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[EAST] PAX East Tabletop Freeplay Thread
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Yugioh
Cardfight Vanguard
Pokemon
World of Warcraft
VS Systems (Maybe)
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• Settlers (Plus XPAC)
• Guillotine
• Lunch Money
I just recently found my Pokemon collection from middle/high school. I feel like I probably could put together a deck but it'd all be ollllddd cards.
That might be fun, though.
If I manage to buy them before the con
• Cards Against Humanity
• Red Dragon Inn
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I also have a significant amount of Marvel/DC Overpower that I may be bringing. I have some weak DBZ decks too, but probably won't bring those.
Really I won't know until I'm packing my car
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If anyone's interested, I can also try to run one of the weirder old RPGs: Empire of the Petal Throne, or Tekumél, run in a Mayan/Indian world of slavery, active gods, human sacrifice, monsters, massive underground ruins, and no nudity taboo. Also, almost every roll is percentile. I'll teach this game, too.
Who's interested?
The Mayan game sounds really interesting
So like, not AD&D, but the one before that? I might be interested. I have the rules somewhere, too.
If it's after the 5E discussion at 1.30-2.30, you can probably count me in. Can I roll something up beforehand or do you want to see the scores rolled firsthand?
Yup; this will be using the original 1973 rules.
You can absolutely roll up your character first. I do want to run a game in which everyone rolls their characters randomly. So, you roll 3d6, and that's your strength score, even if it's low and you want to play a fighter. Then you roll 3d6, and that's your intelligence. And so on.
As long as you keep it random, cool!
With that, I'm edging towards a 3:00pm Saturday game. Anyone else?
More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tékumel
For anyone interested in some D&D, there will be an official area where Learn-To-Play games are being run pretty much non-stop during official Con Hours. If you've listened to the podcasts where the PA guys, Scott Kurtz, and Wil Wheaton play D&D, you can get a taste of that here.
I'll be there probably most of the con, along with several other great Dungeon Masters, who are happy to show you how the game works. Feel free to ask for me. My name is Mark, and I'd love to teach you the game.
Things I would bring if I had the space/Things I am excited to play:
Ascension, MTG, Settlers, D&D, Bananagrams, Betrayal at House on the Hill ( I don't remember if this was at the freeplay library last year.)
I might bring S'Quarrels.
We are getting into the Westin sometime late afternoon on Wednesday 4/4. Can't wait.
here is our tentative list - Blokus, catan, dominion, deck of regular cards, dominoes, zombie dice, pass the pigs, MTG, Ascension, maybe dominion, FLUXX, and anything else we find fun. thank god for the car @_@
Kinda missed this message. I've had a few people interested in Paranoia as well. Maybe we can figure something out between us?
Also, I'd be in for Lady Blackbird if you can get enough people for that.
Also, thanks for moving the thread to the proper place but it would have been nice to know the thread was being moved. Silly forum.
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
Tourney will be on Saturday, in the free-play area whenever we can grab some tables, look for the group making the most noise and rocking our silly gooses off!
Round #1 10:00am
Round #2 1:00pm
Final Round 4:00pm
The victorious team wins FTDM themed-dicebags (custom-made, from dragonchow), and copies of the Fourthcore Alphabet
For more info, hit me up on Twitter @DeuceDM
also, haven't read every post on this thread (busy at work today), but in case no one has posted it yet, WotC has posted the games they will be running at PAX here - http://www.wizards.com/dnd/feature.aspx?x=dnd/feature/paxeast2012
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Those games are exactly why I finally went out and bought some dice. I've really wanted to try but I've been too shy. I'm going to do my best to attend one of these! I'm relieved to hear there will be learning sessions.
It has been over a decade since I played so I don't have one. But we are also staying at the Westin so we will be there for gaming after pre-pax dinner.
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Attendee: ♥ Prime '12, '13 ..♥ East '12
I was wondering: Does anyone know of or :GASP: play the old Dragon Ball Z CCG? A bunch of friends and I have recently started playing again and I'm itching to take on some new players. I doubt I'll find anyone, but I might as well throw out a challenge and this is the best place for it.
I actually wouldn't mind learning american style. I play Riichi (Japanese style) Mahjong, so the transition shouldn't be too bad.
I know you have to pick your battles (or mass amounts of "crap-I've-just-gotta-see") at PAX, but can someone give me an idea of what a time-constrained PAX game session would be like?
They range from an hour to all weekend. Your best bet is to double check with the DM. Wizards of the Coast also runs a ton of sessions of varying length and complexity. I know I personally will be running one-shots of about two hours.
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Oh my, I haven't played Lunch Money in forever. I'll be bringing:
Cards Against Humanity
We Didn't Playtest This at All
Several Magic: the Gathering Commander decks
Also, I might try to throw together an old WoW TCG deck. I just have pre-Cryptozoic cards, though.
-Cards Against Humanity + Expansions
-The Resistance (kind of like Mafia)
-Chrononauts
-We Didn't Playtest This + We Didn't Playtest This Either
-Guillotine
-Skulls & Roses (awesome bluffing game)
-Z-Ward + Action Castle
-Maaaaybe a munchkin game and/or zombie dice.
It's great because the backpack is actually surprisingly small yet fits all of the above no problem so there's a ton of stuff that's easy to play anywhere.
I will be bringing the Resident Evil Deck Building Game and Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil
Someone earlier mentioned the Penny Arcade DBG, and while I wasn't originally intending to bring it, I figured it might be a good idea.
As for the games themselves, well, they're actually the first DBG games I've played. Most people compare it to Dominion, but some folks I've spoken to mentioned that Dominion is very light on the player interaction aspect. I don't know how Ascension or Thunderstone compare.
I do know, however, that both ResiEvil and PA encourage Player Interaction, though in different ways. ResiEvil is definitely more strategic. It's all about optimizing your deck to as few cards as possible, trying to guarantee every hand is a good hand. At least, that's my friend's strategy for the default game (I played the Nightmare expansion once, which more fits my style of "OWN ALL THE CARDS", but I will not be bringing that expansion). Several characters specialize with certain weapons, so you may find yourself wanting to grab all of one kind of weapon card. Meanwhile, if you're a competing player, you may have to decide if you want to have those cards taking up space in your deck just so the other player cannot have it (if you're playing against Jill, yes, you want all those grenades in YOUR deck sitting there worthlessly, because they are detrimental to anyone else playing against her).
It's definitely a lot of fun, especially with three or four people. There are also alternate game modes, with Mercenary mode being better if you want to keep the game under an hour.
Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil is a lot lighter on strategy, and honestly I don't think it's as properly balanced, but it encourages player interaction a lot more and as such becomes a lot of fun in a different way. There's just someone pulling out a PvP Attack card like Laser Squid and having two players shout "Baby Ninja!" in defense, or three players all having TouchWeiners in their hand.
Either game is really easy to pick up and learn, though, which is probably why they have both gotten a lot more interest from my friends than the Ninja Burger card game, Munchkin Quest or Order of the Stick. The only game I know of that's as simple and quick to learn that I own is Mall of Horror, but I'm not going to be carrying that around.
On Battlestar Galactica
Someone mentioned it in here, and I must confess I'd be interested in playing. I confess, I'm not a fan of the television show at all, but I heard the game plays like a more refined version of Shadows Over Camelot. I only played that game once, but I loved it and thought it was a great time. So I might have to sit in and give the Battlestar Galactica game a whirl some point this weekend.
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I'll be there, and definitely with both ResiEvil and PA:Gamers vs. Evil.
Tabletop Freeplay: GamersWithJobs
I'm pretty much an Internet Citizen of the GamersWithJobs forums, so if I'm in the tabletop freeplay area, I'll probably be in whatever corner these guys are set up at. However, last year I didn't even take one step close to the Tabletop section as I spent my time at either panels or in the expo hall. So I probably would most likely be found at Tabletop in the evenings as things start dying down.
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Every DM I know here insists on playing 3.5, which with its numerous supplements and rules, is similar to quantum physics: If you claim to understand it, you don't really understand it. Due to many misunderstandings regarding such supplemental rules (don't get me started on templates) I've played with people with characters so broken, the game is no longer fun.
Looking over the 4th Edition books, I like the newer system a lot better and it seems harder to break, but as nobody plays it (or wants to play it when they can't break it) where I live it's difficult to really get any experience. So I'd like to learn myself and hopefully gain enough experience that I can run a game and teach my wife and cohorts a superior, largely template-free system.
So will such a thing exist? Am I delusional? Is there a primer I should consult (aside from the core books) so that I can at least think that I know what people are talking about?
Games on Demand is coming to PAX East this year, and we’d like you to join us. The event will be happening in the tabletop gaming area and we’ll be running games from 10am to 10pm or later on Friday and Saturday, and 10am to 6pm on Sunday.
We’ll have a great selection of indie and small press games running in 2 to 4 hour blocks, generally starting every two hours. Tell us what you like and we'll match you up with volunteer GMs ready to go with their favorite games. And if you’re interested in running games yourself, we’re always looking for more GMs, so feel free to bring something along.
What games will be there? That depends entirely on the GMs and what they have prepared to run. Here are some games you might expect to see:
Fiasco
Bulldogs!
Lady Blackbird
Dungeon World
Shab-al-Hiri Roach
Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple
Dogs in the Vineyard
Apocalypse World
Marvel Hero RPG
Monsterhearts
Burning Wheel
Mouse Guard
Cthulhu Dark
Freemarket
Microscope
Inspectres
Psi*Run
If you have questions, or would like to volunteer to run some games, leave a comment here or drop us a line let us know!
I know I plan to be bringing Marvel Heroic RPG with me ready to run, but I'm not sure I was to nail down anything further just yet,