We'll discuss what keeps a gaming group coming back again to your store. Also how to start one if it does not already exist and how to handle different situations as they arise.
A time for networking with all Trade Day attendees, exhibitors, and presenters. Chat as you play games and share what you learned with your fellow attendees. A no host bar available.
Learn how to connect your clients to professional services they may need, build a real feeling of community, and market your store through joint sponsored events.
Description:
Gamers run into three main issues, impacting Game Store Owners (GSOs): Not enough money to buy games they want; Not enough time to play the games they have; Too worried about work/budget/cash flow to enjoy the games they do play.
Want To Teach An RPG Exploratory Class At Your School
Summary:
Come discuss possibilities, cross-curricular tie-ins, and potential stumbling blocks in an RPG exploratory course.
Description:
We can use the course designed for Albemarle County Public Schools as a starting point and branch out to discuss other courses, ideas for inclusion, ways to scaffold game play for students with disabilities, and other related topics. Come discuss the possibilities and potential for an exploratory course that would focus on a cross-curricular, imagination-based, multi-disciplinary approach to building academic and lifelong learner skills. We can use the RPG-exploratory class that was designed for the Albemarle County Public School System to start a discussion and
Join us to learn more about what's new and what's coming across our RPG product line! You can also expect previews for exciting new product categories like plush, sprue miniatures, and paints.
A Peek Inside the Sausage Factory: Games From Idea to Table
Summary:
Have you ever wondered what steps a game goes through to make it to your store? What does each tier in the industry do to get the game to the table? This class is for you.
Adult Gaming Programs in the Library and the Community
Summary:
Learn how the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana worked with community businesses to create library sponsored gaming programs for adult in the library and out in the community.
Description:
In 2017, Monroe County Public Library made a dedicated effort to start adult gaming programs as a way to help retain teens and to reach adults who had stopped using the library. Reaching out to their local game store, The Game Preserve, as well as local bars, they created regular gaming program throughout the community that have become popular events for adult gamers, especially for those in the 18-45 age range. This presentation will go over how to: create similar programs; how to pitch gaming programs to library administration; how to create community partnerships; and what to do when things go really really wrong.