U-Con 2022 Event Submissions

 It's time to register your games for U-Con 2022!

As you may know, Ryan Thompson is the coordinator for the OSR and Tekumel tracks at U-Con! This year U-Con will be held Oct 7-9th in Ypsilanti, MI! We need all manner of games, but below you will find specifics on what qualifies for the OSR and Tekumel tracks. We hope to see you there! As always, U-Con is an inclusivity focused convention. 

You can read about how to submit and deadlines here: U-Con 2022 Submissions

Also: U-Con COVID-19 2022 Policy

If you are submitting to a specialized track, such as OSR or Tekumel, please not it in the notes to the staff.

What qualifies as an OSR event this year?

Actual Old School Games (examples):

All TSR Era D&D qualifies,

OD&D

AD&D

B/X

BECMI

AD&D 2nd Edition

Rules Cyclopedia

Gamma World (TSR editions)

Boot Hill

Metamorphosis Alpha

Star Frontiers

Gangbusters

Top Secret

Alternity etc.

Arduin

Early Chaosium products (RuneQuest 2nd Edition, Elfquest,  Call of Cthulhu 1st - 3rdetc)

Dragonquest (all editions)

Traveller (early editions)

Chivalry & Sorcery

Pacesetter System Games (Chill, Time Master, Crypt World etc.)

Middle Earth Role Playing (I.C.E.)

Rolemaster

The Complete Warlock

WEG D6 Star Wars

WEG D6 Ghostbusters

007

OSR & NSR:

Old School Essentials

Dungeon Crawl Classics

Mutant Crawl Classics

Troika

Mothership

The Black Hack (and all of the hacks spawned by it) 

Knave

Cairn

Cepheus Engine

Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

Cryptworld

Labyrinth Lord

Mutant Future

Swords & Wizardry

Blueholme

OSRIC

Castles & Crusades

Primal Quest

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets

etc.

As always, this list is hardly exhaustive regarding all of the great Old School RPGs in the world. If you have one you want to run and it isn't here, just let me know. Let's make this thing huge. I want to give your favorite Old School game a place to live and breathe.  When you register and OSR game, be sure to note that it is an OSR game in the comment so that we get it registered properly!

What Qualifies for the Tekumel Track?

The Tekumel Track can accommodate ANY game system you choose to run in the Tekumel setting! If you register a Tekumel game, make sure you state it is a Tekumel game in the comments section, to assure it is tagged properly!

Event Submissions Are Open For Virtual U-Con, A PWYW Convention This Year!

 It's event submission time for Virtual U-Con! 

UPDATED DEADLINES

• October 2: Events Due for Pre-Reg

• October 10: Events Preview opens

• October 17: Pre-Reg opens at 11 am ET.

• October 30: GMs need to have their virtual meeting info in the registration system

• Nov 13-15: U-Con Gaming Convention 2020!

U-Con 2020 

November 13-15

Online Everywhere

Back in July U-Con made the announcement that we would be going virtual this year. You can read it right here.

You can check out exactly how Virtual U-Con will work in this post. Note that Virtual U-Con is a PAY WHAT YOU WANT event! This year our GMs will have to pick and post their platform of choice for hosting their games.

Here is a list of dates for event submission and registration.

Please read over all of the articles linked here if you intend to run games or attend the convention. Please also read over our Conduct Policy.

Now, on to my bit of business.

As the OSR Track and Tekumel Track event coordinator I am looking for Referees, Judges and Dungeon Masters to come run old school games and Tekumel games! If your game is going to be on either of these tracks, please say so in the  notes or comments section of your submission. What constitutes "old school" for purposes of convention, you say? Well, let me tell you.

Old School Games are:

Actual Old School Games With OSR sensibility:

B/X D&D

AD&D 1E and 2E

Runequest 2nd Edition

Boot Hill

Gamma World 1st - 3rd

Pacesetter Games (Chill, Timemaster Etc.)

MARVEL Phaserip

Gangbusters

Star Wars D6

Chivalry & Sorcery

Fantasy Wargaming

007

Top Secret

Tunnels & Trolls

Arduin

Spacemaster

Rolemaster

MERP

Alternity

Etc.

Retro Clones:

Old-School Essentials

OSRIC

Cryptworld

Zweihander 

Labyrinth Lord

Dark Dungeons

Delving Deeper

Blueholme

OpenQuest

Against the Dark Master

Etc.

Near Clones: 

Dungeon Crawl Classics

Mutant Crawl Classics

Dark Trails

Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

Castles & Crusades

Mutant Future

Crypts & Things

The Blackest of Deaths

Dark Places & Demogorgons

Etc.

Post OSR Games:

Mothership

Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets

The Hero's Journey

Lost in the Fantasy World

Torchbearer

Into the Odd

Neoclassical Geek Revival

SEACAT

Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural Wars

Macchiato Monsters

For Coin & Blood

Knave

The Black Hack (and all of the hacks spawned by it)

Blood & Treasure

Etc.

We’re ready to accept your event submissions. Event submissions must include some information about the software platforms to be used in each game, e.g. Roll20, Zoom, Tabletopia, etc.  If you want to host a game or play in events, please mark your calendars with our key dates and deadlines:

• October 2: Events Due for Pre-Reg

• October 10: Events Preview opens

• October 17: Pre-Reg opens at 11 am ET.

• October 30: GMs need to have their virtual meeting info in the registration system

• Nov 13-15: U-Con Gaming Convention 2020!

Special Announcement For U-Con! We will have ConTessa! Plus a new incentive for ALL U-Con GMs!

This morning +Stacy Dellorfano made a special announcement regarding ConTessa. ConTessa will be coming to U-Con! Yep. It's pretty awesome. So, Stacy will be featured as the OSR Guest of Honor and also be heading up ConTessa. You can read her entire announcement here: ConTessa @ U-Con 2016: Call for GMs. Check it out, then come back here for a bit more...

 

 

Now that you've read Stacy's post you know about registration, which I will repeat here:

 

"Pre-registration event deadline for sign-up is September 15th, so get your games in ASAP! To register, head to the U-Con Event Submission Form, and provide all the information necessary for your event. It'll ask you things like your name, address, and so on, plus a title for your game, description, and how many players you'd like. 

Under the portion that reads 'Comments for event coordinator', let them know that you'd like your game to be added to the ConTessa track. Your game can be part of multiple tracks, so if you see another track it could also belong to, let the coordinator know. 

You'll get three choices for your scheduling preferences. Schedule your game for whatever works best for you, but I'd avoid Saturday morning so you can attend your breakfast!"

 

Now, if you are already registered as a GM this year at U-Con AND identify as female AND want to be tagged on the ConTessa track, email me personally and I will make sure that the change get's made to your events. My email is luxfaust@gmail.com. When you email, include the name you are registered under and events that you have registered to ensure that I can find them and make sure you are part of ConTessa at U-Con!

 

As an additional announcement for ALL U-Con GMs, this year you have a new incentive. If you run 16 hours of events at the convention, you will not only received compensation for your badge to enter U-Con, you will also receive a "Play Games All Weekend" ribbon!

 

So, G&G is an OSR blog, and as you likely know, I organize the OSR events for U-Con. If you can here to find out what qualifies for the OSR Track, check right here: Event Registration and OSR Event Qualifiers.

 

See you at U-Con!