Revelation 2019
This was the third Revelation which is one of the weekend cons that run at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield several times a year. Revelation, Seven Hills, North Star, Longcon and Furnace round out the list (although there's a PFS con that uses the hotel for a con as well). Revelation focuses on Powered by the Apocalypse games.
As usual there was a varied selection of games and about 40 attendees. Things start around 10 am on Saturday although there is always a group in the bar Friday evening to start the con off on the right note of sociability.
Games slots are 10 to 2pm, 2.30 to 6.30 and 8 till midnight on Saturday. Sunday slots are 10 to 2pm and 2:30 to 6:30. All the games were pre-booked through the good graces of Elaine, the Games Czarina, so there was none of the scrum to sign up that characterises some other conventions.
As the con is laser focused on PBtA games most if not all of the attendees know the basic mechanics of the system and it's only variants or odd differences that need explaining and that cuts down on explanation time at the start of a game.
I ran two games and played in a double slot game. Saturday afternoon I ran Vagabonds of Dyfed a mashup of PBtA mechanics and OSR style D&D and used the Dark Sun style city of Dortoka as the setting. Seemed to work pretty well and another GM ran the core game in two further slots.
Saturday evening I ran a game of Cartel. Much mayhem happened in the city of Durango Mexico and drugs were moved towards the US but foot soldiers died as did civilians in droves due to the gang war between the player's Cartel and Los Zetas. Again loads of great roleplay and a lot of fun.
Sunday I signed up for a double slot game of Legacy with the Generation Ship supplement. The game uses Families to play at the higher level of intrigue and politicking and individuals to play at the character level. This led to a bit of confusion when switching from high level to low level play.
The game played out as a sort of Metamorphosis Alpha and was loads of fun but for a con game I think I'd go with pregenned Families and allow the players to choose playbooks to ensure things got to the action quickly. A double slot allowed us the luxury of going through the whole Family and PC character gen stuff.
I left at about 5:15 to catch a train home and the con wrapped up an hour or so later. The date for should be February 2020 I'll be booking a spot for one of the friendliest gaming cons about.
This was the third Revelation which is one of the weekend cons that run at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield several times a year. Revelation, Seven Hills, North Star, Longcon and Furnace round out the list (although there's a PFS con that uses the hotel for a con as well). Revelation focuses on Powered by the Apocalypse games.
As usual there was a varied selection of games and about 40 attendees. Things start around 10 am on Saturday although there is always a group in the bar Friday evening to start the con off on the right note of sociability.
Games slots are 10 to 2pm, 2.30 to 6.30 and 8 till midnight on Saturday. Sunday slots are 10 to 2pm and 2:30 to 6:30. All the games were pre-booked through the good graces of Elaine, the Games Czarina, so there was none of the scrum to sign up that characterises some other conventions.
As the con is laser focused on PBtA games most if not all of the attendees know the basic mechanics of the system and it's only variants or odd differences that need explaining and that cuts down on explanation time at the start of a game.
I ran two games and played in a double slot game. Saturday afternoon I ran Vagabonds of Dyfed a mashup of PBtA mechanics and OSR style D&D and used the Dark Sun style city of Dortoka as the setting. Seemed to work pretty well and another GM ran the core game in two further slots.
Saturday evening I ran a game of Cartel. Much mayhem happened in the city of Durango Mexico and drugs were moved towards the US but foot soldiers died as did civilians in droves due to the gang war between the player's Cartel and Los Zetas. Again loads of great roleplay and a lot of fun.
Sunday I signed up for a double slot game of Legacy with the Generation Ship supplement. The game uses Families to play at the higher level of intrigue and politicking and individuals to play at the character level. This led to a bit of confusion when switching from high level to low level play.
The game played out as a sort of Metamorphosis Alpha and was loads of fun but for a con game I think I'd go with pregenned Families and allow the players to choose playbooks to ensure things got to the action quickly. A double slot allowed us the luxury of going through the whole Family and PC character gen stuff.
I left at about 5:15 to catch a train home and the con wrapped up an hour or so later. The date for should be February 2020 I'll be booking a spot for one of the friendliest gaming cons about.
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