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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BattleTech QuickStrike Boot Camp
 

It's time to get your 'Mech on. Learn what it is like to be a MechWarrior in this quick and easy format, move and fire, destroy enemy BattleMechs with extreme prejudice. This is designed for people who have never played BattleTech, or have not played for many years. Come one, come all, bring your pop and pretzels, and watch guys in big robots blow up other guys in big robots. :)
 
Location: 26-27
Slots Available: 8
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: BattleTech QuickStrike by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 10.00AM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 8
Entry Fee: $0.00

Filler Fun
 

Start your day off with some light fillers to get you going. For Sale, Coloretto, Monopoly Deal, Mini-Fits, Roll Through the Ages, Aquarius... maybe more if I pick up something cheap between now and the Con. We won't have time to play them all, but if there's one you really want to try I'm sure we can get it to the table.
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: 3
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: Various - See Description by Various
End Time: 10.00AM
GM: Zachary Stackurski
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 10
Entry Fee: $0.00

Trollhalla
 

You and your hideous troll-friends have decided that it’s time for a career change. You are tired of guarding bridges and shaking down weary travelers all for the sake of a few clinking coins! Tolls are down, bandits are up, and besides, living under your bridge is damp and uncomfortable— and breathing all that crumbling bridge mortar is taking a toll on your lungs…. It’s time to venture forth and find some fresh sea air! In TROLLHALLA, you join forces with your fellow trolls to sail the seas in search of islands filled with pillage and plunder. Crunchy livestock, nervous monks, panicked princesses, piles of gold, and casks of grog await you! But watch out for Billy Goats—if you’re not careful they will knock parts of your precious stolen cargo out of your boat! With so many goodies lying about on these islands, it feels like you’ve died and gone to troll heaven, or perhaps someplace even better—TROLLHALLA!
 
Location: Table 1
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: Board Game by Z-Man Games
End Time: 11.00AM
GM: Benjamin Ross
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Danger in Lo Salamos
 

As a band of mutant scavengers, you discover a gold mine of ancient tech high upon a radioactive mesa. Soon, your explorations accidently waken destructive forces beyond your comprehension. Will you be able to stop it in time, or unleash the annihilation of Gamma Terra?
 
Location: Table 6
Slots Available: 5
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: D&D Gamma World by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Michael Holcomb
Min Players: 3
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Sid Meier's Civilization
 

Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game brings the bestselling computer game series to the tabletop. Players explore the world, research new technologies, build an empire, and conquer their enemies in this struggle of diplomacy and warfare.
 
Location: Table 10
Slots Available: 2
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: Turn Based by Fantasy Flight
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Mitchell Wayne
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Mitchell Wayne
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

City of Thieves
 

City of Thieves is a fast-paced game of cunning thievery and ruthless skullduggery in a fantasy city steeped in magic and intrigue. Two to four players each control their own gang of four thieves, competing to amass the greatest haul of loot from the many carefully locked chests scattered about the board. This is no friendly competition, however, and there is little loyalty among thieves in Cadwallon!
 
Location: FFG3-FFG4
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 2
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Dominion
 

Four player card game. I have Alchemy and Seaside at this time, maybe I will have the other sets by then. Come play a game its easy to learn and a lot of fun.
 
Location: Table 9
Slots Available: 1
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Dominion by Rio Grande Games
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Jean Mlynczak
Min Players: 1
Sponsored by Lady Dragon's Treasures
Max Players: 3
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: FFG2
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 2
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

War for Terra
 

The year is 3058. The War for Terra began when the Word of Blake invaded and captured Terra from ComStar, Terra's protector since the fall of the Star League three centuries ago. Three months have passed and ComStar is initiating Case White, the liberation of Humanity's homeworld. In this series of games, ComStar and Word of Blake BattleMechs and other combat forces will vie for control of the homeworld of mankind. Fight amongst the pyramids of Egypt, the mosques of Arabia, the ancient castles of Europe, or liberate or defeat the large Star League Castles Brian scattered over Terra. The War for Terra is on. :)
 
Location: 26-27
Slots Available: 7
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: BattleTech QuickStrike by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 8
Entry Fee: $0.00

Mansions of Madness
 

Horrific monsters and spectral presences lurk in manors, crypts, schools, monasteries, and derelict buildings near Arkham, Massachusetts. Some spin dark conspiracies while others wait for hapless victims to devour or drive insane. It’s up to a handful of brave investigators to explore these cursed places and uncover the truth about the living nightmares within.
 
Location: FFG1
Slots Available: 3
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 1.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Le Havre
 

In Le Havre, a player’s turn consists of two parts: First, distribute newly supplied goods onto the offer spaces; then take an action. As an action, players may choose either to take all goods of one type from an offer space or to use one of the available buildings. Building actions allow players to upgrade goods, sell them or use them to build their own buildings and ships. Buildings are both an investment opportunity and a revenue stream, as players must pay an entry fee to use buildings that they do not own. Ships, on the other hand, are primarily used to provide the food that is needed to feed the workers. After every seven turns, the round ends: players’ cattle and grain may multiply through a Harvest, and players must feed their workers. After a fixed number of rounds, each player may carry out one final action, and then the game ends. Players add the value of their buildings and ships to their cash reserves. The player who has amassed the largest fortune is the winner.
 
Location: Table 11
Slots Available: 5
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Strategy by Lookout Games
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Charlie Covault
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

The Doom Vengeance
 

It had been years since you traveled with the Doctor—not that that means much with a time traveler—when the Tardis rematerialized. But then a woman claiming to be “his granddaughter” emerged, and begged your help to rescue “Grandfather.” In the Tardis you met others who all seemed to know the Doctor, and now you’re off to somewhere and somewhen—if there’s a plan, nobody’s told you yet!
 
Location: Table 3
Slots Available: 5
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space by Cubicle 7
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Nat Barmore
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Summoner Wars Tournament
 

Come test your metal against the other summoners in this swiss style tourney. Bring your own constructed deck or borrow a pre-constructed one. Demos will be offered on Friday and Saturday to learn to play. Prizes: Plaid Hat Games - www.plaidhatgames.com Guild Dwarves vs. Cave Goblins Grungor's Charge Rukar's Power Fallen Kingdom Vanguard Sairooks Thorkurs Thought Hammer - www.thoughthammer.com $25 Dollar Gift Certificate Sci Fi Genre - www.scifigenre.com 2 10 dollar gift cards Noble Knight Games - www.nobleknightgames.com 10 dollar gift certificate.
 
Location: 18-19 24-25 29-31
Slots Available: 29
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Summoner Wars by Plaid Hat Games
End Time: 4.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 32
Entry Fee: $0.00

Trollhalla
 

You and your hideous troll-friends have decided that it’s time for a career change. You are tired of guarding bridges and shaking down weary travelers all for the sake of a few clinking coins! Tolls are down, bandits are up, and besides, living under your bridge is damp and uncomfortable— and breathing all that crumbling bridge mortar is taking a toll on your lungs…. It’s time to venture forth and find some fresh sea air! In TROLLHALLA, you join forces with your fellow trolls to sail the seas in search of islands filled with pillage and plunder. Crunchy livestock, nervous monks, panicked princesses, piles of gold, and casks of grog await you! But watch out for Billy Goats—if you’re not careful they will knock parts of your precious stolen cargo out of your boat! With so many goodies lying about on these islands, it feels like you’ve died and gone to troll heaven, or perhaps someplace even better—TROLLHALLA!
 
Location: Table 1
Slots Available: 3
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 11.00AM
System: Board Game by Z-Man Games
End Time: 1.00PM
GM: Benjamin Ross
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Supply Run Suicide
 

Playtest of core rules for Undead & Unrest. Pre-gen characters supplied. The base mechanic only requires D8 dice. Feedback appreciated.

Everyone thought TAC was crazy for turning his land into a fortress. That is until all hell broke loose. The world went mad and the dead want us to join them. Now TAC's land is our compound and TAC is our leader. When the world goes crazy on you, the previously crazy seem to be the only ones that make sense.

Supplies are running low and TAC has us on a mission to find more. Here's hoping we all make it back, in one piece, and all still alive.
 
Location: Table 5
Slots Available: 6
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 11.00AM
System: Undead & Unrest by Zombie King Games
End Time: 3.00PM
GM: Jeff King
Min Players: 3
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

BrikWars
 

Back again is the Internationally Famous BrikWars. Gather your minifigs (or borrow ours) and draw your swords! Fight with an army of the fiercest 10 minifigs (4 archers 6 melee) to win the Grand Prize!
 
Location: Table 28
Slots Available: 6
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: Lego System by Lego
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Tim Plant
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by TCLUG- Twin Cities Lego Users Group
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Dungeon Lords
 

Have you ever ventured with 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 underground complex filled with corridors and creatures? No? Well now you can try. Put yourself in role of the master of underground, summon your servants, dig complex of tunnels and rooms, set traps, hire creatures and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation. We can guarantee you will look on dark corners, lairs and their inhabitant from completely different perspective!
 
Location: 14-15
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: Strategy, Worker Placement, Hand Management by Czech Games Edition / Z-Man Games
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Curt Parr
Min Players: 4
 
Max Players: 3
Entry Fee: $0.00

Godzilla: Monsters Attack!
 

Godzilla: Monsters Attack! is a cooperative game where the players work together to save Japan from Godzilla and other giant monsters. Command the military, gather allies, and investigate a way to defeat the monsters before they cause too much destruction. Come try out this unique game created by a member of the Rochester Gaming Community!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: 1
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: Godzilla: Monsters Attack! by home brew
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Donald Zimmerman
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

War for Terra
 

The year is 3058. The War for Terra began when the Word of Blake invaded and captured Terra from ComStar, Terra's protector since the fall of the Star League three centuries ago. Three months have passed and ComStar is initiating Case White, the liberation of Humanity's homeworld. In this series of games, ComStar and Word of Blake BattleMechs and other combat forces will vie for control of the homeworld of mankind. Fight amongst the pyramids of Egypt, the mosques of Arabia, the ancient castles of Europe, or liberate or defeat the large Star League Castles Brian scattered over Terra. The War for Terra is on. :)
 
Location: 26-27
Slots Available: 6
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: BattleTech QuickStrike by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Catalyst Game Labs
Max Players: 8
Entry Fee: $0.00

Keep on the Borderlands
 

A Season of Serpents Return to the lands of the Keep on the Borderlands and find adventure in the Chaos Scar near Restwell Keep in the Nentir Vale. First level characters provided. Just bring your dice and a pencil. You can even keep your character.
 
Location: Table 9
Slots Available: 4
Type: Roleplaying
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: D&D 4th edition by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 4.00PM
GM: Michael Murillo
Min Players: 4
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Malta
 

Game of cutthroat strategy (and not losing). Quick set up and quick to teach, great filler game for game nights.
 
Location: Table 32
Slots Available: 4
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: card game by Z-Man
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Chris Bany
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Tannhäuser
 

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: FFG2
Slots Available: 3
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 3.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
 

Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory!
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: 1
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: LCG by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 3.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Merchants & Marauders
 

Merchants & Marauders lets you live the life of an influential merchant or a dreaded pirate in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. Seek your fortune through trade, rumor hunting, missions, and of course, plundering. The game feature a unique trade system and a thematic combat system, allowing for critical decisions and intense excitement. Modify your ship, buy impressive vessels, load deadly special ammunitions and hire specialist crew members.
 
Location: Table 10
Slots Available: 1
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: Turn Based by Z-MAN games
End Time: 4.00PM
GM: Mitchell Wayne
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Mitchell Wayne
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Agricola
 

Come play the popular game about medieval peasant farming! Grow and feed your family while placing your workers to best improve your small plot of land. The GM is planning to play in this one.
 
Location: Table 6
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 2
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 2.00PM
System: Agricola by Z-Man Games
End Time: 5.00PM
GM: Zachary Stackurski
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus Expansion
 

The Board Game is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival which places each player in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. 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: FFG1
Slots Available: 1
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 2.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 4
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Solaris UrbanMech Bowling
 

What happens when you take a Berserker up against as many UrbanMechs as you can shake an assault 'Mech's axe at? The UrbanMechs team up to fight the Berserker while the Berserker seeks to kill as many enemies as possible before its time runs out. Each player will get a chance to play the Berserker. Only together can the UrbanMechs defeat the Berserker, but the fickle crowds of Solaris will cheer for ANY kill. So you must ask yourself, how much do you trust your Teammates?
 
Location: 26-27
Slots Available: 14
Type: Miniatures
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 2.00PM
System: BattleTech by Catalyst Game Labs
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Max Prohaska
Min Players: 4
Sponsored by Pryde Rock Games
Max Players: 16
Entry Fee: $0.00

Dust Tactics
 

Dust Tactics is a tactical miniatures board game for 2-4 players. In an alternate 1940s reality, alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war as the forces of the Axis and Allies clash over rare mineral deposits that could inevitably decide the outcome of the war.
 
Location: FFG2
Slots Available: 3
Type: Board Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Red Dragon Inn III
 

Coming soon from SlugFest Games! You and your ever-expanding party of adventuring companions have spent another day slogging through the dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready once again to party at the Red Dragon Inn. Drink, gamble, and roughhouse with your friends. But don't forget to keep an eye on your Gold. If you run out, you'll have to spend the night in the stables. Oh... and try not to get too beaten up or too drunk. If you black out, your friends will continue the party without you... after they loot your body for Gold of course! The Red Dragon Inn 3 The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game! The Red Dragon Inn 3 introduces four new adventurers, each with a unique game mechanic to add new strategies to the original game. The Red Dragon Inn 3 may be played alone or in combination with other versions of The Red Dragon Inn to allow games of up to 12 players!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: FULL
Type: Card Game
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Red Dragon Inn by SlugFest Games
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

 

 

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