Live Gaming
Live Gaming is headquartered in the Fairfax room on the 3rd Floor of the Sheraton Hotel, we will also be using the Berkeley room. We will have a library of over 50 board games to select from and play in the Live Gaming room. For events schedules and demos, please check the following listings for last-minute event additions. For more information on any of the games, drop by Live Gaming, or check out below.
Hours of Operation:
- Friday: 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Steve Jackson Games MiBs
- Friday-Sunday, Live Gaming hours
- Event Leaders: Various
- Play your favorites: Munchkin, Frag!, Revolution, Chez Dork, Chez Geek, Illuminati, SPANC, and more! The MiBs are running tournaments and demos all day. Win some awesome prizes and make some new friends (or enemies).
Magic the Gathering Events
- Friday-Sunday, Live Gaming hours
- Registration:
- Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM -9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM -11:00 AM
- Fill & Fire: 8-man Return to Ravnica Block Booster Draft. Entry Fee: $15. Prize Support: 1st: 8 packs, 2nd: 4 packs, 3rd/4th: 2 packs each
- Fill & Fire: 8-man Return to Ravnica Block Sealed Deck (2 Return to Ravnica / 2 Gatecrash / 2 Dragon's Maze). Entry Fee: $25. Prize Support: 1st: 12 packs, 2nd: 6 packs, 3rd/4th: 3 packs each
- Fill & Fire: 4-man Commander (EDH) Chaos. Entry Fee $5. Prize Support: 2 packs each time you eliminate a player
- Fill & Fire: 8-man Standard Constructed - Single Elimination. Entry Fee: $5. Prize Support: 1st: 8 packs, 2nd: 4 packs
- Fill & Fire: 8-man Legacy Constructed - Single Elimination. Entry Fee: $5. Prize Support: 1st: 8 packs, 2nd: 4 packs
- Fill & Fire: 8-man Modern Constructed - Single Elimination. Entry Fee: $5. Prize Support: 1st: 8 packs, 2nd: 4 packs
Yu-Gi-Oh Events
- Friday-Sunday, Live Gaming hours
- Registration:
- Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM -9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM-11:00 PM
- Fill & Fire: 8-player Constructed - Double Elimination. Entry Fee: $10. Prize Support: 1st: 16 packs, 2nd: 8 packs
Cardfight Vanguard
- Friday-Sunday, Live Gaming Hours
- Registration:
- Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Fill & Fire: 8-player Constructed - Double Elimination. Entry Fee: $10. Prize Support: 1st: 16 packs, 2nd: 8 packs
Scheduled Events
Friday
- 10AM - 12PM
- Steve Jackson Games w/ MiB Games on Demand
- Ascension w/ Chris Brown
- Dominion w/ Jon Larsen
- Tanto Cuore: Expanding the House w/ Kevin Menezes
- 10AM - 2PM
- "Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space" w/Anthony Medeiros
- "Countdown to Apotheosis"
Pre-generated characters for up to 6 players will be provided.
The Sojourner and his companions arrive at Chitchen Itza during the apex of the Mayan civilization and discover that sinister forces, left unchecked, may very well cause the world's end in 2012.
- 12pm - 2PM
- Alexandros w/ Kevin Menezes
- Thunderstone Advance w/ Chris Brown
- 2PM - 4PM
- Steve Jackson Games w/ MiB Games on Demand
- Agricola w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Dixit w/ Emilio Torres
- Innovation w/ Kevin Menezes
- Ticket to Ride w/ Mary Lindholm
- 3PM - 7PM
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
Beware the Auditors
3-6 players - Pregenerated characters will be available. No experience required. Bring D6's!
Building security is the bane of every runners existence; few and far between are the jobs that don't devolve into a firefight. At least this time you know what you are getting in to; an agent of EE Security has hired you for an internal "audit."
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
- 3PM - 7PM
- "Big Eyes, Small Mouth" 3rd Edition w/ Anthony Medeiros
Pregenerated characters for up to 6 players will be provided.
Several months after the last Spireship was destroyed, the vampire noble, Lemora finally returns to her Household in the Dreadlands. She finds her homeland on the verge of oblivion. It is up to her and her entourage to secure their place in a world that no longer needs their special gifts.
- "Big Eyes, Small Mouth" 3rd Edition w/ Anthony Medeiros
- 4PM - 6PM
- Steve Jackson Games w/ MiB Games on Demand
- Betrayal at House on the Hill w/ Emilio Torres
- Dominion w/ Jonathan Galligan
- 4PM - 8PM
- Pathfinder Society
Intro, Part 1: In Service to Lore [Character Level 1 only]
In your first mission as a Pathfinder agent, the head of the Grand Lodge sends you on a number of missions throughout the metropolis of Absalom, pitting you against traps, thieves, and even an unruly devil, all in the pursuit of knowledge. - Pathfinder Society
#3-01 The Frostfur Captives [Character levels 1-5]
Tasked with escorting a group of goblin prisoners from their camp to civilization for interrogation by the Pathfinder Society, you must protect them not only from the beasts and hazards of the wilderness, but themselves.
- Pathfinder Society
- 6PM - 8PM
- Dixit w/ James Monte
- The Great Dalmuti w/ Kevin Menezes
- Pandemic w/ Jon Larsen
- 8PM - 10PM
- Caylus w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Kittens in a Blender w/ Emilio Torres
- Oshi w/ Kevin Menezes
- 9PM - 1AM
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
Survivalist Tendencies
3-6 players
Pregenerated characters will be available. No experience required. Bring D6's!
A smash and grab always promises to be a blast. Place the target off the grid, and it can really be interesting. Better dust off the armor piercing rounds. - Star Trek w/ James Carpio
A race against time
3-6 players
A federation science crew has gone missing on a small class M astroid over a year ago. There has been no communications from them until now. A short range communication finally reached a merchant ship almost 10 months since it was sent. Star Fleet wants you to investigate and bring back any survivors. Using the Star Trek RPG by Last Unicorn Games set in the JJ Abrams Star Trek Universe. - Vampire the Masquerade w/ James Monty-Carbonari
3-6 players
THE MIDNIGHT DANCE CONTINUES...
They stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends -Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged sicne the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the vampires' grand Masquerade is imperiled, and the night of Gehenna draws ever closer. - Pathefinder Society
Intro, Part 3: A Vision of Betrayal [Character Level 1 only]
Dispatched on an envoy mission overland from Absalom to port city Escadar, you must weather the harsh wilderness of the Isle of Kortos before you can hope to meet with the representative of the elusive gillmen, and only then come face to face with the greatest threat to the Pathfinder Society. - Pathfinder Society
#1-55 The Infernal Vault [Character levels 1-7]
A decade ago, the Decklands family, a house of Chelish nobles, were exiled from Absalom for treason. Their fate made for an interesting story and when a Pathfinder agent in Cheliax studying the family's long history and exile from the City at the Center of the World ends up murdered, the Society sends you to the recently discovered Deckland Vaults in Absalom to see what connection their old home might have to your murdered colleague.
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
- 10PM - 12AM
- Resident Evil: Deck Building Game w/ Emilio Torres
- Settlers of Catan w/ Jonathan Galligan
Saturday
- 10AM - 12PM
- Guillotine w/ Kevin Menezes
- Settlers of Catan w/ Jon Larsen
- 10AM - 2PM
- D&D 4e w/ Chris Brown
3-6 players
- D&D 4e w/ Chris Brown
- 10AM - 2PM
- Marvel Super Heroic Role Play w/ James Carpio
Breakout!!!!
3-6 players
Based on the acclaimed story arc from Brian Michael Bendis' New Avengers, including a super villain prison break and a perilous journey to the Savage Land!
- Marvel Super Heroic Role Play w/ James Carpio
- 10AM - 2PM
- Star Trek RPG (Decipher Games) set in the "Mirror Universe" w/ Anthony Medeiros
"Empire Down"
Pre-generated characters for up to 6 players will be provided.
The ISS Tempest must investigate a series of cosmic events along the border of the Klingon neutral zone. What they discover could forever change the future of all races in the Alpha quadrant.
- Star Trek RPG (Decipher Games) set in the "Mirror Universe" w/ Anthony Medeiros
- 11AM - 3PM
- Pathfinder Society
#4-19 The Night March of Kalkamedes [Character levels 1-5]
A veteran Pathfinder exploring the Fenwall Mountains of Varisia has begun sleepwalking, traveling through the dead of night in the same direction each time. The following mornings, however, he awakens injured and lost in the wilderness, never reaching the mysterious destination that drew him from his bed in the night. Something is calling Kalkamedes, something powerful, but unless he can make it safely to the source of his somnambulism, that power will remain a mystery. It falls to a team of Pathfinders to escort the sleepwalker to his destination and uncover the true nature of the strange phenomenon overtaking Kalkamedes's dreams. - Pathfinder Society
#4-15 The Cyphermage Dilemma [Character levels 1-5]
In the shadow of the cyclopean Cyphergate that spans Riddleport's harbor, the PCs find themselves embroiled in a dangerous plot of deception that one could only find in Varisia's infamous pirate port.
- Pathfinder Society
- 12PM - 2PM
- Power Grid w/ Jon Larsen
- Wizard w/ Kevin Menezes
- 2PM - 4PM
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer w/ Kevin Menezes
- Race for the Galaxy w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Thunderstone Advance w/ Chris Brown
- Ticket to Ride w/ James Monte
- Tsuro w/ Emilio Torres
- 3PM - 7PM
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
Doll House
3-6 players
Pregenerated characters will be available. No experience required. Bring D6's!
You are hired to "replace" a security team at a location in order to complete your true objective. Can you meet your goals without blowing your cover?
- Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
- 4PM - 6PM
- Grandpa Beck's Golf w/ Kevin Menezes
- 4PM - 8PM
- Pathfinder Society
#0-06 Black Waters [Character levels 1-5]
The Pathfinder Society seeks the ancient ruby ring of the salamander and it falls to a team of Pathfinders to find it. Last seen in the Tri-Towers Yard, a once elite academy for the youth of Absalom, the ruby ring is now lost in the Drownyard, all that remains of Tri-Towers after it was destroyed a decade ago in the great quake. The Pathfinders must risk the strange black ichors and salty brine to find their prize - will they risk their very souls as well? - Pathfinder Society
#3-18 The God's Market Gamble [Character levels 1-5]
Valuable relics of religious natures have been disappearing on their way into Absalom and the Pathfinder Society stands to lose countless irreplaceable artifacts if the cause isn't found. Amid the bustling markets of the God's Market in the shadow of the Starstone Cathedral, the Society sets a plan in motion to ensure the parties responsible for the recent thefts are caught and brought to justice.
- Pathfinder Society
- 6PM - 8PM
- 7 Wonders w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Agricola w/ Jon Larsen
- Cash & Guns w/ Emilio Torres
- 8PM - 10PM
- Power Grid w/ Emilio Torres
- San Juan w/ Kevin Menezes
- 8PM - 12PM
- Battlestar Galactica w/ Jonathan Galligan
- 9PM - 1AM
- Dragon Age w/ James Carpio
Assault on Duhnwailer Keep
3-5 players
Travelling merchants and guardsmen say that the lights of Duhnwailer Keep have gone dim. No word from behind the great stone walls has come for weeks. Your group has been asked by the local militia to take a message and report that all is well. A simple job has turned into a severe nightmare. - Dungeons & Dragons 4e w/ Mary Lindholm
Forge of the Dawn Titan (lair assault)
3-5 players
KILL OR BE KILLED
The players think their characters are invincible. It's time for you to show them otherwise. Gather your players - the tacticians, the rules experts, and the power gamers - and let them test their mettle in D&D LAIR ASSAULT. - Pathfinder Society
4-01 Rise of the Goblin Guild [Character levels 1-5]
When a monster is discovered on the grounds of the Pathfinder Lodge at Heidmarch Manor in Magnimar, an investigation into its appearance leads the PCs deep under the City of Monuments - and face to face with a burgeoning thieves' guild. - Pathfinder Society
#1-47 The Darkest Vengeance [Character levels 1-5]
When a newly opened Ustalav Pathfinder Lodge goes silent, it's up to you to investigate and report back to the Society as to the source of the disappearance. The mystery deepens when you arrive and find the house silent but infiltrated by an old threat now in control of one of Ustalav's most powerful artifacts.
- Dragon Age w/ James Carpio
- 10PM - 12AM
- Ascension w/ Chris Brown
- Cards Against Humanity w/ James Monte
- Tichu w/ Emilio Torres
Sunday
- 10AM - 12PM
- Ascension w/ Chris Brown
- Carcasonne w/ James Monte
- Citadels w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Fluxx w/ Emilio Torres
- Kittens in a Blender w/ Jon Larsen
- No Thanks w/ Kevin Menezes
- 10AM - 2PM
- D&D Basic w/ James Carpio
The Grinding Gear
3-6 players
Play D&D like it was 1981. Dungeon Master JC will run players through an old school deadly dungeon. Dangerous traps and horrible beasts at every corner. Can you survive?!? - Shadowrun 4A w/ J. R. Riedel
Never Trust A Kitten
3-6 players
Pregenerated characters will be available. No experience required. Bring D6's!
One of the first things all Shadowrunners learn is to never trust a dragon. They rarely think to be wary of cuter creatures. This time though, your job is to smuggle a kitten across corporate lines. - "Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space" w/ Anthony Medeiros
"The Tri-Regatta of Tsal Tan"
Pre-generated characters for up to 6 players will be provided.
The Sojourner accidentally wagers his TARDIS and now must participate in a dangerous series of races to get it back. The presence of competing cyborgs, Sontarans, and the Judoon ensure this will not be easy.
- D&D Basic w/ James Carpio
- 11AM - 3PM
- Pathfinder Society
#1-33 Assault on the Kingdom of the Impossible [Character levels 1-5]
The Pathfinder Society sends you to the fabled Kingdom of the Impossible, the island of Jalmeray, to stop an Aspis Consortium black market relics dealer who is organizing the local bandits and violently robbing Jalmeray and Pathfinder Society caravans laden with relics, artifacts, and magical mysteries. When a venture-captain is murdered by the Aspis Consortium agent, it's up to the PCs to find him and do whatever it takes to stop him. - Pathfinder Society
#4-05 The Sanos Abduction [Character levels 3-7]
The Pathfinders are sent to the Sanos Forest in central Varisia to assist an agent researching the fey who inhabit the remote wood. But like many seemingly routine tasks in a Pathfinder's adventuring career, the simple support mission quickly turns into an adventure the PCs aren't soon to forget - presuming they survive.
- Pathfinder Society
- 12PM - 2PM
- Belfort w/ Jonathan Galligan
- Dominion w/ Jon Larsen
- Puerto Rico w/ Kevin Menezes
- Thunderstone Advance w/ Chris Brown
- Ticket to Ride w/ Emilio Torres
