Join Paizo' award-winning team to discuss illustrations, maps, & other visual elements that bring Pathfinder & Starfinder to life, as well as a preview of Pathfinder Second Edition art!
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Creative director Sarah Robinson, managing developer Adam Daigle, creative director Rob McCreary and featured artist Wayne Reynolds discuss art in Paizo products.
Whether you're writing a game, a novel, a short story, a series, a TV script, a movie, or a whatever, you're going to have questions. Is it okay if...? How do I do that? It's time to get answers.
This lecture provides a quick overview of the Cold War period in terms of themes, influences, & significant events. It provides a background into the competition between the U.S. and USSR.
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The Cold War was a period of change in the international system. Highlighted by competition between the US and USSR along ideological, economic and military lines, other events and influences affecting the current international system emerged from the Cold War. International and Supranational Organizations emerged: UN, IMF, World Bank, WTO (formerly GATT), EU. Decolonization and externalities emerging from breakdown of European empires set the stage for current ethnic and religious violence. Lastly, the period provided foundations for modern globalization: technological linkages between people and development of transportation systems reduced spatial distances, setting up potential for conflicts within the system. Presenter: Dr. Craig Greathouse, Professor of Political Science specializing in the EU, International Relations Theory and Security and Defense Policy, now on the NSDMG staff.
The Cutting Room Floor: What DIDN’T Make the Pathfinder Playtest
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Some things didn't make the cut! The Pathfinder Playtest design team talks about paths not taken & options left for future books. Secrets abound, & only the REALLY bad ideas stay dead forever!
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Lead designer Jason Bulmahn, designer Logan Bonner, designer Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and designer Mark Seifter answer all your Pathfinder questions!
The Diana Jones Award is given out the Wednesday night before Gen Con. Join Matt Forbeck & reps of the items shortlisted for the award for a way-too-early discussion about the award & winner.
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The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming is given out by a secret cabal of game designers to whatever they believe was the most excellent thing in gaming the previous year. This started in 2001 & has been given to people, games, & events of all kinds.
The 2018 short list is:
The 200 Word RPG Challenge. A competition organized by David Schirduan & Marshall Miller.
Actual Play. A movement within hobby games.
Analog Game Studies. A journal edited by Aaron Trammell, Evan Torner, Shelley Jones, & Emma Leigh Waldron.
Charterstone. A board game designed by Jamey Stegmaier, published by Stonemaier Games.
Harlem Unbound. A roleplaying game sourcebook by Chris Spivey, published by Darker Hue Studios.
Sometimes all you need is your beverage of choice & a group of pliable friends & strangers for a night of great gaming. A how-to guide for a fun & safe time.
Join our business manager Stacy Muth & the some of our staff to learn all about the awards. We will also feature interviews with winners & nominees from this year's awards.
Join the authors of The Expanse, Ty Franck & Daniel Abraham, as they discuss the new game with lead designer Steve Kenson & Green Ronin President Chris Pramas.
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The Expanse Roleplaying Game is coming this Xmas and you can get the Quickstart right here at GenCon. Join the authors of The Expanse, Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, as they discuss the new game with lead designer Steve Kenson and Green Ronin President Chris Pramas. Fans have been clamoring for an Expanse RPG for ages. Dangsin-eun junbiga to blast off to the Belt and beyond?