Well, we are well into planning and preparing for the next SCARAB Gaming Convention and have already attended a number of conventions in the south east:

ConNooga
StellarCon

and we are scheduled to attend several more in the next couple of months:

GnomeCon
X-Con World
ConCarolinas

Plus we have several games days planned around the Carolinas and Eastern GA. Our event at Firefly this past weekend in Lexington, SC had great attendance and we had people from as far away as Virginia, make the drive just to hang with the SCARAB Swarm. We had attendees from Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah and Augusta as well as Charlotte. We were happy to see so many old faces and meet some new friends.

Our next big retailer day will be FREE RPG Day in June.

Come on out and play some games with us! If you are interested in having SCARAB attend your retailer event or convention please just drop me a line.

This weekend you will find the SCARAB Swarm at GnomeCon in Savannah, GA and you can sign up for GM slots or player slots here:

WARHORN

We have some awesome prizes to give away!!!!

GnomeCon was a great event! We had a ton of fun and now you can look for the SCARAB Swarm to next appear at XCON World in Myrtle Beach, SC and you can register for a GM or player spot HERE.

Ditto on the Gnomecon. I had a fun time, you put a lot of work into it and I believe everyone had a GREAT time. Thanks Del!

I will be in Charleston for Gathering in the Park May 12th with Thom and some other great GMs having some PFS FUN. Find out more here.

Change of plans ... Gathering in the Park is moving to July and possibly a venue change? More info to come as I get it.

That means we are going to GeekOut 2012 in Ashville, NC on the 12th. Come on out and meet the SCARAB Swarm, play some PFS and get a chance to grab some great prizes.

Then, don't forget that XCON is the next weekend on the 18-20th of May where you will be able to get your game on with the swarm and enjoy Myrtle Beach, SC.

Registration for both events is open and you can reserve your spot at a table here:

GeekOUT 2012 - Ashville, NC - May 12, 2012

XCON World - Myrtle Beach, SC - May 18-20, 2012

COME ON OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!!

GeekOUT 2012 - Ashville, NC - May 12, 2012 is filling nicely and we are starting to get some PFS registrations for XCON World - Myrtle Beach, SC - May 18-20, 2012 rolling in. Yeah!

If you cannot make either of these events then you can catch SCARAB at ConCarolinas in June and I still have ONE spot available in the hotel room for any GM willing to run 4 or more scenarios.

For more information on SCARAB Gaming Convention check us out on Facebook and on our website:
www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com

SCARAB will next be at -

XCON World - Myrtle Beach, SC - May 18-20, 2012

If you cannot make this events then you can catch SCARAB at ConCarolinas in June and I still have ONE spot available in the hotel room for any GM willing to run 4 or more scenarios.

Then you can catch us on FreeRPG Day at Planet Comics in Anderson, SC

and

Heroes and Dragons in Columbia, SC

June 16th, 2012

For more information on SCARAB Gaming Convention check us out on Facebook and on our website:
www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com

SCARAB will next be at -

ConCarolinas in June.

I have filled all the free room spots.

After ConCarolinas you can catch us on FreeRPG Day at Planet Comics in Anderson, SC

and

Heroes and Dragons in Columbia, SC

June 16th, 2012

For more information on SCARAB Gaming Convention check us out on Facebook and on our website:
www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com

SCARAB Gaming Convention Board Meeting occurred this past weekend and I was able to get the following approved for PFS GMs.

Those who run 7 sessions or more:
Free Badge
1/4 of a room.
$5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
Free t-shirt.
$30 Commemorative Gift (I've seen them and they are super cool)
A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event - and your dinner will be on the VC (that's me).
Double prize draws.

Those who run 3-6 sessions:
Free Badge
$5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
Free t-shirt.
A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event. At your own expense.
Double prize draws.

Those who run 1-2 sessions:
Discounted Badge
Double prize draws.

If you are interested in being a PFS GM at SCARAB contact me and begin planning now. This is a 4-day convention in Columbia, SC and you can learn more on our website at www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com

FREE RPG DAY EVENT AT PLANET COMICS IN ANDERSON

There is one PFS scenario and three 3rd party Pathfinder modules and I have seen them for prepping them for the SCARAB Swarm to run them all over our area and can tell you they are awesome! We are running a big event in GVILLE at Planet Comics from 11-11 and will have the SCARLET SUN event as well as UNDYING LEGACY, TEMPLE OF ORCUS and SLAVERS OF THE SUNKEN GARDEN and all the other RPGs at 15 tables over three 2 to 3-hour sessions. The Warhorn site will be up this evening or tomorrow to register if you can make the trip - come on down.

FREE RPG DAY EVENT AT PLANET COMICS IN ANDERSON

SCARAB will be onsite helping give-a-way lots of goodies and running all kinds of Role-playing games. Including all four Pathfinder modules last year's Pathfinder module and all of the Intro Series for those wishing to enter into the PFS.

Find schedule information here:
Warhorn/Planet Comics FreeRPG Day June 16, 2012

To learn more about SCARAB check out our website and Facebook pages.

For two weeks only we are running a registration special for our 2013 convention located here:

Registration Special 2013

This weekend you will find us at:

Gathering in the Park
Cuthbert Community Center
105 W. 5th South Street
Summerville, SC 29483

The Barnes and Noble events are back on the SCARAB Schedule on the website.

www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com

We will also be running a number of retailer events in the fall and I will be at Above Board Games this weekend in Fort Mill, SC.

I am coordinating the PFS events at MACE (Charlotte, NC) in November and they have given permission for 28-35 tables. This is going to be a great event. Come on out and have some fun!!!

The schedule will be posted in September for MACE.

The schedule will be posted in October for SCARAB.

I will be at Above Board Games this weekend running Parts 1 & 2 of the Shades of Ice Series!!!!

FIREFLY GAMES DAYS - THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATION OVER THREE MONTHS!!!!

We are going to be running tons of PFS (and other games) at one of our great sponsors Firefly Toys and Games in Lexington, SC.

The details are in the PFS Event Calendar

We are going to have a great line up of PFS tables, prizes and boons for GMs and players!!!

We are also going to have tons of board gaming going to fill in the wait time and we are looking forward to running some Kill Doctor Lucky!!!

The dates are going to be:

• Sat, Oct 20, 2012 noon-midnight
  
• Sat, Nov 17, 2012 noon-midnight
  
• Sat, Dec 15, 2012 noon-midnight
  

Check the SCARAB Calendar and Facebook pages to keep up with all the great events we are going to attend.

I'll be heading up to Above Board Games in Charlotte Oct 13th - Come on out and get some game on!!!

I'm curious, do many people show up on Thursday, the day before Scarab begins? Right now, I am planning on driving down from Asheville that day. I was hoping that something good might happen Thursday evening.

There are lots of people that come down early and a few that stay late. If you are looking for a game I would suggest posting on the facebook page a couple weeks before.

FIREFLY in LEXINGTON, SC - SAT, OCT 20, 2012
NOON-MIDNIGHT

Come on out and have some fun!!!

The PFS schedule is up for SCARAB 2013 here:

SCARAB 2013

Those who run 7 sessions or more:
Free Badge
1/4 of a room.
$5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
Free t-shirt.
$30 Commemorative Gift (I've seen them and they are super cool)
A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event - and your dinner will be on the VC (that's me).
Double prize draws.

Those who run 3-6 sessions:
Discounted (3-5 Sessions) or Free Badge (6 Sessions Only)
$5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
Free t-shirt.
A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event. At your own expense.
Double prize draws.

Those who run 1-2 sessions:
Discounted Badge
Double prize draws.

We have 120 sessions over 4-days. You can buy a badge here:

Registration

If you want to GM you can see the sessions and sign up for slots here:

Schedule

What other convention offers this much for this price?

If you are interesed in a GM spot send me an email or post here with the slots you want to run.

Our first Fall Game Day kicked off this past Saturday at Firefly and we had a great turn out. Over 50 people showed up and played Pathfinder Society with us as well as a few board games. Thanks to everyone who could make it out and make this a great event. Our next Fall Game Day will be at Firefly Toys and Games.

Firefly is located at:
5060 Sunset Boulevard
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone:(803) 996-3473

The next SCARAB Gaming Day will be November 17, 2012 and you can register on our SCARAB Game Days Warhorn site:

WARHORN - SCARAB GAMING DAYS

SCARAB will be running games at libraries around SC for International Games Day on November 17th.

MACE is this weekend. We have 28 tables on the schedule and so far 24 of them will make. COME ON OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!

Several GMs have asked, "What to I need to bring to MACE?" If you are running/GMing for SCARAB at MACE or anywhere else for that matter you do not need to bring anything other than a great attitude and enthusiasm and it is recommended that you bring the copies of the core assumption you need.

• We provide maps and mapping materials
  
• We provide Minis, counters, etc
  
• We will have the scenarios printed and ready to go (NO you may not keep them - they belong to the SCARAB library)
  
• We will have chronicles printed
  
• We will have the handouts and faction missions printed
  
• We will have a printer available
  
• We have extra everything, dice, minis, pens, pencils, etc
  
• We have dozens of copies of the core assumption available
  
• We will have Hero Lab available and usually bring at least one Hero Lab computer
  
• We have PFS IDs for new players and sign-in sheets for GMs
  

Recruiting GMs for SCARAB. Sure you can go to other conventions and run games and maybe you get a GM boon and maybe you'll get lucky and draw something else.

Look at the value we place on your time and energy here at SCARAB!

Those who run 7 sessions or more:

• Free Badge
  
• 1/4 of a room.
  
• $5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
  
• Free t-shirt.
  
• $30 Commemorative Gift (I've seen them and they are super cool)
  
• A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event - and your dinner will be on the VC (that's me).
  
• Scenarios will be free
  
• Double prize draws.

Those who run 3-6 sessions:

• Discounted (3-5 Sessions) or Free Badge (6 Sessions Only)
  
• $5 per day per diem to use in canteen or at the dealers.
  
• Free t-shirt.
  
• A seat at the SCARAB Dinner - Monday after the event. At your own expense.
  
• Scenarios will be free
  
• Double prize draws.

Those who run 1-2 sessions:

• Discounted Badge
  
• Scenarios will be free
  
• Double prize draws.

Those interested in signing up to GM need to contact me ASAP.

When you say "1/4 of a room," do you mean you pay 1/4 the cost of my room, or you're giving me a spot in a room shared by 4 people?

When you say "1/4 of a room," do you mean you pay 1/4 the cost of my room, or you're giving me a spot in a room shared by 4 people?

1/4 of the cost.

Both. For those without room arrangements already we are doing it the same way Paizo did it at GenCon. A room shared by 4 people. If you are already a part of a group we will give you credit (up to the 1/4 of the value of the con room rate) that can be used at the convention in the dealers room or at the cantina. We will not reimburse with cash.

SCARAB Game Days

The next SCARAB Game Day is this weekend November 17, 2012 at:

Firefly Toys and Games

Firefly is located at:
5060 Sunset Boulevard
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone:(803) 996-3473

We have prizes and boons!

We have 12 sessions of PFS on the schedule and you can sign up at:

Warhorn

The next game day is scheduled in December and it will also be at Firefly.

The response to these has been so overwhelming that we are looking to move every three months and will hopefully be running the next game days in Georgia just over the South Crak-a-laky border.

I could still use between 3 and 4 GMs willing to run 7 sessions.

If you are interested please let me know.

I'm not a regular Warhorn user but is there any way to reorganize the gaming schedule to make it more legible? Right now it's just sorted by start time of the slots which means the PFS scenarios are scattered amongst 2-hour, 3-hour, and 4-hour board gaming slots and all-day minis tournaments. I'd love to see all the PFS games together.

PFS games all have start times of 8am (until 1pm), 2pm (until 7pm) and 8pm (until 1am). Within those windows I think there are only PFS slots listed ... or maybe I just signed up early enough to miss the other events. ;)

PFS games all have start times of 8am (until 1pm), 2pm (until 7pm) and 8pm (until 1am). Within those windows I think there are only PFS slots listed ... or maybe I just signed up early enough to miss the other events. ;)

No, you're right. It's just that (taking Saturday for example) there's 2 columns, then PFS (8-1) then 5 columns: 8-7, 8-11, 11-1, 1-5, 2-4, <scroll right> ah here we are, more PFS (2-7), 3 more columns, more PFS.

It's just particularly confusing because everything is running in different length slots and starting at different times. I was just wondering if it was possible to group all the PFS at the start (or the end).

This is a failing commentary to the current version of warhorn. It arranges slots by start time (which is great but...) and will not let you arrange them any other way. The way they are set up we wanted to organize the schedule by slot # but warhorn just won't let us do it. Maybe version #2. We donated some $$$ to the warhorn creator and will continue to do so in the hopes that the software continues to improve.

It may help you to use the grid option. That way you can isolate on your screen just the tables that start with a PFS.

SCARAB Double A Games - Wounded Warrior Charity Event
Heroes & Dragons, Columbia, SC
Saturday

To support the Wounded Warrior charity event this Saturday, December 1st, the Venture Captain of South Carolina, Del Collins, will be at Double A Games at noon to run the Tier 3-7 scenario The Sanos Abduction for 6 lucky players. Registration is $10 (all of it donated to Wounded Warriors) for a seat. You can pre-pay at Double A Games & Heroes & Dragons this week or at the door on Saturday if you want to chance the table filling up. Don't forget: only six seats are available! Every player will get a cool Season 4 Boon and a SCARAB Prize Pack (Valued $10-$15)!

Heroes & Dragons
510 Bush River Road
Columbia, SC 29210
SCARAB

Del, will you be reporting the PFS scenarios for Scarab or will people be reporting their own sessions?

Several GMs have asked, "What to I need to bring to MACE?" If you are running/GMing for SCARAB at MACE or anywhere else for that matter you do not need to bring anything other than a great attitude and enthusiasm and it is recommended that you bring the copies of the core assumption you need.

• We provide maps and mapping materials
  

So will the maps that aren't premade (such as flipmats and map packs) by Paizo be ready to go or will the GM need to draw out?

We will be reporting all sessions.

We have a LOT of them in full size and full color. You may need to do some drawing, but it just depends on the scenario

We will have several mats and ample drawing materials available.

Congratulations Goob on the 3rd star!

SCARAB Game Days

The next SCARAB Game Day is this weekend November 17, 2012 at:

Firefly Toys and Games

Firefly is located at:
5060 Sunset Boulevard
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone:(803) 996-3473

We have prizes and boons!

We have 12 sessions of PFS on the schedule and you can sign up at:

Warhorn

Congratulations Goob on the 3rd star!

Thanks! Should have 4 by the summer! See everyone at SCARAB in just over a month!

I updated the session tracking handout to include the adventure paths.

Pathfinder Scenario Checklist

What do John Compton, Chris Mortika and Del Collins all have in common?

5 Stars ...

And ...

They will all be running games at SCARAB!

Huge shout out to all the judges running games at SCARAB, there are a whole bunch of stars helping out and I mean that sincerely. Thanks to everyone who is helping out!

Posted our coming schedule for 2013. We are going to be at a dozen conventions and hosting as many game days all over the southeast.

What do John Compton, Chris Mortika and Del Collins all have in common?

5 Stars ...

And ...

They will all be running games at SCARAB!

Huge shout out to all the judges running games at SCARAB, there are a whole bunch of stars helping out and I mean that sincerely. Thanks to everyone who is helping out!

Sweetness... I can't wait to see those folks again! I had a great time with Del and John at last year's SCARAB. And definitely excited to meet Chris of course... it isn't any fun if you don't meets new peoples, too!

Congratulations Goob on the 3rd star!

Danka. I surely will be putting them to good use this year at SCARAB and all of our other cons we visit... ooo and game days with the SCARAB Swarm all over the southeast.... oh and local events... and let's not forget those awesome home games...

So.
much.
Gaming.

= VERY HAPPY ME.

(i wish i could put some huge smiley face ASCII art here, but alas, I am not very skilled there)