Game is an art that induces people to irrational behavior that they would not otherwise undertake. Come and watch us make fools of ourselves as we try to prove our point.
In most games, magic-using characters wander around hurling fireballs and teleporting across the globe. Really, though, the 'flash-bang' style of magic found in most RPGs has no precedent in real-world magical tradition. In this panel, Hex Games will tell you how to make magic in your game more subtle, symbolic, frightening, and...well...magical.
Getting Gamers Together: How Social Networking Impact Gaming Groups
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How have Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, and the wide variety of other social networking tools affected how gaming groups form, grow, and interact? Join the discussion and share your thoughts and insights!
Join this panel of women from within the games industry discussing why girls are better than guys in every arena, especially gaming. Or put another, more bombastic way: Sex and the City vs. The Sopranos: Female vs. Male Approaches to Gaming!
What do Dr. No, Casablanca, and Shakespeare have to teach us about making the stories in our RPGs awesome? Roleplaying design authority and virtuoso Robin D. Laws (Gumshoe, Feng Shui) has figured it out and presents his new approach for analyzing stories with an eye toward improving your game. Figure out what went right and what went wrong at last week's session, and learn how to make next week's game unforgettable. Bring your questions!
An indepth walk-through of Lone Wolf Development's ENnies Award winning character management tool for a wide range of RPGs. Discover how to harness Hero Lab's wealth of capabilities for your own games.
The Hero Lab character management tool provides extensive capabilities for adding your own custom material to existing game systems. This tutorial delves into how you can readily integrate your own content with official game content.
From the worlds between the pages of your favorite book ... to adventures teetering on the edge of the dice ... join Tracy Hickman and his special guests on a voyage beyond imagination. Here is your opportunity for questions and answers about novels, games and his new writing seminars ... on a podcast that will be broadcast that same night.
How can you frighten your readers? What writing tools do you need to send shivers down their spines? Our panelists discuss the different styles of horror writing and who are the best authors working in the genre today.