars Magica. The players will take the roles of newly gauntleted magi trying to understand the mysterious east and survive to build a new covenant. Our story begins with a trade mission to Samarkand, a city of wonder, and the strange society of wizards found within. Are they threat or opportunity to the Order of Hermes?
Saturday
1pm-5pm Table: 15
Game Title: CAPITAL DISTRICT KINDRED: The Codex of Whispers
Rules: Vampire the Masquerade
Type: Role Playing
GM: Richard A. Walker
Sponsor: SEER Productions
6 Players
New players welcome.
Description: A tome of ancient kindred knowledge has fallen into the hands of The Society of Leopold, a Questing Coterie has been assembled by Clan Tremere and the Prince to find this book and bring it back to Kindred hands. A selection of characters will be provided.
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
2pm-6pm Table: 12
Game Title: The Sunless Citidel (part two)
Rules: AD&D 3rd Edition
Type: Role Playing
GM: Vivian Abraham
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
4-6 Players
New players welcome only if they played in part 1. Experienced players need not have played in part 1. Only open to players unfamiliar with this published module.
Description: Journey into the depths of an underground citidel in search of missing adventurers.
Saturday
2pm-7pm Tables: 4 & 8
Game Title: Micro Pop-Tart Cafe
Rules: Any of a variety of Looney Labs games (Fluxx, Aquarius, Icehouse, Zarcana and other variants with their pyramid game pieces, Q-Turn, Chrononauts, etc.)
Type: Board & Card Games
Lab Rabbits: Julia "Cthulhia" Tenney, Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin & Joshua "Mneme" Kronengold
2-6 Players per game; 1-4 games running at any given time.
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game(s) in progress.
Description: And the cafe is indeed serving pop-tarts.
Saturday
5pm-6pm Tables: 13 & 14
5pm-10pm Tables: 7 & 11
6pm-10pm Table: 3
Game Title: 7th Sea Sealed Deck Tournament
Rules: Standard 7th Sea
Type: Collectable Card Game
GM: Jessica McEwan
Sponsor: Dark Edge Gaming
4+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may not join the tournament in progress, but may start pick-up games.
Description: Sealed Deck, cost - $20 You get a starter deck and three boosters. Prize is dependent on number of players... 8+ will be a box of boosters. 4+ half a box. Only 2 starter decks per faction. GM will take the top 3 wanted factions from every player and then try to meet them; plus 3 boosters, whatever we have available at the time.
Saturday
6pm-8pm Table: 16
Game Title: Adventure for an "A"- Freshmen Orientation
Rules: Beta Test for Adventure for an "A" RPG
Type: Role Playing
GM: Kimberly Pinto-DiGennaro
4-8 Players
New players welcome.
Description: In the realms of Xanzola, heroes are not born, they are made, and the Academy of Heroes is the premier place to get an adventurer's education. Join the graduating class of the year of the Cross-eyed Raccoon on the day of their orientation. Don't be surprised if the day starts off as normal days do, and ends up someplace completely unexpected.
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Sunday
10am-4pm Table: 2
Game Title: Clan War Demonstration
Rules: Clan War
Type: Miniatures Battle
GM: Mark Perneta
2 Players
New players welcome.
Demonstration games take about 45 minutes each and will run throughout the day on request.
Description: Learn the basics of this fantasy feudal Japanese combat game based on the popular Legend Of The Five Rings card game. Armies provided.
Sunday
10am-4pm Tables: 6 & 10
Game Title: Clan War Tournament Rounds 4-5
Rules: Clan War
Type: Miniatures Battle
GM: Bob King
4 Players
Experienced players only; advancing from rounds 1-3.
Description: Top 4 competitors from Saturday advance to these final rounds of single elimination. Players who do not make the semi-finals or other additional players are welcome to do pickup games.
Sunday
10am-4pm Tables: 7 & 8
Game Title: Boston Gamers Presents...
Rules: Any of a variety of games (Settlers of Catan, Robo Rally, Lord of the Rings, Cosmic Encounter, and many more such as WizWar, Age of Renaissance, Guillotine, Once Upon a Time, Castle, Tigris & Euphrates, Through the Desert, Apples to Apples, and several "family games" like Scrabble, Monopoly, etc.).
Type: Board Games
Sponsor: Boston Gamers
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players might be able to join the game in progress.
Description: Stop by anytime and ask to learn a new game or to play an old favorite.
Sunday
11am-1pm Table: 11
Game Title: Mall Massacre
Rules: Beta test for Sto's House RPG
Type: Role Playing
GM: Kimberly Pinto-DiGennaro
Sponsor: SEER Productions
4-8 Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: You are one of a handful of young adult mutated because of the toxic waste that has been seeping out of the ground on Staten Island... but this doesn't stop you from hosting a great kegger party... and you still know better than to tell someone what your favorite scary movie is... A handful of mutants who are slightly miffed that thier changes have completely ruined their social lives have decided to blow up the Staten Island Mall, and it's up for you and the gang at Sto's house to stop them... but first things first... what's in it for you?
Sunday
Noon-4pm Table: 5
Game Title: Brain Trading
Rules: Brain Trading
GM: Jason Hogue
Sponsor: Cheapass Games
2+ Players
New players welcome.
Additional players may join the game in progress.
Description: A mish-mash of several Cheapass Games involving those loveable zombies and their brain swapping antics. Bring your sense of humor and leave your own brains at the door.
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