This year at Scarefest, we’re trying something new: we’re implementing a token system. And to be clear, by “tokens” we basically mean “raffle tickets”, but tokens is more in the spirit of the thing. Like…”a token of kindness”, or “a token of affection”. That sort of thing. How do I get tokens? You get tokens
A Dungeons & Dragons AL module for characters level 1-4, The Marionette sends you down the uncomfortable twists and turns of a fortune teller’s prediction, where even the love and determination of a mother can reach too far into the realm of madness and dark obsession… The Marionette will be run by the inimitable Michael Jellema
Continuing on with our quest to leave no game neglected (or at least unmentioned), today’s highlight is Call of Cthulhu: A Time to Harvest! Call of Cthulhu is a horror RPG based on the writings of the late, great H.P. Lovecraft and his spawn. Those he inspired/possessed. Whatever. Basically there are a whole lot of
We have so many different games coming to this year’s Scarefest that we decided we should do some semi-weekly highlights so that none of them get missed in our expansive schedule. That would hurt their feelings, and no one wants that. Every game should feel special. So today’s Special Game is Bolt Action! Running Saturday afternoon
As we’re gearing up for the next Scarefest, we do have a few quick announcements to make! More details to come later, but for now here’s your super-fast rundown: Rooms at the Winsborough are currently on sale at the Early Roc rate! This rate will hold through June, but then it goes up, so get
All right, spooklings. All the Minions here at AVL Scarefest headquarters have been hard at work to bring you another weekend of terrifying gaming fun, and we now feel confident saying We Have A Plan This year’s Asheville Scarefest will be back on this year from October 21 through 23, once again at the beautiful
We’ve booked out the Winsborough Lodge, but there are other good places to stay near the con. We have a spreadsheet of the various rentals, along with contacts and costs, available here: Private Housing XLS Also, there are a number of Bed & Breakfasts close by which get rave reviews: Bed & Breakfasts And finally,
Asheville Scarefest needs you to help bring in the players! Please use the flyers below to let others know what’s coming. Post online, at your school, at the local coffee shop! Stand on street corners and hand them out (along with free candy!). Or, you know, not. Be careful. People out there will take all
Yesterday, we had to tell Montreat how many rooms we wanted to reserve at Winsborough Lodge. We had requests for over half of them. When we sent that in, they offered to let us go ahead and reserve the entire lodge, on the understanding we can release some of the rooms a month before the
This is it, we have a location and we’re definitely ON! Scarefest 2015 will be on October 23-25 at the beautiful Montreat Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC. While our original intention had been to keep it within Asheville, proper, it turns out that it’s very difficult to get a space in leaf season for