Written and edited by Anna Kreider. Playtested by Travis Farber, Nick Frankenhauser, Anna Kreider.

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2 ak 01 GenCon CREDITS Written and edited by Anna Kreider. Playtested by Travis Farber, Nick Frankenhauser, Anna Kreider. BOILERPLATE This playset is an accessory for the Fiasco role-playing game by Bully Pulpit Games. This playset is copyright 2010 by Anna Kreider. Fiasco is copyright 2009 by Jason Morningstar. All rights are reserved. For more information about Fiasco or to download other playsets and materials, visit If you d like to create your own playset or other Fiasco-related content, we d like to help. Write us at info@bullypulpitgames.com. When you play, play hard. - Theodore Roosevelt

3 THE SCORE the worst four days in gaming Maybe you go to GenCon to get lost in deviant fantasies. Maybe you go to GenCon to be the very first person to get the Hot New Game. Or maybe you go to kill the pain of your mundane and boring life by spending way too much money on games that no one will play with you. Whatever your reason for going, let s face it. It s four days and three nights, no sleep, lots of caffeine, and more booze. Combine that with 30,000 nerds with poor social skills and easily-provoked nerd rage, and GenCon is just a fiasco waiting to happen. bookmarks MegaTokyo, Penny Arcade, Mac Hall, Real Life Comics

4 relationships... 1 family 1 Parent and child 2 Parent and step-child 3 Siblings 4 Cousins 5 Aunt/Uncle and niece/nephew 6 Distant Relatives 2 work 1 Con-goer and booth babe 2 Unpaid booth lackeys 3 Employer and professional assistant 4 Rent-a-cop and prior offender 5 Co-workers in a depressing cubicle farm 6 Business partners 3 The internet 1 Mutual internet loathing ( I fucking hate that guy ) 2 Co-producers of an obscure podcast 3 Guild-mates in a popular MMORPG 4 Members of an online writing group/pbem 5 Fan-comic/webcomic collaborators 6 Celebrity and overly persistent internet stalker

5 4 romance 1 Married 2 Divorced/separated 3 Having a secret affair 4 One-time drunken fling 5 Lovers 6 Stalker and stalkee 5 crime 1 DVD bootlegger and vendor 2 Con man and unsuspecting dupe 3 Drug dealer and addict 4 Thieves 5 Wannabee crooks/small-time vandals 6 Crime boss and desperate debtor 6 friends 1 Frenemies (public friends, secret enemies) 2 Childhood friends 3 Old college buddies 4 Friends with benefits 5 The friend you can always turn to 6 The friend who always gets you in trouble...at gencon

6 NEEDS... 1 To get laid 1 By an Asian cos-player in a skimpy anime costume 2 By GenCon Guest of Honor Margaret Flatley 3 By a furry 4 By as many booth babes as possible 5 For the first time ever. Finally. 6 By the person who humiliated you. 2 to uncover 1 Where they hid the money 2 Your employer s weekly lunch appointments... that last two hours 3 The secrets buried in Margaret Flatley s shady past 4 Something that could destroy your rival forever 5 Something that seems too good to be true 6 Who stole it from you and how you can steal it back 3 To get revenge 1 On the guy who stole your award/trophy 2 On that troll for being Wrong On The Internet 3 On that celebrity you hate 4 On the stupid nerds 5 On your arch rival 6 On women. All of them.

7 4 To get respect 1 From a Big Deal Game Designer 2 By making everyone in awe of your dizzying intellect 3 From your friends, who think you ll be a loser forever 4 From your estranged family, who think you re going to hell 5 From yourself, by finally growing a spine 6 From the famous British Guest of Honor Michael Waldorf 5 To get rich 1 Through selling hoards of bootleg DVDs 2 By stealing luggage 3 By scoring a publishing deal for this amazing game... that you stole from the creator 4 By any means necessary, no matter who stands in your way 5 By holding Michael Waldorf hostage 6 By stealing valuable memorabilia 6 To get away 1 From your shitty job 2 From your nagging spouse/significant other 3 From your parents, who think you re either gay or a loser (or both) 4 From your boring, every day life 5 From a crazed stalker 6 From an impossible debt just about to come due...at gencon

8 LOCATIONS... 1 the convention center 1 A quiet, out of the way sitting area, filled with sleeping geeks 2 The area outside the dealers hall with all the filkers 3 Near the giant beholder statue 4 The hallway with hordes of female cos-players being photographed by sweaty men 5 By the ATM, near the payphones 6 The loading dock, near where the unused forklifts are parked 2 The dealers room 1 The twenty-foot tall t-shirt booth, towering over all its neighbors 2 Outside the boffer arena 3 Near a booth in Artist s Alley 4 The corset booth with a discreetly placed rack of bondage gear 5 The largest hentai booth at the convention 6 The Wizards of the Coast booth 3 downtown restaurants 1 The food court outside the dealer s room 2 The greasy sub shop with really cheap food 3 The fancy bistroy, full of big wigs living high on the hog 4 The run-down diner near the highway 5 The Starbucks full of geeks desperate enough for four dollar coffee 6 The brewpub full of drunk con-goers and exhausted wait-staff

9 4 convention center ballrooms 1 The ballroom crammed wall-to-wall with people playing Magic 2 The CCG tournament with generous cash prizes 3 In the room full of costumed Vampire LARPers 4 The ballroom with the after-hours costume dance 5 The ballroom with tired RPGA GMs running D&D all day 6 Where the items donated to the charity auction are on display 5 the embassy suites 1 The tacky gift shop on the lower level 2 The tables in the lobby crammed with tired gamers 3 Near the tiny hotel bar 4 The dirty stairwell that is impossible to find 5 An empty conference room stocked with pencils and water 6 By the elevator on the twentieth floor where you can see.. all... the way... down. 6 The streets of downtown indy 1 The corner with the pamphlets about why Jesus hates gamers 2 A crowded sidewalk just outside the convention center 3 A small, dirty alley stinking of cigarettes 4 The traffic circle with the giant monument 5 Under the UFO (near the Embassy Suites) 6 A badly lit parking garage...at gencon

10 OBJECTS... 1 wtf? 1 A sealed case of hardcore tentacle porn DVDs 2 One hundred pairs of panties packaged for discreet sale 3 A dead hobo stuffed into a life-sized R2D2 4 A van full of Cthulu dolls stuffed with cocaine 5 Ten full suits of Storm Trooper armor, only slighly used 6 Forty-thousand six-sided dice 2 weapon 1 A sawed-off shot gun 2 A pair of night-sticks 3 A licensed replica of Gandalf s sword, Glamdring 4 A home-made taser 5 An incredibly realistic plastic assault rifle 6 Giant boffer weapons 3 transportation 1 A rented stretch SUV 2 A beat-up and rusted cargo van with vanity plates 3 A pair of Segways 4 Very expensive, bright orange convertible sports car 5 Touristy horse-drawn carriage 6 Golf cart

11 4 information 1 An encrypted jump drive 2 A stolen laptop loaded with incriminating videos 3 The passport of British Guest of Honor Michael Waldorf 4 Two hundred signed carbon copies of credit cards 5 Someone else s exhibitor badge 6 A stolen key to a storage locker 5 valuables 1 Ten thousand dollars in one dollar bills 2 A complete, autographed set of pristine Mox Magic cards 3 A locked cash register... with no key 4 A wallet with thousands of dollars in signed travelers checks 5 Two wrapped skids of the most hotly anticipated game 6 A complete set of oversized, solid gold dice with diamond pips 6 sentimental 1 A newborn baby in a Boba Fett onesie 2 The only copy of a hand-written screenplay 3 A copy of Aragorn s ring engraved To my Princess Bride 4 A signed photo of Felicia Day, made out to a little girl 5 A signed custom drawing by a famous artist 6 An album full of ruined pictures of a Star Wars themed wedding...at gencon

12 A Gencon INSTA-setup Relationships at gencon For three players Family: Siblings Crime: Wannabe crooks/small time vandals Romance: One-time drunken fling For four players, add The Internet: Mutual internet loathing ( I fucking hate that guy ) For five players, add Friends: Old college buddies Needs at gencon For three players To Get Rich: By stealing valuable memoribilia For four or five players, add To Get Laid: By a furry objects at gencon For three or four players WTF?: Forty-thousand six-sided dice For five players, add Sentimental: A newborn baby in a Boba Fett onesie locations at gencon For three, four or five players Convention Center: Near the giant beholder statue