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Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
Deep in the forests of the North lives an enchanting elf tribe called the Frogriders. Each spring, they hold a tournament in which their four major squads perform a mock battle. Whoever best manages to capture valuable units and make clever use of their special abilities will take the victory!
Frogriders is a tactical family game in which you collect the custom-molded plastic figures by making them leap over one another. Each of the collected Frogriders enables you to keep it for scoring or return it to the tribe's village in order to use its special ability. Due to the many different privilege cards and several scoring cards (of which only a few are used each game), there are a lot of tactical nuances to discover and many strategies to employ to win at Frogriders!
Looking to try a new game? Have a game you no longer play but think someone else might enjoy? Visit the Game Trade Station! Throughout the weekend, we’ll have a table stocked with a variety of games available for trade (board games, card game, RPG's, etc.). Attendees are invited to bring a gently used game or two from home and swap it for any other item on the table. Please ensure that the items you leave are complete and in good condition, ready to be enjoyed by someone else. Don’t see something you want right away? No worries! The inventory is expected to change continuously throughout the weekend, so check back later for new options.
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
Sunday November 17, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MST
UnPub A
Masks: A New Generation is a superhero roleplaying game in which a team of young heroes fights villains, saves lives, and tries to figure out who they are—noble paragons? Dark avengers? Or regular kids? All against the backdrop of Halcyon City, the greatest city in the world.
A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for 3rd- through 6th-level characters.
One of the most urgent letters to reach the Grand Lodge in the recent flood of troubling correspondence contained grim news indeed: a renowned Pathfinder Venture-Captain vital to the Society's operations in the oppressive nation of Cheliax has gone missing! Fearing the worst, the Society dispatches experienced agents to the venture-captain's home in search of any clue as to what might have happened.
The Devil-Wrought Disappearance is part of the ongoing story of the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries. It is the first scenario in a two-part arc detailing the events befalling a Pathfinder Society lodge in the nation of Cheliax. Other arcs explore other locations across the Inner Sea. While the arcs can be played in any order, it is recommended that players experience the scenarios within each individual arc in order.
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
Build your kingdom and try to have the most glorious one! In Kingdomino, the more connected plots of the same landscape you have, the more points you gain. But be careful: if you don’t have the related buildings you won’t score any points! Play this classic game on a grand scale with RinCon's GIANT game!
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
Sunday November 17, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MST
UnPub A
Fractured Sky is a game of deduction, sneaky strategy, and resource management set on a fantastical island. Players lead their kingdom in the hunt for shards of fractured falling stars, which are rumored to grant wishes to those that can amass enough of them. Using airships, players send their armies to regions with the star shards, but finding those is not always easy and hiring seers to predict their falls can be worth the investment. Over time, players will increase their presence on the island, placing permanent buildings to give them advantages like extra resources or increasing the size of their troop numbers. Only one wish will be granted, so who will amass the most shards before the final star falls?
In River of Gold, players take on the role of river merchants allied with legendary samurai clans, each vying to exploit the river to earn wealth, glory, and wisdom. Will you invest in developing ports, markets, shrines, and more along the banks of the busy river? Or will you rely upon sailing the river of gold, growing your wealth and influence through delivery contracts, visiting the nobility, and garnering a bit of divine favor during tough times?
In the world at large as well as in gameplay we are routinely presented with economics as a dichotomy, capitalism on one side and communism on the other. What if someone were to tell you there was another option, one so common in fandom that almost everyone has experienced it in one form or another? What would you say if someone were to tell you successful cultures have organized themselves along the same principles? Discover a third option in this exploration of the gift economy in Comanche culture and in fandom. Stop by and visit Weyodi Old Bear, RinCon special guest and writer on the Coyote & Crow RPG, at the presentation venue next to her booth in the vendor area.
Knitting Circle is a stand-alone follow up to the hit spatial puzzle game Calico! In this gorgeous puzzly tile-laying game for the whole family, players are knitters competing to create the coziest, most beautiful assortment of garments. Learn to play this brand-new game with its creator and RinCon special guest, Emily Vincent (Pink Hawk Game).
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
Sunday November 17, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
UnPub A
In Habitats, each player builds a big wildlife park without cages or fences. The animals in your park need their natural habitats: grassland, bush, rocks or lakes. The zebra needs a big area of grass and some water adjacent, for example, while a bat needs rocks and bush and water, a hart needs bush and grass, and a crocodile needs mainly water. There is a snake, baboon, bee, elephant, otter, lizard, turtle, eagle, meerkat, scorpio, hog, catfish, rhino, etc., each with its own landscape requirements — 68 different animals in total.
Each player starts their individual park with an entrance tile, and they are each represented in the marketplace of animal tiles by a ceramic figure (or a wooden ranger meeple in some editions). On a turn, a player takes the tile to their left, right or front; moves their figure to the space just vacated; then draws a tile to place where their figure started the turn.
When adding an animal tile in your park, you add its main landscape — the base space for the animal — to your park, too. While placing this new animal, its own piece of landscape can help to fulfill the requirements of your other animals' requirements, e.g., the water on a hippo tile fulfilling the adjacent otter's need for water. Thus, fulfilling every animal's desire for land becomes a more and more difficult task with each tile you add.
Aside from expanding your park with different landscape types, flora and animals, you can improve its profitability by building extra entrance roads, trek spots, and watchtowers.
Habitats lasts three seasons, with each season giving each player 6-9 new tiles for their parks. Whoever has best met the goal of the season receives bonus points, with a smaller number of points for second and third place. At the end of the game, each player scores for each tile in their park based on whether that tile's requirements are satisfied. Whoever scores the most points wins!
Here to Slay is a competitive role-playing fantasy strategy card game that's all about assembling a party of Heroes and slaying monsters (and sometimes sabotaging your friends too) from the creators of Unstable Unicorns.
In this game, you’ll assemble a full party of heroes to slay dangerous monsters while working to avoid the sabotage of your foes. The game also includes items you can equip to your heroes, 1V1 challenge cards, and roll modifiers to tip the odds in your favor.
The first person to successfully slay three monsters, or build a full party with six classes, wins the game!
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBG's full library of games.
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBGs full library of games.
Knitting Circle is a stand-alone follow up to the hit spatial puzzle game Calico! In this gorgeous puzzly tile-laying game for the whole family, players are knitters competing to create the coziest, most beautiful assortment of garments. Learn to play this brand-new game with its creator and RinCon special guest, Emily Vincent (Pink Hawk Game).
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
Easy to learn and quick to play, Ticket to Ride: First Journey is the perfect introduction to the Ticket to Ride series. Players collect train cards, claim routes on the map, and try to connect the cities shown on their tickets to achieve victory. So climb aboard and embark on your very own railway adventure!
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
Sunday November 17, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
UnPub A
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
TacTile is an abstract strategy engine building game. Race across the modular board while building your action engine. Chain wild combos each turn if you can land on the right tiles!
Build a coral reef! In the game Reef, players take on the role of a coral reef, carefully selecting colors and patterns in which to grow and expand. On each turn, players can choose to pick up a new card from a choice of four, or play a card that is already in hand. Each card provides two reef pieces and a pattern that scores points if the existing reef has it (after placing the two new pieces). Whoever has the most points when the reef pieces (or card deck) run out wins!
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBG's full library of games.
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBGs full library of games.
In this adventure you will be playing as a group of children trying to get back their pet Owlbear that a Mysterious Circus stole from them. Will you be able to save your pet?
This year, RinCon is partnering with the Diana Jones Award’s Emerging Designer Program. This is a scholarship fund to amplify the voices of up-and-coming designers, with a focus on creators from marginalized communities. Help us help the EDP bring fresh, new, and diverse voices to the tabletop games community.
So, what IS this event? Watch in awe and amazement as Brendan LaSalle, creator of Xcrawl, writer on Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games, and GM extraordinaire, leads a group of RinCon luminaries on a madcap adventure through a Dungeon Crawl Classics world. The twist? For a donation to the EDP fund, you, the audience, will get to throw in whatever idea, concept, or event you like, and Brendan will have to incorporate it into the session on the fly, and our special guest players will have to roll with it! We promise, hilarity will ensue! And one lucky RinCon attendee will have a chance to play in this game, too - there will be a silent auction for the final player seat at the table.
The Spendoza family’s desperate marriage into the Duchy of Krohnshire was meant to secure their faltering fortunes, but instead, it has unleashed horrors upon the land. Since the arrival of the new Duchess, monstrous creatures have begun terrorizing the grain shipments vital to all of Zytost. Hulking, savage beasts are burning wagons and driving farmers from their fields, threatening to cripple the region’s breadbasket.
Zytost’s cities, mines, and border armies all depend on Krohnshire’s grain to survive. If this vital supply falls, the entire nation could follow. Your party has been tasked with uncovering the origin of these monsters, putting a stop to their attacks, and ensuring the next shipment leaves Krohnshire intact. With the fate of the duchy—and perhaps all of Zytost—hanging in the balance, failure is not an option. Will your group be able to track down the sinister force behind these attacks and restore order to the region, or will Krohnshire and all of Zytost fall to ruin?
Crest Saga is a high-fantasy tabletop RPG currently in open beta, focusing on a customizable and collaborative experience for players. It uses a "dice suite" system with exploding dice, which adds unpredictability and excitement to gameplay. One of its standout features is the Crest magic system, allowing players to combine various magical abilities to shape their character's journey—whether for good or corruption. The game emphasizes flexibility, offering room for role-playing, character development, and tactical combat without restrictive classes, making it accessible for a wide range of play styles.
Developed by a group of friends passionate about RPGs, Crest Saga aims to break away from traditional systems, providing more freedom in character creation and storytelling. The game world is designed as a multiverse where magic and monsters constantly reshape reality, and players can explore different settings within that framework. If you're interested in trying it, Crest S
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
A whimsical set collection game of piracy and pastries! Enter a charming world where you play as tea-loving pirates competing to serve the perfect afternoon tea with a pinch of piracy and a dash of destruction. RinCon special guest Emily Vincent (Pink Hawk Games) demos her newest creation.
The magic of the Theatre runs in your veins. You are a theatrical agent, sending Shakespearian actors to work in various plays, earning fame and favors. Come and test this new game with designer James Ernest!
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
TacTile is an abstract strategy engine building game. Race across the modular board while building your action engine. Chain wild combos each turn if you can land on the right tiles!
What does it take to become top dog? Find out in this family-friendly card game about moving man’s best friend! The game is super-easy to learn and supports drop-in play so come by and pick your puppy. This game will be taught by the designer.
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBG's full library of games.
Join the Adventures in Board Gaming team of teachers to learn how to play some current popular games, like Andromeda’s Edge, Doggerland, Flip 7, Tidal Blades, Far Away, World Wonders, Ponzi Scheme, Wandering Towers, and Zoo Vadis. Visit one of their tables to see the AiBGs full library of games.
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
A whimsical set collection game of piracy and pastries! Enter a charming world where you play as tea-loving pirates competing to serve the perfect afternoon tea with a pinch of piracy and a dash of destruction. RinCon special guest Emily Vincent (Pink Hawk Games) demos her newest creation.
The magic of the Theatre runs in your veins. You are a theatrical agent, sending Shakespearian actors to work in various plays, earning fame and favors. Come and test this new game with designer James Ernest!
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →
TacTile is an abstract strategy engine building game. Race across the modular board while building your action engine. Chain wild combos each turn if you can land on the right tiles!
Can you and your fellow ninja claim the four golden weapons and keep them away from the skeleton general and his army before they overrun the ninja fortress? You would think so, given that the weapons are hidden within your fortress, but ninja are sometimes so sneaky that they forget where they hid things. Start looking, ninja!
In Ninjago: The Board Game, players must work together to claim the weapons and fight back the skeleton guards you'll encounter. This game is played on a board made of real LEGO pieces.
You’ve played the games, attended the special events and panels, and bought yourself some new swag, and you’re ready to head home with all your great memories. In this event, we’ll all celebrate and thank this year’s special guests; RinCon will highlight the money we’ve raised for our chosen charities and announce the winners of the Flora/Fauna raffle; and you can meet the masterminds behind the convention. Join us to cap off your RinCon experience in style.
When bees are creating honeycomb, they connect their legs together to form a chain, called a festoon. In this game, players compete the be the first to form a festoon. Players take turns placing hexagonal bee tiles adjacent to the other tiles on the table one at a time. The first player who places four bees in a straight line wins.
As players create advantageous patterns and block others, Festoon becomes a game of competitive cooperation. Players must decide whether it is more advantageous to block another player's festoon or set themselves up for victory. The simple rules and strategic gameplay mean that anybody can play it, but victory can only be achieved by the player whose strategy comes out on top.
Magician's Challenge is a new (2024) card game where you collect magic prop cards to win points by "performing" a set of tricks. Take the role of a Magician for whom certain types of Props are wild and add points to the tricks you perform. Use your Sneaky cards gain advantages over your opponents. 2-4 Players. Games last about 15 minutes per player. Ages 8+. Fun for families, teens, and adults. Hosted and taught by the game's designer.
TacTile is an abstract strategy engine building game. Race across the modular board while building your action engine. Chain wild combos each turn if you can land on the right tiles!
