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by Aleron on Monday, 12.December 2011

Hey everyone!

Just stumbled onto this site (linked on the Saskatchewan Gaming Community forums) and wanted to say hello. Good to find a group like this to meet people with similar interests. It can be tough finding others in your area without something like this.

As for myself, I'm currently living in Saskatoon though due to job circumstances will be moving to Regina sometime between January and March (I suspect the end of February).

I'm an RPG junkie. Sadly I'll be leaving my current group behind when I move so would love to find a new one (or create one). I can DM and have a good couple years experience now, though enjoy just playing too. My current experience is mostly 3.0/3.5/4.0 D&D, Shadowrun, and Pathfinder. I am open to trying new ones though for certain! I'd really like to DM a Pathfinder system campaign (custom setting) if I can find the players in any case.

Anyway, that should do it. Hope to see you all around!


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by Danielle Pass on Wednesday, 21.December 2011

Welcome to the site - glad you found us. As you probably noticed from looking around the website, FRAG hosts a games day once a month (usually the last Saturday of the month) and we also hold a gaming convention once per year. This year's convention will be April 13-15, 2012. Hope to see you at some of the FRAG Events.

We are looking for people to moderate events at the convention - let me know if you might be interested in running something.

Some of the RPGs that you mentioned enjoying should be events at FRAG Con - hopefully a few variants of D&D, Pathfinder and Shadowrun as well as some RPGs that a local game designer has put together. (This is a shameless plug for people to get their moderator forms filled out!)

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by Aleron on Friday, 10.February 2012

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Not sure how things will be starting out (especially with my new job) but I would definitely like to go if my scheduling works out. I can confirm I will definitely be moved into Regina in time at least. Actually I'll be moving in the last week of February. Then it is a matter of working out my shift schedules and seeing how things fall into place.

If you don't mind me asking, what would be required if I wanted to run something there? Could I run a short Pathfinder game for folks for instance? Or just what would be expected in terms of length and what is done? I admit I'm interested and intrigued by the idea at least.

Anyway, thanks again and hope to see you around!


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by Jason Pass on Saturday, 11.February 2012

Quote by Aleron:

Thanks for the warm welcome!

If you don't mind me asking, what would be required if I wanted to run something there? Could I run a short Pathfinder game for folks for instance? Or just what would be expected in terms of length and what is done? I admit I'm interested and intrigued by the idea at least.

Anyway, thanks again and hope to see you around!


Running a game at Games Day is as easy as showing up; there are no real limitations. If you'd like to run an ongoing campaign, I would suggest pre-arranging a game with a few players; there are some players that do come out regularly that would be interested in a campaign.


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by Aleron on Tuesday, 14.February 2012

I was looking at more of a one shot for FRAG itself with the hope at least of meeting some people and setting up something more regular. Though I like that idea more.

How/where would you recommend finding players to prearrange something out of curiousity? I'd love to meet them though I'm not sure where to start looking. In any case, I'm definitely interested and already sorting through some ideas of what I could do for a longer running campaign.

Edit: Minor spelling/grammar issues


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by Jason Pass on Tuesday, 14.February 2012

Quote by Aleron:

I was looking at more of a one shot for FRAG itself with the hope at least of meeting some people and setting up something more regular. Though I like that idea more.

How/where would you recommend finding players to prearrange something out of curiousity? I'd love to meet them though I'm not sure where to start looking. In any case, I'm definitely interested and already sorting through some ideas of what I could do either for a longer running campaign.


If by "for FRAG itself" you mean as an event, there are a couple of options. We could make it a featured game at a Games Day, or running an event at the upcoming convention.

The convention would be the best option; more diverse players, and a good chance of getting some regulars for something ongoing, either run by yourself, or as part of another group.


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by Aleron on Wednesday, 15.February 2012

Sorry! I wasn't very clear. Still working out the terminology some. I was refering to the convention on April 13th to 15th.

I like both ideas, either at the convention or a Games Day but it will be hard for me to give a definite date till I am actually moved down and know my schedule for work. Out of curiousity though, how many generally show up at a Games Day? Or is there a bunch of different games going on at once?

The convention is far enough off I believe I should be able to work it out though. How would getting players for that work exactly? Do I need to reserve a table or something? Is there some way they could sign up or similar? The reason I ask is while I am fairly confident in my ability to DM, it starts to get difficult if you get more than 6 players (with 4 to 5 being more ideal really) at a given time.

Long story short, I've never been to any events like these (the convention or Games Days) and am not sure what to expect. Any hints, tips, or advice would be really appreciated.

Thanks again!


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by Jason Pass on Wednesday, 15.February 2012

Quote by Aleron:

Sorry! I wasn't very clear. Still working out the terminology some. I was refering to the convention on April 13th to 15th.

I like both ideas, either at the convention or a Games Day but it will be hard for me to give a definite date till I am actually moved down and know my schedule for work. Out of curiousity though, how many generally show up at a Games Day? Or is there a bunch of different games going on at once?

The convention is far enough off I believe I should be able to work it out though. How would getting players for that work exactly? Do I need to reserve a table or something? Is there some way they could sign up or similar? The reason I ask is while I am fairly confident in my ability to DM, it starts to get difficult if you get more than 6 players (with 4 to 5 being more ideal really) at a given time.

Long story short, I've never been to any events like these (the convention or Games Days) and am not sure what to expect. Any hints, tips, or advice would be really appreciated.

Thanks again!


I get it! Don't worry, I'm a little dense sometimes too! Very Happy

If you'd like to run an event at the convention, there is a moderator form that you can fill in (I'll send you a link offline). Using that form, you can specify the things that are important to your event (minimum players, max players, experience required, etc.). For example, if you'd like to limit the event to 6 players, you can do that. You can see some of the examples on the registration page below.

Once that is completed, pick an available spot on the convention schedule (http://www.reginagamers.com/index.php/convention). We can then set up the event for registration (http://www.reginagamers.com/index.php/convention/2012-registration), and the rest will be handled by the system. People will be able to register online, and they'll show up at your event at the convention. We'll provide space for your event, all you have to do is come out and run it.

There are usually between about 40 and 60 at a games day, and that includes the 10-12 LARP players, many of which don't regularly play board games. There are usually many games going on at once, Warhammer, some variant of D&D or Pathfinder, plus many board games of all varieties.

I hope that this clarifies things for you! Thanks for expressing interest in running an event.


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by Aleron on Wednesday, 15.February 2012

Thanks for the fast reply!

I got your email and have looked over the signup information. I will try get it filled out fairly quickly, soon as I can make sure I'll be able to make it.

Only have one(hopefully easy) question. Regarding the wait list, I assume this is in case someone doesn't show up, the next person on the list gets to join in? Is that assumption correct?


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by Jason Pass on Wednesday, 15.February 2012

That is correct. Thanks.


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by Aleron on Monday, 12.March 2012

Finally settled in and been given my work schedule for the coming weeks and months. Sadly the way it works out I won't be able to attend this year. Sorry!

With some luck hopefully I'll be able to make it out to some of the montly game nights in months following though.

Have fun all!
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