It was supposed to be the greatest day of your life, the pinnacle, you doubted it could ever be cooler than this; you were invited to a birthday party. But now you're here you're not so sure: someone's widdled in their shoe, the little kid next door is hyped on sugar, the birthday boy is crying, and now you all have to play Pass the Parcel. Just pray they don't get round to Charades or Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Join the horror of a 5 year old's birthday party: the laughs, the tantrums, the food stains. But it's OK - nobody loses an eye!

The corporate world is well known for its efficiency. That's why the Higher Ups Analytical International Corporation have hired you! As the competent consultants you are tasked with... R&D? Retrieval? it would be easy to know if you had your contract when they said they'd send it. Surely, you'll just get it at the work briefing today.

Descend into a undersea hive city to extract a psyker who's potentially as valuable as he is dangerous. This is an unsanctioned operation, so you need a good cover story, a solid plan, and steadfast faith in the Emperor.

This adventure is [adapted] for the d100 "Imperium Maledictum" game system, and is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Knowledge of the setting helps but is not necessary. Pre-generated characters are available.

The dragon Smaug has been vanquished, Thorin Oakenshield has been slain in the Battle of Five Armies, and Dáin II ("Ironfoot") is King under the Mountain. It's a time of peace Middle-earth, but evil still lurks in the forgotten halls of fallen cities.

You are adventurers hired by dwarven nobles to explore abandoned dungeons of Erebor. You must clear them of goblins and cave trolls and whatever else has nested in the ruins so that the kingdom of Erebor may be restored to its former glory.

This adventure is set in Middle-earth between the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", and uses The One Ring game system. Pre-generated characters are available.

You've been tasked by an Interrogator of the Inquisition to retrieve a dangerous xenotech artefact from the planet Daedalon. Can you navigate the unhallowed burial grounds of the Imperium to uncover hidden blasphemy?

"Wrath & Glory" is a Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game using a unique d6 system.

Content warning: Warhammer 40,000 is a "grim dark" setting with satirically questionable morality settings. You play as "heroes" in this adventure, except that you serve an authoritarian theocratic empire that views human life as an expendable resource.

A highly secure undersea arcology. A cover story marketing truly terrible products. An extraction target whose focus on keeping his family safe is at odds with the Shadowrunners’ goals. This is Arkoblock Breakout, a Shadowrun adventure in the Proteus AG Arkoblock, a utopian space for Proteus AG employees to live and work, with parks, sports fields, a concert hall, and even an artificial forest. But deep beneath the ocean surface are the black decks, inaccessible to the general populace, where indentured employees coloquially known as "barnacles" live miserable lives of servitude.

You've been hired to infiltrate the Arkoblock posing as employees of the Sanders Beverage company, whose products are questionable at best. Can you sneak away long enough to locate their extraction target? Can you pass as salespeople? More importantly, can you dodge the over-attentive exec hell-bent on impressing visitors?

** Note that this is Shadowrun 5th edition, not 6th and not Anarchy.
Pre-generated characters are available.

"Ragadorn Alehouse Brawl" was a 4-page roleplaying miniatures game published in the "Magnamund Companion" in 1986. It takes place in the fantasy world of the "Lone Wolf" game books (a little like "Fighting Fantasy") by Joe Dever.

In the game, you enter a seedy alehouse in the town of Ragadorn. Your goal is defined on your pre-generated character card, but inevitably someone else in the Alehouse has a goal that opposes yours. How will you achieve your task? Will you fight? bargain? carouse? a little bit of everything?

It's a pretty unique game somewhere between roleplay and wargame, but if you want to try out a piece of tabletop history, come to the Ragadorn Alehouse Brawl!

If you want to experience "Lone Wolf" or learn more about Ragadorn in the meantime, then check out Joe Dever's work at https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/FireOnTheWater

We're using the same game description format as we have for previous years. Teen friendly games are marked "TF".

First Round Games

The following games are confirmed as part of the first round. A indicates that this game is fully subscribed in the first round. Please don't be disappointed if you miss out on a particular game in the first round, many of these games will be run again over the weekend.

• The Veiled Society - Luke Walker
• Games on Demand - various people

Second Round Games

The following games are confirmed as part of the second round. A indicates that this game is fully subscribed in the second round.

• The Treasure of the Hideous One - Luke Walker
• Games on Demand - various people

Other Games

Refer to the timetable for when these games will be run.

• Astroprisma - Luke Walker
• Ragadorn Ale-house Brawl - Seth Kenlon
• Arkoblock Breakout (Shadowrun 5th edition) - Seth Kenlon
• Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory: Graveyard Shift - Seth Kenlon
• The One Ring: Forsaken Keeps of Erebor - Seth Kenlon
• Arkoblock Breakout (Warhammer 40,000: Imperium Maledictum) - Seth Kenlon
• Working for the man - Ana Clark
• Nightmare Town [redux] - Alasdair Sinclair
• LARP: But Nobody Lose An Eye! - Stephanie Pegg
• Games on Demand - various people

The aged and crumbling account of Fondalus as scribed by Tharakimeios may be the only surviving clue as to the fate of Colonel Rosentos's expedition and perhaps the resting place of the Essence-Orb of the Black Sage, which he is rumoured to have sought.

Now that scroll, like a map to hidden riches, lies in the hands of a small group. Did Rosentos find fabulous treasure or die in dark places? Did he betray his men to an evil sorcerer or did they share in his good fortune? Does the Essence-Orb reveal all knowledge that is asked of it, no matter how secret, or does it tell nothing but lies that lead to despair? The answers lie in wait for those willing to venture into the mists that shroud them.

The Treasure of the Hideous One is a classic Dungeons and Dragon wilderness adventure of exploration and adventure in which the player characters follow a century old tale in search of wondrous treasure.