Greetings everyone.  The Plaid Chameleons will be at GenCon in force once again with a plethora of interesting games.  Here’s what you can expect :

Swashbuckling 101 :  This is a catch-all title for 7th Sea Roll-and-Keep tabletop games.  We run every morning and usually multiple tables.  While I write a lot of the games, some of the other gms come with their own interesting tales to tell.  Several of us were freelancers for Alderac when the game was coming out, so you should expect a rousing adventure every time.  Pre-generated characters are always provided.

A Chilly Evening : Mayfair Chill set in the modern day.  I like to start out the convention with a little scare on Wednesday nights.  The biggest twist this year is that I’m going to try something new.  Smart phones and other portable web-capable devices are encouraged though not required.  Any research you can do on your phone is acceptable.  Want to know how to defeat an ancient Mayan creature?  Hope your google-fu is good.

Fool’s Fiasco : One of my co-game masters has been yearning to play Space 1889 for a while, but this convention he did something about it.  He’s running the game in Savage Worlds and claims this is the game he’s waited years to tell.

The Future of Princesses & Scooby Doo and the Sea Monster of Oyster Bay :  The only way for role playing games to survive is to recruit younger players to replace us.  Whether Disney Princesses or Scooby Doo is your kid’s passion, they’re certain to have a good time playing with our extremely patient game masters.  (I don’t know how they pull it off myself.)

Plaid Chameleon Presents :  When we created Plaid Chameleons long ago, we wanted to give ourselves the freedom to experiment with whatever kind of gaming struck out interest.  Lately, we’ve been experimenting with board games and unusual card games.  We’re bringing a variety of twisted offerings this year.  From full contact figure skating to the spread of the early Christian Church, we try it all.  We’re also going to use this slot to run the annual Battle of Richebeau, the 7th Sea CCG World Championships.  Once again, I offer the winner a short story on a topic of his choosing.  A few years back, the winner got a story of drunk, undead monkeys.  Who wouldn’t want a prize like that?

Pirate’s Court : The event we are most known for, the annual 7th Sea Live Action Role Playing Game.  Pirate Lords gather to discuss important matters while their subordinates trade cargoes, ransom prisoners and just generally enjoy themselves.  The players are half the fun in these events because they really throw themselves into their roles.  Pirate or noblewoman, I’d like to think we have roles for everyone and that every role is a cool character.  (I’d like to think it because I wrote them all.)  Characters will be posted in June.

Agatha Heterodyne and the House that Ate People : We’ve been blessed and plagued by a mob of people every year who attend our 7th Sea LARP event and every year they want to know if we’ll run more LARPS.  This year they get their wish.  Set in the world of Girl Genius and featuring Agatha Heterodyne and some of her friends (circa book Four), this Live Action Role Playing game should feature enough weird Science and Gaslamp Fantasy to make your hair stand on end.  This one is smaller than the 7th Sea event, but we are going to try to run it twice to give all our friends a chance to play.  Better practice your laughs, mad scientists.  Characters will be posted in May.

-d

Head Chameleon