Games
Pheno 2004 is proud to offer the following games and events. These are divided into several categories:
Schedule
There will be nine (9) sessions for scheduled games across the weekend, as well as a banquet, special events, and all the fun of post-Con drinkies:
| Friday 11th | Saturday 12th | Sunday 13th | Monday 14th | |
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9-12 am |
1 |
5 |
8 |
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lunch |
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1-4 pm |
2 |
6 |
9 |
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break |
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4.30 - 7.30 pm |
Registration from 6pm |
3 |
7 |
Prizegiving |
dinner |
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8.30 - 11.30 pm |
Special events |
4 |
Banquet |
Post-Con drinkies |
New Designers
Each year Pheno is proud to encourage games writers who are new to writing for Cons to have a go.
At the end of each game the players will be asked to vote for the new writer whose game was the best, and that writer will go on in the next year to write one of Pheno's prestige games: the Triptych!
New designers are marked with this symbol: 
The Triptych
Each year, three respected designers are invited to present a systemless single session game as part of a triptych. Each scenario emphasises characterisation, psychological realism and drama. Each game will be judged separately, but teams competing in all three games will also be eligible for the Triptych Perpetual Trophy.
- Mayhem Over Manhattan— Robbie Matthews
- Last Night in Eden — Peter Rousell
- The Fishbowl — Eric Henry (NB This is a Freeform)
Living D20
D20 and Dungeons & Dragons v3.5. Organiser – Wes Nicholson
A smorgasbord of Living D20 games brought to you by The RPGA Asia Pacific Branch.
Greyhawk:
- A Horse of a Different Colour – Living Greyhawk Introductory Game by Tiffany Chamberlain
- Battles in the Yatils – Living Greyhawk by Wes Nicholson
- Brother Mine – Living Greyhawk by Dean Bailey
- Duke of the Dust – Living Greyhawk by Paul Looby
- Madness Falls – Living Greyhawk by Jeffrey A. Dobberpuhl
- Sepia Follies – Living Greyhawk interactive organised by Bruce Legge
Other Living D20:
- Green Regent: Rat's Bastard – Living Forgotten Realms
- Reclamation – Living Dragonstar by Phil Thompson
- Sword of a Different Mettle – Living Arcanis (D&D v3.5)
- The Way of the Force – Living Force by Ron Heintz
NB Living D20 games run on a slightly different schedule to other games.
| Friday 11th | Saturday 12th | Sunday 13th | Monday 14th | |
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9am –1pm |
Horse
of a Different Colour Madness Falls Brother Mine The Way of the Force |
Sepia
Follies |
Duke
of the Dust Reclamation Green Regent Battle in the Yatils |
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break |
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2pm – 6pm |
Duke
of the Dust Madness Falls Battles in the Yatils Sword of a Different Mettle |
Sepia
Follies Green Regent |
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break |
Registration from 6pm | |||
7pm – 11.30pm |
Horse
of a Different Colour Brother Mine Reclamation |
Battles
in the Yatils The Way of the Force Sword of a Different Mettle |
Banquet |
Freeforms
Freeforms are big games for up to 50 (or rarely, and insanely, more...) players, whose characters are collected in some kind of social gathering in which they interact, intrigue and politic with each other.
- Dark Cambridge — Jason
Cebalo (1 session Dark Ages Vampire)
- Deblessing a Princess — Barbara Kearins (1 session St Tyrants)
- Diamond's Dream — Marissa Harris (1 session Changeling)
- Mirrordark — David James + Xole Karman (2 session Amber)
- The Sable Throne — Rob Barbetti (1 session Fantasy)
- The Trial — Liz Waldock (1 session Gilbert & Sullivan)
Team games
AKA tabletops, these are games for groups/teams of about 5 players with generally one GM.
- Brave New Frontiers — Barbara Kearins (1 session Bridge Crew)
- Cold Homecoming — Andrew Smith (2 session Call of Cthulhu)
- Dark Aether —Ingrid Bean (1 session systemless)
- Down Among the Dead Men— Graham Dolby (1 session systemless)
- The Lake District Needlework & Adventure
Society —Stuart Barrow (1 session systemless)
- One Dark Night — Chris
Stevenson (1 session D20 Iron Kingdoms)
- Prayers at Bedtime —Mark Bruckard (1 session In Nomine) CANCELLED — our apologies
- Psi II — Mike Walker (1 session systemless)
- The Sentinels: A Most Unfortunate
Murder — Peter Trueman (1 session Witchcraft)
- A Shadow in the Darkness — Mike McClure (1 session Traveller)
- Survival of the Species —
Matthew Chalmers (1 session systemless)
- Waltzing Matilda — Paul May (1 session GURPS)
Special events
These are special events that are not strictly roleplaying games, but are lots of fun nonetheless.
- Diplomacy — organised by Bernard Philbrick
- Professor Munchausen — organised by Liz Waldock
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