Origins Game Fair 2011 Events Posted

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else, but Origins has posted their 2011 game schedules.

Melior Via is supporting the Hope Preparatory School setting with a number of events. Unfortunately, the Origins spreadsheets do not yet show a location. (I also couldn't track down when event registration was set to open.) Regardless, I'm happy to see that there are now event lists available to download.

As with Gen Con Indy, we'll be running four sessions each of two different scenarios. (Yes, they're the same scenarios for both conventions.) Both use the M&M 3rd Edition rules set.

Orientation (HPS #0)
As new students to Hope Preparatory School, your characters get to tour the facility, meet your classmates, and save the planet. All that before classes even start! Dive into a game that covers all the ups and downs of an elite metahuman high school.

Event #	Date and Time
6105	Thursday 6/23/2011 8:00AM
6348	Friday 6/24/2011 8:00AM
6590	Saturday 6/25/2011 8:00AM
6654	Saturday 6/25/2011 12:00 Noon

The Substitute (HPS #1)
Dr. Bailey's acting strangely... even by his usual standards. In Super Science class, he spent the whole time asking US questions. Then, we saw him actually reading the sports section. What's going on?

Event #	Date and Time
6120	Thursday 6/23/2011 8:00AM
6362	Friday 6/24/2011 8:00AM
6605	Saturday 6/25/2011 8:00AM
6661	Saturday 6/25/2011 12:00 Noon

We're working on a (small) something special for all of the players who are able to attend our events.

For anyone else who is interested in running a Hope Prep game at their local convention or game day, please drop a line to info@meliorvia.com We'll do our best to help you out.

Also, as a reminder -- Gen Con event registration opens up at Noon EDT, this Sunday 5/1/11. Get those trigger fingers ready to register.

Gen Con 2011 Schedule Posted

Gen Con Indy has just posted their 2011 Event Catalog.

Melior Via is supporting the Hope Preparatory School setting with a number of events. Currently, all of our events are scheduled to take place in the Pennsylvania Station Room A of the Crowne Plaza. If past history is any indication, though, these might end up with their locations shuffled, so be sure to check the catalog at the convention to verify your locations.

We'll be running four sessions each of two different scenarios. Both use the M&M 3rd Edition rules set.

Orientation (HPS #0)
As new students to Hope Preparatory School, your characters get to tour the facility, meet your classmates, and save the planet. All that before classes even start! Dive into a game that covers all the ups and downs of an elite metahuman high school.

Event #	Date and Time
RPG1120085	Thursday 8/4/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120086	Friday 8/5/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120087	Saturday 8/6/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120088	Saturday 8/6/2011 12:00 Noon

The Substitute (HPS #1)
Dr. Bailey's acting strangely... even by his usual standards. In Super Science class, he spent the whole time asking US questions. Then, we saw him actually reading the sports section. What's going on?

Event #	Date and Time
RPG1120089	Thursday 8/4/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120090	Friday 8/5/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120091	Saturday 8/6/2011 8:00AM
RPG1120092	Saturday 8/6/2011 12:00 Noon

We're working on a (small) something special for all of the players who are able to attend our events.

For anyone else who is interested in running a Hope Prep game at their local convention or game day, please drop a line to info@meliorvia.com We'll do our best to help you out.

Two new releases for Hope Prep School!

Melior Via has two new releases for our Hope Preparatory School setting. Both are now available on DriveThruRPG, and both use the M&M 3E rules system.

Orientation! Is an introductory adventure for Hope Prep. Players get to learn about the school at the same time as their characters, who are among the incoming freshmen. The scenario includes background information on the sinister Alchemical Cabal, full color maps of the school, and player handouts in 49 digest-sized pages. Regularly priced at $4.99, we’re offering a special introductory price of $2.49 through the end of April to those who use this discount link.

The Freshman Character Pack provides a fully illustrated set of six PL7 characters for use with the Hope Prep adventures. For those who do not have an opportunity to create characters, these provide a variety of options with detailed backgrounds and personalities. The freshmen students could also be used add additional NPC students to a Hope Prep campaign, or even as a group of metahuman students on field trip for a more conventional supers campaign. A page of stand ups for the six characters are also included. This 20 letter-sized page PDF is priced at $2.99.

Hope Preparatory School is a privately funded institution dedicated to preparing tomorrow's metahumans for whatever paths might lie ahead. With a tradition that stretches back over 60 years, a world-renowned faculty, and affiliations with all of the best universities, HPS is the place to send your child to prepare him or her for life.

Please note that all of our releases use PDF layers. By selecting which layers to print, the printer-friendly version is built right into the main document.

Orientation is off to Layout!

The last few pieces of art for the first scenario - HPS 0 - Orientation, came in over the past few days. The scenario text has also just returned from Editing. Now, it's just a matter of getting everything assembled and making it look pretty. If all goes according to plan, the scenario should be available through DrivethruRPG next week.

HPS Character Sheet for M&M3E

In between working on other materials, I went ahead and assembled a Hope Preparatory School themed character sheet for M&M3E. I've hosted it at Acrobat.com, where it's freely available. (No login is required.) Please let me know if you have any difficulties using or obtaining the sheet.

Like the HPS Freshman Handbook, this PDF uses layers. I've placed the blue-grey page background on its own layer so that anyone who wishes to save ink can turn that off prior to printing.

Here's a quick preview of the sheet, so that folks can see it. Behold the standardized testing bubbles!