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“Trouble on Quarry Street” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sure, Quarry Street is just the road that connects the big church with the reservoir outside town but it's where we live and there's no way we're letting a supervillain scare away the pigeons, mess up Mz Gall's roses, or disrupt the annual art walk downtown.
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“V is for Going Viral“ - a Standard Oneshot in the City of Mist system. Led by Nona de Koning.
City of Mist is a noir mystery game that takes place in a modern city where legends are real people. Heroes, tricksters, and monsters are reborn inside ordinary people, regular Joes and Janes, who gain supernatural powers connected to their legendary alter-egos. The mystical veil of the Mist hides these miraculous powers from the other, sleepwalking residents of the City. It makes armor look like a flak vest and fire breathing like a cheap party trick or a gas leak explosion, so no-one ever knows about the legendary. Player characters in City of Mist are ordinary people in whom a legend has awakened. You play a unique combination of a real-life persona and a legendary Mythos, from a street-cleaner with the powers of the Monkey King to a fashion tycoon who is the incarnation of Aphrodite. Your life is a game of balance between magic and normality. Together with your ragtag crew of Rifts, you will hit the dark streets to uncover the insidious forces at play in your City and solve various mysteries. This time you'll try to solve a case called V is for Going Viral, a clever reference to both the presence of social media and an actual virus. A new infectious evil is operating in the City, using innocent civilians to spread itself. As more and more university students go missing, can you find the cause and put a stop to it once and for all?
This game will be great if you like solving mysteries, balancing normality and having powers, PbtA or Fate.
New players are welcome.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
The game runner will provide pre-generated characters to pick from.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome. The con runner will be using using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/
Content warnings: infectious disease, possession, strong themes of violence, crime, and immorality, current-day themes like the obsession with social media.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“Trouble on Quarry Street” is a Standard One Shot in the Masks system. Led by Ansel Burch
Sure, Quarry Street is just the road that connects the big church with the reservoir outside town but it's where we live and there's no way we're letting a supervillain scare away the pigeons, mess up Mz Gall's roses, or disrupt the annual art walk downtown.
This game will be great if you like comic books, Superhero movies, emotional damage, and working as a team despite your teenage tendencies.
Players should build characters ahead.
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 #3 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome.
CW: None
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Sky-High Ambitions - an Episodic One Shot in the Spectaculars system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Spectaculars is a game of comic book heroes and villains in its own entirely new comic book universe using a rules-light percentile % system. However, this universe is not predetermined, it takes more a "legacy board game"/living world approach. You start with knowing just a few basics and creating just a few characters. As more sessions are played, the setting will grow and change and become filled with memorable heroes, engaging villains, and stories of the clash between them. It's perfectly suitable for oneshots, but if you return to the game, you may see old locations and characters reappear. It's a living world, so what happens in a session can affect the universe we play in. Things like your reputation with the public, media and government are shared between games as well. Come play in our city just once or come back time and time again, the choice is yours! Today's adventure takes place in the Explorers of the Unknown branch of our comic book universe. This branch is themed around super science, exploration, and incredible threats of inhuman proportions. It hearkens back to silver age stories of astronaut families, inventors, mad scientists, alien invasions, and artifacts of unknowable science and incredible power. Join a team of Prodigies and come save the day! Your team is full of the brightest and boldest minds, heroes who showed great promise in making their mark on the world even before they gained their powers. Examples from popular comics include the Avengers® (Marvel) and the Justice League of America® (DC). When a band of evil minions invades a government building, taking hostages and setting up strange devices, everything points to the first steps of a villainous plan being set into motion. Can you save the city?
This game will be great if you like superheroes, a living world, rules-light systems, lots of freedom and creative problem-solving.
New players are welcome.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
The game runner will provide pre-generated characters to pick from.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Characters start with an archetype and are further customized by combining different cards drawn from various decks to determine team roles, identity, and powers. Created heroes go into a common pool, so players can select any existing character or pick an unused archetype to make a new one. The game runner will send you your choices in advance. Any last-minute signups can only be picked from the pre-existing pool.
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome. The con runner will be using using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/
Content warnings: n/a
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“Enter, Terror!” - an Episodic One Shot in the Spectaculars system. Led by Nona de Koning.
Spectaculars is a game of comic book heroes and villains in its own entirely new comic book universe using a rules-light percentile % system. However, this universe is not predetermined, it takes more a "legacy board game"/living world approach. You start with knowing just a few basics and creating just a few characters. As more sessions are played, the setting will grow and change and become filled with memorable heroes, engaging villains, and stories of the clash between them. It's perfectly suitable for oneshots, but if you return to the game, you may see old locations and characters reappear. It's a living world, so what happens in a session can affect the universe we play in. Things like your reputation with the public, media and government are shared between games as well. Come play in our city just once or come back time and time again, the choice is yours! Today's adventure takes place in the Streetlight Knights branch of our comic book universe. This branch is themed around street-level heroes, organized crime, gang wars, and intrigue. It hearkens back to comic book stories of defenders of Bad Neighborhoods, shadowy vigilantes, sinister crime lords, assassins, secret societies, and the struggle between the lawless and the heroes who would stand in their way. Join a Neighborhood Watch team and come save the day! Your team is made up of heroes who band together to protect a particular district within the city. Examples from popular comics include the Defenders® (Marvel), and the Birds of Prey® (DC). This time, the Government Agency Chief suspects that a Terrorist Group might be planning something in the city, but their resources are tied up in other matters. Can you save the city? This game will be great if you like superheroes, a living world, rules-light systems, lots of freedom, and creative problem-solving.
New players are welcome. The game runner has run this game a few times now. The game runner will provide pre-generated characters to pick from.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Characters start with an archetype and are further customized by combining different cards drawn from various decks to determine team role, identity and powers. Created heroes go into a common pool, so players can select any existing character or pick an unused archetype to make a new one. The game runner will send you your choices in advance. Any last-minute signups can only pick from the pre-existing pool.
This game will be hosted in room #2 of the Pickup Con server. Spectators are welcome. The con runner will be using using Miro whiteboards for mapping. https://miro.com/
Content warnings: terrorism
Tags: Superheroes, Modern Day
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
“The Wedding Ring at The Christmas Market” is a Slightly Modified One-Shot in the Unknown Armies 3rd Edition system led by garhallertie.
"Three days ago, PETRA BELLAGAMBA lost her Wedding Ring at the Christmas Market in a town none of you has actually been to. It's a nice town, but it has too big of a market this year. Nothing on the scale of Nuremberg, but it's pretty big.
That might warrant hiring dangerous people to find a small lost object in a huge, shivering crowd on a snow day. But the real reason is that PETRA lost The Wedding Ring, a unique and indestructible object with strange powers.
Not everyone knows about these powers, but the people who do will stop at nothing to get ahold of it before you do.
Also, there's a really good raclette at this one stall you know about. The cheese is incredible.
PLEASE NOTE: This game is set in the Lost Room Universe (a show that came out on the Sci-Fi channel in 2006), not the normal Unknown Armies Universe.
(Unlike a normal Unknown Armies game, you won't be able to start out with an Adept School. If there's an Avatar identity that really fits, maybe.)
Keep in mind that Unknown Armies is a horror game and may delve into uncomfortably adult areas from time to time. We will still start with a quick Lines and Veils just in case!
You'll pretty much be creating your character, defining your group goal, and building their connection to 5 key NPCs (provided by the GM) as you go along."
This game will be great if you like
competing with NPC parties
making up your own version of a holiday event like Christkindlmarkt
disrupting such an event with weirdness, maybe even a gunfight (but you're probably more sensible than that.)
magic Items that look like 1960s kitsch household objects
gaining skill bonuses from mental health changes
A horror world where there are magic objects and humans, but no other monsters
A consequence-based resolution system.
We will build characters in the session.
Beginner Level ("Street Level" in old UA Parlance) https://www.onarmiesunknown.com/resources/quickstart-ua3-character-concepts-identities/ New players are welcome.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
This game will be hosted in an outside Discord server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Probably gun violence, definitely scary magic events, adult humor and situations, Christmas May Be Ruined
Check out the Rules: https://www.onarmiesunknown.com/game/methods/character-cabal-creation-guide/
“Kaiju? I Hardly Know You!” is a Standard One Shot in the Roll for Shoes system led by Andrew Pontious.
A giant monster is rampaging through your small town, and you are ordinary townsfolk — now what?
This game will be great if you like monster movies, goofy fun, and creative improvisation
We will build characters in the session.
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
CW: Cartoonish violence and death
Check out the Rules- https://rollforshoes.com
Andrew Pontious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/andrew-pontious
“The Sunken Lampooned” a Standard One Shot in the Beakwood Bay system. Led by Nona de Koning
<b><u>About the game system:</u></b>
Beakwood Bay is a PbtA/Carved from Brindlewood roleplaying game for 2-4 ducks and a Keeper (GM), but not just any ducks. Inspired by Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics, in this hack of Brindlewood Bay you play as bipedal Mallards hired to hunt down treasure instead of solving mysteries. Beakwood Bay is a thriving port city inhabited by all sorts of anthropomorphic animals, where anything can happen and adventure is always on the agenda. The city’s aesthetics are rooted in the early 20th Century, but there are all manner of scientific advancements, such as an experimental rocketpad, a bustling university, and many factories. The oligarchs who control these technology-focused businesses often act as patrons for working ducks and adventurous mallards. No one comes to Beakwood Bay without a plan of how to leave richer. But there’s a curse that comes with this pursuit and many fall victim to the so-called Coin Fever. Ducks who are sitting on vaults of gold are frequently cruel and miserly in later years, pushing away family and friends to slavishly protect the gold they’ve acquired.
But for now, you are just a Middle Class Mallard who dreams of adventure with your friends. Your ducks work in service of the city’s wealthy benefactors, trying to make a fortune to call their own all while working to avoid the crippling greed and exploitation that is rampant among the city’s elite. Hindered by NPCs after the same treasure, players do their best to gather clues (represented as helpful information and tools that can be used to recover the treasure) before finally trying to retrieve it. There is no prewritten canon path or method, instead it's up to you to cleverly combine all that you've found to obtain the treasure! Will you succeed? Play to find out!
<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>
New-money billionaire Silas Pepperbeek has had just about enough of trying to ingratiate himself in Beakwood Bay society. But he has a plan that will make him a fortune and get him in good with the other oligarchs! He decides to sent the Mallards off to uncover the remains of the recently sunk so-called unsinkable freighter, the Lampooned, hoping to find the Shining Beak, a stunningly-detailed diamond bust of the legendary Morganna le Duck. The ship went down while crossing the North Atlantic, supposedly striking an iceberg and sinking in inhospitable frigid waters. He offers to pay handsomely if the Mallards recover it."
This game will be great if you like Ducktales, Indiana Jones, cartoons, comic books, Brindlewood Bay, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling
Players should build characters ahead.
New characters (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
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: greed, capitalism, social class differences
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Check out the Rules:
(free download of character sheet)
“Dad Overboard” a Standard One Shot in the Brindlewood Bay system. Led by Nona de Koning
<b><u>BRINDLEWOOD BAY </u></b> is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who find themselves solving actual murder mysteries in their quaint New England town. <b>There is no canon solution to the mysteries, instead players must collect and piece together many different clues and come up with a convincing theory, then play to find out if they are right!</b>
This evening, just as their book club meeting is ending, the Mavens are approached by Brindlewood County’s chief law enforcement officer, Sheriff Wyman Dalrymple. He tells them that, several nights ago, a wealthy financier, Albert Krause, was dragged out of the bay, dead. Mr. Krause and his family were on a yachting vacation and their boat is presently anchored a quarter mile from shore. Those on the boat assert Mr. Krause was drunk and simply fell overboard, but Sheriff Dalrymple suspects foul play. He hasn’t been able to turn anything up and begrudgingly asks them for help. Time for the Mavens to bring out their amateur inner detectives once again!
There are some supernatural elements in play in the background, but those will need to be uncovered through repeated plays and aren't a part of this oneshot. There is also a meta level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. <b>If there is enough interest in it, the gamerunner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.</b>"
This game will be great if you like cozy murder mysteries, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling, improv, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying
Players should build characters who played 0-2 sessions (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
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: Murder will be featured (but without gory details). All mysteries may contain hints of cults and the supernatural.
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Check out the Rules:
(use the Download Play Sheets button for the official & free handouts)
“The Sunken Lampooned” a Standard One Shot in the Beakwood Bay system. Led by Nona de Koning
<b><u>About the game system:</u></b>
Beakwood Bay is a PbtA/Carved from Brindlewood roleplaying game for 2-4 ducks and a Keeper (GM), but not just any ducks. Inspired by Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics, in this hack of Brindlewood Bay you play as bipedal Mallards hired to hunt down treasure instead of solving mysteries. Beakwood Bay is a thriving port city inhabited by all sorts of anthropomorphic animals, where anything can happen and adventure is always on the agenda. The city’s aesthetics are rooted in the early 20th Century, but there are all manner of scientific advancements, such as an experimental rocketpad, a bustling university, and many factories. The oligarchs who control these technology-focused businesses often act as patrons for working ducks and adventurous mallards. No one comes to Beakwood Bay without a plan of how to leave richer. But there’s a curse that comes with this pursuit and many fall victim to the so-called Coin Fever. Ducks who are sitting on vaults of gold are frequently cruel and miserly in later years, pushing away family and friends to slavishly protect the gold they’ve acquired.
But for now, you are just a Middle Class Mallard who dreams of adventure with your friends. Your ducks work in service of the city’s wealthy benefactors, trying to make a fortune to call their own all while working to avoid the crippling greed and exploitation that is rampant among the city’s elite. Hindered by NPCs after the same treasure, players do their best to gather clues (represented as helpful information and tools that can be used to recover the treasure) before finally trying to retrieve it. There is no prewritten canon path or method, instead it's up to you to cleverly combine all that you've found to obtain the treasure! Will you succeed? Play to find out!
<b><u>Session pitch:</u></b>
New-money billionaire Silas Pepperbeek has had just about enough of trying to ingratiate himself in Beakwood Bay society. But he has a plan that will make him a fortune and get him in good with the other oligarchs! He decides to sent the Mallards off to uncover the remains of the recently sunk so-called unsinkable freighter, the Lampooned, hoping to find the Shining Beak, a stunningly-detailed diamond bust of the legendary Morganna le Duck. The ship went down while crossing the North Atlantic, supposedly striking an iceberg and sinking in inhospitable frigid waters. He offers to pay handsomely if the Mallards recover it."
This game will be great if you like Ducktales, Indiana Jones, cartoons, comic books, Brindlewood Bay, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling
Players should build characters ahead.
New characters (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
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: greed, capitalism, social class differences
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/nona-de-koning
Check out the Rules:
(free download of character sheet)
“The Laraine Estate” a Standard One Shot in the KULT: Divinity Lost system. Led by Shatargat
Popper Polly is a YouTuber and an urban explorer. One day she just disappeared, and a dark and weird video footage was found on her channel. You know that she was mentioning about a shooting at an abandoned mansion called The Laraine Estate. Now, you will visit the area to learn more about what happened to Polly, and more importantly, learn more about yourselves.
This game will be good if you like extreme horror with adult themes, along with self-exploration. (Please check content warnings before joining.)
The game runner will provide characters.
Premade characters will be provided.
New players are welcome., Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
This game will be hosted in room #3 of The TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Alchemy RPG for mapping. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Explicit sexuality, gore, facing with traumas.
Shatargat's Game Runner: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Shatargat
“Escape to a Rescue” a Standard One Shot in the MASKS system. Led by Ansel Burch.
The heroes of Halcyon City have been caught by the villainous Mr. Columnar C.P.A.! He can only effect the adults who have to pay taxes though, leaving the teen heroes in his lair to first find a way out, then find a way to save the adult heroes and the rest of the city.
This game will be good if you like Teen Titans, Superheroes, and action!
Players should build characters ahead.
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 run in room # 3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: May hedge into parental loss
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
“Case of the Haunted House Flip” a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the D&D 5E system (Slightly Modified). Led by 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
“Case of the Haunted House Flip” a West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in the D&D 5E system (Slightly Modified). Led by 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
“The Beach Episode” a Standard One Shot in the All Outta Bubblegum system. Led by Ansel Burch
A seemingly normal trip to the beach escalates to an all-out melee as it turns out every single sunbather is a world-class assassin.
This slapstick rollercoaster will be a great time if you like wild swings of success, madcap storytelling, and very little forward momentum
We will build characters in the session.
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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Hyper violence.
“Trailblazers” a Playtest session of a New Micro RPG. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
This playtest will be for a new micro RPG based around social media tropes. You'll play as (internet) famous influencers who have become lost in the wilderness. We'll build characters and decide on the exact setting during the setup for the game. Newbies are welcome!
This game will be great if you like Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings, or Social Media in general.
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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possibility of dying in the wilderness, plane crash, or natural disaster
“Trailblazers” a Playtest session of a New Micro RPG. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
This playtest will be for a new micro RPG based around social media tropes. You'll play as (internet) famous influencers who have become lost in the wilderness. We'll build characters and decide on the exact setting during the setup for the game. Newbies are welcome!
This game will be great if you like Honey Heist, Lasers and Feelings, or Social Media in general.
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 #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possibility of dying in the wilderness, plane crash, or natural disaster
“The Beast of Bensfield” a Standard One Shot in the Kids on Bikes system. Led by Garrett Douglas
"The Bensfield Detectives Club has tackled wild cases before, from the Skeleton in the Butchershop to the House of Nobody, but they've never dealt with something quite this hairy.
The grown-ups are saying to stay out of the woods, but will you listen?"
This game will be great if you like Scooby Doo-esque mysteries and scary investigations. Players should build characters ahead.
Your characters must have a direct connection to the mystery-solving group known as the Bensfield Detectives Club. We will also be answering some backstory questions as a group. This session will be especially good for new players.
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. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Wild Animals, Possible Harm to Animals, Gore, Possible Harm to Kids
“Humbug! A Mousemas Carol” a Standard One Shot in the Mausritter system. Led by Nona de Koning
Nona de Koning’s Game Runner Profile
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/Nona-de-Koning
Check out the Game Rules- https://losing-games.itch.io/mausritter
Mouse parents across Cratchington are worried: the annual Christmas delivery of toys from the factory hasn't arrived. All year long, the mice of the toy factory are hard at work, under the special blessing of the three Spirits of Christmas. Your party of brave mice has traveled to the factory to find out what's going on. Can these mice save Christmas? Play to find out!
This game will be great if you like holiday specials, Christmas, OSR games, Redwall, The Rescuers, The Hobbit, Over The Hedge, and Thumbelina.
We will build Level 1 characters in session.
We'll randomly roll up characters at the start, which is a quick and easy process! No knowledge or preparations are needed. If you have previously played Mausritter and want to bring an old character, contact me upfront.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Miro whiteboards for maps and visuals. https://miro.com/app/dashboard/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: harm or even death of player characters (who play as animals), you can roll up a new character in 5 minutes should yours die. Further lines & veils may be sent to your game runner at any time
“The Wild Hunt” a Standard One Shot in the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) system. Led by David P
David P’ game runner profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/David-P
Check out the rules! https://peginc.com/product/deadlands-the-weird-west-blood-on-the-range-savage-worlds-test-drive-swade/
Schedule link
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/the-wild-hunt
The Wild Hunt is a modern-day horror story set in the tradition of a Saturday-night horror movie. In it, the players find themselves unexpectedly stranded in a rural town in the American Midwest, and on the wrong end of a curse more than a century old. With their very souls on the line, they must avoid an unrelenting horde of unholy hunters determined to add the heroes to their host!
This game will be great if you like low-budget rural horror movies
The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
New players to the system are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be run in Room # 1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will be using Owlbear Rodeo as a virtual table top for this session.
CW: Undead/zombies/ghosts/Catholic priests.
“The Wild Hunt” a Standard One Shot in the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE) system. Led by David P
David P’ game runner profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/David-P
Check out the rules! https://peginc.com/product/deadlands-the-weird-west-blood-on-the-range-savage-worlds-test-drive-swade/
Schedule link
https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-schedule/the-wild-hunt
The Wild Hunt is a modern-day horror story set in the tradition of a Saturday-night horror movie. In it, the players find themselves unexpectedly stranded in a rural town in the American Midwest, and on the wrong end of a curse more than a century old. With their very souls on the line, they must avoid an unrelenting horde of unholy hunters determined to add the heroes to their host!
This game will be great if you like low-budget rural horror movies
The game runner will provide level 1 characters.
New players to the system are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬
This game will be run in Room # 1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will be using Owlbear Rodeo as a virtual table top for this session.
CW: Undead/zombies/ghosts/Catholic priests.
“The Magic Year” a Playtest session of a hack of The Quiet Year. Led by Ansel Burch
Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.
This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build characters in the session.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.
“The Magic Year” a Playtest session of a hack of The Quiet Year. Led by Ansel Burch
Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.
This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build characters in the session.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.
“The Magic Year” a Playtest session of a hack of The Quiet Year. Led by Ansel Burch
Check out the rules: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile: https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
The collapse came fast but the fall is taking... longer. Magic hit us like thunder. The world is still reeling at the birth of true alchemy, the revelation of sorcery, and the equality of conjuring but we can't afford to be complacent. This magic is new to us. The study of it is even newer. So, when the true practitioners show up from across the rift, we're going to need to be ready.
This game will be great if you like stories of magic in the modern world. We will build characters in the session.
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 #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Possible Death, Possible Disfigurement.
“The Big Score” a Standard One Shot in the Crash Pandas system. Led by Collin R.
Get caught up in the lucrative (and highly illegal) Los Angeles street racing circuit and win big! Also, you're a bunch of raccoons. Driving the same car. While you may not ascribe intrinsic value to the "paper" that humans call money, it's certainly useful for getting things you want from them. And a local human happens to be selling off their junkyard full of valuable garbage for a fee that only an illegal street racing raccoon could hope to afford.
This game will be great if you like Wacky Races, animals acting like people, making Los Angeles even more dangerous for pedestrians, and general lighthearted chaos
We will build characters in the session.
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 #1 the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Cartoon violence (as in, potential for things that could be seriously harmful to real people but without lasting injury), smoking (character gear mentions cigars, but may not come up)
“Time Enough for Time Travel” a Playtest in the Fiasco system. Led by Ansel Burch
Check Out the Game Rules- https://youtu.be/-g0EIql8wW0
Ansel's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Fiasco is a hilarious game of high stakes and poor choices. In this session, we will be playing in an original time travel playset. Anything can happen but we will definitely be traveling through time, building relationships, and trying to maintain a handle on increasingly challenging goals.
This game will be great if you like telling stories together, time travel, and plays with too many doors in them.
We will build characters in the session.
We will be playing together in this session. So the game runner will be playing along with you and just facilitating
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: Being lost in time, character death outside of gameplay
“Time Enough for Time Travel” a Playtest in the Fiasco system. Led by Ansel Burch
Check Out the Game Rules- https://youtu.be/-g0EIql8wW0
Ansel's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch
Fiasco is a hilarious game of high stakes and poor choices. In this session, we will be playing in an original time travel playset. Anything can happen but we will definitely be traveling through time, building relationships, and trying to maintain a handle on increasingly challenging goals.
This game will be great if you like telling stories together, time travel, and plays with too many doors in them.
We will build characters in the session.
We will be playing together in this session. So the game runner will be playing along with you and just facilitating
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: Being lost in time, character death outside of gameplay
“The Case of the Mannequin Malice” a Standard One Shot/ a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the DnD 5 system (w/ some modifications). Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
"On the fifth floor of gilded-age brownstone building, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, an ancient answering machine clicks on. “You’ve reached the Edgewater Supernatural Society. Please leave your name and the nature of your paranormal experience at the beep.”
“Hi, my name is Lyla Coleman. I own a dress shop in Boystown and I well, I think it's haunted? For the last couple weeks, the mannequins are in different poses when I come back in the morning. And I think they might be.... building something in the basement? It’s... I dunno an altar maybe? Can you guys send like an exorcist or someone?” "
This game will be great if you like Buffy or Angel, Supernatural, and X-Files.
Players should build characters ahead.
D&D 5E | Level 3
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (a screenshot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.
HUMANS ONLY. Human variant is fine.
Do not choose a regular background. A modified list will be provided. DO NOT choose additional equipment.
This game is recommended for those that are comfortable with D&D 5E, as I won’t be creating new modern classes. We’ll be playing fast-and-loose in the interpretations of the flavor text if we need to keep things feeling “modern”.
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. "
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 #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: Creepy mannequins, death, and the undead
“The Case of the Mannequin Malice” a Standard One Shot/ a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the DnD 5 system (w/ some modifications). Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Rayne's Game Runner Page- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious
"On the fifth floor of gilded-age brownstone building, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, an ancient answering machine clicks on. “You’ve reached the Edgewater Supernatural Society. Please leave your name and the nature of your paranormal experience at the beep.”
“Hi, my name is Lyla Coleman. I own a dress shop in Boystown and I well, I think it's haunted? For the last couple weeks, the mannequins are in different poses when I come back in the morning. And I think they might be.... building something in the basement? It’s... I dunno an altar maybe? Can you guys send like an exorcist or someone?” "
This game will be great if you like Buffy or Angel, Supernatural, and X-Files.
Players should build characters ahead.
D&D 5E | Level 3
Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.
Any officially published content for classes, feats, etc is fine. Permanent flying features excluded. Non-licensed content needs to be run by me, (a screenshot is probably fine) just don’t do it the night before the game.
HUMANS ONLY. Human variant is fine.
Do not choose a regular background. A modified list will be provided. DO NOT choose additional equipment.
This game is recommended for those that are comfortable with D&D 5E, as I won’t be creating new modern classes. We’ll be playing fast-and-loose in the interpretations of the flavor text if we need to keep things feeling “modern”.
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. "
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 #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: Creepy mannequins, death, and the undead
“Ch. 7 - The Witch's Missing Shadow” is a West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast system. Led by Collin R.
Yazeba, the witch who owns the B&B, has lost her shadow. Now it is running amuck, causing chaos and spooking residents and staff alike. Yazeba, the robotic housekeeper Amelie, and a cast of other staff and guests must team up to keep the specter's shenanigans in check and capture it before it can cause too much damage!
This game will be great if you like Saturday morning cartoons (especially Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends), goofing off with friends and strangers alike, and exploring fantastical settings with a modern twist
The game runner will provide characters.
This a game system without character levels. New players are welcome.
The game runner has run this game a few times now.
Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious
Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬
Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪
Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬
Spectators are welcome in the Discord room. This game will be run in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Rules and characters will be provided in the VTT (One More Multiverse), using the official Bed&Breakfast verse on that platform.
CWGhost/haunting