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Friday, October 4
 

12:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

12:00pm MST

Hats, Point Salad, and Draftosaurus (Small Games)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In Hats, two to four players compete to acquire the most outstanding hats by exchanging cards in hand with cards on the tea table board. Each card exchange influences how each hat is scored. Naturally, at the end of the game, the player with the highest score will be declared the maddest!
To play, everyone draws nine cards. You take your turn by performing one of the following two actions:
  • Exchange hats — Play a single card from your hand face up and exchange it with one of the same type (color) from the tea table board or exchange it for a card of any type but of a lower value. Add the card exchanged from the tea table board to your collection by placing it face up in front of you.
  • Create a black hat — Play a single card face down in front of you to add it to your collection as a black hat. Each black hat in a player's collection at game's end is worth 1 point.

Point Salad is a fast and fun card drafting game for the whole family. There are over 100 ways to score points. Players may use a variety of strategies and every game of Point Salad is unique!
Cards come in six different types of veggies, and the back of each card has a different scoring method. So for instance, one scoring method may award 2 points for every carrot you have, but deduct a point for every onion. By drafting combinations of veggies and point cards that work for your strategy, you can amass the most points and win.

Your goal in Draftosaurus is to have the dino park most likely to attract visitors. To do so, you have to draft dino meeples and place them in pens that have some placement restrictions. Each turn, one of the players roll a die and this adds a constraint to which pens any other player can add their dinosaur.
Draftosaurus is a quick and light drafting game in which you don't have a hand of cards that you pass around (after selecting one), but a bunch of dino meeples in the palm of your hand.



GMs
avatar for Gloryhoundd

Gloryhoundd

Live Host, Content Creator, GloryHoundd Productions
Steve Jackson Games Live Host. Director and Producer of GloryHoundd Productions Videocast Series, Gaming Addict, Professional Game Demonstrator, Entertainer, Writer.


Friday October 4, 2019 12:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Catalina-Gloryhoundd
  BG

12:00pm MST

Exhibitor Room
Come check out our vendor area! Buy that game that you just fell in love with, check out the art work and custom handmade geekery, and spend your RinCoins.

Friday October 4, 2019 12:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Catalina-C
  Special

1:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity filling up

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

2:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

2:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

2:00pm MST

Ticket to Ride: 10th Anniversary edition
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In Ticket to Ride, players collect cards of various types of train cars they then use to claim railway routes in North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who fulfill Destination Tickets – goal cards that connect distant cities; and to the player who builds the longest continuous route.


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-17
  BG

2:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.

GMs
avatar for John Morgan

John Morgan

Board Game Concierge, n/a
John is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programmer. He has been a software developer for more than 25 years. He is the designer of "Treasure Fleet" the card game, published in 2006. He has been a Tucson resident for 17 years.


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-05
  Play to win

2:00pm MST

Scythe
Limited Capacity filling up

It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory”, which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries.

Scythe is an engine-building game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In Scythe, each player represents a character from one of five factions of Eastern Europe who are attempting to earn their fortune and claim their faction's stake in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous mechs.

Each player begins the game with different resources (power, coins, combat acumen, and popularity), a different starting location, and a hidden goal. Starting positions are specially calibrated to contribute to each faction’s uniqueness and the asymmetrical nature of the game (each faction always starts in the same place).

Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player’s individual hidden objective card, the only elements of luck or variability are “encounter” cards that players will draw as they interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Each encounter card provides the player with several options, allowing them to mitigate the luck of the draw through their selection. Combat is also driven by choices, not luck or randomness.

Scythe uses a streamlined action-selection mechanism (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay moving at a brisk pace and reduce downtime between turns. While there is plenty of direct conflict for players who seek it, there is no player elimination.

Every part of Scythe has an aspect of engine-building to it. Players can upgrade actions to become more efficient, build structures that improve their position on the map, enlist new recruits to enhance character abilities, activate mechs to deter opponents from invading, and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. These engine-building aspects create a sense of momentum and progress throughout the game. The order in which players improve their engine adds to the unique feel of each game, even when playing one faction multiple times.


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Catalina-06
  BG

2:00pm MST

Stone Age (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

Beta-test Ben Woerner's latest game, a Forged in the Dark hack. Play as Neolithic tribe members as you try to survive in the Stone Age!

GMs
avatar for Ben Woerner

Ben Woerner

Owner, Game Developer, Woerner's WunderWerks
Ben Woerner, by day, is a mild-mannered husband, father, and marketing manager for his family’s business. By night he’s a game designer. Having run games for over a quarter century he finally began to design them. In August of 2014, he published World of Dew, a samurai noir roleplaying... Read More →


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Muster M
  RPG, Stone Age |   w Creator, Stone Age

2:00pm MST

Open Game Library
Got some time to spare between your scheduled events? Looking to try a new game? Want to be able to purchase that game when you find out you love it? Come to our open lending games library, sponsored by Planet Pusch Games. To borrow a game, you just have to leave an ID, and we'll take good care of it until you bring the game back.

Last Game Checkout noon Sunday. Games must be returned by 2 pm Sunday.

The RinCon Games library returns this year! Here is a BGG collection listing of all the games currently owned by the Library.  We intend to bring as many games as possible, however if there is a game we have that you would really like play, please drop us a geekmail or send a message to info@rincongames.com with your request and we will do our best to accommodate.  

Planet Pusch Games Library


Friday October 4, 2019 2:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Pima A
  Special

3:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

3:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

4:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

4:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

4:00pm MST

Montana: Heritage edition
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Become a northwestern settler in 1851 Montana as you and other players take advantage of opportunity and settle the land. Recruit workers, gain goods, and build settlements as you tactically decide the best landscapes to occupy. Every action counts in this quick race-to-build game because the first player to build all of their settlements is the winner.


Friday October 4, 2019 4:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Catalina-13
  BG

5:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

5:00pm MST

Rochi, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Designed for the second book in the Seer series by Sonia Lyris, Rochi is a new gambling game by James Ernest. Come play it with the creator and learn more about the game, its role in the book, and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Friday October 4, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Catalina-19
  BG  w Creator

5:00pm MST

Rochi, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Designed for the second book in the Seer series by Sonia Lyris, Rochi is a new gambling game by James Ernest. Come play it with the creator and learn more about the game, its role in the book, and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Friday October 4, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Catalina-18
  BG  w Creator

5:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

6:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity filling up

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

6:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

7:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

7:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

7:00pm MST

Diamonds - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

This Stronghold game by Mike Fitzgerald is a trick-taking card game in which players collect Diamonds - not cards bearing that suit, mind you, but rather actual "Diamond Crystals". What makes the game of Diamonds different from other trick-taking card games is that when you cannot follow suit you get a "Suit Action" based on what suit you do play. Suit Actions are also taken by the winner of each trick, as well as at the end of a full Round of play. Whoever has the most points in Diamond Crystals at the end of the game wins!

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Friday October 4, 2019 7:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

8:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 8:00pm - 9:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

8:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 8:00pm - 9:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

8:00pm MST

Pod Racing - A Gaslands/Formula De Mash-up
Limited Capacity seats available

The Boonta Eve Classic Pod Race returns to RinCon 2019! This time it will melt the speed dice of Formula De with the maneuver templates, skid dice, and collision rules from Gaslands. Want to roll that 6th gear 30-sided die? Better hope you can make the turn with the 6th gear cornering template! Thrills, spills and shouts of "Whoo Hoo!" are guaranteed!

GMs

Friday October 4, 2019 8:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Sabino-F

8:00pm MST

Agra
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Agra, India: The year is 1572; this year marks the 30th birthday of Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad, popularly known as Akbar the Great. Akbar is the third ruler of India's Mughal dynasty, having succeeded his father, Humayun. With the guidance of his regent, Bairam Khan, Akbar has expanded and consolidated India's Mughal domains. Using his strong personality and skill as a general, Akbar has enlarged his Empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River; his presence is felt across the entire country due to the Mughals' military, political, cultural, and economic dominance.

To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar has established a centralized system of administration; conquered rulers are conciliated through marriage and diplomacy. Akbar has preserved peace and Order throughout his empire by passing laws that have won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing tribal bonds and Islamic state-identity, Akbar has striven to unite his lands. The Mughals' Persian-ized culture has afforded Akbar near-divine status.

Notables and emissaries from all over the country are on their way for Akbar's birthday celebration. As an ambitious landowner, you cannot let this pass; the festivities are a golden opportunity for you to rise in stature and wealth.

On your land in Agra, you cultivate and harvest cotton and turmeric. You possess a forest from which you produce wood, as well as a small, but very profitable sandstone quarry. By trading and processing your wares, you can obtain more luxurious goods, which you will then use to woo notables as they make their way into the capital. Of course, your rivals have the same plan; you must use your wits to outsmart them as Akbar's birthday draws near...


Friday October 4, 2019 8:00pm - 11:59pm MST
Catalina-10
  BG

9:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Friday October 4, 2019 9:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

9:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 9:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

9:00pm MST

Coup - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Coup is a bluffing game set in a dystopian futuristic universe. Each player works to eliminate all the other players through a combination of assassinations or catching them lying in a bluff. For you, a powerful government official, this is your opportunity to manipulate, bribe and bluff your way into absolute power. To be successful, you must destroy the influence of your rivals and drive them into exile. In these turbulent times there is only room for one to survive.

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Friday October 4, 2019 9:00pm - 11:59pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

10:00pm MST

Spy Fall 2
Limited Capacity seats available

In this social deduction game, players ask questions to other players to find the spy. Everyone gets a card with the location, except for the spy. The spy trys to figure out the location without letting in that they don't know it.
Quick rounds of 5min allows for different spy's and seeing other locations.


Friday October 4, 2019 10:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Catalina-17
  BG, NA

10:00pm MST

Spy Fall 2
In this social deduction game, players ask questions to other players to find the spy. Everyone gets a card with the location, except for the spy. The spy trys to figure out the location without letting in that they don't know it.
Quick rounds of 5min allows for different spy's and seeing other locations.


Friday October 4, 2019 10:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Catalina-18
  BG, NA

10:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Friday October 4, 2019 10:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

10:00pm MST

Too Many Bones
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Too Many Bones comes loaded for bear by breaking into a new genre: the dice-builder RPG. This game takes everything you think you know about dice-rolling and turns it on its head. Dripping with strategy, this fantasy-based RPG puts you in the skin of a new race and takes you on an adventure to the northern territories to root out and defeat growing enemy forces and of course the infamous "baddie" responsible.

Team up or go it alone in a 1-4 player Coop or Solo play campaign. With over 100+ unique skill dice and 4-7 classes to choose from, every battle is its own mini challenge to figure out. Your adventure will consist of 8-12 battles before you reach your final destination and face off against one of a number of possible kingpins in order to win. Along the way, you will be faced with storyline decisions that will quickly have you weighing risk/reward, odds, and logic - with dice woven into every aspect! Your party will also be faced with other decisions: when to rest, when to explore, or even which fights to pursue! The Encounter cards offer fun plot twists and some comic relief, all while setting the stage for your next battle.


Friday October 4, 2019 10:00pm - Saturday October 5, 2019 1:00am MST
Catalina-14
  BG

11:59pm MST

MIDNIGHT EEGEE'S PARTY! Sponsored by Talarius Gaming
Come enjoy an Eegee's and a late-night snack!  Many thanks to the fine folks at Talarius Gaming for their sponsorship of this event.  You'll receive a ticket in your badge sleeve for a free Eegee's.

GMs
avatar for Karen ArnoldEwing

Karen ArnoldEwing

RinCon Chair



Friday October 4, 2019 11:59pm - Saturday October 5, 2019 1:00am MST
Sabino Lobby
  Special
 
Saturday, October 5
 

9:00am MST

Capsaicin & Artisan Jewel Crafters
Limited Capacity filling up

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

GMs
avatar for Georgie Hinojosa

Georgie Hinojosa

Founding Member, Three Wizards of the Moustache
I love the Light, Lovecraftian horrors, immersive game worlds, creativity, and board gaming in general. Founding member of El Paso publishing company Three Wizards of the Moustache, and writer of narratives and contracts.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Catalina-01
  BG, 3WM

9:00am MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

9:00am MST

On Tour
Limited Capacity seats available

You're living the dream. You're in a band and they’re about to go on tour. It's your job to schedule the band's stops over your 100-day tour, visiting as many states as possible.

Each turn in On Tour, two ten-sided dice are rolled to make two two-digit numbers. For example, a roll of 3 and 7 creates the numbers 37 and 73. All players write each of those numbers in a state on their map. The regions they can write in are restricted by three cards turned up in the middle of the table.

At the end of the game, each player draws a route on their map, starting with a low number and visiting adjacent states with higher and higher numbers. Players get a point for every state they visit.

There are also some bonus points available, a way to get wilds, and a variable set-up step that makes every game different.

GMs
avatar for Drew Kallen-Keck

Drew Kallen-Keck

Isle of Games


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-IoG1
  BG, Roll and Write

9:00am MST

Player’s Choice!
Limited Capacity seats available

You choose, I teach! This event is NOT focused on one specific game. Rather, I will have a selection of several games available, and YOU get to decide what to play! The game choices will be focused on lighter games which are easy to learn and play in about 30-60 minutes. New to the hobby and not sure what to play? I can absolutely help recommend something. See something in my pile you’ve been itching to try? Let’s set it up and I’ll get you going!

Note that the scheduled time slot is my total time for this event and is intended to include several different games. You do NOT need to stay and play multiple games for the full time slot - feel free to just stop by and play one or two games as desired.

GMs
avatar for Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison

Find me on BoardGameGeek.com as user MikeTuna. While you're there, be sure to join the Tucson Guild at http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/214.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-21
  BG

9:00am MST

Player’s Choice!
Limited Capacity seats available

You choose, I teach! This event is NOT focused on one specific game. Rather, I will have a selection of several games available, and YOU get to decide what to play! The game choices will be focused on lighter games which are easy to learn and play in about 30-60 minutes. New to the hobby and not sure what to play? I can absolutely help recommend something. See something in my pile you’ve been itching to try? Let’s set it up and I’ll get you going!

Note that the scheduled time slot is my total time for this event and is intended to include several different games. You do NOT need to stay and play multiple games for the full time slot - feel free to just stop by and play one or two games as desired.

GMs
avatar for Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison

Find me on BoardGameGeek.com as user MikeTuna. While you're there, be sure to join the Tucson Guild at http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/214.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-20
  BG

9:00am MST

Raccoon Tycoon
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In Raccoon Tycoon, players try to produce the most valuable commodities in an ever-changing marketplace. They then use those commodities to build towns, or sell them at the best price to secure great profits that can be used to win auctions for the all-important railroads. The profits may also be used to buy powerful buildings that give the players power-ups or bonuses in production. Owning the best towns and railroads determines victory.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-12
  BG

9:00am MST

Wingspan
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game. You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

GMs
avatar for Sukey Waldenberger

Sukey Waldenberger

This is my third year attending Rincon, and my first running a session.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-16
  BG

9:00am MST

Wordsy - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Each round, players study the 8 letters (always consonants) on the board in real time. The first player to write down a word flips a 30-second timer. That player is now the fastest player, and every other player now has 30 seconds to write down their word. Once time has run out, the fastest player scores their word by counting the point value of each of the matching letters on the board. Players are not limited to the letters on the board; they can add any letters they'd like. Letters score based on which of the 4 columns of the board they're in, and how rare they are. After the fastest player scores, the first player clockwise scores their word, and compares it to the fastest player. If that player scored more than the fastest player, they score a small bonus. Every other player scores their word and checks for a bonus. Once they've all done this, the fastest player scores a bonus if their score is equal to or higher than half the other player's scores. After 7 rounds, players add the scores their best 5 words, plus their bonuses.

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

9:00am MST

Stone Age (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

Beta-test Ben Woerner's latest game, a Forged in the Dark hack. Play as Neolithic tribe members as you try to survive in the Stone Age!

GMs
avatar for Ben Woerner

Ben Woerner

Owner, Game Developer, Woerner's WunderWerks
Ben Woerner, by day, is a mild-mannered husband, father, and marketing manager for his family’s business. By night he’s a game designer. Having run games for over a quarter century he finally began to design them. In August of 2014, he published World of Dew, a samurai noir roleplaying... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 1:00pm MST
Muster J
  RPG  w Creator

9:00am MST

Exhibitor Room
Come check out our vendor area! Buy that game that you just fell in love with, check out the art work and custom handmade geekery, and spend your RinCoins.

Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 7:00pm MST
Catalina-C
  Special

9:00am MST

Open Game Library
Got some time to spare between your scheduled events? Looking to try a new game? Want to be able to purchase that game when you find out you love it? Come to our open lending games library, sponsored by Planet Pusch Games. To borrow a game, you just have to leave an ID, and we'll take good care of it until you bring the game back.

Last Game Checkout noon Sunday. Games must be returned by 2 pm Sunday.

The RinCon Games library returns this year! Here is a BGG collection listing of all the games currently owned by the Library.  We intend to bring as many games as possible, however if there is a game we have that you would really like play, please drop us a geekmail or send a message to info@rincongames.com with your request and we will do our best to accommodate.  

Planet Pusch Games Library


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00am - 11:00pm MST
Pima A
  Special

10:00am MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Mesa
  Artemis

10:00am MST

Capsaicin & Artisan Jewel Crafters
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

GMs
avatar for Georgie Hinojosa

Georgie Hinojosa

Founding Member, Three Wizards of the Moustache
I love the Light, Lovecraftian horrors, immersive game worlds, creativity, and board gaming in general. Founding member of El Paso publishing company Three Wizards of the Moustache, and writer of narratives and contracts.


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-01
  BG, 3WM

10:00am MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-08
  BG  w Creator

10:00am MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-09
  BG  w Creator

10:00am MST

Slapshot (BG)
Limited Capacity seats available

Slapshot is a card game for ice hockey nuts, ages 8 to adult. YOU manage a team of six players — three forwards, two defenseman and a goalie. Improve your team through drafts and trades. Challenge other players to a game and try to be the first or second place team to make the playoffs!

GMs
avatar for Gregory Barnard

Gregory Barnard

President, Barnard Enterprises Technology LLC
By trade I develop mobile apps, administer databases, and program business applications. For fun I enjoy playing board games and watching hockey! I live in Tucson with my wife Pamela.


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Suite 200
  Kids Track, Cards

10:00am MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

11:00am MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

11:00am MST

Learn to play Go
Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

This session is for beginners who would like to learn the rules and some very basic strategies. You'll also have a chance to play a game or two. We'll have boards of various sizes to try out, and if you attend you should learn everything you need to attend the beginner 9x9 Go tournament being run at RinCon.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Catalina-23
  BG

11:00am MST

Learn to play Go
Limited Capacity seats available

Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

This session is for beginners who would like to learn the rules and some very basic strategies. You'll also have a chance to play a game or two. We'll have boards of various sizes to try out, and if you attend you should learn everything you need to attend the beginner 9x9 Go tournament being run at RinCon.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Catalina-22
  BG

11:00am MST

Pisces: Fishing Sport and Leisure
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Coming to Kickstarter in 2020! In Pisces, players control a fishing fleet that can fish in six different fisheries. Gameplay requires strategy to maintain a sustainable fishery while maximizing profit. Players decide where to place their boats, then roll dice to catch fish. The game has elements of roulette and craps while incorporating strategic decision making. Co-designed by Matt Lauretta, a fisheries scientist, and Dante Lauretta, designer of the award winning games Xtronaut and Constellations (winner of the Mensa Select award in 2018).

GMs
avatar for Dante Lauretta

Dante Lauretta

Chief Scientist, Xtronaut Enterprises
I am a Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona. My day job is running the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. I also own a company called Xtronaut Enterprises. We design board games with science themes including Constellations, winner of the 2018 Mensa... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Catalina-11
  BG  w Creator

11:00am MST

Dragon Pets (BG)
Limited Capacity seats available

Welcome to the 1783rd annual Dragon Breeding Competition! Using a pool of dice you must share with the other breeders, send your Dragon Seekers out into the Forest to catch the most rare and wondrous dragons—and find suitable mates! But be careful: time can run out quickly, and unpaired dragons will inflict a steep penalty! Gather the most valuable breeding pairs and claim your rightful title as the Supreme Dragon Breeder in this game from the creators of Dungeon Bazar and Guilds.

GMs
avatar for Michael Benton

Michael Benton

Royal Manticoran Navy


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Suite 200
  Kids Track

11:00am MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

11:00am MST

Player’s Choice!
Limited Capacity seats available

You choose, I teach! This event is NOT focused on one specific game. Rather, I will have a selection of several games available, and YOU get to decide what to play! The game choices will be focused on lighter games which are easy to learn and play in about 30-60 minutes. New to the hobby and not sure what to play? I can absolutely help recommend something. See something in my pile you’ve been itching to try? Let’s set it up and I’ll get you going!

Note that the scheduled time slot is my total time for this event and is intended to include several different games. You do NOT need to stay and play multiple games for the full time slot - feel free to just stop by and play one or two games as desired.

GMs
avatar for Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison

Find me on BoardGameGeek.com as user MikeTuna. While you're there, be sure to join the Tucson Guild at http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/214.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 1:00pm MST
Catalina-20
  BG

11:00am MST

Player’s Choice!
Limited Capacity seats available

You choose, I teach! This event is NOT focused on one specific game. Rather, I will have a selection of several games available, and YOU get to decide what to play! The game choices will be focused on lighter games which are easy to learn and play in about 30-60 minutes. New to the hobby and not sure what to play? I can absolutely help recommend something. See something in my pile you’ve been itching to try? Let’s set it up and I’ll get you going!

Note that the scheduled time slot is my total time for this event and is intended to include several different games. You do NOT need to stay and play multiple games for the full time slot - feel free to just stop by and play one or two games as desired.

GMs
avatar for Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison

Find me on BoardGameGeek.com as user MikeTuna. While you're there, be sure to join the Tucson Guild at http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/214.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 1:00pm MST
Catalina-21
  BG

11:00am MST

Wingspan
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game. You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

GMs
avatar for Sukey Waldenberger

Sukey Waldenberger

This is my third year attending Rincon, and my first running a session.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 1:00pm MST
Suite 300
  Womens Space

11:00am MST

SHOBU - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

SHOBU is a beautifully crafted abstract strategy game for 2 players. The game features 4 square wood boards (2 of each color) and 16 natural river stones for each player, in two colors, with a rope dividing the play area in half.

Your turn is in two parts. First, a player may move one of their stones up to two spaces in any direction, including diagonally, in what is called a passive (or set up) move. Second, they take a more aggressive move, which must be the same direction and number of spaces as the first move. It is this second move that allows you to push stones across the board - or off the board's edge. Remove all four of your opponent's stones from just one of the four boards to win.



The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 2:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

11:00am MST

Wildcatters
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Wildcatters is a tactical and strategic board game set during the booming business of the 19th century oil industry!

The players are oil barons who develop oil fields; bid for oil rights; and build rigs, oil tankers, trains, and refineries. Your goal is to deliver more oil barrels to the continents than the other players while also collecting more shares and money than them.

The game lasts seven rounds with four players, and the game set-up is the same for each player, with three rigs, two trains, one tanker and one refinery being placed on the board. The game board features a world map divided into eight areas where you can find oil. Players choose an open area card and get money to build rigs, tankers, trains and refineries, after which they can buy oil actions. The players work together in an oilfield to find oil at a lower cost. The players transport oil together to the refineries, using trains and tankers from other players to deliver oil to the refineries – and all with one purpose: deliver more oil than the other players by the end of the game.


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:00am - 3:00pm MST
Catalina-12
  BG

12:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

12:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

1:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

1:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

1:00pm MST

ICECOOL 2 - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

A flicking game in which each round one of the players takes the role of the Hall Monitor - his aim will be to catch each other penguin and get points for that. The others will try to run through several doors, thus gaining fish (that give them points) on their way. When either the Hall Monitor has caught each other penguin once or any of the others has gone through all 3 doors that have fish on them, the round is over. After each player is the Hall Monitor once, whoever has the most points on their fish cards wins.

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

2:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

2:00pm MST

Village Heroes: Monster Invasion!
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Coming to Kickstarter in 2020! Village Heroes is a fast-paced dice-rolling monster fighting game. Players control a peaceful village that is overrun by monsters from other dimensions. Players spend resources to build their village or buff their heroes. The player that captures the most monsters wins. Features artwork from famed illustrator Jessica Feinberg. Co-designed by father and son team Griffin and Dante Lauretta, designer of the award winning games Xtronaut and Constellations (winner of the Mensa Select award in 2018).

GMs
avatar for Dante Lauretta

Dante Lauretta

Chief Scientist, Xtronaut Enterprises
I am a Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona. My day job is running the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. I also own a company called Xtronaut Enterprises. We design board games with science themes including Constellations, winner of the 2018 Mensa... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Catalina-11
  BG  w Creator

2:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

2:00pm MST

Flea Market
This is a great opportunity to meet up with local folks to buy, sell, or trade your used games. We're also expanding and including local artisans and craftspeople, so come on down and shop for those unique gaming accoutrements you won't find anywhere else! We will have several tables available, so bring in a pile of games priced to sell or your game-related goods, or just show up with some cash and hunt for an awesome deal! Buyers, there’s no need to register, just come shop! This event will be located in the lecture theater, downstairs from the main lobby. The doors will open to buyers promptly at 2:00 pm. SELLERS: To reserve a table, please email the event coordinator at MIKETUNA@GMAIL.COM prior to the event. This will also help in sending out event updates. Note that there will be a $10 per-table fee to participate as a seller, which must be paid in cash during the event. All of this money will go directly to the convention. Each seller will have approximately 8 feet of table space in the lecture hall (tables are about 12-18” wide). All sellers are responsible for their own merchandise and sales throughout the event. Please inventory all used items ahead of time and provide accurate information regarding their condition and completeness. Assignment of tables will be prioritized by attendees who register for this event via email. All remaining sections will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the event. Sellers MUST be at the event 30 minutes prior to the start time to get a table assignment, and set up their merchandise. If you register for this event but do not show up early, your space may be given away if needed.

GMs
avatar for Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison

Find me on BoardGameGeek.com as user MikeTuna. While you're there, be sure to join the Tucson Guild at http://boardgamegeek.com/guild/214.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Canyon Theater
  Special

2:00pm MST

9x9 Beginner Go Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

Come play in a small Go tournament aimed at beginner Go players. We'll be playing on 9x9 boards, and will most likely play in a round robin format where each player will play every other player. As a prize, the winner will receive a complete Go set.

If you have never played Go before, there will be a learn to play Go session prior to the tournament.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-20
  BG

2:00pm MST

After the Fog, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

James Ernest is best known for light, quick games. This year he's working on something new, a hefty political control game called After the Fog. Players take charge of city governors who are reclaiming an ancient valley that was once choked with fog. Develop your holdings, improve your airships, and fight for control of the valley in this 90-minute strategy game that's still in the early stages of playtesting!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-08
  BG  w Creator

2:00pm MST

After the Fog, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
James Ernest is best known for light, quick games. This year he's working on something new, a hefty political control game called After the Fog. Players take charge of city governors who are reclaiming an ancient valley that was once choked with fog. Develop your holdings, improve your airships, and fight for control of the valley in this 90-minute strategy game that's still in the early stages of playtesting!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-09
  BG  w Creator

2:00pm MST

Derbalan Shuffle w/ Creator (RPG)
Limited Capacity seats available

Derbalan Shuffle is a goofy card-based RPG where you can go up against monsters like the huggy cactus or chinchilla con queso with items such as kitty glitter, a throwing poodle, or a little box of evil. The game is rules-light and a great start for new roleplayers, but has plenty of tactics and options to thrill even the most experienced roleplayer.

GMs
CM

Cameron Miller

Director, Puppycat Productions
Cameron is a game developer who's always got something new cooking.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Suite 200

2:00pm MST

Grandpa Beck's Play-to-Win Games (GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.

GMs
avatar for John Morgan

John Morgan

Board Game Concierge, n/a
John is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programmer. He has been a software developer for more than 25 years. He is the designer of "Treasure Fleet" the card game, published in 2006. He has been a Tucson resident for 17 years.


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-18
  Play to win

2:00pm MST

Stone Age (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity filling up

Beta-test Ben Woerner's latest game, a Forged in the Dark hack. Play as Neolithic tribe members as you try to survive in the Stone Age!

GMs
avatar for Ben Woerner

Ben Woerner

Owner, Game Developer, Woerner's WunderWerks
Ben Woerner, by day, is a mild-mannered husband, father, and marketing manager for his family’s business. By night he’s a game designer. Having run games for over a quarter century he finally began to design them. In August of 2014, he published World of Dew, a samurai noir roleplaying... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 2:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Muster O
  RPG  w Creator

3:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

3:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

3:00pm MST

Pyramid Poker - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Players are building pyramids and poker hands in this unique competition. Each player then takes fifteen blocks and turns the blocks so that only they see what's on them. They take turns placing the blocks into a two-dimensional pyramid-shaped structure, again seeing only their blocks, then they take turns removing any one block from the pyramid and placing it into one of three poker hands that they're constructing. Each poker hand is competing against the one opposite it that's being built by the opponent. Once all the blocks have been removed, the player who wins two or three of the poker hands wins!

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 3:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

3:30pm MST

Squared Circle: A Pro Wrestling Parlour Game (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

Do you like stories of loyalty and betrayal?  Dynastic rivalries that go on for generations?  Stories of justice and revenge?  Then you are already a fan of PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING!  Join us as we present a pro wrestling party game that puts you in the middle of the action, either as a wrestler, manager, or part of the crowd!  Don't know anything about wrestling?  You don't have to!  Fast and furious fun for the whole family!

Even if you don't get a slot in the game, feel free to come and watch the spectacle!

GMs
avatar for John Wick

John Wick

Special Guest, John Wick Presents
John Wick designs games. He also writes short stories, novels, scripts and plays, but mostly, John Wick designs games. He wrote the first edition of the Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 7th Sea, Orkworld, Houses of the Blooded, Wicked Fantasy and Galaxy XXX. He is also the author of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 3:30pm - 6:00pm MST
Canyon Theater
  Special

4:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

4:00pm MST

Xtronaut 2.0
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Xtronaut 2.0 is the upcoming successor to our debut game Xtronaut: The Game of Solar System Exploration. Xtronaut 2.0 adds improved game mechanics, new actions, six-player expansion, and new missions. Join creator Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, to test out the next generation of Xtronaut games.

GMs
avatar for Dante Lauretta

Dante Lauretta

Chief Scientist, Xtronaut Enterprises
I am a Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona. My day job is running the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. I also own a company called Xtronaut Enterprises. We design board games with science themes including Constellations, winner of the 2018 Mensa... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Catalina-11
  BG, Xtronaut

4:00pm MST

Evolution
Limited Capacity seats available

Evolution is an award-winning board game where 2 – 6 players adapt species in an ever changing ecosystem with hungry predators and limited resources. Traits like Hard Shell and Horns will protect you from Carnivores, while a Long Neck will get food that others cannot reach.
Specified age on box is 12+, but this game pretty simple and is great for kids 8+.

GMs
avatar for Anya Stickney

Anya Stickney

Software Developer
Professionally I am a software developer. But for fun I raise nerdlings, recreate medieval times, and play lots of games.


Saturday October 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Suite 200
  Kids Track

4:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

5:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

5:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

6:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

6:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

7:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

7:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

7:00pm MST

New York Slice - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

You've just been given a shot at being the head chef at the prestigious New York Slice pizza parlor. Now you and your fellow pizza chef wannabes have to make the most amazing pizzas...one slice at a time! In New York Slice, each player slices pizzas into portions, giving their opponents first choice, while they take the leftovers. There are a dozen kinds of pizza to work with, from veggie to hawaiian to meat lover's, and each player decides if they want to eat or keep some of the slices, building the best collection of pizzas possible!

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 7:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

8:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 9:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

8:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming and GM Led)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. There will also be a GM leading PTW games during this time slot if you prefer.

Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 9:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

8:00pm MST

Subbuteo Table Soccer
Limited Capacity seats available

Subbuteo is a classic finger-flicking soccer-simulation dexterity game. It is played on a large cloth playing field called a "pitch", with teams of miniature soccer players mounted on smooth round bases. The players are made to kick the ball by flicking their bases, which causes them to slide around on the pitch, hitting the ball. The rules simulate nearly all details of a soccer game including ball possession and passing, throw-ins, goal kicks, corner kicks and fouls. Neymar rolls are are optional.

Come learn the fantastic flicking game of Subbuteo. Everything needed to play will be provided, and the game can be learned in 5 mins. No previous soccer experience necessary! Drop-in/drop-out players are encouraged, as a full match can be played in 20 mins.

GMs

Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Catalina-02
  BG, Subbuteo

8:00pm MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Catalina-09
  BG  w Creator

8:00pm MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Catalina-08
  BG  w Creator

8:00pm MST

Barrage
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In the dystopic 1930s, the industrial revolution pushed to the limit the exploitation of fossil-based resources, and now only powerful and unlimited hydroelectric energy is available to fulfill the thirst for power of the massive machines and unstoppable engineering progress.

Barrage is a resource management and strategic placement game in which players compete to build their majestic dams, raise them to increase their storing capacity of precious water, and deliver all the potential power through pressure tunnels connected to powerhouse energy turbines. Each player represents one of the international companies who are gathering machineries, innovative patents, and brilliant engineers to claim the best locations to capture and exploit the water power of a contested Alpine region crossed by rivers.

Barrage includes two innovative and challenging mechanisms. First, the construction wheel has to be managed by players to carefully plan their actions and handle their machineries since both your action tokens and resources are stored on the wheel and come back only after a full wheel round is completed. The more you construct and perform maintenance on your wheel, the earlier that resources and actions return to you.

Second, the water flow on the rivers depicted on the board is a shared and contested resource. Players have to intercept and store as much of the water as they can, build dams (upstream dams are expensive but can block part of the water before it reaches dams downstream), raise their dams to increase capacity, and build long tunnels to divert water to their powerhouses. Water is never consumed — its flow is just used to produce energy — and released in the rivers, so you have to strategically place your dams to recover water diverted by you and other players.

Over five rounds, players must fulfill power requirements represented by a common competitive power track and meet specific requests of personal contracts. At the same time, by placing a limited number of engineers, they attempt to increase their machineries to acquire new and more efficient construction actions and to build and activate special unique effect buildings to customize their own developing strategy.


Saturday October 5, 2019 8:00pm - 11:59pm MST
Catalina-10
  BG

9:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

9:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

9:00pm MST

Skull King - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Brent Beck's Skull King is a trick-taking game similar to Oh Hell!, Wizard and Spades, with players needing to state how many tricks they think they'll win each round. Pirates and other special cards add to the strategy.

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

GMs
avatar for Nick Vosberg

Nick Vosberg

I love to play all sorts of games. I really enjoy learning new games as well.
avatar for Royal Connell

Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Saturday October 5, 2019 9:00pm - 11:59pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

10:00pm MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Saturday October 5, 2019 10:00pm - 11:00pm MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

11:30pm MST

Eric and the Gazebo: A Dramatic Reading
Limited Capacity seats available

A dramatic reading of the classic story by Richard Aronson, to be held… where else but at the poolside gazebo.

Moderators
avatar for Karen ArnoldEwing

Karen ArnoldEwing

RinCon Chair

GMs
avatar for Cheyenne Wright

Cheyenne Wright

Illustrator, Arcanetimes
Cheyenne Wright is a freelance illustrator and concept artist.  He is the color artist on the three-time Hugo Award winning steampunk graphic novel series Girl Genius, and co-creator of many other fine works; Including 50 Fathoms and the Ennie award winning Deadlands Noir for th... Read More →


Saturday October 5, 2019 11:30pm - 11:59pm MST
Gazebo
  Special

11:59pm MST

MIDNIGHT PIZZA PARTY! Sponsored by Talarius Gaming
Enjoy a late-night snack on us at our second annual RinCon pizza party!  Many thanks to the fine folks at  Talarius Gaming for their sponsorship of this event.  You'll get a ticket in your badge sleeve when you check in, which you can redeem for a piece of pizza.  

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Karen ArnoldEwing

RinCon Chair



Saturday October 5, 2019 11:59pm - Sunday October 6, 2019 1:00am MST
Sabino Lobby
  Special
 
Sunday, October 6
 

9:00am MST

Capsaicin & Artisan Jewel Crafters
Limited Capacity seats available

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

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avatar for Georgie Hinojosa

Georgie Hinojosa

Founding Member, Three Wizards of the Moustache
I love the Light, Lovecraftian horrors, immersive game worlds, creativity, and board gaming in general. Founding member of El Paso publishing company Three Wizards of the Moustache, and writer of narratives and contracts.


Sunday October 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Catalina-12
  BG, 3WM

9:00am MST

IceCool (BG)
Limited Capacity seats available

ICECOOL is a flicking game in which each round one of the players takes the role of the Hall Monitor (also called "the Catcher") – his aim will be to catch each other penguin and get points for that. The others (also known as "Runners") will try to run through several doors, thus gaining fish (that give them points) on their way. When either the Hall Monitor has caught each other penguin once or any of the others has gone through all 3 doors that have fish on them, the round is over. Each player will take the role of the Hall Monitor once and at the end of the game the winner will be the one with the most points on their fish cards.


Sunday October 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Suite 200
  Kids Track

9:00am MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Sunday October 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

9:00am MST

Open Game Library
Got some time to spare between your scheduled events? Looking to try a new game? Want to be able to purchase that game when you find out you love it? Come to our open lending games library, sponsored by Planet Pusch Games. To borrow a game, you just have to leave an ID, and we'll take good care of it until you bring the game back.

Last Game Checkout noon Sunday. Games must be returned by 2 pm Sunday.

The RinCon Games library returns this year! Here is a BGG collection listing of all the games currently owned by the Library.  We intend to bring as many games as possible, however if there is a game we have that you would really like play, please drop us a geekmail or send a message to info@rincongames.com with your request and we will do our best to accommodate.  

Planet Pusch Games Library


Sunday October 6, 2019 9:00am - 2:00pm MST
Pima A
  Special

9:00am MST

Exhibitor Room
Come check out our vendor area! Buy that game that you just fell in love with, check out the art work and custom handmade geekery, and spend your RinCoins.

Sunday October 6, 2019 9:00am - 4:00pm MST
Catalina-C
  Special

10:00am MST

Capsaicin & Artisan Jewel Crafters
Limited Capacity seats available

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

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avatar for Georgie Hinojosa

Georgie Hinojosa

Founding Member, Three Wizards of the Moustache
I love the Light, Lovecraftian horrors, immersive game worlds, creativity, and board gaming in general. Founding member of El Paso publishing company Three Wizards of the Moustache, and writer of narratives and contracts.


Sunday October 6, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Catalina-12
  BG, 3WM

10:00am MST

Play-to-Win Games (Open Gaming)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come to the Library and check out one of the games in RinCon's Play-to-Win (PTW) section. Every attendee playing a PTW title can enter their name into a drawing for that game (one entry per title per attendee). The drawing will be held at 10:45 on Sunday in the Library.*

The available games include almost any game type you could want: solo play, party games, dice, worker placement, deck building, press your luck, and more! See all the titles: 2019 RinCon Play-to-Win

*Fine print: Winning badge must be presented by 3 pm to claim the game. A second chance drawing will be held at 3:15. All games must be claimed by 5 pm. Two win maximum per badge number.


Sunday October 6, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Pima A-Library
  Play to win

10:00am MST

After the Fog, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
James Ernest is best known for light, quick games. This year he's working on something new, a hefty political control game called After the Fog. Players take charge of city governors who are reclaiming an ancient valley that was once choked with fog. Develop your holdings, improve your airships, and fight for control of the valley in this 90-minute strategy game that's still in the early stages of playtesting!

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James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Catalina-21
  BG  w Creator

10:00am MST

After the Fog, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

James Ernest is best known for light, quick games. This year he's working on something new, a hefty political control game called After the Fog. Players take charge of city governors who are reclaiming an ancient valley that was once choked with fog. Develop your holdings, improve your airships, and fight for control of the valley in this 90-minute strategy game that's still in the early stages of playtesting!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm MST
Catalina-20
  BG  w Creator

10:00am MST

Dimension - Arizona State Championship Tournament
Limited Capacity seats available

Dimension is a fast-paced, innovative puzzle game that takes place in three dimensions with 60 colorful spheres. All of the players play at the same time. Everybody tries to position the spheres on their trays to earn as many points as possible. The task cards indicate how the spheres must be placed to earn points. Complete these tasks while racing against the timer. You get a point for each sphere you use and a bonus token for using all five colors, but you lose two points for each task card you don't follow correctly. Prove to your opponents that you are the master of multi-dimensional thinking!

The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat in the first elimination round of the Southwest Regional Championships to be held at GenghisCon (Denver, CO – February 2020), plus a badge to GenghisCon.

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Royal Connell

Envoy, Double Exposure Envoy
APOLOGIZING: does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.


Sunday October 6, 2019 10:00am - 1:00pm MST
Sabino-Tourney
  Tournament

11:00am MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Sunday October 6, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

11:00am MST

Railroad Rivals
Limited Capacity seats available

While playing Railroad Rivals, you connect cities via one of the twelve great railroads that stretched across the United States, while simultaneously building your stock portfolio. You then use those railroads to make deliveries that drive up the price of your stocks. At the end of the game, the player who has run the most profitable railroad while also owning the most valuable stocks becomes the greatest of all of the railroad rivals!


Sunday October 6, 2019 11:00am - 1:00pm MST
Catalina-17
  BG

12:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Sunday October 6, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

12:00pm MST

Rochi, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Designed for the second book in the Seer series by Sonia Lyris, Rochi is a new gambling game by James Ernest. Come play it with the creator and learn more about the game, its role in the book, and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign!

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avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Catalina-20
  BG  w Creator

12:00pm MST

Rochi, by James Ernest (w/Creator)
Designed for the second book in the Seer series by Sonia Lyris, Rochi is a new gambling game by James Ernest. Come play it with the creator and learn more about the game, its role in the book, and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Catalina-21
  BG  w Creator

1:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Sunday October 6, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

1:00pm MST

Kids' Track co-op volunteer slot
Sign up here to meet the volunteer hour requirements for participation in the drop-off Kids' Track co-op program.

Sunday October 6, 2019 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Suite 200
  Kids Track

2:00pm MST

Artemis
Limited Capacity seats available

Come fly your own star ship!! Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the “main screen”, while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control. Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room (“bridge”) , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.


Sunday October 6, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Mesa
  Artemis

2:00pm MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Catalina-21
  BG  w Creator

2:00pm MST

James Ernest's Mystery Surprise (w/Creator)
Limited Capacity seats available

James Ernest is always designing something new and different, and we honestly have no idea what it will be. Come test a game in progress, and help make it better! New players and spectators welcome!

GMs
avatar for James Ernest

James Ernest

President, Cheapass Games
James Ernest is a prolific tabletop game designer, and the founder of Cheapass Games. His best-known games include Kill Doctor Lucky, Lords of Vegas, Unexploded Cow, and Tak: A Beautiful Game. He is over nine feet tall, celebrates three birthdays each year, and is made entirely of... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Catalina-20
  BG  w Creator

2:00pm MST

Powered by the Apocalypse System Mastery
Limited Capacity seats available

Got your hands dirty with a Powered by the Apocalypse hack of your own? Join Mark Diaz Truman as he explores the cutting edge PbtA technologies and systems at the center of the next generation of PbtA games that can help you construct new basic moves, playbooks, and game structures!

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Mark Diaz Truman

Owner/CEO, Magpie Games
Mark Diaz Truman is an Ennie award-winning game developer, co-founder of the Indie Game Developer Network (igdnonline.com), and co-founder of Magpie Games (magpiegames.com). He's authored many indie rpgs (The Play's the Thing, Our Last Best Hope, Urban Shadows, and Cartel), co-created several more (Zombie World, Root: The RPG, and Avatar Legends: The RPG), and served as a developmental editor on a variety of games since 2011 (Firefly, 7th Sea: 2nd E... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Canyon Theater
  Panel

2:00pm MST

Nighty Knights
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Using this game you play stuffed animals, dolls, and action figures defending your sleeping human children from monsters and nightmares. Play gruff stuffed dogs, mysterious black cats, energetic tigers, proud space rangers, determined penguins, good monsters, or any type of plush toy you can imagine. Explore the dark and dangerous basement, creep into the creepy attic, visit the glorious metropolis of Underbed, or adventure in the Dreamlands all while making sure your child is safe from evil monsters and nightmares that want to suck the happiness out of their lives.

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CK

Craig Kinsel

I love playing new games and I love teaching people how to play new games. Board games✅ Card games✅ Role playing games✅ CCGs❌ Newest Favorite Game- Anywhere but Here! It isn't out yet. Matt Sanders created and is running it at conventions. Least favorite game ever ? Diplo... Read More →


Sunday October 6, 2019 2:00pm - 6:00pm MST
Muster C
  RPG, Tiny D6
 


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