New at this year’s PulpFest will be a gaming track. Many of the themes found in the world of modern games resonate from the pulps and the stories published in those magazines. There are games based on Conan, the Cthulhu Mythos, space operas, westerns, mysteries, pulp heroes, and more.
PulpFest 2015 will have demonstrations of role-playing games and various board, card, and dice games. We’ll have a room featuring eight tables for new or experienced players. A number of local gaming groups will be running RPGs dealing with weird tales, ancient ruins, and murder mysteries. As part of our celebration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of H. P. Lovecraft, there will be role-playing adventures based on the Cthulhu Mythos. Additionally, we’ll have a number of board and card games that can be played in less than a hour. So if you need a break from the dealers’ room, you won’t be kept away too long.
One of the quick games that will be played at PulpFest is called Cthulhu Dice. Players take turns rolling the big, custom-designed, twelve-sided die, embossed with tentacles, Elder Signs, and more. The objective of the game is to drive your opponents insane with the cast of your die. Want to destroy your friend’s sanity, or better yet, steal it? Stop at the PulpFest 2015 game room and play a round or two of Cthulhu Dice. But watch out for Cthulhu! When the Great Old One shows up, he drives everyone insane! The last sane cultist wins . . . unless everyone goes mad together. Then Cthulhu wins! Cthulhu Dice plays in 5 to 10 minutes, and is great fun for two to six players.
Another fun game is Munchkin Conan, a card game with 168 cards and a unique six-sided die. Based on the adventures of Robert E. Howard’s Conan, introduced to readers in the December 1932 issue of Weird Tales, players can battle wizards, slay monsters, defeat vast armies, and laugh in the face of death. Be a Cimmerian Warrior or a Stygian wizard! Wield the Sword of the Phoenix and poison your foes with the Black Lotus! Slay Thoth-Amon’s minions, abominable monsters, and Pict raiders. Hear the lamentations of their women! Fast-playing and silly, Munchkin Conan can reduce any role-playing group to hysteria. And, while they’re laughing, you can steal their stuff!
The PulpFest 2015 gaming track will begin at 10 AM on both Friday and Saturday and last until 10 PM or thereabouts. On Sunday, games will begin at 10 AM and continue until the end of the convention. All games will be set up in the Clark Room, located on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency. The only requirements to play games at PulpFest 2015 are a PulpFest membership, your imagination, and a desire to have a good time. So if you enjoy pulps and you enjoy games, PulpFest will be the place to be. You can join us at the beautiful Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio, beginning on Thursday evening, August 13th and running through Sunday afternoon, August 16th. Click here to learn how to register for “Summer’s Great Pulp Con,” and now, “Summer’s Great Pulp Gaming Con.”
