Start Time | Room | Duration | Title | Description |
Fri 5:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | D&D ARMIES - tourney organizational meeting | Interested in helping test out a new system of quickly staging mass battles in the D&D system? Come and help with this developing system. This is the organizational meeting to build the armies and explain the rules. |
Fri 5:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 3hr | Changeling: the Lost - table top game | Watching Storms Winter has fallen on Greentown, IL and something powerful within the Hedge is stirring. Will the Chances Are motley survive the coming storm? Or will they be swept away on the winds of terror? |
Fri 7:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 3hr | The Ferret who would be King - table top game | Come join your friends Ferret, Fox, Horse, Wolf, Raven Bear and many more as you play awakened animals. With the destruction of the lich, The battle against the undead is finally over, but who will rebuild the human town and rule the people. |
Fri 7:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | CAV demo - table top game | Try out Reaper's fast-paced miniature mecha wargame, CAV! CAV is easy to learn, but still supports a broad range of tactics and army compositions, making it fast, fun, and highly versatile. No experience or materials required. |
Fri 9:00 PM | Room 201 | 6hr | The Witching Time of Night - VtM LARP | The mysterious death of an elder Ventrue threw the city into upheaval. Now six months later the Tremere have filled the power void nicely. Everything was starting to return to normal till rumors that an Archon was coming to town. Now the city's Kindred Race to get their houses in order and make sure their enemies look bad. A game of politics and gothic horror. |
Fri 9:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Pandemic - table top game | Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose. |
Fri 10:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Pandemic - table top game | Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose. |
Fri 11:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Pandemic - table top game | Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose. |
Sat 12:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Pandemic - table top game | Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose. |
Sat 10:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 3hr | A Drive in the Woods - table top game | A broker wants you to pick up one of her shipments from the agricultural planet you're on. The trouble is, guerrillas have seized the town where the shipment is; you'll need to go there and collect it - without violence, if possible... |
Sat 11:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Intro to Go - table top game | Go is a strategic two-player board game of ancient Chinese origin, using white and black stones. Come learn how to play, or improve on your skills. There will be several 9x9 grids so that several people can play at one time. |
Sat 12:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 4hr | C.A.V. Tournament - table top gaming | Three rounds and everybody gets to play in all rounds -- so even if you're not an expert, come get some experience for next year! 2,500 points using RC08, Shards and War for Sale. Reasonable proxies are allowed. Mil-net optional rules are not in effect. Prize support from Reaper and CAVComCon. |
Sat 2:00 PM | Room 201 | 3hr | City Council of Hound's Teeth - LARP | The Hound's Teeth City Council is meeting tonight, and the whole town is there. Between zombies in the fields, adventurers who want their law-breaking party-member returned, a loose mage's apprentice playing pranks, everyone has a complaint. A horde LARP based on every table-top fantasy city council meeting. |
Sat 2:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | Salah Ad-Din: Rise of a Leader - table top game | You are the Emir of a middle eastern city during the time of the crusades. You realize that on your own you will be unable to defeat the crusaders, however if you rally all the middle eastern cities behind your banner, you could drive the crusaders out. You must build up your city, extend your influence, and form alliances. Once you have proven yourself as a true leader, you will gain the respect and allegiance of the people of the middle east. |
Sat 2:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Monty Python Fluxx - table top game | Will you institute the New Rule that encourages outrageous accents? Will you be forced to hold the Knights Who Say Ni! Creeper? Or will you use your Resting Parrot and Unladen Swallow to fulfill your Goal? (You know, because Fluxx wasn't silly ENOUGH!!!) |
Sat 2:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Puerto Rico - table top game | Assume the roles of colonial governors on the island of Puerto Rico during the age of Caribbean ascendancy. The aim of the game is to amass victory points, mainly by shipping goods to the Old World or by constructing buildings. |
Sat 3:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Intro to Go - table top game | Go is a strategic two-player board game of ancient Chinese origin, using white and black stones. Come learn how to play, or improve on your skills. There will be several 9x9 grids so that several people can play at one time. |
Sat 3:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 3hr | SRM 03-01: Ready, Set, Gogh - table top game | Shadowrun 4th Edition game - By 2070, life literally imitates art. Some people have a fetish for it and it's your job to see that it's delivered and still breathing. Pre-made characters provided, or make new using normal 400BP creation rules. |
Sat 4:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | Agricola - table top game | In Agricola, you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm: collecting clay, wood, or stone; building fences; and so on. Optimal task and resource management merge with the farming theme to produce a very fun and engrossing gamer game. Plus, there may be animeeples! |
Sat 6:00 PM | Room 201 | 6hr | Mage: The Awakening MET - LARP | A few years ago the pact that built the power structure for Boston fell and the Free Council was able to gain power. Now a few years later members of the old regime try to upset the balance of Boston and reclaim it's power for Salem. Who will you stand with, the Free Council as they try and make a better city for Mage and Sleeper, or with the powers that be of Salem as they try once again to put the city on the hill under their thumb once more. |
Sat 6:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | Salah Ad-Din: Rise of a Leader - table top game | You are the Emir of a middle eastern city during the time of the crusades. You realize that on your own you will be unable to defeat the crusaders, however if you rally all the middle eastern cities behind your banner, you could drive the crusaders out. You must build up your city, extend your influence, and form alliances. Once you have proven yourself as a true leader, you will gain the respect and allegiance of the people of the middle east. |
Sat 8:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 4hr | The Easter Bunny Must Die! - table top game | A sequel to last year's In Madness There is Madness. Though a dire plot was stopped, evil cultists have concocted a new plan. Imagine the Easter Bunny with tentacles passing out eggs that will hatch octopoid spawn! |
Sat 8:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | D&D ARMIES - tourney | A tourney to test out a new system of staging mass battles in D&D; those who wish to be involved need to attend the organizational meeting on Friday. |
Sun 8:00 AM | Paul Revere A | 6hr | Arisia 2009 Blood Bowl Tournament | ArisiaBowl IV 2009 is the third annual Blood Bowl tournament to be held at Arisia. Blood Bowl is a fun, exciting and fast-paced boardgame with painted miniature figures. Orcs, and elves, and spiky balls, oh my! Hear the roar of the crowd! Stomp the opposing team into the ground! Smell the sweet scent of victory. Come take part in the original fantasy football. ArisiaBowl will be an all-day tournament starting Sunday morning. |
Sun 10:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Roborally - table top game | Time to enjoy a little fun at the factory's expense! Program factory robots and pit them against each other in frantic, destructive races across the factory floors. Be the first to touch the flags, in order, and you win it all: the honor, the glory, the grudging respect of the other computers. But first you have to get your robot past obstacles like gaping pits, industrial lasers, moving conveyor belts and, of course, the other robots! |
Sun 10:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | Blokus and Blokus Trigon - table top game | Come learn to play Blokus and Blokus Trigon, or join in if you aleady know the games. Both are quick strategy games involving the placement of colorful tiles. Easy to learn! |
Sun 12:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | Manila - table top game | Barges, freight and profits are what it's all about in Manila, a speculative contest for 3 to 5 players. Goods shipments, intended for transport along sea routes, are in danger of gathering dust in the warehouses or being lost at sea in a storm. While the players speculate about success and failure, the ultimate fate of the ships will be determined by the dice. |
Sun 2:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 4hr | Lionheart - table top game | The great architect and priest Imhotep hid a powerful secret in the deserts of Egypt. Now it is 1936 and the darkness spreading out of Europe threatens to wipe away the sands of time and claim that treasure for its own. Can you find it before the Nazi's do? Can you escape with your life? |
Sun 3:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 3hr | SRM 03-02: Block War - table top game | Shadowrun 4th Edition game - What starts as a petty fight could degenerate to a full scale war. When things are turning sour, who said mediators had to be neutral? Pre-made characters provided, or make new using normal 400BP creation rules. |
Sun 4:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 2hr | St. Petersburg - table top game | St Petersburg is a game that deals with gracious living along the river Neva: the baroque palaces, wide boulevards, and imposing bridges of St. Petersburg. Quickly, construct glorious buildings to earn Fame Points, find merchants who can bankroll the necessary Rubles, and watch out for the competition! |
Sun 5:00 PM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Blokus and Blokus Trigon - table top game | Come learn to play Blokus and Blokus Trigon, or join in if you aleady know the game. Both are quick strategy games involving the placement of colorful tiles. Easy to learn! |
Mon 10:00 AM | Thomas Paine AB | 1hr | Ticket to Ride: Europe - table top game | Like the original Ticket to Ride, the game remains elegantly simple, can be learned in 5 minutes, and appeals to both families and experienced gamers. |