By Tyler on April 1, 2012
Listen up, youse mugs. There’s a new racket in town: Carnage Noir. This thing of theirs is a good, old-fashioned game convention. And they want a taste of your GMing action. Board games, miniatures, whatever your specialty is, there’s a place for you at the table.
Head over the GM Sign Up page to get your game’s details in. The deadline for getting entries in the convention book mailer is July 27th — and that’s a lead pipe cinch.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage noir, ccgs, GM Submissions, GMs, miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
By Tyler on March 4, 2012
The Escapist reminds us of March 4th’s relatively newfound significance: “Today is GM’s Day, when players pay homage to the gamemasters who work so hard to bring them excellent adventures at the game table.”
From everyone at Carnage, we want to wish a happy GM’s Day to anyone who’s ever thought to themselves, “Ya know, I should run something next year at Carnage.” A game convention is literally nothing without people willing to offer to teach and run games.
Every year, we’re humbled by the new heights our GMs attain in presenting their games. The exceptional terrain design and figure painting in the miniatures arenas. The role-playing adventures stocked with props, handouts and dice. The board game direct from the halls of Essen.
It’s the GMs who make Carnage an exceptionally rocking good time and for your endeavors, we are grateful.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged days of note, gm's day |
By TheGrayMan on October 29, 2011
Just wanted to let everyone know that many new games have been added to the events being held at Carnage this year. Be sure to check out the addendum page! Author and game designer Walter Hunt presents his new board game Rails of New England Friday and Saturday evenings. Panic Station, direct from Essen, will be run by Joe Reil on Saturday afternoon. Zeppo Young will be presenting demos of the Hullbreach CCG. If you are looking for a fun prehistoric time, then check out The Lords of Rock in Wonderland. In the miniatures room we have added the latest steampunk offering Dystopian Wars. Also start your engines for Nascar: Martinsville 2003 Sunday morning.
These are just some of the fantastic games not listed in the book! So be sure to see if one of your favorites has been added.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, ccgs, conventions, miniatures, Role-Playing Games, web addendum |
By TheGrayMan on October 29, 2011
This year the staff has decided to lend a hand to those affected by Irene in our home state. We will be holding The Uncommon Nonsense Silent Auction. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Vermont Red Cross. Games have been donated by various game companies and individuals. They will be displayed near the registration desk. The auction will begin Friday at 1pm and all bids must be in by Saturday at 6pm. A list of all games with a suggested starting bid will be available near the desk. There will be auction forms available at the desk. Bidders need only write the name of the game on which they are bidding and the bid price. After the Saturday 6pm deadline the highest bidders for each game will listed at the front desk. High bidders should pick up their games by the end of the convention on Sunday.
Here are just some of the great games that will available in the auction:
- Dominant Species
- Manoeuver
- Formula Motor Racing
- Ivanhoe
- Leaping Lemmings
- Conquest of Paradise
- Battle Line
- Breakthrough Cambrai
- Rails of New England (Can be signed by designer Walter Hunt)
- Asteroyds
- Pantheon
- Mouquetiers du Roi
- Axis and Allies: D-Day
- Hull Breach CCG
- Karma RPG
- Dream Factory RPG
- Amun-Re
- Dragon Parade
- Terra Prime
- Many others!!
So come bid on some great game and help the Vermont Red Cross help our neighbors hit by the floods!
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Field Marshal Reports, Role-Playing Games, Uncategorized | Tagged auction, carnage, carnage in wonderland, charity, conventions, flood relief, hurricane irene |
By Tyler on October 14, 2011
The rapidly approaching traditional Carnage math trade has launched on Boardgamegeek.com. Again helmed by Matt Golec, the Curiouser and Curiouser Carnage Math Trade provides an opportunity for Carnage-goers to offer up unwanted games in hopes of getting something they’d prefer in return.
Matt’s introductory post goes into the whys and hows of a math trade, but in short it’s a computer-coordinated arrangement that maximizes the number of exchanges among participants based on their stated desires.
Start hoeing out your libraries to find some trade fodder!
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, ccgs, conventions, math trade, miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
By TheGrayMan on October 13, 2011
Carnage is pleased to offer board games for kids only at this year’s convention. Justin Berman, who organized the first Friday afternoon Game of Thrones event for the convention eight years ago, will offer board games just for kids all day Saturday. Some of the Carnage staff will help Justin in this inaugural event, teaching kid friendly board games. The children must be between the ages of 6-12. No parents are allowed to play! (But they can sit and watch and maybe even kibbitz.)
All the staff asks is that parents let them know where they will be if they are not staying. The kids can stop by any time during the day and jump into a game or learn a new one. The children do not have to be registered for the convention to take part in this event. It is complimentary for attendees bringing their families. However, if your son or daughter is registering for the convention to play in other events, they can still join in the fun! So bring the kids and let’s get the next generation of gamers started with some great games!
Carnage also will be offering games from Russia in our library this year. RightGames is a Russian board game company that is now publishing some fun games in English. The games, Potion Making, Evolution, The Kingdom of Crusaders and The Enigma of Leonardo will be available for play in our board game library. Also the Carnage staff will be available to demo these games Friday afternoon. So come check out some great international games at Carnage!
Posted in Board Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, conventions, kids games |
By Tyler on September 30, 2011
Stealing across the highways and byways of New England like an army of white bond ninja, the Carnage convention book has by now found its way to your mailbox, rookery or other communiqué receptacle. And thus we unleash its electronic doppelganger into the ether as well! Below you will links to not only the convention book, detailing the many pleasant ways to pass the hours of November 4th through 6th in the confines of the Lake Morey Resort, a registration form with which to communicate your heart’s desires, but also a schedule grid, allowing the forward-thinking convention-goer to most efficiently pack their weekend with tabletop gaming goodness.
In addition to the delights contained within these files, keep a weather eye firmly fixed on the Convention Book Addendum page. Late arriving games and unexpected changes alike will make their beds there.
- Carnage in Wonderland Convention Book [PDF, 1257kb]
- Carnage in Wonderland Pre-reg Form [PDF, 45kb]
- Carnage in Wonderland Schedule Grid [PDF, 60kb]
- Carnage in Wonderland Schedule Grid [ODS, 31kb]
- Carnage in Wonderland Schedule Grid [XLS, 26kb]
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Field Marshal Reports, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged carnage, carnage in wonderland, convention book, conventions |
By TheGrayMan on July 24, 2011
Illustration by John Tenniel.
It is not too late for an important date! We are closing in on the deadline for games submission at Carnage in Wonderland. We already have many great games, but we still need some dedicated GMs to make the weekend complete. Behind the jump are some of the great games we still would love to have run at Carnage in Wonderland.
- Cyclades
- Dungeon and Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon (NEW)
- Founding Fathers
- Hansa Teutonica
- Troyes (NEW)
- Galaxy Trucker
- Airlines Europe (NEW)
- 7 Wonders (NEW)
- Last Night on Earth
- Sword of Rome
- Imperial/Imperial 2030
- Rails of New England (NEW)
- Pillars of the Earth
- Kingsburg
- Alien Frontiers (NEW)
- Shogun (Milton Bradley)
- Fire and Axe
- Rise of Empires
- Mechants and Marauders (NEW)
- Letters from White Chapel (NEW)
- Ticket to Ride (any variations)
- Samurai
- Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
- Space Alert
- Automobile
- Stone Age
- Stonghold
- Princes of Florence
- Chicago Express
- Steam
- Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead
- Invasion from Outer Space: The Martian Game
- Agricola
- Caylus
- Defenders of the Realm
- Here I Stand
- Mare Nostrum
- Friedrich
Like I said above we have some great games already planned. Check out below for the games already being run down the rabbit hole! Be sure to check back in mid August for special events and tournaments. What would Carnage be with out a tournament or two. Or one of those special theme games. Don’t be late!
- Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
- Brass
- Z-Man Games Demo
- Carcassonne
- Chaos in the Old World
- Survive! Escape from Atlantis (NEW)
- Descent
- El Grande
- Power Grid
- Power Grid: Factory Manager
- Dungeon & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft
- Betrayal at House on the Hill
- Advanced Civilization
- 18XX
- Le Havre
- Dungeon Lords
- Puerto Rico
- Railroad Tycoon (Railways of the World)
- Dominant Species (NEW)
- Empire Builder
- Dune
- Memoir ’44
- Small World (Small World Underworld)
- Settlers of Catan
- Shadows over Camelot
- Britannia
- Roborally
- Dominion
- Cargo Noir (NEW)
- Navegador (NEW)
- War of the Ring
- StarCraft
- Android
- Endeavor
Posted in Board Games, Field Marshal Reports | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, conventions, GMs |
By Tyler on May 31, 2011
As we kick things into gear behind the scenes for Carnage 14, we’d like to invite all our hard-working GMs to let loose the ideas that simmered away all winter, just waiting for the right moment.
The right moment, of course, is that the GM sign-up form is back and ready for action. Pour all your glorious, incandescent thoughts and strokes of genius into its samite fields, from where they progress to take form in the crucible of our mighty event database.
If you’re new to the sign-up form, take a look behind the jump for more information about filling it out the maximum happiness of all parties involved.
Rules of the Game
Let’s run through the sections of the form:
GM Contact Information
This is the easy bit. It’s how the relevant field marshal can contact you prior to the convention in case of scheduling conflicts, clarification of what your game might entail and all that.
Event Information
The nitty-gritty about your game: the name of the game or adventure, which category of gaming — board, card, miniature or role-playing — it falls in and a description. The description is key in that it hooks in prospective players with a glimpse into what they can expect from the game: plowing through Imperial stormtroopers, delving the depths of Moria, or optimizing farm production, for instance. Keep it snappy and engaging; this is your one chance to make your pitch to the widest audience possible.
Game system applies if you’re using a particular rule set, mainly in miniatures and role-playing games. The difference between editions of a game — Dungeons & Dragons third edition versus fourth, for instance — can matter significantly to some people, so be clear. The maximum and minimum number of players control the fate of many, as that maximum is the most players your game can handle. Consider carefully.
Scheduling Information
There are two sets of fields here, one for your first choice of a time slot and one for a backup, in case there are no more tables available in the first slot. There are XX official slots in Carnage’s gaming schedule. There’s plenty of time around these slots for open gaming, but these are the time slots in which everything in the convention book fits:
- Friday afternoon, 1pm to 5pm
- Friday evening, 7pm to 11pm
- Saturday morning, 8am to 12pm
- Saturday afternoon, 1pm to 5pm
- Saturday evening, 7pm to 11pm
- Sunday morning, 8am to 12pm
- Sunday morning, 10am to finish
- Sunday morning, 1pm to 5pm
The two pulldown menus for day and time slot let you mix and match freely, so be certain you’re choosing a time slot that exists. No one’s showing up for a 7pm game on Sunday.
And finally, have you GMed at Carnage before? It lets the Carnage staff know if you have an established history with the convention or not.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, ccgs, conventions, GMs, miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
By TheGrayMan on April 15, 2011
As the Walrus stated . . . The time has come, to talk of many things: of shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax. Of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings. And of course another year of CARNAGE! This time we are heading Down the Rabbit Hole, into Wonderland!
We are planning another great year of board gaming. There are plenty of new games out there, and lots of classics. We are once again looking for GMs in the board game area. The following list covers some of the games we are looking to have presented at this years convention. It may seem large, but it is but a small sampling of all the great board games out there. If you do not see a favorite game on the list, please do not worry. Some GMs have already planned their games for Carnage. (Mansions of Madness, Battlestar Galactica, and A Game of Thrones to name a few.) Just let us know you would like to see a certain game and we will do our best to get a GM for that game. Or even better, offer to GM your favorite game at Carnage to share with other board gamers. Additional newer games will be added to the list as they become available.
Also look for Carnage staff at various locations throughout New England and New York. We have already attended Total Con, TempleCon, Unity Games Day, EconoCon and even PAX East. We have run games at various stores in the area including The Game Castle in Londonderry, New Hampshire and Triple Play in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. We are also regularly at the Green Mountain Gamers game days throughout Vermont. If you see one of us at a gaming event, come say hello. Let us know what games you would like to see at Carnage.
So step through the looking glass and come to Carnage this year . . . after all, We’re all mad here!
- Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
- Brass
- Carcassonne
- Chaos in the Old World
- Cyclades
- Survive! Escape from Atlantis (NEW)
- Descent
- El Grande
- Power Grid
- Power Grid: Factory Manager
- Dungeon and Dragons: Castle Ravenloft
- Dungeon and Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon (NEW)
- Founding Fathers
- Hansa Teutonica
- Troyes (NEW)
- Galaxy Trucker
- Last Night on Earth
- Betrayal at House on the Hill
- Advanced Civilization
- Sword of Rome
- Imperial/Imperial 2030
- 18XX
- Age of Steam
- Rails of New England (NEW)
- Le Havre
- Pillars of the Earth
- Dungeon Lords
- Puerto Rico
- Kingsburg
- Railroad Tycoon (Railways of the World)
- Dominant Species (NEW)
- Alien Frontiers (NEW)
- Empire Builder
- Dune
- History of the World
- Titan
- Memoir ’44
- Shogun (Milton Bradley)
- Fire and Axe
- Small World
- Race for the Galaxy
- Settlers of Catan
- Rise of Empires
- Mechants and Marauders (NEW)
- Runewars
- Letters to White Chapel (NEW)
- Shadows over Camelot
- Ticket to Ride (any variations)
- Samurai
- Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
- Die Macher
- Britannia
- Roborally
- Space Alert
- Automobile
- Dominion
- Stone Age
- Cargo Noir (NEW)
- Navegador (NEW)
- War of the Ring
- Stonghold
- Princes of Florence
- Chicago Express
- Steam
- Railroad Crayon games
- Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead
- Invasion from Outerspace: The Martian Game
- Starcraft
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Agricola
- Android
- Caylus
- Defenders of the Realm
- Endeavor
- Here I Stand
- In the Year of the Dragon
- Mare Nostrum
- Friedrich
Posted in Board Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage, carnage in wonderland, conventions |
The Escapist reminds us of March 4th’s relatively newfound significance: “Today is GM’s Day, when players pay homage to the gamemasters who work so hard to bring them excellent adventures at the game table.”