We are two gamers & legal professionals who love to serve game designers, having presented educational seminars at GenCon for about 10 years. Come ask questions & hear some war stories!
Want to learn how to make the best villain for your RPG campaign? This is the panel for you. Famous designers/writers will discuss what makes a great villain and how to make your players love them.
Description:
Panelists include Bruce Nesmith, lead designer of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Wolfgang Baur, head of Kobold Press, and Ferret Baudoin, lead designer of Dragon Age II.
Mechanics of Secrecy: Military Cipher Machine Demo
Summary:
Learn how historical military cipher machines like the German Enigma work. See historical specimens and replicas from the Civil War to the Cold War. By Ryan of the NSDM staff.
Description:
Militaries throughout history have had a vested interest in keeping their communiques secrets. This lecture will provide an overview of mechanical and electromechanical cipher machines from the Civil War through the Cold War, such as the Vigenère cipher, rotor ciphers based on the German Enigma, and the Hagelin pin and lug machines. The role of the CIA and German BND in sabotaging cryptography will be discussed. Ryan of the National Security Decision Making Game staff is a cryptography collector and nuclear geek. He will display machines from his collection, including a replica Confederate encryption wheel, a modern Enigma simulator, 3D printed Enigma, and historic machines, including a Swiss NEMA, Russian Fialka, a US Army Hagelin M-209, and a Swedish Transvertex HC-9.