As the countdown to Carnage XX marches on, we wanted to highlight some special offerings at the convention this year. Falling outside the usual categories like board games or miniatures, these are the special kinds of events you often find only at conventions.
Extra Life Fundraising
Team NEG returns to Carnage to lead the charge in raising donations for Extra Life, the charity that benefits Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Highlights include the Dungeon Crawl Classics meatgrinder adventure “Prince Charming, Reanimator,” the Star Wars cantina LARP “Episode 3.25: Incident at Kaba,” and a raffle of many, many donated prizes. You can hear it all straight from the folks behind Team NEG through their Q&A on Victory Condition Gaming.
Improvised Weapons Comedy Dungeons & Dragons Shows
The Burlington-based actual play podcast Improvised Weapons, featuring improv comedians playing Dungeons & Dragons, makes their Carnage, convention and live performance debut with two shows on Friday evening of the convention, November 3rd at 7 and 9pm. Horses may be punched. Sample some episodes of the podcast itself, then check out the cast’s recent appearance on Victory Condition Gaming, where they talked about role-playing, comedy and who would win a mayonnaise-drinking contest.
Ghost Stories with Golden Goblin Press
Oscar Rios, owner of Golden Goblin Press and Call of Cthulhu writer extraordinaire, hosts late night ghost stories by the fireside at 11:30pm on Friday. Tell your own story for a chance to win one of Golden Goblin Press’ horror fiction collections, or just come to listen if you dare.
Sip and Felt
Saturday evening, Scratch Makerspace teaches you a new craft while you make some fun and geeky needle felted creatures. Learn to make needle felted models of your favorite characters, or an adorable critter. Materials fee applies. See the event listing for details.
Gemhammer & Sons Dungeons & Dragons Live Game
Gemhammer & Sons‘ on-going live game, traveling from convention to convention, arrives at Carnage on Saturday night. Catch up on previous episodes and then settle in for the show as the party tries to get something, anything, accomplished.
Gamers for a Cure
Gamers for a Cure will be raising money for cancer research with a raffle in the Northstar vendors’ room, and the Dungeons & Dragons tournament “The Gauntlet!”
Cube of Death Pub Trivia
Now in its 7th year at Carnage as a late Saturday night tradition, Cube of Death is pub trivia with a role-playing twist. Assemble your elite squad of minutiae-masters, discover whether your team will play as the sneaky thief, the doughty warrior or other character class, then answer questions plumbing the depths of nerd trivia to do damage to your competitors and knock them out of the game!
Check out the special events category on Carnage’s Tabletop.Events page for all these and more!