That's right! we're back and hosting another off the cuff and by the seats of our pants CHAOSIUM seminar. We'll be on hand to thrill and amaze you. We'll tell you some of the secret stuff we're doing. Hopefully we'll answer more questions than we stir up this year. So come and hang out with us instead of eating lunch. We'll even provide tree water. Did your mama ever warn you about Californians and Texans? Come find out why she should have.
Get your copy of the The DUELIST magazine (issues 22, 26, 30, 36, and 40) signed by Luke Peterschmidt and Ed Bolme, game designers and brand managers for the Five Rings Publishing Group. They also will be signing their trading card game work, so bring your copies to the Periodicals section of the Wizards of the Coast booth in the Exhibit Hall and meet the designers!
You wanna know what's up at the World's Greatest Comics company and the new roleplaying hit, the MARVEL Super Heroes Adventure Game? Come meet Mike Selinker, designer of the Marvel game.
Hear how D&D was born and what it was like to DM and play the game when it was new. This is your chance to hear all the inside secrets from one of the creators of the game!
This panel will discuss effective ways to merchandise game and book products in the typical retail store. We'll talk about the economies of me business in a way that will be accessible to the retailers-no corporate geekspeak. The focus is going to be on creating effective product chains-sell the basic set, then the sourcebooks, then the adventures. A discussion of how to interface with publishers to get support for this type of activity will also be covered.
Feeling edgy lately? Looking over your shoulder a bit more than you used to? With the approach of the year 2000, people find their minds drifting toward topics like UFOs, government conspiracies, and even the end of the world. How does the coming of the new millennium shape our collective thoughts and the media's messages? And where does the truth lie amid the fever dreams?
Erick Wujcik, author of Amber Diceless Role-Playing, talks about what happens when Game Masters connect with roleplayers, and how to get the very best out of a roleplaying campaign. In a time when computer roleplaying games make death commonplace, with spectacular graphics, how can the face-to-face encounter compete? A discussion of tricks, skill, and more RPG tricks.
Get your copy of Dragon magazine signed by Neal Barrett, Jr. award winning author of "The Lizzara Shopp" (issue 251). Neal also claims a very close personal relationship with the ever wise(crackina) Dr. Science, from the pages of Amazing Stories magazine. Neal will be signing his other work as well, so bring your copies of his books to the Periodicals section of the Wizards of the Coast both in the Exhibit Hall and meet the author!
Liz Danforth provides a look at women and their contributions to the history of gaming, including insights about the differences between male and female gaming styles, and the gradual integration of women into the industry from 1975 to present. Gen Con Symposium.
Meet with TSR staff to reminisce about the Al-Qadim®, Birthright®, Dark Sun®, Gamma World®, Maztica®, Mystara®, Red Steel®, and Spelljammer® games. What made these worlds special to you? Which ones would you like to see return? We love all our lines, so convince us that you want them back and who knows what may happen!