GEEKERY – A Fiasco Playset for Con-Goers, Fans, and Fools

Dive into the chaotic, awkward, and occasionally criminal world of fandoms, conventions, and internet culture. Geekery is a Fiasco playset where your passions might just ruin your life. Will you go viral or go to jail? Will your cosplay be award-winning or cursed? Get your dice and find out.

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Geekery Playset

Relationships

1 Family
1-1 Child and parent who is brought along
1-2 Jock and nerd siblings
1-3 Famous parent and child
1-4 Japanese siblings
1-5 Pegasisters/Bronies
1-6 Gaming clan members

2 Work
2-1 Cosplay maker and cosplay model
2-2 Producer and designer
2-3 Agent and book author
2-4 Co-stars in long cancelled cult show
2-5 Store/booth owner and employee
2-6 Comic author and artist

3 Romantic
3-1 Internet Only partners
3-2 Online comic couple
3-3 Lost virginity together and still awkward about it
3-4 Bromance
3-5 Shipped couple
3-6 Secret kink partner

4 Bureaucratic
4-1 Organisers
4-2 Venue Owners
4-3 Security
4-4 Health Inspectors
4-5 Religious Picketers (Secretly attending)
4-6 Tournament Judges

5 Friendship
5-1 Fan club president and vice-president
5-2 Fanfic/fanart authors
5-3 Twitter friends
5-4 Reigning champion and challenger
5-5 Online Community Moderators
5-6 Play together

6 Crime
6-1 Stalker and Stalked
6-2 Hacker Collective
6-3 Collectibles Scalpers
6-4 Cheaters
6-5 Trademark lawyers
6-6 Thieves

Needs

1 To geek out
1-1 ... by acquiring a rare collectable
1-2 ... by finding out who dies next
1-3 ... by getting their ship voted most popular
1-4 ... by meeting their idol
1-5 ... by securing an early copy to release online
1-6 ... by sneaking into the celebrity after-party

2 To get revenge
2-1 ... on that author/designer/artist
2-2 ... on that thief
2-3 ... on that cheater
2-4 ... on that traitor
2-5 ... on this event
2-6 ... on that company

3 To get laid
3-1 ... by that cosplayer
3-2 ... at least once more
3-3 ... by your online crush
3-4 ... by that actor/actress
3-5 ... and not regret it
3-6 ... by your waifu/husbando

4 To become famous
4-1 ... on the internet
4-2 ... with your art
4-3 ... by attaching yourself to someone who is
4-4 ... with your gaming skills
4-5 ... or infamous, don’t care
4-6 ... again

5 To get rich
5-1 ... with your crowdfunding project
5-2 ... by blackmail
5-3 ... by selling secrets
5-4 ... by stealing ideas
5-5 ... by pitching your idea to that person
5-6 ... by making this event a success

6 To get out
6-1 ... of these responsibilities
6-2 ... of this relationship
6-3 ... of this industry
6-4 ... of this fandom
6-5 ... of this suit
6-6 ... of this contract

Locations

1 Anime Expo
1-1 Large International Festival
1-2 Small Local Festival
1-3 Karaoke Room
1-4 Illegal Doujinshi Expo
1-5 Famous VO’s room
1-6 Projection room

2 Fantasy Festival
2-1 Jousting Tournament
2-2 Book Reading
2-3 Drinking Competition
2-4 Debate
2-5 Elvish Class
2-6 Archery Demonstration

3 Comicon
3-1 Exclusive Trailer Premiere
3-2 Question Panel
3-3 Book Signing
3-4 Auction
3-5 Artist’s Alley
3-6 That person’s changing room

4 Gaming
4-1 Product Demonstration
4-2 New Console Launch
4-3 Nintendo SpaceWorld 1997
4-4 D&D Championship at GenCon
4-5 Ennies Awards
4-6 Pre 1990 GenCon

5 Competition
5-1 ProTour
5-2 Videogame Championship
5-3 Cosplay Contest
5-4 Fan Fiction Awards
5-5 GameJam
5-6 Highschool Tournament

6 Local Store
6-1 Friday Night Tournament
6-2 The Backrooms
6-3 Free Comicbook Day
6-4 Free RPG Day
6-5 International Tabletop Day
6-6 Grand Opening

Objects

1 Collectables
1-1 Vinyl Figure with a defect
1-2 Movie prop
1-3 First draft
1-4 Rare card
1-5 Rare comic
1-6 The Batmobile

2 Blackmail
2-1 Signed contract
2-2 Phone filled with “artistic” nudes
2-3 Fanfiction written by someone who was 12 at the time
2-4 Document detailing a fatal flaw
2-5 Backups of online chats on a USB stick
2-6 Receipts for embarrassing merchandise

3 Performance
3-1 Cosplay piece
3-2 Instrument
3-3 Painting supplies
3-4 Custom mouse
3-5 Enemy team notes
3-6 Custom Dungeon Master Screen

4 Oddness
4-1 A bag of fake pointy ears, left ones only
4-2 A well-worn partial fursuit
4-3 Fake Neckbeard
4-4 Sword cane
4-5 Annotated version of the Zombie Survival Guide
4-6 An undecipherable, yet valuable object

5 Precious
5-1 Ideas notebook
5-2 Sketchpad
5-3 Vintage T shirt
5-4 Embarrassing kink toy
5-5 Lock of hair
5-6 Lucky Dice

6 Dubious
6-1 Patrick Stewart's tea cosy (or any celebrity's personal item)
6-2 Ton of credit card details
6-3 A trench coat lined with drugs
6-4 Stolen staff pass
6-5 A human skull, maybe real, maybe not
6-6 "Fake" Weapon

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