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Egypt Wars 4 After-Action Report

Table Scheduled for the Convention: 50 (plus Slot 0 and Midnight Madness games)
Total Tables run at the Concention: 47 + 2 Slot0 + 3 MM= 52
Total number of players and GMs in attendance: 55-60
New player numbers passed out: 6-7

This is the most tables we have ever scheduled and run at this convention. Last year we had 28, the year before that 11, and the year before that Michael VonHasseln brought some of his players up from Cape Girardeau, MO for a game to see if they could find any interested players (I wasn’t among them. I was running Star Wars Minis tournies at the time). They ran one table.

The entire convention had about 145 tables worth of games, meaning we were a full third of the conventions gaming, and our ~50 players on Saturday dwarfed even MtG. It was previously the big draw at the con, but only brought in about 30 players that same day.

My goal is scheduling this many tables was to effectively turn this convention into a PFS Con, and to put it on the map for drawing attention from the greater Midwest area, along the lines of FlatCon and Winter War. We didn’t have near the gaming, outside of PFS, that those other cons have, I think we have achieved it as far as PFS goes.

I obviously couldn’t have done this myself, so I am extremely grateful to all the GMs for helping out and driving so far (especially Chris Mortika), but I need to give extra thanks to Brett Sweeney, Nathan King, and Chris Hays. The tables that all went off weren’t all of the ones originally scheduled, and those three gave me so much needed support by being willing to run scenarios they hadent signed up to run. I’m pretty sure Brett even ran a table of Bonekeep cold, so I could play at another table to make sure it had enough players to go off. Without their help, I don’t think we would have hit 50.

Things that went well:
- Everyone seemed to have had a good time.
- Everyone who wanted to, and then some, got to play Bonekeep. 6 tables over the weekend, 1 character death total.
- Chris Hays brought a PFS cake. It was pretty awesome.
- Bob’s Bonekeep 3d terrain.
- All of the older scenarios that were scheduled managed to have full tables.
- No 7-player tables.

Things that could use improvement for next year:
- My local players pre-registering for the con. D:<
- Sign in at the door: The guy running the con assured me that we could have the PFS sign in sheets IN the PFS room, but during the convention, they were in the front with the rest of the sign in sheets, meaning I had to run back and forth to check to see how tables were filling. This resulted in every table starting at least 10 minutes late. Because of the limited amount of table space he had at the front, he also only had 1 sessions worth of PFS events up there at a time. So you would need to go back between sessions to sign up for events between every session, which was quite annoying.
- More people signing up for a scenario than can play it, and not signing up for anything else.
-More low level scenarios. I tried to balance everything out, but with the number of regular 3-7s and Bonekeep and Day of the Demon, I might have gone too lite on the 1-5s for the convention.
- A few 3-player tables. Maybe five, total.

Overall, the weekend was hectic but a lot of fun. I was thrilled we manage to get to 50, and I think all of the players were just as thrilled, too.

So, thank you so very much to everyone who attended. I hope you had a great time, cause I know I did. See you at Little Egypt Wars in September!

On Sunday, April 7th, we will be holding the second game day at Comic Quest in Evansville IN from Noon to 6pm (CST).

It's free to play, and you can sign up online here or in the store itself.

We will be playing PFS Intro- First Steps, Part 1: In Service to Lore and helping anyone who needs to make a character.

Come out and join us!

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People are always asking for more 12+ play, but it is unnecessary. This link shows how we really don't need to play anything above 5th level. Therefore I (dont actually) request a removal of all level 6+ play.

*Keep in mind this article was written in 2007, so it's for 3.5.
**There are lots of comments at the bottom, the article isn't near as long as the scroll on the right of your screen makes it look.
***Lol, it mentions Ryan Dancey. The first time I read that, I didnt know who he was.
****No, I'm not seriously asking for a removal of all 6+ play. This is just an interested RPG article, lol.

Egypt Wars 4 is coming up soon!
Where: SIUC Student Center, 1255 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale IL 62901
When: Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 14

We will be offering at least 50 tables of PFS events over the weekend, including new scenarios and classics from past seasons. Best of all, we will be offering Bonekeep-The Silent Grave (the Special scenario written by Jason Bulmahn especially for Winter Fantasy) in all time slots!

Come down and join us for an excellent weekend of gaming!

Sign ups are officially open on Warhorn!

Interested in getting in free? Sign up to GM 3 slots for the weekend, you get in free! Ask me how!

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Did you miss out on Winter Fantasy and your chance to play Bonekeep-The Silent Grave, the special scenario written by Jason Bulmahn?

Stay tuned for details about Egypt Wars 4 for more details.

:)

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I've seen people do all kinds of crazy stuff in the middle of a fight because they think they dont have any options cause the bad guy is just too tough to hit, hard to reach, has reisistance to something they are good with, and many other reasons. Usually, there are at least a few things that could be helpful to the party. Here are a couple I think people overlook too much:

1) Aid another! Helping an ally hit or defend against a particularly hard hitting/hard to hit foe can really help out!

2)Use your Wand of CLW as a weapon against undead. Cant hit the undead guy's high AC? Don't have a weapon that gets around its DR? Dont have a magical weapon to deal with incorporeals? Pull out that Wand of CLW and use it! It's a touch attack! Sure, they get a save for half, but at least you can do something!

Edit: Add your own suggestions!

My area has a local gaming convention every April, this weekend it will be April 12-14. We have had a growing PFS scene there for the past couple of years, and this year I'm hoping I can take advantage of the awesome draw of True Dungeon and the number of people that will bring to the event to grow our local scene ever more.

The True Dungeon people, the real actual True Dungeon that runs at Gencon every year, may be having an event at my local convention. Awesome, right? Well they need help if this is going to happen. I dont know what all they need volunteers for or when you would be needed, but if you have ever wanted to be a part of True Dungeon, this could be your chance!

Contact jeff@truedungeon.com to find out more about it!

Links to events on Paizo site and Warhorn site.

Date: Saturday, Jan 12, 2013
Where: Castle Perilous Books and Games
Events:
11am-4pm: PFS Special: Year of the Shadow Lodge (Tier 1-11)
430-830pm: GM101, Part 1
Admission: At least one can of food or dry good foodstuff to be donated to the local food pantry. No ramen or tomato paste, though.

We will also be holding a raffle for a $20 gift certificate to Castle Perilous Books and Games. Entries are $.50 each, and all profits from the drawing will go into our local GM fund to help pay for scenarios, printing, and other PFS related gaming materials as a thank you to those who GM for us.

Sign up is ready to go on the Warhorn site. Sign up generally goes first to those who sign up on Warhorn, though we will attempt to make accomodations for new players and those who have driven a significant distance to join us!

Come out and have a great day of Pathfinder!