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Calling All Gamers: Be a Hero for Kids!
Join tens of thousands of gamers for the biggest charity gaming event of the year! From XBox to board games, the Extra Life gaming marathon gives people who love to play games a chance to give back.
The National Game Day is a virtual event that starts at 8 a.m. PST on Saturday, October 25 and ends at 8 a.m. on Sunday, October 26. If this time period doesn’t work for your schedule, you can choose a more convenient date and time before December 31. You can also break up your gaming into shorter segments.
All funds raised by Extra Life participants who designate “Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland” as their beneficiary, will be donated to directly to the hospital.
Getting involved is easy:
- Register online and join the Big Bad Con team at extra-life.org/team/bigbadcon and create a personal fundraising page, join or start a team.
- Recruit your family and friends to pledge a minimum of $1 for each hour you play ($24 each).
- Get ready to game for 24 hours on October 25th, starting at 8 a.m.
For more information, visit www.extra-life.org.
Friday Games
| 10/17/2014 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Prophecy of the Starry Skies | Prophecy of the Starry Skies | Truth Sans Justice | LARP |
| 10/17/2014 | 7:00 PM – 1:00 AM | Throne War, Interrupted | Amber | Chris Angelini | RPG |
| 10/17/2014 | 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Hot Pudding!! | HoL | Christopher Ory | RPG |
| 10/17/2014 | 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM | [Metal Militia] Dio – Holy Diver | Dungeon Crawl Classics | Thom Hall | RPG |
| 10/17/2014 | 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Sparkle, Baby! | Sparkle, Baby! (freeform) | Tess Aquarium and Colin Fahrion | LARP |
Saturday Games
| 10/18/2014 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Green light the bombers | CyberGen | Brandon Smart | RPG |
| 10/18/2014 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Not all who Walk are Dead | Hirelings | David Formoso | RPG |
| 10/18/2014 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Stories from The Gate | SUBLEVEL | Steve Nix | RPG |
| 10/18/2014 | 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Operation Shield Strike | Marvel Heroic | Monte Lin | RPG |
| 10/18/2014 | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Pathfinder Adventure Card Game | Pathfinder Adventure Card Game | Jonathan Olson | Board Game |
| 10/18/2014 | 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Unsung Heroes | Genesis: Faltering Fates | Mateo Chamberlain | RPG |
| 10/18/2014 | 11:59 PM – 1:00 AM | Parsely Games and Ice Cream Social | Parsely | Karen Twelves | RPG |
Sunday Games
| 10/19/2014 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Fire in the Lake | Fire in the Lake (COIN) | Paul Beakley | Board Game |
| 10/19/2014 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | yer basic crass dungeon crawl | Hirelings | David Formoso | RPG |
| 10/19/2014 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Manic Pixie Dream Girl/Guy LARP — Pixie Peacekeepers | Manic Pixie Dream Girl/Guy LARP | Tess Aquarium and Colin Fahrion | LARP |
| 10/19/2014 | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM | The Night Vale Airport Grand Re-opening Celebration | Dread | Kim Farrell | RPG |
| 10/19/2014 | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM | The Virtua Purge | The Sprawl | Hamish Cameron | RPG |
| 10/19/2014 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Prophecy of the Starry Skies | Prophecy of the Starry Skies | Isabel Malonzo, Li-Chi Young, Greer Hauptman, and Zeb Dezern of Truth Sans Justice | LARP |
Pins! Yes, The Wolf loves his pins! Can you blame him. They have shiny all over the front and secret sharp point bits in the back! Here’s the list of this year’s pins and how you get them!
Welcome To Big Bad Con – You get one just for showing up and having fun!
Volunteer – For all our lovely Wolf Pack members who are running registration, working the “Tell Me About Your Character” booth, or hosting Games on Demand.
CONtributor – For all the GMs that could have gotten a badge free but paid for one anyway, or the players that chipped in extra, all to make the extra private rooms possible!
Wearing An Evil Hat – For the GMs that run games in the Evil Hat room. Thanks Hatters!
Donating to ACCFB – Just like it sounds. Bring a can of beans, help feel folks in Alameda County, get a pin!
Howl of the Wolf – For all the folks that passed out fliers at their local (and sometimes not so local) conventions.
Burning All Con Long – For the GMs that are running games in the Burning Wheel room.
Staff Rocks – Yeah they do. Thanks Kristin, Katie, Eric, and Devon!
GM – GMs, you’re what makes this con happen. Thanks for all your awesome games!
GM Rockstar – For GMs that run three (3) or more games!
Tell Me About Your Character – Donate $5 to DWB, tells us about your character for 5 minutes, and get a pin!
Big Bad GM Contestant – For Brian, Bryan, Sam, and Colin, the contestants in Big Bad GM 2014!
Big Bad GM Judge – Hey Mike, Matt, Ezra, and Shaun… yer awesome!
Big Bad GM – The one and only. This one goes to the winner of our Big Bad GM competition!
Three years running Bad has welcomed Evil… and this year we rolled out the red carpet.
For every Evil Hatter out there you will be happy to know that Evil Hat’s presence at Big Bad Con will be greater than ever before.
Evil Hat Room
Evil Hat will have it’s own private room, featuring these awesome games:
Atomic Robo and the Invisible Invaders of Inverness – “TESLADYNE INDUSTRIES IS HIRING! We need capable young Action Scientists who have what it takes to get the job done! Tesladyne offers competitive salaries, a matchless benefits package, and the opportunity to travel while working on cutting edge Science!”
The Job (Fate Core) – Where does a dollar end and a person begin? You are part of a small team hired to infiltrate a research station, acquire a top-secret project, and bust out again. But there’s a small problem…
ARRPG: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness – It’s 1984 and the City is overrun by crime and corruption, the gangs control the streets, terrorism is rampant, corporations fueled by greed seek power and control, and Ninja clans lurk in the shadows. Only a small group of mutant animals can clean up the City.
Atomic Robo and the Chicago Three – Science! Adventure! Punching! More Science! It’s the Winter of 1943 in Chicago, and the first nuclear reactor is about to be activated. Robo teams up with Enrico Fermi, The Sparrow, and The Nightingale to stop Nazis and who knows what else from interfering.
The Bazaar of Stolen Youth (Fate Accelerated) – Wanted: 1d6 Adventurers to form raid party into ancient, abandoned market. Extensive government surveys report no contemporary cases of plague, lizard people, and absolutely no failed recent expeditions. NO RANGERS OR ANGEL SUMMONERS NEED APPLY.
Iron Edda: War of Metal and Bone (Fate Core) – Midgard trembles under the metal footsteps of dwarves in their titanic constructs, and the bones of long dead giants rise up from the earth soulbound to brave warriors. Will you dine with the Gods in Valhalla, or dance in the halls of the dishonored dead?
Skunked (Fate Accelerated) – As cats, it is your duty to guard the neighborhood, protect your humans from otherworldly threats, and make the job look effortless. A skunk is on a rampage, and the smell is overpowering. Can you get to the bottom of the problem before the stench becomes intolerable?
Heroes of The Hat
Legendary heroes of the Hat like Chris Hanrahan, Morgan Ellis, Ryan Macklin, Erik Lytle, Eric Vogel, and more will be at Big Bad Con running games, judging games, hocking wares, and who knows what else. This year we have two new additions to the roster. The Evil Hat weaver himself Fred Hicks and Atomic Robo RPG progenitor Mike Olson!
Big Bad GM – Fate Core
Fate Core (and it’s lovely children) will power four awesome games by four awesome GMs. Which one will be crowned (er, pinned) the Big Bad GM. Play to find out!
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- Sam “The Moose” Tlustos
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- Collin Jessup
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- Brian Isikoff
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- Bryan Hitchcock
Zeppelin Attack!
Eric Vogel will be running demos of Zeppelin Attack! and other games in the dealers room. Swing by, say hi, and blow some zeppelins out of the sky!
