Survivors of a shipwreck, waking up on an uncharted island in the Pacific, are tested by the elements & by the twisted shapes of half-seen, sadistic entities who haunt the atoll's jungled interior!
The Diana Jones Award is given out the Wednesday night before Gen Con. Join Matt Forbeck & reps of the items shortlisted for the award for a way-too-early discussion about the award & winner.
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The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming is given out by a secret cabal of game designers to whatever they believe was the most excellent thing in gaming the previous year. This started in 2001 & has been given to people, games, & events of all kinds.
The 2018 short list is:
The 200 Word RPG Challenge. A competition organized by David Schirduan & Marshall Miller.
Actual Play. A movement within hobby games.
Analog Game Studies. A journal edited by Aaron Trammell, Evan Torner, Shelley Jones, & Emma Leigh Waldron.
Charterstone. A board game designed by Jamey Stegmaier, published by Stonemaier Games.
Harlem Unbound. A roleplaying game sourcebook by Chris Spivey, published by Darker Hue Studios.
The Sun Dragon heresy rears its head once again. As newly-inducted Yelmalio Templars your duty is to root it out - but do the Sun Dragon followers really speak with a forked tongue?
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The Sun Dragon heresy has reared its head in the Sun Dome Lands once again. As newly-inducted Yelmalio Templars your duty is to root it out—but do the Sun Dragon followers really speak with a forked tongue? Play the new RuneQuest with a member of the creative team, Michael "MOB" O'Brien! A new adventure set in Glorantha's Sun County. No experience with RuneQuest or Glorantha needed!
(RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. 4-6 players. Pre-gens provided. 4 hr duration.)
Funding for the “A Century Ago” Project at the Herwood University is about to undergo review. The disappearance of two grad students working on the dig isn’t going to help. Why were all the Austrian soldiers guarding the place buried face down?
9 strangers gather at the Purgatory Diner when all H-E-double hockey sticks breaks loose. Will you fall on the side of the Angels or will your inner demons take control?
Be wrongfully accused, meet mysterious travelers, & face that which bumps in the night in this Gothic horror adventure.
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Journeying far from home, you take refuge from the dangers of the wilderness in the company of a caravan of wanderers known as the Tarish. Their camp is alight with music and reverie late into the night, but the atmosphere turns suddenly hostile in the morning when one of your companions and a Tarish girl go missing, casting immediate suspicion on your group. Far from home and under the threat of a vengeful curse, you are given no choice but to explore the area to solve the mystery and clear your names. This is an introductory adventure to the world of Shadows of Esteren. Pregenerated characters will be provided.
1968, small-town New York. Agents investigate a pair of deaths: 1 deliberate, 1 a seemingly tragic accident & both tied to a commune. Can Agents learn what's going on before a closed door opens?
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It is 1968. DELTA GREEN is a top secret program within the US national security apparatus, dedicated to investigating and eliminating the Unnatural, – whatever the cost. The Agents are dispatched to a small town in New York state to investigate a pair of deaths. One deliberate, one seemingly a tragic accident, but both victims linked to the commune of devotees of psychology professor turned guru, Dr. Weyland Weber. Can the Agents discover what’s going on before someone opens a door that should remain closed?
1968, small-town New York. Agents investigate a pair of deaths: 1 deliberate, 1 a seemingly tragic accident & both tied to a commune. Can Agents learn what's going on before a closed door opens?
Description:
It is 1968. DELTA GREEN is a top secret program within the US national security apparatus, dedicated to investigating and eliminating the Unnatural, – whatever the cost. The Agents are dispatched to a small town in New York state to investigate a pair of deaths. One deliberate, one seemingly a tragic accident, but both victims linked to the commune of devotees of psychology professor turned guru, Dr. Weyland Weber. Can the Agents discover what’s going on before someone opens a door that should remain closed?
1968, small-town New York. Agents investigate a pair of deaths: 1 deliberate, 1 a seemingly tragic accident & both tied to a commune. Can Agents learn what's going on before a closed door opens?
Description:
It is 1968. DELTA GREEN is a top secret program within the US national security apparatus, dedicated to investigating and eliminating the Unnatural, – whatever the cost. The Agents are dispatched to a small town in New York state to investigate a pair of deaths. One deliberate, one seemingly a tragic accident, but both victims linked to the commune of devotees of psychology professor turned guru, Dr. Weyland Weber. Can the Agents discover what’s going on before someone opens a door that should remain closed?