April 19, 2008 at 10am ,Total Confusion, LLC is holding an all day board game event at the Rising Phoenix Game store in Leicester, MA. 

Bring your own games or choose from the Total Con library of games featuring Power Grid, Puerto Rico, Ticket to Ride, Arkham Horror, Notre Dome, Formula De, Iron Dragon, Union Pacific, Thurin and Taxis, Ra, GOA, Carcassonne and more! 

Rising Phoenix is easy to find in MA:  RPG is located at the corner of McCarthy Ave and Main Street (Rt 9) In Cherry Valley. Cherry Valley is a township of Leicester,  MA

To get to us from the East and North, take rt. 495 to rt. 290 W. Take 290 W to rt 9 W. Follow Rt 9 W through Worcester, until you enter into Leicester (Welcome to Leicester Sign). We are 500 Ft on the left hand side as you enter into Leicester.

To get to us from the West and South, follow rt. 9 going east through Leicester. After you pass Giguire Gymnatics on your left, RPG will be the next brick building on your right. Take a right onto McCarthy Ave.

Also, Havoc XXIV, New England's premier miniature event will be coming April 4-6, 2008 to Marionis Park in Shrewsbury, MA.  Gregg Belevick (total's mini director/havoc staff) and Steven Parenteau (total con staff/MIB member) will be there running events.  We hope you will stop by for some great miniature gaming!! http://havoc.battlegroupboston.org/

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
ContactTotalCon group:

What games would you like to see Total Confusion running at the Rsing Phoenix
game day?

   o train games
   o minis
   o euro board games
   o cards
   o roleplaying


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ContactTotalCon/surveys?id=12735203

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

Dear Folks,
Could people make suggestions as to what games your young players are
interested in?  I would like to expand the choices more for the young
players.
Thanks,

Bruce Heroux

Hi All,

I wanted to let you know about a new networking site for gamers by gamers, rpgbomb.com.  This is the brainchild of some of our friends that we see at TotalCon, OGC and Carnage. 

I was asked to beta test it while at TotalCon this year and now the beta is growing.  We are allowed to invite friends and I was told that I can slowly post the information to some groups.  Since many of the people already on the list are some you may already know, I thought you might be interested because  it does seem like a good way to connect with the gaming community especially if it continues to do well and grow.  So far, I like the site and what it has to offer.

Basically, it is set up like a myspace page where you can have a profile(without having to use do it yourself nasty HTML codes), look for events, play video games, blog, add friends, join groups and instantly chat.  But, you can also have sub-profiles listing your favorite games, characters, etc as a way to find local people to invite to games.

If you are interested, please feel free to visit the site http://rpgbomb.com/~rpgbomb0/ 

Good Gaming!

All too soon, the world has lost another creative person.  Arthur C.
Clarke has passed away at the age of 90.

May he rest in peace and may his works continue to entertain and spark
the imaginations of future generations to come!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697230/

OGC (Open Gaming Con-vention) , New Hampshire's premier 3-day gaming
convention, will don capes and swing into action again this summer
July 25, 26, & 27, 2008 at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Nashua,
NH. Now in our 5th year, OGC attracts between 200 and 300 gamers. We
offer many RPG's, board games, card games, miniatures, painting, video
games, and other exciting events.

If you're thinking of running one or more events at the con, there's
no time like the present to submit them. Visit our website at www.OGC-
con. com to download the event form and take a look at what we're up
to this year. Our theme is Superheroes and while themed events are
encouraged, we're accepting events from any genre or theme. As I duck
back into the OGC Lair to continue planning, I wish you happy gaming.

See you at the con!
Kelly Fitzpatrick
OGC Sectretary
www.OGC-con.com

Mark your calendars!

Total Confusion will be holding another game day at Rising Phoenix
Games on June 14, 2008.

TC Realms and board games will be the focus.  TC Realms will be
offering previously run modules, the perfect time to catch up on some
events you have missed or to try TC Realms for the first time!

Please contact Steven Parenteau @ steve@... for character
creation as no pre-gen characters are offered.

Or spend the day open gaming with friends.

Details on prices, times, and registration info will be coming shortly!

Hey all,

The next board game day is approaching fast!

June 14, 2008 starting at 10 am and lasting all day...

Free board games with TotalCon's Library of Games and

TC Realms, past mods offered before exciting new changes are
offered...teasers coming soon!!  There is a $5 fee for TC Realms
players to cover the cost of materials payable on-site.

To reserve a spot, visit www.totalcon.com and click on the link to
send along your name.  Please feel free to stop on by at any time
during the day to have lots of great gaming fun!!

Rising Phoenix ( www.risingphoenixgames.com ) is located at the
corner of McCarthy Ave and Main Street (Rt 9) In Cherry Valley, a
township of Leicester,  MA.

From East and North, take Rt 495 to Rt 290 W. Then 290 W to Rt 9 W.
Follow Rt 9 W through Worcester until you enter into
Leicester (Welcome to Leicester Sign). The Store is 500 feet on the
left hand side as you enter into Leicester.

From West and South, follow Rt 9 east through Leicester. Pass
Giguire Gymnatics on left, Store will be the next brick
building on your right. Take a right onto McCarthy Ave.

The game day at Rising Phoenix was another fantastic adventure in gaming!  Thanks to everyone who came.  We're glad to hear you had as much fun as we did!

Next on the gaming calendar... TotalCon staff will be heading up to
OGC (www.ogc-con.com ) on July 25-57, 2008 in Nashua, New Hampshire.  TC Realms will be offered, please see the schedule on the OGC website for further details.

Teaser Alert: In August, exciting new features to the TC Realms fantasy adventures will be unveiled at a special game day!! 

Mark your calendars now: August 23, 2008   at Ye Olde Commons in Charlton, MA for all day gaming in role-playing and board games.  This is one game day you won't want to miss!!

More details coming soon!

OGC is right around the corner ( www.ogc-con.com for full details).

This year, TC Realms will be running the following events:

Island of Treasures
Saturday: 9AM - 1PM

Get to the Island, get the treasure, and get out. A bunch of
adventurers paid tens of thousands of gold for a map at the Auction
to the Island and they aren't even going in the right direction.
Well that's mistake you aren't going to make. Levels 4-6 by Jim
Garofalo



The Only Good Orc

Your group has been requested to provide, fodder - uhh - superior
capabilities, to help local farmers. This is a dungeon crawl. Level
1 - 6 by Luc Poulin



The Biznok Code
Saturday: 8PM - Midnight

…and there I stood on the mountain ridge overlooking a battlefield
of men and monsters. Their magic white and black raged and shook so
that thousands fell before its might. Then fell upon the soldiers
and horses a sphere of black that destroyed all in its path. Men and
beast ran from the field in terror and fear. - Biznok the old, from
the book Heir to the World. Level 1-6 by Steven Parenteau



The Mind's Eye
Sunday: 9AM - 1PM


The Ironbeard Clan has hired you to find Kracker Ironbeard, next in
line to take over the Clan's mining operating in the North. He was
last seen several years ago boarding a ship headed for T'Nar trying
to find the ancient passageway through the Spindle Mountains. Levels
1-9 by Michelle Graham.


In addition, TotalCon staff will be running board games and Bruce
Heroux, young player director, will be on hand as an MIB running
Steve Jackson games.

Visit the OGC website for full details!!  www.ogc-con.com

We hope to see you there and don't forget AUGUST 23rd for TotalCon's
upcoming game day at Ye Olde Commons.  All day TC Realms and Board
Games!!

Hey all,

Carnage 11 is looking for GMs to run Board games. Carnage will be
held again this year in Fairlee VT from Nov 7-9. We alreday have
many great games planned, but we are always looking for more games to
offer! We are looking for new and exciting games as well as the
classic board games. Come to the website: www.carnagecon.com to
sign up to run a game or two. The deadline is July 31st!!

Some Board games already planned for this years Carnage:

Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
18XX
Titan
Pirates Cove
Race for the Galaxy
1960: The Making of the President
Axis and Allies (Double Blind)
Roborally
Descent


We are looking for GMs to run some of the following games:

Power Grid
Brass
Railroad Tycoon
Agricola
Puerto Rico
Any crayon rail games
Additional 18XX
Imperial
Die Macher
Calyus
El Grande
Pandemic
Dune
Ticket to Ride
Age of Steam
Tigris & Euphrates
Princes of Florence
Here I Stand
Shogun
Blackbeard
Winds of Plunder
Stone Age
Pillars of the Earth

This is by no means a comprhensive list. If you have a board game you
love, than offer to run it at Carnage! Like I said above, we are
looking for new and exciting, as well as the classics. So let us
know what board games you want to see at this years Carnage, or come
run one of your favorites!


Thanks for your support...looking forward to a great year at
Carnage: We go to 11!

Rod Sheldon
VP Carange Gaming

Hey All,

TotalCon's end of summer Game Day will be here soon!  We've got some
great things lined up for you.

First: TC Realms....

* Special Preview of new materials to be released at TotalCon XXIII.

TC Realms game day Pre-Release Players Guide Supplement 2 including

-Guilds: Guilds of the Broken Kingdoms and how players can create
guilds themselves
-Expanded Classes: New classes from the expansion books.
-Prestige Classes: Taught by guilds to maintain control over their
members.
-Expanded skills: A few new skills to fill in gaps for players.
-Expanded Feats: Feats added from other books plus feats specific to
the TC Realms game.
-Expanded Spells: New spells for new prestige classes
-Expanded Domains: Clerics expansion for their new prestige classes.
-Time: Calculating time usage for the creation of magic items by
players.

Plus 3 slots of role-playing running with at least 2 brand new
adventures!  New adventurers wanted!  Contact Steven Parenteau at
steve@... for character creation.

Second:  All day open board gaming with the following scheduled
events:

8am - RA, Thurn & Taxis, Cutthroat Caverns
10am - Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Station Master, Great Brain
Robbery
Noon - Notre Dame, Carcassonne, Formula De - Mini, Robo Rally
2pm - Year of the Dragon, Race for the Galaxy, Quandary, Battle Cry
4pm - Agricola, Cuba, Ingenious/Ubongo, Fame or Flames
7pm - Hamburgrum, Power Grid, Lunch Money with Sticks and Stones,
Illuminati INWO
9pm - Pacific Typhoon, Pillar's of the Earth, Kung Fu Fighting,
Guillotine
11pm - Can't Stop, Ticket to Ride, Kung Fu Samurai

And best of all...please join us in wishing Steven Parenteau, events
coordinator and role-playing director, a very HAPPY 40th Birtday at
the game day!!

Shhhhhhhh....He doesn't know!!!  Everyone is highly encouraged to
torture him as much as possible!!  Got a jersey with the number 40 on
it?? Wear it!  Want to paint a cheap white t-shirt expressing who is
now 40 and near death's door?  Please do it!!  Get creative.  Cake
will be served during the dinner hour.  Tell your friends.  Spread
the word to others not on the list.  But don't tell him.

Hi All...

In addition to the board game schedule previously posted...we have
the following events to offer:

TC Realms:

CLEANING OUT THE TOWER-
Things do not go well when you are summoned to a wizards' tower to
help an aging wizard defend himself against attackers.  Can you
escape the tower alive?
TC Fantasy 3.5 adventure for 13-20 character levels Written By
Geoffrey Portway


OPERATION: JELLY DONUTS-
The Baron's son Fredrick has asked for a particularly strange
commodity for a party he's having.
TC Fantasy 3.5 adventure for 4-9 character levels Written by Steven
Parenteau

OPERATION: CLEAN UP-
The Baron of Toverton is back in town and he's not happy with what
happened last week. His son had made a dire mistake and involved your
bunch in it. Now it's got to get fixed!
TC Fantasy 3.5 adventure for 4-9 character levels Written by Steven
Parenteau

OPERATION: MOVING TRUCK
The Baron has got one more job for you to carry out to fix the mess
that his son had caused. But another mystery has some from raiding
the bugbears caverns, where did that wizard come from and the giant
hobgoblin?
TC Fantasy 3.5 adventure for 4-9 character levels Written by Steven
Parenteau


Also:  BoomTown Tournament sponsored by the GameKeeper with prize
support!

Total Confusion, LLC is holding an all day gaming event at
The Game Castle
Crossroads Mall
123 Nashua Road in Londonderry, NH
(603) 425-7400

Please check their website for directions to this event.

http://www.thegamecastle.com/

Events will include: Steve Jackson Games, German board games and old favorites like Robo Rally. The Total Confusion Game Library will be available during this event.

JUST ADDED: D&D Miniature Tournament
sponsored by The Game Castle with prize support!

This event is free!!

Hi All,

GM Doug Poirer has graciously offered to run a role-playing adventure
for anyone wishing to join in the fun.  Limit 6 players.

Name: A village in the mist
RPG: Castles & Crusades . Should be billed as a D20 game
Level: 1st
# of players: 6

An earthquake has recently struck the outer parts of the Herrattate
Kingdom. Weeks have passed and no lives have been reported lost. This
part of the kingdom is remote though and no one has heard from them
since the earthquake. A merchant just returned from the area with
strange news. He came upon a little traveled village that seemed
recently abandoned. He noted that much of the plant life in the
village was dead as if struck by blight and immediately turned back.
It seems as though the earthquake has released foul evil upon the
land. Your group has been charged by the crown to investigate and if
possible to eliminate this evil.

If you want to play this game, please register to reserve your seat
by visiting the TotalCon website and clicking on the link.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Every good con needs dedicated, passionate, and talented people like you
to run events that give players what the want most... a really great and
memorable gaming experience. You are the heart that makes a Totalcon,
great and I would like to invite you to consider hosting an event (or
two) at Total Confusion XXIII to be held next February 19-22, 2009 at
the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA.

This year, we had over 150 tables of role-playing go off including
events from independent companies, increases in board gaming and young
player areas, tournaments like The Last Man Standing 40k and Classic
BattleTech in the miniature area and more. It was one of our best
events in recent history all thanks to gamers like you!! It would be
great to have even more players, events, and fun next year. If you join
us...

TotalCon offers GM's:

1 day registration for 4 hours of game time
2 day registration for 8 hours of game time
Full 4 day registration for 12 hours of game time
4 day registration and free official TotalCon XXIII t-shirt for 16 hours
of game time
and 4 hours slots above 16 hours gets the accumulated benefits plus one
ticket to the prize room per slot.

Plus a Friday night GM only social as a small thank you to show our
appreciation for your support at the con and the gaming community as a
whole.

The con room rates start at just $85 with  free parking.
Our hotel includes on-site restaurant/bar, heated indoor pool and sauna,
and many nearby conveniences like stores, fast food, restaurants, and
premium outlet shopping. There is free shuttle service to and from the
Mansfield train station for registered hotel guests.

For event submission forms please visit this link:
http://www.totalcon.com/files/eventsubmissionform.pdf

For full event policies and procedures:
http://www.totalcon.com/GameMasterInfo.html


We are accepting events in all genres... role-playing, miniatures, card
games, board games, independent games, and young player. All events are
welcomed.

GREAT to hear from u.

looking forward to tc o9 & i'll be running at least 3 slots & maybe
a 4th...

russ
play-on...
--- In ContactTotalCon@yahoogroups.com, "angelia" <crazycongirl@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Every good con needs dedicated, passionate, and talented people
like you
> to run events that give players what the want most... a really
great and
> memorable gaming experience. You are the heart that makes a
Totalcon,
> great and I would like to invite you to consider hosting an event
(or
> two) at Total Confusion XXIII to be held next February 19-22, 2009
at
> the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA.
>
> This year, we had over 150 tables of role-playing go off including
> events from independent companies, increases in board gaming and
young
> player areas, tournaments like The Last Man Standing 40k and
Classic
> BattleTech in the miniature area and more. It was one of our best
> events in recent history all thanks to gamers like you!! It would
be
> great to have even more players, events, and fun next year. If you
join
> us...
>
> TotalCon offers GM's:
>
> 1 day registration for 4 hours of game time
> 2 day registration for 8 hours of game time
> Full 4 day registration for 12 hours of game time
> 4 day registration and free official TotalCon XXIII t-shirt for 16
hours
> of game time
> and 4 hours slots above 16 hours gets the accumulated benefits
plus one
> ticket to the prize room per slot.
>
> Plus a Friday night GM only social as a small thank you to show our
> appreciation for your support at the con and the gaming community
as a
> whole.
>
> The con room rates start at just $85 with  free parking.
> Our hotel includes on-site restaurant/bar, heated indoor pool and
sauna,
> and many nearby conveniences like stores, fast food, restaurants,
and
> premium outlet shopping. There is free shuttle service to and from
the
> Mansfield train station for registered hotel guests.
>
> For event submission forms please visit this link:
> http://www.totalcon.com/files/eventsubmissionform.pdf
> <http://www.totalcon.com/files/eventsubmissionform.pdf>
>
> For full event policies and procedures:
> http://www.totalcon.com/GameMasterInfo.html
> <http://www.totalcon.com/GameMasterInfo.html>
>
>
> We are accepting events in all genres... role-playing, miniatures,
card
> games, board games, independent games, and young player. All
events are
> welcomed.
>

Hey all -

I'm very interested in DM'ing for TotalCon.  I DM'd at the 2008 GenCon
(8 slots) and will be doing the same for DDXP... I live in Framingham
if it makes any difference.

Can someone break down the DM application process?

Thanks!

- Alan.

I am Druvas over on Dragonsfoot and have had some questions like, what
are the hours each day, how do I register (or when can I).  I live
waaaaay down in VA so I want to make plans as soon as is feasible.  I
will be driving up...

-Charley (aka Druvas)