{"id":7246,"date":"2026-07-11T16:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7246"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:41:13","slug":"gen-con-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7246","title":{"rendered":"Gen Con Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 1 \/ Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Off and On Again<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A ComEx transport has gone offline and needs a hard reboot before Carbon Reaver pirates find it. You’ll be egocast direct to the ship. Should be smooth sailing, right? A short intro scenario.

Game System:
<\/strong>Eclipse Phase<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve played the Fate version of Eclipse Phase once before, but not the original game. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Legend in the Mist – Shadow In The Barley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Short Description:
<\/strong>The unexpected appearance of a Creature of Twilight in the fields of Ravenhome — more than 300 years since the great War — sends a handful of unlikely heroes on a quest to uncover its origins.
Long Description:
<\/strong>“On this overcast afternoon, the meandering, mundane life in the village of Ravenhome seems as if it would go on in much the same way forever. It has been this way for as long as anyone can remember: the farmhands toiling in the orchards, busy householders cooking dinner and geezers rocking in their chairs, while the alderman paces knowingly around the Folkhearth and the children play in the tall barley. But things are not as they seem. On this overcast afternoon, out in the fields, a chill wind blows. Something moves in the barley, ancient and lumbering. Its heavy trudging as momentous as the footsteps of fate itself, its very appearance doomed to inexorably change the course of life in the Ravensdale, and of a handful of hearts in particular. [Learn-to-play] [Adventuring]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>City of Mist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This looked interesting. Don’t know much about it though.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Collision Course<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A massive vessel, silent and unresponsive, is on a direct path toward a mining colony in the system. No distress signals. No crew chatter. Just the cold void and a countdown to catastrophe. Your crew has one mission: board the craft, uncover its secrets, and divert its course before impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>DarkSpace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I talked to someone at Origins Game Fair last year who was sort of promoting this; The booth was half DarkSpace & half Church Outreach “Geek Pastor”.
But it looks interesting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2 \/ Friday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Warhammer Painting Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the ultimate catered painting experience that includes a FREE miniature for you to take AND a coupon you can use for paint supplies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don’t think I’ve ever painted a miniature before, and I had an empty spot in the schedule <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Ghost of Adelaide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This once-grand venture was abandoned by the corporation that created it nearly ten years ago. but within it’s WALLS lingers a sinister truth\u2026 A haunted hotel scenario<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>CBR+PNK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wanted to play this CBR+PNK system, and this is the session that fitted best into the schedule.
I don’t know how a haunted hotel scenario fits into a Cyberpunk game.
Nor do I know why “walls” is all-caps; Might be a typo, might be meaningful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Crooked Moon: The Ghostlight Express<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now is your chance to dive into the twisted dark world of Druskenvald, try out our new player character options unique to the Crooked Moon setting, and to play through a 2.5-hour demo featuring the first chapter of the adventure campaign, The Ghostlight Express, an adventure designed for Level 1-2 characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If those images don’t explain why I wanted to play this, I doubt this text will help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Day Three \/ Saturday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Westward Bound<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Doggos on the road! Navigate a shattered North America in the wake of an alien invasion. Discover new character options and strange alien technology in the brand new Westward Bound expansion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>The Last Caravan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road trip game in a post-alien-invasion setting.
Never played it before, had seen it in the booth of the publisher (who also do CBR+PNK), and wanted to give it a go.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Brancalonia the good, the bad, and the Marionette.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Life for our chicken-stealing Knaves has gotten tough, especially since the guards of Tristoia’s squire have adopted the scorched earth strategy around the company. Roughger (or any other company leader) has long since disappeared, and there is nothing left to do but hang around with no work and no money, or play at who throws stones furthest. Just when it seems they have nothing left to eat, their leader returns to the den and announces pompously: “I have a job for you!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>Brancalonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Never played it, but I first found out about it a few years back, after the Con had ended, when I found a promotional flyer in a hallway with tyre-treads embossed into it after someone ran it over.
“Lowbrow Spaghetti Fantasy” was the pitch, and from memory the map was basically a map of Italy, but reversed, which is probably why I noticed it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Cat Cam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When two cat owners decide to put up pet cameras in their new home while they\u2019re away on a trip, they soon make a terrifying discovery as to why their cat has been acting so strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This one’s a Film Fest event, not a game.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Day Four \/ Sunday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cryptid Encounters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Short Description:
<\/strong>Journey to the backwoods of Appalachia to find a crashed enemy space ship.
Long Description:
<\/strong>Get rid of the “alien” corpse before the people of Lumberport open a road side attraction and let everyone know about the yokai. Shadow Scar, the new game from the creator of The Witcher TRPG Cody Pondsmith, takes you into a whole new IP from R. Talsorian Games! Step into the Mosiac and enter the Shadow Scar Agency as you begin your journey through a multiverse threatened by unseen Yokai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game System:
<\/strong>Shadow Scar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Played a demo of this last year, and it was very fun. A Dimension-Hopping Detective Agency tries to keep demons in check.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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