Tabletop Games for Continuum

[Rolgan]

Hi Y'all

Keary here.

Please can you send me (Keary.Birch (at) Gmail.com) the tabletop games you wish to run at Continuum.

At the moment I just need to know who you are, what system you want to use, number of players, and a title for your gaming goodness. I will later be asking for preferred slots and some gumph for the games but first things first!

There is only one game up on the website (www.continuum.uk.net) as we speak, so come on let's make this thing fly.

Cheers

Keary

[Darran]

I'll be running a few games. He is the first of mine.

Title of Game: Wilderness Throne Saug: Barbarian Land Without a King.
Game System: RuneQuest
Number of Players: 6
Length of Game: 3.5 hours

A savage wild land of stony hills, hidden valleys and deep forest inhabited by legendary beasts and monsters. This cursed land is home to feuding clans of Orlanthi barbarians fighting for survival against the encroachments of two different rival empires that each span half the known world.
To make matters worse an ancient evil, once entombed, has been released that threatens all.
All call for unity has rung out – a monarch needs to be found for battle is soon to be joined that will shape the destiny of all Orlanthi people forever.

[Darran]

Title of Game: 'ARC Mnemosyne'
Game System: Other Worlds
Number of Players: 6
Length of Game: 3.5 hours

You wake in the cold and dark alone.
You step out of the cryo-chamber onto the icy deck plate, removing the bio-couplings instinctively as you take in your surroundings.
The lights flicker on and warm air flows as the life support kicks in.
Six other cryo-chambers light up revealing a silhouetted form in each.

You don't remember anything; your name, rank, the other crew members or even the ship you are on.
But what concerns you more is the infernal noise echoing from another part of the ship and the fact you have just stepped in warm puddle of blood!

[Evilgaz]

I'll be offering some games! Don't know what yet though! Open to suggestions or filling in needs for which there is demand!

Anyone going to be running any...

Song of Ice and Fice?
The One Ring?
Savage Worlds?
Mouseguard (without the Mice)?
Apocalypse World?
Monster Hearts?
Hot War?

I want to play some good game of these and may even buy people a pint of they run some.

Who's got what?

[Elrick]

I'll be running some Pendragon, but I'll also be running other things. I'll let you know as soon as I've worked out what they are, but they may include:

Traveller
Stormbringer
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
Hot War (a hack I'm working on, not the book background)

[zackspacks]

I'll be running a few games, most of which are on the official site listings:
A Call of Cthulhu set in a Rage Infected UK,
a Steampunk Realms of Cthulhu,
a Pulp '30s Realms of Cthulhu, and
Savage Worlds- Captain Scarlet.

Plus something else I haven't decided upon yet !

[Neil Gow]

I've just submitted these to Keary...

Games At Night

Title of Game: Death Valley
Game System: InSpectres
Number of Players: 6
Length of Game: 3-4 hours
One year ago vampires, werewolves and zombies appeared in the San Fernando Valley. This is the story of the cops that capture the monsters and the camera crew that captures the cops!

Based on the hit MTV series of the same name, you are members of the Undead Task Force - a branch of the LAPD charged with dealing with supernatural crimes. A lycanthropic fluffer on a porn shoot? A clash between vampires and the Russian mafia? A suspected outbreak of the zombie virus at a school prom? Its all in the day's work for the UTF. Now ... lets get out there and kill something!

Tags: Horror, American, Cop Show, Not wholly serious, Rated 15

Title of Game: American Die
Game System: Monsterhearts
Number of Players: 4
Length of Game: 3-4 hours
So you're a teenager in a small American town, plagued with insecurities, weird emotions and raging hormones. Could it be any worse? Of course it could! Your girlfriend could be in league with Baal, your rival for her affections could be a ghost of her ex-boyfriend and your rival for prom queen could be a vampire. No, not a sparkly one...

Monsterhearts is a game about teenagers and the monsters inside them. Powered by the same engine as Apocalyse World it creates powerful, sexy stories of lust, violence and prom dresses.

Tags: Horror, sex, teenagers, sex, violence, sex, Rated R18. Seriously.

Games in the Day

Title of Game: Pirates of Port Mahon
Game System: Beat to Quarters
Number of Players: 4
Length of Game: 4 hours
As the sun beats down on the azure waves of the Mediterranean, a game of tactical chess is played out between the fleets of Nelson and Napoleon - the prize? Egypt and the conquest of the Middle East.

You are the crew of the HMS Mutine, Nelson's sole scouting vessel in the Mediterranean and your job is to find those damned French! However, there are other moves afoot and soon you may have to make a decision which could condemn an island ... or all of Europe.

Tags: Age of Sail, Napoleonic, Beating the French, Rated 12

Title of Game: The Last Voyage of HMS Gaheris
Game System: Beat to Quarters (SF Hack)
Number of Players: 4
Length of Game: 4 hours
HMSS Gaheris is an aging J-Class Heavy Frigate, a relic in Her Majesty's Space Navy. On her last tour of duty, she has a simple mission - protect the mining colong on Sigma-4 and ensure that the crucial promethium shipment gets through. It should be an easy mission, a rundown for the trainee crew. Yeah... right.

Tags: Submarines-in-space, Honor Harrington-esque, military, SF, rated 12

[mikem]

I'll be running this...

Call of Cthulhu - 7th Edition rules preview game

GM: Mike Mason

No. of players: up to 6. PCs will be provided.

Title: The Hounds of Love

Blurb: Man's best friend. Ever at your side and faithful to the last. What's not to like - camping with your dog and some of your best and oldest friends for weekend away. Don't forget to pack the beers and the B-B-Q. Oh, and some matches - don't want to be rubbing two sticks together!

[Elrick]

I've just sent Keary the following:

Title: The Maiden's Oath
Game System: Pendragon
No of Players: 6
Length of Game: 4 hours
An adventure set in the world of King Arthur.


Title: King of the Red City
Game System: Pendragon
No of Players: 6
Length of game: 4 hours
An adventure set in the world of King Arthur.


Title: Riders of the High Desert
Game System: Hot War (Modified)
No of Players: 6
Length of Game: 4 hours
A wild west adventure using the Hot War rules, but not the background.


Title: The Loss of the Penelope
Game System: 2300AD
No of Players: 6
Length of Game: 4 hours


Blurbs to follow later. There may also be a fifth game (either Laundry or Stormbringer) - we'll see...

[Elrick]

Title of Game: The Maiden’s Oath
Game System and Setting: Pendragon
Game Slot: Saturday Afternoon
Max Number of Players: 6
Description: Easter 519 AD. A maiden seeks good and honest knights to help her to avenge the death of her father and retrieve his magical sword. An adventure through the world of King Arthur Pendragon.

Title of Game: The King of the Red City
Game System and Setting: Pendragon
Game Slot: Sunday Morning
Max Number of Players: 6
Description: Spring 534AD. Treacherous knights have murdered the King of the Red City and terrorise his lands. Can a band of valorous knights win through to free the Red City from the grip of a tyrant? An adventure through the world of King Arthur Pendragon based on a story by Sir Thomas Malory.

Title of Game: Riders of the High Desert
Game System and Setting: Hot War (Rules); Western (Setting)
Game Slot: Saturday Morning (the obvious choice for a western if you are of a certain age like I am...)
Max Number of Players: 5 or 6
Description: A simple bounty hunt turns into a search for stolen guns and a race against time across the high desert. A Saturday morning western.

Title of Game: Deathworld (To Live and Die on Cold Mountain)
Game System and Setting: 2300AD (Mongoose printing)
Game Slot: Friday Evening
Max Number of Players: 6
Description: Cold Mountain – the jewel of the Chinese Arm. Cold Mountain is that rarest of things: a garden world. But only if your garden is home to killer wildlife which drifts through the air or scurries along the ground on multiple blade-legs or burrows through the ground to attack from below. If that wasn’t enough, sudden firestorms erupt in the oxygen-rich atmosphere and rage across the landscape driving everything before them. Pray you aren’t in the path of one…

[Evilgaz]

Title of Game
New World, Old Problems

Game System and Setting
Savage Worlds: Blue Planet

Max Number of Players
5

Length of Game
3hrs+

Short Description
The year is 2199, welcome to the Lambda Serpentis system. Earth is recovering from the ravages of the Blight and like many other lucky ones, you escaped that used-up dirt ball for the shining promise of a new blue world. You’ve been here long enough for the cryo-coffin Spots to fade and start fitting in like a local. Poseidon is a paradise, if you’ve got the finance or like living as a native out in the wild. That badness you left behind on Earth though? It came through the wormhole on the next jumpship and if you’re really lucky, you’ll never see it coming…

Tags
Sci-Fi, Gunplay, Betrayal, Vengeance, Action



Title of Game
The Savage Prelude to War

Game System and Setting
Savage Worlds: Earthdawn

Max Number of Players
6

Length of Game
3hrs+

Short Description
Its mere decades since the five hundred year Scourge ravaged Barsaive, and the province still shows the scars of the insidious Horrors and their predations. Rising up above the common folk are gifted Adepts, fighting for freedom and building their Legend in a world that’s been through hell, and still faces war and worse. Half a millennia ago the Theran Empire ruled the land and they’re back in awe-inspiring flying fortresses to claim what’s theirs. Who’s going to stop them? You?

Tags
Fast, Furious, Fantasy



Title of Game
Uninvited Guests

Game System and Setting
Cthulhu using Hot War

Max Number of Players
4

Length of Game
3hrs+

Short Description
Four investigators and entourage race through a mansion, ostensibly to stop an insane cult’s nefarious schemes. If this was a regular story, there’d have been a femme fatalé, investigation, the wavering finger of suspicion and a tale of redemption or damnation along the way. This story starts at the end. The bad guys are beyond the next door and they may have already won. This is the beginning of the end. Maybe of everything.

Tags
Proactive Players, Mythos, Hidden Agendas, Conflict Resolution mechanics



Title of Game
Everybody's Dead Dave

Game System and Setting
Dead of Night

Max Number of Players
5

Length of Game
3hrs+

Short Description
“Where is everyone Hol?”; They're dead Dave.
“Who is?”; Everybody Dave.
“Not Daddy?”; Everybody's dead Dave.
“What about Mr Peterson next door?”; They're all dead, everybody's dead Dave.
“Benji’s not dead is he?”; Gawd’n Bennet, yes Benji, everybody, everybody's dead Dave.
“Kenners?”; He's dead Dave, everybody's dead, everybody is dead Dave.
“Wait, are you trying to tell me everybody's dead?”; Wish I’d never woken him up now.

-- Holly (13) tries to explain the zombie apocalypse to her little brother, Dave (9).

Tags
Horror Movie, Zombies, Simple System, Clichés

[Nomad]

My modest contributions;

GM: Earl de la Warr (Pendragon Eschille)

Title of Game: The Siege at Castle Pennith

Game System and Setting: King Arthur Pendragon 5.1 edition

Game slot: Slot 3 (Saturday 10:00 – 13:00)

Quiet or Display game?: Quiet

Max Number of Players: 6

Length of Game: 3+hrs

Short Description:

King Uther Pendragon, sick and tethered to his horse, finally defeated the Saxon invaders at the terrible battle of St. Albans; but he's dead now, poisoned some say, and Britain's shores once again are prey to Saxon raids. The country cries out for a King, but no heir comes to claim the throne. Portsmouth was the first to fall, then the Saxon Cedric took all of Wessex. Some say that all of Salisbury will soon fall also. Duke Ulfius, Uther's old friend and advisor rallies men around him to battle the Saxon horde. Knights arrive at Silchester daily to swell the ranks, but never enough; many lords, lacking a King to guide them, look to their own affairs and their own lands. These are bad times for Britons: land squabbles set knight against knight, lord against lord; Saxon raiders advance ever inward; and strange tales are heard of terrible faerie powers of Saxon raiders in the South.

The Knights are en route to Castle Pennith as just as it is the midst of a raid. Will the Knights be able to come to the aid of the Lord?

Tags: Valiant Knights, Damosels in distress, Bloodthirsty Saxons, Evil Sorcery.

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GM: Earl de la Warr (Pendragon Eschille)

Title of Game: The Tourney at Castle Ebrium

Game System and Setting: King Arthur Pendragon 5.1 edition

Game slot: 4 (Saturday 14:00 to 18:00)

Quiet or Display game?: Quiet

Max Number of Players: 6

Length of Game: 3+hrs

Short Description:

This adventure takes place in and around the ancient castle of Ebrium, a fortress deep in the heart of the wild fens of Angleland. Ebrium is the ancient seat of King Martius, last in his line. Over the last hundred years, due to constant Angle incursions and the enchantment of Britain, Ebrium has fallen from the powerful and influential position it once held. What now remains, is a poor shadow of its former self; the castle has fallen into disrepair, with many of the rooms now unusable due to rot, damp and destruction. King Martius is a seldom seen figure, suffering a debilitating illness, from which his surgeons believe he will never recover.

However, a Tourney has been announced at Castle Ebrium with a great prize! It is also said that the King's daughter, the Lady Elaine is a great beauty and of marriageable age. A great many Knights are heading to the Tourney to try their luck at arms in hope for a prize and Glory!

The player knights are en route to a tourney at Castle Ebrium.

Tags: Valiant Knights, Joust, Melee, Damosels in distress, Treachery.

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GM: Damon Warr

Title of Game: Introduction to Aquelarre 3rd edition (ar-ker-LAH-rrer) The first home grown Spanish rpg.

Game System and Setting: Aquelarre 3rd edition (A D100 varient)

Game slot: Slot 6 (Sunday 10:00 to 13:00)

Quiet or Display game?: Display game

Max Number of Players: 4

Length of Game: 3+hrs

Short Description:

For those who want to try something differently Spanish

A brief introduction to the game basics, the Latin character sheet, black & white magic, combat, the arch dukes of hell, Spanish folklore and history.

Followed by an adventure where the players find them selves stopping at an Inn for the night. However, they are in for anything other than a good nights sleep...

Tags: Spanish RPG, D100, Latin Character Sheet, Medieval Spain, Spanish Folklore, Rough night at the Inn.

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GM: Damon Warr

Title of Game: Introduction to Capitan Alatriste rpg (Cap-ee-TAN ah-lah-TRIS-teh).

Game System and Setting: A GURPS derived system for Spain's 'Golden Age' circa 1620. Soldiers and swords for hire in the corrupt Madrid of the Hapsburgs.

Game slot: Slot 7 (Sunday: 14:00 to 18:00)

Quiet or Display game?: Display game

Max Number of Players: 4

Length of Game: 3+ hours

Short Description

A rare chance to try out a truly outstanding Spanish roleplaying game set in the world of El Capitan Alatriste from the author Arturo Perez Reverte.

A brief introduction to the game basis, combat, fencing and fencing manoeuvres, the Madrid of 1620, the Thirty Years War, the Inquisition, the 'Golden Age' and the novels that inspired the game.

1. El capitán Alatriste ("Captain Alatriste")
2. Limpieza de sangre ("Purity of Blood")
3. El sol de Breda ("The Sun over Breda")
4. El oro del Rey ("The King's Gold")
5. El caballero del jubón amarillo ("The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet")
6. Corsarios de Levante ("Pirates of the Levant")
7. El puente de los asesinos ("The Bridge of the Assassins", 2011)

A short adventure will follow where reliable and discreet men are sought. The sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous, wishes to break his lady love out of prison while the women are on route to the hospital for laundry duty. The pay is good and should go a long way to help your current financial problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAcrIr84OdQ

Tags: Spanish RPG, GURPS, 17th Century, Madrid, Swords for hire, Jail break, Sword and Cape, Sword and dagger.

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GM: Damon Warr

Title of Game: Strangers on a Strange Shore

Game System and Setting: Stormbringer 1/3rd edition with a little helping of Chaosium's Hawkmoon and BRP

Game slot: Slot 8 (Sunday 20:00 til late).

Quiet or Display game?: Quiet game

Max Number of Players: 6

Length of Game: 3+ hours

Short Description

Six men wake up on a strange fog shrouded shore with no memory of their past. As if waking from a dream, they can only vaguely recall a dark ship with a blind Captain. The men dress in outlandish fashion and appear to be from different ages of the earth. Although strangers, they will each feel a familiarity with just one other of them. Who brought these men here? For what purpose? The only they have in common, is that each man seeks a special treasure that will help his people win the war....all but one.

Only one man knows the reason they are all here, in this place, at this time. However to share this knowledge would endanger the mission. Can he contain the entropy from disrupting the time streams?

Tags: BRP, D100, Multiverse, Chrononauts, Pan Tang, Granbretan, Demons, Cosmic Balance.


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TTFN

Damon

[zackspacks]

In what amounts to a logistical nightmare involving far too many suitcases and a train ticket, I am having to pull Captain Scarlet. My 'dry run packing' experiment at the weekend, showed this to be the case, therefore, Scarlet is out. Luckily I have two spankingly brand new con games already written and propped up, ready for their debuts. So instead of Captain Scarlet, which was to have been ran twice during the con, cometh:

Title of Game: Mad Max: Twisted Firestarters
GM: Paul Lawrence
Game System and Setting: Savage Worlds, set in a dystopian 'some time from now' era, just before Mad Max 1, the characters being members the Main Force Patrol ( MFP ), destined to bring law, order and justice to the outback.

Game slot: Friday afternoon, slot 1

Quiet or Display game?: Display

Max Number of Players: 6

The few good men of the Main Force Patrol have their hands full, as a new set of scum enters the region, going by the name of ‘The Prodigal Suns’. Their aim is to bring their own brand of ‘scorched earth’ to the peaceful villages in the outback. It’s time for Max, Goose and the boys to rev their engines and bring the perpetrators to justice.

See you out on the road, skag !

Tags : Fuel Injected Suicide Machines, Rockers, Rollers and Out-Of-Controllers

Note: No system knowledge necessary.


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Title of Game: Resident Evil: Assault On Precinct 1.3
GM: Paul Lawrence
Game System and Setting: Savage Worlds, set in Raccoon City

Game slot: Friday evening, slot 2

Quiet or Display game?: Display

Max Number of Players: 6

Timeline : Raccoon City, during the viral outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation.

A few cops with a war on their hands. Their enemy... an army of zombies pouring from a covert research facility. Their only allies are the convicts at Precinct 1.3 : a convicted murderer, an industrial spy, and a corporate hitman.

Tags : Survival Horror, Conflicting Agendas, Bio-Organic Weapons.

Notes: No system knowledge necessary. For those familiar with the Capcom games,( also no prior knowledge of the characters required, thought I would add it for interest ) the cast consist of
'Cops' : Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon S Kennedy
'Convicts' : Jack Krauser, Ada Wong, HUNK [Human Unit Never Killed]

[Phil Masters]

I've just submitted a couple of game submissions for the con. I'm sorry to have been slow getting around to this - I hope it's not too late. I've told Keary that if either slot is inconvenient, I could move these to other times.

GM name: Phil Masters
Title of Game: Sulawesi Landslip
Game System/Setting: Transhuman Space (GURPS 4e)
Game Slot: Saturday 10:00-13:00 (Slot 3)
Max. Players: 5
Length of Game: ~3 hours
Short Description:

In the year 2100, the Nihon Kinkyu Kyushutsu Cho is an elite agency of the Japanese government. Its hypersonic dropships and armoured cybershells can reach any point on Earth within minutes, carrying teams with just one mission: to rescue every possible victim of any disaster.

But your team has an additional task. You have to look good while you're doing your job. You’ve been selected as faces of the NKKC, so try to look the part, okay?

(A preview of the upcoming Transhuman Space: Wings of the Rising Sun - Transhuman Space meets anime, with a touch of Supermarionation.)

Tags: Sign-Up, GURPS, Transhuman Space, Wings of the Rising Sun, SF, Science Fiction, NKKC.

GM name: Phil Masters
Title of Game: Mrs. Nomed's Respectable Lodging House
Game System/Setting: Discworld 2nd edition (preview)/GURPS 4e
Game Slot: Sunday 10:00-13:00 (Slot 6)
Max. Players: 5
Length of Game: ~3 hours
Short Description:

Mrs. Eulice Nomed runs a respectable lodging house in Ankh-Morpork, which is the best place that you can find to live while you make your fortune in the city. There are, no doubt, worse landladies, so you don't object too much to Mrs. Nomed's funny little rules.

Anyway, when what's in the cellar bursts forth upon the unknowing mortal world, frankly, paying your rent a month in advance and wiping your feet when you come through the door are the least of your worries.

(A preview of the upcoming second edition of the Discworld Roleplaying Game, using GURPS 4th edition rules.)

Tags: Sign-Up, GURPS, Discworld, Ankh-Morpork.

[Tim Gray]

Hey Keary, is there a deadline for getting games in to you? Does it make a practical difference, advance notification vs sign-up sheet on the day?

I've been very lax about getting anything together. Need to have a think. F=|8 (beardstroke smiley!)