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First CºNTINUUM™ Champion
Crowned
Iwanow Plays Dreamer
Character Through Three Ranks of Span
AD 2004.07.30
The
CºNTINUUM Championship was held earlier this month; a three-round
elimination in which players portrayed the same characters through three ranks
of Span. The winner: Alexander Iwanow playing the Dreamer character Raina Hart,
through three aliases and 33 years of Age.
Alex has sent us this picture of himself, with his trophy, since no functional digital camera was available there, when he received it. He writes: "Thanks again to Chris for running such a tight and interesting game, one of the most novel and compelling con games I've played in my many years of munchkin-slaying... Take care, and hope to play Narcissist and Chi-Chian at the next con..."
As for the elimination scenarios themselves, the first involved the novice characters in an old altercation of their mentor's. In the second round, the Span Twos focussed on a narcissist's attempt to seize an important and unique fraternal record. The final round took the players across decades and trackless miles of ocean as Span Threes after an innocuous object– that is present for some forbidden events.
Alex also walked away with the first prize of all CºNTINUUM products: the main rulebook, FURTHER INFORMATION, and SPANBOOK. (We still owe him a pie.) Second Place winner Ed Moretti took home a copy of CºNTINUUM, too.
Our special thanks go out to Vinny Salzillo, Martha, Becca, Avie, and the whole crew at Double Exposure for this great opportunity– and for providing that cool trophy!
NEW YORK - AD 2004.05.19
The First CONTINUUM U.S. National Championship at Dexcon 7, July 14-18, AD 2004
The CºNTINUUM time travel RPG has earned, since its inception in the 1990s, critical praise and a core of loyal followers. Called “unusual” by the Sci-Fi Channel, and “unique and painfully satisfying” and “very cool” by player-reviewers on Amazon.com, CºNTINUUM has broken new ground by logically solving every time travel conundrum, and actually made a civilization of time travellers outrageously playable.
This year, for the first time, players will be able to play the same character through three ranks of Span– growing from novices who are limited to a year’s worth of travelling time, to ones who can travel a century in a single thought.
The challenges will be commensurate with each rank of Span– Span Ones will have domestic villains and each other to watch out for. Span Two prefinalists will have to meet the goals of their time-travel Fraternities while not messing up their rival players’ goals! And at last, the finalists will face the responsibilities of Span Threes who answer the call to battle in a last round so deadly serious that... further information is not available here.
Two elimination rounds and a final Championship round will be played over the course of Dexcon, so anyone entering should keep open space on Saturday evening and Sunday– but survivors of each elimination will be calculated immediately after each game so you can get on with your schedules.
Victory points will be awarded based on roleplaying skill and achieving scenario goals– but a sharp memory and teamwork attitude can earn individual players extra points. Players from all nations are welcome to seize the U.S. National title for themselves!
Tournament Rules unique to the Championship, including how victory points are awarded, and the prize to the winning player will be posted at aetherco.com/continuum/. To sign up for the CºNTINUUM mailing list, send a blank message to:
continuum-rpg-l-subscribe@topica.com
SPECIAL OFFER. $10.00 Off admission to Dexcon 7 when you enter the 1st CONTINUUM U.S. National Championship! Simply register online for the con at dexposure.com, and enter "Adams" into the Special Discount Code field, and "10.00" into the Discount field.
This official Tournament is sponsored by Aetherco/Dreamcatcher; they can be contacted at:yamara@earthlink.net.
For upcoming conventions we'll be at, visit The Con Game page.
