By Tyler on December 12, 2012
The New England Role Players Association (NERPA) had its recorder out and rolling at Carnage Noir last month. Freshly released in their actual play podcast is a session of Fiasco that went down on Saturday of the convention.
Fiasco is more of a story-telling game than a traditional role-playing game “about ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control.” Players construct the basics of the story and guide the arc of the plot by drawing from pre-written lists of characters, MacGuffins, locations and more. Turn by turn, they frame and play out scenes in a story built to break bad on a scale worthy of the Coen brothers.
Thanks to NERPA for not only recording at Carnage, but making the episode available as part of their podcast.
Posted in Role-Playing Games | Tagged actual play, bully pulpit games, fiasco, nerpa, podcasts, Role-Playing Games |
By Tyler on October 9, 2012
Thanks to the efforts of Matt Golec, Carnage-goers once again have the opportunity to participate in Here’s Looking At You, Kid, a no-ship math trade with their fellow conventioneers. As Matt explains, “Math trades are a great way to swap games you no longer play for games you’d love to add to your collection. You can read all about math trades here, but in short, instead of trading between two people, the computer orchestrates huge trades among many people. You give one of your unwanted games to somebody, and in exchange somebody else gives you a game that you did want.”
Matt’s post at the top of the list explains the details of the format more, but in short: list the board games, card games, miniatures and RPGs you want to swap away by 9:00pm on October 21st. Then create a want list from the gamers offered by others using the On-Line Want List Generator by October 28th at 9:00pm. Then wait for the good news of what you’re swapping and what you’re receiving.
Go now and list all the games you know will do better in someone else’s hands.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, boardgamegeek.com, card games, carnage noir, ccgs, math trade, miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
By Tyler on September 25, 2012
Click to download the convention book.
All right, you mugs. The big score’s less than two months away. It’s a three day job and I don’t want anything to go wrong. So we’ve got it all planned out, see? Right here in these pages is how the whole weekend goes down.
You can now download the Carnage Noir convention book, along with a preregistration form and a schedule grid in variety of formats to assist in planning out your greatest gaming weekend since Carnage in Wonderland.
These documents reflect the schedule as it stood at the time of printing. For updates, alterations, amendments and new arrivals, check the Convention Book Addendum regularly.
- Carnage Noir Convention Book [PDF, 890kb]
- Carnage Noir Pre-reg Form [PDF, 17kb]
- Carnage Noir Schedule Grid [PDF, 60kb]
- Carnage Noir Schedule Grid [ODS, 31kb]
- Carnage Noir Schedule Grid [XLSX, 13kb]
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Field Marshal Reports, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games | Tagged Board Games, carnage noir, ccgs, convention book, conventions, miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
By Tyler on July 3, 2012
This year at Carnage Noir, we are pleased to host a fundraising effort coordinated by the Green Mountain Gamers for Extra Life and Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. As Bethany explains, gamers will collect pledges based on the total amount of time they play games in the twenty-four hour period at Carnage.
Furthermore, Green Mountain Gamers is looking especially hardy souls to join them as Iron Gamers, committed to playing games for twenty-four hours straight. If you’ve got the stamina, get in touch with them now. Only ten Iron Gamers will sit for twenty-four hours to raise funds — but of course everyone is welcome to collect pledges, start competing teams or whatever else they can think of to do something good for the Children’s Miracle Network hospital of their choice.
Check out the Green Mountain Gamers’ Extra Life page for full details.
Posted in Board Games, CCGs, Miniatures, Role-Playing Games |
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 Tyler on November 9, 2011
James Lorentz of the New England Role Players Association was at Carnage this year, recording the audio of role-playing sessions throughout the weekend. Yesterday, NERPA published “On the Brink of Invasion,” an adventure for The Unexplained run by its creator, Brad Younie of Carnivore Games.
If you didn’t make it into Brad’s game this year, here’s your chance to find out what happened!
Posted in Role-Playing Games | Tagged carnage, carnage in wonderland, carnivore games, conventions, nerpa, podcasts, Role-Playing Games, the unexplained |
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 |
