A Castle for All Seasons

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

A Castle for All Seasons:Amidst craggy mountains, the first silhouettes of a monumental castle arise. A line of traders twists its way to the gate; and the hustle and bustle attracts many people in the hope of getting wages and victuals. The area is crammed with market booths; the magnificent castle is being enlarged around them.

Each player is a builder who, round for round, is able to use different character cards tactically. The constructing of this castle always culminates in an exciting final scoring. The player to produce the most victory points in the end deserves the protection of the castle and wins the game.

Includes winter variant and Winterboard.

Carson City

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Doug Bass,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

Carson City:Carson City is a strategic game. The game is played in 4 rounds and in each one of them the players choose a character (there are 7 available) that gives certain advantages, after that cowboys are placed on action fields on the board to build Carson City. Players can claim ground, erect special buildings, houses or construct roads. When there are several players on 1 action field, a duel is fought. During play, money (used for construction) &s points (used to determine victor) can be earned. He who earns most points wins the game.

Dungeons & Dragons 4e

Crows Daughter (1st lvl)

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Charles Fodel,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: General Play

Dungeons & Dragons 4e:The new version of the classic RPG

Living Forgotten Realms (D&D 4e)

BALD1-6 Brothers in Arms

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Tim McCrary,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: RPGA Event

Scenario Description: A frail alliance connects the city of Baldur’s Gate to the nation of Elturgard – and when vital information crosses the
border without authorization, that alliance is bound to be put to the test. A visiting paladin’s moral code clashes with the organization that has kept the city safe for more than a century, and the outcome may be hard to predict. A Living
Forgotten Realms adventure set in Baldur’s Gate for characters levels 4-7.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In

GM: Bill Boivin,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins. Descent: Jouneys in the Dark(Number of Players:5) - Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins. In the darkest corners of the world, these heroes confront deadly and terrifying monsters, including Skeletons, Hell Hounds, Giants, Demons, and Dragons. For those few who survive, the rewards are many. Victorious heroes return from the treacherous dungeons with ancient magics, bags of gold, and powerful weapons and artifacts. In Descent: Journeys in the Dark, you play one of these daring adventurers. Armed with mighty weapons and powerful abilities, you venture into the dungeon to battle monsters, escape deadly traps, discover lost treasures, and ultimately, confront and defeat the evil masters that dwell in the hidden places. Can you survive the dark? Betrayal At House On The Hill(Number of Players:6) - Explore a haunted mansion of your own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell your fate, and discover and defeat the traitor in your midst in this thrilling horror-themed tile game featuring 50 haunting scenarios. Betrayal at House On the Hill includes detailed game pieces, character cards, pre-painted plastic figures, and special tokens, all of which help create a spooky atmosphere and streamlined game play.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In

GM: Brian Spencer,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

RoboRally(Number of Players:8) - RoboRally is a furious racing game by Richard Garfield, where heavily armed but scarcely controllable robots compete to cross a deadly factory floor full of lasers, pits and conveyor belts. RoboRally is a robot race game in which each player attempts to be the first to touch a series of flags by maneuvering a robot across a dynamic race course. The game is for two to eight players playing independently or on teams. Frequently, the race will mutate into multi-player skirmishes as those players who are behind use their weaponry in an attempt to slow the opposition. The simultaneous movement rules encourage clever strategies and counterstrategies as players try to second-guess their opponents. Tribune: Primus Inter Pares(Number of Players:5) - In ancient Rome, tribunes were highly esteemed individuals elected by the people to represent them politically and militarily. In the board game Tribune: Primus Inter Pares, players take on the role of a powerful and ambitious patrician family. By applying influences and manipulating controls over the various factions, they attempt to pave their way to victory in order to attain the high office of the tribune. From the mind of the highly acclaimed Die Macher, Karl-Heinz Schmiel, the gameplay in Tribune is a combination of worker placement and set collection. Each round the players take turns by positioning their followers on the board to garner cards, achieve objectives and/or attempt to take over factions. In order to gain control of a faction and to utilize its benefits, one must play a set of cards from that specific group. That person will remain in command of the faction until someone else stages a successful take-over by having another set that is either of higher quantity or higher sum of values. Victory is achieved when a player has met the required number of objectives as specified on the victory condition card selected at the start of the game, which is dependent on the number of participants. Alternatively, you can choose to forego the use of a condition card and play with the point-value option. In this variant, the game ends when someone has collected a certain number of the faction markers and the winner is the one with the highest scores as determined by the points assigned to each achievement. Cosmic Encounter (Mayfair Games)(Number of Players:6) - Highly regarded by many people, this game definitely deserves a place in the Gaming Hall of Fame, if only because it was so original for its time. Originally produced by Eon in the seventies, Cosmic Encounter has since been produced by West End Games, Mayfair Games, and Avalon Hill (Hasbro) as well. A new edition has been announced by Fantasy Flight Games for release in late 2008. Each version is slightly different, but all share a core set of features. Players represent alien races that are seeking to spread themselves onto five foreign worlds. To accomplish this, they make challenges against other players and enlist the aid of interested parties. But alien powers, which are unique to each race, give players ways to bend or outright break some rule in the game. Iron Dragon(Number of Players:6) - Iron Dragon takes railroading games where they have never gone before -- to a land filled with elves, cat-people, trolls and magic. Genetically engineered dragons pull trains across dangerous and unexplored territory. Connect citites, fight off forest creatures, and explore the underground to build a railroad empire. Based on the Empire Builder system, this fantasy game puts classic building strategy and money management tools in a new venue. Players use erasable crayons on a special board and operate a rail empire. Perfect for an evening of fun and adventure with family and friends. Puerto Rico(Number of Players:5) - In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered the eastern-most island of the Great Antilles. About 50 years later, Puerto Rico began to really blossom -- through you! Which roles will you play in this new world: Prospector? Governor? Settler? Trader? Whatever you do, you have one goal: to achieve the greatest prosperity and highest reputation! Who will have the most fruitful plantation? Who will build the most impressive buildings? And, who will earn the most victory points?

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Juli Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Dominion(Number of Players:4) - You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted. Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

A variety of board games

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In

GM: Mike Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Goldbräu(Number of Players:4) - Seehausen am See. For many years, more and more people visit this idyllic village during the annual summer fest. In these three weeks, the breweries and beer gardens in the village make more money than during the rest of the year. So, you and your opponents become hardened businessmen, who rush to Seehausen am See to invest in the businesses there with an eye toward the large profits that come during the festival. During these three weeks each will invest in the businesses and try to get his people in management positions in the breweries and beer gardens where he owns stock. The players also work to increase the size of their favorite beer gardens so that they can earn more money. In the end, it is not the size of the beer gardens or who is in charge, but the amount of money in the players' pockets ... Hamburgum(Number of Players:5) - Hamburg in the 17th century! Mighty walls protect the city against the devastations of the Thirty Years War. Thanks to Protestant religious refugees, Hamburg has become the biggest and most prosperous city of Germany. From far away the skyline shows the steeples of huge churches and the masts of mighty trade ships displaying the citizens' pride and prosperity. The players guide families of Hamburg in the pursuit of wealth and prestige. They produce beer, sugar and cloth and sell these goods with their ships overseas. They compete over the best sites for their buildings and the best berths for their ships in the harbor. But ultimately they vie for the most prestigious church donations, because neither gold nor goods, but only prestige decides the game. Hamburgum is a strategy game for 2 – 5 players without any luck of cards or dice. The actions are selected according to simple rules on a rondel. The reverse of the big double-sided game board offers another city, Londinium, a different strategic challenge. Manila(Number of Players:5) - It is 1821, and for 250 years the Philippine Islands have been under the thumb of the Spanish crown. But, in the end, the Spaniards do not really control everything. In the shadow of the colonial power, self-willed natives have established secret maritime trade with neighboring islands and the Asiatic mainland. Using odd-looking punts and fragile bamboo barks, these black market traders cram their boats with nutmeg, silk, jade, and ginseng, and set sail to smuggle them into MANILA. Succes in each venture is uncertain, as the seaworthiness of both boats and captains is poor. To add to their woes, pirates lie in wait to plunder boats that cannot escape them. Given all this, it is not surprising that wares that reach the black markets in MANILA command high prices, making the venture worth the risk for those who succeed. The black market dealers use accomplices to ensure they get the wares, bribe pilots to aid their cargoes and hinder others, and insure their cargoes against failure. And a few wealthy merchants hire pirates to attack the black market boats and secretly pocket the profits from these raids. Power Grid(Number of Players:6) - Earning money with electric power? Earning lots of money with electric power? A very good idea! Should I use coal or oil to generate power in the old-fashioned or will there be a shortage of those resources in the future? Will there be a future in burning garbage? Certainly nuclear power is very exciting and as long as the government will manage the nuclear waste there will be a lot of profit. Of course, you can use more ecological friendly power and be independent of resources. But will such power plants be powerful enough for the customers in the future? Naturally you must watch your competitors to see what plants they build, which cities they have in their net, what resources they depend on, and what new power plants they find interesting. A strategy game of planning with surges of energy. Small World(Number of Players:5) - Designed by Philippe Keyaerts as a fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci, Small World is inhabited by a zany cast of characters such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and even humans; who use their troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push the other races off the face of the earth. Picking the right combination from the 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers, players rush to expand their empires -- often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory. Small World's design emphasizes the playful fantasy theme with rich details and components that beg to be played. The game includes: Two double-sided game boards, one for each of four possible player configurations, 14 Fantasy Races with matching banners & tokens, 20 Special Power badges, a variety of Troll Lairs, Mountains, Fortresses, Encampments, Holes-in-the-ground, 2 Heroes and even a Dragon, along with Victory Coins, 6 Player Summary Sheets, a Reinforcement Die, Rules Booklet and a Days of Wonder Online Access Number.

Star Wars (d6 system)

Let Coruscant Burn!

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In

GM: Kyle Yandle,

Game Type: RPG

Event Type: Open-Play

Adventure Description::When a distraction is needed, a distraction is created. Your team has been handpicked by a state official to destroy, assassinate, pillage, and otherwise wreak havoc on the streets of the capital of the Republic, Coruscant. You have to comply as you certainly have nothing to lose, seeing as you have an implant inside your brain automated to kill you if you choose to break the rules. The authorities are looking the other way and if you survive, you get a million credits, your criminal history wiped, and an opportunity for a second chance.


Star Wars (d6 system):West End Games: Star Wars D6

Maturity: PG 13+ MV RP: 7 PS: 4 ACT: 9 CLX: 5

Tannhäuser

Day/Time: Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Ron McClung,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

Tannhäuser:Tannhäuser is set in an alternate-history version of 1949 where the Great War never ended, Tannhäuser features small squads of troops of the "Army of the Union" in their attempts to track down and stop the Reich`s "Obscura Korps", who use a mixture of technology and occult magic to further the cause of the Fatherland. Tannhäuser blends together alternate history, science fiction, and magic to create a wholly original game world.

Tannhäuser is the first game to utilize the revolutionary "Pathfinding System" -- a game mechanic that uses colored circles on the game board that aid players in determining both movement and line-of-sight, making combat resolution quick and simple.

Dungeons & Dragons 4e

Shadows of the Deep

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Charles Fodel,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: General Play

Dungeons & Dragons 4e:The new version of the classic RPG

Living Forgotten Realms (D&D 4e)

EAST1-3 Unbidden

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In Main Room

GM: Sean Williamson,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: RPGA Event

Scenario Description: An attack by foul creatures has forced the closure of a dwarven mining operation. Adventurers are needed to investigate the threat and make the mine safe for reopening. A Living Forgotten Realms adventure set in the East Rift for characters levels 7-10.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Bill Boivin,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Betrayal At House On The Hill(Number of Players:6) - Explore a haunted mansion of your own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell your fate, and discover and defeat the traitor in your midst in this thrilling horror-themed tile game featuring 50 haunting scenarios. Betrayal at House On the Hill includes detailed game pieces, character cards, pre-painted plastic figures, and special tokens, all of which help create a spooky atmosphere and streamlined game play. Descent: Jouneys in the Dark(Number of Players:5) - Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins. In the darkest corners of the world, these heroes confront deadly and terrifying monsters, including Skeletons, Hell Hounds, Giants, Demons, and Dragons. For those few who survive, the rewards are many. Victorious heroes return from the treacherous dungeons with ancient magics, bags of gold, and powerful weapons and artifacts. In Descent: Journeys in the Dark, you play one of these daring adventurers. Armed with mighty weapons and powerful abilities, you venture into the dungeon to battle monsters, escape deadly traps, discover lost treasures, and ultimately, confront and defeat the evil masters that dwell in the hidden places. Can you survive the dark? Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Brian Spencer,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Cosmic Encounter (Mayfair Games)(Number of Players:6) - Highly regarded by many people, this game definitely deserves a place in the Gaming Hall of Fame, if only because it was so original for its time. Originally produced by Eon in the seventies, Cosmic Encounter has since been produced by West End Games, Mayfair Games, and Avalon Hill (Hasbro) as well. A new edition has been announced by Fantasy Flight Games for release in late 2008. Each version is slightly different, but all share a core set of features. Players represent alien races that are seeking to spread themselves onto five foreign worlds. To accomplish this, they make challenges against other players and enlist the aid of interested parties. But alien powers, which are unique to each race, give players ways to bend or outright break some rule in the game. Iron Dragon(Number of Players:6) - Iron Dragon takes railroading games where they have never gone before -- to a land filled with elves, cat-people, trolls and magic. Genetically engineered dragons pull trains across dangerous and unexplored territory. Connect citites, fight off forest creatures, and explore the underground to build a railroad empire. Based on the Empire Builder system, this fantasy game puts classic building strategy and money management tools in a new venue. Players use erasable crayons on a special board and operate a rail empire. Perfect for an evening of fun and adventure with family and friends. Puerto Rico(Number of Players:5) - In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered the eastern-most island of the Great Antilles. About 50 years later, Puerto Rico began to really blossom -- through you! Which roles will you play in this new world: Prospector? Governor? Settler? Trader? Whatever you do, you have one goal: to achieve the greatest prosperity and highest reputation! Who will have the most fruitful plantation? Who will build the most impressive buildings? And, who will earn the most victory points? RoboRally(Number of Players:8) - RoboRally is a furious racing game by Richard Garfield, where heavily armed but scarcely controllable robots compete to cross a deadly factory floor full of lasers, pits and conveyor belts. RoboRally is a robot race game in which each player attempts to be the first to touch a series of flags by maneuvering a robot across a dynamic race course. The game is for two to eight players playing independently or on teams. Frequently, the race will mutate into multi-player skirmishes as those players who are behind use their weaponry in an attempt to slow the opposition. The simultaneous movement rules encourage clever strategies and counterstrategies as players try to second-guess their opponents. Tribune: Primus Inter Pares(Number of Players:5) - In ancient Rome, tribunes were highly esteemed individuals elected by the people to represent them politically and militarily. In the board game Tribune: Primus Inter Pares, players take on the role of a powerful and ambitious patrician family. By applying influences and manipulating controls over the various factions, they attempt to pave their way to victory in order to attain the high office of the tribune. From the mind of the highly acclaimed Die Macher, Karl-Heinz Schmiel, the gameplay in Tribune is a combination of worker placement and set collection. Each round the players take turns by positioning their followers on the board to garner cards, achieve objectives and/or attempt to take over factions. In order to gain control of a faction and to utilize its benefits, one must play a set of cards from that specific group. That person will remain in command of the faction until someone else stages a successful take-over by having another set that is either of higher quantity or higher sum of values. Victory is achieved when a player has met the required number of objectives as specified on the victory condition card selected at the start of the game, which is dependent on the number of participants. Alternatively, you can choose to forego the use of a condition card and play with the point-value option. In this variant, the game ends when someone has collected a certain number of the faction markers and the winner is the one with the highest scores as determined by the points assigned to each achievement.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In Main Room

GM: Juli Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Dominion(Number of Players:4) - You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted. Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Jeremy Gross,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Illuminati: New World Order(Number of Players:6) - Illuminati: New World Order (INWO) is a collectible card game (CCG) that was released in 1995[1] by Steve Jackson Games, based on their original boxed game Illuminati, which in turn was inspired by The Illuminatus! Trilogy. INWO won the Origins Award for Best Card Game in 1997. Fluxx(Number of Players:6) - Fluxx: the card game with ever changing rules! Trivial Pursuit(Number of Players:6) -

Players Choice Board/Card Games

A variety of board games

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Mike Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Goldbräu(Number of Players:4) - Seehausen am See. For many years, more and more people visit this idyllic village during the annual summer fest. In these three weeks, the breweries and beer gardens in the village make more money than during the rest of the year. So, you and your opponents become hardened businessmen, who rush to Seehausen am See to invest in the businesses there with an eye toward the large profits that come during the festival. During these three weeks each will invest in the businesses and try to get his people in management positions in the breweries and beer gardens where he owns stock. The players also work to increase the size of their favorite beer gardens so that they can earn more money. In the end, it is not the size of the beer gardens or who is in charge, but the amount of money in the players' pockets ... Hamburgum(Number of Players:5) - Hamburg in the 17th century! Mighty walls protect the city against the devastations of the Thirty Years War. Thanks to Protestant religious refugees, Hamburg has become the biggest and most prosperous city of Germany. From far away the skyline shows the steeples of huge churches and the masts of mighty trade ships displaying the citizens' pride and prosperity. The players guide families of Hamburg in the pursuit of wealth and prestige. They produce beer, sugar and cloth and sell these goods with their ships overseas. They compete over the best sites for their buildings and the best berths for their ships in the harbor. But ultimately they vie for the most prestigious church donations, because neither gold nor goods, but only prestige decides the game. Hamburgum is a strategy game for 2 – 5 players without any luck of cards or dice. The actions are selected according to simple rules on a rondel. The reverse of the big double-sided game board offers another city, Londinium, a different strategic challenge. Manila(Number of Players:5) - It is 1821, and for 250 years the Philippine Islands have been under the thumb of the Spanish crown. But, in the end, the Spaniards do not really control everything. In the shadow of the colonial power, self-willed natives have established secret maritime trade with neighboring islands and the Asiatic mainland. Using odd-looking punts and fragile bamboo barks, these black market traders cram their boats with nutmeg, silk, jade, and ginseng, and set sail to smuggle them into MANILA. Succes in each venture is uncertain, as the seaworthiness of both boats and captains is poor. To add to their woes, pirates lie in wait to plunder boats that cannot escape them. Given all this, it is not surprising that wares that reach the black markets in MANILA command high prices, making the venture worth the risk for those who succeed. The black market dealers use accomplices to ensure they get the wares, bribe pilots to aid their cargoes and hinder others, and insure their cargoes against failure. And a few wealthy merchants hire pirates to attack the black market boats and secretly pocket the profits from these raids. Power Grid(Number of Players:6) - Earning money with electric power? Earning lots of money with electric power? A very good idea! Should I use coal or oil to generate power in the old-fashioned or will there be a shortage of those resources in the future? Will there be a future in burning garbage? Certainly nuclear power is very exciting and as long as the government will manage the nuclear waste there will be a lot of profit. Of course, you can use more ecological friendly power and be independent of resources. But will such power plants be powerful enough for the customers in the future? Naturally you must watch your competitors to see what plants they build, which cities they have in their net, what resources they depend on, and what new power plants they find interesting. A strategy game of planning with surges of energy. Small World(Number of Players:5) - Designed by Philippe Keyaerts as a fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci, Small World is inhabited by a zany cast of characters such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and even humans; who use their troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push the other races off the face of the earth. Picking the right combination from the 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers, players rush to expand their empires -- often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory. Small World's design emphasizes the playful fantasy theme with rich details and components that beg to be played. The game includes: Two double-sided game boards, one for each of four possible player configurations, 14 Fantasy Races with matching banners & tokens, 20 Special Power badges, a variety of Troll Lairs, Mountains, Fortresses, Encampments, Holes-in-the-ground, 2 Heroes and even a Dragon, along with Victory Coins, 6 Player Summary Sheets, a Reinforcement Die, Rules Booklet and a Days of Wonder Online Access Number.

Pulp Egypt d6

The Edge of History

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In

GM: Kyle Yandle,

Game Type: RPG

Event Type: Open-Play

Pulp Egypt d6:A D6 System set in 1930's Egypt from the creator of the West End Games: Star Wars D6.

Maturity: PG 13+ MV RP: 8 PS: 5 ACT: 7 CLX: 3

Starcraft: The Board Game

w/ Expansion

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In Main Room

GM: Ron McClung,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

Starcraft: The Board Game:Three powerful alien races battle for control of the galaxy. Whether you choose to lead the versatile Terran, mysterious Protoss, or voracious Zerg, in Starcraft: The Board Game you`ll command an army like no other in the universe!

Once again, Fantasy Flight Games brings one of the world`s best-loved computer games to your tabletop. Players take control of the Protoss, Terran, or Zerg and battle across multiple worlds. True to the Starcraft legacy, each of the three races features a unique and distinctive play style, and the inclusion of two distinct factions for each race allows for up to six players to compete for galactic dominance at a time.

With over 180 plastic figures and dozens of unit types, Starcraft: The Board Game features an innovative modular board of varying sizes which guarantees a new experience each and every game. An exciting card driven combat system allows players to modify and upgrade their faction with a wealth of powerful technologies. Players can unleash a Zergling rush, use powerful Protoss shields to halt an enemy invasion, or even send cloaked Ghosts out to guide nuclear missiles to their target.

Stone Age

Day/Time: Saturday 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM In Main Room

GM: Doug Bass,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

Stone Age:The times were hard indeed. Our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village, and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Risk and grow as your ancestors did. Only then the victory ring sings to you!

Dungeons & Dragons 4e

Deific Heart of Magma (30th lvl)

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Charles Fodel,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: General Play

Dungeons & Dragons 4e:The new version of the classic RPG

Living Forgotten Realms (D&D 4e)

LURU1-7 Demonic Dealings

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Greg Gershowitz,

Game Type: RPG - Role Playing Game

Event Type: RPGA Event

Scenario Description: Deep in the Glimmerwood the Uthgardt Barbarians keep the orcs of Luruar in check. A new ally to the orcs changes the balance of power. House Itharwen, unfortunate victims of the new alliance is seeking heroes to recover their losses in this battle. A Living Forgotten Realms adventure set in Luruar for characters levels 7-10.

Neccessary Evil (Savage Worlds)

Proving Ground

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Kyle Yandle,

Game Type: RPG

Event Type: Open-Play

Neccessary Evil (Savage Worlds):Savage Worlds is a merger of the best ideas in roleplaying and miniature games!

What’s so revolutionary? We’re glad you asked!

It’s Fast! Savage Worlds is the fastest and easiest fully-detailed roleplaying game you’ll ever play! You can fight out massive battles quickly and easily with your heroes’ allies and minions in one simple, fast-playing system!

It’s Furious! Characters gain awesome new abilities quickly, raising their attributes and skills and gaining powerful and exciting new Edges!

It’s Fun! Savage Worlds was designed to be a Game Master’s dream! GMs can write adventures, create new villains and monsters, and run epic tales, all without lots of bookkeeping. And you won’t need computer programs, three rule books, and a half-dozen setting books to do it. You’ll find everything you need right here and in the Savage Setting of your choice!

It’s also a Miniatures Game! Savage Worlds works as a miniatures battle game as well as an RPG. That means you can fight out your heroes’ epic battles to save the world right on the table-top! Or you can play a competitive battle with troops of your own design!

It’s Complete! Savage Worlds was designed to be used with any genre from swashbuckling pirates to superheroes and sci-fi. Inside you’ll find complete and simple rules for epic heroes, vehicles, chases, magic, superpowers, mass battles, skirmishes, and even guidelines for designing your own races and worlds!

Neccessary Evil - When all the super heroes of the world are blown to kingdom come by an army of invading aliens who will save the day? Evil... The only forces left to take on the alien menace are the crafty and self serving super villains! Necessary Evil is a supers game for Savage Worlds done Great White Games style. Inside this twisted Plot Point setting you will find complete rules on making four-color super powered characters, a whole slew of adventures weaving in and out of a resistance story, new Edges and Hindrances, a bestiary of out of this world critters, and more!

Maturity: PG 13+ MV RP: 7 PS: 4 ACT: 7 CLX: 6

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In

GM: Bill Boivin,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins. Descent: Jouneys in the Dark(Number of Players:5) - Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins. In the darkest corners of the world, these heroes confront deadly and terrifying monsters, including Skeletons, Hell Hounds, Giants, Demons, and Dragons. For those few who survive, the rewards are many. Victorious heroes return from the treacherous dungeons with ancient magics, bags of gold, and powerful weapons and artifacts. In Descent: Journeys in the Dark, you play one of these daring adventurers. Armed with mighty weapons and powerful abilities, you venture into the dungeon to battle monsters, escape deadly traps, discover lost treasures, and ultimately, confront and defeat the evil masters that dwell in the hidden places. Can you survive the dark? Betrayal At House On The Hill(Number of Players:6) - Explore a haunted mansion of your own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell your fate, and discover and defeat the traitor in your midst in this thrilling horror-themed tile game featuring 50 haunting scenarios. Betrayal at House On the Hill includes detailed game pieces, character cards, pre-painted plastic figures, and special tokens, all of which help create a spooky atmosphere and streamlined game play.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In

GM: Brian Spencer,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

RoboRally(Number of Players:8) - RoboRally is a furious racing game by Richard Garfield, where heavily armed but scarcely controllable robots compete to cross a deadly factory floor full of lasers, pits and conveyor belts. RoboRally is a robot race game in which each player attempts to be the first to touch a series of flags by maneuvering a robot across a dynamic race course. The game is for two to eight players playing independently or on teams. Frequently, the race will mutate into multi-player skirmishes as those players who are behind use their weaponry in an attempt to slow the opposition. The simultaneous movement rules encourage clever strategies and counterstrategies as players try to second-guess their opponents. Tribune: Primus Inter Pares(Number of Players:5) - In ancient Rome, tribunes were highly esteemed individuals elected by the people to represent them politically and militarily. In the board game Tribune: Primus Inter Pares, players take on the role of a powerful and ambitious patrician family. By applying influences and manipulating controls over the various factions, they attempt to pave their way to victory in order to attain the high office of the tribune. From the mind of the highly acclaimed Die Macher, Karl-Heinz Schmiel, the gameplay in Tribune is a combination of worker placement and set collection. Each round the players take turns by positioning their followers on the board to garner cards, achieve objectives and/or attempt to take over factions. In order to gain control of a faction and to utilize its benefits, one must play a set of cards from that specific group. That person will remain in command of the faction until someone else stages a successful take-over by having another set that is either of higher quantity or higher sum of values. Victory is achieved when a player has met the required number of objectives as specified on the victory condition card selected at the start of the game, which is dependent on the number of participants. Alternatively, you can choose to forego the use of a condition card and play with the point-value option. In this variant, the game ends when someone has collected a certain number of the faction markers and the winner is the one with the highest scores as determined by the points assigned to each achievement. Puerto Rico(Number of Players:5) - In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered the eastern-most island of the Great Antilles. About 50 years later, Puerto Rico began to really blossom -- through you! Which roles will you play in this new world: Prospector? Governor? Settler? Trader? Whatever you do, you have one goal: to achieve the greatest prosperity and highest reputation! Who will have the most fruitful plantation? Who will build the most impressive buildings? And, who will earn the most victory points? Iron Dragon(Number of Players:6) - Iron Dragon takes railroading games where they have never gone before -- to a land filled with elves, cat-people, trolls and magic. Genetically engineered dragons pull trains across dangerous and unexplored territory. Connect citites, fight off forest creatures, and explore the underground to build a railroad empire. Based on the Empire Builder system, this fantasy game puts classic building strategy and money management tools in a new venue. Players use erasable crayons on a special board and operate a rail empire. Perfect for an evening of fun and adventure with family and friends. Cosmic Encounter (Mayfair Games)(Number of Players:6) - Highly regarded by many people, this game definitely deserves a place in the Gaming Hall of Fame, if only because it was so original for its time. Originally produced by Eon in the seventies, Cosmic Encounter has since been produced by West End Games, Mayfair Games, and Avalon Hill (Hasbro) as well. A new edition has been announced by Fantasy Flight Games for release in late 2008. Each version is slightly different, but all share a core set of features. Players represent alien races that are seeking to spread themselves onto five foreign worlds. To accomplish this, they make challenges against other players and enlist the aid of interested parties. But alien powers, which are unique to each race, give players ways to bend or outright break some rule in the game.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In Main Room

GM: Juli Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Dominion(Number of Players:4) - You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted. Settlers of Catan(Number of Players:5) - Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan. Build settlements, roads, and villages by taking commodities from the land around you. Turn a sheep, lumber ,rocks and some grain into a settlement, bricks and wood into road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings and services. Take advantage of trades with other players, or at local seaports to get commodities you might lack. The first player to gain 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.

Players Choice Board/Card Games

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In

GM: Jeremy Gross,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Illuminati: New World Order(Number of Players:6) - Illuminati: New World Order (INWO) is a collectible card game (CCG) that was released in 1995[1] by Steve Jackson Games, based on their original boxed game Illuminati, which in turn was inspired by The Illuminatus! Trilogy. INWO won the Origins Award for Best Card Game in 1997. Fluxx(Number of Players:6) - Fluxx: the card game with ever changing rules! Trivial Pursuit(Number of Players:6) -

Players Choice Board/Card Games

A variety of board games

Day/Time: Saturday 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM In

GM: Mike Wyant,

Game Type: Board Game

Event Type: General Play

PLAYERS CHOICE/DEMO GAME LIST

Goldbräu(Number of Players:4) - Seehausen am See. For many years, more and more people visit this idyllic village during the annual summer fest. In these three weeks, the breweries and beer gardens in the village make more money than during the rest of the year. So, you and your opponents become hardened businessmen, who rush to Seehausen am See to invest in the businesses there with an eye toward the large profits that come during the festival. During these three weeks each will invest in the businesses and try to get his people in management positions in the breweries and beer gardens where he owns stock. The players also work to increase the size of their favorite beer gardens so that they can earn more money. In the end, it is not the size of the beer gardens or who is in charge, but the amount of money in the players' pockets ... Hamburgum(Number of Players:5) - Hamburg in the 17th century! Mighty walls protect the city against the devastations of the Thirty Years War. Thanks to Protestant religious refugees, Hamburg has become the biggest and most prosperous city of Germany. From far away the skyline shows the steeples of huge churches and the masts of mighty trade ships displaying the citizens' pride and prosperity. The players guide families of Hamburg in the pursuit of wealth and prestige. They produce beer, sugar and cloth and sell these goods with their ships overseas. They compete over the best sites for their buildings and the best berths for their ships in the harbor. But ultimately they vie for the most prestigious church donations, because neither gold nor goods, but only prestige decides the game. Hamburgum is a strategy game for 2 – 5 players without any luck of cards or dice. The actions are selected according to simple rules on a rondel. The reverse of the big double-sided game board offers another city, Londinium, a different strategic challenge. Manila(Number of Players:5) - It is 1821, and for 250 years the Philippine Islands have been under the thumb of the Spanish crown. But, in the end, the Spaniards do not really control everything. In the shadow of the colonial power, self-willed natives have established secret maritime trade with neighboring islands and the Asiatic mainland. Using odd-looking punts and fragile bamboo barks, these black market traders cram their boats with nutmeg, silk, jade, and ginseng, and set sail to smuggle them into MANILA. Succes in each venture is uncertain, as the seaworthiness of both boats and captains is poor. To add to their woes, pirates lie in wait to plunder boats that cannot escape them. Given all this, it is not surprising that wares that reach the black markets in MANILA command high prices, making the venture worth the risk for those who succeed. The black market dealers use accomplices to ensure they get the wares, bribe pilots to aid their cargoes and hinder others, and insure their cargoes against failure. And a few wealthy merchants hire pirates to attack the black market boats and secretly pocket the profits from these raids. Power Grid(Number of Players:6) - Earning money with electric power? Earning lots of money with electric power? A very good idea! Should I use coal or oil to generate power in the old-fashioned or will there be a shortage of those resources in the future? Will there be a future in burning garbage? Certainly nuclear power is very exciting and as long as the government will manage the nuclear waste there will be a lot of profit. Of course, you can use more ecological friendly power and be independent of resources. But will such power plants be powerful enough for the customers in the future? Naturally you must watch your competitors to see what plants they build, which cities they have in their net, what resources they depend on, and what new power plants they find interesting. A strategy game of planning with surges of energy. Small World(Number of Players:5) - Designed by Philippe Keyaerts as a fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci, Small World is inhabited by a zany cast of characters such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and even humans; who use their troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push the other races off the face of the earth. Picking the right combination from the 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers, players rush to expand their empires -- often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory. Small World's design emphasizes the playful fantasy theme with rich details and components that beg to be played. The game includes: Two double-sided game boards, one for each of four possible player configurations, 14 Fantasy Races with matching banners & tokens, 20 Special Power badges, a variety of Troll Lairs, Mountains, Fortresses, Encampments, Holes-in-the-ground, 2 Heroes and even a Dragon, along with Victory Coins, 6 Player Summary Sheets, a Reinforcement Die, Rules Booklet and a Days of Wonder Online Access Number.