Gaming for Good: An Insider's Guide to Playing Games for Charity
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Turn your gaming hobby into a force for good. Veteran charity gaming event organizers share their secrets for joining, organizing, promoting & hosting successful fundraisers.
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Panelists will include Bill Corey, organizer of Gaming Hoopla, Jim & Adrienne Jones, organizers of an Extra Life weekend for Riley Children's Hospital, Dan Patriss, organizer of Gamers for Cures, and Jamey Stegmaier, co-founder of Stonemaier Games.
Adults' reasons for gaming with kids vary, whether using games as teaching tools in educational settings or enjoying a hobby as a family. We'll talk about fun, thought-provoking games for all ages.
Learn what it takes to start as a freelance editor in gaming. John Adamus, a full-time editor with dozens of credits to his name, will teach you the strategies to get started working immediately.
Getting Started in the Industry: Freelancing and Self-Publishing
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One of the questions that gets asked a lot is how to get started in the industry. Our panel of Freelancers and self-publishers will take your questions and swap stories from their own perspective.
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One of the questions that gets asked a lot is how to get started in the industry. Our panel of Freelancers and self-publishers will take your questions and swap stories from their own perspective. Panelists include Tracy Barnett (Sand & Steam Productions), Matt James (Vorpal Games), Shoshana Kessock (Phoenix Outlaw Productions), Eloy Lasanta (Third Eye Games), and your moderator Brian Liberge (Beer Star Games).
Golem Arcana - Into the Future of Miniatures Gaming
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Join Jordan Weisman and the Golem Arcana team for a brief presentation and Q&A about our new digitally enhanced miniatures game! Ask us anything!
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Join Jordan Weisman and the Golem Arcana team for a brief presentation and Q&A about our new digitally enhanced miniatures game! Ask us anything! After a successful Kickstarter last fall, we are thrilled to bring our new game to Gen Con. We'll share some of the ups and downs of combining miniatures and technology and chat about creating a new way to play tabletop games and bring people face-to-face to play games together.
Hacking in Fiction, Games, and the Media - The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre
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Our panel of professional hackers discuss depictions of hacking in games & fiction, the plausibility of these depictions, and suggest ways to better portray hacking, digital forensics, and malware.
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Recent headlines have been filled with sensational stories about hacking, and fictional movies, TV, books, and games reflect this trend. So, who got it right, and who botched their computer skill roll? Our panel of professional hackers will discuss depictions of hacking in fiction - distinguishing what is, could be, and simply isn’t plausible. We'll suggest alternative ways for GMs and writers to portray hacking, digital forensics, and malware.
Hands Off My Golem: Cultural Appropriation In Gaming
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The sky's the limit when you design games - but when is it a problem borrowing someone else's religion or culture? We'll discuss cultural appropriation, what it means, and if it's a problem.
Hero Lab® – Advanced 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!
Hero Lab® – Introduction to Adding Your Own Content
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Learn how to add content to Hero Lab for Pathfinder and other games, from one of our data file authors! This session is for users that haven’t used the Editor before, or are just getting started.