fantasy

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Girl Underground

Facilitator: 
Lauren McManamon

Girl Underground (www.girlunderground.org) is a tabletop rpg about a curious girl in a wondrous world, inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Labyrinth, the Wizard of Oz, Spirited Away, and similar tales; written by Lauren McManamon and Jesse Ross.

Follow a young girl's journey of self-discovery through a whimsical, twisty fantasy land with the friends she meets along the way. Explore willowy woods filled with whisper-soft lies, or tricky fairy rings with riddling promises, all on the way to overthrow an unjust ruler, until you eventually find your way back home.

Players will create the Girl who is our protagonist for this adventure. They will also create unique companions to support her along the way. Some familiar faces include the Beastie (Puss in Boots, the Cheshire Cat, and other rebellious animals), the Faun (half-person, half-magic, all indulgence and whimsy), and the Runaway (Peter Pan and similar lost children).

Content notes: This is a game about discovering your core beliefs as a young person and using them to overthrow society's rules and norms. Some themes that may arise are gender exploration, gaslighting, growing up and the shame and awkwardness that comes with it, and patriarchal constructs.

However, the players choose which themes will come up in the game, and we will absolutely not touch upon subject matter that would be un-fun, upsetting, or triggering. This game is intended to be a safe, fun way to explore growing up.

System: 
Powered by the Apocalypse

After Alice: The White Rabbit

Facilitator: 
Ryan Conroy

Welcome to Wonderland, or at least what's left of it. All hell broke loose after Alice disappeared. The Red Queen's rise to power went almost completely unhindered until the resistance rose up, led by the Mad Hatter and his Tea Party Guests. Turfs wars broke out with the Queen's many Cards taking control of the majority of the territories. In this place you better learn to keep your head down if you want to keep it squarely on your shoulders.

Now we come to you, one the discarded, the wanderers, the lost still looking to be found. You may have arrived in Wonderland recently, or maybe you've been here longer than can be remembered - it doesn't matter, time is irrelevant here. All you know is you've ended up here for some reason or another, drawn to the rabbit hole. This has left you surrounded by a rag tag assembly of individuals you don't really know, with the White Rabbit before you making a request that you can't bring yourself to deny. But how will you proceed?

Minimum requirements for this game are:
one D4
two D6
one D8
one D10
you may or may not need a D12

System: 
Savage Worlds

Forbidden Lands

Facilitator: 
Conan McKegg

"Round the beggar from Varassa all sat in a ring,
and by the campfire they sat and heard his song.
And about walkers and wolfkin and every terrible thing,
and of his fear he sang to them all night long:
“There is something beyond the mountains, beyond the howls beyond the mist, there is something behind the veils, behind hearts cold as stone.
Hearken, something walks and whispers, walks and lures you in and whimpers:
Come to us, for this earth shall ever be ours and ours alone!”

In this open-world survival roleplaying game, you’re not heroes sent on missions dictated by others - instead, you are raiders and rogues bent on making your own mark on a cursed world. You will discover lost tombs, fight terrible monsters, wander the wild lands.

For years the Forbidden Lands have been blocked off by the Blood Mist. Communities have had to survive and develop without any contact with each other. Now the mist has mysteriously lifted, and the world is open for exploration.

Become part of a living world RPG where the actions of previous players has an impact on the world, what towns exist, what you will find in the dungeons and fortresses. No two games will be the same, and you'll get to experience a unique story built around unique PCs with randomly generated histories that will tie into every decision and experience you have.

Enter the Forbidden Lands and discover this darkly fascinating world.

System: 
Forbidden Lands

Snake Pipe Hollow

Facilitator: 
Dillon Burke

Broo Gang Ambushes Caravan! Trader's Valley, near Glasswall - In an incident which bodes ill for Sartar trade and the towns of the Alda-Chur region, a voracious gang of broos apparenly attacked a merchant caravan camped beside The River. Sartar patrols report that the wreakage had been located and quarantined, to prevent the spread of the virulent diseases carried by chaos-worshipping broos. Long-known as a center of chaos activity, Snake Pipe Hollow in recent years has remained relatively quiet - with none of the mass migrations of chaos horrors which earned the Hollow its gruesome reputation. That peace has ended.

Snake Pipe Hollow is a classic dungeon crawl adventure module, originally released in 1979 for the Runequest roleplaying game. The original module will be run using the latest edition of the Chaosium Runequest rules. Characters will be provided, please bring your luckiest set of polyhedral dice with you.

System: 
Runequest: Roleplaying in Glornatha

Of Leaves and Stewed Hobbit

Facilitator: 
Luke Walker

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can.

The company search for the Easterly Inn, a piece of the Shire in the land of the Beornings, only to find that the Wild is still the Wild and it takes more than Hobbit cooking to keep adventures at bay. In no time, the companions become involved in the search for a missing trade caravan. Their quest will put them on the road to the High Pass, and see them go over hills and under hills.

This is a scenario set in JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth in the time after the Battle of Five Armies. It uses the D&D5e system as presented in Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle-Earth. It is suitable for all ages and experience. It is a simple tale in the vein of The Hobbit and will appeal to fans of Tolkien, as well as fans of fantasy RPGs both old and new.

System: 
D&D 5e - Adventures in Middle Earth

Dungeons and Tax Evasion

Facilitator: 
Quentin

You are the most famous and powerful adventuring party in all the land.

You haven’t done much adventuring lately, though. A few years ago you defeated a Mindflayer in its dark underground lair and discovered something valuable on the way out: There was gold in the mountain. You retired and set up a mining operation.

But early on your Cleric pointed out that the tax on earnings from a mine is much higher than the tax on adventuring loot.

So you worked something out with a nearby goblin tribe.

They work in your mines, you get to pretend you stole this gold from them, everyone gets a cut, everyone’s rich.

But now you’re being audited.

A clerk sent by the Queen herself is coming with you on your next ‘adventure’ to confirm your tax records. So now you have to make it look convincing as you descend into your own mine to ‘steal’ from the goblins who work with you.

System: 
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

Down Below

Facilitator: 
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The job: Steal the Sceptre of Wonders from the Royal Treasury, deep beneath the Pink Palace, in the city of Anaxapajura, capital of the remote tropical island nation of Hcunanzamon. An impossible task, say most.
They don't know about the secret door inside though. On the other side of this door? The fabled place known as Down Below, a vast labyrinth of wonder and mystery, according to legend one of the last remnants of an ancient but advanced society who vanished abruptly thousands of years ago.
But there's a map, showing a safe path through the mysterious machinery, deadly traps and ancient guardians, which will enable you to escape beneath the city to the exit and be away on your waiting ship before the alarm is raised.
Of course, those rumours Down Below has been known to completely change its layout for no apparent reason whatsoever aren't true...

System: 
basic

Eclipsed Veneration

Facilitator: 
James Boyd

The day turned dark and you knew it was time for your hereditary task. You took, sword, word and spell and traveled to the temple to join the others.
Now you carry the embers of the deceased Sun God. You must climb the mountains and bring them to the sky.

Now the Moon Lord tries to taint your god.

A game about ideas and trying to get what you want from a bad situation, not directly with player versus player but expect to clash with fellow players. Probably thoughtful but light-hearted.

System: 
Undecided

Dungeon World

Facilitator: 
James Plunket

The land of DUNGEON WORLD is a dangerous place, steeped in mysterious magic and beset by fiendish monsters, but within its crumbling ruins lie vast riches and ancient treasures for those hardy souls willing to brave their dangers. Sharpen your sword and prepare your spells, for adventure awaits!

System: 
Dungeon World

Dungeons and Dragons 5e: Death House

Facilitator: 
Eva Gregory

Aaaawwooooooooo

Was that..? Shit, a wolf’s howl. You hear another, and another joins them. You shiver drawing your cloak tighter. Wolves don’t come this far down the mountain, especially not where there are campfires burning. You hope.

Thick fog rolls over your campsite. Thick enough to obscure your fire. You can’t even see your hand in front of your face!

Aaaaaawwwooooooooo

Closer this time. You stand, hand on your weapon, ready.

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This is a modified version of Death House, the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Curse of Strahd introductory adventure.

“It’s like a horror movie, but with swords and armour!”

- Cooperative gothic-horror fantasy game, in the classic D&D Ravenloft setting
- No previous D&D knowledge required
- Even balance between role-play and combat
- Pre-generated characters provided, and we’ll spend a little time personalising them
- Some dark themes: 16+ only, and using red/yellow card system for limits, triggers and no-go areas.

Welfare notes:
- Death House is a Gothic Horror (fantasy) story set in the vampire-ruled land of Barovia and as such has many difficult and dark themes. Themes in this game include: violence (non-sexual), neglect, death, madness, the occult.
- There will be no ‘on-screen’ or explicit sexual violence, child abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia and the same will not be tolerated from players.
- Please let me know any limits, triggers or no-go areas beforehand by PM, or chat to me on the day.
- We will employ a Red Card/Yellow Card system *during* gameplay, which will be discussed before game start. To use a yellow or red card, just say “yellow/red card”. You do not need to explain why (though you can if you want).

  • “Yellow Card” this is when the roleplay is approaching your limit. This could mean “I’m fine with what we’re talking about right now, but I don’t want it to go further”. It could mean “I’m only happy to proceed if we first discuss how far this scene is going to go”
  • “Red Card” means “stop immediately” or “I am not comfortable” and the scene will be stopped of changed immediately. No explanation is required.
System: 
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
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