Mekton is the original game that established R. Talsorian in the games industry. It, as well as RTG, are being revived this year. Come hear about the plans.
Hacking in Fiction, Games, & the Media - The Good, the Bad, & the Bizarre
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Join our panel of professional hackers as we discuss interesting & absurd portrayals of hacking of 2016 in games, movies, TV, & books. Learn ways to depict hacking in a fun but accurate manner.
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We're back! Join our yearly panel of professional (and slightly inebriated) white hat hackers as we discuss the best and most dreadful portrayals of hacking over the past year in games, movies, TV, and books. Ask questions you've been dying to about real hacking, cybercrime, infosec, and malware. Learn ways that you can depict hacking in a fun but accurate manner. Our 2017 panel includes a game developer turned security researcher, a penetration tester, a security manager in cloud services, a nation state attack analyst, an electronics hacker, and a social engineer.
Herding Cats: Players and Ludonarrative Dissonance
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Creating games which interest players both mechanically and narratively is hard. Sometimes players sacrifice gameplay for story or vice versa. This panel will discuss steps to address these issues.
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Creating games which interest players both mechanically and narratively. Worse, sometimes your players sacrifice gameplay for story or vice versa. The conflict between gameplay and narrative is a natural result of RPGs interactive nature. However, sometimes forcing a player to think outside the games story or mechanics can provide a powerful experience. This panel will not only discuss steps to prevent and address issues of tonal inconsistency, we will also talk about ways which these inconsistencies can enhance your gaming experience.
Hero Lab – Tips & Tricks for Adding Your Own Content
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Learn how to take Hero Lab authoring to the next level! This session is for users that are familiar with the basics, but want to learn more. Bring your “.user” files for help on specific problems.
Learn about how our expert panelists turned their passion for tabletop RPGs, LARPs, comics, movies, & more into prominent blogs in the geek space - and how you can do it, too.
How to Make One Million Dollars on Kickstarter Dot Com
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MaX Temkin (Cards Against Humanity), Elan Lee (Exploding Kittens) and Luke Crane (Kickstarter) offer insight into using Kickstarter to remain independent & focused on manifesting your vision.
I'll teach skills you would learn in law school to help you read/write rules for games &/or for life. There will be a quiz with MTG related prizes. The last bit will be an open Q&A.
Everyone hates paladins, so our RPG party has broken bad. We've successfully run an evil-centric D&D campaign for seven years! Find out the secrets for running this type of game with your group.
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It's time to add some variety to your RPG! Our mission has been to encourage more gaming groups to try an evil setting. But if you haven’t attempted to run an evil RPG or you have tried and it hasn’t worked, we are here for you. For several years, Josh Long has run a 3.5 campaign with all evil-aligned characters. The actual play podcast can be found at geekspective.com. We'll share our hard-earned experience on what works and what does not when running an evil-themed role playing game. The group's solutions have led to a game that is more flexible, rewarding, and challenging than a traditional good-aligned campaign. We'll discuss playing evil characters, evil social settings, intra-party conflict, keeping evil characters motivated, setting tough encounters for ruthless player characters, and giving moral quandaries to amoral characters. We'll explain why it can be so good to be so bad.