Gen Con Master List of Games

Gen Con has opened up the 2011 event calender for viewing and, IMO, THIS is the best way of doing such. It's a massive list of all the various rpg systems being played. Take some time and look about - there's quite a few OSR games going on.

Old School Rocks!

So Shawn over at Rather Gamey came up with what I think is the best OSR logo: his Old School Rocks image at the end of this post. I contacted Shawn asking for his permission to use the logo for T shirts and for images at the OSRG booth (#1541) at Gen Con 20ll. He graciously allowed us to use his logo. Thanks Shawn! I think the logo is so great in that it resolves the "What does the "R" in OSR mean?" question perfectly: it doesn't matter what it means 'cause they all ROCK!!! :)

So I've set up an OSRG Cafe Press site selling T shirts at a $5 markup from cost to help fund acquiring the 4 rotating display cases we're going to have at the booth this year since we were lucky enough to be awarded a Gen Con marketing fellowship increasing our booth size from 10x10 to 20x10. Suzi and I will be there sporting the shirts in the booth, but we won't have any to sell on site. So if you'd be so kind to pick up a T shirt and show your support of the OSRG, we'd greatly appreciate it.

1E/OSRIC games at Gen Con 2011

Below is the information for the Expeditious Retreat Press 1E/OSRIC Tourney at Gen Con 2011. This year there are 3 tables and up to 30 slots. All participants receive a coupon for a $5 discount on any Expeditious Retreat Press product at the Old-School Renaissance Group Booth (#1541) at the close of the tourney and the winners receive an additional free Advanced Adventure. Last year's tourney was a great success and hopefully fun will be had by all again this year.

The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates
RPG1122705
Sagamore Ballroom Open D&D Area :: 3--4
Friday, 8am-12noon

Trapped in a massive black-sand coliseum, before you stands a gigantic marble statue of a warrior at least 300 feet tall! How will you return to the world from which you were taken? Surely something upon the obsidian sands will provide the way…

The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates
RPG1122706
Sagamore Ballroom Open D&D Area :: 3--4
Friday, 8am-12noon 

Trapped in a massive black-sand coliseum, before you stands a gigantic marble statue of a warrior at least 300 feet tall! How will you return to the world from which you were taken? Surely something upon the obsidian sands will provide the way…

The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates
RPG1124790
Sagamore Ballroom Open D&D Area :: 3--4
Friday, 8am-12noon 

Trapped in a massive black-sand coliseum, before you stands a gigantic marble statue of a warrior at least 300 feet tall! How will you return to the world from which you were taken? Surely something upon the obsidian sands will provide the way…

Labrynth Lord games at Gen Con 2011

I've just been informed of two Labyrinth Lord games going on at Gen Con 2011. They're being run by The Dead Games Society.

Watch Tower Hill (RPG1120283)
Thursday, 7 PM - 11 PM
Basic D&D / Labyrinth Lord
Rumors abound of the rich treasures hidden beneath the old ruined watch tower on the hill outside of town. And yet, nobody seems to directly know anyone who has returned from there with any treasure at all. Will you succeed where others have failed? An introductory Basic D&D game (Labyrinth Lord compatible). Newbies welcome, characters will be provided.

To The Rescue! (RPG1120282)
Friday, 7 PM - 11 PM
Basic D&D / Labyrinth Lord
An evil sorcerer has escaped from the Pits of Gundun, and the noble knight who put him there has gone missing. The kingdom needs your help: rescue the knight and bring the sorcerer to justice, and you will be richly rewarded. A mid-level range Basic D&D / Labyrinth Lord adventure for 4-8 players.

Some Mutant Future Games at Gen Con 2011

Sniderman over at The Savage AfterWorld has posted the information on the two Mutant Future games he'll be running at Gen Con Indy 2011.

RPG1120005 - Gimme Shelter
Mutant Future - 6 players - 4 hours
Friday, August 5 at 10 a.m.Location: Crowne Plaza :: Victoria Stn A :: 1
Food and shelter are precious commodities in the post-apocalyptic future. When the party finds a recently-unearthed Ancient bomb shelter, the spoils appear ripe for the picking. You're not going to let a few signs emblazoned with radiation symbols and crossbones keep you away, are you?

RPG1120003 - Dead in the Water
Mutant Future - 6 players - 4 hours
Friday, August 5 at 4 p.m.Location: Crowne Plaza :: Victoria Stn A :: 2
Water-logged abominations have been coming ashore, attacking villages along the coast of the Rainbow Sea and dragging victims off to a watery doom. Can a ragtag party of future mutants discover the answers on the Island of Fire?

The OSRG wins Gen Con Marketing Fellowship & Assigned Booth Number!

The Old-School Renaissance Group has been awarded a Gen Con marketing fellowship! This means that we're going to have a 200 sq ft endcap booth instead of a 100 sq ft normal booth. Additionally, we're going to be featured in a special area of the Gen Con Indy 2011 program book. Also, we've been assigned booth number 1541 in the dealers hall. You can download a PDF of the dealers hall here.

So thanks to everyone in the OSR and to Gen Con for making our first show even that much better!

Discounts at the OSRG booth.

Our first discount offer at the OSRG booth! This is from Lamentations of the Flame Princess. James Raggi said at his blog....

I have arranged it so that Pembrooktonshire Gardening Society membership cards will be accepted at the OSRG Gen Con booth and at the North Texas RPG Convention for LotFP releases only.

So if you're a member of the Pembrooktonshire Gardening Society, your membership will be honored at the OSRG booth at Gen Con 2011.

Booth Number Undetermined

Just a heads up to let everyone know that our booth number is still undetermined by Gen Con. As soon as we hear from them, we'll let everyone know as well as provide a link to the convention center dealer's hall map. This year the dealer's hall is going to be in one of the newly constructed areas so everything is going to be a different place.

Expeditious Retreat Press GM support at Gen Con

Heya all, here's some information from Expeditious Retreat Press concerning Gen Con 2011 and the OSRG booth.

Expeditious Retreat Press is looking for more tourney judges at our 1e Gen Con tourney this year featuring the Advanced Adventure The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates. We've got two GMs so far, but I'd love to have more, as there always seems to be more players wanting to play 1e at Gen Con than we've got GMs. Our tourney GMs get a free signed copy of the tourney adventure along with an additional free copy of an Advanced Adventure of their choice that they can pick up from the Old School Renaissance Group booth.

Additionally, here's a deal if you're interested in running any other of our Advanced Adventures at Gen Con 2011. Let me know which Advanced Adventure your running and I'll send you a free PDF copy of that Advanced Adventure and we'll also give you a signed copy of the Gen Con 2011 tourney adventure, The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates when you drop by the Old School Renaissance Group booth at Gen Con.

So please contact me at josephbrowning@gmail.com and we'll get more old-school gaming going on at this years Gen Con.

We're Gen Con Bound!

The Old School Renaissance Group will have a booth at Gen Con Indy 2011! We'll be featuring Old-School products from at least 9 OSR companies; Black Blade Publishing, Brave Halfling Publishing, Expeditious Retreat Press, Frog God Games, Goblinoid Games, Henchman Abuse, Pacesetter Games & Simulations, Sine Nomine Publishing, and all the way from Finland,  Lamentations of the Flame Princess. Check out the links on the left termed "Who To Blame" for individual information. Suzi and I will be running the booth at the convention. The Old-School Renaissance Group has arrived to help the OSR be a force at Gen Con this year and I'm tremendously excited by this development.

Hopefully the booth will act as the hub for the OSR community at Gen Con. I'd like to have a "master list" of all the Old-School gaming going on at the convention at the booth to help direct people towards those games.

I also want to let the entire OSR community know that the booth is open to everyone's products as long as we have space. That means if you've published an OSR product you can have your product for sale at Gen Con 2011 with all of the other awesome OSR products already committed to the booth. Much of the strength of the OSR comes from individuals and we want to have the community there in as great a capacity as possible.

So if you're interested in joining the OSRG and having products at our booth, contact me at josephbrowning@gmail.com for the details.