ExTSR wrote:Auction?

Does this have an assigned place/time as yet?
Do you want Tim and I do to the peddling?


Also... did anybody sign up for any of my events, other than Sat nite?

We would LOVE to have an onsite auction...it just isn't practical with the logistics. Definitely planning next year...and we would love you and Tim to assist if you are here.

Below is the newest listing of events...your Saturday night slot is full, Frank.  What I will do is eventually email the DM a list of all players, if he wants to impart some information to them, or have them argue over pregens, whatever.  Everyone in the event will also get an email with all the other participants.  I'm going to wait another week or so (I think I have already alerted Grodog as to his sign ups, though) unless one of the DMs wants the information now.....just thought I'd wait to see if there were any changes or drop outs.

Mike B.

FRIDAY NIGHT (6-12):

DM: Tim Kask
Title: The Temple of the Weaver Queen
No. of Players: 10-12
Duration: 4-5 hours
Game/Edition: OD&D + Supplements
World/Setting: Tim's
Pregens: Provided, 7th-9th level
Badmike note: Tim has written this adventure especially for the NTRPG Con and this will be the first time it has ever been run!
FOUR SEATS AVAILABLE

DM: Rob Kuntz
Title: Castle El Raja Key
No. of Players: 7-8
Duration: 6 hours +
Game/Edition: AD&D "lite" (No UA)
World/Setting: Kalibruhn
Pregens: no pregens, 1st or 2nd level characters
Badmike note:  Per Rob's email to me: "This was adventured in by EGG, Terry Kuntz, Don Kaye, and many others.  This is where Merlynd, Terik, Yrag, Mordenkainen, Bigby and many other PCs adventured into in 1972."
FULL

DM: Frank Mentzer
Title: Giants With Attitude
No. of Players: 4-10
Duration: 4-5 hours
Game/Edition: 1st edition AD&D
World/Setting: Aquaria
Pregens: Provided, Levels 15-18 or BYO
Badmike Note: From Frank's email: "Stop the Ultimate Terrorists!"
FIVE SEATS AVAILABLE

SATURDAY MORNING (8-12):

DM: Allan Grohe
Title: Castle Greyhawk: Escape Level 14
No. of players: 6-8
Duration 4 hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Greyhawk
Pregens: Provided. 7th-8th level characters
Badmike Note: We finally get to experience (and fear) Grodog's own version of Castle Greyhawk, but I'm skeptical as to whether ANYONE can escape Level 14 after getting a sneak peek…good luck!
FULL

DM: Al Silcock
Title: Flight From Tegel Manor
No. of players: 6
Duration 4 hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Generic
Pregens:  Provided (10+ level)
Badmike Note: The Brit's Revenge!  Killjoy is going to have a bit of a Yank bash here and probably finish you all off…watch for the giant shrews….!
FOUR SEATS AVAILALBE

DM: Jon Hershberger
Title: The Lost Temple
No. of players: 6-8
Duration: 4+ hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Wilderlands of High Fantasy
Pregens: 12th level pcs provided
Badmike Note: Classic Paul Jaquays JG!
THREE SEATS AVAILABLE

SATURDAY NIGHT (6-12):

DM: Tim Kask
Title: The Temple of the Weaver Queen
No. of Players: 10-12
Duration: 4-5 hours
Game/Edition: OD&D + Supplements
World/Setting: Tim's
Pregens: Provided, 7th-9th level characters
Badmike note: Tim has written this adventure especially for the NTRPG Con and this will be the first time it has ever been run!
FULL

DM: Rob Kuntz
Title: Castle El Raja Key
No. of Players: 7-8
Duration: 6 hours +
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D "lite" (No UA)
World/Setting: Kalibruhn
Pregens: no pregens, 1st or 2nd level characters
Badmike note:  Per Rob's email to me: "This was adventured in by EGG, Terry Kuntz, Don Kaye, and many others.  This is where Merlynd, Terik, Yrag, Mordenkainen, Bigby and many other PCs adventured into in 1972."
FULL

DM: Frank Mentzer
Title: Stoned Again
No. of Players: 4-10
Duration: 4-5 hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Aquaria
Pregens: Provided Levels 15-18 (or BYO)
Badmike Note: Frank said the last two times he ran this he was rewarded with TPKs….nice! Good luck to the players……!
FULL

DM: Matt Finch
Title: Spire of Iron and Crystal
No. of Players: 4-6
Duration: 4 hours
Game/Edition: Swords & Wizardry (OD&D retro-clone)
World/Setting: Generic
Pregens: Provided (level 5-6)
Badmike Note:  Matt is the creator of the retro-clone S&W, and this should be a good introduction for his system! Rulebooks will be provided…
FIVE SEATS AVAILABLE

SUNDAY AFTERNOON (12-5:30):

DM: Mike Stewart
Title: Classic JG adventure (TBA)
No. of players: 5
Duration 4 hours
Game/Edition: Holmes Basic D&D
World/Setting: Wilderlands
Pregens: Provided, 2nd-3rd level
TWO SEATS AVAILABLE

DM: Frank Mentzer
Title: Excerpts from the Book of Yog
No. of Players: 4-10
Duration: 4-5 hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Aquaria
Pregens:  Provided Levels 9-12 (Or you my BYO)
Badmike Note: From Frank: "Preview of an epic tale coming soon to a product near you"
FIVE SEATS AVAILABLE

DM Jon Hershberger
Title: Vault of the Thief Lord
No. of Players: 6 to 8
Duration: 4 to 6 hours
Game/Edition: 1st Edition AD&D
World/Setting: Wilderlands of High Fantasy
Pregens: 10th level pcs provided
Badmike Note: Jon has converted many of the DCC line to AD&D 1E, this conversion has never been officially published
FIVE SEATS AVAILABLE

JasonZavoda wrote:I'd been wondering about the auction mentioned.  

So what else will be going on at the convention? I know boardgames were mentioned. Im not sure what I would bring with me except maybe a micro-game.

This is a VERY preliminary listing....depends on who is getting in when I guess, and what they want to do.

I hope there is a lot of conversation and hanging out amid all the game playing...I think the schedule is flexible enough to allow this.

Sunday afternoon/early evening: Frank has indicated he wouldn't mind boardgaming for a few hours.  We have the following games in our just beginning "library" if anyone is interested (BTW, if anyone wishes to donate a game to our game library, that would be great, we plan on bringing it every year and hopefuly watching it grow....a beat up, well loved/used game is an excellent choice).

Talisman (2nd edition, with lots of supplements);
Lankhmar (1976 edition);
Best of Dragon Games (includes the classic Wham game Search for the Emperor's Treasure);
Mertwig's Maze (another classic Tom Wham game);
Nuclear War;
Cargo;
Saga (TSR minigame)
I think Jason Braun is bringing Munchkin.  We'll have a designated "boardgame" table set up in a corner of the room (or we may put it in the storage closet, that might be a perfect spot)

Friday night we will be treating the special guests to dinner at Texas Land and Cattle Steak House...anyone there is welcome to tag along (but we're not getting your check, you cheap ass bastards!).  Afterwards, we will "officially" game from 6 to midnight.  Besides the scheduled games, we will have opportunities for pickup games if the official games are full.

At various times during the night we will draw names for the "raffle".  There are two types of items: "free" raffle items, and items you have to buy a ticket for.  We think we might be able to get enough free items, if we pull each ticket after you have won something, to make sure ALL attendees win something, which would be cool.  Everyone that is registered gets one of the "free" tickets with his or her registration packet. The $5 tickets for the more expensive/desirable items are available from a link on the website.
 Also note that some raffle items you MUST be present to win; others, not so. If your name is drawn and you aren't attending the con, we WILL toss your ticket back in the box for another shot if you have to be there to win. Note that we WILL be selling raffle tickets at the con, we prefer check or cash, we can take credit cards but it's a little harder.

Free items include mostly donated modules and games; Paid ticket items include the Dragon #1, Beholder mini painted by Angela, Tim Kask signed DM copy of his adventure, etc

Auction items are those items we determined have an audience outside of the 70 or so attendees....stuff like the original Paul Jaqauys artwork. We want to get the max price we can out of this, AND make sure a lot of non-attendees that are art lovers can have a chance to buy them.  These will go up for auction on Ebay the week after the con.

Please note that all the raffle items are being raffled, and are being used to offset expenses...we aren't keeping anything unless it was specifially given as a gift to us...

Most of the games Friday night should be over at midnight; if you aren't ready to hit the sack, we do have a Ihop and Whatburger across the street open 24 hours...might be nice spots to head for a late night snack and shoot the bull session. There is also a 24 hour bowling alley (with a restaurant and bar) about a block down the street if you are feeling really adventurous....!

Saturday morning, we have a light schedule of official games, so perhaps that means a lot of pickup games or boardgames on the agenda.  At 12:30 or so we start loading up the bus for the Grillin.  The game room at the hotel will be closed and locked up for this portion of the day, so if by some reason you are NOT going you need to make other plans besides hanging out in the main room.  

The game room will reopen at about 4-5 or so, with official games beginning at 6 pm and continuing to midnight.  With four offiical games scheduled I suspect there won't be a lot of pickup stuff going on, so this should be a good, solid night of hard core old school action!

Next morning, if you want to get up early, we have breakfast at the Ihop on us, and then directly after we will be jumping on the bus out front of the hotel to head to Denton for the Reaper tour.  The game room may or may not be closed during this time, if enough attendees don't want to go on the tour, we will keep it open, otherwise it will be closed up and you're on your own until we get back.

The game room will reopen at about 11 am or so, and the afternoon schedule of games will begin at noon. We also kept this light since people will be headed back to the airport from noon onwards.  The con officially closes at 5 pm, but we will still have people flying out until 9 pm, so it will be a long day!  

After the last attendee is put off at the airport curb, I will be busting open a nice, brand new bottle of Scotch and drinking until I pass out. Killjoy will then probably paint a mustache on my face with a black felt marker and take pictures to be posted on this thread......

A NOTE FOR THE FUTURE:

Because of the logistics (one room to game in, although we have been given permission to use the breakfast area after 10 am) we have had to delay a few activities we would like to add for next year. Chief among them are going to be a short (1-2 hour) auction, a small dealer/vendor area, and perhaps a seminar/Q&A or two from some of our guests.  We need space for any of those, so we reluctantly had to face reality that we didn't want the main room getting too busy with events.

However, if I can direct your gaze to the calendar and time machine on the wall, imagine if you will:  One room for RPG gaming; one room for boardgaming/pickup RPG gaming; one room with a lectern for seminars and talks with some of the hobbies greats, and one room with a vendor/dealer setup during the day and a small auction for a couple hours on Friday and Saturday evening.  We know we are catering to a niche audience, but it's a LOYAL niche audience that we have found will support this hobby.  Even better things will be coming.....!

Mike B.

Awesome Mike.
Thanks for the detailed update!

Tower of the Wizard King.....
Board game with 2-4 players........
Duration to complete full game is 2-4 hours.

I want to take it back home tough, so perhaps not appropriate.

Frank:

I am sorry we don't have an easy way to show how many are signed up at the moment... but, I am working on a new site for next year.... for those reading this, please take time to go to:

http://2010.ntrpgcon.com

I am working on a new site to take place of the "old site". I will move it AFTER the Con this year... but you are more than welcome to go sign up...  you can also "sign up" for the Con, and other game events as I add them.... to TEST the site... (don't use PayPal for the Con sign up or you will send me a free $20.00... )

In any case, I need the site tested, so sign up, email me ideas about the Forums etc.... I'll need some feed back.

I will also start posting some pictures there for testing etc...

Now... as to Mike's post about dinner for the special guests....

Obviously it can't be at Night ... since the Con starts at 1600 and I am sure we will be busy passing out badges etc etc... and gaming starts at 1800...

The Dinner will be earlier like 1400-1500 since the guests should arrive as follows:

Frank Mentzer         : 12:05pm
Tim Kask                 : 12:15pm
Robert Kuntz           : 1:30pm

Not sure when Paul Jaquays or Dennis Sustare will arrive, and it seems Jason Braun won't be there until 11pm ... so it's dinner for 3 around 3pm at the moment

Blackmoor wrote:[ Image ]

Well the beholder was entered into the ReaperCon Open Catagory today and received a silver medal

Interesting though this model is being raffled off. She rarely gives up award winning models for anything (we keep them all ).  The winner of this mini will be getting a very nice item.

God, I wish I could go to Con's like you guys in the States can.

Mike, Doug, anyone?

Is there a way for attendees to look at and perhaps print out a list of the game sessions that they are signed up for on the web site?

I am trying to determine what game sessions that Colton and I signed on for at the Convention.

ScketreWhisp® wrote:Since Mike is keeping the data manually this year, there is no way to see what you signed up for if you don't remember...

You'll need to ask Mike (if he'd send me the sign up list, I'd post it on the site)... but I am still waiting for Mike's additions to the Program I need to print up before the Con... and if I don't get those by next week, I'll be printing the programs without his info....

Thanks much Doug.
Appreciate the info.

I had a "LIST" all ready and made out for sign ups.
BUT, I left it here at the house and went to Mikes to play some D&D.
We did the sign up then and I did not get a copy.
Thought I would be able to see my sign ups later on.

I will ask Mike if he has time to look for me.