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Fluxx - Games Plus Dealer TableA card game where the cards themselves determine the current rules ofthe game. By playing cards, you change numerous aspects of the

game: how to draw cards, how to play cards, and even how to win.

There are 84 cards in the deck with additions available.

GM: Games Plus Staff # of Players: 2 to 6Time: 11:00 am - noon Sponsored by Games Plus!

Soaps - Table #13Players are managers of new soap operas. The player whose show

draws the highest audience will be the winner.

operas, the twists and turns of the plots that the p

be unbelievable, outlandish, tragic or funny.

GM: Danny Goodisman # of PlayersTime: 11am - 12:30pm

Shadows Over Camelot - Games Plus DJourney back to the days of King Arthur and his K

Table! Shadows Over Camelot is cooperative gam

works together to achieve the final victory. Playe

they want to be, and each knight has special abili

him. When embarking on a quest (for example the

Grail, or the search for Excalibur), those special a

Emerald City Gamefest organizes free, family-oriented gaare a not-for-profit Washington corporation and our memdiverse gaming groups in the Puget Sound Area. This isgame day, where people show up to play board, card, minplaying games.

This year, were responding to our participants feedbackmore varied games, providing more space, inviting dealeeasier to find specific games.

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GM: Games Plus Staff # of Players: 3 to 7Time: 11am - 3:00pm Sponsored by Games Plus!

Runaway Train - Table #7Run Away Train is a quick light game. Story line: You are on a train car

that has separated from the rest of the train and is now headed back

down the hill towards the train station that is on a cliff that over looks the

bay. The smart thing would be to jump now. But you still have a little

time before that happens and you would hate to see all your luggage go

to the bottom of the bay. You might be able to get some of it off before

the end of the tracks comes. So you start tossing it off the train.

Problem...so is everyone else.

GM: Tim Schutz

Time: 11am - 7pm

Conflict Of Heroes - Table #17 A new fast-paced game of squad level action on the eastern front of

WWII. Simple, consistent rule systems make it easy to learn, yet

interlock in elegant ways to produce tactical depth. Gorgeous oversized

maps and counters make it a feast for the eyes as well. A fluid activation

sequence keeps all players involved throughout the turn, and limited

command resources force hard decisions without imposing arbitrary

limits. If you've enjoyedMemoir 44, this is the next step up.

GM: Wilhelm Fitzpatrick Max # of Players: 4Time: 11am - 3pm

Munchkin - Table #18Super Munchkin (11:00 am -1:00 pm)Grab your cape and boots as Munchkins to fly to the rescue! Defeat the

villains, grab their loot, power up and betray your buddies in this Maxi-

Powered variant of the classic Munchkin.

Munchkin Cthulhu (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm) Are you ready for unspeakable horrors from beyond (other than your

fellow Munchkins)? Open sealed doors, defeat horrid creatures, steal

their stuff and betray other investigators until you become the Mightiest

Munchkin (or get eaten by Elder Things).

Munchkin Booty (3:00 pm - 5:00 pm)Product Launch for this new variant of Munchkin! Now, they're all at sea,

swashing their buckles and sending their ships to find monsters and

loot. Can you fight off fellow scurvy-dog Munchkins and become the

Pirate King?

Munchkin Dungeon (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm)Open doors, avoid traps, kill monster, grab loot and backstab your

buddies but, now, you can finally find out what kind of dungeon you're

looting! This new addition to the award-winning Munchkin game puts

everyone in peril at the same time.

GM: MIB Marcus Evenstar # of Players: 3 to 6 per gameTime: 11am - 7pm, each game 2 hoursSponsored by Steve Jackson Games

Settlers of Catan - Games Plus Dealer TableIn Settlers of Catan, players try to be the dominant force on the island of

Do you have other activities?

Yes! We host weekly open gaming everYou can read more about this on our Yahoo

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Emerald_City

We also organize occasional special eveaction role-playing games (LARPs) asales, which are also discussed on our Yah

We organized the role-playing sectioNorthwest 2008, including several speciaassume this role again in 2009.

We helped organize Dragonflight 2including several special events, and planagain in 2009.

Our Other Events

It is part of Emerald City Gamefest's core values to supportthe community. One of the ways we have done this sinceour inception is to support Northwest Harvest by collectingfood donations at our events.

Northwest Harvest

Northwest Harvest is a locally-operated hunger relief non-profit organization which supplies 18 million pounds of foodeach year to nearly 300 food banks and meal programs in

36 counties across Washington, while respecting the dignityof the people served.

Giving Back to the CommunityCatan by building settlements, cities, and roads. On each turn dice arerolled to determine what resources the island produces. Players collectthese resources to build up their civilizations to get to 10 victory pointsand win the game.

GM: Games Plus Staff # of Players: 3 to 4Time: noon - 3:00 pm Sponsored by Games Plus!

Quelf - Table #13Quelf is like a crazy mix between "Flux" and "Cranium." You play acharacter such as "Queen Spatula" who is trying to get out of the land of

Quelf. In order to do so you go around the board doing silly things like

having to talk like Darth Vader or writing a poem about spam. The

game states ages 12 and up, but younger kids would enjoy it as well.

GM: Laura Mortensen Max # of Players: 8

Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Puerto Rico - Table #15The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when

ships had sails. Growing up to five different kind of crops: Corn, Indigo,

Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco, they must try to run their business more

efficiently than their close competitors; growing crops and storing them

efficiently, developing San Juan with useful buildings, deploying their

colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and most

importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.

GM: Jonathan Melusky # of Players: 3 to 5Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 90 minutes per game

Agricola - Table #21We will use the simplest deck of cards of Occupations and Minor

Improvements "Acquire Grain", "Vegetables" (Need to plow fields and

sow them to make them increase), "Sheep", "Wild Boar", and "Cattle"

(need stables and pastures to keep them in); and Occupations and

Improvements and resources to help you along the way, all in a limited

number of actions, 1 per family member per round.

GM: John Edwards Max # of Players: 4Time: 11am - 6pm Sponsored by Metro Seattle Gamers

Card Game Demos - Games Plus Dealer TableDemos of various 2-player card games that make use of strategy and

gamesmanship to win, including Lost Cities, Balloon Cup, 24 / 7, Dixie -Shiloh.

GM: Games Plus Staff Max # of Players: 2 at a timeTime: 3 :00 pm - 7: 00 pm Sponsored by Games Plus!

Arkham Horror - Games Plus Dealer Table Arkham Horror is a cooperative adventure game themed around H.P

Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players an Investigator and take to the

streets of Arkham. It's up to the Investigators to prevent an Ancient Old

from breaking into our world. It's up to the players to clean out the

streets of Arkham by fighting many different types of monsters, but their

main goal is to close portals to other dimensions that are opening up

around town. With too many portals open the Ancient One awakens and

the players only have one last chance to save the world. Defeat the

Ancient One in combat!

GM: Games Plus Staff Max # of Players: 8Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00pm Sponsored by Games Plus!


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The Mystery Adventure of Erik Scott dSystem: D&D 4th edition

Erik Scott de Bie, author of Ghostwalker, "DepthHunting Game", and "The Greater Treasure" will bed. game, but the plot is so secret he won't even tyear's game was lots of fun, and this year's promise

GM: Erik Scott de Bie # of Players: Up to 6Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

How do I get tickets for the prizedrawing?

Emerald City Gamefest will once again be holding a prizedrawing this year. The rules of the drawing are as follows:

1. Everyone who participates in Emerald City Gamefestreceives 1 ticket for the prize drawing just for attending

2. Anyone who brings a food donation for NorthwestHarvest gets two additional tickets. For a listing of foodsthat Northwest Harvest particularly needs, see here.

3. Anyone who comes to the event wearing an officialEmerald City Gamefest button gets one additionalticket.

4. Anyone who comes to the event in official Emerald CityGamefest apparel (other than buttons - see above)from Zazzle or Cafe Press gets two additional tickets

5. Anyone who runs an event at the Gamefest gets twoadditional tickets

6. Anyone who runs an event with a steampunk themegets 1 additional ticket (in addition to the two for runningan event).

So if you come to the Gamefest (1 ticket) with a fooddonation (2 tickets) wearing a Gamefest hat (2 tickets) anda Gamefest button (1 ticket), and run an event (2 tickets)with a steampunk theme (1 ticket) you can get a total of 9tickets for the prize drawing!

The drawing results will be posted at 6:30 pm. You must bepresent in order to win.

What can I win?

We have over $1,800 in prizes to distribute. Prizes havebeen divided by type (board games, role-playing games,etc.) and clearly marked boxes are placed at the EmeraldCity Gamefest registration table. Put as many of yourtickets as you want in the box or boxes associated with theprizes you're interested in.

Sky Galleons of Mars: Retr ibution - Table #4 An English flotilla of airships retaliates against the city-state of

Shastapsh against perceived injuries. Their mission is to destroy the

town city and its infrastructure. The defenders have other plans.

GM: Kevin Smyth and his fellow Red Captains Max # of Players: 8Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Anima Tactics Demo - Table #24Anima: Tactics is one of the hottest new skirmish miniaturewargame set in the world of Gaia, created for the Anima:Beyond Fantasy role playing game. A:T is a fusion of Eastmeets West with Japanese video game style art, honor,and mysticism combined with medieval arms and magic

using some of the best sculpted figures on the market. Ano-holds barred skirmish combat game that pits heroiccharacters against each other in the struggle betweenLight and Dark. In this gritty battle, alliances change and

heroes must struggle with their own souls to decide whichside of the line they stand on. Draw the line and throwdown the Gauntlet. Conquer your foe by utilizing yourcharacters special powers in devastating combos. Newbieswelcomed and see their site http://www.animarpg.com/ to

download the starter rules and web addendum.GM: Abe Torres # of Players: 2 at a timeTime: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Figures will be provided.

Warhammer 40,000: 500 pts - Table #2In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, There is Only War: 500 points

armies. This is a great chance to introduce friends to WH40k or try

something new yourself. Loaner armies provided or players can bring

their own.

GM: Fantastic Games staff # of Players: 2Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Sponsored by Fantastic Games

Warhammer 40,000: 1,000 pts - Table #2In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, There is Only War: 1,000 points

armies. This is a great chance to introduce friends to WH40k or try

something new yourself. Loaner armies provided or players can bring

their own.


Warhammer Fantasy: 500 pts - Table #3The Game of Fantasy Battles: 500 points armies. The world of

Warhammer is a land sundered by bitter strife and deadly conflict. Every

realm and kingdom is riven by war and destruction, a battleground for

mighty armies that advance to the beat of sonorous war-drums and thebraying call of trumpets. Stop by and try out one of the most popular

fantasy miniatures systems in the world! Beginners are welcome! This

is a great chance to introduce friends to WHFB or try something new

yourself. Loaner armies provided or players can bring their own.


Miniatures Games

Role-Playing Games

Prize DrawWarhammer Fantasy: 1,000 pts - Table #The Game of Fantasy Battles: 1,000 points a

Warhammer is a land sundered by bitter strife and

realm and kingdom is riven by war and destructio

mighty armies that advance to the beat of sonorou

braying call of trumpets. Stop by and try out one

fantasy miniatures systems in the world! Beginne

is a great chance to introduce friends to WHFB

yourself. Loaner armies provided or players can br

GM: Fantastic Games staff # of Players: 2Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Sponsored by Fanta

Space Hulk - Table #1Man Versus Alien in Desperate Battle. Come and

Hulk pits elite Space Marine Terminators against

Genestealers in this simple, fast paced, and exciare welcome! Loaner armies provided or players c

GM: Fantastic Games staff # of Players: 8Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Sponsored by Fanta

Circus Maximus - Table #6The finest race in the Roman Empire. Try your luc

We welcome all skill levels and kids also. This is

year in that we track your drivers skill and prize m

any time and race as often as you would like.

GM: Ken Cassady Max # of Players: 8Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sponsored by DRAG

STARMADA BLAZERS (or Starmato) - The Gamilons are building their forces around

invasion of Earth. The Earth Defense Force mu

area in an attempt to catch them before they

childhood TV habits is this conversion of the classic

GM: Bill Nitsche Max # of Players: 8Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Thunderboats! - Table #4Come relive the golden age of hydroplane racing

yourself and your competitors in a fun, simple three

GM: Kevin Smyth Max # of Players: 6Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

GM: Edmund Metheny # of Players: 6Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pmPregenerated characters will be providedSponsored by The Dreaming Comics & Games.

Tomb of the Iron God - Table #5System: Swords & Wizardry (DnD 0e)Experience the dungeon crawl of 1974! Traps, puzzles, goblins, and

treasure.

GM: Alan Barclay # of Players: 4Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Ticket to Ride - Table #17Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure where players collect

cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway

routes connecting cities throughout North America.

GM: Jon Kinarthy # of Players: 4Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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A Lesson Learned - Table #9System: Monsters and Other Childish ThingsCliques, bullies andteachers who try to "help" can make junior high a rough time for kids.

For the students of Spring Crescent Middle School, where one really

can die from embarrassment, those who stand out have the roughest

time and when you best friend looks like a life sized My Little Pony,

turned inside out with caustic pink farts, fitting in can especially be hard.

Even harder when someone or something else is stirring up trouble and

drawing unwanted and dangerous attention to the school. Attention

which threatens to expose everyone's secrets. It's up to the PCs to find

out the who or what is behind all the commotion and put a stop to it

before they find themselves "enrolled" in a program for "specially gifted"

students.

GM: Jayson Rackerby # of Players: Up to 5Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Pregenerated characters (and Monsters) will be provided.

There Will Be Blood - Table #14System: Shadowrun 4

A story about family, greed, religion, and uranium, centered around a

turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the megacorp era .

GM: Juan Arango (a.k.a. Mucky Pup) # of Players: Maximum 6Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Camp Shiver - Table #19System: Savage Worlds/Deadlands (but absolutely no experiencenecessary)Summer camp for young teens. If a camper falls in the woods, and no-

one is around, do his screams make a sound? Rated PG-13

GM: Dennison A Milenkaya # of Players: 6-8Time: 11:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Pregenerated characters will be provided.

To End All Wars: A Savage Worlds Daring Tale ofAdventure - Table #11System: Savage Worlds Explorer with the Triple Aces Pulp Rulesaddition.When an old friend says that he has important information that he wants

to discuss with you, you know that it's the start of something big! It's

1936 and Europe is at the brink of war, and you and your friends have to

meet with a friend who you haven't seen for a few years. Something big

is afoot, are you ready for it?

GM: John Reiher # of Players: 4Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pmPregenerated characters will be provided

St. George's Arms: Ghostbusters 1889 - Table #16

System: InSpectres, with Victorian flavour.St. George's Arms is a club for "supernatural game hunters ofdistinction" -- be they genteel well-to-do looking for a new experience,

no-nonsense survivors of hair-raising experiences, or unstable

scientists. When the ghoulies and ghosts come a-knocking in the thick

London fog, who you gonna call? That's right, St. George's ghost

hunters.

GM: Sophie Lagac # of Players: Up to 6Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pmPregenerated characters will be providedSponsored by The Dreaming Comics & Games.

The Roof of the World - Table #10System: Hollow Earth Expedition

An expedition to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the rugged

Concordia Valley, surrounded by some of the world's highest peaks,

finds more than they bargained for.

GM: Rakesh Malik # of Players: 8Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pmPregenerated characters will be providedSPONSORED BY EXILE GAME STUDIO

Dark Times and Hard Rain - Film noir roleplaying - Table#6System: "A Dirty World" film noir role playing by Greg St oltzeCombining the rule set of Greg Stoltze's "A Dirty World" and the

scenario creation methods of "In a wicked age", explore the dark alleys

and dirty secrets of the town where no one uses an umbrella, no matter

how hard it rains: Seattle. Explore the lives of mobbed up dock workers,

dames no better than they should be, and someone who just can't turn

away, no matter how much they wished they could. For fans of "Double

Indemnity" "L.A. Confidential", and "The Big Sleep".

GM: Kingston Cassidy # of Players: 4Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Wrath Of The River King - Table #12System: D&D 4eThe adventure will be a playtest of Wrath of the River King , a 4e D&Dadventure in the Feywild.

GM: Wolfgang Baur # of Players: 6Time: 11am-7pmPregenerated characters will be provided, although players may bringtheir own 5th level characters.

STORY GAME LOUNGE - Tables #22 and #23System: VariousThe Story Game Lounge returns! At ConQuest NW and Dragonflight, we

had two very successful events. Drop by any time and get in on a story

game. Games that might be played include: Nine Worlds, In a Wicked

Age, Dogs in the Vineyard, Trollbabe, Principia, and too many more to

mention. If you've never heard of these games, you should come check

one out!

Hosts: Clint "Ogre" Whiteside and Mickey "Geek Girls Rule!" SchulzTime: Open all day # of Players: Open

Clive Barker's Undying: The Roleplaying Game - Table#20System: Dungeons & Dragons 2nd editionIn 2001 there was a PC game released called Clive Barker's Undying. It

was hailed as the scariest PC game of all time by PC Gamer. The

atmospheric yet story-driven survival horror game was the standard to

beat for years. I have meticulously gone through the game and

recreated it using the skeleton of the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons

and Dragons ruleset, modified for 1923 era occult combat, complete

with accurate maps and descriptions. Anyone who has either played the

original game (or wanted to), or just wants to try an action survival

horror RPG set in 1923 Ireland should find this new way to experience a

classic horror game enticing.

I will have 3 stages of character generation. I will have a set of

completely pregenerated characters, a list of mostly pregenerated

characters (most likely only missing equipment), and blank character

sheets. When we start, I'll ask the group how they want to go about it,

whether they want to jump right in or take the time to generate their own

characters. Since it is a small group of people, it should be pretty easy

to reach a unanimous decision.

GM: Josh Tuttle # of Players: 2 to 4

Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pmPregenerated characters will be provided.

Shattered Hope - Table #8System: Dark HeresyMake ready your chainsword, strap on your bolter, and say a prayer to

the God-Emperor, for Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is here. Step

into the role of an agent of the Inquisition, hunting out and destroying

the foul and twisted influence of Chaos.

GM: Peter Darley # of Players: Up to 5Time: noon - 3:00 pmPregenerated characters will be provided.

Universalis: SteampunkSystem: Universalis - Table #13Universalis is a game where every player is a GM and the game can be

about anything. In keeping with the theme of our convention, there this

game will have a Steampunk theme as one of the game tenets.

GM: Laura Mortensen # of Players: 9Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (2 hours)

The Keep - Table #16System: The Bridge System (formerly Two-die)The story begins, "You have been hidden in a small cave behind the

stables in a Keep guarding a mountain pass. You have been here for

two days, when there your parents stuffed you in there during a

disturbance at the gates. After two days of silence, you come out and

everyone is gone."

GM: Mickey "Geek Girls Rule!" SchulzTime: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm # of Players: 4 to 8Players will create characters in the age range of 8-15, the characterconcepts will be based on what their parents did in the Keep.

Whispers of a Nameless Fear - Table #10System: One-Roll Engine (Wild Talents)The merchants haven't shown up in weeks. Without them the village

can't buy grain enough to last through the winter. Why did they stop

coming? Did they find another source for the healing herbs that grow

here? Or is there something else going on? Your job is to find out.

GM: Rakesh Malik # of Players: 8Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pmPregenerated characters will be provided

Prisoner of the Reich - Table #14System: Hollow Earth ExpeditionElizabeth Rookwood asks your help in finding her

genius who disappeared weeks ago. The only clue

an obscure address in Cairo. Following the trail

airship "Hyperion," can you deliver the missing sc

dire fate has ensnared him? Who has taken him

gone? And for what sinister purpose? An introd

"Hollow Earth Expedition," the high-flying game of p

GM: Tim W. Brown# of Players: 6Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sponsored by Exile G

Characters will be created at the table

Balance of Terror - Table #9System: Science vs. SavageryNorthwest of the British regency of Parhoon

Highlands, home to the richest liftwood groves on

of the brutal High Martians. Too many aerial vesse

that region, and the Crown needs to know why. It c

the High Martian pirates growing bolder, but ma

nefarious is afoot. Either way, it's bound to be bad

identical in theme to Space:1889 but with simple, fa

GM: Steve Winter # of Players: Up to 6Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pmPlayers will create their characters at the table.

Mind Switch - Table #8System: GURPS (3rd Ed.), Psionics

In a possible future of the earth, the future is not soall. The year is 2030, but we would recognize it m

1980. Nonetheless, humanity has advanced. An

abilities among the populace is recognized by sam

human evolution. For others, it is a setback that m

powers have caused mass hysteria and governmen

one of the few, one of the lucky (or not-so-lucky), a

World," persecuted by the government. Your only h

like you and then, find a way out. Survive and win.

GM: Jon Holt # of Players: 5Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pmPregenerated characters will be provided

Won't You Spare Me Over 'Til Another YSystem: Knights of the Road, Knights of the RailTHE DATE: 1934

THE PLACE: Picayune, Mississippi

You and your bunkies were catting a freight when

bulls and had to hit the grit or do a hitch. Now you

night and are gathered about your gunboat, dow

mulligan stew, when unearthly singing calls to y

fields. Can you and your fellow 'boes save an inno

when Old Man Death comes a'callin?

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