GenCon Preparations

[ristarr]

The new Gencon Event catalog was just released.  The last modified date says 2009, but it is the new one.

http://community.gencon.com/files/24/default.aspx

[clockworkjoe]

I am running 3 games of monsters and other childish things - look for road trip sponsored by arc dream

[ristarr]

Excellent!  Do you know which parts of Road Trip you will be running?  I played Sucrose at dragoncon and listened to pastoral manor, so would feel bad playing in them.  ( Ok, not so bad )
Looks like arc dream has 22 games scheduled.  2 other Monsters games ( "Go GO Monster Force Zeta" and "Alien Agents" ), 2 different Kerberos club games and the rest are Godlike and Wild Talents ( one about an orbital elevator and another about a group of super repo man that are going to repossess stuff from a reformed supervillian behind on his payments ).

About to check out the CoC games now.

[ristarr]

I see two RPPR COC games!!!!  "Divine Fire" and "Incident on Bell Island"

[ristarr]

I see two RPPR COC games!!!!  "Divine Fire" and "Incident on Bell Island"

They are just two events off.  They are on line numbers 668 and 669!

[Dawnsteel]

I see two RPPR COC games!!!!  "Divine Fire" and "Incident on Bell Island"

Holy crap, they look like TOM GAMES.  And, since I will probably never be able to attend GenCon, FUCK.

I'd also like to play in that Arc Dream Beanstalk game.  Space elevators FTW!

[clockworkjoe]

oh i see how it is

[Tadanori Oyama]

Wildfire has two C-Tech games up. I'll have to be fast to get into those I beat. Plenty of Shadowrun of Catalyst.

Be run to try some summer vacation stuff. Ross, you using the "iconic" NPCs or is Patrick gonna be burning the midnight oil?

[Dawnsteel]

oh i see how it is

With respect to your regular-podcast discussions about Tom running horror/investigation games (Divine Fire 1 and 2, B12, at least one other game) as opposed to his established comfort-zone action genre, I'd say offering to run CoC con games with strangers is a pretty big step.

Anyhow.  Can you tell us how many scenarios are in Road Trip?  Pastoral Manor, Sucrose Park, and Oz have APs; but in the Oz one you talk about a Power-Rangers-esque one in LA (Monster Force Zeta maybe?) and one in the Everglades which you call "Where the Wild Things Were."

[clockworkjoe]

6 major locations in road trip

I haven't decided which ones I will run - probably the Oz one at least because that's a very variable one and I want to see how people respond to it.

[Tadanori Oyama]

I've got a few games ready. Nothing through the official system though. Anybody want to try their hand at Scion, World of Darkness: Inferno (demons sub-game, one of my favorites), and possibly a Candlewick game?

[ArtfulShrapnel]

So, being a GenCon noob, I have a question. The "experience level required" thing. Is that by system, or for RPGs in general?

For example... I am very familiar with dozens of systems, and have GM'd in at least 15. I game at least weekly and change systems like every month. I've heard CoC played, and read through the book, but I've never played or run the actual system. I can honestly say I'd be comfortable running a scenario with a few hours' notice. Am I safe to sign up for an "Expert" game of CoC?

Also, what are the other RPPR-ites signing up for? I'm looking at one of the Dresden Files games (run in FATE, not out yet), one of Ross's Monsters games, Something Ctulhu, and probably a WoD game of some kind.

[Tadanori Oyama]

A Ross Monsters game, some CoC if I can get it, and definitally something interested in nWoD. I'm also planning to get into a CthulhuTech game with the Wildfire guys if their running it themselves.

[ristarr]

I am interested in a lot of the same.  Ross' s monster, some CoC ( hopefully incident on bell island ), the kerboros club games, a wild talents or two ( elevator and repomen ), dread, dresden, dogs in the vineyard, paranoia ( wow that is a lot ).  Would love to find some delta green.

I have the same questions about the experience for CoC.  I am in a similar boat.

[Kroack]

CoC is not really something it takes a lot to be an expert at.

roll under number = success

roll over number = failure

A 6 year old can be an expert without even playing it.  

So I wouldn't worry about experience level, at least for CoC.