Gaming
The entire Lower Level of The Conference Center is dedicated to gaming this year! We have tabletop, RPG, and console gaming, as well as workshops, mystery game challenges, and lots of great opportunities to learn and play!
Console & PC Games at GeekGirlCon!
Gaming has taken over the entire lower level of the Conference Center! Head down the stairs or the elevator to find all kinds of hidden objects, excellent workshops, and maybe even an Xbox 360 or two!
We are proud to announce that we will have console, PC, and handlheld games at GeekGirlCon ‘12! Come visit the lower level of the Conference Center and check out our Video Game Room (RM LL4/LL5) sponsored by EA Games and PopCap Games.
EA Schedule- RMLL4: Freeplay all day Saturday & Sunday!
Popcap Tournament Schedule - RMLL5
Saturday
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Bejeweled Blitz Tournament
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Peggle Tournament
Sunday
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Bejeweled Blitz Tournament
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Zuma Tournament
Details and Loot
• All tournaments will be on Xbox 360s.
• Participants can sign up at the recruiting/info table, located in Room LL5.
• The first 3 hours will be free play; top scores during free play will compete in a bracket-style tournament during the last hour!
• Participants must be 13 years or older.
• Grand Prize for each tournament is a 250GB Xbox 360!
Free Play
Don’t see your favorite tabletop game below? Raid our stash of games at the Free Play table! Grab some friends and one of our card/dice/board games or bring your own! Be sure to chat with our Game Enthusiast to find the game that suits your style!
Story Games
Play game master-less peer-to-peer tabletop RPGs such as: d,Fiasco, Inspectors, Dogs in the Vineyar Ghost/Echo, Shock, Silver and White, and The Dreaming Crucible. Most Story Games are roleplay heavy and rules light—a fantastic introduction to tabletop gaming.
Hosted by: Caroline Gibson
Magic: The Gathering – Learn or Play!
Join a welcoming, friendly environment for all skill levels to battle Magic! Come learn, play, and compete. Drop by to free play all through the con or take free lessons from 12:00 p.m. – close. You can also join the $5 Standard Tournament at 12:00 p.m. or $15 Drafts at 3:00 p.m. for one pack per win prizes!
Hosted by: Tifa & the Lady Planeswalker Society
Privateer Press
Privateer Press is known for an unparalleled ability to create and bring exciting, original worlds to life in art, fiction, and games. Credited with a steady series of highly successful roleplaying games and tabletop miniatures game products, Privateer Press invites you to experience the award-winning tabletop miniature games: WARMACHINE and HORDES.
Steve Jackson Games
Best-known for the irreverent dungeon-crawling card game, Munchkin, Steve Jackson Games produces all sorts of board, card, and dice games with geeky twists. Come and play Zombie Dice, GURPS, Chez Geek, and more! And don’t forget to stop by the High Noon Munchkin Tournament!
Hosted by: MIB Patch
Looney Labs
On a mission for fun, Looney Labs makes innovative, attractive, and just darn fun tabletop games that can be enjoyed by tots and grown-ups alike. Looney Labs will be hitting the floor with games like Ice Dice, Seven Dragons, and their fan favorite FLUXX, a crazy and chaotic card game that’s different every time you play!
Hosted by: Jennifer Powers
Game Company No. 3
“Oh my God! There’s an Axe in my Head.” The Game of International Diplomacy is a board game of strategy, diplomacy, and absurd humor designed by Dave Fooden and Chris Adams. It’s set in an alternate version of the League of Nations’ first meeting, one where things took a deadly-but-madcap turn for the worse.
Hosted by: Dave Fooden
Break from Reality’s Disaster Looms!
The race to escape Earth has begun! With the world’s nations in decline, powerful corporations now stand as humanity’s last hope. As CEO, your mission is to build ships, collect resources, research technologies, survive the dangers of space exploration, and preserve the human race. Stay a step ahead of competing corporations and become the savior of humanity!
Hosted by: Jules Ius
Cheapass Games
Let’s face it, gaming as a hobby can be pricey. For those tabletop gamers on a budget, Cheapass Games offers TONS of fun and creative board and card games for the cheapskate in us all, with a huge selection of games available for free! Come play games like Unexploded Cow; Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond; The Big Idea; and more!
Hosted by James Ernest
Dungeons & Dragons Delves
D&D is the game that started it all! Our Dungeon Masters pit you against unimaginable monsters and dare you to cast the most difficult spells.
Hosted by: Scott Hannus
Cel*Style
Games for people who like anime and manga! Come try your hand at indie roleplaying games from around the world, created specifically to capture the beauty, intensity, and uniqueness of manga and anime. Each Cel*Style game allows you to explore a new world and create stories with your friends.
Hosted by: Jake Richmond
Mangaka: The Game
Pictionary meets tabletop RPGs in Mangaka: The Game! It’s every otaku’s dream (or nightmare): to become a successful manga artist in Japan. Flex your dice and pens as you face malnutrition, angry fans, carpal tunnel, the fury of your editor, and the most dangerous of all, your own obsessions. Draw epic stories in just a few minutes, come up with diabolical schemes to torment your fellow players, and defend your life, social life, and sanity as you struggle to become a Mangaka whose stories will live in history! Mangaka is an in-development competitive drawing RPG.
Hosted by: Jason Thompson (Manga: The Complete Guide, King of RPGs).
Saturday Schedule
Saturday gaming hours are 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday Workshops and Events
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Mystery Box Game Design Challenge – RMLL1
Bring your brain and creativity! At this workshop/competition, you will get an amazing opportunity to conceptualize, prototype, and design a new game from a box of random game parts. Industry pros will be on hand for mentoring and advice. Fabulous prizes to be won! Spots are still available, so drop by yourself or with your friends. You can also come by to check out these new games and cast your vote for your favorite game. Visit the GeekGirlCon blog after the con to find out which games won!
Industry Mentors: Mark Baxter (Fit Brains), Christine Miller (Disney Interactive), Narisa Spaulding (Big Fish Games), Raylene Deck (Bioware)
10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
World and Culture Creation – RMLL1
Have a great setting idea for a story or game, but not sure how to turn that idea into a fleshed out world on paper? This workshop will help you learn how to build the setting and the people that live in it, and then some tips on using the setting in your story or game, but not spilling all the beans about all its wonderful secrets.
This workshop is applicable to anyone wanting to learn more about world and culture creation no matter if you LARP, play and run table-top games, or write stories. All are welcome.
Presenter: Amber Eagar
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Workshop: Tricks of the Trade: Writing in Guild Wars 2 – Room LL2
In this workshop, veteran game industry professionals from ArenaNet will discuss how to design good characters and stories for video games. Join lore and continuity designer Ree Soesbee, writer Angel Leigh McCoy, and game designer Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda as they explore what makes characters interesting, how to populate a world with diverse and engaging NPCs, how to avoid stereotypes and clichés, the fundamentals of story design, and other aspects of writing in video games. They will use their experience creating the world of the upcoming massively-multiplayer role-playing game Guild Wars 2 to help illustrate their points. If you’re interesting in discovering what it’s like to be a writer or content designer at an MMORPG studio or would like to hear more about writing games at ArenaNet, this workshop is for you!
12:00 PM
Steve Jackson Games: Munchkin High Noon Tournament – RMLL2
Join in a friendly tournament for all skill levels of all ages, from seasoned players, to newcomers. All participants will walk away with a prize, and the winner from each day will get a copy of a Steve Jackson game!
Hosted by MIB Patch
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LARP Game: Graduation Day – RMLL1
Graduation Day is a magical university intrigue LARP for up to nine people.
Setting: the independent city-state of Tourmaline is ruled by the wizards of the White College. Prince Ambrose, the younger son of the King of neighboring Arlandia, was sent to the White College to receive a gentleman’s education. To the surprise of many, he actually passed his final exams. Today, Prince Ambrose holds the traditional graduation feast to honor the College Masters. But who knows what shenanigans might happen when you get that many different magical Houses together…
Lead GMs: Amber Eagar and Erik Oberlin, Get-A-Life Games
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
LARP Game: Trial of the Big Bad Wolf – RMLL1
The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf is an adult-themed (PG-13) nursery rhyme, parody game for up to 12 people.
Setting: one year ago, Old MacDonald’s farm animals rose up against him, threw off the chains of agricultural oppression, and founded the overtly fascist Free Animals’ Republic of MacDonald. Today, on the first anniversary of that glorious revolution, the F.A.R.M. holds a gala ball in celebration, culminating in the trial of a most notorious criminal, but shadows lurk in the background. Rumors fly that someone is running the illegal drugs, Curds and Whey. Why is Big Bird nowhere to be found? And who is this mysterious Chicken Little that nobody wants to talk about?
Lead GMs: Amber Eagar and Erik Oberlin, Get-A-Life Games
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Eden Studio’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Role-playing Game – Room LL2
“Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.” Are you the Chosen One? Probably not, but don’t let that stop you! Whether you’re the Slayer, the Zeppo, a witch, a watcher, or a werewolf, you too can fight the forces of evil! Whether new to RPG, Buffy, or both or an honorary Scooby, reformed demon, or broody besouled vampire, come learn how using Eden Studio’s Cinematic Unisystem.
Hosted by: Andy Munich
Magic: The Gathering — Learn or Play! – RMLL2
Join a welcoming, friendly environment for all skill levels to battle Magic! Come learn, play, and compete. Prizes = one pack per win!
Hosted by: Tifa & the Lady Planeswalker Society
Free Play: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Free Lessons: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
$5 Standard Tournament: 12:00 PM
$15 Drafts: 3:00 PM
Sunday Schedule
Sunday gaming hours are 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Workshops & Events
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Miniature Painting Workshop (Drop-In) – RMLL1
Come learn the basics of miniature painting with our expert figure painters from the Games Workshop: Seattle Bunker! Choose from tons of available figures to customize with the help of our miniature-painting gurus. Whether you’re new to miniature painting or you’re a seasoned pro looking to pick up some tricks stop by, paint your very own miniature and take home your masterpiece to show off to friends! Drop in any time between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Superhero/Villain Mask Making Workshop (Drop-In) – RMLL1
Expert mask maker, Brideen Baker, demonstrates how to put your best face forward by creating masks for dress-up, costuming, or running superheroine-type errands. Get tips on turning a plain masquerade mask into a visually stunning masterpiece. This workshop is suitable for all ages. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in any time between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
12:00 PM
Steve Jackson Games: Munchkin High Noon Tournament – RMLL2
Join in a friendly tournament for all skill levels of all ages, from seasoned players, to newcomers. All participants will walk away with a prize, and the winner from each day will get a copy of a Steve Jackson game!
Hosted by MIB Patch
Magic: The Gathering - Learn or Play! – RMLL2
Join a welcoming, friendly environment for all skill levels to battle Magic! Come learn, play, and compete. Prizes = one pack per win!
Hosted by: Tifa & the Lady Planeswalker Society
Free Play: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Free Lessons: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
$5 Standard Tournament: 12:00 PM
$15 Drafts: 3:00 PM
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