What's Going On At ClineCON?

WHAT'S GOING ON AT ClineCON?
What kinds of games will be played at ClineCON? ClineCON is open to war, historical, and Euro board wargaming, role playing games (RPGs), miniatures games, Collectible Card Games (CCGs) & Non Collectible Card Games (NCGs), Collectible Card Miniatures (CCMs), abstract board strategy games, historical and other miniatures, and any sort of strategy table-top gaming. Experimental events will comprise only a minority of events at ClineCON.

What Events Are Planned for ClineCON? The ClineCON Event Schedule has been posted here. Possible Events include new game demonstrations, learn and play events, and tournaments, and some unique and experimental events. Here are descriptions of Events currently scheduled for ClineCON:

GAME DESIGNER DEMOS

Game Designer David J. Bush will demonstate three soon-to-be-published two-player, abstract strategy game designs, Lazo, Gridwar, and Trap Y, beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday night! Additionally, David will be available and eager at other times to demonstrate his games. Sets will be available for up to six players to try each game.

Lazo is a three-dimensional two player abstract strategy game. The tiles stack like cannonballs. Players compete to make a loop of their color either vertically or horizontally. The tactics are sharp, and a game can end quickly, but experienced players may build a position several layers high.

Gridwar is a two player abstract strategy game using the same board and pieces as Lazo. However, Gridwar features zones of control, piece capture and movement, and piece promotion, thus making it a hybrid abstract and regular tactical wargame.

Trap Y is an abstract two player game which is played on a grid of hexagons in the overall shape of a trapezoid. It is based on a predecessor, Star Y, and uses the same pieces as Lazo and Gridwar.

Board Gaming Events

A Grand TwixT Tournament by TwixT-master David J. Bush, designer of the Lazo/Gridwar three-dimensional abstract strategy game, will be run in three sessions. The first session will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning, and the Elimination Finals session will be held on Sunday morning. Click here for the official tournament rules page. All tournament games will be submitted and count for AREA ratings. A demonstration of the game will precede each of the first two sessions, so you can learn the game and play in the tournament immediately afterwards. Who knows, you might find a TwixT-master in yourself!

Late Announcement: The overall winner of the Grand Twixt tournament will receive their choice of either a new, shrinkwrapped copy of Powergrid or Race for the Galaxy! Prizes will be given out on Sunday when the tournament is completed.

GO TELL THE QUEEN! HIVE learn and play tournaments will be held at ClineCON! One complete four-round tournament will be held on Saturday beginning at 2:00 p.m. and again on Sunday at noon, preceded by teaching the rules. The winner of each day's tournament wins a free durable HIVE game that you can play with your friends almost anywhere. To get the buzz on the tournament rules, click here.

OOPS! ClineCON will feature unique Obscure Out-of-Print Select (OOPS) boardgame events. These OOPS boardgame events are Game Mastered, slightly convention modified versions of board games that "didn't make it" (admittedly, often for good reason) in the wild world of boardgaming. Rules will be taught before the events. Come over and join in the fun, unique experience of games you may never see again!

Time to get Medieval! Or better yet--Ancients! Ancients was a game published in the early 1990s (already ancient history to some) by 3W. It is a two-player, low-complexity, small-map game with a low number of units, suitable for teaching basic board wargaming concepts. Battles simulated range from Ancient times to the late Medieval period (1800 B.C. to 1400 A.D.), over 3,000 years of shock warfare. If you have ever wanted to try "hex and counter" style board wargaming, bring your buddy and come on back in time. This event is in the informal "learning-demos" format. Rules will be taught to anyone who is interested, the only prize is the experience! Ancients will be available beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday

J.U.M.P. into Midnight! Calling all Space Grunts for a Saturday night game of J.U.M.P. Into the Unknown, the OOPS Evil Polish Brothers' 1999 interstellar wargame about the "Justified Use of Military Power." No experience necessary, the rules will be taught before the game. This Game Mastered version of the game will seat four players beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday night and will be played with one or more variants and finish up sometime early Sunday morning. The presence of a Game Master, who is not playing in the game, will allow for secret building and movement, and other hidden mechanics. So if you are feeling a little Xenophobic, Nostalgic, Selfish or Savage after a long day of tournament play, come on over and J.U.M.P. into Midnight! The winner will receive free Sunday admission.

Whiz Kids Events

AHOY THERE! Button up you Scalawags, there will be a Pirates of the Cursed Seas tournament at ClineCON on Saturday, beginning at noon! The tournament will be run by Whiz Kids Envoy, David Cicak, and will feature 40-point fleets. The tournament will be run Swiss-style. Up to fourteen players can participate in this tournament. Prizes for all participants! David will also be available from noon to 8:00 p.m. to demo Whiz Kids games and answer questions.

Who wants to be a HERO? David Cicak, Whiz Kids Envoy, will also be running a HeroClix tournament on Saturday, beginning at 4:00 p.m. and running to 8:00 p.m. The tournament will be 500-point, unrestricted, and will be run Swiss-style. Up to fourteen players can participate in this tournament. Prizes for all participants! David will also be available from noon to 8:00 p.m. to demo Whiz Kids games and answer questions.

Zombie Master (Level 1) Bill "Muerto" Esch will host a

"Horror Clix at Midnight Marathon"
just in time for our favorite scary holiday! Click here to see Bill's forum post on Its Wicked Fun, "Your HorrorClix News and Information Site."

The Horror Clix at Midnight Marathon begins with a demo at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday night and runs long after the sun has come up and vaporized all of the vampires. For all of the brain stealers and unspeakable BIG Green THING lovers out there, here is a feast of events:

Saturday at 11:00 p.m., Bill Esch will host a Horror Clix Demo, "Against the Great Cathulu!"

Midnight Sunday, you can sink your fangs into a 400-point Horror Clix Vampire Event!

3:00 a.m. Sunday, if you are still standing, Bill Esch will host a 500-point Zombie Event!

7:00 a.m. Sunday, as the sun rises, there will be a 400-point Guardians Event!

9:00 a.m. Sunday, the alien infestation begins with a 400-point Aliens vs Predator Event!

1:00 p.m. Sunday, the winners of the Aliens v Predators Event will take on the Alien Queen!

3:00 p.m. Sunday, there will be a 500-point Battle Royale Event finale!

Up to 20 players can participate in each event which will last about two and a half hours each. Players can bring their own favorite horror figures, or Bill Esch will provide figures and other game equipment for the events. Prizes may be given out to participants.

Card Game Events

THE RACE IS ON! A Race for the Galaxy tournament will be held on Saturday starting at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday beginning at noon. Click here for game rules (color PDF, 20 MB). Copies of the game will be provided to accomodate up to sixteen players on each day. Note that the tournament format requires even multiples of four players to fill games, therefore, if enough players are not present to fill a game, the last players arriving may not be allowed to participate in the tournament. To get a head start on the tournament, visit the RFTG tournament page! Tournament prizes provided by Funagain Games, "The World's Best Game Source!"

Grab yer Deck and get over to ClineCON for Magic: The Gathering Tournaments on Saturday and Sunday, Judged by RX Maverick. The Saturday event will be a Standard Tournament (only cards from Shards, Morningtide, Shadowmoore, Lorwyn, Eventide, and 10th Ed.) beginning at 1:00 p.m. Sunday will feature a Legacy Tournament (all sets can be used, but no power cards) beginning at 10:00 a.m. Deck registration/list turn-in will begin one hour before the Saturday event. All events will be Swiss-style and require approximately one hour per round. Each event can accomodate up to 32 players. The winner of each day's tournament will receive one randomly drawn Theme Deck and five randomly drawn boosters; the second place finishers will receive four randomly drawn boosters, and the third place finishers will receive three randomly drawn boosters. Random draw of prizes will occur in order of the first, second, and third place finishers. Any questions about the event or for advanced Deck Registration, send an e-mail to RX Maverick with your name, day, and deck list.

MTG Midnight Chaos Event! All dressed up and nowhere to go? Beginning at the stroke of Midnight on Saturday, RX Maverick, will host a massive multiplayer Midnight Choas Magic: The Gathering event. Only theme decks are allowed. This is just for the fun of it, no prizes will be awarded, just braggning rights for being the last one standing. Maybe we can set a world record for the largest MTG game ever!

RPG Events (Role Playing Games)

Tim "the Baron" Harper will be running a H.A.R.P. (High Adventure Role Playing) "Revenge of the Kobolds!" event beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and plays to 3:00 p.m. Are you tired of playing the greedy racist humanoids that plunder and kill the poor defenseless Kobolds? If so, this game is the opposite of most role playing games. All of the players will will be provided with a Kobold character, and they will be defending their dungeon home from the murdering, greedy adventurers that never like to knock. All players need to do is bring their imaginations (and their squeaky voices). This H.A.R.P. event will be played at a round table and up to six players can participate.

Tim Harper's "Marth Ice World" will be the setting for a D&D 3.5 RPG "Marth: Waking the Dead Gods" adventure beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and running to 8:00 p.m. Marth is like adventuring in the arctic circle with a fantasy flavor. The party has just discovered a fact that could affect the entire world of Marth. Several bodies of the dead gods, have been discovered beneath the ice and snow and are being experimented on by a wicked creature rumored to have the secret of immortality, and godhood. With the loss of all divinity, is this wicked being the next in line to rule as a god? Cold characters will be provided, all the players need to bring is their imaginations, and a D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook if they have one. This round table event is for up to six players.

White Wolf Fantasy D10 Homebrew RPG "Heart of a Witch," a fantasy adventure created by Tim Harper out of the old White Wolf D10 dice pool mechanic. It is a rules-lite system that focuses more on story than on mechanics. The party will be trying to kill and remove a Witch's Heart, as a means of curing a curse put upon the King by said Witch. Characters will be provided the characters, just bring your imagination. Up to six can participate in this round table special RPG event which begins at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and runs to midnight!

RPGA Sunday at ClineCON! GMs Mike and Mathieu will run two Living Forgotten Realms adventures on Sunday at ClineCON beginning at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Each adventure will run twice and each will seat from four to six players. Each adventure requires about four hours. New players are welcome, just fill out the RPGA membership card and play! Characters will not be provided; new players can bring any 22-point build 1st level PHB race and class to play. For information about LFR character creation, click here. Below is a description of the adventures that will be run:

CORE1-3 Sense of Wonder: You are summoned to help a cleric of Gond Wonderbringer, who seeks the location of a lost temple to the Lord of All Smiths. Think of all the marvelous inventions, lost since the Spellplague came crashing down on the nation of Lantan, that might lie waiting to be rediscovered and brought back to the lands of Faer�n! A Living Forgotten Realms adventure set in the Nelanther Isles for characters level 1-4.

*AGLA1-1 Lost Temple of the Fey Gods*: Faeries, sprites, nymphs, and dryads � the fey creatures of Faer�n's wild places are often dismissed as nuisances and pranksters. Those who truly understand the fey know that as with all things natural, there is a darker side to these creatures of fancy. Could a rash of stolen food and sleep dust traps point to a more sinister threat lurking on the wild side of reality? A Living Forgotten Realms adventure set in Aglarond for characters levels 1-4.

Miniatures Gaming Events

Who's Jack? Press Ganger Jordan "Reliant" Hoover will direct a WarMachine/Hordes Swiss-style regular 500-point tournament begining at noon on Saturday. The tournament will run until 5:00 p.m. and up to 20 players can participate. Click here for the official Privateer Press Forums official Demos & Events announcement of the ClineCON tournament. Players must bring two lists for the event, and the lists must be of the same faction and legal. Players must also bring their own models, and everything needed to play. The models must be fully assembled, but are not required to be painted. Prizes include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Challenge Coins and Certificates and a gold card redemption form for the winner.

Jack is Back! Press Ganger Jordan Hoover will be driving the Steamroller on Sunday starting at noon. Sunday's Swiss-style 750-point WarMachine/Hordes Steamroller Tournament will run until 5:00 p.m., and up to 20 players can participate. Click here to download the official Privateer Press Steamroller Tournament Rules (249K). Players must bring two lists for the event, and the lists must be of the same faction and legal. Players must also bring their own models, and everything needed to play. The models must be fully assembled, but are not required to be painted. Prizes include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Challenge Coins and Certificates and a gold card redemption form for the winner.

Note that all events are subject to change or cancellation without notice due to real life!

Will there be open gaming space? Yes, space permitting, there will be open gaming areas at ClineCON. It is currently anticipated that there will be more than twenty open gaming tables at ClineCON. Open gaming is the "endangered species" of the gaming convention experience, that ClineCON is committed to preserve.

What about vendors, what about a "dealer's area?" Yes, there will be dealers and vendors at ClineCON. You can buy new games and play them too at ClineCON!

Can I sell my stuff at the convention? Only approved vendors and dealers will be allowed to sell at the convention. Any non-vendor found selling anything at the convention will be asked to leave.

What about food? Do you KNOW what happens when gamers get HUNGRY? Dice are not a recommended dietary supplement. In addition to the many restaurants and fast food establishments in walking distance of the Convention Center, ClineCON will also feature an on-the-convention-floor concession stand selling sodas, hot dogs, hamburgers, and other favorites of hungry gamers who want to bite something between turns. The concession stand will be open for four hours each on Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

All attendees who pre-register for Saturday and Sunday will receive a Hungry Gamers Saving Throw certificate good for $2.50 off food sold by the Levy Restaurants on the Convention Floor. Food will be available between noon and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

What about Security? What if someone fails their "saving throw"? As required by the Convention Center, a Convention Center security guard will be in the convention area during the entire event. Be nice to the security guard, please.