Hawkland Gaming Festival

BattleTech: Learn-to-play

In this introduction to the BattleTech game and universe, players each take control of one or more giant walking war machines (BattleMechs, aka 'Mechs) and battle until their opponent is destroyed or until the scenario objectives being played are completed.  In summary: GIANT STOMPY ROBOTS!

Blood & Plunder: Learn-to-play

Brandish your cutlass and musket and prepare for swashbuckling and adventure on the Spanish Main!  A miniatures game set in the Caribbean during the 17th century, it is guaranteed to evoke thrills and capture the imagination of gamer pirates.

Ivion: The Herocrafting Card/Board Game 

Enter a pain-stakingly crafted arena card game where you'll need every tool at your disposal to pull ahead. Tread lightly, for you'll find no mercy here.

Modern Art: Makes Me Want to Rock Out 

Buying and selling paintings can be a very lucrative business. Five different artists have produced a bunch of paintings, and it's your job to make a profit in flipping artwork. 

Malifaux Demos

In a twisted mirror of an alternate Earth, engage in skirmish level gang warfare throughout the ruins of the eponymous city of Malifaux and its surrounding wilderness. Learn to play using smaller crews and a simplified set up. 

Nefarious Absurd Scintillating Games (N.A.S.G.) Demos

Learn how to play a miniatures agnostic skirmish game by an indie game developer.  Use miniatures they already have and incorporate them in a skirmish game setting. 

Shadowdark

Classic gaming with elegant execution! Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation. 

It’s fast, familiar, intuitive, deadly, and built for sword-and-sorcery adventures. A torch only holds back the looming darkness, and there isn't a moment to spare when your only light source is guttering low...

Shadowrun: Battle Royale

What started as a case of the munchies spirals into corporate intrigue and gang warfare! 

Thunder Road: Vendetta: Learn-to-play

Thunder Road: Vendetta is a revved-up restoration of the classic 1986 game of mayhem on the asphalt. Grab your crew, roll your dice, race your cars, shoot your guns, and try not to get wrecked. 

BattleTech: Learn-to-play

In this introduction to the BattleTech game and universe, players each take control of one or more giant walking war machines (BattleMechs, aka 'Mechs) and battle until their opponent is destroyed or until the scenario objectives being played are completed.  In summary: GIANT STOMPY ROBOTS!

Blood & Plunder: Learn-to-play

Brandish your cutlass and musket and prepare for swashbuckling and adventure on the Spanish Main!  A miniatures game set in the Caribbean during the 17th century, it is guaranteed to evoke thrills and capture the imagination of gamer pirates.

Call of Cthulhu 

Even death shall die!  This Call of Cthulhu scenario is a perfect introduction to cosmic horror!  It’s a convention-friendly trek through unnamable frights with pre-generated characters and plenty of dice! 

Red Dragon Inn 

In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You've raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you're back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.

The Siege of Tyral Morhal 

A Legendary siege of a sea borne fortress with many bosses and tough minions who guard it. Recommended Level is 10. 

Top Gun: Strategy Game 

Learn to play as Team Maverick/Goose and Team Iceman/Slider during an intense air-combat training exercise. Pilots must strategically maneuver their planes and coordinate with their Weapons System Operator. Conducting intense gravity-defying aerial maneuvers and securing a valuable target lock on their opponent will secure a swift victory.  AND DON’T FORGET VOLLEYBALL!

Wingspan: Learn-to-Play 

Avian aficionados unite! Play as a bird enthusiast with the goal of attracting the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each habitat in the game is associated with an action (gaining food, laying eggs, drawing cards). Each bird that you play makes you better at those actions and triggers its own power each time you use its habitat.

Zombicide 1st edition 

Zombicide is a collaborative game in which players take the role of a survivor – each with unique abilities – and harness both their skills and the power of teamwork against the hordes of unthinking undead! 

BattleTech: Learn-to-play

In this introduction to the BattleTech game and universe, players each take control of one or more giant walking war machines (BattleMechs, aka 'Mechs) and battle until their opponent is destroyed or until the scenario objectives being played are completed.  In summary: GIANT STOMPY ROBOTS!

Blood & Plunder: Learn-to-play

Brandish your cutlass and musket and prepare for swashbuckling and adventure on the Spanish Main!  A miniatures game set in the Caribbean during the 17th century, it is guaranteed to evoke thrills and capture the imagination of gamer pirates.

Cyberpunk RED: Getting Paid 

The players have just finished a lucrative job, but they need to find (and possibly rescue) their Fixer before they can be paid… 

Ironsworn: Starforged 

Take on the role of spacefaring explorers in a distant galaxy as they scour the stars for remnants of a fallen civilization. 

Zombicide 1st edition 

Zombicide is a collaborative game in which players take the role of a survivor – each with unique abilities – and harness both their skills and the power of teamwork against the hordes of unthinking undead!