Category: Games on Demand

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PAX East 2013 – Games on Demand

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Planning has begun for Games on Demand at PAX East 2013 in Boston (March 22-24). The event will take place in the Tabletop hall again this year, and we’re working with organizers to secure space on the main aisle across from all the vendor booths.  Complimentary guest badges will be available to volunteers, giving you access to the show for the whole weekend. Volunteering involves a combination of hosting and running games you love for enthusiastic strangers, for a total of 12 hours over the course of the show. Everyone who volunteered last year said that it was a lot of fun. If you’re interested in joining us, just send us a message and let us know!

Origins 2013 – Indie Games on Demand

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We’ve already begun to organize for next year! If you’re interested in GMing, send an email to Kira Scott at anansi at gmail. We’ll add you to the already bustling list of GMs ready to rock the event this year!

Also join our Facebook group to meet the community of GMs and players: Indie Games on Demand – Origins.

We look forward to seeing you all in Columbus Ohio, rolling dice and playing games!

Gen Con 2012 – Indie Games on Demand!

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Are you coming to Gen Con next week? Don’t miss Games on Demand, because this year it’s going to be fantastic!

WHAT: Volunteer GMs running a selection of their favorite independent and small press games, just for you!

WHEN: Thursday-Saturday August 16-18th, 10am-10pm, Sunday August 19th, 10am-2pm

WHERE: Main Convention Center, Room 238

No planned events or pre-registered games for Gen Con? No problem!

Bring your generic tickets and get a taste of cutting-edge small press games including:

Fiasco, Monsterhearts, Dungeon World, Apocalypse World, Dogs in the Vineyard, Cthulhu Dark, Bulldogs!, Swords Without Master, Technoir, Our Last Best Hope, Lady Blackbird, Dread, and many more.

Guest starring a few favorites including Marvel Heroic, Mouse Guard, and Trail of Cthulhu.

No experience is necessary: our friendly GMs teach all the rules! Bring generic tickets and enthusiasm to room 238 and we will find a game for you!

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For a handy printable map of the participating vendors in the Exhibitor hall and contact information for the event, see our Gen Con 2012 Games on Demand Handout. Please print a few dozen copies and bring them along to share!

PAX East 2012 – What Games Did We Play?

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The following is a report of the games that were run at Games on Demand at PAX East this year. In each case, the game title is listed with (roughly) the number of players at the table.

Friday

  • 10am: Fiasco (4), Bulldogs (4), Marvel (4)
  • 2pm: Fiasco (4), Marvel (5), Marvel (5)
  • 4pm: Burning Wheel (5), Marvel (5), Fiasco (2), Marvel (3)
  • 6pm: Fiasco (6), Dungeon World (5), Fiasco (3), Slay With Me (2)
  • 8pm: Fiasco (5), Burning Wheel (5), Fiasco (3), Marvel (5), CthulhuTech (4), Fiasco (2)
  • 10pm: Fiasco (5), 1001 Nights (4), CthulhuTech (5), Marvel (4)

Saturday

  • 10am: Eclipse Phase (4), Marvel (7), Marvel (6)
  • 12pm: Bulldogs (4), Trail of Cthulhu (4), Fiasco (4), Marvel (4)
  • 2pm: The Play’s The Thing (3), Inspectres (4), Fiasco (4), Microscope (4), Fiasco (5), Fiasco (4), Fiasco (5), Marvel (6), Burning Wheel (3)
  • 4pm: Houses of the Blooded (4), Always Never Now (5), Psi*Run (4), Burning Wheel (4), Fiasco (4), Marvel (5), Leverage (4), Fiasco (4), Dread (5)
  • 6pm: Apocalypse World (5), Fiasco (4), Marvel (6), Marvel (4), Action Castle (3), Zombie Cinema (3), Eclipse Phase (5), Marvel (5)
  • 8pm: Fiasco (4), Marvel (5), Dresden Files (3), Action Castle (3), Fiasco (6), Mouse Guard (5), Technoir (4)
  • 10pm: Fiasco (4), Fiasco (4), Fiasco (4), Psi*Run (4), Eternity (4)

Sunday

  • 10am: FreeMarket (4), Game Design (3)
  • 12pm: PsiRun (5), Marvel (5), Lady BlackBird (4), Eclipse Phase (5), Apocalypse World (4), Burning Wheel (4), Marvel (6)
  • 2pm: PsiRun (4), Fiasco (4), Fiasco (4), Dread (4)
  • 3pm: Mouse Guard (5), Fiasco (4), Fiasco (4), Fiasco (4), The Play’s The Thing (4), 3:16 (4)

A few notes about these numbers:

  • This information is a best guess, and our records are sketchy. The number of players are definitely  wrong in places and we probably missed a few games.
  • Similarly, many of these times are not accurate. It may say 2pm but the game may have actually started at 1:30 or 3pm.
  • We had 6 tables but at some point we borrowed 3 more and had 9 games going on at the same time.
  • A significant portion of the GMs were people who had played games with us, loved GoD, and came back to run games for us!
  • Several games had audience members just watching.
  • We had a significant number of people who had never roleplayed before but we didn’t track those details.
  • We didn’t record how long games ran. They ranged from 30 minutes to 1hr, 2hrs, 4hrs, and 5hrs.