I am pleased to announce the return of the TavernCon for 2025.
Born, as so many online gatherings were, during the Black Death in 1348 when the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Archbishop of York convocated the high priesthood of Mithras together to continue their -99D&D [Divine and Deified -99, the pure light box edition, the one without kenders] campaign using their holy Palantirs.. screech.. Big Terry Gilliam Foot from Monty Python stomps down on all this foolishness and a monastic hand crosses it all out.
As before, this is a great way for Tavern folk and wider to meet up with each other online, especially for those that never get to the same cons or who are less able to get to such events.
The dates will be: 21-23 November 2025!
The timings will be [probably] 10:00-13:00, 14:30-1830, 19:30-23:30 and a 00:30-04:30 slot for those in the Americas plus those in Europe or Africa able to stay up*.
The nice feature of such an online con is that you can play in as many or few slots as you want, and we can be somewhat relaxed if someone wants to run a long slot so beloved of some people and say, for example: 10:00-18:30 with appropriate breaks.
* Anyone from Asia or Australasia needs to speak up if they want a 05:30 to 09:30 slot.
The signup and games platform will be setup and announced by @First Age in the next months.
Safety tools and polite non harassing behaviours are encouraged but as this is an online event with no defined platform choice, we leave that enforcement to the GM and the players. It is ok to eject a player from a game if they exhibit behaviours that are not in line with the style the GM set out in advance: therefore it is important that the GM agrees those behaviours and any lines/veils in advance. We expect all games to allow players who need to leave to do so, preferably with informing the GM: we suggest that the GM plans for potential drop outs and builds in some role/niche cover for such an eventuality.
Here are some resources: https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com/ and an example Campaign Safety & Consent Checklist:
Recruitment of new Tavern members that we can validate as adults is a feature of the Con we would like to promote. If you, as a GM or player, feel a person would fit in well at the Tavern and you have seen them and are confident they are an adult then please do ask them if they would like to become a member here, refer them to myself @Guvnor or @Dom at the Tavern Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kXm7sGwh3b
Pitch your games here and also at the TavernCon channel on Discord: https://discord.gg/ecdu4kJ7Wz
As before, this is a great way for Tavern folk and wider to meet up with each other online, especially for those that never get to the same cons or who are less able to get to such events.
The dates will be: 21-23 November 2025!
The timings will be [probably] 10:00-13:00, 14:30-1830, 19:30-23:30 and a 00:30-04:30 slot for those in the Americas plus those in Europe or Africa able to stay up*.
The nice feature of such an online con is that you can play in as many or few slots as you want, and we can be somewhat relaxed if someone wants to run a long slot so beloved of some people and say, for example: 10:00-18:30 with appropriate breaks.
* Anyone from Asia or Australasia needs to speak up if they want a 05:30 to 09:30 slot.
The signup and games platform will be setup and announced by @First Age in the next months.
Safety tools and polite non harassing behaviours are encouraged but as this is an online event with no defined platform choice, we leave that enforcement to the GM and the players. It is ok to eject a player from a game if they exhibit behaviours that are not in line with the style the GM set out in advance: therefore it is important that the GM agrees those behaviours and any lines/veils in advance. We expect all games to allow players who need to leave to do so, preferably with informing the GM: we suggest that the GM plans for potential drop outs and builds in some role/niche cover for such an eventuality.
Here are some resources: https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com/ and an example Campaign Safety & Consent Checklist:
Recruitment of new Tavern members that we can validate as adults is a feature of the Con we would like to promote. If you, as a GM or player, feel a person would fit in well at the Tavern and you have seen them and are confident they are an adult then please do ask them if they would like to become a member here, refer them to myself @Guvnor or @Dom at the Tavern Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kXm7sGwh3b
Pitch your games here and also at the TavernCon channel on Discord: https://discord.gg/ecdu4kJ7Wz
