Board and Card Game Events

On this page you will find a list of gaming events sorted alphabetically by rules system. For a listing of all events and their time slots, see the Gaming Overview. You can find information on how to submit gaming events of your own on our Gamemasters Page.

Event Listing Notes

  • Timeslot listings reflect the number of slots left, e.g. Fri2000 (1) means there is one slot left in the Fri2000 slot.
  • Closed events will be bold-faced in red type, like this - Fri2000 (0)
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Game Systems

1870

18XX Traingame - 1870 3 - 8 players
Fri2000 (8) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

18XX genre train game. Corporations! Stock! Laying of Track!

GM - Chris Kolenda

18EU

18XX Traingame - 18EU 3 - 8 players
Sun1500 (8) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

18XX genre train game. Corporations! Stock! Laying of Track!

GM - Chris Kolenda

Advanced Squad Leader Version 2

Advanced Squad Leader Demo 3 - 6 players
Sat1000 (6) Beginner Level

Advanced Squad Leader is a squad level turn based board game. Games are played on geomorphic boards representing all terrain types for every theater of operation, or historical maps focusing on specific locations. Conflicts range from platoon level to several companies on each side. This event is a teaching/demonstration session for those new to the game.

GM - Walter Eardley


Advanced Squad Leader Tournament 4 - 20 players
Fri2000 (5), Sat1000 (8), Sat1500 (16), Sat2000 (19), Sun1000 (11), Sun1500 (20) Intermediate Level

Advanced Squad Leader is a squad level turn based board game. Games are played on geomorphic boards representing all terrain types for every theater of operation, or historical maps focusing on specific locations. Conflicts range from platoon level to several companies on each side. This event is a weekend long tournament for experienced players.

GM - Walter Eardley

Apples to Apples, Squint, Fluxx

Three Great Party Games 3 - 7 players
Sat2000 (6) Beginner Level

Don't feel like playing a single game for four hours? Come join the fun playing three great party games: Apples to Apples, the hilarious game of comparisons, Squint, the game where pictures take shape, and Fluxx, the game with the ever changing rules! No experience needed.

GM - Carey Jensen

Board Games (Various)

New. Fun. Different. 1 - 8 players
Sat1500 (6), Sat2000 (7), Sun1000 (7) Beginner Level

Come play a new generation of board game. Titles such as Atlantic Star, Power Grid, Cloud Nine, Wyatt Earp and Carcassonne will make you forget the horrendous hours spent playing Monopoly in your youth.

GM - Debra Joyner


The Most Excellent Games You May Have Never Played 2 - 6 players
Fri2000 (2), Sat1000 (5) Beginner Level

APE Games and the Game Publishers Association invite you to play some excellent card and board games you may not have played before. Included will be APE's own card games Anathema and Big Top as well as Smirk and Dagger's "Hex Hex" and Rogue Publishing's "Den of Thieves". Attendees will also help playtest APE's Kingdom of Loathing card game based on the wildly popular online game.

GM - Kevin Brusky

Call of Cthulhu CCG

Cthulhu CCG End of the World Tournament 6 - 16 players
Sun1000 (16) Intermediate Level

Shub-Niggurath! Yog-Sothoth! The Thing That Should Not Be! They are coming -- at least, they are if you have YOUR way! Play the fun game about cuddly old gods and the end of humanity. This will be a sealed format with a starter and two boosters. The boosters will be drafted. Cost for entry is a starter and one booster (about $14). The other booster is free.

GM - John Simons

Cheapass Games (Various)

Cheapass Games Favorites 2 - 7 players
Sat1000 (5), Sat2000 (7), Sun1000 (6) Beginner Level

Want to learn some new fast and fun games, or re-visit some favorites? Come play the Semi-Deluxe Big Idea, Unexploded Cow, goofy zombie-filled Give Me The Brain!, and the delightful space shooter Light Speed. I can also teach you the classics like Kill Dr. Lucky, Falling!, and The Big Cheese. Beginners are expected and welcome. Polite, friendly children are cool, too.

GM - Todd Derscheid

Crokinole

Crokinole Challenge 2 - 6 players
Sat1000 (6), Sun1000 (5) Beginner Level

Can you flick a little wooden disc into a hole? Watch out for those little rubber bumpers and remember the "one cheek rule". Sounds easy, looks easy - but guess what - it's not. Crokinole is an easy game to learn and play but more difficult to master than it looks. Come play a local master - if you can beat him win a prize! It's fun, quick and easy.

GM - Tony Elam

Frag (Steve Jackson Games)

Frag Board Game 2 - 6 players
Sun1500 (5) Beginner Level

Frag is a computer game without a computer. It's a "first-person shooter" on a tabletop. Move your fighter and frag your foes; draw cards for weapons, armor, and gadgets; move through the blood spatters to restore your own health! This game will be run by an official Steve Jackson Games Representative and will be giving away prizes at the end of the game.

GM - Alex Camacho

HACK: Tomb of Vectra

HACK: Tomb of Vectra 2 - 5 players
Sun1500 (4) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

Come join The Knights of the Dinner Table as they once again ravage a perfectly exciting dungeon of all that is good and pure and drive the DM to tears. And yes, You can even be the GM if you show up soon enough. Trashtalk is part of the game. Maturity and a sense of humor required.

GM - Morgan Oviatt

HeroScape

HeroScape 2 - 4 players
Sun1000 (4), Sun1500 (4) Beginner Level

Imagine the Final Battle of All Time, when all the heroes and warriors of history and fantasy converge on a battlefield! Construct the customizable 3-D, interlocking-tile board with terrain and terrain accessories...the field and the battle change with each game! Intense but easy-to-learn gameplay: actions governed by cards indicating movement, range, armor, attack powers.

GM - Matthew Buckingham

Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot

Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot 3 - 8 players
Sat1000 (6) Beginner Level

Killer Bunnies is a fast paced, action filled card game, in which you must try to keep as many Bunnies alive as possible, while eliminating your opponents' Bunnies.

GM - Carey Jensen

Legend of the Five Rings CCG

Legend of the Five Rings CCG Demo 2 - 6 players
Fri2000 (6), Sat1000 (6) Beginner Level

Welcome to the wonderful world of Samurai and Shugenja, Monks and rampaging Oni -- This is the world of L5R. Come join me as I show you how to play one of the most intriguing card games around today. Cards for play provided.

GM - August Cook

Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring 2 - 4 players
Fri2000 (2) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 18 years of age or older to participate in this event.

The Forces of Evil are gathering! And it is up to a few brave heroes to rally the Free People, unite them against the growing threat, and try beyond hope to accomplish the most seemingly impossible of tasks - the destruction of the One Ring! Come lead the Hordes of the Shadow or the Armies of the Free People in the ultimate battle for the fate of Middle-Earth!

GM - Tony Silva

Magic the Gathering

Magic the Gathering Tournament 4 - 8 players
Fri2000 (4) Intermediate Level

Come play the game that started the collectable card game craze! Who will be named Houston's best? This is an Extended Tournament, so come prepared with your favorite decks and let's play!

GM - Eric Charles

Munchkin

Munchkin 3 - 6 players
Sat2000 (2) Beginner Level

Go down in the dungeon. Kill everything you meet. Backstab your friends and steal their stuff. Grab the treasure and run. Admit it. You love it. This award-winning card game, designed by Steve Jackson, captures the essence of the dungeon experience . . . with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. You and your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items. And what magic items! Don the Horny Helmet and the Boots of Butt-Kicking. Wield the Staff of Napalm . . . or maybe the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment. Start by slaughtering the Potted Plant and the Drooling Slime, and work your way up to the Plutonium Dragon....

GM - Oscar Cavazos

Munchkin Blender

Ultimate Tower of Munchkin 2 - 6 players
Fri2000 (4) Beginner Level

This is THE Ultimate Epic Munchkin Deck...No way of cheating has been left out of this stack of Death and Dismemberment. Every published card is included in this historic adventure to 20th Level (or 22nd if you cheat right). Be the SuperDuperMunchkin BountyHunter/Ninja/Wizard/Cleric 1/3Bred Elf/Vampire/Cyborg Cheating with Both Hands that you always wanted to be.

GM - Morgan Oviatt

Munchkin Fu

Munchkin Fu 3 - 6 players
Sun1500 (5) Beginner level

If you loved Munchkin . . . look out. Here they come again. The Munchkins are back! Now the game is chop-socky Hong Kong action. The foes are mooks, demons, and assorted bad guys from all the worst martial arts films you've ever seen. Collect treasures and learn new styles to build up your character's powers. Kill the monsters, take their stuff, and be the first one to 10th level!

GM - Oscar Cavazos

Ninja Burger

Ninja Burger 3 - 6 players
Fri2000 (5), Sat2000 (6) Beginner Level

Bring honor to your local Ninja Burger branch by making your deliveries on time and unseen. Succeed, and you will attain the lofty title of Branch manager. Fail, and you must apologize to your ancestors - the hard way! Good luck, for your co-workers are competing with you.

GM - Jeffrey Ruppel

Ophidian 2350

Ophidian 2350 Demo 2 - 10 players
Fri2000 (10) Beginner Level

Come out and learn to go with the Flow. Ophidian 2350 takes card games to a whole new level. Ophidian 2350 was put out by Fleer games and won 5/5 from Scry plus was nominated for GAMA Card Game of the Year. Come by and try; even if you don't sign up, everyone who plays will be entered for a drawing for Ophidian Signed Cards.

GM - Cheston Keck

Pax Britannica (custom rules)

Pax Britannica, Part 1 4 - 8 players
Sat1500 (8) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

This is the first part of a game that potentially could span two sessions. It is 1880, the Age of Colonialism, and the Great Powers are poised for the race to claim the most valuable colonies around the globe. Come lead your nation to political and economic dominance in this game of negotiations, intrigue, and gunboat diplomacy.

GM - Tony Silva


Pax Britannica, Part 2 4 - 8 players
Sat2000 (8) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

This is the second part of a game that potentially could span two sessions. It is 1880, the Age of Colonialism, and the Great Powers are poised for the race to claim the most valuable colonies around the globe. Come lead your nation to political and economic dominance in this game of negotiations, intrigue, and gunboat diplomacy.

GM - Tony Silva

Phantasy Realm

Phantasy Realm 2 - 4 players
Sat1000 (3), Sat2000 (4) Beginner Level

Set in the land of Euram, just prior to the second invasion of Northern Empire, players compete in one of four quests -- The Tournament, The Contest, the Knight's Club or The Treasure Hunt. Travelling and/or searching results in encounters of all types. Fight monsters, gain treasure, and be the first player to complete the goal!

GM - Leslie Holm

Rail Game: Age of Steam

Puffing Billy Tournament: Age of Steam 3 - 6 players
Sun1000 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Age of Steam, may be played as a standalone game or it may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

Rail Game: Eurorails

Puffing Billy Tournament: Eurorails 3 - 6 players
Fri2000 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Eurorails, may be played as a standalone game or may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

Rail Game: Iron Dragon

Puffing Billy Tournament: Iron Dragon 3 - 6 players
Sat2000 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Iron Dragon, may be played as a standalone game or may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

Rail Game: Rail Baron

Puffing Billy Tournament: Rail Baron 3 - 6 players
Sat1000 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Rail Baron, may be played as an individual event or may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

Rail Game: Silverton

Puffing Billy Tournament: Silverton 3 - 6 players
Sat1500 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Silverton, may be played as a standalone event or may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

Rail Game: Union Pacific

Puffing Billy Tournament: Union Pacific 3 - 6 players
Sun1500 (6) Intermediate Level

This event, Union Pacific, may be played as a standalone game or may be played as part of the Puffing Billy Tournament. Six different Puffing Billy events will be played over the weekend - one scheduled for each time slot. You must play in at least three to qualify for the win.

GM - Rick Jones

RoboRally

RoboRally (Advanced) 2 - 6 players
Sat2000 (6) Intermediate Level

You have a number of cards to program your robot safely through a dangerous warehouse racing to the finish. Avoid the laser beams, pits and crushers and if you are lucky find a conveyor belt going in the right direction. Option cards may give you an advantage and additional board elements add more challenge and excitement. Players should already be experienced or participate in the earlier introductory session.

GM - Eloise Roche


RoboRally (Beginner) 2 - 6 players
Sat1000 (4) Beginner Level

You have a number of cards to program your robot safely through a dangerous warehouse racing to the finish. Avoid the laser beams, pits and crushers and if you are lucky find a conveyor belt going in the right direction. Fun and exciting game for everyone. Basic game to start, with advanced boards and options as we continue.

GM - Eloise Roche

Settlers of Catan

Giant Sized Settlers of Catan 2 - 4 players
Sat1000 (4), Sat1500 (0), Sat2000 (4) Beginner Level

Come play Settlers of Catan on a giant board, 37 square feet of island fun. Check pictures from Owlcon's past to see the game in action. We always have fun and welcome new players.

GM - Glen Bucher


Settlers of Catan 3 - 16 players
Sat1500 (13), Sun1000 (16) Beginner Level

Come and conquer Catan. Basic rules make this great board game challenging for beginners and advanced players. No experience necessary. We will have 4 different games running so players with similar experience can play each other and we will have Knights and Seafarers also if a group wants to play one of the other versions.

GM - Richard Trapp

Spycraft CCG

Spycraft CCG Demo 2 - 5 players
Fri2000 (5), Sat2000 (3) Beginner Level

What happens when spies strike out on their own to change the world they helped to destroy? How far will they go to save it? Welcome to a different future…

GM - Deborah Kent

Strange Synergy (Steve Jackson Games)

Strange Synergy 2 - 4 players
Sun1000 (4) Beginner Level

Strange Synergy is built around 100 different Power Cards . . . superpowers, mutations, skills, gadgets. You choose the combination! No two games are the same. How many ways can you make four different teams of three warriors, out of 100 powers? This game will be run by an official Steve Jackson Games Representative and prizes will be awarded at the end of the game.

GM - Alex Camacho

Talisman, 2nd ed.

Talisman 3 - 8 players
Sat1500 (3), Sat2000 (6) Beginner Level

Minimum age: You must be 13 years of age or older to participate in this event.

The classic Talisman 2nd Edition game with all expansions. Each player must set off on a quest to find the magic talisman. The journey will be filled with monsters, traps, and evil beings that are waiting to defeat you before you can get to the greatest treasure of them all, the Crown of Command.

GM - Lee Zemer

Titan

Titan (Advanced) 2 - 12 players
Sat1500 (12) Intermediate Level

Clashes between ogres, gorgons, and dragons: on the masterboard, your stacks wander around looking to recruit bigger, meaner creatures. When you greet an enemy stack, battle zooms in to a small tactical-level map. The last titan left standing wins. This session is for players who have played at least once.

GM - Ian Barland


Titan (Beginner) 2 - 12 players
Sat1000 (11) Beginner Level

Clashes between ogres, gorgons, and dragons: on the masterboard, your stacks wander around looking to recruit bigger, meaner creatures. When you greet an enemy stack, battle zooms in to a small tactical-level map. The last titan left standing wins. This session is for those new to the game.

GM - Ian Barland

Warlord CCG, Campaign ed.

Warlord CCG Demo 3 - 7 players
Fri2000 (7) Beginner Level

This event will provide an introduction to the Warlord Collectable Card Game. A d20 based rule system makes this game ideal for beginners. Heroic characters and Warlords represent the most commonly used cards, and it is their actions in battle that determine the course of the great war that wracks the kingdoms of the World of Accord. Game-play is fast and packed with a great deal of strategy.

GM - Diane Schluter


Warlord CCG Tournament 4 - 12 players
Sat1500 (12) Intermediate Level

Warlord CCG Tournament -- bring a campaign legal deck. I will have a limited number of loaner decks available. Warlord is a game of epic conflict in a fantasy world. Heroic characters and Warlords represent the most commonly used cards, and it is their actions in battle that determine the course of the great war that wracks the kingdoms of the World of Accord.

GM - Diane Schluter

Yu-gi-oh! CCG

Yu-gi-oh! and Duelmaster 2 - 12 players
Sat2000 (11), Sun1000 (11) Beginner Level

Yu-gi-oh! and Duelmaster the card game. Fun and relaxing to play. This event is an easy way to meet other players, and gain more experience at the game.

GM - Justus Benson


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