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Dungeons & Dragons at PAX East 2013
We will be running D&D Next, as well as the D&D Board Games and Dungeon Command at PAX East.
D&D Board Game Open Play
Want to play a D&D game without a DM? Do you like cooperative games? How about head-to-head Euro-style games? Or casual dungeon delves? Come with your friends to play any of our D&D themed board games all weekend long! Stop in anytime to select from Dungeon, Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, The Legend of Drizzt, or Lords of Waterdeep!
Friday & Saturday 11 am – 11 pm; Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
D&D Next: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry
Play the D&D Next adaptation of a new adventure that serves as a prequel to the classic Slave Lordsseries! Darkshelf Quarry holds more than limestone and granite. Whispered rumors abound that the quarry’s dwarf overseer isn’t really a dwarf at all, and that he makes most of his money selling slaves, not stone. Investigation is the only way to learn the truth, but beware! The quarry is well defended, and danger lurks within its dark tunnels and hidden chambers. Play this adventure multiple times for a different experience each time! 2nd-level D&D Next characters are provided and rules will be taught as you play.
Friday & Saturday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm; Sunday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm
D&D Next DM’s Challenge: Mines of Madness
Play in this D&D Next prequel to the classic Slaver series. All of our Dungeon Masters are great, and will be competing against each other running this event. They'll be pulling all the stops out and will be at their best. Help pick our best Dungeon Master. A four hour play experience.
Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Dungeon Command Constructed Tournament
Bring your best Dungeon Command warband to compete in a four-round tournament, with the winner crowned PAX East champion! Build your warband containing exactly 12 Creatures with appropriate cards and miniatures, at least 30 Order cards (no more than 4 of any one Order card allowed), a Commander, and 4 battlefield tiles. Free to enter, and prizes abound!
Sunday 11 am
Dragon Rampant judges will next be judging at PAX East, March 22nd -24th, 2013 in Boston MA.
Additional judges are needed. Judges who run 12 or more hours can receive a three day badge for the convention. Judges will receive swag for juging, including a free download of "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil" from dndclassics.com.
To sign up to judge, or to receive more information, contact Willi Burger (WKBurger @ aol.com).
D&D Board Game Open Play
Want to play a D&D game without a DM? Do you like cooperative games? How about head-to-head Euro-style games? Or casual dungeon delves? Come with your friends to play any of our D&D themed board games all weekend long! Stop in anytime to select from Dungeon, Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, The Legend of Drizzt, or Lords of Waterdeep!
Friday & Saturday 11 am – 11 pm; Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
D&D Next: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry
Play the D&D Next adaptation of a new adventure that serves as a prequel to the classic Slave Lordsseries! Darkshelf Quarry holds more than limestone and granite. Whispered rumors abound that the quarry’s dwarf overseer isn’t really a dwarf at all, and that he makes most of his money selling slaves, not stone. Investigation is the only way to learn the truth, but beware! The quarry is well defended, and danger lurks within its dark tunnels and hidden chambers. Play this adventure multiple times for a different experience each time! 2nd-level D&D Next characters are provided and rules will be taught as you play.
Friday & Saturday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm; Sunday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm
D&D Next DM’s Challenge: Mines of Madness
Play in this D&D Next prequel to the classic Slaver series. All of our Dungeon Masters are great, and will be competing against each other running this event. They'll be pulling all the stops out and will be at their best. Help pick our best Dungeon Master. A four hour play experience.
Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Dungeon Command Constructed Tournament
Bring your best Dungeon Command warband to compete in a four-round tournament, with the winner crowned PAX East champion! Build your warband containing exactly 12 Creatures with appropriate cards and miniatures, at least 30 Order cards (no more than 4 of any one Order card allowed), a Commander, and 4 battlefield tiles. Free to enter, and prizes abound!
Sunday 11 am
Dragon Rampant judges will next be judging at PAX East, March 22nd -24th, 2013 in Boston MA.
Additional judges are needed. Judges who run 12 or more hours can receive a three day badge for the convention. Judges will receive swag for juging, including a free download of "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil" from dndclassics.com.
To sign up to judge, or to receive more information, contact Willi Burger (WKBurger @ aol.com).
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So it looks like I'm interested in the ENTIRE D&D schedule.
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I haven't done much with it in the past, except for making a character sheet at a bud's house over a year ago for a game that fell through.
That said, would your games be new-friendly? It sounds like it's more for people who've played past editions learning the rules for Next. If that's the case, no biggie.
I'm sure there'll be plenty of games across the tabletop hall, but it'd be nice to know ahead of time if I can jump into a game.
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This reads to me as a learn to play style event. Considering it says "rules will be taught as you play."
One thing to keep in mind is that D&D Next hasn't been fully released yet, so I don't think there can be too much expectation of prior knowledge. Also the crew that has run these events for PAX in the past have always had a focus on getting new people into the game.
The Danger at Darkshelf Quarry adventure is very New-Player friendly. It is also very replayable, so you can play it multiple times and get a different adventure each time.
We'll have everything you need on hand, and teach you the rules. I'm one of the judges, so feel free to come by and say hi, see how things look, and sign up for a game.
All of the Board Game events are also New-Player friendly. I highly recommend Lords of Waterdeep, if you like Eurostyle board games.
I'll see if I can get that confirmed and report back.
Edit: Confirmed. We will be doing lines again. Sign-Up sheets will not be returning.
This ain't yo daddy's gaming convention!
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You WILL want to play (or DM) Mines of Madness. It will be one of the best tabletop RPG experiences you'll have at the show. I can't go into too many details yet, but we are so excited about it that we're featuring it both Friday and Saturday night to accommodate as many players as we can. Special guest appearances, swag, and Dungeon Masters competing for this year's title of PAX East DM Champion are going to make this event a can't-miss game for D&D fans of all stripes.
Hope to see you there!
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Same here!
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Wizards of the Coast
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Seems very interesting!
Are you implying that Mines of Madness is not for new players? If I were to learn with Danger at Darkshelf Quarry would that be enough to play Mines of Madenss the next day?
Also, perhaps you can't make a good guess, but any idea how early we would need to show up for this (ratio of games going to players waiting in line)?
I would say that if you learn at Darkshelf, you'll be good to go at MoM.
We have no clue exactly how popular it will be, but we've budgeted two premium slot times instead of one like in years past for this special event. We will probably open up the line about 90-120 minutes before the event start time.
Wizards of the Coast
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We (Wizards) are not running any official 4th Edition events at the show. Our focus is on getting folks to try out the playtest right now. There might be other 4th Edition games going on during the con, but those are separate from what we're doing.
Wizards of the Coast
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You should have no problem at all adapting to it. We will have lines for all the events.
Yeah, I've spent 3 years going to panels and missing out on some tabletop goodness. This year I'll be playing some D&D.
Aw, no Conquest of Nerath?
Last PAX, I spent most of my time in the tabletop area learning Magic with some guys. This year, I was gonna focus on DnD, too!
It's great how cool and patient folks are at PAX.
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Mines of Madness should also be new player friendly, but I think that it would be better to do Danger at Darkshelf Quarry first. Danger is only a 2-hour session. If you don't enjoy it, you only lose 2 hours of your PAX. Not that you won't enjoy it. You'll love it. But Mines of Madness is a 4-hour session, and has a bit more of a competitive edge to it.
Last year, the lines were long, but we were churning through them at a very good pace. I estimate that during peak times, players waited 1-2 hours in line. During off-hours, wait times were closer to 30 minutes.
Of course, who knows what will happen. No promises.
Zora, Kiki, if you guys find 4-6 players, I'll run a 4e Learn To Play game for you. I don't think it can be officially sanctioned though.
I'm bringing mine, so we'll have at least one copy there.
^ I'm definitely in for some 4e action, if this happens.
Pretty sure you can line up solo, if not, a lot of people may be out of luck, myself included.
You can just line up. No need to find a party.
If you have a party, cool. You will be seated together. But it isn't required.
I believe 6 is the max party size we will seat.
What do you mean you got tickets? I don't think this is a ticketed event.
Edit: Nevermind! I see my mistake now.
The Curse party is a ticketed event, that's what Dolarrah was referring to.
I thought so--thank you for confirming. In this case, the second best option for my schedule would be to play Mines of Madness on Friday and then the Darkshelf campaign earlier on Saturday. Everything I read on this thread seems to imply that this is not the ideal order, but I wanted to get your opinion about doing it this way. If I start with Mines of Madness, would I need to do any special prep?