Join a group of GMs for a Q&A session about GM-ing for pen and paper RPGs.
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Lots of folks are missing gaming, which means many of you are considering the jump to GM - or to taking your current game online. Tips, tricks, and sympathy - so much sympathy - will be yours at this event. Whether you're a player who wants to try your hand at running a game and are wondering if all those stories about bards are true, a new GM who just had your first "players one-shotted my BBM" and you have questions, or a veteran who just wants to know you're not the only one whose players spent four hours interrogating a rabbit they thought looked "super sketch," we have a program for you. Join us for this very special Gen Con edition of our popular GM Boot Camp session - an online GM Zone of Truth, where you can ask questions, share baffling player interactions, and get advice from some of the city’s top game masters!
Thinking about taking the lead at your table? GM 101 focuses on the issues common to new Game Masters. Advice & support, answers to your burning questions - all here at Gamer Assembly's GM 101!
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Keeper, Dungeon Master, Game Master-there are many names for the job. Thinking about taking the reins at your game table? We'll talk about what works and what traps to avoid. Most importantly, we'll get right to the heart of why its great to GM a game, and how you can have a great time doing it. The Gamer Assembly panels are always interactive. The seminar wall between presenter and participants is torn down as we explore these topics together. With the speaker acting as moderator and guide through these topics, you're sure to learn a lot!
Thinking about taking the lead at your table? GM 101 focuses on the issues common to new Game Masters. Advice & support, answers to your burning questions - all here at Gamer Assembly's GM 101!
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Keeper, Dungeon Master, Game Master-there are many names for the job. Thinking about taking the reins at your game table? We'll talk about what works and what traps to avoid. Most importantly, we'll get right to the heart of why its great to GM a game, and how you can have a great time doing it. The Gamer Assembly panels are always interactive. The seminar wall between presenter and participants is torn down as we explore these topics together. With the speaker acting as moderator and guide through these topics, you're sure to learn a lot!
Thinking about taking the lead at your table? GM 101 focuses on the issues common to new Game Masters. Advice & support, answers to your burning questions - all here at Gamer Assembly's GM 101!
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Keeper, Dungeon Master, Game Master-there are many names for the job. Thinking about taking the reins at your game table? We'll talk about what works and what traps to avoid. Most importantly, we'll get right to the heart of why its great to GM a game, and how you can have a great time doing it. The Gamer Assembly panels are always interactive. The seminar wall between presenter and participants is torn down as we explore these topics together. With the speaker acting as moderator and guide through these topics, you're sure to learn a lot!
Do your RPG sessions feel stiff or lifeless? Are you trying to take things to a higher level, but still feel stuck like you're playing a board game?
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Come learn about conversational GMing - a way of injecting life into any tabletop RPG. A conversational approach is more natural than you might think, and enables much more fluid stories to be told. The game youre playing is irrelevant. You can make CGMing a part of anything from D&D to Fiasco.
There are few RPGs that are as fun and easy to run as Numenera, The Strange, and the Cypher System. Get great tips and techniques on running fantastic Cypher System games straight from expert MCG GMs.
GUMSHOE Swords & Sorcery: Swords of the Serpentine Q&A
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Join the authors of Swords of the Serpentine for a look at investigation in heroic fantasy, and the unusual setting of a cosmopolitan sinking city. Bring your questions!
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Join the authors of Swords of the Serpentine for a look at investigation in heroic fantasy, new cinematic approaches to GUMSHOE combat and magic, and the unusual setting of a cosmopolitan sinking city. Bring your questions!
Join us for a game design focused discussion on how the mechanics of D&D work, how they guide player actions, design choices, game balance, systems construction and more.
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Are you an old school Dungeons and Dragons player… or just getting into the game? A devotee of excellent D&D shows like Critical Role or someone who just likes to stomp Orcs on Friday night? Then this panel is for you. Join us for a game design focused discussion on how the mechanics of D&D work, how they guide player actions, design choices, game balance, systems construction and more. For veterans, you’ll come away with a better understanding of the game you love. Interested but never played? Come learn all the D&D in one hour! Presenter Geoffrey "GZ" Zatkin is a game designer with over 20 years of experience in the video game industry. One of the original designers of EverQuest, and co-founder of game data giant EEDAR and game development studio Experiment 7, Geoffrey is also Extra Credit’s resident ne’er-do-well and studio director.