Play The Cones of Dunshire at Gen Con Charity Event
An oversized carpet version of the convoluted board game created by Parks and Recreation's Ben Wyatt will be played at Gen Con 2014.
When Parks and Recreation's Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) is between jobs, he gets a little obsessive. His first bout with unemployment in season four led to the Claymation classic, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jqKiVHS6x4] Everyone who contributes at the event will receive a special Cones of Dunshire item.
Even if you didn't manage to get a badge for Gen Con, there is a chance for you to join in on the game. The part of the Ledgerman, the non-player who keeps score (and wears a fancy hat), will be auctioned off live at the event. The winner of the part of the Ledgerman will also receive 4-day badges for both Gen Con 2014 and Gen Con 2015. Anyone can bid for the part of the Ledgerman, but of course you'll have be at the game in order to be selected. The game will be played just outside the Indiana Convention Center at 7 pm on Saturday, August 16.
Players will be grouped in threes to collectively play one of the many classes in The Cones of Dunshire, including two Wizards, a Maverick, the Arbiter, two Warriors, a Corporal, and brand new classes created for the event. Players who want to play as a team can contact Mayfair [http://mayfairgames.com/news.php?id=303] to arrange to play together. The object of the game is to collect cones. Four cones wins, but as Wyatt describes the game, "In order to get a cone, you have to build a civilization."
Mayfair Games told Vulture [http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/cones-of-dunshire-parks-and-recreation-game-oral-history.html] in December that it doesn't plan to create a home version of The Cones of Dunshire. "It was never our plan, and it is not now our plan, to make a commercial version of Cones of Dunshire," says Pete Fenlon, Mayfair Game CEO. The charity event may be the only chance to play Wyatt's game. "It's our hope for the Parks & Rec guys to be there, for Ben [Wyatt] to play his own game," says Fenlon.
Source: Mayfair Games [http://mayfairgames.com/news.php?id=303]
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An oversized carpet version of the convoluted board game created by Parks and Recreation's Ben Wyatt will be played at Gen Con 2014.
When Parks and Recreation's Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) is between jobs, he gets a little obsessive. His first bout with unemployment in season four led to the Claymation classic, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jqKiVHS6x4] Everyone who contributes at the event will receive a special Cones of Dunshire item.
Even if you didn't manage to get a badge for Gen Con, there is a chance for you to join in on the game. The part of the Ledgerman, the non-player who keeps score (and wears a fancy hat), will be auctioned off live at the event. The winner of the part of the Ledgerman will also receive 4-day badges for both Gen Con 2014 and Gen Con 2015. Anyone can bid for the part of the Ledgerman, but of course you'll have be at the game in order to be selected. The game will be played just outside the Indiana Convention Center at 7 pm on Saturday, August 16.
Players will be grouped in threes to collectively play one of the many classes in The Cones of Dunshire, including two Wizards, a Maverick, the Arbiter, two Warriors, a Corporal, and brand new classes created for the event. Players who want to play as a team can contact Mayfair [http://mayfairgames.com/news.php?id=303] to arrange to play together. The object of the game is to collect cones. Four cones wins, but as Wyatt describes the game, "In order to get a cone, you have to build a civilization."
Mayfair Games told Vulture [http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/cones-of-dunshire-parks-and-recreation-game-oral-history.html] in December that it doesn't plan to create a home version of The Cones of Dunshire. "It was never our plan, and it is not now our plan, to make a commercial version of Cones of Dunshire," says Pete Fenlon, Mayfair Game CEO. The charity event may be the only chance to play Wyatt's game. "It's our hope for the Parks & Rec guys to be there, for Ben [Wyatt] to play his own game," says Fenlon.
Source: Mayfair Games [http://mayfairgames.com/news.php?id=303]
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