By Tyler on November 28, 2016
If you missed attending Carnage Royale, take a peek into the goings-on through the convention reports of our friends, linked below: Gordon Dritschilo, Rutland Reader, “Let’s play!” Stephen Seitz, Mountain Times, “Carnage comes to Killington” Ian Eller, The Fate of Zaskettr Tom K, Carnage 17, pt 1; The Game’s Afoot, err Under Foot Robin Lea, […]
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By Tyler on November 27, 2016
Thank you everyone who joined us last weekend for Carnage Royale, our nineteenth outing to play tabletop games all weekend long. By our count, there were at least 700 people playing games at the Killington Grand and Snowshed Base Lodge as part of Carnage Royale. A convention like Carnage runs on its volunteers, those behind […]
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By Tyler on October 12, 2016
The annual Carnage annual no-ship math trade, in which game swaps are arranged in advance and made at the convention in Killington, is now open on BoardGameGeek, thanks to host Matt Golec. Putting games on offer runs until October 23rd. Traders have until October 30th to compose their want lists, with results posted shortly thereafter. […]
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By Tyler on September 23, 2016
Carnage Royale is a little over a month away, and the Carnage staff has been focused on getting all the games in from our trusty GMs and the convention book put together. We’ve also been working on developing some new options in the preregistration process to make it easier for our attendees. Once the process […]
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By Tyler on July 10, 2016
No other type of tabletop game hosted at Carnage takes advantage of the year’s theme like role-playing games do. As a genre of game that draws heavily on tropes and genre conventions from books, film, television — from Dungeons & Dragons‘ Appendix N up to the contemporary capsule pitch of “It’s like Pokémon meets Veronica Mars!” We’ll always have our […]
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By TheGrayMan on June 30, 2016
The general call has gone out for all GMs to submit their games! We need board games! The more we have to offer, the more you will have to play. We are looking for any and all board games. We are also looking to offer some specific board games. If you would like to help out by running a board […]
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By Tyler on June 6, 2016
Care for a game, Secret Agent 802? Carnage Royale is looking for people to volunteer to share and teach their favorite games at this year’s convention, November 4th through 6th, 2016 in Killington, Vermont. A tabletop game convention like Carnage wouldn’t exist without passionate people who step up to volunteer to run games for players, […]
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By Tyler on October 13, 2015
As a reminder for Carnage attendees staying at the Killington Grand for the weekend, standard checkout time is 11:00am. If you are curious about the possibility of a later checkout, inquire with the front desk. Later checkout times usually depend on upcoming reservations, so it may vary from room to room. Other places to stay […]
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By Tyler on October 12, 2015
As previously foreshadowed, Matt Golec is coordinating the now-annual Carnage math trade, wherein people offer games up for trade, compose want lists of what others are offering for trade, and then a computer program sorts it all out to optimize the trading. It’s pretty cool, and a fun way to turn over your game library. […]
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