Learn about the core concepts behind wearing Japanese kimono, & their cultural history. In this panel we will discuss Japanese fashion, history, and techniques. There will be a live kimono dressing.
Join Rick Heinz from Geek & Sundry along with other Storytellers for a panel on Game Mastering tips. Find your style, learn player agency, and learn why you should never run a dream sequence.
Having a hard time finding tabletop gamers or gaming events near you? So were we, so we built GameFor - the app for finding tabletop gamers, events, stores, and groups near you. Come and learn!
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Are you having a hard time finding tabletop gamers and/or gaming events near you? So were we, so we built GameFor - the app for finding tabletop gamers, events, stores, and groups near you. Come learn from the designer how to use the app for yourself, your gaming group, or even your store, and where we're planning to take the app into the future.
Our world focuses so much on rating & recommendations, it is important to learn the right & wrong way(s) to express your opinions, & likewise, not let negative reviews break you.
Join members of Team MCG & Your Best Game Ever contributors to get tips on having the best RPG games ever. There will be GM tips, player tips, & game stories with a positive spin.
The creators of The Contender share all of the hilarious mistakes they made after a successful tabletop Kickstarter. Learn how they turned things around & how you can avoid these costly mistakes.
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Justin Robert Young and John Teasdale of Contender Games share all of the hilarious mistakes they made after a successful tabletop Kickstarter. Overestimate future sales? Yup! Totally botch fulfillment? Big time! Overprint so many decks that they’ll be giving them out as unsolicited gifts until they’re dead? OH HELL YEAH!
Learn how they turned things around and how you can avoid these costly first-time creator mistakes!
How to Spot Good GMing Advice: A Guide for New GMs
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There’s no shortage of GMing advice on the Internet, but how can you separate the good from the bad? Learn how to recognize good GMing advice that will produce real improvements at your table.
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There’s no shortage of GMing advice on the Internet, but how can you separate the good from the bad? Good GMing advice is hard to write and harder to recognize. The best advice contains certain assumptions about its purpose and it’s reader. We will teach you how to recognize good GMing advice that will produce real improvements at your table.
Share your "you had to be there moments" with a walkthrough from the Roll20 team on how to livestream your games. This is designed as an introduction for new streamers, but everyone is welcome!
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Streaming your RPG sessions via platforms like Twitch and YouTube have quickly become a growing category of streaming entertainment. But how do you get started? Do you have the right equipment? What sort of gaming content works with an audience and what doesn't? Join us with veteran tabletop streamers Carlos Luna (Dungeon Rats, Rivals of Waterdeep), Adam Koebel (Roll20 Presents, co-author of the Dungeon World RPG) and Stephanie Bryant (creator of Threadbare RPG) for a crash course on what you need to get your group playing RPGs in front of a live digital audience.
You can learn a lot of great life skills playing Dungeons & Dragons (or any TTRPG). Let's talk about just some of those & share how you can leverage your new found skills.