Boardgames

Come play in the ConnCon Boardgame Den! Bring your own games that you want to play or select from over 200 titles available in the ConnCon Self-Serve Board Game Library. There are no time limits, your ConnCon Badge is good all weekend!

These scheduled games will all accommodate new players as well as the experienced.
Novice players are welcome and all rules will be taught.

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The Adventurers Temple Of Chac and The Adventurers Pyramid of Horus. It’s a B movie double feature! Gamers will play a group of diverse Adventurers trying to obtain numerous treasures while facing imminent danger. One group ventures through the Temple of Chac trying to avoid closing walls, molten lava, drowning and a big scary boulder. A second group will go to the Pyramid of Horus and try to avoid scorpions, gators, snakes, mummies, and an increasingly crumbling temple. Each game takes around forty minutes to play and once you learn the first game you basically learn the second.

Teacher: Joe McDonough
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The Ares Project. Take control of one of four factions to battle for the future of humanity! In this card-based strategy game, each faction has its own deck of cards, buildings, upgrades, attacks, special powers, and a screen behind which a player will play cards. Your opponents do not know what you are building. When a player lays down an attack card, he chooses an opponent, the players drop their screens, and they battle for control of the Frontier, i.e. the center of the table. Whoever controls the Frontier scores points and also has the ability to attack player bases directly. Eliminate your opponent to win instantly, or have the most points when the game ends.

Teacher: Eric Summerer
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Teacher: Jim Eiche
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Castles of Burgundy. The game is set in the Middle Age in France (Burgundy). Players slip into the role of an aristocrat and at the beginning they reign over a small princedom. While playing they aim to build settlements and powerful castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of the traveling people.

Teacher: Star Fix
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Catacombs (w/Cavern of Soloth and Dark Passageways expansions). Catacombs is an action/dexterity based adventure board game.. The players control four heroes who cooperatively try to defeat the monsters and eventually the Catacomb Lord. In Catacombs, players flick wooden discs representing the monsters and the heroes. Contact with an opposing piece inflicts damage but missiles, spells, and other special abilities can cause other effects. When all of the monsters of a room have been cleared, the heroes can move further into the catacomb. Items and equipment upgrades can be purchased from the Merchant with gold taken from fallen monsters. The Catacomb Lord is the final danger that the heroes must defeat to win the game. Conversely, the Overseer wins if all of the heroes are defeated.

Teacher: Dustin Gervais
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Chaos in the Old World (with Horned Rat expansion). Chaos in the Old World is a competitive strategy board game where each player takes the role of one of the chaos gods from the Warhammer universe. Each god is trying to take over the world in his own unique way, whether that is through disease, magic, battle, corruption, or trying to overrun the enemy with units. Play Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, or The Horned Rat!
Teacher: Jim Eiche
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Cosmic Encounter. In Cosmic Encounter, each player is the leader of an alien race. Each race has a special unique ability. The object of the game is to establish colonies in other players' planetary systems. The winner(s) are the first player(s) to have five colonies on any planets outside his or her home system. The players must use force, cunning, and diplomacy to ensure their victory. Originally released in 1977 this game has been enjoyed for decades.

Teacher: Joe McDonough
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Civilization. Avalon Hill's Civilization is an epic game of cultural advancement set in the ancient Mediterranean. As you increase your population and build cities, you gain resource cards to trade with other players. Turn in matching resource cards for civilization cards, which advances you towards the Iron Age, your ultimate goal. All done without dice or war with opponents.

Teacher: John McDonough
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D&D Boardgame Mega Adventure. Using components from Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon and Legend of Drizzt, we'll murder a bunch of monsters; take all their stuff and WIN D&D! Using some variant rules to link things together and handle leveling up, trips to town and more, this will be the ultimate beer and pretzels dungeon crawl adventure. Take a break from thinking about THAC0 or how to impress a tailor in medieval Germany and just roll some dice and kill stuff. Good time guaranteed! Note: you don't need to have played any of the D&D boardgames before to sign up, but it would be nice if you have so we can jump right in to the murdering.

Teacher: Matt Loter
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Defenders of the Realm. Defenders of the Realm is a cooperative fantasy board game in which up to 4 players take a role as one of the King’s Champions (Choose from Cleric, Dwarf, Eagle Rider, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer and Wizard). You, as one of the King's Heroes make use of strategy; special abilities, cooperation, card play and a little luck in Defenders of the Realm for a unique experience every adventure. But be forewarned! There is never time to rest. As each Enemy General is struck down in battle, the remaining dark forces only grow more difficult to vanquish and their march to Monarch City gets faster with each Hero victory! Time is around ninety minutes.

Teacher: Joe McDonough
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Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. Set in the largest city-state in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Ankh-Morpork is an area control game with just the right amount of chaos. Each player has a secret personality with specific victory conditions, which means that you're not sure exactly what the other players need to do in order to win. Through card play, you position minions, take control of territories, assassinate your opponents’ pieces, and perhaps even summon a dragon. This deceptively simple game is a must for fans of Pratchett’s universe.

Teacher: Eric Summerer
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Dominant Species. It’s 90000 BC and a great ice age is approaching. Players will take their animal class be it insect, arachnid, reptile, amphibian, bird or mammal and engage in a battle for the ultimate survival of the fittest. (note – this game may exceed four hours)

Teacher: Erick Sklar
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Dominion. It’s the game that launched the Deck Building craze! In Dominion, each player begins with the same very small deck of cards. As the game progresses more cards are added to the deck from a selection that changes from game to game. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game wins, but Victory Point cards are dead weight in your deck until then. Come see what all the fuss is about in this base-set only introductory slot.

Teacher: Avri Klemer
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Dune. The highly sought-after Avalon Hill classic is now at ConnCon! Based on the epic Frank Herbert novels, each player takes over a faction trying to control Dune and the precious spice that is mined there. Each of the factions has special powers that allow them to bend rules of the game. Players move about the map of Dune attempting to harvest spice, dealing with giant sandworms, violent storms and other players' military forces. But beware of treachery that will upset the delicate balance of power! This game may exceed its allotted playtime.
Teacher: Kyle Casiglio
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Eclipse. Explore the unknown. Expand the reach of your power. Exploit the resources of the universe. Exterminate your rivals. It's Eclipse! A 4x game of galactic empire for up to six players that plays in an afternoon.

Teacher: Jeff Luce
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Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a cooperative game -- all the players are on the same team and everyone either wins or loses together. To win, the players must rescue the victims trapped inside a burning building before the fire gets out of control and the building collapses or too many victims are lost.

Teacher: Dustin Gervais
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Imperial 2030. In the year 2030, the world will be controlled not by nations but by the über-wealthy kabillionaires. Players will loan money to the six great superpowers of the future and expand their influence through warfare to earn profits. Imperial 2030 is a zero-luck game that requires both financial savvy and expansionist daring. The ultimate goal: TO BE RICHER THAN GOD.

Teacher: Joe Gola
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Last Night on Earth. Oh no, Zombies!!!! Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game is a survival horror board game that pits small-town Heroes head-to-head against a limitless horde of Zombies. Up to four players can play on the Hero team and two can be the Zombies. As the game progresses, the play takes on a feel of every late night zombie movie ever made. Will the town destroy the zombie horde, or escape in the truck, or will the zombies totally overrun? Game usually lasts 90 minutes.

Teacher: Joe McDonough
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Le Havre. An economic game where players are trying to become the wealthiest of all by acquiring buildings to use their functions, ships, resources and cash. At the same time though you must feed your dockworkers every round or risk losing valuable points at the end.

Teacher: Erick Sklar
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Mansions of Madness. Mansions of Madness is a board game similar to Arkham Horror, with a twist. Four players are investigators in the 1920s, working together to stop otherworldly threats. One player will take on the role of the Keeper, an evil game master who wants nothing more than to kill the other players, drive them insane, or complete his own nefarious objectives. There are five scenarios, each with three different ways of setting them up, so you'll never have the same experience twice.

Teacher: Jim Eiche
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Merchant of Venus. In this classic space-based pickup and deliver game, players explore the planets of known space, forming trade routes and racing to earn enough money to win. Buy and sell impossible furniture, upgrade and customize your ship, enter the high stakes world of interstellar real estate. Just be sure to fulfill that demand for Space Spice before your opponents! Note: We plan to use the original Avalon Hill rules, $2000 game, no combat, unless the anticipated new version is released before the convention.

Teacher: Eric Summerer
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Ora et Labora. The latest hit by Uwe Rosenberg uses mechanics from Le Havre with a sprinkle of Agricola thrown in. Players are clergy heads trying to use resources to build up their monastery and the region around it.

Teacher: Erick Sklar
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Princes of the Renaissance. 3–6 players, 2–3 hours. The Martin Wallace classic! Princes of the Renaissance is a heavy eurogame with both auctions and conflict, plus some good old-fashioned dice rolling. Return to an age of wealth, privilege, and elegant, elegant hosiery! Also treachery, theft, bribery, influence peddling, collusion, warfare, skullduggery, backstairs machinations and double-dealing in general. NOTE: this is NOT the Avalon Hill game "Age of Renaissance." ALSO NOTE: game may make some players cry.

Teacher: Joe Gola
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Quarriors! Players take on the roles of Quarriors - mighty mystical warriors who have the power to capture dangerous quarry from the untamed Wilds! They must conjure the mysterious powers of Quiddity, cast powerful spells, and summon their creatures to battle if they hope to overcome rivals and earn their rightful place as the Champion!
Quarriors has the frenetic excitement of a dice battle game, with an added ‘deckbuilding’ twist: players customize their dice pools during the game using resources generated by their rolls. It's not to be missed by fans of deckbuilding games (like Dominion and Thunderstone) and dicefests alike. This session will include the Rise of the Demons expansion.

Teacher: Erik Dresner
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Schnapp -- Late Night Schnapp! The surprise hit of ConnCon 2011 is back! Schnapp is a German children's game that's supposed to be played with 2-4 players, but Schnapp veterans know the game is at its best (and most violent) with 8. Teams of two take turns placing a disk face down on a see-saw device. The player then slaps the short end, sending the disk spinning into the air. If it's your color, catch it and score a point for your team! If it's the wrong color, that color's team scores a point instead. Mix in the high ceilings and low lighting of the late-night Sheraton atrium and you'll quickly find out why Schnapp became the most demanded game to play last year.

Teacher: Erik Dresner
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Slapshot: A 30-year-old classic, recently rereleased, Slapshot is wheeling, dealing game of humorous hockey hijinx for up to 8 players. It is a longtime favorite at the World Boardgaming Championships, finally making its ConnCon debut.

Teacher: Avri Klemer
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Star Trek: Fleet Captains – Take control of the ships of the Federation or Klingon fleets, boldly going into the unknown. Explore deep space, complete missions, battle your opponents, and avoid the Tribble scourge. It’s like an entire season of Star Trek in one game! Incorporates detailed miniatures of the most popular craft from the many TV series and films (Enterprise A and E, Defiant, Voyager, and more), and uses WizKids’ Clix system to adjust power levels for each ship. Engage! (2 or 4 players, instructor will fill in if necessary to adjust numbers)

Teacher: Eric Summerer
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Thunderstone (Epic Epic). Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building game. Fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth. Gain powerful weaponry and level into new and mighty hero classes. Blah, blah, blah.
With new rules developed by Richard Launius and Tom Vasel, Epic Thunderstone takes Thunderstone to the next level. Instead of just choosing from a dozen cards for the whole game, ALL of the cards are used to improve your deck. Epic Epic Thunderstone means that all of the currently published expansions are included. So if you think you've played Thunderstone, you've never played it like this.

Teacher: Dustin Gervais
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Top Speed: This is not a driving school, ladies and gentlemen. We know you can all change gears, accelerate, brake, turn, pass. This is racing, and racing is about taking risks, about knowing when and how much to risk. Top Speed is a fast and furious racing game using a simple push-your-luck mechanic to move your car to the front of the pack.

Teacher: Avri Klemer
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TROYES... A solid Euro Themed game with dice you say?? Cool!! In this game players will try to use their dice (and possibly their opponents) with activity cards to become the most prestigious family in the land. 2 hrs..4 players

Teacher: Erick Sklar
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Twilight Impirium: 3rd Edition by Fantasy Flight Games. Twilight Impirium: 3rd Edition is an epic empire-building game of interstellar conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of ancient galactic civilizations, each seeking to seize the imperial throne via warfare, diplomacy, and technological progression. With new oversize geomorphic board tiles, finely detailed plastic miniatures, hundreds of cards, and a massive plurality of options.
Teacher: Kyle Casiglio
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