GenCon Events for Magpie Games
By MK On August 6, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Eternity, Magpie News, Our Last Best Hope, The Play's The Thing
Hey folks!
For those of you headed to GenCon next week (it’s soooo soon!), we have an exciting announcement. Magpie Games will be hosting over thirty hours of scheduled Magpie Games’ gaming at the Games on Demand room at GenCon!
Thanks to the efforts of our wonderful staff of GMs, we’re going to be providing a chance for everyone to try The Play’s The Thing, Our Last Best Hope, and Eternity (our next project). Using the GenCon registration system, you can buy tickets for any of the games listed below.
Here’s the schedule, and a short summary of each of the games we are running:
Magpie Games GenCon Schedule:
Thursday, August 16th:
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – The Play’s The Thing (RPG1237998)
- 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Eternity (RPG1238000)
Friday, August 17th:
- 2:00 – 4:00 PM – Our Last Best Hope (RPG1238004)
- 4:00 – 8:00 PM – Eternity (RPG1238007)
- 6:00 – 8:00 PM – Our Last Best Hope (RPG1238002)
- 6:00 – 10:00 PM – Eternity (RPG1237997)
- 8:00 – 10:00 PM – Our Last Best Hope (RPG1238003)
Saturday, August 18th:
- 2:00 – 6:00 PM – Eternity (RPG1237996)
- 5:00 – 9:00 PM – Eternity (RPG1237999)
- 8:00 – 10:00 PM – Our Last Best Hope (RPG1238006)
Game Descriptions:
- The Play’s The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they’ve been given.
- Our Last Best Hope is a GM-less story game in which players attempt to stop a Crisis from wiping out the last of Humanity.
- Eternity is a GM-less story game in which players take on the role of powerful, godlike beings known as The Vast.
See you at GenCon!
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Will your games be available for purchase and if so what booth?
Yes! We will have copies of The Play’s The Thing, By No Means Vulgar, and Our Last Best Hope. Come visit us at Booth 1933!
No copies of eternity?
@Joanna – Not yet! Eternity is still very much in development. We should have some open beta materials up on the website soon.