"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?

Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "

This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Isolation, guilt, possession

Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

"In this one-shot, you’ll play as members of The Red Hand Adventuring League. Your guild is frequently contracted to kill various beasts or bring back treasures from treacherous dungeons—it’s nice work if you can get it.

But being an adventurer is a hard life, and sometimes a short one. Sometimes the jobs break bad, and that’s where you come in. A member of the guild’s Clean-up Crew, you’re being sent into a long abandoned, and most assuredly haunted, castle to finish what another party has started and bring them home….if there’s anything left. "

This game will be great if you like The Mummy, Supernatural, Pitch Black, etc....

Players should build level 8 characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 8

  • Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation. 

  • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Material from established third-party sources is encouraged, but will need to be submitted to review at least 1 day before play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: death, undeath, hauntings, mild/moderate gore and body horror 

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?

Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "

This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Isolation, guilt, possession

Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

"In this one-shot, you’ll play as members of The Red Hand Adventuring League. Your guild is frequently contracted to kill various beasts or bring back treasures from treacherous dungeons—it’s nice work if you can get it.

But being an adventurer is a hard life, and sometimes a short one. Sometimes the jobs break bad, and that’s where you come in. A member of the guild’s Clean-up Crew, you’re being sent into a long abandoned, and most assuredly haunted, castle to finish what another party has started and bring them home….if there’s anything left. "

This game will be great if you like The Mummy, Supernatural, Pitch Black, etc....

Players should build level 8 characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 8

  • Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation. 

  • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Material from established third-party sources is encouraged, but will need to be submitted to review at least 1 day before play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: death, undeath, hauntings, mild/moderate gore and body horror 

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

"Trophy is a strongly collaborative storytelling game with horror themes throughout. It is about a group of treasure-hunters on a doomed expedition into a natural biome that doesn’t want them there. The game tells the story of the physical and mental descent of the treasure-hunters as they move deeper and deeper into their location. Their journey will ultimately bring them to ancient ruins that hold the treasure they seek, and the monstrous entities which now dwell there. This is not, however, a hopeful story of brave and daring adventurers slaying dragons and dragging bags of gold with them back to town. This is a horror story of entitled pillagers meeting tragic ends. It is very likely that all the treasure-hunters will die or — at best — be permanently scarred and haunted by their expedition. Can you trust your friends? Can you even still trust yourself? In this game, Trophy isn't the treasure you seek, but nature trying to take you as its trophy instead.

Trophy Dark is designed to be played as a oneshot with small groups of 2-3 player characters. Single oneshot adventures are called Incursions. Today's incursion is called Gift of the Sea, where the following lures in your characters...

Beyond the forest lies a jagged rocky coast where, for generations now, a small seaside village has observed the rites of Greentide. Each spring, as the first green shoots emerge, village elders weave sapling branches and seaweed into an effigy in the likeness of a young woman. The sculpture is filled with gifts before it is cast into the waves as an offering to the Queen of Tides, along with prayers for a bountiful catch and protection from storms.

This ancient tradition harkens back to an age when the ancestors would crown a young woman as the Tide Queen and offer her to the sea in sacrifice. Chieftains and princes would travel far to attend the ceremony, pledging gold, jewels, and the finest of crafts. To this day, local fisherman never leave shore without paying her their respects—for the tide, they say, must have its due.

Strange as the customs of an isolated village may be, it has not escaped the notice of keen treasure hunters such as yourselves that centuries of offerings and shipwrecks have left a great hoard of untouched riches beneath the waves. You know of the island offshore where the offerings are tipped overboard. You have heard rumors of a cove there, just visible at low tide. Superstitious villagers avoid it, but you know better than to believe their tales."

This game will be great if you like collaborative storytelling, horror We will build characters in session.

Characters will be created together. This can be done in mere minutes, assisted by random tables and dice rolls. As for gameplay, you don't need to know the system, but you do need to be comfortable with roleplaying, thinking on the spot/improv, and contributing to collaborative setting elements instead of just playing your character.

Players need to have played some RPGs.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: This specific incursion can include Body Horror, Drowning, Human Sacrifice, Religion, Sharks, Shipwrecks, and Storms. In general: fear, paranoia, character death, high chances of other player characters betraying yours

Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile

https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning

A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.

The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.

This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.

Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

Lyssa wants your crew to transport a rare case of Iruvian Brandy across the city to the Railjacks Guild at Gaddoc Rail. But she won’t tell you where she got it from, or who else might be looking for it. Good luck!

This game will be great if you like heists, gritty action, scoundrels and rascals, and shades of gray.

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Roll20 as a VTT.

CW: Death, violence, injury

Check out the Game Rules- https://bladesinthedark.com/basics

Check out Andrew's Game Runner Profile: www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Andrew-Pontious

You arrive by happenstance, choice, or against your own will at the town of Hobb's End. A festival is in full swing, a rare sight in the Dying Lands. Treats, games, and competitions offered at every corner. There are prizes to the victors, and to the lucky chosen, or the brave volunteers, a chance at something far greater. Claim your prizes, and perhaps you will get to prove your worth to the Gods Beneath the Hill.

This game will be great if you like Morbid humor, dark fantasy, weird fiction, The Witcher, and Gothic horror.

https://scvmbirther.makedatanotlore.dev/ Please make your characters using this character generator. Enable MBC content, and click Kill This One until you find one you like, then hit Save This One.

Base power level characters.

The character generator is fairly self-explanatory. However, if you want to make your own character instead the rules are in the free rulebook linked above.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW- Blood & gore, religious themes, potential animal death, self harm, extremely morbid humor, post apocalypse

A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.

The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.

This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.

Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing left worth betting on.

The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.

This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.

Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

You arrive by happenstance, choice, or against your own will at the town of Hobb's End. A festival is in full swing, a rare sight in the Dying Lands. Treats, games, and competitions offered at every corner. There are prizes to the victors, and to the lucky chosen, or the brave volunteers, a chance at something far greater. Claim your prizes, and perhaps you will get to prove your worth to the Gods Beneath the Hill.

This game will be great if you like Morbid humor, dark fantasy, weird fiction, The Witcher, and Gothic horror.

https://scvmbirther.makedatanotlore.dev/ Please make your characters using this character generator. Enable MBC content, and click Kill This One until you find one you like, then hit Save This One.

Base power level characters.

The character generator is fairly self-explanatory. However, if you want to make your own character instead the rules are in the free rulebook linked above.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW- Blood & gore, religious themes, potential animal death, self harm, extremely morbid humor, post apocalypse

A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.

The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.

This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.

Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

A noir-style game of cat and mouse plays out when those with nothing to lose discover that there's one thing they'd wager the only thing they've got left to get.

The Cloister is less of a neighborhood and more of a hive. People have built the city of today on the ruins of yesterday leaving plenty of the past poking through at the margins. It's an area both protected and excluded from the business of the rest of the city, leaving its denizens to get up to all manner of dealings in the hidden alleys, tunnels, and bridges that defy any attempt at mapping or organization.

This game will be good if you like film noir, fictionalized cities, and playing someone who walks on the dark side.

We will build characters in the session.

New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Murder, the threat of dismemberment, being utterly lost and alone.

Check out the System Reference Document- https://the-indecisionist.itch.io/mavericks

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

In this game, you'll play as a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society, a group of friends researching the creepy and unexplained happenings in Chicago. One afternoon, you arrive at your group's office to find a message on the answering machine:

"Hi, uh this is Jayden Augustine. My husband and I just bought this really cool old house that we're renovating for a bed and breakfast. And like, sure it's a little haunted but it's really old. And that's part of the charm.

But last night Jacques found me sleepwalking. Which I've never done before. And I was... well I was digging in the basement... And now he says if I don't have someone ‘fix it’ that he's gonna call a priest. Could you... maybe come have a look?"

This game will be great if you like playing Monster of the Week, but would like a crunchier combat system.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Human or Human Variant only. Point buy or standard array.

Build a standard D&D character, but do not choose background, weapons, or equip. Those you'll get from my "Modern Backgrounds" list. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Your character is already a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society. For reasons of your own, you have a drive or interest in researching paranormal events.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Ghosts, death, homophobia

Check Out These Special Backgrounds- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

In this game, you'll play as a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society, a group of friends researching the creepy and unexplained happenings in Chicago. One afternoon, you arrive at your group's office to find a message on the answering machine:

"Hi, uh this is Jayden Augustine. My husband and I just bought this really cool old house that we're renovating for a bed and breakfast. And like, sure it's a little haunted but it's really old. And that's part of the charm.

But last night Jacques found me sleepwalking. Which I've never done before. And I was... well I was digging in the basement... And now he says if I don't have someone ‘fix it’ that he's gonna call a priest. Could you... maybe come have a look?"

This game will be great if you like playing Monster of the Week, but would like a crunchier combat system.

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

Human or Human Variant only. Point buy or standard array.

Build a standard D&D character, but do not choose background, weapons, or equip. Those you'll get from my "Modern Backgrounds" list. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Your character is already a member of the Ravenswood Paranormal Society. For reasons of your own, you have a drive or interest in researching paranormal events.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be run in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy for visuals. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Ghosts, death, homophobia

Check Out These Special Backgrounds- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a3S38ylklWLSLHQDXdGQhmTMHa3vmlwH9Ci_YyvloJs/edit?usp=drive_link

Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

"Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pinned to the door of the tavern this morning:

“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.

-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül Count of the Obsidian Pass”

This game will be great if you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mummy, What We Do In the Shadows

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 5

  • Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

  • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell or spell-like abilities will also not be allowed.

  • Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.

  • For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.

  • You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

  • Your character, for reasons of your own, has decided to take this job from The Count.

  • If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use http://shmeppy.com/ for visual aids. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Death and the undead, mild body horror

Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

"Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pinned to the door of the tavern this morning:

“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.

-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül Count of the Obsidian Pass”

This game will be great if you like Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mummy, What We Do In the Shadows

Players should build level 5 characters ahead.

• D&D 5E | Level 5

  • Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

  • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell or spell-like abilities will also not be allowed.

  • Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.

  • For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.

  • You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

  • Your character, for reasons of your own, has decided to take this job from The Count.

  • If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #1 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use http://shmeppy.com/ for visual aids. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Death and the undead, mild body horror

It has been over 3 months since the dead started rising. You have managed to survive with a small group over these past few months inside a small cabin in the woods. Unfortunately, your supplies are running low and if you don't restock soon, you won't make it another 2 weeks. Tensions are high and your group is starting to get restless. Your only hope is the local High School a few miles away. What awaits you in those dark halls? Can you make it out alive?

This game will be great if you like Survival Horror, Hard Choices, Zombie stuff, and of course The Walking Dead franchise

We will build beginner characters in the session.

This is a new game by Free League that is currently in Beta release.

I would like to play it to see how it runs. It is not happy, it is deadly, there is a chance your character will not survive the scenario. Please be mindful of the personal horror theme of the setting, the more you lean into the horror, the more fun it will be.

This session will be especially good for new players.

Players will be learning this system together with the game runner.

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This game will be hosted in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Descriptive Violence and Gore. Body Horror. Tense scenarios

Hail Street runs through the heart of an old neighborhood on the outskirts of a major New England metropolis. It’s renowned for its elegiac charm, with an old church and graveyard, a park, several crumbling apartment buildings, and neighborhood lore that runs deep, with more than its fair share of old ghost stories, murders, and missing persons cases.

Now, a new ghost story haunts the street: several people have claimed to hear the sound of an invisible woman crying as she walks down the street. Some of the Latino residents whisper of the myth of La Llorona, the Weeping Woman, while others claim that it’s the ghost of a madwoman who just died, still grieving over the children she lost two decades ago. You may be an amateur paranormal investigator, a concerned resident, or a relative of your Great Aunt Amelia, who has determined to get to the bottom of this and asked you to help, since she can’t leave home, given her health. Who is the Weeper of Hail Street?

This is a playtest of my original, modern horror and mystery RPG system. I've been working on it for years, with excellent reviews, but recently made some overhauls to the system that I'm eager to try out. The premise is that you play regular people in a modern world, and you--out of game--don't know if there's something supernatural going on or not.

This game will be great if you like modern games with an element of mystery, where you actually don't know if there's a ghost, or a monster, or a rational explanation. Consider inspiration sources like X-Files, Twilight Zone, and Monster-of-the-Week shows like Buffy, except when the game starts, you actually have no idea if there's really a monster or a rational explanation.

We will build characters in session (it's very quick!).

This session will be especially good for new players.

This system was written by the game runner.

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: This game includes some very dark themes. It is not appropriate for children. That said, the darkest content will be off-screen, behind a veil. We will use the X-Card protocol for personal safety.

"It's been a lovely afternoon so far. You and the other familiars got to go for a car ride to visit some of the other witches. After lunch your beloved witch decides to stop to pick up candles on your way home... and that's when things start to go south.

Now you and the others must do everything you can to rescue your witch from the horrors of the land of Ikea. "

This game will be great if you like Chicken Run, Untitled Goose Game, the general idea of animal mischief.

We will build characters in session.

This will be an easy game to pick up if you've never played it before. You can check it out before if you want, but it's not needed.

This session will be especially good for new players. New players are welcome.

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

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This game will be hosted in room # 2 of the con discord. Spectators are welcome.

The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: There will likely be murder and mayhem, but we'll be leaning into a cartoon aspect.

"Today dawns a sad day for your groups of familiars. In the night, your witch was murdered by one of the foulest hunters in the land. As you lick your wounds from the battle you recall an ancient legend: If you can kill a witch hunter and bring his eyes back to her body -- your witch can return from the dead.

Guess there's only one thing to do. "

This game will be great if you like Sabrina, Wednesday, Hocus Pocus...

We'll be playing the 1 page RPG "The Witch Is Dead" by Grant Howitt. We'll be building characters at the start of the game.

You can download it for free here: https://gshowitt.itch.io/the-witch-is-dead/download/eyJpZCI6MjI1NTM3LCJleHBpcmVzIjoxNjc2MTUyNzU5fQ%3d%3d.P7IRNF%2bGDQ5Re9te8QVobyrebHE%3d

New players are welcome.

You'll be learning together with the game runner.

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This game will eb host in room #1 of the con Discord. Spectators are welcome.

CW: Death and likely dismemberment. In a cartoon way.

In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.

This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.

We will build characters in session.

New Players are welcome.

Tha game runner is very familiar with this system.

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This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality

In the Metrogloom there is only one rule anyone respects, their own. Some residents claim never to have seen the blotted face of the sun in the course of their lifetimes and you're inclined to believe them. Luckily for you, the life of a blade calls for you to visit every level of the densely packed block from the lowest levels of the Salt Block to the very roof in full view of the angry Gods of the Sky.

This game will be great if you like Blade Runner, Alita, and The Matrix.

We will build characters in session.

New Players are welcome.

Tha game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 of the con discord and spectators are welcome. CW: Poverty, body modification, criminality

In Porcelain Souls, you play as an immortal Doll, possessed by the souls of humanity amidst an apocalyptic landscape. Explore twisted ruins and walk in dreams. But beware: nightmares crave the souls within. Open the door to the fantastical.

Inspired by the movie 9 and the many works of the Quay Brothers.

The game runner will provide starting level characters. You will need a standard deck of cards.

New players are welcome.

The gamer runner wrote this system

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This game will be hosted over zoom and broadcast on Twitch, https://www.twitch.tv/weavethetale

CW: Dolls, horror

In Porcelain Souls, you play as an immortal Doll, possessed by the souls of humanity amidst an apocalyptic landscape. Explore twisted ruins and walk in dreams. But beware: nightmares crave the souls within. Open the door to the fantastical.

Inspired by the movie 9 and the many works of the Quay Brothers.

The game runner will provide starting level characters. You will need a standard deck of cards.

New players are welcome.

The gamer runner wrote this system

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

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This game will be hosted over zoom and broadcast on Twitch, https://www.twitch.tv/weavethetale

CW: Dolls, horror

A game in the Dungeon Crawl Classics system, led by Matt Nixon.

A group of strangers meet on the road, each traveling to meet a mysterious and beautiful old flame having received an invitation to a banquet at the Castle Karries. 

This game will be great if you like Edgar Allen Poe, Lovecraftian Horror, The Adventures of Solomon Kane.

The game runner will provide level 4 characters.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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This game will be run in the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Adults only. There will be scenes containing violence and horror, some non-graphic sexual content, and possible PVP in the players choose to go that way.

A game in the DCC  RPG, led by Squin.

You have awakened to find yourself a prisoner in a cavern filled with slavering demons and devils dancing around an eerie fire of magenta. The bone-white walls of the cave are covered in heretical scripture. The floor is caked in blood and gore. The sweltering heat of the fire is inescapable, and the reek of rotten meat and burnt corpses is dizzying to the senses. Will you survive to escape this hell, or is it already too late?

This game will be great if you like Hellraiser.

I will provide characters. This will run as a Zero level funnel

This game will be great for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

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This game will be hosted on the con discord and spectators are allowed.

CW: Horror, Body Horror, Death, Hellish Imagery

A game in the DnD5e system, led by Rayne Bakcheious.

When last we left the world of Khaswin, the world had been saved by the brave and glorious Ezra the Intern.... Or had it. We jump five years into the future to find Kashwin again in danger. Strange reports are coming to the Sovereignty of Xiven of unholy creatures amassing in a distant canyon. A dark army gathers, but for what purpose, no one knows. The Temple of Unending Badassery has again called for heroes to save the realm. Are you up to the task?

This game will be great for players who like The Thor movies, EXU Calamity, and The general idea of Kaiju movies.

Players should prepare level 20 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine.

You can have any equipment, armor, weapon, or magic item. The standard attunement limit (for those that require it) still applies.

For spellcasters: assume you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen. --Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least two days before we play.

This game will be best for players who know the system really well.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con’s Discord server, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Death, undeath, violence, and war

A game in the DnD5e system, led by Rayne Bakcheious.

When last we left the world of Khaswin, the world had been saved by the brave and glorious Ezra the Intern.... Or had it. We jump five years into the future to find Kashwin again in danger. Strange reports are coming to the Sovereignty of Xiven of unholy creatures amassing in a distant canyon. A dark army gathers, but for what purpose, no one knows. The Temple of Unending Badassery has again called for heroes to save the realm. Are you up to the task?

This game will be great for players who like The Thor movies, EXU Calamity, and The general idea of Kaiju movies.

Players should prepare level 20 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine.

You can have any equipment, armor, weapon, or magic item. The standard attunement limit (for those that require it) still applies.

For spellcasters: assume you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen. --Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least two days before we play.

This game will be best for players who know the system really well.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the con’s Discord server, and spectators are welcome.

CW: Death, undeath, violence, and war