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CONVENTION
OCTOBER 9-10, 2010
GRUENHAGEN CENTER
UW-OSHKOSH
Saturday
Event name: Games Taught Under 5 Minutes
Event time: 10:00 AM
Length of event: 2 hours
Game rules: Various
Manufacturer: Ravensburg, Rio Grande, Playroom,
etc. Cassomir's Imperial Naval Shipyards, the Society
Difficulty: Easy orders you to join forces with hated Aspis agents
Number of players: 2 - 6 players to solve the mystery. Can you work together with
Description: Easy to play games that are fun for the enemies of the Society to uncover the source
everyone. Age does not matter. Wear your game of the kidnappings, or will you perish in the
face. Gold Digger, For Sale, Poison, Bohnaza, Boom shipyards of Cassomir? Tiers 1-2,3-4, 6-7. Written
Town and others. by Joshua J. Frost
Gamemaster: Daria Chirhart Gamemaster: Sean Kelley - GrumblingDwarf.com
Event name: Pathfinder Society #29 - Devil We Event name: MetalKrushers demo
Know 1 Event time: 10:00 AM
Event time: 10:00 AM Length of event: 2 hours
Length of event: 4 hours Game rules: MetalKrushers
Game rules: Pathfinder RPG Manufacturer: Snarling Badger Games
Manufacturer: Paizo Difficulty: Beginner - rules will be taught
Difficulty: Intermediate - prior RPG experience Number of players: 2 - 6 players
good Description: Do you have the mettle to crush
Number of players: 4 - 6 players your opponents in the arena? Gladiators + Robots
Description: When simultaneous kidnappings of = MetalKrushers
Pathfinder and Aspis Consortium agents rock Gamemaster: Peter Spahos
Event name: Crystal Tower Games Demos Number of players: 2 - 4 players
Event time: 10:00 AM Description: Grow your farm and become the
Length of event: 2 hours, games run 30 minutes envy of your neighbors in this great board game.
Game rules: Various We'll be drafting Occupations and Minor
Manufacturer: Crystal Tower Games Improvements for an extra challenge! Prove
Difficulty: Beginner, rules will be taught you've got what it takes to farm with the best of
Number of players: Up to 8 players them...
Description: Demo 2 games. Six Shooter is an Gamemaster: Eric Jome
easy bingo/dice game (good break from brain
games). Sub Heroes is a strategic card game. Event name: Magic the Gathering Draft from
Gamemaster: Steve or Sandy Waschow Toyman
Event time: 10:00 AM
Event name: Sparks Open Length of event: 2 hours
Event time: 10:00 AM Game rules: MtG Booster Pack Draft
Length of event: 4 hours Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Game rules: Star Wars d6 RPG Difficulty: Advanced
Manufacturer: West End Games Number of players: 8 plyaers
Difficulty: Beginner Description: We are planning on running 3-pack
Number of players: 3 - 8 players booster drafts all weekend. When 8 people have
Description: Come join the fight against the signed up, we will run the drafts. $15 entry fee,
Galactic Empire. Make a character and play a prizes based on participation.
module of the Sparks ongoing campaign. Gamemaster: Toyman Collectables, Comics &
Gamemaster: Erick Cobb Games
house heroes of
oshkosh's PREMIER comic book store since 1995
Event name: Magic the Gathering Draft from Event name: Fortress America
Toyman Event time: 1:00 PM
Event time: 12:00 PM Length of event: 4 hours
Length of event: 2 hours
Game rules: Fortress America - standard rules Game rules: A Touch of Evil
Manufacturer: Milton Bradley Manufacturer: Flying Frog Productions
Difficulty: Easy to moderate Difficulty: Beginnner
Number of players: 2 - 4 players Number of players: 2 - 5 players
Description: In the not-so-distant future, the rest Description: At the dawn of the 19th century, the
of the world decides that America has what it Revolutionary war is over, but for the small,
wants, and they decide to team up on us, coming secluded village of Shadowbrook, the battle has
in from 3 different sides (thank you, Canada, for just begun. Something wicked has come to town,
staying neutral). Play as either the U.S. or one of and it is up to you to seek it out. Take up arms as
its 3 enemies in this classic board game that one of several potential heroes, scour the town for
envisions a siege of America. clues, fend off supernatural minions, discover the
Gamemaster: Scott Pagliaroni villians lair and free Shadowbrook before darkness
falls. Come and take part in creating a tale worthy
Event name: V: tES Demo Tourney of such masters as Bram Stoker & Washington
Event time: 1:00 PM Irving.
Length of event: 4 hours Gamemaster: Kevin Akemann
Game rules: Vampire: the Eternal Struggle
Manufacturer: White Wolf Games Event name: Crystal Tower Games Demos
Difficulty: Will teach rules Event time: 2:00 PM
Number of players: 3 - 10 players Length of event: 2 hours, games run 30 minutes
Description: Whether you're a new or returning Game rules: Various
player to the Vampire: the Eternal Struggle card Manufacturer: Crystal Tower Games
game, come and play a demo tourney with prizes! Difficulty: Beginner, rules will be taught
Gamemaster: Edward Gross Number of players: Up to 8 players
Description: Demo 2 games. Six Shooter is an
Event name: Fly 'til You Die easy bingo/dice game (good break from brain
Event time: 1:00 PM games). Sub Heroes is a strategic card game.
Length of event: 4 hours Gamemaster: Steve or Sandy Waschow
Game rules: Silent Death: The Next Millennium
Manufacturer: Iron Crown Enterprises Event name: Zombie Attack!
Difficulty: Beginner - rules will be taught Event time: 2:00 PM
Number of players: 2 - 8 players Length of event: 2 hours
Description: Pilot a star fighter in combat, Game rules: Fear & Faith
damage or destroy your opponents, head back to Manufacturer: Ganesha Games
base and return with a better ship. First one to Difficulty: Easy to moderate (will teach)
reach the top tier of ships, score the necessary Number of players: 2 - 4 players
damage, and leave the board wins. Description: Play as either the humans trying to
Gamemaster: Peter Spahos stay alive or as the zombies trying to devour
them. Fear & Faith is a fairly simple tabletop
Event name: Build It Better (than your skirmish game, using generic miniatures.
opponents!) Everything required to play will be supplied. Just
Event time: 1:00 PM bring your dice rollin' hand.
Length of event: 1 hour Gamemaster: Lee Marohn (Tabletop Minions)
Game rules: Ascension: Chronicle of the
Godslayer Event name: Magic the Gathering Draft from
Manufacturer: Gary Games Toyman
Difficulty: Beginner Event time: 2:00 PM
Number of players: 4 players Length of event: 2 hours
Description: A new deck building game, designed Game rules: MtG Booster Pack Draft
by Magic Pro Tour champions. Players start with Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
identical decks and purchase new cards from a Difficulty: Advanced
common pool. Cards are used to defeat monsters Number of players: 8 players
to gain victory points. Description: We are planning on running 3-pack
Gamemaster: Jim Stevens booster drafts all weekend. When 8 people have
signed up, we will run the drafts. $15 entry fee,
Event name: A Touch of Evil prizes based on participation.
Event time: 1:00 PM Gamemaster: Toyman Collectables, Comics &
Length of event: 4 hours Games
company to increase its value and adding a share
Event name: Family Games of stock to their hand, or playing stock onto the
Event time: 2:00 PM table from their hand to increase their ownership
Length of event: 2 hours of one or two companies. Money is only used to
Game rules: Various track victory conditions and cannot be spent
Manufacturer: Various during the game. The winner is the player with the
Difficulty: Will teach rules most money at the end of the game.
Number of players: 2 - 4 players Gamemaster: Brent Gallmann - D Erasmus on
Description: Will teach a variety of family games BGG
for ages 8 and up including Pompeii, Hey That's
My Fish, Ticket to Ride the Card game, and Event name: Sparks Open
others. Event time: 2:00 PM
Gamemaster: Amy Enter Length of event: 4 hours
Game rules: Star Wars d6 RPG
Event name: Build It Better (than your Manufacturer: West End Games
opponents!) Difficulty: Beginner
Event time: 2:00 PM Number of players: 3 - 8 players
Length of event: 1 hour Description: Come join the fight against the
Game rules: Ascension: Chronicle of the Galactic Empire. Make a character and play a
Godslayer module of the Sparks ongoing campaign.
Manufacturer: Gary Games Gamemaster: Matthew Lenzen
Difficulty: Beginner
Number of players: 4 players Event name: Pathfinder Society #30 - Devil We
Description: A new deck building game, designed Know 2
by Magic Pro Tour champions. Players start with Event time: 3:00 PM
identical decks and purchase new cards from a Length of event: 4 hours
common pool. Cards are used to defeat monsters Game rules: Pathfinder RPG
to gain victory points. Manufacturer: Paizo
Gamemaster: Jim Stevens Difficulty: Intermediate - prior RPG experience
good
Event name: Mississippi Queen Number of players: 4 - 6 players
Event time: 2:00 PM Description: The Pathfinder Society dispatches
Length of event: 2 hours you to the catacombs called Cassomir's Locker to
Game rules: Mississippi Queen find the source of a rat cult breeding monstrous
Manufacturer: Rio Grand Games vermin. After clearing Cassomir's dank sewers and
Difficulty: Beginner delving into the dirty dungeons below, will you
Number of players: 2 - 6 players find the artifact that powers Cassomir's Locker or
Description: "Vie with other paddle-wheel bring about the destruction of Taldor's most
captains to be the Queen of the Missippi" important port? Tiers 1-2,3-4,6-7. Written by
according to the game. Pilot your ship up the river Joshua J. Frost
and pick up passengers and be the first to cross Gamemaster: Sean Kelley - GrumblingDwarf.com
the finish line... At home, we call it Bumper Boats.
Gamemaster: Nick Klapper Event name: Cyclades: Unleash the Kraken!
Event time: 3:00 PM
Event name: Economic Rail Games - Union Pacific Length of event: 2 hours
Event time: 2:00 PM Game rules: Cyclades
Length of event: 2 hours Manufacturer: Matagot Games
Game rules: Union Pacific Difficulty: Easy - Moderate
Manufacturer: 999 Games Number of players: 1 - 5 players
Difficulty: Intermediate - will teach Description: Battle over Ancient Greece as you
Number of players: 5 players send forth your legions and fantastical monsters in
Description: Economic Rail Games - All day! this simple to play Ameritrash game (lots of
Follow me on this fun journey through the best plastic bits on a lush game board), all the while
games in this genre. Alan Moon's economic train appeasing the Gods using a unique EuroGame
game based on Acquire/Airlines is considered by auction mechanic. Game play is smooth and fast,
many the best in this category. Union Pacific is a so you can sit back and enjoy the flavor of the
train-themed stock market game. On each turn, game without worrying about those "headache
players must choose between expanding a inducing" game decisions.
Gamemaster: Mike Paul Game rules: Roborally
Manufacturer: Avalon Hill
Event name: Mississippi Queen Difficulty: Beginner - rules taught
Event time: 4:00 PM Number of players: 2 - 8 players
Length of event: 2 hours Description: Move your robot through a maze and
Game rules: Mississippi Queen be the first player to get to the checkpoints in
Manufacturer: Rio Grand Games order. Rules taught. Free stuff just for playing.
Difficulty: Beginner Gamemaster: Dwight Sundquist
Number of players: 2 - 6 players
Description: "Vie with other paddle-wheel Event name: Crystal Tower Games Demos
captains to be the Queen of the Missippi" according Event time: 4:00 PM
to the game. Pilot your ship up the river and pick Length of event: 2 hours, games run 30 minutes
up passengers and be the first to cross the finish Game rules: Various
line... At home, we call it Bumper Boats. Manufacturer: Crystal Tower Games
Gamemaster: Nick Klapper Difficulty: Beginner, rules will be taught
Number of players: Up to 8 players
Event name: Economic Rail Games - Stephensons Description: Demo 2 games. Six Shooter is an
Rocket easy bingo/dice game (good break from brain
Event time: 4:00 PM games). Sub Heroes is a strategic card game.
Length of event: 2 hours Gamemaster: Steve or Sandy Waschow
Game rules: Stephenson's Rocket
Manufacturer: 999 Games Event name: Last Night on Earth
Difficulty: Intermediate - will teach Event time: 4:00 PM
Number of players: 3 players Length of event: 4 hours
Description: Economic Rail Games - All day! Game rules: Last Night on Earth
Follow me on this fun journey through the best Manufacturer: Flying Frog Productions
games in this genre. Reiner Knizia is one of the Difficulty: Beginner
most prolific game designers ever. And yes, he Number of players: 2 - 5 players
made a train game too. A very good one set in the Description: Last Night on Earth, The Zombie
early 1800's England. There are seven different rail Game is a fast-paced game of brain-eating
companies that players can expand. Each time you Zombies, small town Heroes, and horror movie
extend a rail, the other stockholders can veto your action. Players take on the role of either the
action, but it might cost them their shares. When Heroes, working together to make it through the
two companies' rail touch, the railways merge to night; or the Zombies, unending waves of undead
become one. The game is over when only one spreading over the town like a plague. Featuring a
company remains or there are no rail tiles modular board, eight Heroes to choose from, and
remaining, and the winner is the player who several different Scenarios to play that drastically
earned the most money over the course of the change the game, Last Night on Earth is designed
game. This is a fun low luck but high conflict game. to create a cinematic feel as the story and game
Gamemaster: Brent Gallmann - D Erasmus on unfolds.
BGG Gamemaster: Rob Clancy
Event name: Simian Maximus Event name: Magic the Gathering Draft from
Event time: 4:00 PM Toyman
Length of event: 6 hours Event time: 4:00 PM
Game rules: Circus Maximus Length of event: 2 hours
Manufacturer: Avalon Hill Game rules: MtG Booster Pack Draft
Difficulty: Easy - rules taught Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Number of players: up to 16 players Difficulty: Advanced
Description: A wild chariot racing game where Number of players: 8 players
you can ram your opponents, whip their apes and Description: We are planning on running 3-pack
try to win the race. We will be using miniatures and booster drafts all weekend. When 8 people have
a giant race track. signed up, we will run the drafts. $15 entry fee,
Gamemaster: Darrin Anderson prizes based on participation.
Gamemaster: Toyman Collectables, Comics &
Event name: Roborally Games
Event time: 4:00 PM
Length of event: 2 hours Event name: Zombie Attack!
Event time: 4:00 PM
Length of event: 2 hours games in this genre. Closing out the day with
Game rules: Fear & Faith Martin Wallace's classic; Railroad Tycoon. A grand,
Manufacturer: Ganesha Games epic scale railway game played on a gigantic map
Difficulty: Easy to moderate (will teach) of the Eastern United States. Railroad tycoon is a
Number of players: 2 - 4 players simplified version of the Age of Steam system. The
Description: Play as either the humans trying to game revisits the early days of the Age of Steam
stay alive or as the zombies trying to devour as you begin with a locomotive (the venerable
them. Fear & Faith is a fairly simple tabletop John Bull, the first locomotive to run in North
skirmish game, using generic miniatures. America) and a vision (your Tycoon "mission"
Everything required to play will be supplied. Just card). Develop bigger and faster locomotives and
bring your dice rollin' hand. maybe even span North America and build the
Gamemaster: Lee Marohn (Tabletop Minions) Transcontinental Railway!
Gamemaster: Brent Gallmann - D Erasmus on
Event name: The Fast Train to Valhalla BGG
Event time: 5:00 PM
Length of event: 3 hours Event name: Invasion from Outer Space!
Game rules: Action Planet Event time: 6:00 PM
Manufacturer: Point of Insanity Game Studio Length of event: 2 hours
Difficulty: Beginner Game rules: Invasion from Outer Space
Number of players: 3 - 6 players Manufacturer: Flying Frog Productions
Description: What started out as a visit to an Difficulty: Easy (rules will be taught)
innocent looking tourist attraction goes wrong- Number of players: 2 - 8 players
very wrong. Before you know it people are trying Description: Invasion From Outer Space, The
to kill you, there are explosions everywhere, and Martian Game is a fast-paced game of fiendish
the Norse god Odin wants to have a word with Martians, Big Top Heroes, and SciFi Movie Action.
you. Maybe you should have gone to the water Players take on the role of either the Carnival
park instead... Welcome to Action Planet, an easy Heroes, using their special talents and working
to learn role playing game about making movies in together to fight off the Martian Invasion; or as
the distant future. Action Planet features fast and the invaders themselves, waves of Martian
flexible rules with an emphasis on role playing. Soldiers and Flying Saucers, blasting Humans with
Rules taught and characters provided! Ray Guns and unleashing their vile alien
Gamemaster: Al Seeger technologies upon the Earth.
Gamemaster: Joshua Harris
Event name: Arkham Horror
Event time: 6:00 PM Event name: Sparks Open
Length of event: 4 hours Event time: 6:00 PM
Game rules: Arkham Horror with expansion Length of event: 4 hours
Manufacturer: Fantasy Flight Games Game rules: Star Wars d6 RPG
Difficulty: Beginner Manufacturer: West End Games
Number of players: 2 - 6 players Difficulty: Beginner
Description: The town of Arkham is about to be Number of players: 3 - 8 players
overrun by Lovecraftian monstrosities! Can your Description: Come join the fight against the
heroic team of adventurers save the town? We'll Galactic Empire. Make a character and play a
be using the Black Goat of the Woods expansion module of the Sparks ongoing campaign.
and some minor tweaks to really up the challenge Gamemaster: Erick Cobb
level... save the town, if you can!
Gamemaster: Eric Jome Event name: Magic the Gathering Draft from
Toyman
Event name: Economic Rail Games - Railroad Event time: 6:00 PM
Tycoon Length of event: 2 hours
Event time: 6:00 PM Game rules: MtG Booster Pack Draft
Length of event: 4 hours Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Game rules: Railroad Tycoon Difficulty: Advanced
Manufacturer: Eagle Games Number of players: 8 players
Difficulty: Intermediate - will teach Description: We are planning on running 3-pack
Number of players: 5 players booster drafts all weekend. When 8 people have
Description: Economic Rail Games - All day! signed up, we will run the drafts. $15 entry fee,
Follow me on this fun journey through the best prizes based on participation.
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Difficulty: Beginner, rules will be taught UW-OSHKOSH
Number of players: Up to 8 players CHADAM GAMES
Description: Demo 2 games. Six Shooter is an easy CHEAP BOOKS BY PHIL
bingo/dice game (good break from brain games). Sub CHIMERA HOBBY SHOP
Heroes is a strategic card game.
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Gamemaster: Steve or Sandy Waschow
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Event name: Louis XIV: It's good to be the King!
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Event time: 3:00 PM GUARDTROLL T-SHIRTS
Length of event: 2 hours HEART FELT WOOL CATNIP TOYS
Game rules: Louis XIV MINIATURES UNLIMITED
Manufacturer: Rio Grande Games OSHKOSHHORROR.COM
Difficulty: Moderate POINT OF INSANITY GAME STUDIO
Number of players: 1 - 4 players POLYHEDRAL UNDERGROUND
Description: Vie for Louis XIV attention using a PRIVATEER FANNY'S BAGS O' HOLDING
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Difficulty: Advanced
Number of players: 8 players