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ARCON XI Table of Contents

About ARCON, Staff, Rules

Slot Schedule

Quick Events Schedule

RPG Descriptions

Video Game Descriptions

Board and Card Game Descriptions

Miniature Game Descriptions

Other Events

Directions and Parking

Campus Center Map

Sponsors

Other Conventions

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About ARCON Welcome to the eleventh annual ARCON. ARCON is SUNY Oswego's gaming convention, organized by The Story Tellers' Guild. It is a three-day event located in SUNY Oswego’s Campus Center, during which people gather to participate in role-playing games, card games, video games, board games, miniature games, LARPs, and all sorts of other types of gaming. In this packet you will find a schedule of events that you can participate in. You can register for events at the front desk, which can be found outside room 132. You can also register online before the convention at arconoswego.org.

ARCON XI Staff Convention Director: Pete Sterpe Asst. Convention Director: Chris Raslan Event Coordinator: Mark Smith Finance Director: Brad Burnham PR Director: Neil Ganti Vendor Coordinator: Ryan Greenfield Graphic Designers: Chris Downey KP Leslie-Taylor Lacey O’Connor Linda Robbins

ARCON Rules Be considerate of others and their property. If you are not you may be asked to leave.

Wear your con badge at all times so you can be identified as an Arcon attendee.

No cheating.

The decisions of the con staff, including security personnel and front desk staff, are final.

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ARCON Slot Schedule

Friday Slot 1: 5:30pm - 9:30pm Slot 2: 10:00pm - 2:00am

Saturday

Slot 3: 9:00am - 1:00pm Slot 4: 2:00pm - 6:00pm Break: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Slot 5: 9:00pm - 1:00am

Sunday

Slot 6: 9:00am - 1:00pm Slot 7: 2:00pm - 6:00pm

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Friday Schedule of Events Code Game Name Game Type GM Room Page

1-1 Starship Troopers: Zegema Vice RPG Phil Marcus 208 9

1-2 Tabula Rasa RPG Chris Downey 223 9

1-3 Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny RPG Alex Deerkop 225 9

1-4 Favor of the Dragon Don RPG Mike Farnach 226 9

1-6 Sycamore Lane RPG Courtney Forbes 210 10

1-7 Choose Your Own Adventure Other Patricia Talamo 231 26

1-8 Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Tournmanet Video Game Adam Nelson 211 20

1-9 Casino Card Games Card Game Andy Wallace 205 22

1-10 Dominion Tournament Card Game Noah Goverman 201 22

1-11 11th Annual Solaris VII Battletechnology Expo

Minis Bob DeLong 137 25

2-1 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1938

RPG Anthony Hartman 208 10

2-2 Pervo RPG Mark Smith 223 10

2-3 The Hunt RPG Geoff Conrad 225 10

2-4 My Little Pony: Escape from Equestria RPG Oliver Hong 226 11

2-5 The Oz Files RPG Michael Virgo 210 11

2-6 Hivebent: Surviving Alternia RPG Lacey O’Connor 231 11

2-7 Enter the Supernatural RPG Christopher Raslan 232 12

2-8 The King Of Iron Fist Tournament Video Game Doug Mason 211 20

2-9 Magic the Gathering Tournament Card Game Tom Bland-Medicis 133 22

2-10 Dominion Tournament Card Game Brian Loughlin 201 22

Slot 1

Slot 2

Friday

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Saturday Schedule of Events Code Game Name Game Type GM Room Page

3-1 The Gift RPG Jeremy Lahnum 208 12

3-2 Toy Story World of Darkness RPG Jack Carmody 210 12

3-3 The Dark Times RPG Robert Kirker 223 12

3-4 Intro to Savage Worlds RPG Kenneth Bardin 225 12

3-5 Renegades RPG Christopher Briggs 226 13

3-6 10/10 Rampage: Virg's Wrath RPG Bret Gillan 231 13

3-7 Battle Royale LARP Oliver Hong Outside 26

3-8 Game of Mystery Other Noah Goverman 232 26

3-9 Death Race 2012 Minis William Rexroat 142 25

4-1 Futurama World of Darkness RPG Phil Marcus 142 13

4-2 The Bloodstone Idol RPG Jeremy Lahnum 208 13

4-3 Shadows of Syracuse: Hotel on the River Styx

RPG John Hartung 210 14

4-4 Shonen Jump Alliance RPG Neil Ganti 223 14

4-5 Escape the Tower RPG KP Leslie-Taylor 225 14

4-6 Sailor Scouts Reunited RPG Rhonda Briggs 226 14

4-7 Secrets of Everfree Forest RPG Courtney Forbes 231 15

4-8 Into Distant Worlds RPG Lacey O’Connor 232 15

4-9 Arcon-A-Thon 2.0 Video Game Adam Nelson 211 20

4-10 League of Legends Custom Games Video Game Zachary Diamond 137 21

4-11 MTG - Avacyn Restored Pre-Release Card Game Joseph Samuels 205 24

S-1 STG 15th Anniversary Celebration Special Event STG Court 27

5-1 Defend the Darkness RPG Pete Sterpe 232 15

5-2 Willy Wonka World of Darkness RPG Donald Tyson 208 15

5-3 Near Wyrdside RPG Christopher Green 210 16

5-5 Buffy Goes to Transylvania RPG Rhonda Briggs 226 16

5-6 Friday the 13ths RPG Bret Gillan 223 16

5-7 The Blackout RPG Keith Lavin 142 16

5-8 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1958 RPG Anthony Hartman 225 17

5-9 Street Fighter x Tekken Video Game Brian McDaniel 211 21

5-10 Homestuck Live Reading Other Matt Wexler 231 26

5-11 Power Grid Board Game Kevin Finerghty 137 24

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Slot 4

Slot 5

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Sunday Schedule of Events Code Game Name Game Type GM Room Page

6-1 Escape From Hell RPG Mark Smith 208 17

6-2 Violence! The RPG RPG Jack Carmody 210 17

6-3 The Looney Tunes RP RPG Alex Nichols 223 18

6-4 10 Minute ST Gauntlet RPG Oliver Hong 225 18

6-5 Nate Earl Fulfills His Promises 2 RPG Nathan Earl 226 18

6-6 Classic Battlemech Beat-Down Minis Bob DeLong 137 26

6-7 Steam Video Game Kevin Finerghty 231 21

7-1 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2010 RPG Anthony Hartman 208 19

7-2 Wishing Circle RPG Mark Smith 210 19

7-3 Life on Oith RPG Greg Harris 223 19

7-4 Race down the Oregon Trail Video Game Oliver Hong 225 21

7-5 Texas Hold 'Em Tournament Card Game Michael Virgo 232 24

7-6 El Grande Card Game Kevin Finerghty 231 24

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Slot 7

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Event Descriptions Tabletop RPGs - Slot 1

Friday 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Starship Troopers: Zegema Vice RPG 1-1 GM: Phil Marcus System: D20 Players: 4-6

Skill Level: Some Experience Needed Pre-gens: Yes

Game Description: Zegema Beach. Citizens and civilians come from all over the Federation to tan on the

beaches, parasail across the oceans, and enjoy the high-end entertainment. Yet, crime and greed are ripe here.

FedNet tries to put a positive spin on it, through the popular program Zegema Nights, but the issue is far worse

than they report.

You are Fleet Special Operations, the best of the best. Fresh off the frontlines of the Arachnid War, you have

been called in by the governor of Zegema Beach to put an end to the drug trade and bring their leaders to the

gallows. Are you up to the task? Will you restore order to paradise? And most importantly, what secrets will

you learn? Service guarantees citizenship! Would you like to know more? Terminate...with extreme preju-dice...

Tabula Rasa RPG 1-2 GM: Chris Downey System: World of Darkness Players: 4-6


Game Description: You wake up with a group of others in an abandoned stagehouse. You have no memories

of who or where you are, and you can hear monsters howling outside. Go.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny RPG 1-3 GM: Alex Deerkop System: Mutants and Masterminds Players: 4-8

Skill Level: No Experience Needed Pre-gens: Yes

Game Description: You're taking part in one of the biggest brawls in Tokyo City history! Good guys, bad

guys, and explosions have come from all over the multiverse to settle the score. Take control of a random char-

acter and fight until death. Then pick another one and do it again. The game is over after all characters are de-

feated or we run out of time. Will you win the Ultimate Showdown?

Favor of the Dragon Don RPG 1-4 GM: Mike Farnach System: Pathfinder Players: 4-6


Game Description: Do you remember when you needed someone "taken care" of, or perhaps were strap for

cash and you needed to get it soon? Well, the Dragon Don does, and he also remembers your promise to pay

him back. Now the Dragon Don is calling back all the favors. You see, there's a pesky group of adventurers

that aim to take him down, and the Dragon Don doesn't like that one bit. So now it's up to you to "take care" of

them, and do a few other errands along the way.

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Friday 5:30 - 9:30 PM

Sycamore Lane RPG 1-6 GM: Courtney Forbes System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5


Game Description: Sycamore lane looks like a quiet slice of Suburbia, but not everything is as pristine as it

would first appear. The abandoned house on the end of the street is an eyesore, and the neighborhood kids

swear they sometimes see movement in the windows.

Tabletop RPGs - Slot 2

Friday 10 PM - 2 AM

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1938 RPG 2-1 GM: Anthony Hartman System: BESM 2nd Ed. Players: 3-8


Game Description: High up in the Himalayas, Theron, headmaster of the Collegium Magikos and keeper of

the Mind Crystal, catches a glimpse of a horrifying new evil. Dracula, the Lord of the Vampires, is gathering

together a copy of the Necronomicon and he plans to use it to summon forth the Great Old Ones. In order to

stop this madness, Wilhelmina Murray assembles a new team of Extraordinary Gentlemen in a race against

time.

Now it is up to the masked vigilante The Black Bat Detective, Africa's legendary hero The Phantom, master

illusionist Mandrake the Magician, Lothar the Prince of Seven Nations, Tarzan Lord of the Apes, police detec-

tive Dick Tracy, renaissance man Doc Savage, and the mysterious crimefighter known only as The Shadow to

piece together the long lost Montesi Formula. Using modern technology, the team must broadcast the spell

across the entire world killing all vampires, everywhere, including Dracula -- before it's too late!

Pervo RPG 2-2 GM: Mark Smith System: Pervo Players: 8-25

Skill Level: No Experience Needed Pre-gens: No

Game Description: A game where the GM punishes the players for everything he had to suffer through, ever.

You will be insulted and degraded. Fair warning.

The Hunt RPG 2-4 GM: Geoff Conrad System: World of Darkness Players: 6-8


Game Description: Owen Jackson, an eccentric young billionaire, is bringing his new girl to his private island

get-a-way for his traditional island game hunt! His staff hurry to prepare for his arrival as they get the day off

to join in the hunt as per tradition. However, after an unexpected storm, things get a little strange.

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Friday 10 PM - 2 AM

My Little Pony: Escape from Equestria RPG 2-4 GM: Oliver Hong System: World of Darkness Players: 3-6


Game Description: Everypony loves living in Ponyville, but when a cryptic nightmare urges you to go through

the dark, dangerous expanses of the Everfree forest, will you brave the wilderness and solve the mysteries of

Equestria?

The Oz Files RPG 2-5 GM: Michael Virgo System: World of Darkness Players: 3-6


Game Description: Something strange is afoot in the Town of Oswego. You are part of a group of specialists

in your respective fields, put together to examine the strange and possibly supernatural occurrences at the direc-

tion of a Clandestine department within Homeland Security. This journey for the truth will not lead you down

the Yellowbrick Road, but on a Bridge Street Run into the dark underbelly of Oswego night life.

Hivebent: Surviving Alternia RPG 2-6 GM: Lacey O’Connor System: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed. Players: 4-6


Game Description: It is before the days of Sgrub, when the trolls of Alternia wasted away the hours playing

their favorite role playing game, FLARP. Surviving a session run by Vriska, or should I say Mindfang, is a har-

rowing and nearly impossible task. Will you be up for it? Using DnD 4th ed, play as one of the trolls as they

stumble their way through Vriska's terrifying campaign! Homestuck knowledge up to Act 6 is recommended to

avoid spoilers! This game is probably not for people who are unfamiliar with the characters and setting.

Enter the Supernatural RPG 2-7 GM: Christopher Raslan System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5


Game Description: It seemed like an easy A. Go out to an old pre war mansion / research station / whatever

and collect some info on the people involved as part of a report for your history class. it’s a good excuse to

hang out with friends and party, right?

But the road trip goes horribly wrong when you find yourselves stranded out in the boonies, with your trans-

portation not working and your phones unable to reach anyone as a massive storm rages, seemingly from no-

where.

To make things worse, you’re not alone. Something… else lurks just out of sight, hunting you. At first you

just figured you’d had one too many drinks, but now people are dead, and you still can’t reach anyone. What

will you do now?

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Saturday 9 aM - 1 PM

The Gift RPG 3-1 GM: Jeremy Lahnum System: Burning Wheel Players: 4-8


Game Description: It is a great day for Clan Gildenhammer. Today the Vost ascends the throne to lead the

last and mightiest Dwarf Kingdom into its glorious future.

In honor of this event, the Elven Host of Farhaven have sent a delegation for the first time in 100 years. Rela-

tions between your people may finally be rekindled by this single act. Their Prince Finrir has journeyed for

nearly a year in an effort to be here for the coronation. Now the two sides shall meet and gifts will be ex-

changed. What great gift might the Elves of Farhaven bestow upon the Dwarfs of Coldhearth Hall? A thing of

beauty? A weapon of terrible power? A magical artifact? Only the elves know and they have betrayed noth-

ing of its nature.

Toy Story World of Darkness RPG 3-2 GM: Jack Carmody System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5


Game Description: You play as the tertiary characters in Toy Story that are known to be sold in yard sale be-

tween the second and third movies. Will you successfully find a new child to cherish you, or face an eternity of

loneliness. Worse, you might even face being thrown to the dump!

Intro to Savage Worlds RPG 3-4 GM: Kenneth Bardin System: Savage Worlds Players: 3-5


Game Description: A sword and sorcery dungeon romp in the vein of Conan the Barbarian or Fafhrd and the

Gray Mauser, where players will risk life and limb battling hideous monsters and looting precious treasures in

the depths of an ancient temple. The chief goal is to introduce more people to Savage Worlds, a game system

designed for pulpy, action-packed adventures. The system is very easy to understand and pick up, but also has a

satisfying level of crunch for players who really enjoy that sort of thing in their games. Ultimately, the goal is

to have fun - by beating up bad guys and making off with the loot.

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Saturday 9 aM - 1 PM

Renegades RPG 3-5 GM: Christopher Briggs System: In Nomine Players: 3-6


Game Description: The world stands in the balance because two wayward souls are bound on a course of ac-

tion that could unmake the world. You know things are dire when the powers that be in heaven and hell thinks

they need to work together.

10/10 Rampage: Virg’s Wrath RPG 3-6 GM: Bret Gillan System: Final Girl Players: 3-5


Game Description: We knew this was coming. The Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012 has

come to pass. One man's mastery of Magic: The Gathering has become so great that he has become one with

the game. One flick of his hand and mountains crumble. Another flick and monstrous beasts spring from the

earth. Our problem? He's acquired Ashnod's Altar. Will you be sacrificed for mana?

The Final Girl is a rotating GM, rules-light roleplaying game of horror movies where you find out: who will

survive?


Saturday 2 PM - 6 PM

Futurama World of Darkness! RPG 4-1 GM: Phil Marcus System: World of Darkness Players: 4-6


Game Description: Good news, everyone! After a delivery to the Twilight Planet, Fry, Leela, Bender, Amy,

and Hermes (and Zoidberg) return to find their building ransacked. Suddenly, they learn that a certain someone

is being charged with war crimes...and could be executed! Prove your expendability by saving someone who is

not expendable!

The Bloodstone Idle RPG 4-2 GM: Jeremy Lahnum System: Dungeon World Players: 3-6


Game Description: The Bloodstone Idol, the fabled artifact of Order, buried deep in the Hall under the Hill.

Grundloch the infamous wizard has entered there and rumor has it that he is attempting to awaken the idol. He

has grown mad with power, no one knows what he will do if he succeeds. You are the only one capable of

stopping him.

Dungeon World is a narrative RPG with Red Box D&D sensibilities. Characters will be created at the table.

Come and try to thwart the evil wizard Grundloch before it is too late.

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Shadows of Syracuse: Hotel on the River Styx RPG 4-3 GM: John Hartung System: Villains & Vigilanties 2.1 Players: 4-7


Game Description: The bishop in charge of Catholic Charities, Lichtenstein Refugee Division, needs your

team's special abilities to recover an extraordinary document, otherwise the sinister Destiny Co. will be able to

dissolve CC;LRD. But the document is the hands of one of Destiny's most powerful Corporate Ninja and only

one person knows how to get to him - a woman he had kidnapped when her family's business was liquidated by

Destiny and who now has "Stockholm Syndrome". To make things worse, it seems that she will lead your team

into the "missing floors" of the Hotel Syracuse. Will your team be adequate to defeat the lethal sophistication

of the Ninja's forces with such an unpredictable ally?

Shonen Jump Alliance RPG 4-4 GM: Neil Ganti System: BESM 3rd Edition Players: 4-6


Game Description: When an unknown entity gathers up the strongest enemies in various Shonen universes, all

hell breaks loose. Bent on gaining revenge, the insidious group strike against their sworn enemies of each

world. Powerless to stop them, the heroes are gathered by an equally powerful entity to do battle. Can the

combined efforts of Monkey D. Luffy, Goku, Ichigo Kurosaki, Naruto Uzumaki, Yusuke Urameshi and Allen

Walker help put a stop to their enemies? Or will they die, trying? The only two prerequisites I have is that

the players must know at least one of these characters in depth and such have a good experience overall as a

roleplayer.

Escape the Tower RPG 4-5 GM: KP Leslie-Taylor System: Shadowrun 4th Edition Players: 4-6


Game Description: Oh no! Your team of runners has upset a local corp, and now you've been captured in their

skyscraper. They'll be coming to execute you soon, and you must escape! But, there are just as many meas-

ures to keep people in as there are to keep them out.

Sailor Scouts Reunited RPG 4-6 GM: Rhonda Briggs System: BESM 2nd Edition Players: 3-5


Game Description: You are the children of Sailor Mercury in Crystal Tokyo. Something strange is tearing

apart the Sailor Scouts and the rest of the citizens of Crystal Tokyo. For some reason the only people unaf-

fected are the children of Sailor Mercury. It is up to these children to find out what is going on and how to stop

it. Perhaps they will become Scouts like Sailor Chibi-Usa and their mother. What of the sons though? Could

they be Princes like King Endymion? Will they be able to stop this unknown foe or is it just a problem of the

mind? If it is something to be solved the children of Sailor Mercury and Urawa Ryo (Gregg in the English ver-

sion) are certain to set their minds to it and stop this unknown force from toying with the citizens emotions.

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Secrets of the Everfree Forest RPG 4-7 GM: Courtney Forbes System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5


Game Description: Something is wrong deep in the Everfree forest. When Zecora alerts Fluttershy, Rainbow

Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Twilight Sparkle of the rapidly spreading blight they spring into action

to aid Equestria. Can our heroines conquer the secrets?

Into Distant Worlds RPG 4-8 GM: Lacey O’Connor System: World of Darkness Players: 4-6

Skill Level: Some Experience Needed Pre-gens: No

Game Description: Last year, a band of adventurers was pulled into the world of Nintendo. This year, when a

spiky haired adolescent with a giant key for a weapon comes into their plane asking for help, a group of adven-

turers will journey into the lands of Square Enix. What awaits them in these strange and foreign lands? Will

they be able to stop the destroyers of the worlds in time? Or will they forever be stuck with this annoying

plucky boy? Play to find out! This will be a 4-7 game, so please bring a ready made character with you.


Saturday 9 PM - 1 AM

Defend the Darkness RPG 5-1 GM: Pete Sterpe System: World of Darkness Players: 2-12


Game Description: The not-too-proud tradition of my Defend The series moves this year to a new system, as

voted by last year’s players! When the city is threatened, a hodgepodge group of denizens of the World of

Darkness must band together to protect it. This probably won’t turn out very well.

Willy Wonka World of Darkness RPG 5-2 GM: Donald Tyson System: World of Darkness Players: 4-5


Game Description: The world is a dark place. Nothing you imagine about the truth of matters can fully be re-

alized without losing touch with your sanity.

In the Candy market, the Wonka Chocolate company has recently been closed due to a child labor law scandal.

After being closed for almost a year, the factory re-opened, although not to the public. To regain the public's

faith in his product, Wonka has released five Golden tickets to allow five winners a chance to see his

'wonderful' new factory. Playing these five children, the characters will discover the horrors that Wonka has

concocted in his year away from the world and attempt to escape with at least their lives intact.

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Event Descriptions

Near Wyrdside RPG 5-3 GM: Christopher Green System: World of Darkness Players: 3-6


Game Description: Growing up in the worst parts of 'Cuse is usually somewhere between poverty and bore-

dom, however things change when three brothers have to deal with the sudden disappearance of a child. Could

it be a simple kidnapping for the police or something only they can handle?

An adventure set in the world of the Dresden Files book series with a variety of pregenerated characters, noth-

ing makes Syracuse more interesting then discovering its supernatural side.



Buffy Goes to Transylvania RPG 5-5 GM: Rhonda Briggs System: World of Darkness Players: 3-6


Game Description: It's senior trip for Buffy and friends. The irony for poor Buffy is they're being sent to Tran-

sylvania where the original vampire may or may not reside. People are dying right and left on this trip. Is it

really Dracula or is some other evil force at work? It's up to Buffy and the gang to find out.

Friday the 13ths RPG 5-6 GM: Bret Gillan System: The Final Girl Players: 3-5


Game Description: When the strange, hockey-mask wearing figure smashed into his lab, Albert Einstein im-

mediately ascertained what was occurring - a homicidal maniac had unlocked the secrets of time travel and

could potentially destroy all of space and time in his blood thirst. He's travelled from era to era, collecting those

who are most important to the continued existence of Earth in the hope that he can stop this lumbering, ma-

chete-bloodying monster from tearing the universe apart.

The Blackout RPG 5-7 GM: Keith Lavin System: World of Darkness Players: 3-4


Game Description: Your are a group of childhood friends, who all hold some virtue in life. In an instant you

black out, and awake in a very different lifestyle, and much older than you once were. With clues left behind

from the blackout, you seek to find out what is going on, and what caused this mysterious blackout!

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Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM

Escape from Hell RPG 6-1 GM: Mark Smith System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5

Skill Level: Some Experience Needed Pre-gens: No

Game Description: You must escape from the bowels of hell with only a slim hope of success, but what else

can you really do?

Violence the RPG RPG 6-2 GM: Jack Carmody System: Violence Players: 4-6


Game Description: You are the violent, corrupt, obscene scum of the Earth and not fit to be allowed in soci-

ety. But fate has you released back on the streets to commit whatever atrocities to mankind your heart desires?

Will you get away scot-free or go down in a blaze of police bullets? Either way it'll be one hell of a ride!

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1958 RPG 5-8 GM: Anthony Hartman System: BESM 2nd Edition Players: 3-8


Game Description: Psychic Tom Wallace receives a disturbing vision of the future. The maniacal Dr. Ood

finds the cryogenically frozen remains of Adolph Hitler and uses Serum X to graft the despot's head to the

body of one of Josef Stalin's super apes and revives him.

Wallace telepathically summons the world's greatest heroes to form a new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Now it is up to Canadian scientist Andre DeLambre, heiress Nancy Archer, teen rebel Tony Rivers, business-

man Scott Carey, farmgirl-turned-performer Jill Young, wealthy inheritress Leonora Brandt-Johnson, the mys-

terious Abominable Snowman, and the creature known only as the Gill Man to band together to stop Hitler and

Ood from summoning an army of giant ants and conquering the world.

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Event Descriptions

The Looney Tunes RP RPG 6-3 GM: Alex Nichols System: Palladium Players: 5-8


Game Description: The Warner Bros studio has fallen victim to a sudden hostile takeover. The Looney

Tunes, cutting their vacations short upon receiving the news, must get to the bottom of this mystery and save

the studio, or they'll soon find themselves unemployed and disaster will befall the company.

Uses the Palladium system, seen in such games as Heroes Unlimited and After The Bomb.


Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM

10 Minute ST Gauntlet RPG 6-4 GM: Oliver Hong System: World of Darkness Players: 3-8

Skill Level: Moderate Experience Needed Pre-gens: Yes

Game Description: Being an ST is more than just having a good plot, knowing the rules, or being downright

sadistic, it's also thinking on the fly.

In this game, Players rotate ST duties every ten minutes, pulling new settings, story events, conflicts, or tropes

out of the HAT OF PLOT that the ST has to take and roll with. Think you can keep up? The clock is ticking...

Nate Earl Fulfills His Promises 2: The Reckoning RPG 6-5 GM: Nathan Earl System: World of Darkness Players: 3-6


Game Description: Hey guys! It's your old pal and former president Nate Earl here. I don't think I ran more

than two sessions of a table top game up there while I was at school. So! I've been making it up to you by run-

ning them at Arcon.

Here's the skinny: There are three games that I have settings for. At the beginning of the Slot, we'll choose (or

you can contact me on the Facebooks [Nate Friggin Earl])!

Here are your options:

Hedgetown: a Changeling the Lost game.

Ragtime Horrors: a World of Darkness game set in 1920's Chicago.

Bill in Three Pieces: an Unknown Armies game.

Contact me if you preregister, and we can chat about which game you want to play and who you want to play

in it.

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Event Descriptions

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 2010 RPG 7-1 GM: Anthony Hartman System: BESM 2nd Edition Players: 3-8


Game Description: Weakened and humiliated after her defeat at the hands of the League of Extraordinary

Gentlemen in 1997, Lilith again forms a deadly alliance with Sky Net. Lilith agrees to send those vampires

who have refused to "mainstream" by drinking the new synthetic blood to hunt down and kill SkyNet's ene-

mies. SkyNet agrees to send its most powerful machine to a lost island and open the Vault of the Dead, releas-

ing ancient vampires who were destroyed in the past.

After vampires kidnap John Connor, Kim Bauer, B.B. Kiddo, and the infant Wray Darling, fugitive Sarah Con-

nor enlists veteran vampire hunter Bobby Singer to form a new League.

Now, it's up to CTU agent Jack Bauer, monster hunter Sam Winchester, New York City police detective John

Amsterdam, vampire Bill Compton, waitress Sookie Stackhouse, demon Hellboy, pyrokinetic Liz Sherman,

former assassin Beatrix Kiddo, and ex-go-go dancer Cherry Darling, led by fugitive Sarah Connor, to stop

SkyNet and Lilith from destroying the world.


Saturday 2 pM - 6 pM

Wishing Circle RPG 7-2 GM: Mark Smith System: World of Darkness Players: 3-5


Game Description: What would you do for just one wish? What would your friends do? Are you willing to

share?

Life on Oith RPG 7-3 GM: Greg Harris System: Savage Worlds Players: 4-8


Game Description: Do you have a liking for dark urban fantasy settings, where unspeakable horrors live hid-

den the shadows, that also serve as a dissertation on human nature, and how we are all together insignificant in

an uncaring reality? Or does more tradition fantasy in the vein of J.R.R. Tolkien tickle your fancy? If you an-

swered yes to either of those...., check out a different game. You won't find any of that type of nonsense here.

No, this is a world, a post apocalyptic one at that, of a different type of nonsense. Here you find such diverse

denizens as self aware snack cakes, aliens with an anal fixation, little buggers and giant boogers, cockroaches

that are as cosmopolitan as they are coprophagous ( that means they eat poo!),the occasional worm, and the

mutant heirs to the ancient hooman race (allegedly).It's just another day in the whimsical and crapsack setting

of Low Life. Welcome to Oith!

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Event Descriptions Video Games

Slot 1 - Friday 5:30 pm - 9:30 PM

Slot 2 - Friday 10:00 pm - 2:00 AM

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Tournament VG 1-8 GM: Adam Nelson Players: 4 - 32

Skill Level: No Experience Needed

Game Description: One of the most popular fighting games in the Story Tellers’ Guild and in the fighting

game scene, Marvel vs Capcom pits some of the most famous (and not so famous) Marvel Comic characters

and Capcom game characters in 3 on 3 matches. Double elimination tournament, best 2 out of 3 except final

match which will be 3 out of 5.

Slot 4 - Saturday 2:00 Pm - 6:00 PM

ARCON-a-thon 2.0 VG 4-9 GM: Adam Nelson Players:4 - 16


Game Description: Arcon-A-Thon makes its upgraded comeback. The video game tournaments with dif-

ferent games every round and will challenge you in all kinds of genres, and this year, we play on a points

scale. After 4-6 rounds depending on amount of players and time, 4 people will qualify for the semi-finals

and then the final 2 player finals. So, you have plenty of chances to show your strength this year. Genres

from Sports to Fighting to Party/Mini-Games to Racing to Platformers to even some out-of-field stuff, you

will truly be tested of all your gamer merit. Trust me, some of the rounds will shock you. The mystery

round prize returns too! Every round, the best player in that game will receive a small, surprise gift that

has some connection to the game, even if it is very small. So if you are a gamer, come put your skills to

the test!

King of the Iron Fist Tournament VG 2-8 GM: Doug Mason System: Xbox 360 Players: 12 - 36


Game Description: The King Of Iron Fist Tournament has come to Oswego. The game is Tekken 6 for XBOX

360. Each participant will play to determine who is the best in Arcon. It will be designed as a bracket style tour-

nament. The matches for each round will either be best of 3 or best of 5 depending on how many players enter.

In the spirit of the Tekken franchise there will only be one winner. There are no points for second place. That

winner will receive a very special grand prize.

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Event Descriptions Video Games

Slot 4 - Saturday 2 pm - 6 PM

League of Legends Custom Games VG 4-10 GM: Zach Diamond Players: 6 - 20

Skill Level: Some Experience Needed

Game Description: League of Legends: The free-to-play PvP game that everyone's playing! Bring your lap-

tops for classic 5v5 in the Summoner's Rift. Teams will be balanced by Summoner Level, ranked rating, and/or

total wins. Come with a friendly attitude, but bring your A game. If there is enough interest, I may offer a prize

of Riot Points for an MVP chosen by all the players involved.

Slot 5 - Saturday 9 pm - 1 AM

Street Fighter x Tekken VG 5-9 GM: Brian McDaniel Players: 8 - 60


Game Description: The highly anticipated clash between Street Fighter and Tekken has finally arrived! Cap-

com developed Street Fighter x Tekken using the Street Fighter series’ core gameplay mechanics while incor-

porating Tekken Tag Tournament’s tag mechanics and other new features.

Slot 7 - Sunday 2 pm - 6 PM

Oregon Trail VG 7-4 GM: Oliver Hong System: Apple 2 Players: 4 - xx


Bring your laptop to the second annual race to the Oregon trail. Race other wagon teams and see who can reach

Oregon first-- and who will succumb to dysentery...

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Event Descriptions Board and Card Games

Slot 1 - Friday 5:30 Pm - 9:30 PM

Casino Card Games BCG 1-9 GM: Andy Wallace Players:2 - 6


Game Description: Play the original card games of luck and skill! Poker, Blackjack, and maybe others; see if

you have what it takes to beat other players with a winning hand.

Slot 2 - Friday 10 Pm - 2 AM

Dominion Tournament STR 2-11 GM: Brian Loughlin Players: 6 - 8


Game Description: Compete in a grand contest with other monarchs to establish the best dominion in the land.

A total of 6 rounds will be played, with each round featuring a different expansion (or set of expansions). The

first 2 will determine who moves on to single elimination matches, and in the end there will be only one uncon-

tested monarch.

Dominion Tournament BCG 1-10 GM: Noah Goverman Players:2 - 8


Game Description: It is a Dominion Tournament. You know that game that's kinda like magic but you build

your deck as you go along and there's no life total or creatures, and instead of mana there's gold. Well I guess

it's not actually all that much like magic, but if you are signing up for this event you should already know what

Dominion is anyway so whatever. Oh and there might be an awesome prize for the winner. It mostly depends

on what the winner finds to be awesome.

Magic the Gathering 1.5 Tournament BCG 2-10 GM: Tom Bland-Medicis Players: 8 - 32


Game Description: This will be a tournament in 1.5 format. Players may use any two constructed decks. No

proxies will be allowed at all. The tournament is double elimination with prizes for the top 3 spots.

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Slot 4 - Saturday 2 Pm - 6 PM

Magic the Gathering - Avacyn Restored Pre-Release Event BCG 4-12 GM: Joseph Samuels


Game Description: There is an additional $25 fee required for this event. Players will receive 6 packs of Ava-

cyn Restored to construct their decks. Additional Packs will be distributed as prizes based on performance.

Four rounds of Swiss style matches will occur.

This is the Magic: the Gathering Avacyn Restored prerelease event. Avacyn Restored is the third set in the In-

nistrad block and represents the finale of the block's story.

As an additional promotion, Wizards has included a bonus prize kit that represents the Helvault, a relic found in

the world of Innistrad. Each Helvault contains additional prizes that even I don't know what they are!

If you pre-register for Arcon the additional fee will only be $20!

Slot 5 - Saturday 9 Pm - 1 AM

Power Grid BCG 5-12 GM: Kevin Finerghty Players:3 - 6


Game Description: The object of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network

gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection,

and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.

However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing,

you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.

Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said

plants (except for the 'renewable' windfarm/ solar plants, which require no fuel), making it a constant struggle

to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your net-

work to get the cheapest routes.

We will try the Italy map.

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Slot 7 - Sunday 9 pm - 1 AM

Texas Hold’Em BCG 7-6 GM: Mike Virgo


Game Description: Go all in as you attempt to be the last person standing with all the chips in this exciting

game of luck and skill. Basic Texas Hold 'Em Rules are in effect. Big blinds, little blinds, blind increase every

time deal rotates through all players, etc. No entry fee to be collected. There will be prizes. You can't win, if

you're not all in.

El Grande BCG 7-7 GM: Kevin Finerghty Players: 4-5


Game Description: In this award-winning game, players take on the roles of Grandes in medieval Spain. The

king's power is flagging, and these powerful lords are vying for control of the various provinces. To that end,

you draft caballeros (knights) into your court and subsequently move them onto the board to help seize control

of provinces. After every third turn, the regions are scored, and after the ninth turn, the Grande with the most

points is deemed the winner.

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Event Descriptions

Slot 1 - Friday 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Death Race 2012 MIN 1 - 9 GM: William Rexroat System: Road Rage by Stan Johansen Miniatures Players:3 - 7


Game Description: Congratulations convicts! You have been chosen to race and if you survive you get a full

pardon!

This is a fast paced vehicular combat game using matchbox scale cars. Races run quick so there will be multi-

ple races.

Miniature Games

Slot 3 - Saturday 9 Am - 1 pm

11th Annual Solaris VII Battletechnology Expo MIN 1 - 12 GM: Bob DeLong Players:3 - 7


Game Description: Come one, come all to the finest displays of battletechnology and mechwarrior skill in the

Solaris VII arena!

2-mech teams of mechs, representing each major house and faction of the Inner Sphere meet to show who has

the best tools and/or talent!

Will someone's head get blown off by a heavy gauss cannon? Will someone get crushed by a DFA like last

year's competition?

Only one way to find out!!!

Classic Battlemech Beatdown MIN 1 - 9 GM: Bob DeLong System: Classic Battletech Players:2 - 6


Game Description: No ER's. No XL's, No Ferro-Fibrous or Endo-Steel. No stinking double heat sinks!

Just pure, unadulterated 3025 mechs blasting each other to explosive bits!

6 2-mech teams meet in the battlefield to crush each other to wreckage.

Slot 6 - Sunday 9 Am - 1 pm

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Event Descriptions Other Events

Slot 1 - Friday 5:30 pm - 9:30 PM

Choose Your Own Adventure OTH 1-7 GM: Patricia Talamo Players: 4-8


Game Description: Remember the days of your childhood? When embarking on adventures meant turning to

either page 10 or 23?

Revisit the lost memories as you embark as a survivor of the Apocalypse. Suit up and carry on to survive

among the secrets lurking on the next page.

Slot 3 - Saturday 9:00 Am - 1:00 PM

Game of Mystery OTH 1-8 GM: Noah Goverman Players:1-4


Game Description: This is a game of mystery! Who knows what kind of game it will be? Perhaps its a board

game or maybe some sort of game developed by NASA to prevent astronauts from going insane in the dark

void of space! All I can tell you is that it's probably not nearly as cool as what you imagine it might be.

Slot 5 - Saturday 9 Am - 1 PM

Homestuck Live Reading OTH 1-10 GM: Matt Wexler

Game Description: Big fan of Homestuck, the hit web comic from mspaintadventures.com? Then join us for a

live reading, as our cast takes on the roles of your favorite kids and trolls. Whether you're well versed Heir

Transparent, or a total newcomer Greentike, we'll make sure you have all the laughs, all of them.

Starring: Nate Earl, Leigh "Wolfy" Petersen, Matt Wexler, and Asche Whelsky.

Although not necessary, we recommend you are caught up on the Homestuck web comic before attending, as to

avoid spoilers and understand what is happening in the story. Also, if you have any specific sections you'd like

us to read, please have their command prompt or web comic number ready so we can easily locate them.

Battle Royal OTH 1-8 GM: Oliver Hong


Game Description: Many enter, but only one can win. Join us for ARCON's third annual game of Battle

Royale, a frantic free-for-all game of tag where the only thing more important than the weapon you're given, is

the way you use it.

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Event Descriptions Other Events

Saturday Break 6 pm—9 pm

Mystery Science Theatre: STG OTH S-3 GM: Pete Sterpe


Game Description: Come watch and make fun of bad science fiction! Several movies will be available to

choose from.

Saturday OvernighT - 1 AM

STG Special Event OTH S-2 GM: Pete Sterpe

Game Description: Come celebrate STGs 15th anniversary! This event will be held in the food court and will

feature food and the presentation of the new STG e-board.

Saturday OvernighT - 2 AM

Rocky Horror OTH S-1 GM: Mark Smith

Game Description: An interactive viewing of the film Rocky Horror Picture Show. Veterans and new peo-

ple welcome. New people will be introduced to the common phrases and activities. Drag and costumes are

encouraged. People are also encouraged to bring thier own supplies which include (in no particular or-

der...maybe.)

Newspapers, Water Pistols, Flashlights, Rubber Gloves, Noisemakers, Toilet Paper, Toast, Party hat, Bell,

Playing cards

Other

Bounty Hunters OTH S-4 GM: Donald Tyson Players: 5-20

Game Description: Become Oswego's best bounty hunter! At game start you are given a foam dagger which you are to use

in tagging your targets. You will also be given a target's name. It is your job to ask around and locate them without drawing

attention to yourself, and tag them. If your target notices you attempting to tag them, they can reveal you, which automatically

fails your mission. You must return to the judge for another target. If you have been tagged, you also fail, and must gain a new

target from a judge. The bounty hunter takes the target of their victim as their next mark, but must report their tag to the judge.

Depending on player count and rotation of targets, there may be multiple bounty hunters after a single mark. Points will be

awarded for tags and deducted for being tagged, which will decide the best hunter. Discretely ask your GM's in other games

whether they will allow tag during their game, otherwise they won't be counted.

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Parking

Directions once you reach Oswego:

Continue on Route 104 West (Bridge Street) through the city of Oswego to George Washington Boulevard.

George Washington Boulevard is located one mile west of the intersection of Route 104 and Route 481 (East First

Street), at the “forks in the road” (traffic light at the junction of Route 104, Bridge Street, Hillside Avenue, Seneca

Avenue and George Washington Boulevard).

As you approach Friendly’s and McDonald's on Route 104 move to the right lane and continue straight onto

George Washington Boulevard. Continue for less than a half-mile on George Washington Boulevard, passing Ace

Home Center on the right. Take a right on Sheldon Ave, followed by another left onto Rudolph St, and then one

more left onto Centennial Drive. Parking lot E-17 will be on your right. The campus center is right next to the

parking lot.

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Campus Center

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Sponsors Arcon XI is brought to you by:

The Story Tellers’ Guild The STG Alumni Association

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