April 29 - May 1, 2011

 

When:

April 29-May 1, 2011

  • Friday: 3PM – 12AM
  • Saturday: 8AM – 12AM
  • Sunday: 9AM – 6PM

 

Where:

Rochester Senior Center

aka "The Castle"

121 North Broadway

Rochester, MN, 55906

 

 

 

 

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3072: The Liberation of Caph
 

The Word of Blake Jihad has raged for half a decade, shattering much of the Human Sphere. Their estranged ComStar brothers now lead a counterattack to liberate Caph, spearheaded by the Fox's Teeth and Sorenson's Sabres. The players will play the Teeth and Sabres, as well as other units deployed to support them, in a campaign setting, using the BattleForce rules set for faster play. Non-canon setting.
 
Location: Table 26 & 27
Slots Available: 14
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: BattleTech BattleForce by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 4
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 16
Entry Fee: $0.00

Kingsburg
 

In the fantasy realm of Kingsburg, King Tritus has chosen his most trusted and talented governors (that's you!)to oversee his newly acquired territories, at the very edge of his realm. To be successful, you will need to call upon the help of the King's most trusted advisors. Some of them might not be nice people, but they have the skills and resources that could be very helpful to you. You must construct buildings, strengthen your defenses, and train your army to defend your territory from the frightening enemies that mass on the border. After five years the King will reward the most successful governor with a position among his most trusted advisors!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: Board by Fantasy Flight
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Michael Chase
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game (WoW:TaG)
 

World of Warcraft: the Adventure Game is a competitive, quick-moving romp through the world of Warcraft. Taking your character from humble beginnings to the dizzying heights of power, challenging dangerous monsters and the dangers of your fellow players, will you be the one to emerge victorious?
 
Location: Table 5
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: None by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Cyrus Kirby
Min Players: 1
Sponsored by Rochester Gamers Community
Max Players: 3
Entry Fee: $0.00

Godzilla: Monsters Attack
 

Godzilla: Monsters Attack is a game based in Japan, using monsters from the movie as well as characters. A team based game taken in turns where a lot goes bad before it might get better.
 
Location: Table 9
Slots Available: 5
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: Turn based, not sure. by Don
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Mitchell Wayne
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Don RGC Member.
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Alchem Labs - the Future of Gen-Lifting
 

Alchem Labs announces new strides forward in micro-manipulation of elements. "Nice headline.... Please look into it." Your private benifactor sent this through your estemed doctor, as always. It appears that they are doing more than simple rearranging of bioplastics. Their last shipment included several human genome elements. You are supposed to go and discover the reason why.
 
Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room
Slots Available: 5
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: Blue Planet by Biohazard Games
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: Richard Odeen
Min Players: 3
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Wreck the Research Lab
 

You are invading an alien moon. You must breach the defenses of a secret remote laboratory and wreck their vortex generator and teleportation device. If you fail, your home world will surely be destroyed. Leading a squad of elite commandos, you will avoid detection as long as possible. Once the alarm goes off, defending forces will start shooting. Avoid them. Shoot them. Die by them. But make sure you wreck the equipment first.
 
Location: Table 16 & 17
Slots Available: 6
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: AT-43 by Rackham
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: Donald Bauman
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Maximum Overdrive (Gaming Group)
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Hansa Teutonica
 

The players act as traders trying to get victory points for building a network of offices, controlling cities, collecting bonus markers or for other traders using the cities they control. After controlling a line between two cities with your pawns you can decide to build an office (and maybe also establish control and/or get a bonus marker) or to get a skill improvement from some of the cities. Players have to improve their traders' "skills" for the following effects: getting more VP from offices in their network, getting more available action points, increasing the number of available pawns, and getting the right to place pawns and get more special pawns.
 
Location: Table 3
Slots Available: 2
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Hansa Teutonica by Argentum Verlag
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Brian McCarty
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by La Crosse Board Game Group
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Tannhauser
 

Tannhäuser is the base game in the Tannhäuser series. It features the men and women of the 42nd Marine Special Forces, led by John Mac Neal, and the mysterious and deadly Obscura Korps of the Reich locked in a struggle to recover the Obscura Cardinal Stones.
 
Location: FFG5
Slots Available: 3
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Warhammer Invasion
 

The invasion begins here! The Warhammer: Invasion Core Set includes everything two players would need to begin playing right out of the box. Play one of four factions: Empire, Dwarf, Chaos, and Orcs.
 
Location: FFG4
Slots Available: 2
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 2
Entry Fee: $0.00

Descent
 

In Descent: Journeys in the Dark, heroes explore the corridors, chambers, and caverns that exist below the surface of the world, gathering equipment and treasure, battling monsters, and working together as a team to complete their quest. Can you survive the dark?
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: 2
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 9.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Middle Earth Quest
 

It is a time of growing darkness and despair. Sauron the Great, the Dark Lord of Mordor, has returned to his ancient fastness of Barad-dûr. From there, his evil and corruption has spread across the lands once more.
 
Location: FFG1
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 9.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 3
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Runewars
 

Runewars takes place in the same popular fantasy universe as the best-selling board games Runebound and Descent: Journeys in the Dark, and dozens of fan-favorite heroes and monsters play their part. The wars for the dragon runes are beginning, and only one faction will emerge victorious. What would you do to claim the ultimate power?
 
Location: FFG2
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 9.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Rise of the Eldrazi Release - Sealed Event
 

Play with the newest Magic set, Rise of the Eldrazi, in a limited environment. Each player receives six Rise of the Eldrazi booster packs and constructs a minimum 40-card deck. There will be at least 4 swiss rounds, cutting to a single-elimination top 4, 8, or 16. (Based on attendance)
 
Location: Tables 6, 7, 8, 12, & 13
Slots Available: 33
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Some Game Experience Required
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Magic: the Gathering by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 11.00PM
GM: Jake Faas
Min Players: 8
Sponsored by Games by James
Max Players: 36
Entry Fee: $25.00

Bad Day at Blakraq
 

It is one long, hot summer in Iraq, and US Marines, Iraqi security forces, Fedayeen, and Al Qaeda battle for the tiny town of Blakraq. Who will win control over the vital oil pipeline pumping station? Will the fanaticism of the insurgents win out over the discipline and marksmanship of the Marines? Will the Iraqi Security Forces prove valuable or turn tail and run? A modern skirmish game in 28mm.
 
Location: Table 31
Slots Available: 3
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Savage Worlds/Modern Ops by Pinnacle Entertainment Group
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: David Allen
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Rochester Gamers Community
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Kingsburg
 

In the fantasy realm of Kingsburg, King Tritus has chosen his most trusted and talented governors (that's you!)to oversee his newly acquired territories, at the very edge of his realm. To be successful, you will need to call upon the help of the King's most trusted advisors. Some of them might not be nice people, but they have the skills and resources that could be very helpful to you. You must construct buildings, strengthen your defenses, and train your army to defend your territory from the frightening enemies that mass on the border. After five years the King will reward the most successful governor with a position among his most trusted advisors!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: 4
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Board by Fantasy Flight
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: Michael Chase
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Warhammer Warbands
 

Bring your own 500 pt war band or play with a prebuilt one. Warbands is a good way to learn the basics of the Warhammer Fantasy Miniature game with a small manageable force.
 
Location: Table 11
Slots Available: 4
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Warhammer Warbands by Games Workshop
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Dungeon Lords
 

Have you ever ventured with a party of heroes to conquer dungeons, gain pride, experiences and of course rich treasure? And has it ever occurred to you how hard it actually is to build and manage such an underground complex filled with corridors and creatures? No? Well now you can try. Put yourself in the role of the Dungeon Lord; summon your servants, dig complex tunnels and rooms, set traps, hire creatures and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation. We guarantee you will look on dark corners, lairs and their inhabitants from a completely different perspective!
 
Location: Table 10
Slots Available: 2
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Dungeon Lords by Czech Games
End Time: 9.00PM
GM: Jeff King
Min Players: 1
Sponsored by Rochester Gamers Community
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Stick in the Mud: A D&D Adventure
 

"Stick in the Mud" is a short adventure for 1st-level characters that takes place in the Chaos Scar. It pits the PCs against a tribe of evil bullywugs that have taken up residence in a long-ruined keep. The keep, once the abode of a goliath sorcerer, holds a powerful magic item, the staff of earthen might. The staff has been damaged and is hemoraging magic. This leak has ripped open a small portal to the Elemental Chaos. You're job is to seal this portal, if you choose to accept it.
 
Location: Table 4
Slots Available: 4
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: D&D 4th ed by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Michael Murillo
Min Players: 4
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Power Grid - Choose the Map!
 

Build power plants to provide electricity to cities. Acquire ever improving plants and buy the necessary raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power your plants. Master the constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes. The map to be used will be decided upon by the players.
 
Location: Table 3
Slots Available: 2
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 7.00PM
System: Power Grid by Rio Grande Games
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Travis Sonsalla
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by La Crosse Board Game Group
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

3072: The Liberation of Caph
 

The Word of Blake Jihad has raged for half a decade, shattering much of the Human Sphere. Their estranged ComStar brothers now lead a counterattack to liberate Caph, spearheaded by the Fox's Teeth and Sorenson's Sabres. The players will play the Teeth and Sabres, as well as other units deployed to support them, in a campaign setting, using the BattleForce rules set for faster play. Non-canon setting.
 
Location: Table 26 & 27
Slots Available: 13
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: BattleTech BattleForce by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 4
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 16
Entry Fee: $0.00

Kingsburg
 

In the fantasy realm of Kingsburg, King Tritus has chosen his most trusted and talented governors (that's you!)to oversee his newly acquired territories, at the very edge of his realm. To be successful, you will need to call upon the help of the King's most trusted advisors. Some of them might not be nice people, but they have the skills and resources that could be very helpful to you. You must construct buildings, strengthen your defenses, and train your army to defend your territory from the frightening enemies that mass on the border. After five years the King will reward the most successful governor with a position among his most trusted advisors!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: 5
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: Board by Fantasy Flight
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Michael Chase
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
 

Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game is a survival horror board game that pits small-town Heroes head-to-head against a limitless horde of Zombies (players can play on the Hero team or as the Zombies). A modular board randomly determines the layout of the town at the start of each game and there are several different scenarios to play, adding lots of replayability. Fast Paced Game Play with Easy To Learn rules allows players to jump right into the action, while Strategic Depth and Strong Cooperative Play keeps the game interesting.
 
Location: Table 5
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: None by Flying Frog Productions
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Cyrus Kirby
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Rochester Gamers Community
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Fury of Dracula
 

Fury of Dracula is a gothic board game of cunning, terror, and deduction. This re-design of the 1987 classic.
 
Location: FFG5
Slots Available: 1
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 11.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Battlestar Galactica w\Pegasus expansion
 

Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and all must work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival. However, one or more players in every game is secretly a Cylon, and wants the humans to perish.
 
Location: FFG4
Slots Available: 5
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Pick your favorite APPLE
 

Apples to Apples is the wild, award-winning card and party game that provides inatant fun. It's easy as comparing "apples to apples"... deal the cards, and you're ready to play! Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. if the judge picks your card you win the round. Everyone gets to judge. Each round is filled with suprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things, and events.
 
Location: Table 29 & 30
Slots Available: 10
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: Apples to Apples by Out of the Box Publishing
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Joelle Odeen
Min Players: 4
 
Max Players: 11
Entry Fee: $0.00

Red Dragon Inn 3
 

Join four new characters in the Red Dragon Inn and enjoy some new drinks.
 
Location: Table 11
Slots Available: 5
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00PM
System: Red Dragon Inn by SlugFest Games
End Time: 11.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 12
Entry Fee: $0.00

Thunderstone
 

Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building game. Fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth. Gain powerful weaponry and level into new and mighty hero classes. Claim the best cards and survive to take the Thunderstone. Shares mechanics with Dominion, but with more of a fantasy theme.
 
Location: Table 10
Slots Available: 4
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: Thunderstone by Alderac Entertainment Group
End Time: 11.00PM
GM: Jeff King
Min Players: 1
Sponsored by Rochester Gamers Community
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

3072: The Liberation of Caph
 

The Word of Blake Jihad has raged for half a decade, shattering much of the Human Sphere. Their estranged ComStar brothers now lead a counterattack to liberate Caph, spearheaded by the Fox's Teeth and Sorenson's Sabres. The players will play the Teeth and Sabres, as well as other units deployed to support them, in a campaign setting, using the BattleForce rules set for faster play. Non-canon setting.
 
Location: Table 26 & 27
Slots Available: 15
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: BattleTech BattleForce by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 4
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 16
Entry Fee: $0.00

Ad Astra
 

In Ad Astra ("To the Stars"), you will guide one of the five factions of future humanity in its exploration of the galaxy. Wield powerful technology; reshape newly discovered planets to give a new home to man; and explore the mysterious relics of a long-lost alien civilization...
 
Location: FFG1
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Game of Thrones LCG
 

The Game of Thrones LCG™ Core Set includes four playable out of box decks for house Stark, Lannister, Baratheon, and Targaryen. It also includes 6 plastic title figurines, gold dragon tokens, power counters and a game board to enhance your adventures in Westeros. It is the best way to start playing A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.
 
Location: FFG2
Slots Available: 4
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Kingsburg with Expansion
 

Players adopt the role of a governor, and vie for resources to build up their province, military power to defend their homes, and above all the influence of the King. Over five years (five turns) players rely on various advisors to the King for resources. From tangibles like gold, wood, and stone to soldiers and portents, each acquisition will shape the future of your community.
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: 1
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

 

 

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