The Grand Knavecon Raffle is back!

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For all of you planning to attend or just happy to support Knavecon I once again give you the Grand Raffle.  for the princely sum of €1 your name will be entered into our draw for a selection of Board Games which will be raffled on the day.  (early supporters will get two entries for their euro up until midnight Friday 28th)

The prize fund will be added to as time progresses and more games will be added to the list and this post updated.  On the Day, a big ticket Item as the grand prize will be purchased from one our shops

So to kick things off Knavecon are Putting up a new, unopened copy of Samurai card game for the Raffle.

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Who’s game?

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How do we take part?  :   For every € your name will be entered into our raffle.  (you get two tickets until midnight 28th August).  local pay me in person or PM me for paypal details.  (Whiskey, Rifles or Glass beads will not suffice)

Can I buy Multiple tickets? : Absolutely, Tickets go on sale now at €1 each or 8 for €5.  Until the 28th Aug to start this off we will give you double tickets.

When will the Raffle take place? :  At Knavecon, the Raffle will be drawn

Is this at all like a father Ted Raffle? : No, this is honest and fair, no staff members or their relatives will be allowed participate.  Tickets will be drawn on the day

What can I win? : The prize fund will be added to as tickets are sold, since I expect a number of companies to contribute to it, this will be a very good value raffle.

If I can’t make it to Knavecon but want to take part? : Prizes can be posted out to the winners via Parcel Motel or an Post.  P+P costs must be covered by the winner if they cannot collect or have collected on the day.

How will Prizes be allocated ? : Depending on how many games are in the draw, each winner will receive ONE boardgame as a prize for each draw,  e.g. if there are five games in the draw, five winners will be drawn.

Can I win more than once ? : Absolutely, if you’re name is drawn more than once you will receive a prize each time.

What if no-one takes part? : That’s OK, Knavecon will honour it’s undertaking and supply at a minimum set of games and items

SO, get cracking, get your tickets NOW for the event and take advantage of the early double ticket sale before the the con

Watch this space

Huzzah!

Vic

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So What makes Knavecon Special ? #6

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The Shops. Again!

Once again we’re welcoming The Comic Value to Knavecon.  In his own words  “I missed one Knavecon and that’s too many”.

If comics are your poison.  You won’t find a better service that Comic Vault. I know a few readers who get comics regularly posted to them by CV and they rave about them.  They also do a nice line in board and card games

Huzzah!

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So What makes Knavecon Special ? #4

donThe Coffee, the Donuts and the Coffee.

Dungeons and Donuts are once again going to be supplying Donuts for Knavecon, including the now famous and exclusive “Bitter and Twisted” Knavecon donut.  Plus there’s free coffee all day for participants.  Sugar, Fat and Coffee the three important food groups of gaming (four if you include crunchy burnt bits)

Huzzah!

Vic

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Night of the Wolf

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One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a game which on the surface shouldn’t work. If you’ve played Werewolf (possibly at Knavecon) you’ll know it’s played out over a dozen, sometimes more days and nights. This is played out over One night (the clue was in the name). That said its a Long night with a hell of a lot happening.

There’s a free app available to run the game. Get the free app. Don’t bother trying to GM it yourself, the app is very slick and looks after everything for you.

Once you’ve played the base game you’ll probably look at it and wonder how much you can flog the game for. Don’t. School boy error. This is not your basic werewolf where everyone is Joey tight lips about their role. Everyone is vocal about whom they claim to be and its here that the game really shines.

A couple of the roles involve swapping hidden roles with others and the skill is in concocting a convincing story based on the possible roles that may have been mixed in

“I was a werewolf but my role was swapped by the trouble maker so your better off hanging HER! /points ”

The app is clever. It gives a five minute count down to the vote.  After a few games you’ll be using all that time to cover your furry tracks or get everyone onboard to hang your suspect.

Hang a wolf and the villagers win. Fail to hang a wolf and the wolves win.

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What makes for an interesting game is you’re never sure which roles are in play just the possible ones so concocting a good cover story is essential

Just like Spyfall you really want to play again straight away after the last game. We found we had to call a halt to our filler game or it would have raged all night. The extra roles add a lot to this game and given enough plays I could see myself stretching out to acquiring the expansion but there’s a lot of play in the base game

One thing that will strike you about this game when you use the app is the amount of time you spend with your eyes closed. It’s like the end of a yoga class. You’ll awake refreshed, energized and ready to devour villagers

Huzzah!

Vic

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So What makes Knavecon Special ? #3

Diplomacy

Ok I’m cheating because we’ve never really done it before, BUT, since discovering the really natty projector at Knavekids my immediate second thought for it’s use was DIPLOMACY!  I reckon this could go down as something Knavecon will be remembered for

Diplomacy is a game you need to play at least once in your life, then play it again.  Everyone remembers their first time playing it.  Some hold grudges about something that may have happened some years ago, possibly near Japan, it doesn’t matter.  What matters is you really need to play this game and you’re going to get a chance to play it at Knavecon…  I’ll teach you the rules (I DO know the rules), I’ll GM the game.  I’ll look after you and whether you’ve played it or not… you’ll leave a different person.  See you then

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A Study in Genius

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When gandalf said the words “I have no memory of this” he may well have been referring to the rules for a game he’s not played in over a year

Thus we found ourselves stirring the cold treacle of rules for a Study in Emerald. One I’ve spoke about before. After the requisite amount of “oh yeahs” and “I remember now’s” we were underway and I found myself playing a good and not yet insane loyalist (all hail the overlords) hoping to snatch victory from the rebel scum.

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In the game we played (four players), it become clear mid game that two others in the group were also loyalists leaving a solitary restorationist to fend for themselves and here’s where I realised just one of the reasons this game is so damn good. It’s not enough for your team to win, you really want to be the one in the lead. It’s also not going to be a win if any of your team come last (the team of the lowest scoring player is removed from the game at final scoring, no ifs buts or ah come ons). So the game becomes a case of helping your allies but not helping them Too much. I love this mechanic. It’s to the forefront in A Distant Plain and Fire in the Lake. It’s there too if you look really hard in Castle Panic. If you play with the right group (evil) it becomes a fantastic tension ratchet, more so when players threaten to take out the whole team rather than let someone else win. Couple this with the possibility of jumping teams if the right permanent effect comes up (it had) we had one hell of a game.

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I’ve played a study in emerald a dozen times now. I was lucky enough to snatch a copy of it on release, it’s never been the same game twice. There are several different mechanics working at once in this game and unlike say Warrior knights or Android all of them are integral and none of them feel bolted on.

When this game comes back for re-release in the next few months I’m going to be eyeing it up closely. A combination of Martin Wallace and Neil Gaimen has made someone sublime and one of my favorite games to date. I’m going to be running games of this at Knavecon IV and I urge you to give it a go. It’s unique, it’s fresh and it’s never the same game twice. More of this sort of thing

Huzzah!

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