From Blister to Battlefield - Army Painting Survival Guide
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Want your piles of unpainted miniatures on the table and in the game? Everything to get a playable gaming force on the table quickly from scratch, including motivation, planning, assembly, color selection, assembly-line painting, and basing. Advanced techniques for creating a display-quality army will also be discussed. Handouts will be provided, and feel free to bring your own paint, brushes, and miniatures for help or practice.
From Blister to Battlefield - Army Painting Survival Guide
Description:
Want your piles of unpainted miniatures on the table and in the game? Everything to get a playable gaming force on the table quickly from scratch, including motivation, planning, assembly, color selection, assembly-line painting, and basing. Advanced techniques for creating a display-quality army will also be discussed. Handouts will be provided, and feel free to bring your own paint, brushes, and miniatures for help or practice.
From Dice to Digital-What Computer Games Have to Learn from the Tabletop Industry
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David Williams, designer of the Legend of the Five Rings CCG and other award-winning card games, and Ed Stark, former Creative Director for Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition and 3.5, have made the jump to computer game design. Come talk to them and hear about their experiences working at Red 5 Studios, a company founded by the World of Warcraft team lead. Aww, yeah!
There are many challenges that face a game designer when converting a popular license (movie, book, television program, etc.) into a game. The first challenge is the ability to make a game that "feels" like the license it is paying homage to. The second challenge is making sure the game is directed toward the publisher's target audience. The greatest failure involves feeling like the license is simply "tacked on." This seminar will discuss these challenges and ways that designers overcome them.
Learn the theory behind what makes a great paintjob and the techniques that make it possible. There are many methods that can be used to obtain smooth color transitions—blending, layering, feathering and several more. There will be demonstration and discussion so you can decide what will work best for you. Please bring examples of your recent work.
Learn the theory behind what makes a great paintjob and the techniques that make it possible. There are many methods that can be used to obtain smooth color transitions—blending, layering, feathering and several more. There will be demonstration and discussion so you can decide what will work best for you. Please bring examples of your recent work.
What one thing is most important to running a good game? What one piece of advice would you give to a first time convention GM? What is the funniest thing that ever happened to your game? Open mic time at GenCon. Sign up early and reserve YOUR topic! E-mail gencon_gm_lightning@yahoo.com or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GENCONGMLightning/ and sign up.
How many years have you been running your gaming sessions with the same players?  Have things become routine, predictable, even old? Are your players less enamoured with playing than they use to? Then maybe it’s time to reinvent your campaign? With years of experience in game design and running their own worlds, our panelists will offer ideas about how to improve your existing campaigns and how to brief new life into old story lines.
Each game designer develops his or her own method of bringing an initial game design concept to life. Topics covered include concept development, prototype creation, playtesting sessions, pitching games to publishers, and doing everything that's necessary to help move the process forward. Panelists will also discuss ways for new game designers to approach publishers and get their games noticed.
Explore the interaction of GM and RP gamers. Presentation of roleplaying styles, discussion of GMs that encourage roleplaying. All experience levels welcome.