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2008 Schedule

The hours for OshCon will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

 
 

Saturday

Event name: Against the Gnomes
Event time: 12:00 PM
Length of event: 4 hours
Game rules: 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Difficulty: Beginner to Master
Number of players: up to 5
Description: The gnomes are fed up, and they're not going to take it anymore! Now that they're no longer a core race to the D&D world, the gnomes are uprising! Join the battle for peace and order!
Gamemaster: Rob Gustafson

Event name: Nodewar Demo
Event time: 12:00 PM
Length of event: 2 hours
Game rules: Nodewar
Manufacturer: Snarling Badger Games
Difficulty: Beginner, rules taught
Number of players: 2-6 players
Description: Use your wits and control the nodes to survive on the network. Come try out Nodewar, the non-collectible hybrid card/board game of hacker battling for two players. We'll start up to three sessions so up to six players can try it out.
Gamemaster: Adam Loper

Event name: A Trip into Town
Event time: 2:00 PM
Length of event: 4 hours
Game rules: Vampire: The Masquerade (2nd Ed.)
Manufacturer: White Wolf
Difficulty: All comers (no rules lawyers please)
Number of players: 4 - 6
Description: The Prince of Oshkosh has 'chosen' the PC's to deliver an urgent message to the Prince of Milwaukee. First they must survive the gauntlet getting to town and then they must survive the gauntlet in town!
Gamemaster: Josh Rowlands

Sunday

Event name: The Tomb of Horrors
Event time: 10:00 AM
Length of event: 4 Hours (or until we run out of PCs!)
Game rules: 1st Edition D&D
Manufacturer: TSR
Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced
Number of players: up to 6
Description: In tribute to our game's co-founder, Gary Gygax, I thought it would be fitting to sacrifice a few character sheets to his most notorious dungeon! Flagrant abuse of player knowledge regarding the module will not be tolerated.
Gamemaster: Rob Gustafson

Event name: Nodewar Demo
Event time: 12:00 PM
Length of event: 2 hours
Game rules: Nodewar
Manufacturer: Snarling Badger Games
Difficulty: Beginner, rules taught
Number of players: 2-6 players
Description: Use your wits and control the nodes to survive on the network. Come try out Nodewar, the non-collectible hybrid card/board game of hacker battling for two players. We'll start up to three sessions so up to six players can try it out.
Gamemaster: Adam Loper

 

 

  BLOCKS
The OshCon schedule will be broken up into two-hour blocks. Some games will span several blocks.

 
 
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