A page dedicated to our previous runs of The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure!

TAKE BACK TEGEL MANOR! AT GAMEHOLE CON X WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!

On Saturday, October 21st, 2023 at Gamehole Con X in Madison, WI, players came out in force to combat the plague of Rump family which imposed their evil machinations upon them at the Take Back Tegel Manor! event! Our 18 seats were filled most of the day (and sometimes with a line!) with players with a sense of adventure and giving, as we raised an amazing $5,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society! Our total impact from these events over the past 4 years is more than $16,000!

We had an incredible time at the event with the 16 x 16 ft Tegel Manor map provided by Frog God Games, run under a DCC rules mega-funnel (higher-level character access to be had!), and incredible prizes for donors from our wonderful sponsors!

The day was full octane Tegel Manor, with all members of the family wandering the halls and all rooms at high level stats; it was awesome! The 0-levels wandered the halls in droves searching for a way to stop the Rump family menace from converting them all to undead servants! Through gained resources and the vengeant avatars of those killed by the Rumps in their previous dastardly deeds, the villagers were victorious!

WITNESS the Treasure Room and the Mighty Monster Donation by a single donor, which is worthy of the giant’s trophy, the Halbard of Broll from the Great Hall of Tegel Manor! The donor contributed $2,000 to the cause to help others! We are honored to accept this for others in need! Thank you!

It was an incredible event of epic proportions, and we thank all the donors, players, judges and as always, our incredibly generous sponsors. They pulled out the stops to overfill our prize coffers to reward players for their most appreciated donations! Our supportive community is beyond compare for their thoughtful donations to help those in need. Thank you, all!

Huge kudos must go to our friend and DCC community stalwart, Aaron Koelman, who contributed $2,000 to the cause in appreciation and help to future cancer patients; Aaron was in stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and he played with us for the day in Tegel Manor to play with his friends and raise money to help others in need. His generous donation made this the most successful Crawl for the Cure event, yet!

As many know, Aaron passed from this world on Thanksgiving 2023 surrounded by loving family. Thank you, Aaron, for all you have done for us as a friend, player and donor – you will NEVER be forgotten for your contributions to this community’s lives! Rest in peace and love, Brother!

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INCREDIBLE RESULTS FOR THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE: ETHERMEET 2022!

The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2022 on Saturday, December 10th, 2022 triumphantly ended with a grand total of $4,185.55 for the American Cancer Society between Tiltify and $725 of pre-event donations from your generous support! The event raised a full $1,000 more than the previous Ethermeet, and we look forward to continue breaking records in the future!

A special thanks to all of our sponsors and to our Judges and players for providing their time and talents to entertain us with their sessions!

Thank you Judges:

Judge Edwin Nagy (Frog God Games)
Castle Keeper Chuck Cumbow (Troll Lord Games)
Judge Julian Bernick (Goodman Games author)
Judge Luau Lou Hoefer (as Insanti Clawz! Dandyline Games)

Thank you to Luau Lou for putting on an awesome show with this crew; Lou tapped the muse of the late night horror show to bring us the Final Admission Theater & ½ Price Oyster Bar, hosted by his alternate persona, Insanti Clawz! His players dressed for the part, and it was an incredible play of Julian Bernick’s Home for the Holideath! Thank you Final Admission Theater crew! The plan is still to have the 2021 and 2022 sessions will be going up on YouTube for your enjoyment in the future – I apologize for the crazy work life I allow to happen.

Reid San Filippo and Shield of Faith Studios provided a very generous $500 donation to the cause to help us reach that new record donation level! Thank you, Reid!

A very special thank you to Steve Seminerio and my amazing and tireless wife, Hazel Welch, for their countless hours of work helping me put these events together! It simply could not be done without them, so kudos goes to them for their work and for putting up with stressed me at the same time! Stressed Cory is quite a lot to deal with.

Thank you all for your continuous support for The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure in all of our events! We have exciting news for The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure 2023: Gamehole and we look forward to your support at our next Ethermeet in December with a bunch more incredible game masters to entertain you!

THE GAMEHOLE CON IX 2022 JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE HAS COMPLETED AND IT WAS A CONQUEST!

The Gamehole Con IX 2022 Crawl was an amazing success! Thank you to our sponsors, players (and non-playing donors!) and Judges for making it a smashing success!

Between the table donations and a very generous final donation to the cause after the event, the Gamehole Con Event generated $1,800 for those in need – a staggering success!

We cannot say how many times we heard comments about how much fun people were having while performing the Mighty Deeds generating treasure for those in need through the American Cancer Society! Reavers fought the Un-dead of The Shambling Un-Dead 0-level funnel tournament 2016 with new spins and thrills, and battled bravely to the end!

Co-Champions Aaron Koelman and Brian Martin had characters that survived the longest with 11 survival stamps, but the sponsors were so generous, we had loot galore for all that participated! THANK YOU, all for your support!

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE: GAMEHOLE CON 2022 EVENT!

THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE 2021: ETHERMEET – Streamed on Twitch Channel DCC Mayhem! – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 2021! Our delvers VANQUISHED FOR GOOD OF ALL! The newly dubbed ETHERMEET event attracted heroes questing for $3,160.23 pledge to the benefit of the American Cancer Society! Way to go adventurers! We will restream the event soon for your enjoyment!

Gun Street Syndicate by Brendan LaSalle – Judge Brendan – DCC

Orcus in Winter Wonderland by Steve Winter, Frog God Games – Judge Edwin, DCC rules (written for 5e)

Island of Misfit Toys by Mark Martin – CK Mark – Castles & Crusades

Seekers of the Un-K'Nown — Seekers of the Un-K’Nown by Louis Hoeffer – Dandyline Games – Judge Lou – Mutant Crawl Classics

Treasure room! — Witness the glory of the loot!

THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE 2020 on Twitch Channel DCC Mayhem “Play-a-thon” – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 2020! The Crawlers were VICTORIOUS! Watch the stream and join the past glory!!

A Gathering of the Marked by Jon Marr – Purple Sorcerer Games – Dungeon Crawl Classics – Judge Cory

Reflection 0-level Funnel by Cory Welch, Dark Trails (now Weird Frontiers) – Judge Cory

Return to the Tower of Faces by Nick Abruzzo, 5th Ed D&D – DM Nick

The Outpost by Stephen Chenault, Castles & Crusades – CK Jim

LOOT FOR THE CAUSE! $1,526.17 to The American Cancer Society!

THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE 2019: RELOADED! at Gary Con XII

CANCELLED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS! STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, EVERYONE!

THE INAUGURAL JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE 2019 – GAMEHOLE CON VII