Gaming Information
Visit the Gaming Group Site!
Gaming questions can be sent to Joe Caso, the convention gaming coordinator.
RPG players advance sign up: http://warhorn.org/megacon2010/
Game listings and sign ups for Showcase RPG games, CCG games, Warhammer Capital Ship Combat and other games in Rooms 315 A & B and Hall WD2 are at http://warhornllc.com/megacon2010showcase/
Gaming Announcements
Megacon Paint & Take
MegaCon Paint and Take is a free event for all convention attendees. Painters of all skill levels are invited to attend the open Paint and Take and scheduled classes. We are sponsored by several manufacturers who provide the miniatures used for the event. Listed on the page are our sponsors for this year. We will update the page as new sponsors are added, so please keep checking back.
Current Sponsors:
Reaper manufactures a wide range of fantasy miniatures, both the Dark Heavens Legend line and those for their own game system, Warlord. They also produce the CAV miniatures for the game of the same name and have a new line called Chronoscope.
Impact produces models for fantasy football games such as Blood Bowl.
Ciphper produces models for the Anima game line.
Lance & Laser Models offers a wide variety of high quality, collectible pewter figurines for gaming and painting. In addition to General Fantasy line, they also feature miniatures for Dave Arneson's Select, HeroQuest, Penumbra, Living Legends Superheroes, Battle Dragons, Bureau 13, WarChest and Quactica.
Wyrd Miniatures produces miniatures for Steam Punk and their own miniatures game.
Jacksonville Garrison Saturday Board Games
Space Alert
It's a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of galaxy. The missions last just 10 real-time minutes (hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back) and the only task the players have is to protect their ship. On 2 CDs (or Scenario cards if you don't have a CD player available) are ten minute long soundtracks that represent central computer announcements about the presence of various threats. These vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety.
BattleLore
The world of BattleLore meshes history and fantasy together - putting players in command of an array of miniature troops on the battlefields of a Medieval Europe Uchronia at the outset of the Hundred Years War. In this fantastical re-imagining of the Hundred Years War, French and English armies are supplemented with Goblins and Dwarves mercenaries and even some creatures like Giant Spider and Earth Elemental! Just as important as the armies you have, though, are the Lore Masters you choose to aid you: Wizards, Clerics, Warriors and Rogues can all aid you with unique powers and spells in ways role-playing gamers will find familiar.
Chaos in the Old World makes you a god. Each god’s distinctive powers and legion of followers grant you unique strengths and diabolical abilities with which to corrupt and enslave the Old World.
- Khorne, the Blood God, the Skulltaker, lusts for death and battle.
- Nurgle, the Plaguelord, the Father of Corruption, luxuriates in filth and disease.
- Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways, the Great Conspirator, plots the fate of the universe.
- Slaanesh, the Prince of Pleasure and Pain, the Lord of Temptations, lures even the most steadfast to his six deadly seductions.
Yet, as you and your fellow powers of Chaos seek domination by corruption and conquest, you must vie not only against each other, but also against the desperate denizens of the Old World who fight to banish you back to the maelstrom of the Realm of Chaos.
Chaos in the Old World features three ways to win, and gives you an unparalleled opportunity to reshape the world in your image. Every turn you corrupt the landscape, dominating its inhabitants, and battle with the depraved followers of rival gods. Each god has a unique deck of gifts and abilities, and can upgrade their followers into deadly foes. Summon forth living manifestations of Chaos, debased and hidden cultists, and the horrifying greater daemons - beings capable of destroying near everything in their path.
MindStorm Labs - Alpha Omega RPG
Guard Duty
The Vidal Corporate Arcology has received word that protesters may cause chaos in the next 24 hours. Chaos is bad for business, so Vidal is hiring additional freelance security - someone like you! Basic rules for the Alpha Omega RPG and 6-6 System will be taught. Characters provided.
The World Is Shaking!
Strange seismic readings in the Catskill Mountains draw the attention of scientists. They have failed to check in twice during the last twelve hours. The NWSEC has asked for your assistance in locating them. This demo game will teach the basics of the Alpha Omega RPG and the 6-6 System. Characters provided.
Game Schedule:
Saturday
10:00-12:00 Guard Duty
12:00-2:00 Guard Duty
3:00-5:00 Guard Duty
7:00-11:00 The World Is Shaking!
Sunday
10:00-12:00 Guard Duty
1:00-5:00 The World Is Shaking!
PARANOIA Live! LARP
Saturday, 1pm-5pm
$6, Sign up at the Games and Anime Information Booth, 13+ only
Somebody’s crooked in Sector CON, and every clone from Troubleshooter, to High Programmer, to Internal Security is on the trail! Who reprogrammed Friend Computer? And more importantly, who’s gonna take the fall? PARANOIA Live! is back and better than ever with a brand new edition of the game, now featuring three playable character classes—Troubleshooters, High Programmers, and deep cover Internal Security Agents.
PARANOIA Live! is the Massively Multiplayer Live Action RPG of a darkly humorous future. In PARANOIA, a well meaning but deranged computer protects its citizens in an underground warren from all sorts of real and imagined enemies. The players are part of a team of elite agents, tasked with searching out and destroying these enemies.
Generous prize support for this year’s game courtesy, as always, of Mongoose Publishing. Please visit www.mongoosepublishing.com
Game starts at 1pm SHARP, but all players are advised to show up early. Players wishing to receive 'Officer Training' are advised to show up at 12:30pm, and will receive early rules explanations and extra starting equipment. Register at the MegaCon Games and Anime Information Booth, and get there early--this year's game is limited to 100 players!
Troubleshooter players may also attend an optional Friday panel.
Players wishing to try our new character classes--High Programmer and IntSec--must attend the appropriate Friday panel. See the onsite book for full panel descriptions.
Visit www.paranoialarp.com for more information!
Capital Ship Combat
Sci-Fi-Supply, in conjunction with CON-Troll, presents the Capital Ship Combat game featuring scratch built Star Wars models. You will either be part of a Rebel Alliance task force or an Imperial Interdiction squadron. You and your teammates will command fighters, escorts and huge capital ships including frigates, cruisers and Stardestroyers! The escort and capital ships used in this game are all hand-made models based on the famous Star Wars® ships. The starfighters are Micromachines&tm; generously donated by Hasbro/Galoob years ago.
CSC will be in the Con-Troll gaming area located in Hall D for all three days.
Welcome Back to The World of Terrath
It is an age of exploration and adventure. Religious sects, political groups and wealthy merchant guilds struggle against one another to gain power, wealth and influence in the Free City-States. Meanwhile, caravans and expeditions leave daily to reclaim the shattered and deadly lands of Terrath. Will you band together with these brave souls on their journeys or will you strive to join the ranks of such elite groups as The Bearers of Aegis or Keepers of the Secret Flame? Or will you find your own path to greatness? Everyone has a destiny. Where will yours take you?
The Shroud of the Ancients Role Playing Game (SOTARPG) from Dark Tavern Press is here at MegaCon 2010. Powered by the D5 System, Shroud of the Ancients utilizes a tiered magic system for flexibility and creativity. It is a classless, levelless, skill driven rules set that doesn’t constrain your character with limitations and restrictions. The Shroud of the Ancients Role Playing Game brings to life a realistic fantasy world where heroes, armed with cold steel, quick wits and formidable magic, vie for power against the enemies of the innocent.
Join us at MegaCon for free demos of the Shroud of The Ancients Role Playing Game during the following slots:
Slot 4 – Friday 7pm - 11pm
Slot 5 – Saturday 9am - 1pm
Slot 6 – Saturday 2pm - 6pm
Slot 7 – Saturday 7pm - 11pm
Slot 8 – Sunday 9am - 1pm
At our game tables, you’ll learn how quick and easy it is to make a character using SOTA LITE. Plus, you’ll get to experience the world of Terrath in a two new introductory adventures.
In the adventure entitled Dead Calm - Part One: Catch and Release, your old friend, Statesman Devoric Vastion, invites you to the small town of Warden Falls to watch him compete for the title of Grand Fisherman during the annual spring festival. But when the Statesman’s Lake Master disappears and he is told that he must forfeit the match, he asks you and your companions for assistance.
Also, in the adventure, Dead Calm - Part Two: The One That Got Away, the competition is over, but the townsfolk are on edge and many questions are still left unanswered. What unseen perils await you as you journey deeper into the mystery of Warden Falls and undertake your search for the one that got away?
Dark Tavern Press welcomes first time players. If you have any questions about the D5 system or the Shroud of the Ancients campaign setting, please visit our Independent Press Booth in the dealer's room or prior to the convention, email us at contact@sotarpg.com
Gaming List Updates
Arkham Horror: The Board Game
Players: 4-8
System: Arkham Horror Board Game
GM: Chris Forster
Time: Session (Evening Friday)
Come and join the hunt to prevent the Elder Gods from escaping into our world. Based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, the Arkham Horror is a cooperative game where the players try and solve the mysteries buried in the New England area, while facing monsters and madness.
Join the game at anytime with new characters, and try your hand at stopping the menace of the Elder Gods.
Even Time Travelers get the Blues
Players: 3-6
System: Savage Worlds (Pulp)
GM: Chris Forster
Time: Session (Morning Saturday)
The gig at the Bar at the End of Time was supposed to be a vacation. Time away from the weird happens that the Big City Blues Band always seems to bring. The place is jumping, and the sounds are smooth.
And it would have stayed that way too, if Diane Alcourt, ex-wife of Doc Hudson had not found them. It would have gone better is she did not have the Time Cops with her either, and arrest warrants are always bad news.
Join the band for the next fun filled adventure of Doc McCoy and his collection of eclectic buddies on another jaunt through time.
B.R.A.T.S to the Rescue!!
Players: 3-6
System: Teen Champions
GM: Chris Forster
Time: Session (Morning Sunday)
Bay City is under siege from the menace known as Foxbat!! The wily villain has stolen all the right shoes of city officials and is holding them for ransom! With the Justice Force out of town, it falls to the youthful members of the Bay Area Reserve Action Team to solve the case.
Join in for the daring do of these teens as they match wits with the villain! Escape death traps and solve puzzles. Try and bring the Brown and Black menace to justice!
MegaCon 2010 Gaming
Here are some of the games we will be having at MegaCon 2010
The "CON-Troll Game Library.": Welcome to the realm of... Whatever YOU want! Con-Troll is a one-man (err, "Troll") gaming library featuring dozens of games for you to try including BOARD, CARD and MINIATURE games! Also, "JUST FOR KIDS" games including: Battleball (board), Creepy Freaks (miniatures) and Dino Hunt (card) as well as "Hot Wheels" racing and Bowling!
