MEGA Spring Meltdown

Spring Meltdown 2013

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As the snow melts, so do the gamers rouse from their winter hibernation. Break out the meeples and percentile dice. It’s time for the springtime Green Mountain Game Day and this time it will be even more special! It’s a DESTINATION game day! At Lake Morey Resort: That’s right, the former home of Carnage!

Green Mountain Gamers is amping it up a bit for our Spring Meltdown. We are modeling a mega game day after Unity Games (http://unitygames.org/) and hosting a 15 HOUR game day!

When and Where

Date and Time: April 27th, 2013, 9:00am to midnight.
Location: Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee VT
Cost: $10 preregister, $10.50 preregister via paypal (see below), $15 at the door.
Pre-registration deadline:April 20, 2013
To pre-register:  The pre-registration deadline has passed. $15 payments can be paid at the door.

Games to Play

Open play is the name of the game at Green Mountain Game Days. A huge pile of games materialize as people arrive. Then everyone gets to either push their favorite or try something that sounds interesting as it hits the table.

Typically, our game days attract board gamers but we’d love to see other tabletop games at the Spring Meltdown. If you are a GM and would like to run an RPG or minis session, please contact us. We do realize that minis and RPG’s are not well suited to open gaming but we will post your game info on our webpage to help you attract players.  You can also participate in the official forum conversation.

In addition, we’d love to have two teaching sessions – one at 9:30AM and one at 2:00PM. We are looking for GM’s who will be willing to teach the latest and greatest games on the hotness or any great classics. If you’d like to volunteer, contact us with the game you’d like to teach, the time you’d like to teach it and a brief description.

For any of the scheduled games, there will be no sign up. They will be handled on a first come, first play basis.

Scheduled Games

  • Warmachine/Hordes tournament – 35pt Warmachine/Hordes tournament, two lists required. Character restriction applies. No reinforcements or specialists will be used. The top 3 players will win Steamroller coins, and anyone who plays at least one fully painted list will be entered into a drawing for a special prize. Registration begins at 10am, and the tournament starts at 11am sharp. Prize support provided by Triple Play Games.
  • RPG “Extinction” – Call of Cthulu – 9AM to 5PM – 6 Players – GM James Davenport -”You fight back nausea as you push yourself slowly up to your knees. What happened? Just as you were achieving a victory against horror you are pulled…ripped…to here… The hairs on the back of your neck bristle with danger. This place. It’s not like anyplace on earth. Or is it?” Extinction is a Call of Cthulu adventure designed with a continuing “revolving door” concept in which players can play for however long they choose, drop out, and even return later to an open seat. The entire game will run for 8 hours (with breaks). No experience is necessary. Summary game information and characters will be provided. Recommended for mature role-players.
  • Netrunner tournament - 1:00PM - Event format: Aiming at a swiss 3 rounds with a final showdown between the top 2. Will adjust according to the number of participants, if needed.
    FFG tournament rules 1.1 will be applied. Deck format: multiple core sets and all datapacks up to “A study in static” will be allowed. April’s datapack “Humanity’s shadow” will be allowed only if released earlier than April 20th giving at least a complete week for the players to adjust thier decks. Cost: free, but must have paid the convention registration fees. Prizes: A total of $50 in gift certificates to winner’s choice of our main FLGS: Triple play, Book Garden or Quaterstaff… $25 for the winner and a random $25 between the participants that cannot be won by the winner.
  • 1st/2nd Ed D&D campaign – Middle Earth, 2nd Age - GM John Prushko – elves on a scouting expedition during Sauron’s invasion of the elvish realms of the north. Sessions will begin in the morning, ongoing as people come and go, with small modules, as opposed to long scenarios and lasts until the GM is wiped out.

Teaching Sessions

9:30AM:

  • Tzolk’in: the Mayan Calendar – taught by Rodney Sheldon
  • Android: Netrunner – taught by Bethany Creaser
  • Penny Press -  taught by Matt Golec or Robert Dulkes. Penny Press is a game of newspaper barons competing for readers at the end of the 19th century, is a locally-designed (by Matt and Robert)prototype that debuted at last year’s Carnage. We welcome your input! The game lasts about 60 minutes.

2:00PM:

  • Tammany Hall - taught by Rodney Sheldon
  • Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery – taught by Richard Creaser
  • Penny Press -  taught by Matt Golec or Robert Dulkes. Penny Press is a game of newspaper barons competing for readers at the end of the 19th century, is a locally-designed (by Matt and Robert)prototype that debuted at last year’s Carnage. We welcome your input! The game lasts about 60 minutes.

 

Silent Auction

Green Mountain Gamers is holding a silent auction to raise money for the Vermont Food Bank. Every $25 will provide 150 meals to Vermonters in need. So bring some extra cash to the Mega Spring Meltdown and be ready to bid!

All items for the auction have been generously donated. We would love to have more items for the auction. If you’d like to donate an item, please send us a message about the item(s) you will donate.

The silent auction will end at 4PM.

Items:

Directions


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Whichever way you’re coming from, you’re probably going to wind up taking Interstate 91 to Fairlee. The entrance to Lake Morey is right next to the ramp either to the left (if you’re traveling North, or to the right if you’re traveling sourth.

Parking

There is plenty of parking at the Lake Morey Resort.

Food and Drink

The Lake Morey Resort will offer concessions from 8AM to 7PM. The bar at the Steamboat Lounge will be open from 5PM to midnight.

In the town of Fairlee, food is available at Wing’s Supermarket deli, Leda’s Pizza, the Fairlee Diner (for breakfast and lunch only), and the Holy Mackerel.

Lodging

Lodging is available at the Lake Morey Resort. To make a reservation, call 1-800-423-1211 and say you are with the Green Mountain Gamers. They will accept room reservations until March 27, 2013. Reservations made after this date will be accepted on a space available basis. A deposit of $50 per room is required to confirm your room reservation. The resort accepts personal checks and credit cards.

Room rates per night: Single/Double: $85      Triple: $95.00      Quad: $105.00