Gaming Adventures

The New Normal (Whatever that is)

It’s been radio silence here at team Nexus. Dealing with the world and the insanity that is Covid has brought content creation to a halt. No con’s for testing, no play groups for brainstorming. As many jumped on the Virtual gaming bandwagon I was hesitant, even resistant to give it a try. “It’s not the same” I told myself, like grumpy 8 year old who is told moms hamburgers are just as good as McDonalds. I had no motivation to share my latest adventure of Into the Nexus with faceless voices on Discord.

Well, That is about to change. First of all Nexus does have a Discord channel. I am on all the time if people want to chat about Nexus games

Second I will be running two games virtually for GenCon Online at the end of the month.

A little bit of History Repeating (Thursday)

A little bit of history repeating (Friday)

These will be 6 player games that both myself and AA will be running. For this we will be using the Cortex Game mechanic as it is better suited for a more narrative style of game play. You can add these games to your wish list now and registration is July 13th. This is all free and I welcome any and all who wish to play.

Depending on the success of these events I will then start announcing more Nexus games for players who are interested.

No one wanted to game this way all the time but for everyone’s safety this is what we have. I put on my big boy pants and am making it work so I hope all of you will join me for some truly Misdirected Awesome.

Ta Ta

July 6, 2020 0

Decade of Deviations

It’s a week until Gen Con! We are doing the madness that is final prep and it dawned on me that I’ve been running this game for large cons for 10 years now. Ten years since my first run at Dragon*Con. Slave ship and what would become Darkmore Besieged. It wasn’t until 2010 I added the Siege at the end component. UPYztlznRHmIMH+IrlH6Yg

So the Above are some of the firsts. Some of the first people to ever take a chance on playing this crazy person’s 10 hour opus. You’ll see some of the original 3.5 character sheets that we just scratched out my changes on to the first sheets I made myself.

The players who I still talk to or see to this day, David ,Who stood on the table and yelled at his mother that he was in charge. Lex, Megan and Frank who came again and again to play, Eric, Rob and Gabe who came to my house weekly to help me playtest and sat with me in a shoddy hotel cafe and did a full 10 hour test run. And Justin. My Friend. My artist. Who gave me Gug’el. A wacky character that is seen in almost every game and in the game book itself.

These are the people who helped shape the beginning, mold the wave, Rolled the first 1s

Their awesome is anything is but misdirected.

So if you are playing next week and love what you experience they are a big part of the reason.

Ta for now

July 24, 2019 0

Three Weeks Until Indy!

2019 has flew by and Gencon is almost here. We have been getting the gaming missions and the final battles all ready for you and I think you are really going to love the new additions.

Some updates

We will be taking e-tickets at GenCon this year and that means you will NOT get a paper ticket either in the mail or will call. My team and I will be scanning the tickets at the game itself. This also means that if you didn’t get a ticket because it was sold out I can sell you one right at the game and we can get you a seat.

Second we will have some custom Shirts for sale at the game in case you are interested.

For returning players the shirt image should be very very familiar.

Third I think you are all really really going to like night two. We’ve done a lot of prep and made it a great continuation to Darkmore Besieged. New baddies. New location. new mini missions. and this time Time is not an ally.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all in three weeks and can’t wait to show you what we’ve got!

July 11, 2019 0

Baby it’s cold outside. Let’s roll dice

So I’m getting ready for a new gaming con. I will be running Into the Nexus at the Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee in January.

If you are in the midwest and want a fun diversion from the cold I suggest looking at the Midwinter Gaming Convention. It’s at the downtown Hilton and whole place is being used for games. Larp, Tabletop and boardgames. This is a smaller con than I usually do but I like it because we can get into some more storytelling aspects of Nexus that usually gets overlooked at bigger shows.

Anyway, if you want to get tickets or rooms or whatever. Click on the links and register.

That being said I will be making some changes to the Darkmore missions and games for this years Gen Con and any future cons that will see their first light at the Midwinter. It will now be all Darkmore adventures. We will start with Darkmore Besieged the game of choices and consequences. Do you figure out who is the spy but not stop the reinforcement of troops? Do you ignore a powerful Magical artifact in lieu of getting better siege equipment? The choice is always yours, especially the really bad ones.

In 2018 Gencon we ran Crash Landing. a prototype of a style I wanted to try. Where in Darkmore Besieged you have time to figure out what you want to do and execute it. In Crash you were on a clock and the clock was unforgiving. By the end “More are Coming” were the words that made my players scream in frustration and terror. It had some good moments and some tedious ones. So I decided to make a change.

This year we will continue Darkmore the next night with Darkmore Strikes Back. If you played the night before (and didn’t die) you will keep your character and keep going. New players will jump in and you will have to deal with the consequences of the night before. Did you kill the baroness? Well her captain of the guard is pissed and coming after you. Did she escape? Yeah she ain’t happy. Did she have unknown allies who are unhappy with your little coup? You’ll just have to find out.

More will definitely be coming.

Ta Ta

November 15, 2018 0

Opening the Flood Gates!

Gencon Registration opened for the games and we sold tickets like crazy. It wasn’t Infinity War numbers but it was pretty great all the same.

Darkmore is sold out.

Crash Landing still has 9 seats left so if you are interested go get you some.

We WILL be taking generics at the table so if you can’t get a regular ticket you can use those instead. (FYI you will need ten hours worth for each session)

Crash Landing will be a very different experience this year as we will be adding some multimedia environment variables to the action. It should be a lot of fun and hopefully a thrill ride for all involved.

I want to send thanks to my regular players who keep coming back year after year. (looking at you Kincaids). You all are the best and I’m happy you enjoy it enough to keep playing.

I’ve got some cool stuff for this year and some great surprises.

I am really excited and can’t wait to show you.

See you all in August.

May 8, 2018 0

Kobayashi Maru and Tyler too

So GenCon games are live and kicking. I thought I’d give people interested a little idea of what is in store for them if they choose to play.

We are doing two games this year Crash Landing and Darkmore Besieged.

Crash Landing will be a fast paced survival game. You and your group will be expected to make fast decisions and not all of them will be good choices. Lots of action with a multimedia environment to add to the experience. FYI the players in this game will be randomly assigned to breakout groups in the beginning so be warned you may be playing with new people for a while. All the players (surviving that is) will be brought back together for the games thrilling conclusion. It should be exciting and a lot of fun with some scare/surprise elements.

Darkmore Besieged. A GenCon tradition for 8 years running. You will be members of insurrectionists working to overthrow a tyrannical ruler. You will be given a list of possible missions to choose from then break into smaller groups and attempt to complete them. Be warned, all the missions are vital and not all can be chosen. So you will have to see what consequences you can live with. The evening will conclude when all the players will join back up for a final winner take all castle siege. Lots of action and chaos, but the good chaos. Not the kind that causes dinosaurs to get loose on the island….

Or maybe that too….

Both games are Pathfinder based with a custom Magic system and all materials will be provided.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

April 22, 2018 0

Gen Con Book first printing!

I have the D20 version printed up and ready for the editor.

Will be ready for the two long games I’m running at this years Gen*Con

Darkmore Besieged and Slave Ships Revolt.

Hope to see you there!

August 1, 2017 0

Why not both?

So It’s been a while. Life is funny and fun sometimes but I am back with an update for all couple dozen of you Into the Nexus fans

Gen Con 2016 was great fun and we had a raucous good time at our gaming sessions.

Slave Ship and Darkmore both sold out and we even had extras come in and ask to play. Large scale games that went on into the wee hours of the morning. The cortex games we smaller but still just as fun. Nice easy 4 hour games that I think ended quite well. Feedback was positive and some of the changes made to both types of games really worked well with this years players.

That being said I have made a decision. We will be releasing both a Cortex+ and a d20 version of the Into the Nexus. Both books are pretty much done except for editing and I think they offer strengths to different gaming styles. I hope to have copies of both ready for Gencon 2017.

I have made some serious changes to the web site. I have added all playable characters and races and I had added both gaming system character sheets. Both character sheets samples are now available here

https://misdirectedawesome.wordpress.com/roleplaying-worlds/races/character-sheets/

So take a look at the new cast and crew of Into The Nexus. All illustrations have been done by Justin Graham and are fantastic. The Walker and Ayan are my personal favorites.

I know I’m not the best at the constant posts but I hope to get better at it in the next few months with more content to announce and hopefully more gaming sessions to talk about.

What are you waiting for? Go take a look.

September 16, 2016 0

Gen Con Gaming Schedule!

Alright alright alright….

Misdirected Awesome Games has all of our gaming sessions online!

Here are our Into the Nexus games based off the Cortex Plus system. The world was destroyed through a gross misuse of magic. Our players will have to make their way through an alternate 80’s Earth that has been forever altered by magic, betrayal, and Aya

Into the Nexus: A Hybris Theory

https://www.gencon.com/events/84092

Into the Nexus: Very Huge Saga

https://www.gencon.com/events/84102

Making their debut with Misdirected Awesome games is Flashpoint. A thrilling science fiction space horror d20 game.

For the past century, the modern civilizations of the Milky Way Galaxy have been slowly losing solar system after after system to a mysterious, all-consuming, and seemingly invincible race of beings known only as the Nhilus. In desperation, many races have consolidated their strength to their home systems to brace for the inevitable.

Flashpoint Part 1 of 2: “Evacuate Earth”

https://www.gencon.com/events/84448

Flashpoint Part 2 of 2: “Jump to Wayward Station”

https://www.gencon.com/events/84453

Flashpoint: Infinite – Survival of the Fittest

https://www.gencon.com/events/91715

And of course our time honored classic Pathfinder Into the Nexus adventures Based off the books The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Slave Ship Revolt

https://www.gencon.com/events/84081

Darkmore Beseiged (Already Sold Out but we will accept generics if we have no shows)

https://www.gencon.com/events/84082

Looking forward to a great Gen con this year and hope to see you all there!

June 7, 2016 0

Misdirected Awesome Games.

Rolling a 1 isn't failure. It's Misdirected Awesome.

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