4th Annual Hastings D&D Festival (Saturday)

Blades of Glory is an educational & entertainment company that was created in 1994.Blades of Glory also teaches full contact armoured sword fighting and each fight has 3 judges who score the fight to determine the victor.

Blades of Glory Canada

Heroes wanted!  The peaceful village of Hastings will be invaded by mythical monsters again.
Get your sword, spell book, holy relic, & dice

122 Dunlay Rd

The ancient town of Hastings is once again under attack by Mythical Monsters and Dragons. The 4th annual raid by these fearsome beasts is on Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20.Blades of Glory, the local sword fighter's guild, has sent messengers across the known Realm to find the bravest of adventurers to repel this invasion again.If you truly believe that you have the Courage &amp; Fortitude for what it takes, sign up below. Gather your party of adventurers or if you are a lone wolf, your sword is always welcome, to send these foul beasts back to whence they came.Meet at Blades of Glory's Medieval Realm, 122 Dunlay Road, Hastings, OntarioSaturday July 19 at 9am until 8pmSunday July 20 at 9am to 7pmThis is the 4th year for this outdoor festival at Blades of Glory's Medieval Park just outside the village of Hastings Ontario. In addition to playing various Role-Playing games (mostly D&amp;D), there are vendors, activities (Axe Throwing, Rapier Thrusting, &amp; Archery to name a few), and display tables of ancient armour and weapons. There will be Falconry and demonstrations of Sword Fighting: HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) and MACE (Medieval Armoured Combat Entertainment) by Blades of Glory.You will have a blast! Vendors:<ul><li>Composed Dream Games RPG Marketplace</li><li>Fabled Bean</li><li>Jaz Creations</li><li>Magic Bean Creations</li><li>The Venator's Hunt</li><li>Upper Canada Leather</li><li>Author Josephine Winter</li><li>3D Jai</li><li>Whimsical Wreaths &amp; More</li></ul> Food Vendor: (11am to 4pm)<ul><li>Sausage &amp; Hotdog Vendor</li></ul> Armoured Combat Demo<ul><li>2pm</li></ul> HEMA Demo<ul><li>3pm</li></ul> <h4>Work Shop Presentations by Games Masters</h4>Times to be Determined30 minute talk<ul><li>2pm Joshua Kitz: Why is X game not at my local game store?</li></ul>(Indie RPG talk)A talk about retailers, indie RPGs, and the work Compose Dream Games does to get Canadian (and other) designer's games into local stores.<ul><li>230pm Kevin: Letting Players run the Game (Roll with the Punches)</li><li>3pm Dian: Braunstein Talk, Beginning of RPGs</li></ul> <h1>Games on Saturday July 19</h1> <h4>All Games have pre-generated characters supplied by the DMs</h4> ..............................................................Bloodline: The Ashen BanquetD&amp;D 5e (with 3rd party content from Elkan5e.com)DM: DavidAges: 13+ (or younger with parental discretion)Level: 3 (pregens)No experience neededSaturday 1pmDuration: 3 hoursDescription You are servants of the mighty red dragons of the Ashen Mountains. The legendary dragonborn general Lorkul is coming home, and you are to prepare a feast in his honour. Whispers among the dragons' servants say that monsters are chasing Lorkul home, and that it may not be a celebration, but a frenzied struggle for survival. Can you come out alive?Number of Players: 5.................................Bloodline: Forest of MoldD&amp;D 5e (with 3rd party content from Elkan5e.com)DM: DavidAges: 13+ (or younger with parental discretion)Level: 3 (pregens)No experience neededSaturday: 5pmDuration: 3 hoursDescriptionYour draconic masters have chosen you for a suicide mission. You must delve deep into the tunnels beneath their lairs to find the source of the terrible undead monsters who threaten your home. Defeating the undead is likely impossible, but that is your task. To get there, you must pass through a horrible forest of flesh-eating mold. Do you have what it takes to stay alive?Number of Players: 5 .................................Game Name: Escape from Fort BraunsteinDM: Dian MoriarityCyberpunk Survival Roleplaying System: Storey System (Braunstein-inspired) Players: 5–10 Style: Competitive/Cooperative | Survival Horror | Social DeductionDuration: 4 hoursTimes: 10am and 4pmDescription:Welcome to Fort Braunstein, a prison island run by the ruthless megacorp Primal Genetics—a brutal testing ground where everything has gone off the rails. You are a prisoner with your own secret objectives: maybe you're a corporate loyalist, a whistleblower, a desperate parent, or a high-risk opportunist. But there's a catch—you're not alone. Mutated monstrosities stalk the shadows, security systems are breaking down, and a detonation countdown has begun.In this Braunstein-inspired cyberpunk scenario, players compete and cooperate in a deadly sandbox of shifting alliances, betrayal, survival horror, and high-stakes roleplay. With personal goals driving you forward—and often into conflict—you must decide: Will you help others escape, or use them as meat-shields on your way to freedom?Custom terrain and miniatures bring the facility to lifeHidden agendas and objectives ensure no two games are the sameA facility-wide timer creates escalating pressure—when it hits zero, the island blows, players will have only a few hours to escape the island before the whole thing erupts in fiery fury!Each session's top survivor will be entered into a draw to win a free digital copy of the Storey System upon release, with early access to playtest materials via email and our exclusive Discord.This is our second year at Blades of Glory, and we're back with more experience, more carnage, and more cyber-dinosaurs. Come out and test your mettle in a brutal game of survival, strategy, and secrets.Can you survive Fort Braunstein? ............................................................................................Game Name: War of Twin Mountains System: D&amp;D 5e GM: Gryphon Nixon-Briard Ages:16+ Character Level: Level 10,Pre-Generated characters provided Do you need RPG Experience to play the game: Some Times: 10am and 3pm Description: Between the towering peaks of Mount Skullback and Black-eye Crag, a hidden valley becomes the battleground for a rising war—As violence spreads and whispers of a buried vault grow louder, your party is forced to choose a side—or forge their own— if they wish to escape before the valley is swallowed by chaos. # of Players: 5 Duration: 4 Hours ............................................................................................ Game Name: Fairy Time Fun! DM: Mayson C. Ages: 16+ Character level: Low level (Levelless System)Pre-Generated Characters Supplied Do you need RPG Experience to play the game. Yes Times: 10am, 1:30pm, 5pm Description Fairy trails is a one shot focused levelless system, where character creation is simple and quick. You choose the adventure you’d like to have from dozens of prompts, go from sandy deserts to island adventures in your cart, which is bigger on the inside and holds your whole town. Its fast pace and entirely player driven with heavy roleplaying and much silliness! # of players 4 Duration 3 hours............................................................................................ Game Name: Hall of the OrcSystem: 5e 2014 Epic EncountersGM: Ken HoustonCharacter Level: 5Pre-Generated Characters SuppliedRPG experience: Moderate/someTimes: 11am and 5pmDescription: High in the mountains, where the snows never melt, rumblings of a new master of those frigid peaks are heard. An Orc of massive strength, and strange abilities, who has laid low all rivals and claimed the throne. The sightings and skirmishes with of Orcs of great size and strange appearance lend these rumours some merit. Your adventuring band has been hired to investigate, and possibly end this King's reign before trouble boils into a full invasion. But beware, you are not the first party hired for this task, and none yet have returned.Players: 5Duration: 3 hours.............................................................. Game Name: The Heart of EborasSystem: DnD 5th Ed. ( 2014)GM: Kevin O'BrienAges: 13+Character Level: 4th Level CharactersPre-Generated Characters ProvidedDo you need RPG Experience to play the game: Some would be nice, but accomodations can be made.Times: 10am AND 4pmDescription: A journey through exotic locations in search of the fabled Heart of Eboras, a massive jewel reputed to give God-like power to any who posesses it. Traps, monsters, and magic abound! Survive if you can!# of Players:4-6Duration: 4 hours long ..............................................................Treason at the High Seat System: DnD 5th Ed. ( 2014)GM: Lucas GrahamAges:** 10+Character Level: Lv.3Pre-Generated Characters ProvidedRPG Experience: Moderate (Rules References Provided)Times: Saturday 10amDuration: 4hrs# of Players: 5Description:The door creaks open, and freedom lies beyond - but so do guards, locked gates, and a castle that wants you dead. You’ve broken free of Mistress Jane’s dungeon, condemned for a crime you didn’t commit: the poisoning and attempted murder of King Zon. In the scramble of your escape from the dungeon, you uncovered a fragment of the truth - evidence of a Realm-spanning conspiracy, orchestrated by a group known only as the *Black Thorn Pact*. Now, hunted through torchlit halls and forgotten tunnels, you must navigate the treacherous depths of the High Seat. Every step is a gamble. Every wrong turn could be your last. Escape is your only goal - for now. The truth must wait until you’re no longer running for your life. ..................................................The Rot Beneath the SpringSystem: DnD 5th Ed. ( 2014)GM: Lucas GrahamAges: 13+ (Graphic Descriptions)Character Level: Lv.7Pre-Generated Characters ProvidedRPG Experience: Moderate (Rules References Provided)Times: Saturday 4pm to 8pmDuration: 4hrs# of Players: 5Description:In the misty glens of the Clanlands of Haestingas, the sacred waters that once brought life to the land have now turned black with corruption. Crops wither, animals die frothing, and a stench of burnt kelp clings to the air. The villagers fear that the spring has been intentionally defiled, its guardian spirits silenced by vile cultists who serve a monstrous god of blight and salt - the Nuckelavee. You have travelled from the High Seat to cleanse the spring and stop the cult’s final summoning rite. If you can’t, this flensed terror will ride once again - and the Clanlands will drown in rot. <h2>GMs (Game Masters) - so far</h2> Kevin "Lanky" O'BrienKevin O’Brien is forty years old give or take, and has been gaming for well over fifteen years. He started DMing about ten years ago, and has played in or DMed everything from Vampire the Masquerade, to the Chronicles of Amber, to multiple home brew systems, and obviously Dungeons and Dragons. Joshua Kitz Joshua Kitz is a Canadian game designer from Ottawa, ON. He runs the Compose Dream Games RPG Marketplace, a webstore focussing on Canadian produced RPGs. He is here at the Hastings D&amp;D Festival running, selling and talking about the many fantastic games made by Canadian designers. Lucas GrahamLucas Graham, an ardent game enthusiast recently turned designer, is the creative mind behind the tabletop RPG, Architects of Creation: Worlds. A longtime player of board and card games, Lucas's entry into TTRPGs inspired him to create a unique game simplifying the worldbuilding process. Architects of Creation: Worlds makes crafting realms an accessible, collaborative adventure, providing a platform for both beginners and seasoned players to bring their imagined worlds to life. GryphonHail and well met! My name is Gryphon Nixon-Briard. I have been a Dungeon Master for half a decade or so, and I am deeply devoted to the craft. With experience running several long-term campaigns and one-shot games for newer players, I have cultivated a love for goofier style games with the occasional grotesque twist. I am passionate about collecting D&amp;D miniatures, and when I'm not rolling dice, I enjoy cosplaying, sword fighting as one of the knights for Blades of Glory, and being a full-time falconer. My goal is to bring fun and creativity to every game, making D&amp;D an unforgettable experience for any and all adventurers. Dian MoriarityHello! My name is Dan and I have been involved with the TTRpg community for over 25 years, doing art for and writing for blogs, online magazines and independent games. I am from Bancroft where I manage D&amp;D games for my local community working with both young and old and do my best to bring my favourite hobby to as many new players as possible. As a side note I am also a dabbling puppeteer and craftsman, performing with my handcrafted puppets and operating a small independent workshop for puppetry and other related works. David Staley David Staley is a long-time game master and game designer, best known as the lead designer for Elkan 5e. He has a reputation for running large-scale RPG events with multiple game masters and more than 20 players working together in different adventuring teams. Right now though, he's just happy to meet new people and make memorable experiences. If you'd really like to make his day, pop into the Elkan 5e Discord (https://discord.com/invite/UYq2UwGz95) and let him know you you found him through Blades of Glory. Ken HoustonI have been playing D&amp;D and other TTRPGs on and off since high school, and DMing since 2018. I currently volunteer once a month to run a campaign at my local library. I like to bring my training as a professional actor to the table to really bring people and monsters of my worlds to life for my players. I love those moments where my players find crazy and unique ways to solve problems I set in front of them. As a player,I use my training to bring my characters to full life, and prop up the players around me. In either role, my goal is to help everyone feel safe to cut loose and have FUN! I hope to see you at my table! Mayson ClarkMayson Clark at your service! Hi, I have been a gaming enthusiast since a child, and actually learnt to read on the DnD players handbook. I have been a DM on and off for the last 6 years and have been play testing new and exciting TTRPG’s for the last four. This has allowed me to play many different styles and genres of games, which I am happy to now share with as many people as possible. Terry BatleyI have 42 years of experience playing and GMing a varity of RPG systems and genres.I got started GMing... when I was 10, my cousin picked up the red box after watching ET. We played it together and he decided he didn't like it and gave it to me. I started running it for friends and solo playing scenarios from that point on. My favorite system of all Time is constantly evolving, right now it would be the Cypher system with Mothership RPG being a close second.

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