There will be gaming of many and sundry sorts at Pi-Con. We'll have board games and RPGs in the main gaming room, and a separate room for video games, including a projector. We'll have Guitar Hero, Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, and tons of other games running throughout the weekend. On Sunday, we'll be featuring Rock Band and Soul Calibur 4 on the Playstation 3!

If you would like to sign up to play any of the RPGs listed below, please email gaming@pi-con.org so we can add you to the players list.

Pi-Con Gaming Schedule

  • Fate RPG (Tentative) - Friday 19:00 - 23:00
    System: Fate (an implementation of the FUDGE system). GM: michael moceri Players: 2-6
  • Giant Ice House - demo - Friday 19:00 - 20:00
    A demo of various IceHouse/Treehouse games using giant ice house pieces. Run by: Michael Whitehouse
  • Chaos Isle Demo - Saturday 10:00 - 14:00
    It seems the Unbalanced scientist, Dr. Zycheck, has gone a little overboard with his experiments in his search for Immortality, and the Isle has become overrun with his Zombi monstrocities. Can you escape from the Isle before being added to their menu? Or perhaps you've got just enough nerve to try to create a vaccine to end the madness. Maybe you'll just end up as a Zombi yourself... Chaos Isle is a mission-based card game (MBCG) that can be played solo, or by 2-6 players using just a single deck. The game is played with 2 six-sided dice and each deck consists of 102 cards, including 6 missions, 6 characters, 20 equipment, and 70 enemy, task and event cards. Each Chaos Isle deck is a separate theme with new missions, characters, equipment and enemies but with the same easy to use gameplay style. The first deck in the series is the Zombi Deck, in which each player takes on the role of one of the characters while attempting to complete his mission before the other players complete theirs, all the while fending off 10 different Zombi enemies. Chaos Isle is easy to learn and quick to play, and provides enough strategy to keep experienced gamers entertained while possessing enough randomness to accomodate beginnners; giving them a chance to win as well.
  • Apognosis - An ascent to intelligence - GURPS RPG - Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
    A change occurs in
    Man's robotic servitors
    Perhaps sentience?
    For a hundred years, robots have performed menial tasks for mankind, leaving their masters alone to contemplate the deep questions of the universe. Yesterday, one man became too slothful to do even that. Today, everything in this world will change. System: GURPS GM: Daniel Stubbs Players: 4-6 -- Pre-generated characters will be provided.
  • Cambridge Games - (Glory to Rome, Aapep, Sneeze) - Demos - Saturday 14:00 - 16:00
    Glory to Rome is a card-based city building and resource management game with a novel mechanic. Each card may act as a building, a patron, a raw material, or a valuable resource, frequently forcing players into difficult decisions regarding how each card should be used. In addition, much of the game is played from the discard pool, giving players some control over what cards are accessible to opponents. In Aapep you play either the demon Aapep, trying to swallow the sun, or the god Ra, fighting to escape the dark seas of the underworld. Players take turns placing pyramid tiles onto the board -- Aapep swallows the sun if from any edge of the board he can "see" dark sides on the first pyramid tile that is visible from that direction while Ra escapes if from any edge of the board he can "see" light sides on the first pyramid tile visible from that direction. The object of Sneeze is to match Sneeze cards to your opponents' allergies and make them sneeze. Glory to Rome - 2-5 players Aapep - 2-4 players Sneeze - 2-6 players Duration: Glory to Rome - 1 hour Aapep - 20 min Sneeze - 20 min
  • D&D Pit Fight Tournament! - Saturday 15:00 - 19:00
    It's like Dungeons and Dragons without all that pesky role playing. Make a 5th level character with point-buy stats, one magic item from each level from 3-7. Teams of characters will compete for victory and glory. Pre-gen characters available. System: D&D 4th Edition GM: Michael Whitehouse Players: 4-64
  • Salah Ad-Din: Rise of a Leader - Demo - Saturday 16:00 - 18:00
    You are the Emir of a middle eastern city during the time of the crusades. You realize that on your own you will be unable to defeat the crusaders, however if you were to rally all the middle eastern cities behind your banner, you would have a large enough force to drive the crusaders out. Therefore you must build up your city, extend your influence, and form alliances. Once you have proven yourself as a true leader, you will gain the respect and allegiance of the people of the middle east 4 players
  • Cambridge Games - (Glory to Rome, Aapep, Sneeze) - Demos - Saturday 18:00 - 22:00
    Glory to Rome is a card-based city building and resource management game with a novel mechanic. Each card may act as a building, a patron, a raw material, or a valuable resource, frequently forcing players into difficult decisions regarding how each card should be used. In addition, much of the game is played from the discard pool, giving players some control over what cards are accessible to opponents. In Aapep you play either the demon Aapep, trying to swallow the sun, or the god Ra, fighting to escape the dark seas of the underworld. Players take turns placing pyramid tiles onto the board -- Aapep swallows the sun if from any edge of the board he can "see" dark sides on the first pyramid tile that is visible from that direction while Ra escapes if from any edge of the board he can "see" light sides on the first pyramid tile visible from that direction. The object of Sneeze is to match Sneeze cards to your opponents' allergies and make them sneeze. Glory to Rome - 2-5 players Aapep - 2-4 players Sneeze - 2-6 players Duration: Glory to Rome - 1 hour Aapep - 20 min Sneeze - 20 min
  • D&D 4th ED - RPG - Saturday 19:00 - 23:00 (Tentative time)
    The PCs are having dinner at a tiny keep near the border, the garrison commander is found assassinated. As they puzzle over the body they hear the portcullis start to rise, and alarms sound of an enemy army approaching. Half siege warfare half murder mystery-- all 6th level characters (Pre-Generated). GM: Arnie Kester (Max 8 players)
  • Hunting Grounds: Chicago - World of Darkness:Werewolf - RPG - Sunday 10:00 - 15:00
    In this one-shot set in the nefarious Chicago of the World of Darkness, your young pack of werewolves have been conscripted to escort a guest to the city for an alpha pack with more territory and prestige than yours. Explore the lurid depths of the Windy City as you attempt to safely transport the target, trusting in your pack mates and your instincts to brave the myriad of dangers. Are the Pure Tribes willing to show their teeth and their strength against your pack? Are there vampires waiting in the shadows, ready to hurl minion after minion in your path, stalling you until the sun sets? Will some power hungry mage cross your path to try and suck the very Essence out of your soul to fuel their own dark power? What of the Shadow and spirits that dwell there? And there are always those other deep, mysterious and disturbing powers that sleep unknown until they are awoken. Do you have the strength of body and conviction of will to make your mark upon the desolate landscape of Chicago? Or will you fall upon the claws, fangs and spells of your enemies? Pre-made character sheets and backgrounds will be provided. Feel free to email me with any questions (georegit@hotmail.com). Players with working knowledge of the World of Darkness and Werewolf: The Forsaken systems preferred, but by no means required. System: World of Darkness/Werewolf: The Forsaken GM: Geo Players: 2-6 (pre-made characters provided)
  • Salah Ad-Din: Rise of a Leader (EarthMoonGames) - Demo - Sunday 12:00 - 14:00
    You are the Emir of a middle eastern city during the time of the crusades. You realize that on your own you will be unable to defeat the crusaders, however if you were to rally all the middle eastern cities behind your banner, you would have a large enough force to drive the crusaders out. Therefore you must build up your city, extend your influence, and form alliances. Once you have proven yourself as a true leader, you will gain the respect and allegiance of the people of the middle east 4 players

Running Games at Pi-Con

If you're interested in running a game at Pi-Con, head over to our GM signup form and drop us a note about what you're interested in. You can also send email to gaming@pi-con.org, about all sorts of games. Want to play a particular video game at the con? Drop us a note, and bring it along! If you want to help out with running the video game room, send a note to volunteers@pi-con.org and we'll see about setting you up.