| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Bull) |
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| Subject: | Origins and Gen Con SR Events |
| Date: | Thu Feb 7 23:40:01 2002 |
FanPro in the present and hopefully Future, if I don't go insane and go on
a WotC Staffer Murder Spree this year :)). In other words, ir's my job to
plan cool shit for you guys.
I will be posting schedules for Origins and Gen Con as soon as I get
confirmations on times and such from the Convention Organizers. IN the
mean time, here's a bit of a teaser...
CONCRETE JUNGLE
We're going to start trying a couple of new things this year. One of those
is the new Concrete Jungle Convention Campaign Series. The idea behind CJ
is to have a series of Convention One shots that are "Ordered" and numbered
and form a Campaign of One SHot games using the same characters (A one shot
game is just a fancy term for a single, self contained 4 hour game at the
conventions). The CJ games can be played as a normal one off game (You
shouldn't need information from previous games to enjoy the current game),
though they will help in the overall experience...
CJ #1 and #2 will be run at Origins, and will be rerun at Gen Con along
with CJ #3 (Possibly run twice, depending on the GMs and schedules).
SHADOWRUN 101
People have questions. Lots of Questions about Shadowrun, especially when
it pertains to the rules. This is the place to get them answered. We will
be running a 2 hour seminar that will feature various FanPro Shadowrun
Writers presenting short segments discussing the various areas of Shadowrun
(Decking, Rigging, Magic, General) and how to use them in your games
(Especially Decking and Rigging, since those are two areas that everyone
shys away from). Besides a basic "How To", there will also be a general
Q&A about the rules, and we'll do our darndest to answer
those. Tentatively Scheduled are Jon Szeto and Steve Kenson to handle
Rigging and Magic, respectively (Though it might be fun to switcha nd see
how they do :)). Decking will most likely be covered by a couple of the
Freelancers, including myself and Elissa Carey.
ORIGINS:
Besides the 2 CJ games, Origins will feature 6 additional One Shot Games,
and somewhere in teh neighborhood of 6-7 2-Hour Demo games and 4 4-hour
demo games.
Besides those, of course, is the major event of the Con... The Shadowrun
Tournament. Like Gen Con last year, we will be doing an 8 Team
Non-Elimination style Tournament. This means all players progress through
all three rounds, and the best teams win at the end.
>>>>>
Shadowrun, Collector's Edition:
You're hired to pull off the score of a lifetime: Steal the Maltese Falcon
from the Smithsonian in the FDC before it goes on display. The risk is
high, but so is the reward. Will survive to make the delivery? This is a 3
round, non-elimination tournament. All teams advance to the second and
third rounds, with the best teams winning!
<<<<<
GEN CON
Gen Con will feature the aforementioned CJ games, as well as a good number
of other One Shots and Demo's, plus, of course, the Tournament. The GC
Tourney will be a 12 Team Non Elimination Tourney (As above). The blurb
for it will read:
>>>>>
Shadowrun, Black Market Round-Up:
They called it the Crime of the Century: A priceless piece of Dunkelzahn's
legacy, stolen from the Smithsonian. You've been selected to help recover
it. The question is, was it just a well-planned robbery, or will the
Maltese Falcon add another chapter to its own deadly legacy? This is a 3
round, non-elimination tournament. All teams advance to the second and
third rounds, with the best teams winning!
<<<<<
For those interested in playing, we will most likely be running these
during an Evening Timeslot (Tentatively set for 7-11PM). Of course, that
Time is unconfirmed until I get something from the Convention people, and
even then is iffy... And if they mess with my games again this
year... The Tournament will change a bit... The winning team is the one
that bags the most WotC employees :] (For Gen Con, anyways. I'll give the
GAMA people the benifit of the doubt until after Oirgins... Then I'll cuss
em out :))
Bull
