Consimworld Expo will be held on June 25th-July 1st, in Tempe Arizona. This is not your average convention, being more of a long-wargamer’s paradise, with a relaxed atmosphere. The centerpiece of this convention is MonsterGame.CON XII, wherein players sign up for games intended to take the better part of the weeklong event. The event is organized to foster this – with dealer’s rooms only open for an hour a day, so that designers and other publishing industry professionals can get out there and play games, in addition to selling them at …

In which the Gentleman Gamer reviews Fiasco, a role-playing and storytelling game in which if something can go wrong, it probably will. A game of powerful ambition and impulse control, Fiasco is a highly collaborative game by Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games, ideally suited to groups of between three and five players. If you have a sixth player, make a second table!