How to Run a Successful Living Campaign: Red Markets 10K Lakes
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Technical Difficulties, Role Playing Exchange, & more run a living campaign on their podcasts. Join the cast as they talk about the ups & downs of running campaigns for large groups.
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The casts of Technical Difficulties, the Role Playing Exchange, and more are involved in a long running living campaign for Hebanon Games' Red Markets. Join the cast as they talk about the ups and downs of running a living campaign for large groups, and how it can help you do the same!
Team Lynnvander has much to say about surviving in all the industries! From film to board game cafe's, designing games & being published in fiction... how do they manage it all? They'll tell you.
How do you write a book summary that will appeal to readers? Do only indies need to know this skill or can it help everyone? Marco Palmieri, James Lowder, Gail Z. Martin, & Debbie Smith have answers!
Tie-in fiction is an expanding market in the gaming industry. Join tie-in authors & editors to discuss what tie-in fiction is, why it’s becoming popular, & how to get started in tie-in fiction.
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Tie-in fiction is an expanding market in the gaming industry. Green Ronin, Paizo, Wizards of the Coast, and Onyx Path, among others, have built a solid library of fiction related to their settings. Join tie-in authors and editors to discuss what tie-in fiction is, why it’s becoming popular, and how to get started in tie-in fiction.
I Married Big Bird: Stories from Debbie Spinney with special guest, Carroll Spinney
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Debra Gilroy Spinney has been married to Big Bird (aka Carroll Spinney) for nearly 39 years. Learn about their love story & some of their adventures, as she shares her memories & love for Carroll.
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Debra Gilroy Spinney has been married to Big Bird (aka Carroll Spinney) for nearly 40 years. Many of us know her from the documentary I Am Big Bird, in which she delights us with her love & cherishing of the man we know to be the biggest, most lovable yellow bird, & at the same time, the grumpiest grouch on the street. Listen as she recounts her life & adventures with this wonderful man, who will be there as her special guest of honor.
In 2017, a diverse team of women wrote, designed, & organized a live game exclusively for women. Learn what happened in- & off-game when we created & brought to life the world of Immerton.
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Immerton is a fictional world and live role-play experience written by women for women participants, taking place in a society of women in a polytheistic goddess pantheon. Designed to explore what happens in woman-only spaces, the game used a feminist sandbox design that emphasized rituals, relationships, collaborative roleplay, and transformational experiences through a meta room, mask play, and multimedia storytelling. Using feedback from participants and organizers, we will discuss this uncommon opportunity for a woman-only roleplaying space and community, one that has its heart in feminist design focusing on choice, collaboration, non-hierarchical spaces and relationships, empowerment, and communication. Challenges and opportunities in the women-only space will be presented, as well as how the gender-exclusive space created opportunities for exploration, bonding, and freedom.
Puzzles are classic obstacles in games. Used effectively, they can be a rewarding experience. We'll discuss elements of puzzle design & how to use them to build engaging interactions in your games.
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Puzzles are classic obstacles to players in role playing games. When done well, they are rewarding for both game master and players. There's a fine line between a rewarding puzzle and one that is frustrating. Members of geekspective.com will discuss successful elements of puzzle design, how to combine those elements and build puzzles that are complex yet fun for players. We believe that puzzles should always be solvable, either the easy way, or failing that, "The Hard Way". Puzzles can add an extra dimension to gameplay and with the elements of good puzzle design, you'll be able to create more exciting and rewarding games for your players.
Maze Arcana's Ruty Rutenberg & Satine Phoenix curate a discussion on Inclusivity in gaming with designers and streamers, including Adam Koebel & BDave Walters, followed by a lengthy Q&A.