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 November 13, 2016
Two men grabbed a passerby in a hotel lounge, seeking an outside perspective on whether the Norwegian navy should attack St. Petersburg. No, it wasn’t the beginning of a very strange spy novel. It was the second day of Carnage Con, Vermont’s largest gaming convention, held last weekend at the Killington Grand Hotel and Snowshed […]
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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 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 September 8, 2015
Note: As of 2016, Killington’s renovations are complete and on-site food and options are back to normal. See the Lodging page for more information. The Killington resort informed Carnage that the main hotel’s restaurant, Ovations, would be closed during the fall of 2015 for renovations. Unfortunately, the resort’s renovation schedule coincides with Carnage of […]
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By Tyler on June 4, 2015
As summer kicks off, some of us are already thinking about November and Carnage, Vermont’s tabletop game convention. Five months will fly by faster than you expect, so get thinking now about what games you would like to run at Carnage. This year, Carnage explores the lost world, that hidden slice of an antediluvian time […]
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By Tyler on October 20, 2014
The Game With No Name math trade is now live on Boardgamegeek! Organizer Matt Golec lays out all the details in the opening post of the geek list. The short version is that a computer program orchestrates trades among a large number of people, all offering and desiring to receive various games. From now until […]
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By Tyler on October 6, 2014
Note: This post links to the 2014 Carnage convention book and is made available for informational purposes only. If you’re looking for the current year’s convention book, check the sidebar, or the top of the News page. Saddle up, pardners! You’re about to hit the mother lode of tabletop games at A Fistful of Carnage: […]
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By Tyler on January 17, 2014
We are pleased to announce we have secured a date and place for Carnage on the Mountain 2014. Plan your next expedition up the slopes of Killington Peak for November 7th, 2014, executing a descent strategy on November 9th.[1] Carnage returns to the Killington Grand Resort for a full weekend of tabletop games: board games, […]
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