FG Con 16 - Friday April 16th to Sunday April 18th, 2021

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January 28th, 2021, 13:07
Trenloe

FG Con 16 - Friday April 16th to Sunday April 18th, 2021
Friday April 16th to Sunday April 18th, 2021. Starting around 5pm New Zealand time on the Friday and ending around midnight Hawaii time on the Sunday - over 72 hours of gaming.

FG Con 16 is now open for GM event submissions!

Player sign ups starts Friday March 19th.

If you want to run an event you can find GM guidelines here: https://www.fg-con.com/information/gm-guidelines/ which includes a link to a PDF file that steps the GM through how to register and submit their game. Please read the guidelines and follow the steps in the PDF to submit your event. And remember - as a GM submitting your game you must enter the times in the GMT/UTC 0 time zone - the event submission form won't read your profile timezone, but once the event is approved, prospective players will see the even time adjust to their profile time zone.

FG Con 16 is the first time when we’ll have games being ran on two different versions of Fantasy Grounds – Unity (FGU) and Classic (FGC). It’s expected that most games will be ran using FGU, but there is nothing stopping a GM running a game using FGC – just please be very clear that your players need FG Classic to join your game, and you will need your own Ultimate license to run games, there isn’t a Standard to Ultimate upgrade like there has been in previous years.

To run a game at FG Con you must have an Ultimate license for the version you’re going to use. For FGU SmiteWorks are offering a free three month Ultimate license subscription to those running events, for FGC there is no offer and you must own a FGC Ultimate license to run a game on FGC at FG Con 16.

The free three month FGU Ultimate license is handled through a SmiteWorks portal, with a unique code provided by the FG Con admins once your submitted event has been reviewed and approved. If you wish to take advantage of this please email [email protected] requesting your code, include your FG Con username so we can match your request to an event.

Any questions regarding FG Con please post below or email [email protected]. A big thanks in advance to all those who will take part!

Please spread the word to make people aware and GMs - start planning your game/s... :)

A few things to keep in mind for FG Con:
1. Run the games using Fantasy Grounds, and the “live” setting. The GM should have an Ultimate license - SmiteWorks will provide a free three month FG Unity Ultimate subscription for those running an event.
2. We will be having session ran on both FGC (Classic) and FGU (Unity). GMs - remember to enter which version you'll be running when you submit your event. Players - make sure you verify which version of FG you'll need for a session.
3. Run each session in a designated time slot - the length and start time is up to you. Keep to this time slot to allow players the chance to take part in as many events as possible - try to start on time and don't overrun!
4. Use the FG Con website and event booking system. You can advertise events elsewhere (we encourage that), but all event listings and player booking have to be through the FG Con site. GMs are required to enter their own events so that they have full access to player bookings for review and communication. GMs are required to communicate with their players for pre-event confirmation and coordination.
5. Use the FG Con designated Discord server for in-session communications.
6. Only run games during the weekend of Friday April 16th to Sunday April 18th, 2021.
7. Abide by the instructions and directions of the FG Con admin team.
8. Keep it simple for players to sign-up and participate. Have pregens ready, try not to have too complex pre-game player preparation. A lot of convention players just want to turn up and play - help them do that.
9. Try to keep games fairly newbie friendly - we get a lot of people trying out Fantasy Grounds and new RPG systems. If you expect a certain level of knowledge of FG or the system you're running, be very clear in your event post and subsequent communications.
FG Con is a great way to meet other online players and GMs, try games you've never played before and get to know Fantasy Grounds - we can all learn more from seeing a different GM in action.

More info to come in due course... The main organisers have been super busy recently...
January 28th, 2021, 15:16
Ulric

Awesome! I am already off work during these days! Time to consider what to run!
January 28th, 2021, 15:17
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulric

Awesome! I am already off work during these days! Time to consider what to run!

Great!
January 28th, 2021, 15:39
LordEntrails

Excellent! So glad to see FG Con has returned! Now what shall I run...? What's going to be run that I can play in...?
January 29th, 2021, 22:36
SilentRuin

Curious - if one were to run a FGU 5e game with pregens can they use their own extensions? Or is that forbidden? What are the game time slots (how long is a game expected to last). Ah I just now noticed a signature with www.fg-con.com - I assume that is the correct place to look? Might want to move that to text body - I rarely read signatures and just caught it further down in another reply.
January 29th, 2021, 22:59
damned

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentRuin

Curious - if one were to run a FGU 5e game with pregens can they use their own extensions? Or is that forbidden? What are the game time slots (how long is a game expected to last). Ah I just now noticed a signature with www.fg-con.com - I assume that is the correct place to look? Might want to move that to text body - I rarely read signatures and just caught it further down in another reply.

We havent updated the website as yet.
Players cannot load extensions...?
You can run ANYTHING so long as its running on FG and its not R Rated.
There are no timeslots however ALO and PFS/SFS may choose to run in Timeslots to make it easier for players to line up games.
GMs and Players participate from all over the world so US timeslots often do not assist people in other timezones.
January 29th, 2021, 23:04
SilentRuin

Quote:

Originally Posted by damned

We havent updated the website as yet.
Players cannot load extensions...?
You can run ANYTHING so long as its running on FG and its not R Rated.
There are no timeslots however ALO and PFS/SFS may choose to run in Timeslots to make it easier for players to line up games.
GMs and Players participate from all over the world so US timeslots often do not assist people in other timezones.

I would be a GM so I would be able to load extensions - which I always use for my lazy enhancement as a DM. I take your answer to mean that I can run them for a game I host. Let me know when the web site is updated as your correct its got a lot of old references in there :) Thinking about doing this but not sure yet.

And I was not asking about "timezones" but duration of the play.
January 29th, 2021, 23:07
damned

You can 100% use all of your amazing extensions.
You can also do things like run tutorials or demonstrations etc - anything FG gaming related.
January 29th, 2021, 23:10
SilentRuin

Quote:

Originally Posted by damned

You can 100% use all of your amazing extensions.
You can also do things like run tutorials or demonstrations etc - anything FG gaming related.

And duration of expected play for a session? In order to design something that would fit.
January 29th, 2021, 23:22
Trenloe

Session start time and length of session is up to the GM (see bullet point three in the first post). Most convention slots are between 3 and 5 hours. 3 is really just enough for a couple of encounters once you get everyone sorted out and ready to play. Shorter sessions are good for introductions/new user sessions. The sweet spot is usually 4 hours, with 5 sometimes being a little on the long side for most people.
January 30th, 2021, 00:39
damned

Weve seen people do 8 and 12 hour sessions. But it can be hard to fill. We have also seen shorter 2 hour game sessions and 1-2 hour tutorial/demo sessions.
January 30th, 2021, 03:21
LordEntrails

I did four sessions of four hours each a couple of FG Cons ago. It was basically a continuous dungeon delve. A couple of players ran all sessions, but others only came for one or two.
February 1st, 2021, 05:01
SilentRuin

A stupid question, is there a sweet spot level for the pre-made PC's in FG CON? I don't want to have them with to many options, but also want them with enough to experience a bit of everything. I'm thinking level 4 but not sure - so shopping for a 2nd or 3rd opinion. In past "con" type of game I've DM'ed in FGU I had 6th level but it was with very experienced players I knew.
February 1st, 2021, 05:12
LordEntrails

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

A stupid question, is there a sweet spot level for the pre-made PC's in FG CON? I don't want to have them with to many options, but also want them with enough to experience a bit of everything. I'm thinking level 4 but not sure - so shopping for a 2nd or 3rd opinion. In past "con" type of game I've DM'ed in FGU I had 6th level but it was with very experienced players I knew.

Depends. If you are targeting new players, then second level. More HP, but not much more in the way of additional complexity (options). For experienced players, I think level 5 or 6 is pretty good; I always like the option of a fireball!
February 1st, 2021, 05:15
SilentRuin

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Originally Posted by LordEntrails

Depends. If you are targeting new players, then second level. More HP, but not much more in the way of additional complexity (options). For experienced players, I think level 5 or 6 is pretty good; I always like the option of a fireball!

Do you just state the level of the pregens and they take it to mean only experienced players, or is that something you specify in the signups for this?
February 1st, 2021, 07:20
damned

If you want experienced players only you should specify that in the Game Ad.
We generally encourage people to run stuff that newcomers will be welcome to join in on however what you run is really up to you.

Generally aim for a 3 or 4 encounter scenario and you would expect that to run in 3/3.5 or 4/4.5 hours.
If you have run the scenario before and have a better idea on its length that is fine too.
Generally its best to add 30mins to the expected run time rather than risk people having to leave because another game they are playing in is starting.

I tend to agree - 2nd/3rd level toons are less likely to die in the first encounter - it is a one shot you are allowed to kill them - and having a fireball (level 5/6) is always handy in the final scene.
February 1st, 2021, 10:48
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentRuin

Do you just state the level of the pregens and they take it to mean only experienced players, or is that something you specify in the signups for this?

You should always specify what you want, expect and mean. This is the Internet - lots of people don't read much so even if you state things people might not take it in, but don't ever make assumptions when advertising a game - state what you're aiming for and what you expect.
February 2nd, 2021, 19:37
Doswelk

Looks like yet again, I am the first to submit adventure for FG Con (like I did the for the first one!)

I know other people may has submitted as well, but as there are no adventures showing yet I am going to claim it :D
February 2nd, 2021, 20:40
SilentRuin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doswelk

Looks like yet again, I am the first to submit adventure for FG Con (like I did the for the first one!)

I know other people may has submitted as well, but as there are no adventures showing yet I am going to claim it :D

I was under the impression the web site was not ready yet.
February 2nd, 2021, 21:08
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doswelk

Looks like yet again, I am the first to submit adventure for FG Con (like I did the for the first one!)

I know other people may has submitted as well, but as there are no adventures showing yet I am going to claim it :D

Look at you Mr. Speedy Pants! Trying to keep your record going? ;)

It won't get approved for a couple of weeks, and you may have to change it, but thanks for posting...
February 5th, 2021, 18:59
Myrdin Potter

4 hours has been enough for players to see a good amount of level 1 of the Mouth of Doom for Rappan Athuk. 3 would be a little short unless everyone knew FG. 5 too much for me to DM and I would likely to have to have several levels prepared at that point. As an indication.
February 5th, 2021, 19:04
Myrdin Potter

And, for 5e DMs, the first link in my master "paid creations link" are the standard WoTC pregenerated characters levels 1 to 10.

As always, if you are using for FG Con, feel no shame to put 0 in the pay what you want box. My way of giving back.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...Guild-Offering
February 6th, 2021, 09:16
dmccoy1693

I've got the weekend blocked off.
February 6th, 2021, 09:46
viviolay

Hey Everyone- just a heads up I will be starting to plan the AL side of FGCon. If You would like to run adventurers league for the event please feel free to join the FG AL discord so you can get in touch with me.

Link Here: https://discord.gg/stJMXKy

All best,
Violet
February 15th, 2021, 15:36
srbongo

I've been waiting for this, excited to see it getting set up and figure out what I'll run!
February 15th, 2021, 16:31
SilentRuin

Is there a time we should start looking for signing up to run things for this? I saw a few posts about people "being first to sign up" then about there not being anything really updated on the FG CON 16 web site. When should I start looking to see if it is updated? Is there a time frame?
February 15th, 2021, 19:55
Trenloe

From the first post in this thread: "We aim to have the booking system open for GM event submissions the third week in February." That is still our aim. So that means sometime this week.

We'll provide announcements when it is ready for GM event submission.
February 21st, 2021, 21:42
SilentRuin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

From the first post in this thread: "We aim to have the booking system open for GM event submissions the third week in February." That is still our aim. So that means sometime this week.

We'll provide announcements when it is ready for GM event submission.

Soon:tm:
February 21st, 2021, 21:44
Trenloe

Sorry, this last week's update has completely taken up the team's time. Hopefully in a few days...
February 21st, 2021, 21:49
SilentRuin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

Sorry, this last week's update has completely taken up the team's time. Hopefully in a few days...

Yeah the update definitely impacted us all for sure.

No rush on my part - will check out the updated page when it gets there.
February 22nd, 2021, 17:04
Hector Trelane

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

From the first post in this thread: "We aim to have the booking system open for GM event submissions the third week in February." That is still our aim. So that means sometime this week.

We'll provide announcements when it is ready for GM event submission.

I'm tuning in very late. Will take a look to see if I can host a session or three. Would be an add-on prob after the initial posting. And if I can't run anything, hey, I'll show up to fill a table for another GM!

Thanks for running this, as always.

P.S. Finally experienced a Unity game last weekend for a D&D classic adventure and the LOS map was a fun feature indeed.
February 25th, 2021, 13:21
Trenloe

FG Con 16 is now open for GM event submissions – you can find GM guidelines here: https://www.fg-con.com/information/gm-guidelines/ which includes a link to a PDF file that steps the GM through how to register and submit their game. Please read the guidelines and follow the steps in the PDF to submit your event. And remember - as a GM submitting your game you must enter the times in the GMT/UTC 0 time zone - the event submission form won't read your profile timezone, but once the event is approved, prospective players will see the even time adjust to their profile time zone.

FG Con 16 is the first time when we’ll have games being ran on two different versions of Fantasy Grounds – Unity (FGU) and Classic (FGC). It’s expected that most games will be ran using FGU, but there is nothing stopping a GM running a game using FGC – just please be very clear that your players need FG Classic to join your game, and you will need your own Ultimate license to run games, there isn’t a Standard to Ultimate upgrade like there has been in previous years.

To run a game at FG Con you must have an Ultimate license for the version you’re going to use. For FGU SmiteWorks are offering a free three month Ultimate license subscription to those running events, for FGC there is no offer and you must own a FGC Ultimate license to run a game on FGC at FG Con 16.

The free three month FGU Ultimate license is handled through a SmiteWorks portal, with a unique code provided by the FG Con admins once your submitted event has been reviewed and approved. If you wish to take advantage of this please email [email protected] requesting your code, include your FG Con username so we can match your request to an event.

Any questions regarding FG Con please post below or email [email protected]. A big thanks in advance to all those who will take part!
February 25th, 2021, 13:27
Trenloe

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Originally Posted by Doswelk

Looks like yet again, I am the first to submit adventure for FG Con (like I did the for the first one!)

And it's the first one approved too!

Thanks for running an event at FG Con 16!

Alain heartily approves of this event! :D

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=44262
February 25th, 2021, 14:50
Trenloe

Having some issues with updating some low level files on the FG Con server - it's down for hopefully just a short time. I'll post again when it's back up.
February 25th, 2021, 15:22
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

Having some issues with updating some low level files on the FG Con server - it's down for hopefully just a short time. I'll post again when it's back up.

FG Con website is now back online...
February 25th, 2021, 18:18
Hector Trelane

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trenloe

And it's the first one approved too!

Thanks for running an event at FG Con 16!

Alain heartily approves of this event! :D

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=44262

Congrats to Doswelk for being first yet again.

Really at this point it'd be discourteous not to let him be first. He's the President Pro Tem of the Senate...the Chairman of the Board...
March 5th, 2021, 04:25
viviolay

Just a heads up, AL event submission will be a little different (your games will still be listed on the FG site). I'm going to pass along the information soon and also give it to Trenloe so it's publicly available in another couple of days
March 6th, 2021, 14:13
GregRex
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trenloe

Use the FG Con designated Discord server for in-session communications.
I would like to run Syrinscape with my games, will the Discord server be boosted for the event to provide better audio quality?
March 7th, 2021, 02:42
Hector Trelane

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregRex

I would like to run Syrinscape with my games, will the Discord server be boosted for the event to provide better audio quality?

I notice the same audio quality problem with Discord. (Teamspeak could be boosted to higher levels and worked better for audio quality.) I don't even know if it's possible to boost audio quality with Discord (I've looked unsuccessfully myself).

That said, Gwydion has workarounds; here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w74bjbqk244

He recently posted this solution for Discord by another user: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1FlHRjthc
March 7th, 2021, 07:09
Trenloe

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregRex

I would like to run Syrinscape with my games, will the Discord server be boosted for the event to provide better audio quality?

We'll be using the Fantasy Grounds Discord server which is currently boosted to level 1 - allowing 128kbps.it won’t be specifically boosted beyond that for FG Con 16.

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