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NASCRAG is the National Society of Crazed Gamers,〔 Banner shows expansion of NASCRAG into NAtional Society of CRAzed Gamers. 〕 a group of game-masters, writers, and artists who have been presenting a series of multi-round Dungeons and Dragons tournaments at the Gen Con game convention since 1980. The NASCRAG tournament is one of the largest and the oldest〔 This is the on-site program book. The NASCRAG entry begins, "Providing fun as Gen Con is the whole point of NASCRAG and they've been doing it for, what, 27 years now?"〕 independent role-playing competitions〔 The article begins, "One of the longest running independent Dungeons & Dragons tournaments celebrates it's 27th Anniversary at GenCon Indy this August: NASCRAG, the NAtional Society of CRAzed Gamers."〕 at Gen Con. It is a three-round, single-elimination, team advancement tournament in which teams of six (this number has varied over the years) compete with other teams by playing a D&D adventure. Teams are scored on role-playing, and achieving personal and team goals. ==Organization== NASCRAG is an independent gaming organization that consists of a core of 60 to 80 members〔(【引用サイトリンク】 NASCRAG's Staff ) "Over the years there have been somewhere between 100 and 500 Nascrag Judges... There are currently somewhere between 60 and 80 who keep in constant contact via the Internet."〕 (along with a number who have become less active over the years). GenCon provides Nascrag with 20-30 complimentary GM badges every year and some judges simply pay their own way. Being well staffed allows NASCRAG to accept many walk-up participants and to give players two game masters for all the NPC action in Round 3. NASCRAG is run by "Squirrel Queen"〔(【引用サイトリンク】 NASCRAG's Personnel ) "Carole Bland, Squirrel Queen" 〕 Carole Bland. Carole took over the post from her husband, NASCRAG Chief Lackey Emeritus, Len Bland, in the 1990s. Since 2004, the job of marshaling the roughly 100 players per timeslot (4 or 5 timeslots per year) into manageable teams of six is handled by NASCRAG's Master of Ceremonies Tom Lommel and his assistant Buster Pishkur. Through many years in the 1980s and 1990s, Buster also assisted NASCRAG's longtime Head Marshall "Big" Al Baker. NASCRAG's elaborate scorekeeping system is currently handled by Jim Carter. NASCRAG keeps a steady influx of fresh blood through the efforts of "pressgangs," led by Brian Chase. Pressgangs wander the halls of Gen Con, attempting to persuade new players to join. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NASCRAG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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