Furnace 2007. The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. UK
Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st October 2007.
http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
Furance is a small two day convention for 70 attendees held in a former gaolhouse of Hillsborough Barracks in Sheffield, UK.
Call of Cthulhu, HeroQuest, RuneQuest and plenty of other game systems will be played at this convention.
A colour Convention Book will be produced and given free to all attendees on arrival.
As well as information on the convention, venue and games programmes there will be articles on gaming and role-playing.
The Furnace 2006 Con Book contained articles on convention GMing by Evilgaz, an introduction to Gwenthia by Tom Zunder, a Gloranthian HeroQuest scenario by Newt, 'Hunting the Marsh haggis' by Jane Williams, Serenity:HeroQuest by Darran Sims, a Kallyr story by Jane Williams, an intro to 'Red Star' for Evilgaz's game, along with information about the games, the venue and the favoured charity, Wateraid.
We are looking for contributions for this year's Convention Book, whether it is artwork, maps, articles, non-player characters, scenarios, encounters, gaming or GMing advice, settings, stories or anything else you can think of.
We can not pay you but all contributors will receive the heartfelt thanks from the Furnace Committee, the joy of seeing their work in print and a free copy of the Con Book.
All copyright of any material we use in the book remains the authors or artists, so you can use it again elsewhere.
If you can send all submissions to darransims AT googlemail DOT com.
Thank you for your time.
Hi Darran, Just a couple of
Submitted by Malcolm Craig on Sat, 28/04/2007 - 16:18.
Hi Darran,
Just a couple of questions on this:
Is there a particular theme this year that you would like people to stick to or will it be a 'come as you are' kind of thing for submmissions?
Is there a closing date for submissions?
Cheers
Malcolm
Contested Ground Studios
I would be interested in
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Sat, 28/04/2007 - 22:52.
I would be interested in provding a design article of some kind, or something about starting up an imprint and advice on how to go about it, this is something I am currently I am engaged in.
I will echo Malc's comment as to whether there is a submission deadline.
Cheers
Iain
Lead Developer Mob Justice RPG
Check out my home brew games like 'Reel Adventures'
Con Book Details
Submitted by Darran on Mon, 30/04/2007 - 10:21.
No theme as such so you can do anything that inspires you really.
The deadline for the Furnace Con Book is Monday 24th September 2007.
As for word count anything from 1000 to 4000 words. A scenario could be a little more at 6000 maximum.
If you have any accompanying artwork I can include that as well or do my own for your article.
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
Furnace Con Book Update
Submitted by Darran on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 16:42.
Furnace Con Book Update.
Okay chaps we have just less than a month to go until the deadline of Monday 24th September 2007.
Some stuff has been promised but not yet delivered to me.
This listed below is what we have so far but there is a little bit of space for those articles that have been promised.
Furnace 2007 Con Book Contents
So far:
Games Timetable.
Game write-ups from all GMs. [Hopefully this will be part of the timetable]
Intro to Furnace by Chairman.
Committee Write-ups.
Garrison Hotel venue info by Darran Sims.
Water Aid info.
Top Ten Player Tips by Evilgaz.
Aggar Homeland Write Up for HeroQuest By David Millians.
Tal'Vorn a Game World for D&D by Joshua Binks.
'Love, Honour & Obey' a DitV Scenario by Ric Baines.
'Dragonewts' by Darran Sims.
'Dark Heart of the Dragonlands' a HeroQuest Scenario by Darran Sims.
"When the snow lay round about..." a Gloranthan story by Jane Williams.
'Nemesis RPG Madness Meters for CoC' by Dominic Mooney.
Looks good so far, should be a cracking book for every attendee of Furnace 2007. :D
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
Sorry this had totally
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 19:08.
Sorry this had totally slipped my mind. I am intending to attend furnace with Andrew Kendrick running 'Mob Justice', 'Reel Adventures' and anything else I get time for.
I would like to write an intro to Mob Justice and possibly an article about things to think about when you are planning to release your game.
Does that sound ok?
Cheers
Iain
Mob Justice now available!
'The Giant Brain':Small games, big ideas.
That sounds fantastic
Submitted by Darran on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 21:02.
That sounds fantastic Iain.
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
And whilst we're asking
Submitted by Neil Gow on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 21:31.
And whilst we're asking questions - are there still places available at the Con?
A few of the gang from Newcastle have seriously been considering hitting Furnace this year. We all have pretty strong connections with some gamers in Sheffield so it would be a great chance to hook up with them as well.
Neil
Places still available
Submitted by Newt on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 22:24.
Yup places are still available at the con. But with under two months to go people beginning to get their act together and sign up.
Regards
;O)Newt
D101games -An Imaginary Company
Come to Furnace Sheffield 20-21 Oct 2007, gowan Andrew Kenrick is !
Right I will get on that
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 22:54.
Right I will get on that straight away. Should have a draft to you by end of the week at the latest if not tomorrow night if I am feeling particularly industrious.
Is there room for adverts for games in the book?
Cheers
Iain
Mob Justice now available!
'The Giant Brain':Small games, big ideas.
There is always space for
Submitted by Darran on Tue, 28/08/2007 - 05:25.
There is always space for ads! [as long as it is RPG related of course! ;-) ]
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
Did you get the game design
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Tue, 11/09/2007 - 10:38.
Did you get the game design article I sent you darran. I also have ads for bmovie and reel adventures.
Cheers
Iain
Mob Justice now available!
'The Giant Brain':Small games, big ideas.
Hi Iain, I haven't received
Submitted by Darran on Mon, 17/09/2007 - 12:02.
Hi Iain,
I haven't received it yet.
darransims At googlemail DOT com
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
Newt has told me that we
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Mon, 17/09/2007 - 19:01.
Newt has told me that we need to get information about games to him by the 21st. Seeing as I'm vaguely coordinating, can those of you definitely running something (Iain and Tim) let me have a short paragraph about your game(s) so it can go in the con booklet.
Thanks!
No problem Andrew, can I
Submitted by Iain McAllister on Mon, 17/09/2007 - 19:56.
No problem Andrew, can I send you the articles as well?
Cheers
Iain
Mob Justice now available!
'The Giant Brain':Small games, big ideas.
Probably!
Submitted by Andrew Kenrick on Mon, 17/09/2007 - 21:13.
Probably!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Wild things of all ages...
Submitted by Newt on Wed, 19/09/2007 - 22:24.
Last chance to get your game descriptions into the Con Booklet
Get them to me, via Andy who is collecting for you guys (Collectively that is) by
Friday 21st
Regards
;O)Newt
D101games -An Imaginary Company
Come to Furnace Sheffield 20-21 Oct 2007, gowan Andrew Kenrick is !
Con Book done!
Submitted by Darran on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 16:58.
A quick post just to say the Furnace 2007 Con Book is now completed.
Contents
Welcome to Furnace! By Graham Spearing
About the Venue By Darran Sims
Furnace’s Charity - WaterAid
Top Ten Tips For Convention Players By Evilgaz
Aggar Homeland for Glorantha HeroQuest By David Millians
Tal’Vorn a Game World for D&D By Joshua Binks.
The Shattered Lands a RuneQuest Setting By Newt Newport
When the Snow Lay Round About By Jane Williams
‘Love, Honour & Obey’ a DitV Scenario By Ric Baines
UK Roleplayers - a Brief History By Dave McAlister
Nemesis Madness Meters in Call of Cthulhu By Dom Mooney
Mob Justice Introduction By Iain McAllister
Game Design 101 By Iain McAllister
Kadvalla - A Saintly Order for Mythic Russia By Mark Galeotti
Saturday Timetable
Sunday Timetable
Scheduled Games Tabletop
Collective Endeavour
Furnace Committee
Dragonewts! By Darran Sims
Here is the cover:
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"
*METAL*
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Thu, 18/10/2007 - 20:58.
Great cover, oh and I deleted some repeat posts. Hope that was OK. I think they were all the same.
Thanks for the contributions!
Submitted by Darran on Mon, 22/10/2007 - 16:04.
I would like to thank everyone for their contributions to the Furnace 2007 Con Book.
Those articles from Iain were mighty fine and I hope that you liked you CE page?
Will you be able to do more articles for next years Con Book? :-)
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|Darran Sims
Furnace 2007 - http://www.rpgfurnace.com/
A roleplaying game convention in Sheffield UK, October 20th and 21st October 2007.
"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an Emergency on my part"