3Con, Fort Wayne, IN (April 1-2, 2011)

[TwilightKnight]

Is anyone organizing PFS at 3Con this year?

[Nebelwerfer41]

TwilightKnight wrote:

Is anyone organizing PFS at 3Con this year?

I've never heard of this Con before. It could be a bigger deal if this group and the PentaCon folks pool resources.

[TwilightKnight]

I am considering going and running a table in each slot just to see what kind of response there would be.

[Mark Garringer]

TwilightKnight wrote:

I am considering going and running a table in each slot just to see what kind of response there would be.

I wish I were able to.

[TwilightKnight]

Mark Garringer wrote:

I wish I were able to.

Let's do it. Maybe, if they're free, we could coax DougDoug or Kyle to drive down.

[Nebelwerfer41]

TwilightKnight wrote:

I am considering going and running a table in each slot just to see what kind of response there would be.

I'll see if I can make it out.

[Kyle Baird]

TwilightKnight wrote:

Mark Garringer wrote:

I wish I were able to.

Let's do it. Maybe, if they're free, we could coax DougDoug or Kyle to drive down.

It's a definite possibility. If I'm free and you can resonably guarantee enough player interest, I'll be there, pink bunnies and all.

[TwilightKnight]

So far, not getting any response from the convention organizers, but we are looking to run some PFS. Good chance that a few of the recognizable GM's from the boards will be present. Just looking for an idea of player turnout. If you know anything about the convention or any local groups, please email me. Thx
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[Nebelwerfer41]

TwilightKnight wrote:

So far, not getting any response from the convention organizers, but we are looking to run some PFS. Good chance that a few of the recognizable GM's from the boards will be present. Just looking for an idea of player turnout. If you know anything about the convention or any local groups, please email me. Thx

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A group of wargamgers from South Bend, IN are planning on making an appearance, there are a few PFS players in that group as well.

[Chris Mortika]

I'd be available and willing.

[Doug Miles]

TwilightKnight wrote:

Mark Garringer wrote:

I wish I were able to.

Let's do it. Maybe, if they're free, we could coax DougDoug or Kyle to drive down.

I'll help, but I ain't organizing it! Just gimme a table to run and bring me a Diet Coke once in a while.

[TwilightKnight]

Doug Miles wrote:

I'll help, but I ain't organizing it! Just gimme a table to run and bring me a Diet Coke once in a while.

Okay, y'all heard it. The five-star can be bought with Diet Coke. If you want him to GM at your event, keep 'em cold and keep 'em coming :-)

[Doug Miles]

TwilightKnight wrote:

Doug Miles wrote:

I'll help, but I ain't organizing it! Just gimme a table to run and bring me a Diet Coke once in a while.

Okay, y'all heard it. The five-star can be bought with Diet Coke. If you want him to GM at your event, keep 'em cold and keep 'em coming :-)

Hey, now...I'm cutting you a deal because you've got my back at BASHCon. If anyone else wants a five-star screen monkey they'll need to ante up some Guiness and a BBQ chicken pizza.

[TwilightKnight]

Doug Miles wrote:

ante up some Guiness and a BBQ chicken pizza

Noted for future reference ;-)

[Chris Mortika]

What should I prep?

[Mark Garringer]

Chris Mortika wrote:

What should I prep?

Chris email me: [e-mail]

Thanks!

[TwilightKnight]

It appears that the 'locals' are not organizing any PFS for 3Con, so we are taking the torch. Watch for the event to update on the website over the next few days and get signed up early. Looks like at least three tables per slot, with two slots on Friday and three on Saturday.

[Chris Mortika]

For people interested in attending 3CON, the block of hotel rooms at the Fort Wayne Hilton have sold out. There's plenty of hotel space around, just not cheap space within walking distance of the Convention Center.

[Mark Garringer]

3Con Schedule is up and event sign up is here!

Also, super sweet flier.

April 1 and 2 in Fort Wayne Indiana, $10 gets you in for both days!

Friday 4/1/2011 12 PM - 9 PM Robert Jonquet The Godsmouth Heresy
Friday 4/1/2011 12 PM - 4 PM Chris Mortika #02-01 - The Bloodcove Disguise
Friday 4/1/2011 12 PM - 4 PM Doug Miles #02-15 - Written in Blood
Friday 4/1/2011 5 PM - 9 PM Chris Mortika #02-02 - Rescue at Azlant Ridge
Friday 4/1/2011 5 PM - 9 PM Doug Miles #02-EX - The Midnight Mauler

Saturday 4/2/2011 10 AM - 2 PM Robert Jonquet #00-05 - Mists of the Mwangi
Saturday 4/2/2011 10 AM - 2 PM Chris Mortika #01-39 - The Citadel of Flame
Saturday 4/2/2011 10 AM - 2 PM Doug Miles #02-17 - Exiles of Winter
Saturday 4/2/2011 3 PM - 7 PM Robert Jonquet #01-35 - Voice in the Void
Saturday 4/2/2011 3 PM - 7 PM Chris Mortika #01-43 - The Pallid Plague
Saturday 4/2/2011 3 PM - 7 PM Doug Miles #02-EX - The Midnight Mauler
Saturday 4/2/2011 8 PM - 12 AM Robert Jonquet #02-11 - The Penumbral Accords
Saturday 4/2/2011 8 PM - 12 AM Chris Mortika #02-13 - Murder on the Throaty Mermaid
Saturday 4/2/2011 8 PM - 12 AM Doug Miles #01-33 - Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible

[Chris Mortika]

Mark Garringer wrote:

3Con Schedule is up and event sign up is here!

Also, super sweet flier.

If the super sweet flier's fine print were to use the word "trademaerk", would you want somebody to point that out?

[TwilightKnight]

Chris Mortika wrote:

If the super sweet flier's fine print were to use the word "trademaerk", would you want somebody to point that out?

Ouch! I missed that too. Mark please update ASAP.

**Glad I didn't deliver this to any game stores yet**

[Mark Garringer]

Chris Mortika wrote:

Mark Garringer wrote:

3Con Schedule is up and event sign up is here!

Also, super sweet flier.

If the super sweet flier's fine print were to use the word "trademaerk", would you want somebody to point that out?

*facepalm*

Of course I wouldn't want to know that. I'd rather keep looking like an idiot. ;)

[Mark Garringer]

Fixed. Thanks!

[Mark Garringer]

Met a lot of new, interested players at Who's Yer Con from the Fort Wayne area. Hope to see you guys out there!

[Cactus-Jack]

I am going to try to organize a car load or two from Lafayette, at least for Saturday. Friday poses work and hotel issues, being so close to the Con

[TwilightKnight]

Cactus-Jack wrote:

I am going to try to organize a car load or two from Lafayette, at least for Saturday. Friday poses work and hotel issues, being so close to the Con

Awesome! I know that the online event registrations can be deceiving, but so far, only one person. Starting to think the GM's will be running a table for each other.

[Nebelwerfer41]

TwilightKnight wrote:

Cactus-Jack wrote:

I am going to try to organize a car load or two from Lafayette, at least for Saturday. Friday poses work and hotel issues, being so close to the Con

Awesome! I know that the online event registrations can be deceiving, but so far, only one person. Starting to think the GM's will be running a table for each other.

At least one from South Bend and one from Warsaw will be there on Saturday.

[Mark Garringer]

Slots are starting to fill in nicely! Hope to see many of your smiling faces out at 3Con!

We've got some great talent coming out to support the con!

Pathfinder Society's only 5 Star GM,
one of the few 4 Star GMs,
and an RPG Superstar Top 16 finalist!

[TwilightKnight]

One week left and there are still seats left for many of the offered scenarios. If you're in the area, stop on in and help us make this a memorable convention.

And if you're not in the region..."Come on down. You're the next contestant on... :-)

[Doug Miles]

What's this baloney with everyone signing up for Bob's tables but not mine? I smell a conspiracy!

[Kyle Baird]

Doug Miles wrote:

What's this baloney with everyone signing up for Bob's tables but not mine? I smell a conspiracy!

All the players who signed up are actually just me signed up under different aliases.

[Mark Garringer]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Doug Miles wrote:

What's this baloney with everyone signing up for Bob's tables but not mine? I smell a conspiracy!

All the players who signed up are actually just mean signed up under different aliases.

I was going with his Coordinator shafted him with poor module selection...

[Tom Baumbach]

Glad to see this is turning out to be a good event for PFS! I have a tiny little convention of my own to attend, otherwise I'd be there exclusively to bug Bob.

Have fun!

@Chris Mortika: Where are you coming from? You don't live in the neighborhood of Northern Indiana, do you?
Edit: Your profile says Iowa. That's dedication.

[TwilightKnight]

Tom Baumbach wrote:

That's dedication.

So is dealing with the likes of you on a regular basis ;-)

[Tom Baumbach]

TwilightKnight wrote:

So is dealing with the likes of you on a regular basis ;-)

There you go mixing up words again. Masochism, Bob. The word is masochism.

[Kyle Baird]

Hey Bob, free-lance anything this weekend? ;-)

[Doug Miles]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Hey Bob, free-lance anything this weekend? ;-)

Bob was free-lancing like a mist-tainted madman this weekend. He ran 4/5 scheduled sessions while doing it with no complaints from any players. They kept coming back to his table despite his cruel dice. I only got 1/5 sessions due to sparse turnout :(

[Thea Peters]

Doug Miles wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Hey Bob, free-lance anything this weekend? ;-)

Bob was free-lancing like a mist-tainted madman this weekend. He ran 4/5 scheduled sessions while doing it with no complaints from any players. They kept coming back to his table despite his cruel dice. I only got 1/5 sessions due to sparse turnout :(

*comforts the sad Doug*

Marmalade Dog should go better

*steps away from the empty wine bottle and curls up to sleep*

[Mark Garringer]

I want to give a big thanks again to Chris Mortika, Doug Miles and TwlightKnight for coming out to 3 Con and putting on a good time for the players!

Playing The Citadel of Flames with Doug was a riot! I love that mod. Playing my Gunslinger with Bob as a player and Chris as GM was also a ton of fun even though Tim Hitchcock wants to kill me in every mod he writes :)

Thanks guys!

[TwilightKnight]

3Con was a lot of fun. Hope we can entice more players to make the trip to NE Indiana next year. As usual, the players were awesome and made my job a lot easier.

And yes, I was a brutal GM this con. One player with a barbarian kept getting dropped. Between untimely critical hits, paralysis, and stunning affects, I'm not sure how much fun he had. But he kept coming back for more.

My dice were on fire, except when I got to play Hydra's Fang. I'm still drying out my equipment after all the time spent under water. :-(

[Chris Mortika]

Had a great time. Bob and Doug are super-cool people. It was great to run a table with them, and with Mark. It was nice to meet some of the fun Pathfinder players in Indiana, and I only wish I could have met more of 'em!

[Nebelwerfer41]

TwilightKnight wrote:

3Con was a lot of fun. Hope we can entice more players to make the trip to NE Indiana next year. As usual, the players were awesome and made my job a lot easier.

And yes, I was a brutal GM this con. One player with a barbarian kept getting dropped. Between untimely critical hits, paralysis, and stunning affects, I'm not sure how much fun he had. But he kept coming back for more.

My dice were on fire, except when I got to play Hydra's Fang. I'm still drying out my equipment after all the time spent under water. :-(

I concur with all of the above. The organizers need to do a little better with their promotions, but the venue was awesome.

The barbarian did have a good time, he enjoyed his first foray into PFS and he was already talking about playing more at GenCon this summer.

[Chris Mortika]

TwilightKnight wrote:

My dice were on fire, except when I got to play Hydra's Fang. I'm still drying out my equipment after all the time spent under water. :-(

I was re-reading Gods & Magic today and ran across Besmara's bicorn on page 55. I might recommend it for snooty cavaliers like al Hadeem.

[TwilightKnight]

Chris Mortika wrote:

I was re-reading Gods & Magic today and ran across Besmara's bicorn on page 55. I might recommend it for snooty cavaliers like al Hadeem.

lol. No, he's just pleasantly pompous and will just avoid all water-based scenarios :-)

But the Bicorn might be a very nice addition to my gun-slinging pirate concept.