THE JERRY STEFEK MEMORIAL CRAWL FOR THE CURE – GAMEHOLE CON!

…POWERED BY DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS

The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure returns to Gamehole Con 11 to run something epic and unique for the Gamehole Community to conquer collectively on Saturday, October 19, 2024.

The Goodman Games DCC Original Adventures Reincarnated release of Dark Tower by Jennell Jaquays and Bob Brinkman will be run as a mega-funnel on a 12’x12′ battle-map scale mat.

Multiple parties! Mega-map! Mega-funnel! Mega-fun!

In an age long past, the malicious evil of the god, Set, sprang forth his Dark Tower before the White Tower of Mitra to assault and irradicate the forces of good contained there. The forces of purity and blight clashed in an epic battle the likes that mortals have never seen! The resulting battle of evil and divine unleashed horrific magic that brought the mountains crashing down on both towers, sealing the majestic structures in darkness and fading them from memory through the veil of time. As the faithful of Mitra, you have been chosen for an extraordinary quest to cleanse the lost temples of the taint of Set and return Mitra back to strength. Join us in this awesome “Mega-funnel” where common 0-level characters dare to delve the overwhelming deep with the help of their guile, objects of power found within, playable avatars of past heroes, and even aid from the celestial allies of Mitra to even the odds versus the dark powers arrayed before you! Your donations to the cause increase your power through boons of fate and Mitra! The more players engaged in the adventure joining one of the three parties questing on the oversized 12×12 map of the towers, the more power you will gain in your conflict with the dark forces of Set!

Your $10 ticket purchase for the event gives you temple access, and a memorial token to present to play throughout the day! Join us when you have time or make time on Saturday for this very special charity event! Multiple parties will work together and be sent on missions throughout the temples to battle the dark powers: collect magic items, garner supernatural support and patronage, and gain ethereal blessings upon the quest from your donations to the cause! ALL funds collected from the event in tickets and donations will be contributed to the benefit of the American Cancer Society. We are just short of having raised $20,000 in our five years of fundraising, and our goal this year is to blast well beyond that to help cancer victims and those affected by their suffering. Help us to expand the Good we can generate for those in need by contributing to this very special event in memory of our good friend Jerry Stefek!

And, of course, you can expect our incredible sponsors to provide hourly raffle prizes and end-of-event awesome prizes to our players, and now external donors for their donations, as well! Each player will receive a “floating ticket” they can use for any hour’s raffle, and non-players can now also buy-in for the $10 fee, receive a memorial token and join the hourly raffles! (The “floating ticket” will also be given, the same $3 minimum donation will apply per hour – but external donors are encouraged to influence the game!)

Donations will provide advantages to change the story and help you defeat the dark powers – the more donations generated, the more advantage characters are given in clearing the temples!

Players will be provided with random 0-levels from our towers of fodder populated by the Purple Sorcerer Games party generator. There will be A LOT of character sheets on hand to bring the dark forces to their final reckoning! It will be an awesome event for Good to honor Jerry Stefek and his love of the hobby! The cleansing of the Dark Tower is at hand – join us for the triumph!

SPeCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE cRAWL FOR THE CURE AT GAMEHOLE CON 2024!

We’d like to announce some very special activities for The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure (and a community announcement!). Thanks to everybody backstage making these awesome things happen:

  • Please applaud Wayward Studios for creating a ex-Adventurer NPC in memory of our fond friend Aaron Koelman in their release, Out of Gnollwhere. They created the stout Innkeeper, Akaerrian Keenblade, imprinting Aaron upon the character so he is always within our hearts and on our bookshelves!  Thank you, Wayward Studios, for the touching remembrance!
  • We also are commissioning Doug Kovacs to create a portrait of the Akaerrian Keenblade persona, so we can always have Aaron with us in spirit at every Crawl for the future!  It won’t be done by Gamehole Con, unfortunately, however, Doug will give us a digital copy of his work so far so Aaron will be with us at Gamehole Con 2024 and beyond!
  • And more exciting news, Nate Marcel, of Umerica cover acclaim, has created an awesome original artwork of Jennell Jaquays as her favorite character – a female red dragon in the guise of a magic user! I’ve seen his initial artwork; it is an incredible rendition of Jennell transforming from human to red dragon, and it is stunning!  A lucky raffle winner will take it home after the event! The special raffle will be open to all Con attendees, so tell your friends! More details here!
  • We will be setting up a few memorials for our lost friends and fighting survivors this year: a picture memorial of those who have passed this year in our community, “Adventurers’ Rest”, and, Peter Garancis is putting together “The Pillar of Strength” honoring those lost to cancer and those who have survived the disease. A small donation will enable you to place ribbons in their honor. It will be an awesome sight and an incredible remembrance for our loved friends, bringing warm memories and hope! Well done, Peter!

A vERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!

We’re still hearing from sponsors and contributors for Gamehole Con 11. Here’s who we have so far:

  • 321Action RPG
  • Blind Visionary Publications
  • Bill Walters
  • Bridget Traut
  • Cranky Clydesdale Publishing
  • Dandyline Games
  • Dark Nebula Games
  • Frog God Games
  • Gamehole Publishing
  • Goodman Games
  • High Dive Games
  • Hobbs & Friends
  • Get Haunted Industries
  • Limithron
  • Marz Press
  • Mike Badolato
  • Nate Marcel
  • Ophoric Labs
  • Pacesetter Games
  • Per Aspera Games
  • Planet X Games
  • Purple Pirate Games
  • Purple Sorcerer Games
  • Shield of Faith Studios
  • Stiff Whiskers Press
  • Studio 9 Games
  • Super Savage Systems
  • Thick Skull Adventures
  • Troll Lord Games
  • Wayward Studios

Check out the sponsors page, and please consider supporting these incredible companies that have joined our campaign to spread contagious Good!

We hope to see you at the event so we can once again smite this affliction, aiding others in education and care if they are affected by cancer’s callous grip! Thank you for your support!

DUNGEON CRAWL!

The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Gamehole Con is a fun, live tournament event benefiting the battle for the treatments and cures for cancer and providing life-saving information for victims and all individuals for prevention and coping. Please join us at the extraordinary Gamehole Con event to Do Good in providing funding for this most worthy cause. Thank you!