Virtuacon13

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What?

Virtuacon is an all-virtual worldwide RPG gaming convention utilizing free online tools to bring gamers together for The Best 3 Days in Virtual Gaming. Virtuacon is the convention you attend from the comfort of your own home - but run much like a traditional convention with slotted game events, industry guest speakers and contests galore. With 85 games being offered by world-class GMs, you can be sure to find something great to play! We especially welcome new players to the hobby - come and experience the rich world of role-playing with a community who would love to count you among our friends!

When?

Virtuacon runs from 16:00 (UTC) October 18th until 22:00 (UTC) October 20th. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are our days of operation and we'll be slotting games and events around the clock.

Who?

The event is being run and coordinated by RPG Geek. So the focus is squarely on Role-Playing gaming with a few boardgames (think Werewolf and similar games) thrown in for good measure. We're lining up more than 60 Game Masters who will run everything including Pathfinder, Old School D&D, Eclipse Phase, Fiasco, FATE and Dungeon World. We'll see a bit of everything during these three days and there will be ample opportunity to get into a game.

Cost?

None. This is a free event coordinated at RPG Geek and run by volunteers. Consider being part of The Experience!

Accounts Needed

You will need to have a 'Google+' account to run Google Hangouts. Having a Roll20 account is helpful if you are the Game Master and using those mapping tools, but not strictly needed. You will need to have an RPG or BGG Geek account (free) to sign up for the event - you can get your free Geek account here: http://www.rpggeek.com/register (if you already have a BoardGameGeek account, it works fine as-is on RPG Geek as well).

Equipment Needed

To participate, you need a computer connected to the internet capable of running Google Hangouts. Hangouts is our online platform which allows players and the Game Master to be seated around a "Virtual Tabletop". In addition, some games will feature an add-in for Hangouts called Roll20. This provides the mapping tools and die-roller needed for some tactical games. We've been experimenting (which really means playing lots of RPGs!) and have determined that you can connect with almost any computer that has voice (microphone) input. It works well with IE, Firefox and Chrome and we've run games on a Mac (using Safari), PC/Windows, Linux and via mobile tablets such as an iPad.

Please see our Technical Support Page for Google Hangouts

You can see what a typical Roll20 session inside Google Hangouts looks like:

It's the next best thing to being at the table with your friends!

Game / Panel Slots

Each game slot is 4 hours and panel slot 1 hour. You will notice that the 11 time-slots are spaced out by 5 hours - leaving 1 hour between games and panels (in case one game or panel runs a little long or you need a break between two successive slots, etc). The panel slots also have X.5 slots which are two hours in.

We are having multiple games running during each of the 11 time-slots. Each game has a number of virtual seats - willing players are taking a 'virtual ticket' to a seat for a given table. This reserves you a spot at the table - the Game Master is counting on people who take a ticket for their game to show up. We are not using a 'generic tickets' concept which you may have seen at other conventions.

All games are specified in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Go here for the current UTC: http://time.is/UTC

Here are the available time-slots (with local time in some common worldwide cities in 24-hour format ... subtract 12 to get PM times)

Games

We have 85 games spread across the weekend. We sort them by time-slot and provide enough information that you should be able to find something to suit your mood! Our list of games where you can signup to play is located here:

Virtuacon '13 Player Signup Geeklist

Time-Slot	Game	GM	Status
Time-Slot A 18-Oct 16:00 UTC	Shadows of Esteren We Be Goblins Brain Soda Pathfinder PFS D&D 4e CONTINUES OVER TIME-SLOT B	nemesis13 vas137 Shadow Hexagram NebisTS Mustardo666	Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot B 18-Oct 21:00 UTC	CONTINUED FROM TIME-SLOT A D&D 4e Eclipse Phase Pathfinder Society Dungeon Crawl Classics All For Me Grog We Be Goblins! Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder PFS CONTINUES OVER TIME-SLOT C	Mustardo666 TheEbonyTurtle MikeHadfield scorcha jshaffstall vas137 parrais kinevon	Full Full Full Full Full Free seats Full Full
Time-Slot C 19-Oct 02:00 UTC+	CONTINUED FROM TIME-SLOT B Pathfinder PFS Psi-Punk Numenera Pathfinder PFS Microscope Pathfinder PFS Dark Conspiracy D&D Next Golden Sky Stories	kinevon Munkwunk Octavian doctor kash edige23 kroama Lemmotlow lorddillon Michael Hopcroft	Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot D 19-Oct 07:00 UTC	13th Age	chaosfang	Full
Time-Slot E 19-Oct 12:00 UTC	Camp Myth Chronica Feudalis Dungeon World (low-bandwith) Pathfinder StarWars D20	sdonohue Grondhammer Gorgoneion Swyrlyn Tyraziel	Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot F 19-Oct 17:00 UTC	Pathfinder PFS B/X Basic Dungeons & Dragons AD&D 1e Fiasco Don't Rest Your Head Pathfinder PFS Fate Core Pathfinder PFS	MikeHadfield wavemotion vosarnath znirp81 shawnssica nukuv Rishi John Kennet	Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot G 19-Oct 22:00 UTC	Labyrinth Lord Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space We Be Goblins! Star Wars (WEG D6 version) Star Wars (WEG D6 version) Dresden Files Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder PFS Killshot	Wargamer777 Michael Hopcroft karpouzian cf_skeeve GM_Daniel sorinkat Gilabrezu Adaeoran poundpuppy30 BrokenWarden	Free seats Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot H 20-Oct 03:00 UTC	The Quiet Year Lady Blackbird Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder PFS	baychang vestige doctor kash kroama	Free seats Full Full Free seats
Time-Slot I 20-Oct 08:00 UTC	Fate Core	bluetyson	Full
Time-Slot J 20-Oct 13:00 UTC	InSpectres Dungeon crawl Classics Fate Accelerated Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder Monster of the Week Pathfinder PFS Mouse Guard	Kwakkie MikeHadfield edige23 not2fear wavemotion MonsterMike John Kennet IndyRick	Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Time-Slot K 20-Oct 18:00 UTC	Pathfinder PFS Mouse Guard Pathfinder PFS We Be Goblins! Pathfinder PFS Pathfinder PFS Fiasco Call of Cthulhu Monster Kart Mayhem - First Race Monster Kart Mayhem - Second Race Mermaid Adventures Pathfinder PFS Dungeon Crawl Classics Labyrinth Lord	Yasumoto lorddillon Gilabrezu karpouzian DaveGM nukuv scorcha Barad_the_dwarf Munkwunk Munkwunk sdonohue Blackjoy TimCallahan chrismata	Free seats Full Free seats Free seats Full Full Full Full Free seats Free seats Free seats Free seats Full Full

Panels

Here are the confirmed panels with the panelists.

Time-Slot	Panel	Panelist(s)
Time-Slot A.5 18-Oct 18:00 UTC	Kickstarters and Publishing	Fred Hicks (Fred Hicks)
Time-Slot B 18-Oct 21:00 UTC	Game Design Process	Emily Care Boss (Emily Care Boss) Redd Cohen Jay Little (Jason Little) WJ MacGuffin (WJ MacGuffin)
Time-Slot E 19-Oct 12:00 UTC	Applying Gamification to Other Industries	Cavin DeJordy Jay Little
Time-Slot E.5 19-Oct 14:00 UTC	How to be a better player	Lowell Francis (Lowell Francis) Jay Little Brie Sheldon Filamena Young (Filamena Young)
Time-Slot E.5 19-Oct 14:00 UTC	Old-Skool Sensibilities	Ernie Gygax (Ernie Gygax) Tim Kask (Tim Kask)
Time-Slot F 19-Oct 17:00 UTC	Accessibility in Gaming	Russell Collins (Russell Grant Collins) Jacob Wood (Jacob Wood)
Time-Slot F.5 19-Oct 19:00 UTC	Self-publishing	Johnn Four (Johnn Four) Richard Hetley Jason Pitre (Jason Pitre)
Time-Slot F.5 19-Oct 19:00 UTC	Fitness & Gaming - 45 minute talk, 15 min Q&A	Patrick Renie (Patrick Renie), Paizo
Time-Slot G 19-Oct 22:00 UTC	Managing the Playtesting Process	Redd Cohen Jay Little Jason Pitre
Time-Slot G.5 20-Oct 00:00 UTC	Role-playing in the Digital Age	Lowell Francis Andrew Goenner (Andrew Goenner) Steve Sigety (Steve Sigety)
Time-Slot H 20-Oct 03:00 UTC	How to Handle Difficult Players	Lowell Francis Andrew Goenner Steve Sigety Sherri Stewart (Sherri Stewart) Filamena Young
Time-Slot I 20-Oct 08:00 UTC	Worldbuilding	Paul Baldowski (Paul Baldowski) Chris Tregenza (Chris Tregenza)
Time-Slot J 20-Oct 13:00 UTC	How to Hire Artists	Liz Danforth (Liz Danforth) Redd Cohen Eloy Lasanta (Eloy Lasanta)
Time-Slot J.5 20-Oct 15:00 UTC	RPGs w/Kids	Andrew Goenner Eloy Lasanta
Time-Slot K 20-Oct 18:00 UTC	Pathfinder Society - Ask Me Anything	John Compton (John Compton), Paizo

Contests at VC13

In addition to a full slate of gaming, we will have a number of contests going on throughout the weekend.

Technical Help

You don't need previous Google Hangout or Roll20 experience. Technical Assistance is standing by to help!
Please see our Technical Support Page for Google Hangouts

Virtuacon Etiquette

Be sure to read our rules and adhere to them: Virtuacon13_etiquette

Virtual Swag

We've got some cool RPG Geek virtual swag for being involved with Virtuacon.

- Virtuacon '13 - Oct 18-20th, 2013 at RPG Geek! (Given to all participants)
- Virtuacon '13 - Game Master (Given to Game Masters)
- Virtuacon '13 - Event Staff (For those running the event)
- Virtuacon '13 - Contest Creator
- Virtuacon '13 - Champion

And be sure to check out our wall-paper (1920x1080) sized promo image which you can download here.

How do I sign up?!

Player signups will take place starting August 26th, 2013 and the signups will take place on RPG Geek (so you will need an account). There will be a post made to RPG Geek and will be tweeted out by @rpggeek, posted on the RPG Geek Facebook Page, G+ page and generally be visible to the world. On the 26th, it shouldn't be hard to find us. This wiki page will also be updated with the signup link so you can always check back here.

More Google Hangout RPG Goodness

Mostly to wet your appetite (these are all from RPG Geek regulars):

Can I Help?

Absolutely! Slots for Game Mastering are now closed, but we are still looking for last minute Industry Speakers and contest creators. If you have any prizes you would like to donate, we'll take those right up until con-time. You can contact me directly at dave@rpggeek.com

Also, if you want to help with the planning and running of the event, you can join our Virtuacon Guild where we are organizing various aspects of the convention: http://rpggeek.com/guild/1631

Can I promote Virtuacon?

Hell yes! If you are involved with other RPG communities, please let them know that we would love to have them come help with this event! You can point them to this wiki page which we will keep updated. Feel free to use the following banner image to promote the event or use the full promo image at the top of the page. If you tweet about the event, please include @rpggeek and/or #Virtuacon so we can find it quickly and give it some re-tweet love. We also have a full page of promo images you are free to use to help promote Virtuacon.

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