Good Omens Con – June 23rd, 2007 – Now Over

Good Omens is proud to say that first Good Omens Con was considered sucsess. Thanks to the generosity of EndGame in Oakland for letting us use the play space.

  • Admission: FREE. Please bring a can of your favorite canned food, however, to be donated so we can help local charity.
  • Convention held inside EndGame’s store, a great place to find popular as well as hard to find indy RPG titles.
  • As usual Good Omens swag including t-shirts, pins and dice given out to players for good role-playing
  • Sign up in advance for games online, guaranteeing you’ll get into games.
  • Games running all day: 10AM – 4PM and 5PM to 11PM

Game Schedule:

10 AM Games:

Scenario Name: Operation: Lights Out
Game System: Wilderness of Mirrors
GM Name: Sean Nittner
Power Level: Super spies of course
Number of Players: (Full Game) 0 of 5 seats available
Characters provided? Yes, characters created during game introduction

Description: Dr. Aurora West has discovered an atom-splitting technology that could shift the axis of world powers. Two weeks ago she was kidnapped by the maniacal arms merchant Vulcanis. Welcome Dark Star ops. Are you ready for this mission? How will you stop the evil Vulcanis? What foul tricks does he have up his sleeve? Who will be betrayed? You decide. Wilderness of Mirrors is a small game created by John Wick allowing spies to be as cool as we all want them to be. A review by Paul Tevis can be found here
Scenario Name: The Mask of Lloro
Game System: 7th Sea
GM Name: Meghan Miller
Power Level: 100 pt Characters
Number of Players: 2 of 6 seats available
Characters provided? Yes

Description: The pirate ship Vengeance (now under new management) continues to sail the high seas, plundering, pillaging and being generally ruthless (mostly just to keep up the reputation). Now, it seems another old friend needs your help. Will this motley crew agree to help out in another noble cause? Of course they will…especially if it involves saving another damsel in distress, they’ve gotten quite good at that.

Scenario Name: What Friends are For
Game System: Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd Edition
GM: Richard Taylor
Variations: Minor re-worked Energy rules; Buffyverse alternate setting
Number of Players: 6 seats available
Characters provided? Yes
Good for Beginners: Yeah

Descriptions: Four Sunnydale Survivors (Buffy, Dawn, Willow, and Xander) are contacted by 2/3 of a trio of independent Demon Hunters and asked to join them on a mission back into the remains of Sunnydale. Everyone had their secrets buried in Sunnydale, is it really a good idea to dig them back up?
Scenario Name: The lamps are going out all over Europe
Game System: Godlike
GM: Catherine Klikoff
Power Level/Variations: World War I setting vs WW II
Number of Players: 3 of 6 seats available
Characters provided? Yes

Descriptions: WWI was the first modern war. Soft flesh and fearsome technology clashed creating the greatest bloodbath in Europe of the 20th century. Gas, trenches, disease, in the end, 1/3 of her young men were dead and Europe herself was devastated. It is in these hard times that men are pushed to the extreme and heroes are born.
Scenario Name: Fool’s Errand
Game System: Exalted Second Edition
GM Name: Gregory Alan Mathieson
Power Level/Variations: Heroic Mortal
Number of Players: 3 of 6 seats available
Characters provided? Yes

Description: The small town of Bastion is under siege by a horde of barbarians and their Lunar masters, given a week to surrender or die. The town elects its best and brightest (or the most expendable and unwanted) to track into the deep Wylds and find the Forge of the Unkind King where an old demon resides and can make god-killing weapons according to the old tales. Now, this unlikely group of mortals must face Lunars, the Wyld and Fair Folk before it reaches their last hope.
5PM Games

Scenario Name: Visionaries vs. The Ghuling
Game System: Storyboard
GM Name: Matthew Gaston
Variations: Super-Heroes
Power Level: 50 Traits
Number of Players: 6 seats available
Characters provided? Yes

Description: With a tip from well-known ESPer, the Visionaries discover a horrible virus that turns ordinary citizens into flesh-eating ghuls. An ultimatum promises further outbreaks unless demands are met. The Visionaries have just a little time to find the villain behind this plot before the entire city is overcome by the ghuling.
Scenario Name: Elusive
System: World of Darkness
GM: Bob Kuzmeski
Power Level: Mortals
Number of Players: (Game Full) 0 of 6 seats available
Characters Provided: Yes

Description: A string of violent crimes in London and Houston. A trail of bizarre clues. Unintelligible eye-witness accounts. Solving this case will require a mix of old-fashioned police work and the input from a cadre of consultants.
Scenario Name: Sesame Street Noir
Game System: Improv
GM Name: Paul Strack
Power Level: Muppets
Number of Players: 5 of 6 Seats available
Variations: New system playtest (http://superhuman.wikidot.com/improv)
Characters provided? Yes (created in game)

Description: Mr. Hooper is dead. Murdered, in fact. The cops are on the scene, but as far as you know, no one knows what happened to Hooper’s little black book, the book where he wrote down everyone’s secrets, including yours. Now there’s a mad scramble to find out what happened. Some people are in it for love, other people are in it for money and some just want revenge. No matter what happens, things will never be the same again … down on Sesame Street.
Scenario Name: Schlock Mercenary: The Animated Series
Game System: Prime Time Adventures
GM Name: Greg Eichner
Number of Players: (Full Game) 0 of 6 seats available
Characters created during game

Description: It’s time for shore leave for some of Tagon’s Toughs, mercenaries in the Sci-Fi universe of Schlock Mercenary. Sun, fun, and weapons with ominous humming galore await you on the planet of Miami Beta. Help create the best TV show that never was.
Scenario Name: Prolusio ut Terminus Vicis – Game Canceled
Game System: Call of Cthulhu
GM Name: Chad Lynch
Power Level/Variations: NEMESIS system (Dark ORE)
Number of Players: Game Canceled
Characters provided? Yes

Description:
The notorious film, Prolusio ut Terminus Vicis, was thought to have caused mass hysteria and madness upon it’s one and only showing. Your investigators are hired by an eccentric patron to locate the legendary lost film which is rumored that is still exists in its original form, the cinematic print. More information about the Nemesis system at http://www.nemesis-system.com/.

Scenario Name: Keeping it in the Family (Edited Time; Now in the Evening Slot)
Game System: World of Darkness: Mortals
GM Name: Michael Parker
Power Level: Average
Number of Players: (Full Game) 0 of 5 seats available
Characters provided? Yes

Description: Don Carlo Vestieri is getting old. As head of the Vestieri Crime Family he must ensure longevity of his life’s work. This is why he looks to you, your brothers, your sisters, and your cousins, the next generation of criminal masterminds, the future of the family. Your Don has asked you to perform a task, to prove your loyalty and dedication. One of you will be chosen to be the new Head of the Vestieri Family, however after this job, you will all truly be part of the family…