The first A Game of Thrones tournament at OwlCon, this will be a fun and intense tournament for all A Game of Thrones enthusiasts. Prize support will be provided by Fantasy Flight Games including over 250 Gold Dragons to the first place winner.

GM - Joel Garrett

What's tall, green, and can regenerate lost limbs? Whether you know a little or a lot about the role-playing game, you can play AD&D Trivia. You choose the level of questions you wish to answer- from simple multiple choice to complex puzzlers. Either way, with luck and skill you can vanquish your opponents.

GM - Leslie Holm

Advanced Squad Leader is a World War II turn based squad level game featuring individual squads, leaders, support weapons and vehicles. The game is played on geomorphic boards which can be configured to represent almost any terrain in WW II. The level of detail is incredible! This is the weekend long tournament.

GM - Walter Eardley

Advanced Squad Leader is a World War II turn based squad level game featuring individual squads, leaders, support weapons and vehicles. The game is played on geomorphic boards which can be configured to represent almost any terrain in WW II. The level of detail is incredible! This session is designed to introduce new players to the basic game system.

GM - Walter Eardley

"It MUST be mine!" Welcome to Chez Dork! In this stand-alone card game, you and your friends enter the world of John Kovalic's award-winning comic Dork Tower and compete to feed their fannish obsessions and collect the games, cards, and other geeky treasures they can't live without. The object of Chez Dork is to get more Stuff, faster, than all your friends. But your particular Obsessions determine what you think is neat at any given time. And a gamer's obsessions can change . . .

GM - Andrea Little

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

This Collectable Throwing Game has become a quiet hit at some of the games stores in the area and at the UHCL Gamer's Guild. Play one of four fantasy factions: Centaurs, Elves, Undead, and Goblins. Throw your chips on the table and resolve their effects. It's that simple. The player with the most Clout on the table wins.

GM - Marion Carpenter

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

One of the most groundbreaking and influential games of all time. Players represent alien races that are seeking to spread themselves onto five foreign worlds. To accomplish this, they make challenges against other players and enlist the aid of interested parties. But all that would be boring without the unique alien powers, which give players ways to break some rule in the game...

GM - Jeff Johannigman

Crokinole Challenge - can you beat the local area master? If so, you'll win a prize! Crokinole is a game of skill and strategy: easy to learn, fun to play, hard to master! Hey, it looks easy - just "flick" your wooden disks on the large circular board, but watch out for those little rubber bumpers! Don't forget - you must be able to hit one of your opponent's disks for yours to count.

GM - Tony Elam

Dino Hunt is a family game for two or more players, age 8 and up. In Dino Hunt you travel through time, visiting the different eras where the dinosaurs lived to capture them for your modern-day zoo. But the other players have cards that can make your hunt harder - and watch out for that charging T. Rex!

GM - Andrea Little

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

Diplomacy - the classic game of international intrigue and strategy, set in Europe circa 1900. Play as one of the major powers - England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Turkey, or Russia. Invade your neighbors, negotiate alliances, and stab your friends in the back when they aren't looking. The rules are simple to learn, but the strategy comes from knowing who to trust and when to betray them.

GM - Jeff Johannigman

Now you can play John Kovalic's Dork Tower characters IN 3D as they play... their characters, in a magical quest for the ultimate prize where no strategy is too low, no player too Munchkiny, and no rule is safe! Adventure through the land of Aurora, smiting monsters and growing in power until you are strong enough to challenge the evil wizard in his tower. Slay him and you win; fail, and be cast from the heights!

GM - Andrea Little

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!

GM - Alex Camacho

Welcome to the Illuminati. We do not exist, so do not try to find us. But lead your faction to gain control of the world. Attempt to meet your secret goals. Make allies and betray them when necessary.

GM - James Kent

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

The classic game of conspiracy- players are secret cabals seeking global domination. Wheel & deal, bribe, and backstab your way to supremacy, while discovering that Swiss Bankers run the Cocaine smugglers, the CIA is using the Mafia to destroy Madison Avenue, and your local Police Department has been taken over by Aliens from Outer Space!

GM - Stefan Siwko

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

Iron Dragon is a railroad building and cargo hauling game using Mayfair's Empire Builder railroad game system. Iron Dragon features foremen of different races that give advantages in building over specific types of terrain, and ships which can carry a train by sea from port to port.

GM - Rick Jones

Can you keep from being attacked by the whimsical Whisk or the torching Flame Thrower? Defend your Bunnies with the Magic Spatula, or use a Feed The Bunny card to starve out an opponent! It's off-the-wall strategic fun, where the goal is to survive and claim the Magic Carrot to win the game!

GM - Brandon Plunkett

Tired of only seeing Net Decks? Tired of losing to Mr. Suitcase? Not at this Tourney! There can be only one! Magic Type I Highlander Tourney: Rules are standard constructed deck, 60 card minimum, but all cards are restricted to a maximum of 1 except for basic lands. That's right, all cards are considered restricted (except for banned cards - yep, still banned). Make a Highlander deck and come join us, it'll be different!

GM - James Spurny

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

Memoir 44 is a Axis and Allies type board game that centers on Germany V. Allies around 4 June 1944. Players can control Infantry, Armor, Airborne or Special Forces. There are over 15 historically accurate scenarios to chose from.

GM - Daniel Flanagan

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. 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 - Alex Camacho

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

Kill the monsters, steal the treasure, stab your buddy. It's all of fun of a dungeon crawl without any of that messy roleplaying! Munchkin is a card game that playfully parodies the fantasy roleplaying experience. This particular demo will be played with the original Munchkin, and the add-ons Unnatural Axe and Clerical Errors. Come join us and have some fun!

GM - Jeffrey Ruppel

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

Your secret school of Mutants, in Chinatown on Mars has become haunted. It's underground lair has become a Dungeon to Hell. And to top it off, your buddies have decided to "help" you save the day, whether you want them to or not. All of the equipment has been left in the dungeon, along with all your minions, and theirs.

GM - Morgan Oviatt

Be vampires...and werewolves...and snotty faerie changelings...or even a mysterious mummy. Any similarity to a certain angsty role playing game is strictly coincidental...and any roleplaying will be strictly accidental. You're here to KILL things and take their loot. Face the Banshee, the Heck Hounds, the musical stylings of the Ten Inch Tacks and other fearsome foes. Smite them all and be the first to Level 10!

GM - Andrew Faulkner

Welcome to the Honorable Ninja Burger Franchise. As Assistant Manager Trainee it is up to you to help the store flourish by sucessfully delivering the orders to the most interesting of locations in 30 minutes or less, and no one but the customer must see you.

GM - James Kent

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

Looking for volunteers to help playtest this card game based on the wildly popular Order of the Stick web comic. Each character takes the role of Roy, Belkar, Haley or the others as they hack their way through the dungeon in search of Xykon. Get a chance to play this game before it hits store shelves later this year. Merge the light gameplay style of Talisman with the witty humor of the OOTS comic (www.giantitp.com) and you get an evening of hilarious fun!

GM - Kevin Brusky

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

It's 1880, the Age of Colonialism! Join the race to claim the richest, most prestigious colonies around the globe. Maneuver your military to establish control over the most strategic regions, keeping a wary eye on encroaching enemies whose colonial ambitions are as great as your own. Balance delicate negotiations with the right dose of sabre-rattling in order to best achieve your goals, and be victorious in this game of empire building, economic domination and political confrontation!

GM - Tony Silva

The shadow of Tekil is once again lurking over the Euram. Tekil has not forgotten the old war. They have had generations to build their anger and destructive plans. It is time to strike again! Phantasy Realm is a board game adventure, where each player is the GM. Choose from four adventures and six characters to each. Encounter, trade and engage in combat. The first player to complete the adventure wins.

GM - Leslie Holm

Find fortune and glory in the New World! Settle the lush tropical Isle of Puerto Rico, found plantations to ship sugar and indigo back to Spain, and build marketplaces, harbors and universities to turn San Jose into a thriving commercial metropolis.

GM - Stefan Siwko

Are you a huge wrestling fan? Want a chance to put on your best moves? Here's your chance with the Raw Deal Wrestling game! You will get a chance to play a favorite wrestler and win special cards. There is a Houston League that meets every month for events and prizes.

GM - Angelo Juarez

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

This version of Robo Rally will feature 6 flags on 1 board, creating very high levels of direct robot interaction. There will be a 2 minute programming timer in force, with the player to the left randomly selecting any unprogrammed cards from the defaulting player's hand. Each player has 3 lives. All option cards from the 2nd edition game plus Armed & Dangerous will be in the game with no modifications. Each player will be dealt one random option card at the start of the game.

GM - Rick Jones

Robots racing through dangerous environments with lasers, crusher and conveyor belts, opponents and dreaded pits, all obstacles in the way of the last flag. Use your wits, skill and luck to program your robot better than anybody else and just hope that their programing does not interfere with your plans, else painful and likely humorous destruction will occur. Come enjoy a recently republished classic.

GM - Robert Roche

Robots racing through dangerous environments with lasers, crusher and conveyor belts, opponents and dreaded pits, all obstacles in the way of the last flag. Now we spice things up with other dreaded objects and complex maps. Use your wits, skill and luck to program your robot better than anybody else and just hope that their programming does not interfere with your plans, else painful and likely humorous destruction will occur. Come enjoy a recently re-published classic.

GM - Robert Roche

Why just play on a little board when you can take up the entire entry hall? There is always a good crowd out to play and we look forward to new faces every year. From beginners to seasoned veterans you will enjoy playing Settlers on the giant board.

GM - Glen Bucher

Life is good when you're a Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirl! Enjoy a life of larceny and mayhem as you embark on one Caper after another. Defeat every challenge the galaxy throws at you, from the Friendly Guard Puppies all the way to the Fiendish Death Trap. Pick up Toys (and the occasional Pool Boy), grab more Loot than anyone else, and watch your tail ... because the other catgirls want what you've got!

GM - Andrew Faulkner

Strange Synergy is built around 100 different Power Cards . . . superpowers, mutations, skills, gadgets. Each warrior starts with three different powers. You choose the combination! Can you create the unbeatable team? Can you win against superior powers? 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

Come try Martin Wallace's great Euro/Wargame hybrid. If you remember the classic AH multiplayers like Civ or HotW, this is the same sort of thing, only better. We will teach newcomers.

GM - James Spurny

Come learn inexpensive, fast, and fun games like Give Me The Brain (Deluxe Edition), Unexploded Cow, Light Speed, and The Big Cheese. Well-behaved children ages 11+ and happy adults welcome. Visit the Cheapass Games website at http://cheapass.com and see what's new!

GM - Todd Derscheid

Whether collaborating with other Knights of the Round Table, exploring the monastery for clues to murder, or establishing multiple train routes across Europe or North America...a journey awaits you. Explore these games and more that Days of Wonder has to offer at this demonstration session. Available for play will be Shadows over Camelot, Mystery of the Abbey, both Ticket to Ride games, Pirate's Cove & more. New players are welcome.

GM - Amy Pike

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

Stuck in a gaming rut? Do you only crawl through dungeons, or reenact the Battle of the Bulge, or maybe you've wished that new games weren't so darned expensive? Come try something different for a change. Learn to play one of several different Rio Grande Board Games. Games like Caylus, Carcassonne, Techno Witches and Oltre Mare will be available as well as others. This session is designed as a demonstration instead of a competition. Newcomers are strongly encouraged.

GM - Debra Joyner

A veritable smorgasbord of games from Steve Jackson Games! Deluxe Illuminati, Car Wars Card Game, Chez Geek, Knightmare Chess, Munchkin, etc. You decide, we play! Fun for all!

GM - Keith Nielsen

This event features successful games by various small press publishers. The session is run by Houston's own APE Games publisher Kevin Brusky and features games by Houston designer Kevin Nunn as well as the best games from publishers across the country.

GM - Kevin Brusky

Überplay is focused on producing games of the best quality that are addicting to play and easy to learn. Come and establish a dynasty in ancient Egypt! Perhaps you fancy playing the stock market and look to be the richest of Motley Fools. Help Noah load his Ark before the coming monsoon. Or bid and bluff your way to being the richest real estate mogul the world has ever known! Join us as we have fun doing one or all of the above!

GM - Robert Pulcini

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

Two beer and pretzels games run in the same slot by different GMs. Escape to the rescue chopper through a city full of brain food crazed undead in Zombies!, or race ahead of the pack of all the harshly aspirated race cars in Formula De.

GM - Andy Blozinski

Two beer and pretzels games run in the same slot by different GMs. Escape to the rescue chopper through a city full of brain food crazed undead in Zombies!, or scour for treasure amidst rugged seas and even more rugged sailors, sailing ships from the all the incarnations of the Pirates of the Spanish Main, in this fun minis game.

GM - Andy Blozinski