Afternoon, K2 2012 will take place in the Killarney Country Club from 9th - 12th March 2012. As always the event is fully self-catering residential and open to over-18s only. The price for the event is €60 for 2 nights, €80 for 3 nights. Please contact me at lir at lspace dot org if you're interested in coming along. B. ------------------------------------
Hi folks, I just want to give a public well-deserved thanks to this year's Gaelcon committee (and of course staff, writers, GMs, traders, etc!). Considering the committee had less than a week from the initial flooding and the news that an alternative venue needed to be found, through to the registration desk opening, everything seemed to go very smoothly indeed from this attendee's side of the desk. Highlights of the con for me (being biased) were my son, in his first ever non-D&D4E rpg, finding out what happens when you're playing Star Wars and roll a botch when trying to throw a grenade (and that game had a huge amount of botch rolls!), and in his second ever non-D&D rpg, him helping to kill Churchill by the simple expedient of turning into a statue to block the exit from a lift. (It was his idea for his ultra-dense stone-form superhero (well, more accurately, Nazi super-soldier) to be doing jazzhands...) I also got to play in a scenario which must take the prize for teh msot tpyos pre chin(Continue reading)I also have a suggestion for an outdoor LARP next year. The scenario will run from about 1am Monday morning. Everyone needs to be in-costume - nighttime city camo. The person who most creatively re-routes the Dublin City Marathon away from the con venue wins... Cheers, A.
Gaelcon is pleased to be part of National Games Play Week! National Game Playing Week is back from 28th October 4th November when schools and families all over the country get together to have fun playing board games. The ever popular School Game Playing Day kicks off the week, where pupils bring in their favourite board games, like Monopoly and Operation, to play in class, while also raising money for their school or chosen charity. While families are encouraged to join in the fun by hosting a Family Games Night. To find out more about NGPW and how to get involved, log on to www.ngpw.ie and watch out for special offers on board games in stores nationwide. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
As the first season of the Blood Bowl league draws to a close, the coaches look to a new season. This season promises to be a bit different, with a draft in place for the coaches to pick their team for the new season. The rules of the league are as follows.This league will use the Blood Bowl Competition Rules laid out here.<http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m750496a_BB_Competition_Rules_Pack.pdf> The following optional league rules are in effect:Each team's MVP in a match may be chosen by the coach of that team. All teams start with Fan Factor 5. Fan Factor never adds to team value. Special Play cards may be chosen as inducements at their listed price. They are available as a 0-4 choice. All coaches must register for the league by emailing the commissioner at creanero@... with the subject "Blood Bowl League Registration." The draft for choice of teams will take place on October 20th at 9:30pm in the Dark Horse, with any new coaches picking first in a randomly determined order, followed by the last placed coach in the league in normal play, then the second last, and so on until the 5th-1st place coaches are determined by their order in the Playoffs. Any coaches who will not be able to attend the draft should send the commissioner a list of their preferences and will be assigned the highest remaining team on their list of preferences. Any coaches who wish to join the league after this date will have to pick from the remaining teams. League play will start on Thursday, November 3rd. Coaches may not play more than one match a week. All matches myst be registered by emailing the above address with the result including both Touchdown score and casualty score. League placement will take the following precedence: Points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw.) TD Difference, Casualty Difference, TD Scored, Casualties inflicted. In the event that teams are tied after this process, a playoff(Continue reading)
Hello, I'm about to publish my second game. It's called Chronicles of Skin. I'm trying to raise some money to get it printed. Would you like to look at the project or tweet about it, by any chance? Love Sebastian. * * *Sebastian Hickey* www.cobwebgames.com ** <http://www.cobwebgames.com/> ** ** <http://www.cobwebgames.com/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------(Continue reading)
Chronicles of Skin got funded in 24 hours, thanks to the help of a few Irish gamers. Now it's available to pre-order. (I'm the Irish designer, by the way, who persistently writes fringe games for roleplayers) Basically it's a mix of tarot, storytelling and exquisite corpse. Using cards and a pencil, you and your friends will tell a story, recording it on paper with doodles and glyphs. The complete game includes 72 illustrated oracle cards in a classy tuck box, with rules packed within. There will also be a more extensive rules PDF with "Director's Commentary," which is pretty exciting. If you'd like to learn more, I made a video of myself on IndieGoGo. Video on IndieGoGo. <http://igg.me/p/38864?a=226599&i=shlk> Would you tweet about it? * * *Sebastian Hickey* www.cobwebgames.com ** <http://www.cobwebgames.com/> **(Continue reading)
Hello, people. The Bring & Buy Stand will reappear at Gaelcon this year. Our very own section of the Gaelcon site is here: http://www.gaelcon.com/gaelcon/charity/bring-a-buy-stand.html And you can read my special requests for things that are very likely to sell here: http://dukestreet.org/archives/004840.html A minimum of 20% of the sale price goes into the Gaelcon charity fund - and many people give more. Our leftover stock from previous years will be 100% for charity, too. So please do buy lots of things! Drew. -- -- The Wizard of Duke Street: http://dukestreet.org/ "Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish." -- Ovid. ------------------------------------
The IGA would like to announce that, after a brief downtime for upgrades, the Gaelcon website is back up and running! Thanks for your patience while we were down, but you'll find it's worth it - we are now the first convention in the Republic of Ireland to have it's ENTIRE catalogue of events and items for sale on pre-book! Every single event, timetable and blurb is up on our new site, and you can now pre-book your entire weekend ahead of time; from the ticket you want, down to the games you want to play. http://www.gaelcon.com/gaelcon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Hello all and sundry! This is just a final reminder that the next IGA Pub Quiz is on tomorrow night. Location: The Dark Horse Inn, 1 Georges Quay, Dublin Time: 7pm, Friday August 19th Price: 20 per team of 4 Top prizes include unique t-shirts, free entry to the Gaelcon Pub Quiz, and the top raffle prize is a weekend entry package to Gaelcon that is worth 46! The quiz starts at 7pm sharp, and we'll be finished by 9. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
(Just turning up gets you more points than Blackburn!) Greetings and salam, worthy friends. Following the success of the inaugural IGA Pub Quiz, we've decided to get another one in before Gaelcon. Not only does it get us some more practice, it also gives us the opportunity to give away some hella swanky Con-related prizes. The venue is the same as before the Dark Horse Inn on George's Quay, on Friday the 19th of the August. No tricks - no gimmicks - this is an 8-round Pub Quiz, with 8 questions per round. Teams of four are invited to contend for the top spot, prove their superiority, and win first prize; along with our rather astounding raffle top prize of a Gaelcon package worth 46 euro. Location: The Dark Horse Inn, 1 Georges Quay, Dublin Time: 7pm, Friday August 19th Entry fee: 20 per team of 4 The winning team will get 10 each, along with a set of unique Pub Quiz t-shirts the wearing of which will get you into the Gaelcon Pub Quiz for free. The top raffle prize is a weekend ticket to Gaelcon, along with free entry to an RPG or LARP for every slot during the weekend. Those are the prizes we'll definitely be giving out. But the more people we get, the more prizes we can give with seven tables or more, we'll have prizes for the top three teams and three raffle prizes up for grabs.(Continue reading)
Any one interested in a bundle of 70 random comics dating mostly from the early 90's? We are clearing out all our stuff prior to moving abroad in September. I can drop them into the gaming night in the black horse if anyone is interested (its either that or the recycle bin!) ------------------------------------
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