Calling All Board Game Lovers!
Ready for some fun around the table? Join us at Matsuricon for an awesome Tabletop Board Game Lounge where you can roll the dice, draw a card, and enjoy some friendly competition!
Whether you’re into strategy games, party games, or classic favorites, there’s something for everyone. Grab your friends, meet new players, and dive into a world of fun!
What’s waiting for you?
- Open Play Areas with a huge selection of board games for all ages and skill levels
- Guided Game Sessions – new to a game? Don’t worry, we’ll teach you the rules!
- Game Library featuring everything from strategy epics to quick party games
New Game Marquee
- Urban Shadows
- Change My Mind
- One Piece Bento Panic
- Sonic Roll
- Sonic Speed Battle
- SpyxFamily: Mission for Peanuts
- Mega Man Adventures
- Street Fighter V
- HunterxHunter: The 284th Exams
- Star Realms Academy
- Pack the Essentials
- Push Push Penguin
- Ka-pow
- Star Realms
- Hero Realms
- Pickleball Dice
FRIDAY
2:00pm – “Learn to play RPGs” Have you always been interested in Roleplaying Games like DnD, Pathfinder, and all the many other wondrous fun game systems, but don’t know where to begin? Come join professional Game Master, MEDM Sean, as he leads this workshop about getting started in the world of Tabletop Roleplaying Games. There’s a game table out there in need of a hero, and that hero could be you. Located in the Storytellers Forge game room. (Estimated event duration is 90 minutes)
4:30pm – “How to NOT suck at Storytelling” No Game Master is perfect… we all make mistakes. Come join this panel of professional GMs featuring MEDM Sean, Patrick Edwards, Case Aiken, and more as they share some of their past missteps in running RPG games and the valuable lessons they learned in the process. Located in the panel rooms. (Estimated event duration is 60 minutes)
7:00pm – Game Sessions:
The Black Ballad: Severed Threads
GM: MEDM Sean
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E (Level 8 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: Death is an inevitable embrace for all adventurers. So too is resurrection, it would seem, in worlds graced by divine magic. But what about that waiting period? While you are stuck in the afterlife waiting for a cleric’s hand to return you from a critical failure—how do you bide your time? Come experience The Black Ballad, the adventure that begins after the heroes die…
Cthulhu Dreamt: Springfield Nocturne
GM: Brad Roberts
Maximum Players: 6
System: Sojourn
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: The residents of the quiet Midwestern town of Springfield are about to have a night unlike any they’ve had before. In this resource-based, progressive death metal, survival-horror game that blurs the line between murder mystery and Traditional TTRPG the residents of the Aylesbury Apartment complex will try to survive a horrifying experience—and if they’re lucky, they’ll be able to share their story with the world
A Bar Crawl in Sharn
GM: Case Aiken
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E 2024 (Level 3 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: Even adventuring heroes need to have fun and blow off some steam from time to time. Come join pro-GM, Case Aiken, as he leads this whimsical reimagining of the classic dungeon crawl where you, The Player, embark on a rowdy bar crawl through the streets of Eberron’s largest city.
Purgatory Poker
System: Any/All
Maximum Players: 6
Duration: 1-2 hours
Description: You died. Now what? Come bring any dead character idea to a gambling event for a chance of resurrection by the ST Forge team in a hand of Purgatory Poker! No sheets or prep needed. Perfect for new and experienced players alike!
Rent-A-GM
Looking to jump into a custom one shot at the last minute? Stop by the Storytellers Forge in the Game Room and rent a GM for some “made to order” adventuring! (Duration: 1-4 hours)
SATURDAY
2:00pm – Game Sessions:
The Rat Cage
GM: Case Aiken
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E 2024 (Level 3 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: “Rise and shine, heroes! It’s time to get up. No, no, no more resting. You have run the gauntlet. And, no, you don’t have a choice, or at least, not much of one. See, either you fight your way through the gauntlet… or you die! Bahahahahaha!” Players are invited to join GM, Case Aiken, for this “magic punk” dungeon crawl event.
The Godless: A Black Ballad One Shot
GM: MEDM Sean
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: When a god dies, or even just fades away, there is always a last, faithful few. What happens to a paladin or cleric as they watch through tear-stained eyes as the source of their faith and power disappears into the void? Their deities now erased from the lands of the living, what comes next for those who have now found themselves godless? Come join pro-GM, MEDM Sean, and experience the original Storytellers Forge core Player Class: The Godless. (Duration 3-4 hours)
Cthulhu Dreamt: R’lyehian March
GM: Brad Roberts
Maximum Players: 6
System: Sojourn
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: The mysterious island of R’lyeh has begun to behave in ways it hasn’t before, and an alarming message has everyone on their toes. Play the elite EDGe Troopers of Moros Squad in this resource-based, near-future, survival-horror TTRPG as they try desperately to survive the innumerable horrors R’lyeh has to offer.
Festival of the Forgotten: Dark Carnival
GM: Ryan Zarecki
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E
Duration: 3-4 Hours (Level 5 Player Characters)
Description: Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Step right up and try your luck! The carnival has come to town… but this isn’t just any carnival, most certainly not… Guests are encouraged to enjoy all the fun, the games, the attractions, the delicious culinary offerings… that is until the clock strikes 9 and the REAL fun begins. Can you survive the overnight lock-in? Come join GM Ryan and try to survive a night in the Dark Carnival.
7:00pm – Game Sessions:
A Bar Crawl in Sharn
GM: Case Aiken
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E 2024 (Level 3 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: Even adventuring heroes need to have fun and blow off some steam from time to time. Come join pro-GM, Case Aiken, as he leads this whimsical reimagining of the classic dungeon crawl where you, The Player, embark on a rowdy bar crawl through the streets of Eberron’s largest city.
The Black Ballad: Severed Threads
GM: MEDM Sean
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E (Level 8 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: Death is an inevitable embrace for all adventurers. So too is resurrection, it would seem, in worlds graced by divine magic. But what about that waiting period? While you are stuck in the afterlife waiting for a cleric’s hand to return you from a critical failure—how do you bide your time? Come experience The Black Ballad, the adventure that begins after the heroes die…
Cthulhu Dreamt: Springfield Nocturne
GM: Brad Roberts
Maximum Players: 6
System: Sojourn
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: The residents of the quiet Midwestern town of Springfield are about to have a night unlike any they’ve had before. In this resource-based, progressive death metal, survival-horror game that blurs the line between murder mystery and Traditional TTRPG the residents of the Aylesbury Apartment complex will try to survive a horrifying experience—and if they’re lucky, they’ll be able to share their story with the world.
Purgatory Poker
System: Any/All
Maximum Players: 6
Duration: 1-2 hours
Description: You died. Now what? Come bring any dead character idea to a gambling event for a chance of resurrection by the ST Forge team in a hand of Purgatory Poker! No sheets or prep needed. Perfect for new and experienced players alike!
Rent-A-GM
Looking to jump into a custom one shot at the last minute? Stop by the Storytellers Forge in the Game Room and rent a GM for some “made to order” adventuring! (Duration: 1-4 hours)
SUNDAY
11:00am – Game Sessions:
Cthulhu Dreamt: R’lyehian March
GM: Brad Roberts
Maximum Players: 6
System: Sojourn
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: The mysterious island of R’lyeh has begun to behave in ways it hasn’t before, and an alarming message has everyone on their toes. Play the elite EDGe Troopers of Moros Squad in this resource-based, near-future, survival-horror TTRPG as they try desperately to survive the innumerable horrors R’lyeh has to offer.
The Rat Cage
GM: Case Aiken
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E 2024 (Level 3 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: “Rise and shine, heroes! It’s time to get up. No, no, no more resting. You have run the gauntlet. And, no, you don’t have a choice, or at least, not much of one. See, either you fight your way through the gauntlet… or you die! Bahahahahaha!” Players are invited to join GM, Case Aiken, for this “magic punk” dungeon crawl event.
The Black Ballad: Severed Threads
GM: MEDM Sean
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E (Level 8 Player Characters)
Duration: 3-4 hours
Description: Death is an inevitable embrace for all adventurers. So too is resurrection, it would seem, in worlds graced by divine magic. But what about that waiting period? While you are stuck in the afterlife waiting for a cleric’s hand to return you from a critical failure—how do you bide your time? Come experience The Black Ballad, the adventure that begins after the heroes die…
Festival of the Forgotten: Dark Carnival
GM: Ryan Zarecki
Maximum Players: 6
System: 5E
Duration: 3-4 Hours (Level 5 Player Characters)
Description: Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Step right up and try your luck! The carnival has come to town… but this isn’t just any carnival, most certainly not… Guests are encouraged to enjoy all the fun, the games, the attractions, the delicious culinary offerings… that is until the clock strikes 9 and the REAL fun begins. Can you survive the overnight lock-in? Come join GM Ryan and try to survive a night in the Dark Carnival.