Milton Keynes RPG Club are holding another of their games days on 27 September 2008. Find us on the CE Calendar.
WHO?
We're Milton Keynes RPG Club. Find out more about us at http://www.mk-rpg.org.uk.
WHEN?
Saturday 27 September 2008. Doors open at 9.00am, first games start at 10.00am. We'll finish at 11.00pm.
(We'll be doing another on 14 March 2009 at the same times.)
WHAT?
Any roleplaying or board game. You want to play it, bring it along and run it. Previously we've had on offer Amber, Call of Cthulhu, Cold City, Dogs in the Vineyard, GURPS Banestorm, Gwenthia, HeroQuest, Hollow Earth Expedition, Mythic Russia, Primetime Adventures, Savage Worlds, Spycraft, Tekumel, Transhuman Space, True20, Vampire, and some more that I've forgotten. Latest updates will be posted on the Concrete Cow website.
A full list of games on offer is on the Concrete Cow games page.
If you're planning to run a game at Concrete Cow, please send me an email at concrete-cow-owner@yahoogroups.com and I'll put the details on the Concrete Cow games page.
WHO'LL BE THERE?
Wood Ingham will be our Guest of Honour. Wood is an RPG author working closely with White Wolf. He's contributed to all of the World of Darkness games. He was one of the authors of Promethean and he's written for all its supplements. He's written a pair of books for Vampire: the Requiem set in Imperial Rome (Requiem for Rome and Fall of the Camarilla) and Clanbook Mekhet. He's writing for all the books in the forthcoming Hunter: the Vigil line. He's also written for the Black Seal, a Cthulhu fanzine, and many other things. Wood will be chained to a table and forced to run games of supernatural unpleasantnesses all day.
He'll be running two games, previewing the Vampire clanbooks, and the supplements for Hunter: the Vigil. Both of them tell the same story, one from the viewpoint of some vampire hunters, and one from the viewpoint of the vampires.
Hunter: The Vigil - The Revenge of the Cainite Heresy.
Crazed fanatics come from nowhere, thrall to an ancient secret they don't even understand. They don't let the innocent get in the way of a millennia-old crusade. Can our heroes stop them before something awful happens? Or are the fanatics' targets even worse? And more importantly: *Who is Cain?*
Vampire: The Requiem - The Reflection of Alison Gregory.
A dead woman's reflection walks away and wages a vendetta against her, and the entire society of the dead stands to lose. Can the characters find it before it delivers everything they have left straight into the hands of a cult of fanatical vampire hunters?
Shane Mclean, the official demo guy from Pinnacle Entertainment, the publishers of Savage Worlds, will be around to amaze you with Savage Worlds demos.
Jan and Joe, official demo people from Cubicle 7 Entertainment, will be there demoing Cubicle 7 games. They'll definitely be doing demos of the forthcoming Doctor Who game and Starblazer Adventures. They'll also be offering demos of a selection from Victoriana, SLA Industries, and Qin: Warring States, but exactly which games will run isn't yet decided. If you have a preference, let me know at concrete-cow-owner@yahoogroups.com!
Cubicle 7 should also be there with a stall, ready to part you from your hard-earned cash in exchange for shiny new merchandise.
Some members of the Collective Endeavour, a coterie of UK Indie RPG designers, will be coming along too. That means you can expect all sorts of indie RPG goodness, if that's the sort of thing that floats your boat.
And, of course, there's all the fantastic games you'll bring along and run. If you let us know what you're planning to run, we'll put it on the Concrete Cow games page.
WHERE?
The Old Bath House, Wolverton, in the north-west corner of Milton Keynes. The full address is
The Old Bath House
205 Stratford Road
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
MK12 5RL
Maps are available on MK Web, Google Maps, and Streetmap.co.uk.
Directions for drivers are on the directions page.
Regular trains to Milton Keynes run from London Euston station. The nearest station to the con is Wolverton (one stop north of Milton Keynes Central), about five minutes' walk away.
HOW MUCH?
£5.00, payable on the door. This'll cover the cost of hiring the hall.
For more information, visit our Yahoo group or email concrete-cow-owner@yahoogroups.com
Finally, in a bid to spread the gaming goodness around, I've put together a Concrete Cow howto. It's just a list of hints and tips for running your own one-day gaming mini-con. It's not difficult to do, so give it a go!
I look forward to seeing you all on 27 September.
Neil.
Concrete Cow is a great
Submitted by Malcolm Craig on Fri, 01/08/2008 - 10:00.
Concrete Cow is a great event: big enough to be able to have games with a variety of different people, but small enough that you can meet everyone. Well worth going to.
Also: the advice that Neil mentioned on setting up your own small con is really, really useful, common sense stuff and well worth checking out. The CC guys have been doing this for a while now and know their onions!
Thanks for posting that stuff up.
Cheers
Malcolm
Contested Ground Studios
Thanks for the kind words,
Submitted by Neil Smith on Wed, 20/08/2008 - 19:33.
Thanks for the kind words, Malcolm. We try our best.
As for Concrete Cow, it's growing. This is good, as it means more games, more gamers, and more fun for all. The problem is that space is getting a bit tight. Luckily, the Old Bath House, our usual location, has an extra room we can use. It's a rather nice, light, and airy basement room. But we can't let that stop us! Bring your cuddly toys along (I know you've got them) and we'll see how many Dragons we can get in our Dungeon.
We'll even refund the entry fee for the owner of the best Dragon.
Neil.
More updates! First, about
Submitted by Neil Smith on Sun, 24/08/2008 - 20:16.
More updates! First, about the trader stall.
Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Leisure Games will have a combined stall at Concrete Cow. There will be all sorts of Cubicle 7 games for sale, such as Victoriana, StarBlazer, SLA Industries, and Qin. There may even be some news on the forthcoming Doctor Who game.
The Leisure Games end of the stall will have a variety of stock, but will concentrate on things such as the Indie Games, the HP Lovecraft Historical Society T-Shirts, DVDs and various paraphernalia.
If you have something in particular you'd like to buy at Concrete Cow, either contact Leisure Games directly, or PM me and I'll pass the message on.
Make sure you bring plenty of cash to give to the nice gentlemen with the shiny books!
The other update is on the Guest of Honour front. We're pleased to announce that Andy Peregrine will be joining Wood Ingham as a Guest of Honour at Concrete Cow. Andy is the Line Developer for Victoriana. He'll be chained to a table and forced to run games of Victoriana all day.
Neil.
Concrete Cow demos
Submitted by Neil Smith on Sun, 24/08/2008 - 20:19.
If you can't make it to Concrete Cow (shame on you!), I should be able to run a few indie game demos on the day. If you send me some demo materials, I'll try to run a demo of your game and then point the punters in the direction of the Leisure Games stall to buy the game itself.
Neil.
Just over a week to go, and
Submitted by Neil Smith on Thu, 18/09/2008 - 21:44.
Just over a week to go, and a couple of updates for Concrete Cow.
For those of you interested in the forthcoming Doctor Who RPG, these are the demo games that will be offered by Jan and Joe, the Cubicle 7 demo people:
A Day Like No Other
Six ordinary people, one very extraordinary day.
(Yes, that's all the blurb you get!)
Six Little Greyhounds
Trap 4 is a top security UNIT facility intended for the study and examination of alien artefacts. In the ordinary course of things duty at Trap 4 is a quiet and efficient hub of science. But since the arrival of the latest batch of Artefacts, there have been a number of unfortunate..... accidents. Can the men and women of UNIT Security Detachment 3 get to the root of the problem or will the dangers of Trap 4 get them first?
Unfortunately, Shane Mclean, the official Savage Worlds demo guy, won't be able to make Concrete Cow: Real Life (TM) got in the way.
On the plus side, I'll be offering a few 10-20 minute demos of various Indie games, to supplement all the exciting things on sale with Cubicle 7. Come and grab me in the gaps between gaming sessions if you want to try something out.
The list of other pre-announced games is on the Concrete Cow games page. It's not too late to tell me about your wonderful game! Let me know and I'll put it on the list.
Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday week!
Neil.
Yay!
Submitted by Rich Stokes on Fri, 19/09/2008 - 09:54.
I'll be there, and I'll offer to run a session of 3:16 if anyone wants to play.
Rich did you go to CC 8.5?
Submitted by Conrad Murkitt on Sat, 11/10/2008 - 14:52.
I'll be there, and I'll offer to run a session of 3:16 if anyone wants to play.
Rich were you there in the end? I was there running Hollow Earth Expedition again. Will probably run 3:16 next time as well as Dread - The First Book of Pandemonium.
Concrete Cow 09 will be held
Submitted by Neil Smith on Sun, 12/10/2008 - 20:56.
Concrete Cow 09 will be held on 14 March 2009. See the Concrete Cow 09 thread here, and join the discussions in the Concrete Cow forum at UK Roleplayers.
Hope to see you all in March!
Neil.
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Submitted by Rich Stokes on Mon, 13/10/2008 - 11:52.
Rich were you there in the end? I was there running Hollow Earth Expedition again. Will probably run 3:16 next time as well as Dread - The First Book of Pandemonium.
I was there, but the 3:16 game ended up not happening for a variety of (mostly transport related) reasons.