Veteran short story authors of a variety of genres, Marc and Kelly will wholly entertain you with their scintillating prose, put you on the edge of your seats, have you reaching for a hanky, and will bring a few smiles to your convention-weary faces.
Before you rush off to dinner, sit back and listen to a pair of our talented panelists read to you from their latest works. You'll forget you were hungry ... for food.
New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole invites you to spend your dinner hour listening to something new he's written. Make it a picnic and be prepared to be heartily amazed and entertained.
Why did they have feasts in medieval Europe? What did they eat? Who paid for it all? This seminar examines real feasts based upon descriptions and menus from medieval sources, and compares the medieval practices with modern misconceptions. Some of the topics to be included are feast foods, entertainment, manners, economics, and the practical challenges of processing two thousand head of poultry.
An indepth walk-through of Lone Wolf Development's revolutionary new product for RPG world development and collaboration between players and GMs. Discover how you can leverage Realm Works for your own games and what we have planned for the product's future.
Dr. Games is also Colonel Staats. In his role as a returning, successful brigade commander in Iraq, Colonel Staats steps the audience through his personal journey into the land of the dead and back using Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey model. This is a not to be missed event that is at times humorous and insightful and at others poignant and startling. Bring a friend and see this application of role-playing in the real-world.
If you’re not writing in the “real world,” and you’ve created a land of your own, you have to do more than draw a map, add a river, and sprinkle in some mountains and other geographical features. You have to put a lot of thought into the place. Our panelists will tell you what elements make a fantasy setting believable, including weather, population clusters, animal life, and more.
Tracy Hickman, NYT Best-selling novelist, co-author of Dragonlance and Deathgate Cycle, presents a practical foundation for writing and publishing Speculative Fiction with insights for both aspiring and established writers. Includes demonstrations taken from his new on-line workshops.
Supporting characters ... sidekicks, lieutenants, minions, and the like ... can make your major characters and plot more complex. Your hero needs a best buddy or confident, a sounding board for dialogue, someone to turn to when the villain gets him down. And your villain ... lackeys are good. Learn how to abolish cardboard cutouts while preventing your second bananas from stealing the show.