From: Mike.Elliott@b...
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 09:29:28 +0000
Subject: Re: Ground Zero Games - East Coast Convention - Call for Par
Sounds great!!
Only wish someone would buy me a plane ticket so I could come...
Seriously tho guys, please could you publish here on the list the scenarios
after the event? It will at least give those of us who coouldn't be there a
taste of how it went.
Cheers
Mike Elliott (GZG)
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Author: owner-ftgzg-l@bolton.ac.uk at INTERNET
Date: 07/01/1998 15:54
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Ground Zero Games - East Coast Convention - Call for Partici
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*Ground Zero Games - East Coast Convention
**Call For Participation January 7th, 1998
We are in the planning phase of preparing a small game convention on the East
coast, USA. We are actively looking for Gamemasters to prepare scenarios and
run events featuring GZG or derivative rules, including Full Thrust, Dirtside
II, Stargrunt II, and Babylon 5 rules from the Earth Force Sourcebook.
Ground Zero Games is a Trademark of Jon M. Tuffley. The Babylon Project and
the Earth Force Sourcebook are published by Chameleon Eclectic.
Disclaimer: This event is not being run by Ground Zero Games. The title of
this event merely denotes that all scheduled events at this convention will be
using a Ground Zero Games or Jon M. Tuffley rules set.
GZG-ECC Web Page:
http://members.aol.com/wolfemastr/convention.htm
Date: February 27th, 28th, and March 1st, 1998
Location: Hotel Brunswick
Chestnut and Queen Streets Lancaster, PA, 17608
http://www.hotelbrunswick.com
Slots: 1: Friday, 7 pm - 11 pm
2: Saturday, 8 am - 12 noon
3: Saturday, 1 pm - 5 pm
4: Saturday, 7 pm - 11 pm
5: Sunday, 9 am - 1 pm
Cost: $15 total for the weekend, no daily rate A discount will be given for
Gamemasters No event fees Hotel rooms are about $50 a night
Preregistration will be announced once we have enough events to begin. It is
tentatively planned to begin on January 19th.
*** Special Event ***
A Full Thrust, 3rd Edition demo game will be scheduled. Jon Tuffley has given
us permission to run a game with the current playtest version of the FT3
rules. This game will be run on Sunday morning by Mark 'Indy' Kochte.
Currently planned events:
Estrell Naval Academy Cruiser Duel
4-12 player free-for-all.
(http://www.albany.net/~davis/ft/ecd for game format)
[Full Thrust] (4-12 players)
Friday 7-11, (GM Jon Davis)
Vagabond Road After raiding a border town, a group of high tech bandits
stumble onto a military caravan ripe for the taking, or maybe not...
[Dirtside II] (3-6 players)
Friday 7-11, (GM Gil Haun)
Naked Inside Your Fear A Centauri task force destroys a small base believed to
be
Narn - only to learn that there were no Narns, never WERE
any Narns, and now someone else is really upset...
[Full Thrust with EFSB additions] (4 players)
Saturday 8-12, (GM Indy Kochte)
Rock This Town An NAC force must recapture a local town's radio station a
broadcast a signal to their dropship.
[Dirtside II] (4-6 players)
Saturday 8-12, (GM Gil Haun)
The Empress' Revenge: The Second Battle of Kroucalen Estrell Imperial Naval
forces attempt a second invasion against the Draval Hegemony.
Background: http://www.albany.net/~davis/ft/ea2
[Full Thrust] (8 players)
Saturday 1-5, (GM Jon Davis)
Miniatures Contest Full Thrust, Dirtside II, and Stargrunt II figures
Saturday 1-5, (Gil Haun)
Hell's Kitchen
The Earth-Minbari War, GROPOS-style.
[Stargrunt II] (3-5 players)
Saturday 7-11, (GM Indy Kochte)
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it..."
Another bloody bath in the Terran-Entamolian War
[Full Thrust, 3rd Edition preview] (4-10 players)
Sunday 9-1, (GM Indy Kochte)
Tentative events:
Crisis Among the Kra'Vak A Kra'Vak vs. Kra'Vak civil war conflict. Competing
factions battle for political supremacy.
[Full Thrust] (8 players)
Age of Iridium scenario designed by Allan Goodall
[Full Thrust]
GEO-Hex will be providing prizes and awards for the events.
Ground Zero Games will also be providing some 'special' prizes.
We are reserving a single meeting room for the events. Based on the size of
the room, we should be able to schedule four or five events per time slot,
with space available for open gaming.
Gamemasters: Please contact Jon Davis at davis@albany.net
or (518) 356-3562 (home)
(518) 387-5487 (work)
Please provide a title, brief description of the event, number of players, and
any time slot preference.
Organizers: (Or "those up against the wall first...")