VCON 34 – Oct 2-4, 2009

The following post is an announcement received from Jenni Merrifield at VCON in Vancouver, BC. The convention sounds like a lot of fun! Hi! My name is Jenni Merrifield and I have recently taken over the role of Games Coordinator for VCON 34. I am sending out this message to gamers and gaming groups primarily [...]

Roleplaying as art – a collaborative project

I have been thinking a lot about art lately – doing photography, participating in an online art group, reading books on the subject, doodling – all that sort of thing.  I suppose that it was inevitable that sooner or later I would start thinking about the relevance of creativity and expression in the art form [...]

What do you think of this monkey?

Here’s a preview of the art for this year’s Emerald City Gamefest (click on the image to see larger version). At the last Gamefest planning meeting, we decided to go with “frugal monkey” as the theme for our November 2009 game day. We figured that in these crappy economic times, a free game day was [...]

East End RPG Meetup group

Meetup Reminder The Eastside RPG Meetup Group Your group has a Meetup tomorrow! You still need to RSVP. What Gamers gathering When Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:00 PM Where Wizards Toy Box Game Club 16213 NE 18th St. Belleuve Bellevue WA 98008 206.755.6356 For more information, to subscribe, or to RSVP, go to the East [...]

Dragonflight pre-convention program

The pre-convention program for the 2009 edition of the Dragonflight convention is now posted.  It offers a snapshot of the games scheduled to date.  It’s sure to change quite a bit by the time of the convention but hopefully it will whet your appetite!

Want to write articles for ECG?

If you have ever been interested in posting an article about your favourite game system, a review, a story recap, your musings on game design or campaign creation, this may be the right place. How do I post articles on this site? First, you need to create an ID with WordPress.com.  You don’t need to [...]

Game Recap: Mystery Men: The Return of the Space Hamster!

This is a recap of our regular Thursday night game at the Wayward Cafe on Greenwood in Seattle. This game was another in our series of Mystery Men inspired D-list supers. Much fun was had by all!  To reduce the confusion, the Anchorman character can control electrical devices and is, himself, a camera and he [...]

Goodhobbits: A Freeport Adventure

You shouldn’t have gotten out of bed this morning… It’s been five years since the Freeport Guard was divided between the Sea Lord Guards and the Watch. Between the trustworthy, loyal soldiers dedicated to keep the Sea Lord safe, and the corrupt, untrustworthy troops that are now charged with keeping the very laws they regularly [...]

Merry Christmas!

  From all of us at the Emerald City Gamefest to you our friends and fans, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, or just plain old Happy Holidays! Here’s to getting what you want under the tree, the latest game or spiffy dice set. To being with friends and family, with those that [...]

New Column: Why We Game by Richard Tucholka

My good friend, Richard Tucholka, wrote a guest column about why people play RPGs and other games: Why We Game. I first met Richard Tucholka about 20 years ago at an Order of Liebowitz game night at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. There I really learned the craft of being a GM under his tutelage. And [...]