2023 MañanaCon is over, but the memories will last. Interested to see what we played last year? Check out our preplanned events below! These and many others were played at our convention.
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Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Open Gaming
10 am – 10 pm – Find a few people and jump into a game! Pick a game from the library or bring your favorites from home.
Flea Market
10 am – 10pm – Bring your games to sell, look for deals to buy. Details found on the flea market page.
Featured Games
10 – 11 am
Wildlands: Your team of five adventurers rushes into a dungeon and tries to collect their five crystals before any other team. Can’t get all of your crystals? Sending an opponent’s character to the infirmary counts the same as a crystal. Teams are asymmetrical and there is a variety of maps and teams for the game. GM: Susan Tucker
2-4 players.
1 – 5 pm
Brindlewood Bay: A roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who frequently find themselves investigating (and solving!) real-life murder mysteries.
The game is directly inspired by the television show Murder, She Wrote, but also takes inspiration from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, “cozy” crime dramas, and American TV shows from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. GM: Tara King
3-5 players.
6 – 9 pm
Titan: Move around the main board growing your legions of fantasy monsters attacking your opponents when you sense weakness. Take the fight to a smaller battle board where the creatures are revealed and duke it out with tons of d6s. Word of warning, this game does feature player elimination. GM: Ivan Begley
2-6 players.
Friday, August 18th, 2023
Open Gaming
10 am – 10 pm – Bring your favorite games or just bring yourself.
Flea Market
10 am – 10pm – Bring your games to sell, look for deals to buy. Details found on the flea market page.
Featured Gaming
10 am – 2 pm
Pendragon: The Adventure of the Great Hunt: The knights set off on a month-long hunt, racing against time to save the life of a great and noble knight and defeat an infernal dragon ravaging the countryside. Only they will find salvation lies not in steel and brawn, but in the
gentle belch of a panther… GM: Mike “Eddie” Dethlefs
6 players.
10 am – 10 pm
Mega Civilization: Play the latest version of the game that inspired the computer series! Grow your civilization from one person alone in the wilderness to a network of thriving cities that trade and interact with cities throughout the ancient world. This up-to-18-player game is an experience you’ll never forget. Newbie friendly, and don’t fear the playtime – we will take breaks! GM: Paul Schulzetenberg
6-18 players.
1 – 2 pm
RSVP to Die: Designer Mesa – Play with the designer!
Ten sacrifices will satisfy DekaZ’ehn. Awaken the god and you shall be rewarded with power beyond the human imagination…
You’ve been preparing for the arrival of DekaZ’ehn. Ten sacrifices? Easy. However, there is a catch – All ten sacrifices must be made the same night.
The stack of RSVPs are on your desk. The party will begin tonight as will the sacrifices. Little did they know, they RSVP’d to die. GM: Aaron Gresham
2-5 players.
6 – 9 pm
Call of Cthulu: The Necropolis: What ancient horrors lie slumbering in a newly discovered tomb deep in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings? Are you allowing local superstitions and the unfortunate events surrounding the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb to play on your mind as you wait to step down into the darkness… GM: Mike “Eddie” Dethlefs
4 players.
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
Open Gaming
10 am – 10 pm – Meet new people or reconnect with old friends.
Flea Market
10 am – 10pm – Buy and sell new and used treasures. Details here.
Featured Gaming
10 am – 2 pm
ONWARD//UPWARD: Designer Mesa – Play with the designer!
Game full: Waitlist only!
A unique bag-building TTRPG focused on performing heists in a far-flung science-fantasy space station. Each session is a contained adventure where players will craft the world, their characters, and heist set up that is different with each playthrough. Brave the weird and dangerous world to pay your debts and go onward and potentially upward! GM: Cameron James
4 players.
12 – 4 pm
Pathfinder Society 2nd Edition: 1-01 The Absalom Initiation: A new era is beginning for the Pathfinder Society, with new recruits and new factions all excited to build connections and embark on grand adventures. The PCs are among these recruits invited to attend a welcoming party where they can meet both the old guard as well as the up-and-coming leaders. But the party’s not all talk; the PCs learn of four exciting escapades in Absalom, through which they can kick off their adventuring careers! GM: Mike “Eddie” Dethlefs
6 players.
2pm – 6pm
Memoir ’44: Operation Overlord Come and learn Memoir ’44 like you never seen it before. We will be playing the Battle of the Bulge Overlord Scenario using custom terrain to enhance gameplay and immersion. GM: Jeff Gonzalez
8 players.
4 pm – 6 pm
Game full: Waitlist only!
Biologique: Designer Mesa – Play with the designer!
A medium weight dice-action-selection game where players revive their their chemically destroyed farms. GM: Michelle Jones
4 players.
7 -9 pm
Game full: Waitlist only!
Mille Fiori: Worker placement, card drafting game. In Reiner Knizia’s Mille Fiori (meaning Thousand Flowers), you take the role of glass manufacturers and traders who want to profit as much as they can from their role in the production of fine glass art. GM: Victor Hohnberger
3-6 players.
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
Open Gaming
10 a.m. – 8 p.m. – Play old favorites or the new hotness.
Flea Market
10 am – 8 pm – Looking for something new? Looking to get rid of something old? Try the flea market.
Featured Gaming
10 am – 3 pm
Magic: the Gathering Draft – Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth: Magic is the single most popular collectible card game out there, and this set is the first time that Tolkien’s universe has been represented in Magic. If you’re a Hobbit at heart, you’ll have a good a time!
There will be a $15 buy-in for this game, and you will get to take home your cards. GM: Miguel Sanchez
6-12 players.
10 am – 3 pm
New time!
Holotype: A dinosaur game discovering fossils and you getting that info out into public. The most publicity (victory points) wins! GM: Victor Hohnberger
2-5 players.
6 – 8 pm
Lasers & Feelings: You are the crew of the interstellar ship Raptor. Captain Darcy has been overcome by the strange psychic entity known as Something Else, leaving you to fend for yourselves.
One stat, one page of rules, this is an excellent intro RPG for those looking to explore the genre or for experienced players looking for something light. GM: Paul Schulzetenberg
3-6 players.