WittCON XVIII: |
麻豆传媒团队 Role-Playing Guild's 18th Annual Convention, is going to be held on March 25th, 2023 in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center on the campus of 麻豆传媒团队.
- Information about attending
- Information for GameMasters wanting to run events
- Information for Artists and Vendors wanting to have a table
- The 麻豆传媒团队 Role-Playing Guild's Code of Conduct (expected of all Guilders and attendees of Guild events)
- Map of the Con
- Artists, Vendors, and Sponsors
- The Schedule of Events
- A PDF Poster for WittCon XVII
Posters (Click to get the full size poster) | |
Maps of the Con
Not the best drawings but should get you to where you need.
- Map of Wittenberg Campus, Building 23
NOTE: Parking for Vendors and artists is 15, behind Hollenbeck hall. For attendees, there is parking spot 18,and along North Lowry Avenue, and Bill Edwards Drive. - First Floor (png)
- Second Floor (png)
- Third Floor (png)
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Artists, Vendors, and Sponsors
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Sponsor / Contact Info | Description | ||
4021 Dayton-Xenia Rd | Beavercreek Pizza Dive is a wonderful pizza joint that has such amazing pizzas as the Bomber (with a lot of meats!) and the always delicious BLT Pizza. With their hand made fresh pizza dough, and wonderful assortment of toppings and 'let's try it' desire to use them in interesting and fun ways, this is a wonderful place to get pizza. | ||
15 West Main Street | Bookery Games is America's largest comics shop at 16,000 square feet, near Dayton, Ohio. It has a great collection of Comics both new and used as well as a wide assortment of gaming items from Board games to Role-Playing to Miniatures, to an eclectic selection of used DVDs too. Along with a great crew working the shop this is a must visit place for anyone who is into games or comics. They have been a supporter of WittCon for ever, and have again provided amazing prize support!! This time they will actually be in attendance running a free Paint and Take , as well as selling fun gaming stuff in Science 260
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Join the Fellowship in their fight against the evils plots of: Rasputin, Imhotep, Dracula, Baba Yaga, Emilio Aguinaldo, Arthur Evans, Jack the Ripper and the Six-Fingered Hand. Walk the world where magic and evil exist but are unknown to the common man. Your job is to keep them safe, but can you succeed... NOTE: they will have copies of their book on sale! So stop by their room if you want a copy!
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Schedule
Schedule Details
Session 10:00am - 2:00pm
Magic the Gathering Open Play (TBD) Science 113 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Stop by to play some Magic the Gathering with other players! We will even help you to learn if you interested in learning how to play. | |
The Way of Spirits & Magic (An Era of the Ninja Expansion) Science 120 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Your job is to keep the peace within the realms. Unfortunately some spirits have become unruly and it is time to stop them before they become a problem. Take on the role of one of 20 unique characters, ranging from human priests to powerful oni. This is a stand-alone expansion to the Era of the Ninja board game with updated rules to include the use of magic, spirits, and clans to overcome the enemy. Rules will be taught. Not to brag,the actual creator of Era of the Ninja RPG is the GM for this event ;-). | |
The Way of Spirits & Magic (An Era of the Ninja Expansion) Science 120 Noon - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Your job is to keep the peace within the realms. Unfortunately some spirits have become unruly and it is time to stop them before they become a problem. Take on the role of one of 20 unique characters, ranging from human priests to powerful oni. This is a stand-alone expansion to the Era of the Ninja board game with updated rules to include the use of magic, spirits, and clans to overcome the enemy. Rules will be taught. Not to brag,the actual creator of Era of the Ninja RPG is the GM for this event ;-). | |
BattleTech & Alpha Strike Games and Demos Science 123 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Attention MechWarriors! Get ready to deploy... Stop by and participate in games and demos, where players command up to a Company of BattleMechs and vehicles in armored combat in either BattleTech: Total Warfare or Alpha Strike! Heard of the Mercenary Kickstarter and unable to attend an official Launch Party? Come visit us and participate in scenarios and demos designed by the Catalyst Demo Team similar to those found at those events. All miniatures are provided. | |
Orc and Pie Science 141 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: You enter a room. There is an Orc and there is a Pie. Will you get some pie? A single player Live Action Adventure. Note: younger players may require an adult to attend as well. | |
Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator Science 144 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Take on the jobs of Captain, Helm, Science, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Operate the ship together, and defend the sector from evil aliens.Artemis is a cooperative spaceship bridge simulation game, where 2 to 6 players become the crew of a spaceship that you can fly. The game is designed to be played by a group of people who are all in the same room. We will be running game sessions through out the convention and plan on each session taking at least 30 minutes, but it could be more depending on the mission. | |
Admissions Event (TBD) Science 152a 12:00am - 2:30pm | ||
| Description: A time for Admissions to bring potential Wittenberg students to campus and show them what we have to offer. So please say hi, and show them that the 麻豆传媒团队 Role-Playing Guild is fun part of Campus! | |
Human Resources Demos Science 2nd floor atrium 10am and 2pm : NOTE: These will be pick up games of about an hour | ||
| Description: The game is called Human Resources. It can best be described as a card game in which you take on the role of the owner of a temp agency. You hire employees to fulfil contracts to make money. Spend money on better contracts and better employees. Repeat. Be the first to 50 to win. | |
Warhammer 40k: Kill Team (tables 203, 204, 205) Science 2nd floor atrium 10am-2pm : NOTE: These will be pick up games of about an hour | ||
| Description: Enter the thrilling world of tabletop gaming with the ultimate sci-fi skirmish game 鈥 Kill Team. This starter set is packed with everything you need to take your first steps into Kill Team, making it ideal for sharing with a friend, or gifting to someone you'd like to introduce to your favourite game. If you want to level up the experience, augment your set with some terrain like that found in Killzone Octarius. | |
Fellowship of the White Star Science 211 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
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Fellowship of the White Star Science 212 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
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Gunfights & Gamblin' (Second Edition) Science 243 10:00am - Noon & Noon - 2:00pm | ||
| Description:The old west gut-punch of a game is back! Gunfights & Gamblin' pits two to six players in an epic team battle over a pioneer town. In this second edition, play with all new player boards, graphic design and a carefully tweaked rule set! Stop by Midlevel Meeples booth in the Atrium to check out their other gaming offers from | |
Night to Remember Call of Cthulhu (7e) Science 248 : 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: You are traveling aboard the new unsinkable luxery liner on the way to New York. The ship is making record time and you are due to arrive in less than 3 days. | |
Bookery Games: Paint & Take, and gaming sales Science 260 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Try your hand at painting some minis, or browse their various wares for sale too. | |
Kobolds Ate My Baby! (Kobolds Ate My Baby!) Science 262 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: King Torg (All Hail King Torg!) demands food! If you don鈥檛 want to be his next meal you鈥檇 better bring him something tastier than a kobold. In this game everyone plays a hungry kobold out to fill their stomachs and satisfy their King (All Hail King Torg!). The rules are simple and no experience is necessary. Your kobolds might die but you鈥檒l get right back into the action with another kobold. Have fun and ALL HAIL KING TORG! | |
The Curse of Skeleton Point (Pirate Borg) Science 319 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me | |
Sign: A Game About Being Understood Science 320 There are two different times for this event: 10:00am - 11:30am & Noon- 1:30pm | ||
| Description: This game is based on the history of Nicaraguan Sign Language. Nicaragua in the 1970s had no official form of sign language. In 1977, something happened. Fifty deaf children from across the country were brought together to a school in Managua. Without a shared language to express themselves, the children did something remarkable鈥攖hey created one. In Sign, we follow a story inspired by that journey. By Thorny Games: | |
Solar System Mining The Expanse RPG Science 351 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description:This hard sci fi adventure is fun for everyone! It's a simple job, get some ore from the asteroid belt and get it back home for payment. Nothing could go wrong in space, right? |
Session 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Magic the Gathering Open Play (TBD) Science 113 2:30pm-6:30pm | ||
| Description: Stop by to play some Magic the Gathering with other players! We will even help you to learn if you interested in learning how to play. | |
Panther Squadron Star Wars TTRPG (Fantasy Flight Edition) Science 120 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description:You are an elite black ops team of rebels taking on operations behind enemy lines in an attempt to dismantle the infrastructure of the Empire and free the Outer Rim. You have been assigned to travel to Anaxes to interfere with a top secret imperial construction project. Can you stop the Empire before they devastate more of the galaxy, or will you die trying?" | |
BattleTech & Alpha Strike Games and Demos Science 123 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Attention MechWarriors! Get ready to deploy... Stop by and participate in games and demos, where players command up to a Company of BattleMechs and vehicles in armored combat in either BattleTech: Total Warfare or Alpha Strike! Heard of the Mercenary Kickstarter and unable to attend an official Launch Party? Come visit us and participate in scenarios and demos designed by the Catalyst Demo Team similar to those found at those events. All miniatures are provided. | |
Board Games Science 141 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Play games from a fun collection of board games | |
Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simluator Science 144 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Take on the jobs of Captain, Helm, Science, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Operate the ship together, and defend the sector from evil aliens.Artemis is a cooperative spaceship bridge simulation game, where 2 to 6 players become the crew of a spaceship that you can fly. The game is designed to be played by a group of people who are all in the same room. We will be running game sessions through out the convention and plan on each session taking at least 30 minutes, but it could be more depending on the mission. | |
Bane of the Spider Moon (D&D Spelljamer (5e)) Science 152a 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: You have heard the tales of worlds kept sacred in the Astral planes, and now you've found a chance to explore them. Edelmere the Equites, the famous Giff from Bral, has come to the Forgotten Realms with a idea as big as his tusks: to find a crew, get to his stolen treasure in Conatha and return it to Bral in (ideally) one piece. You have found your ticket into Realmspace in exchange for a fetch-quest you've done a hundred times before. Piece of cake, right? | |
Human Resources Demos Science 2nd floor atrium 2:30pm and 4:30pm : NOTE: These will be pick up games of about an hour | ||
| Description: The game is called Human Resources. It can best be described as a card game in which you take on the role of the owner of a temp agency. You hire employees to fulfil contracts to make money. Spend money on better contracts and better employees. Repeat. Be the first to 50 to win. | |
Warhammer 40k: Kill Team (tables 203, 204, 205) Science 2nd floor atrium 2:30pm-6:30pm : NOTE these will be pick up games of about an hour | ||
| Description: Enter the thrilling world of tabletop gaming with the ultimate sci-fi skirmish game 鈥 Kill Team. This starter set is packed with everything you need to take your first steps into Kill Team, making it ideal for sharing with a friend, or gifting to someone you'd like to introduce to your favourite game. If you want to level up the experience, augment your set with some terrain like that found in Killzone Octarius. | |
TBD (TBD) Science 211 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
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TBD (TBD) Science 212 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
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Gunfights & Gamblin' (Second Edition) Science 243 2:30pm - 4:30pm & 4:30pm- 6:30pm | ||
| Description:The old west gut-punch of a game is back! Gunfights & Gamblin' pits two to six players in an epic team battle over a pioneer town. In this second edition, play with all new player boards, graphic design and a carefully tweaked rule set! Stop by Midlevel Meeples booth in the Atrium to check out their other gaming offers from | |
Escape from the Assisted Living Home (Green Oaks) Science 248 2:30pm - 4:15pm | ||
| Description: Green Oaks is a rules-lite Italian RPG centered around playing as an elderly person as they navigate the perils of being in their golden years. Fight off ghosts, monsters, and grandchildren that refuse to pull up their pants all while avoiding orderlies and refusing to take your meds! | |
Camp Slaughter Water (Dread) Science 248 4:40pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Dread is a rules lite horror RPG built around tension and simple, easy to grasp mechanics. Players will have to survive as they spend their summer as counselors at Camp Slaughter Water, the totally-not-haunted camp frequented by nubile young teens. | |
Bookery Games: Paint & Take, and gaming sales Science 260 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Try your hand at painting some minis, or browse their various wares for sale too. | |
Another One Bites the Dust (Vampire the Masquerade v5) Science 262 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: Tonight is the Battle of the Bands! Your party is here to get redemption for last year's loss (which was, like, totally rigged, by the way!) and take home this year's trophy. Can your band win while managing their hunger, fighting off their cheating rivals, and keeping their monstrous identities hidden? Or will they stumble and fail, all over again? A more lighthearted, campy take on the typical Vampire: The Masquerade system. | |
鈥he Longest Night (Never Going Home) Science 319 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Description: It's The Great War and things have changed. During first day of the Battle of the Somme, 30,000 soldiers tragically lost their lives. The result from all this death and madness created a tear in the fabric of reality which opened a gateway for corruptive magic and terrifying monsters to seep onto the battlefield. The world is still at war, but the soldiers now have more horrifying things to worry about at night than the human soldiers in the opposite trenches. | |
TBD Science 320 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
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Earth-46: Birds of Prey - I Was A Teenage Angst Monster Science 351 2:30pm - 6:30pm | ||
| Teenage girls across Gotham are attacking their parents and no one knows why! It's up to the Birds of Prey to see if these girls are merely channeling some teenage angst or if something darker and more sinister is afoot. An action, combat-oriented, home-brewed version of DC Adventures in which the player characters (PCs) fight to keep law and order in Gotham after a virus wipes out every man on Earth. Players will be able to select the character of their choice from the following pre-gens based upon the Birds of Prey comic series: Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, Vixen, Hawkgirl and Grace Choi. Prior knowledge of the DC Adventures system or prior experience reading the Birds of Prey comic books; the DC Elseworlds graphic novel JLA: Created Equal or watching the Justice League animated series would be a plus. |
Session 8:00pm - 12:00am
Magic the Gathering Open Play (TBD) Science 113 8:00pm-Midnight | ||
| Description: Stop by to play some Magic the Gathering with other players! We will even help you to learn if you interested in learning how to play. | |
TBD (TBD) Science 118 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
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Era of the Ninja Boardgame (Castle Edition) Science 120 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Welcome to Era of the Ninja. A fast paced board game where players take on the role of one of thirty unique ninja in an attempt to defeat one of twenty four nefarious lords. Players will have to explore the castle in search of the lord, but will need to be wary of his minions. Players are welcome to sneak past or attack the minions, but must survive to find and defeat the lord. Each player is able to find help in the various weapon, item, and skills that they start with, and are able to locate more along the way. Players are welcome to cooperate or battle each other as the victory goes to the player that defeats the lord. (This is the castle edition, a rare treat to play) | |
BattleTech & Alpha Strike Games and Demos Science 123 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Attention MechWarriors! Get ready to deploy... Stop by and participate in games and demos, where players command up to a Company of BattleMechs and vehicles in armored combat in either BattleTech: Total Warfare or Alpha Strike! Heard of the Mercenary Kickstarter and unable to attend an official Launch Party? Come visit us and participate in scenarios and demos designed by the Catalyst Demo Team similar to those found at those events. All miniatures are provided. | |
Board Games Science 141 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Plya various board games from a fun collection | |
Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator Science 144 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Take on the jobs of Captain, Helm, Science, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Operate the ship together, and defend the sector from evil aliens.Artemis is a cooperative spaceship bridge simulation game, where 2 to 6 players become the crew of a spaceship that you can fly. The game is designed to be played by a group of people who are all in the same room. We will be running game sessions through out the convention and plan on each session taking at least 30 minutes, but it could be more depending on the mission. | |
Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Feud! (TBD) Science 152a 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Blood Feud, a Mega Board Game is a highly thematic, team-based, strategic game that plays 4-32 players and is run by 1-2 storytellers who also interact and play in the Mega Board Game. The game is "Round-based" and each round is timed in real-time (such as the First Round being about 10 Minutes). As the game progresses, the rounds decrease in time making the game go faster and become even more thrilling! As a player, you will play as one of the warring vampire clans such as Ventrue, Tremere, Gangrel, Toreador (and others) or perhaps you鈥檒l choose to become one of the human factions fighting for their own desires, such as City Hall, the Mafia, or the Arcanum, with many more to choose from. Each has their own special powers, and unique background stories to help you get into character and play uniquely. Each faction also has unique goals in how they want to play the game asymmetrically which creates awesome replayability throughout sessions. | |
Warhammer 40k: Kill Team (Tables 203, 204, 205) Science 2nd floor atrium 8:00pm - 12:00am : NOTE these will be pick up games of about an hour | ||
| Description: Enter the thrilling world of tabletop gaming with the ultimate sci-fi skirmish game 鈥 Kill Team. This starter set is packed with everything you need to take your first steps into Kill Team, making it ideal for sharing with a friend, or gifting to someone you'd like to introduce to your favourite game. If you want to level up the experience, augment your set with some terrain like that found in Killzone Octarius. | |
TBD (TBD) Science 211 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Open Events | |
TBD (TBD) Science 212 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
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Honey Heist (Honey Heist) Science 243 8:00pm - Midnight | ||
| Description: You are about to begin the greatest heist that WittCon (and maybe the world!) has ever seen. 2 things you need to know: 1. You (should) have a complex plan that requires precise timing. 2. You are a GOSHDARN BEAR. | |
Sleeping Beauty Call of Cthulhu (7e) Science 248 : 10:00am - 2:00pm | ||
| Description: When a girl turns up pregnant who has been in a coma for a year, her family and the hospital staff are at odds to figure out what happened and prevent scandal. Characters Provided. Heavy role playing. Set in the 1890's Gaslight era. (Rated R due to story hook. Based on original version of Sleeping Beauty, where she was r*ped.) | |
Bookery Games Paint & Take, and gaming wares sales Science 260 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Try your hand at painting some minis, or browse their various wares for sale too. | |
Kobolds Ate My Baby! (Kobolds Ate My Baby!) Science 262 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: King Torg (All Hail King Torg!) demands food! If you don鈥檛 want to be his next meal you鈥檇 better bring him something tastier than a kobold. In this game everyone plays a hungry kobold out to fill their stomachs and satisfy their King (All Hail King Torg!). The rules are simple and no experience is necessary. Your kobolds might die but you鈥檒l get right back into the action with another kobold. Have fun and ALL HAIL KING TORG! | |
Ruptured Moon: Harning Manor Mystery (TDB) Science 319 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: The party has worked together adventuring, and has made a bit of a name for themselves. One morning they are relaxing at their local pub, when two people approach. Chat and Lily introduce themselves, and explain their situation. They have recently married, and intended to move into Lily鈥檚 family manor joining her brother and owner of the manor, Dorokir. When they arrived, they found him dead out back by the garden. His body was shredded and they noticed large footprints by his body. The story around the area is that the men of the Harning family are all cursed to be slain by a great wolf. Afraid and not knowing how best to handle the situation, they came here to enlist the party in discovering and dealing with Dorokir鈥檚 killer.
This one-shot campaign has 6 random selectable paths, that result in a different culprit for the murder of Dorokir. The campaign is best played timed, but the GM can choose to forgo the clock, for deciding when the best time for events to occur. Ideal for 3-5 players | |
Earth-46: Birds of Prey: The Catspaw Quartet DC Adventures Science 320 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: Teaser: The mayor of Gotham has gone missing, the GCPD has gone out to lunch, and only The Birds of Prey have a chance of finding her alive. An action, combat-oriented, home-brewed version of DC Adventures in which the player characters (PCs) fight to keep law and order in Gotham after a virus wipes out every man on Earth. Players will be able to select the character of their choice from the following pre-gens based upon the Birds of Prey comic series: Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, Vixen, Hawkgirl and Grace Choi. Prior knowledge of the DC Adventures system or prior experience reading the Birds of Prey comic books; the DC Elseworlds graphic novel JLA: Created Equal or watching the Justice League animated series would be a plus. | |
F.A.P.P. Climax (Adult only)) Science 351 8:00pm - 12:00am | ||
| Description: is an "erotic" (read: terrifying) furry RPG in which the concept of natural selection is taken to its logical extreme. Create an affront to God and see if it can survive in a world where getting your body, soul, and genitalia eaten are all equally likely possibilities. |