The playtest will be at the picnic shelters, NOT the group campsites like our normal events. Just head straight from the north entrance and follow the signs to the picnic shelters. Jennifer and I will be in costume, so we should be pretty easy to spot if you're new. ;)
If you have boffer weapons, please bring them. We have some new Dragon's Den weaponry to cover newbies and a few others, but not enough to arm 35+ people. If you have extras you don't mind lending out, please bring those as well.
The new character generation engine is ready enough to build test characters. You can access it by going to the development site and registering for an account. You can then go to Add Content to create a new character. Any accounts and characters you make there are temporary and will be expunged later, so feel free to play around.
We'll be running tests at the following XP totals: 6 (1st level), 24 (3rd level), 66 (6th level), and 150 (10th level). Please be sure any characters you build conform to these standards, and that you print out and bring any characters you want to play. We will have gestalt characters built for those who do not build their own.
Note that the options in the engine are only preliminary, and do not include some things yet, such as racial options. These will be added before the season opening.