Fresh from timbers in the Black Forrest. The Goats Gruff have been busy at work building our Tell Me About Your Character Booth.
Big Bad Con is right around the corner, and bigger than ever! As you know, BBC is a charity event. Here’s how you can support some amazing causes:
- Bring Food! – The Alameda County Community Food Bank will have donation barrels at the con. Please bring non-perishable food items. Our record so far is 480 pounds of food donated, enough for 367 meals for the homeless in Alameda County. Let’s break 500 pounds this year! Here’s list of the most desired items: Shopping list.
- Tell us About your Character – This is your chance to shamelessly go on and on (and on) about your favorite character, gaming session, rules mechanics, or any other gaming related topic you’re excited about. Visit our booth and five minutes of our volunteer’s enthusiastic attention can be yours for a $5 donation to Doctors Without Borders. It’s a win-win for everyone!
- Wolf Chase 2014 – Want some exercise on Sunday morning? Get up bright and early and go on the Wolf Chase with us! Rather sleep in but still show your support? Any contributions you make on Crowdrise will go directly to Doctors Without Borders.
We’re just five days from game sign ups opening on 9/20/2014 at 12:00 PM PST!
Before you sign up for games (because applying badges is a manual process) you want to get your badge! That way you can get into games games the moment they’re available. And speaking of games…
We have over 160 on the schedule! Some highlights include:
- Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and Moldvey Basic Edition.
- Atomic Robo, Evil Hat’s newest game of Action Science!
- Games on Demand with offerings like Burning Wheel, War of Ashes, Microscope, Misspent Youth, and Dungeon Crawl Classics.
- Night Vale Community Calendar by Duane O’Brien.
- Danger Zone, the new Archer Fiasco playset by Matt Glover.
- Carl Rigney running Tenra Bansho Zero, Golden Sky Stories, Ryuutama, Sagas of the Icelanders, and Dungeon Hearts, his Dungeon World/Monsterhearts mash up.
- More Dungeon World, mixed with Ravenloft and Planescape.
- Games run by these creators: Lillian Cohen-Moore, Ryan Macklin, Adam Koebel, Jason Morningstar, Luke Crane, Hamish Cameron, Eric Vogel, Eric Lytle, Morgan Ellis, Avery Alder Mcdaldno, Jackson Tegu, Steve Nix, Stephen Hood, Sophie Legaé, and secret guests waiting in the wings.
- Ten LARPs on the schedule!
And check out all the special events:
- Improv for Gamers – Level 1 and Level 2!
- Big Bad GM – 4 GMs enter. 1 GM is crowned the Big Bad!
- The Tell me About your Character booth, where you can share all your amazing stories and support Doctors without Borders!
- A 5K Wolf Run Sunday morning to support Doctors Without Borders
- EndGame in our dealers room offering the finest of wares.
- Food trucks serving Thai, Mediterranean, breakfast delights, and more.
- The Borders of Roleplaying – A panel with Luke Crane, Adam Koebel, and Jason Morningstar.
Game sign ups will go live Saturday 9/20 at 12:00 PM PST. That’s noon on the 20th, West Coast time. Make sure you’ve got a badge before then so you can sign up for games as soon as the gates open! Here’s how to get one:
- Buy a 3-day pass for $40: http://www.bigbadcon.com/sign-
up/. - Volunteer and Join the Wolf Pack.
- If you missed the cut off and still want to run games, send me an email. We have a few game slots still open. If you can run games at those times, we’ll get you on the roster.
See you at the con!
We’re super excited to have over 150 games on the Big Bad Con schedule, and that’s not even counting Games on Demand!
Important things to know (for reals, read this part):
If you’re a GM, volunteer, or have purchased a badge, head over here to verify your badge! This is how we confirm your badge is in the system and that you can register for games! You should do this soon, so there won’t be any surprise problems before game sign ups start. And on that note…
Game sign ups will go live Saturday 9/20 at 12:00 PM PST. That’s noon on the 20th West Coast time. Make sure you’ve got a badge before then so you can sign up for games as soon as the gates open!
Game Schedule. The game are now scheduled on the events page.
They are also organized in a calendar here:
- Friday: https://docs.google.
com/spreadsheet/ccc?key= 0AqNVQlE61iI2dGxjUk9vNXpLYXdIM m4tVEhtTkRzdlE&usp=sharing# gid=2 - Saturday: https://docs.google.
com/spreadsheet/ccc?key= 0AqNVQlE61iI2dGxjUk9vNXpLYXdIM m4tVEhtTkRzdlE&usp=sharing# gid=3 - Sunday: https://docs.google.
com/spreadsheet/ccc?key= 0AqNVQlE61iI2dGxjUk9vNXpLYXdIM m4tVEhtTkRzdlE&usp=sharing# gid=4
Badges! If you don’t already have a badge here’s how to get one:
- Buy a 3-day pass for $40: http://www.bigbadcon.com/
sign-up/ - Volunteer and Join the Wolf Pack
- If you missed the cut off and still want to run a couple games, send me an email. We have just a few game slots still open. If you can run games in those slots, we’ll get you on the roster.
Other exciting details:
Events – We’ve got over 150! Check them out here!
Nine more private room for RPGs! – This year we’ve doubled our private rooms to 18 total! More private rooms means less noise in your game and more opportunities for music, lighting and getting the tone just right.
To help pay for the extra rooms, we’ve asked GMs (and others interested) for support. If you are able to contribute, please head over to Nine more private rooms – Thanks to you! to do so.
Big Bad GM 2014: Brian Isikoff, Bryan Hitchcock, Colin Jessup, and Sam Tlustos will go head-to-head in this incredible GM showdown.
Food Trucks – This year we’ve been approved again to bring food trucks to the con! We’ve got the Thai Truck from last year coming back, Sajj Street Eats, Get Goes Mobile Cafe, and recruiting more now!
Tell Me About Your Character – In perfect Lucy fashion, the Doctor is In. And the doctor is here to listen to all your favorite gaming stories for a $5 donation to Doctors Without Borders!
Doing Good! – Proceeds from Brig Bad Con go to Doctors Without Borders. We also ask that all attendees bring non-perishable food to donate the Alameda County Community Food Bank. We’ve got barrels that can hold 500 pounds of food. Lets fill them up!
A portion of proceeds from our vendors go to Child’s Play.
Hotel Information
The convention block at the hotel is full! Wow that went fast!
We have several lodgings options either at the hotel (at their standard rate) or more affordable offers nearby. More info on the Hotel Information page.
See you at the con!
