The weekend of Oct 5 I had the privilege of attending NukeCon (http://www.nuke-con.com/), run out of Omaha. It was our first time at the show and NukeCon did an awesome job of making Goodman Games feel welcome.
Like a lot of smaller cons, NukeCon exists thanks to the hard work of dedicated gamers. But unlike some smaller cons, NukeCon has access to some amazing facilities. There was large venue for gaming and vendors, plus readily accessible food and nearly 24-hour staffing by the con folks. Our friends at Tabletop Adventures were in attendance, though we missed the folks from Blackblade. Hopefully we’ll hook up with them at GaryCon.
We ran playtests of up-coming DCC adventures, and special guest judge Dave Rosser, Jr. ran a quick 0-level funnel game. (Dave’s performance was so awesome I wrote him in as a DCC villain. See if you can spot him in Fate’s Fell Hand.)
We had DCC ribbons, buttons and pencils to award our player and judges, which got pretty fun – lots of “DCC Kill” ribbons were flying during the funnel game. Wearing ribbons like battle scars, our players finished the games with visible testaments to their triumphs and defeats.
The highlight of the con was from our first game, which very nearly ended in a PvP TPK. But somehow a pair of desperate warriors carried the day against the party cleric and his dominated wizard sidekick.
The game’s conclusion: 200 neanderthals charging up the side of their mud ziggurat to take out our surviving warriors. "Craven" the Smuggler drops the mob’s champion, then steps up and declares himself their new master. Good roleplaying on the player's part, but I tell him that I still need to see the best Personality check ever.
Nat 20.
Table erupts in cheers (even the guys with dead PCs).
Good times in Omaha. Thank you, NukeCon!
//H
