10am Catan ran by Mickey
3-4 Players/ 60-120 Minutes/ Ages 10+
In CATAN (formerly The Settlers of Catan), players try to be the dominant force on the island of Catan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On each turn dice are rolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players build by spending resources (sheep, wheat, wood, brick and ore) that are depicted by these resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource: hills produce brick, forests produce wood, mountains produce ore, fields produce wheat, and pastures produce sheep. A turn consists of possibly playing a development card, rolling the dice, everyone (perhaps) collecting resource cards based on the roll and position of houses (or upgraded cities—think: hotels) unless a 7 is rolled, turning in resource cards (if possible and desired) for improvements, trading cards at a port, and trading resource cards with other players. If a 7 is rolled, the active player moves the robber to a new hex tile and steals resource cards from other players who have built structures adjacent to that tile.
Points are accumulated by building settlements and cities, having the longest road and the largest army (from some of the development cards), and gathering certain development cards that simply award victory points. When a player has gathered 10 points (some of which may be held in secret), he announces his total and claims the win.
11am Red Dragon Inn ran by Jeff
2-4 Players/ 45 min/ Ages 13+
In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You’ve raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you’re back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.
12pm Kingdomino ran by Carolyn
2-4 Players/ 15-25 Minutes/ Ages 8+
In Kingdomino, you are a lord seeking new lands in which to expand your kingdom. You must explore all the lands, including wheat fields, lakes, and mountains, in order to spot the best plots, while competing with other lords to acquire them first.
The game uses tiles with two sections, similar to Dominoes. Each turn, each player will select a new domino to connect to their existing kingdom, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The order of who picks first depends on which tile was previously chosen, with better tiles forcing players to pick later in the next round. The game ends when each player has completed a 5×5 grid (or failed to do so), and points are counted based on number of connecting tiles and valuable crown symbols.
1pm Never Bring a Knife ran by Chris Eddings
4-8 Players/ 20-30 Min/ Ages 17+
Never Bring a Knife is a light, quick social deduction card game with less talking and more shooting. It’s got fast-paced action inspired by modern action movies, and a new mechanical approach that’s a breath of fresh air in the social deduction genre.
When the first player falls, everyone who had the same role — Cops or Criminals — loses. The whole other team wins.
Find your friends, keep your head down, and don’t tip your hand!
1pm-4pm D&D Ran by Terry
All items needed to play will be provided. This will be a 5th edition one-shot titled ‘A Midsummer Nightmare’. Pre-generated characters will be provided.
2pm King of Tokyo ran by Mickey
2-6 Players/ 30 Min/ Ages 8+
In King of Tokyo, you play mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens—all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.
At the start of each turn, you roll six dice, which show the following six symbols: 1, 2, or 3 Victory Points, Energy, Heal, and Attack. Over three successive throws, choose whether to keep or discard each die in order to win victory points, gain energy, restore health, or attack other players into understanding that Tokyo is YOUR territory.
The fiercest player will occupy Tokyo, and earn extra victory points, but that player can’t heal and must face all the other monsters alone!
Top this off with special cards purchased with energy that have a permanent or temporary effect, such as the growing of a second head which grants you an additional die, body armor, nova death ray, and more…. and it’s one of the most explosive games of the year!
In order to win the game, one must either destroy Tokyo by accumulating 20 victory points, or be the only surviving monster once the fighting has ended.
2:30pm Red Dragon Inn ran by Jeff
2-4 Players/ 45 min/ Ages 13+
In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You’ve raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you’re back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.
3pm Never Bring a Knife ran by Chris Eddings
4-8 Players/ 20-30 Min/ Ages 17+
Never Bring a Knife is a light, quick social deduction card game with less talking and more shooting. It’s got fast-paced action inspired by modern action movies, and a new mechanical approach that’s a breath of fresh air in the social deduction genre.
When the first player falls, everyone who had the same role — Cops or Criminals — loses. The whole other team wins.
Find your friends, keep your head down, and don’t tip your hand!
4pm Tsuro of the Seas ran by Carolyn
2-8 Players/ 20-40 Min/ Ages 8+
Each turn players add “wake” tiles to the 7×7 game board; each tile has two “wake connections” on each edge, and as the tiles are placed on the board, they create a connected network of paths. If a wake is placed in front of a ship, that ship then sails to the end of the wake. If the ship goes off the board, that player is out of the game. If a daikaiju tile hits a wake tile, a ship, or another daikaiju tile, the object hit is removed from the game. Another way to be ousted! The more daikaiju tiles on the game board, the faster players will find themselves trying to breathe water…