SATURDAY NIGHT SPACE OPERA STRIKES BACK!
We're returning to
Con of the North with more spacey and scifi fun! All weekend long you can get your fill of ray-blastin', science fiction, role-playing games!
CHOOSE YOUR UNIVERSE
We've got FIFTY HOURS (50!) of games planned, making for one packed schedule. See the full listings below and then watch for even more gaming surprises when you arrive on-site!
REGISTER ONLINE
New this year for the con is a super convenient
online registration system. You also can sign up for games online! That feature hasn't gone live yet, but we'll remind you when it does.
February 17-19, 2017
Mark your calendars and make sure your winter gaming schedule includes some space opera adventures!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Title: YOUNG CENTURIONS - REVENGE ON MARS
Description: On the eve of WW I, Martian artifacts are uncovered hinting at a new Tripod Invasion. The teen heroes of the Century Club must find a way to defeat the Martian foes before they once again wrap their slimy tentacles around the Earth. Try out this easy, fun-to-play pulp RPG prequel to Evil Hat’s Spirit of the Century.
Game System: Young Centurions - Fate Core
Publisher: Evil Hat Productions
Game Master: John Everett Till
Game time: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)
Title: ESCAPE FROM PLANET ARES
Description: Game over, man! The dropship crashed on this godforsaken rock before the Major could even tell you what the mission was. You’ve got your gear, a map, and some sensor readings you don’t like the looks of. Can you survive until the cavalry arrives? Stay Frosty is an unholy chimera, mixing old-school D&D, Aliens, Doom, and Starship Troopers.
Game System: Stay Frosty
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master: Casey Garske
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)
Title: SPRAWL OF DUTY: ICE OPS
Description: What began as a simple case of stolen identities proves to be more convoluted than originally thought. The door is opened into a world of crime that could change the status quo of your city. What do you do?
Game System: Sprawl (First Edition)
Publisher: Powered by Apocalypse
Game Master: Christian Barrett
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)
Title: THE MASK OF EONS
Description: Even as war rages and sentient nanites hunt humans and their alien allies to the brink of existence, guard duty on an interstellar civilian transport vessel is usually uneventful. But one passenger has brought along a dangerous artifact that the nanite threat would do anything to possess. Can you and your small team find a way to stop them before the ship's meager defenses are overwhelmed?
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master: Jenifer Dol
Game time: 20:00-24:00 (4 hours)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Title: THE GATE ESCAPE
Description: When the Gateway discovery on Mercury was first announced yesterday, people have been bidding enormous prices for the first chance to step through and claim what's on the other side. However, you have been offered a free exclusive ticket and the news was released to the universe that your corporation is sponsoring you. Everyone is happy about that ... right?
Game System: Eclipse Phase, 1st Edition
Publisher: Posthuman Studios, LLC
Game Master: Christian Barrett
Game time: 10:00-14:00 (4 hours)
Title: ESCAPE FROM PLANET ARES
Description: Game over, man! The dropship crashed on this godforsaken rock before the Major could even tell you what the mission was. You’ve got your gear, a map, and some sensor readings you don’t like the looks of. Can you survive until the cavalry arrives? Stay Frosty is an unholy chimera, mixing old-school D&D, Aliens, Doom, and Starship Troopers.
Game System: Stay Frosty
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master: Casey Garske
Game time: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)
Title: THE LAST MOONBASE
Description: It's been 200 years since the end of civilization on Earth. 200 years since anyone even entered orbit, much less went to the moon. Now your band of mutated brothers is blasting off to The Last Moonbase!
Game System: Mutant Crawl Classics
Publisher: Goodman Games
Game Master: Matt Towle
Game time: 14:00-18:00 (4 hours)
Title: THE VAST UNSPOKEN SIN
Description: Ancient alien ruins may hold the key to combating the sentient nanites who are hunting mankind into extinction, but many of them are hidden on dangerous planets near the galaxy's center. You and your team are on the verge of a major discovery, but what you uncover on your archaeological mission doesn't just have the potential to save your world--it also has the potential to destroy it.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master: Jenifer Dol
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)
Title: RAD ASTRA: RALLY FOR THE GALAXY
Description: Welcome Starbucklers, Astrosassins, Astrocasters and Starbarians! Charge your friction pistol and plug in your hyperspace key, 'cuz you're racing a suped-up interstellar freighter in the greatest race in the galaxy! Be are real space ace in this rules-light, mash-up of 70s and 80s space opera. Materials provided.
Game System: Rad Astra
Publisher: Rad Astra Entertainment
Game Master: Jay MacBride
Game time: 18:00-22:00 (4 hours)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Title: THE VOICE OF THE UNAWARE
Description: When humans gained access to the nanite sub-reality during their continuing war with the nanite threat, they found many strange things therein. None so strange, however, as the now infamous nanite forged complex of stasis pods which contain non-combat human-like androids who lie silent but show brain activity. What could they be for? You and your team have been sent to unravel this mystery.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master: Jenifer Dol
Game time: 10:00-14:00 (4 hours)
Title: TYCHO BRAHE'S MOM
Description: Tycho's Mom has gone missing, and the astronomer requires your help to find and retrieve her safely. The game may include Adult Themes and concepts prevalent in the Weird Fantasy genre. Pregen characters will be provided.
Game System: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Game Master: Bob Cook
Game time: 14:00-16:00 (2 hours)
Title: THUNDER ON EUROPA
Description: They say Replicants don't have real feelings. They say the conditioning Replicants undergo is too strong to break. They say the Colony on Europa is a model for the whole Solar System. They might be wrong. A Cypher System/Bladerunner game.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master: Matt Towle
Game time: 14:00-18:00 (4 hours)
Title: STAR TREK EXCALIBUR: GOLD SUN
Description: A Federation commissioner, young and impetuous, disappeared while checking into rumors that a mysterious water world holds the secret of Gold Sun, a legendary power of unknown origin. Now the crew of USS Excalibur (NCC-26517), an Ambassador-class starship, undertake a desperate rescue mission, guided by the commissioner's now half-sane Arkenite aide. Dive to depths, where no one has gone before.
Game System: Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game (Second Edition)
Publisher: FASA
Game Master: Erik Mornes
Game time: 18:00-22:00 (4 hours)
SEE YOU AT THE CON!
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