What are the stakes in a low-violence story? How does one excite the reader in stories centered on personal relationships? Brandon O'Brien, Cat Rambo, Gini Koch, John Wiswell, Karen Bovenmyer
Is there a right way to teach RPG design? Sam Roberts (USC) and Luke Crane (NYU) discuss designing collegiate-level curriculum specifically to teach roleplaying game design.
This seminar is for anyone looking into freelancing in the gaming industry, newer freelancers who might need some advice, or anyone else curious about the industry.
Description:
We will talk about finding work in the industry, the type of work you can find, and anything newer freelancers need to know.
This event is for any DM that wants to discuss or learn about running the game. Each table and each group needs a different type of table control. We'll learn about these factors.
Description:
We will discuss types of games, including systems, genres, and media. We will get into types of groups and players, including roleplayers, min/maxers, jokers, and newbies. Each of these factors contributes to a unique need for the DM to relate to. They are all possible and welcome, but we at least need to acknowledge and recognize these factors. We can talk about how these things can make a game better, and how working with these factors/needs can make it more fun.
Reading Appendix Next: Additional Inspirational Fantasy Literature
Summary:
The GG crew discusses underappreciated and overlooked fantasy literature beyond Appendix N. Consider this an advanced studies course in inspiration literary sources for DCC RPG and other fantasy RPGs.
Description:
If you’ve read the famed Appendix N from Anderson to Zelazny yet hunger for more, this is the seminar for you. Join the Goodman Games crew as they look beyond the borders of Gygax’s list of inspirational literary influences on fantasy role-playing. Discover overlooked and underappreciated authors and the stories they wrote in the years prior to and during the early days of role-playing. We almost guarantee you’ll walk out of this event with a few more titles jotted down on your reading lists.
Join us for a Q&A panel for our upcoming series, Ink-U-Bus moderated by Jason Azevedo. Meet the cast of renowned tattoo artists that play tattooing adventurers across Eberron aboard the Ink-U-Bus!
Join the CMO of Women in Games International (WIGI), Kendryx Linscott, to learn about self-advocacy in the tabletop space for women, non-binary, and femme-identifying gamers, and active allyship.