When writing genre fiction, it’s tempting to look to your favorite books and movies for inspiration. Our panelists talk about looking to life as way of avoiding the clichés of genre fiction.
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When writing genre fiction, it’s tempting to look to one’s favorite books and movies for inspiration. The danger in doing this is that your story may end up as little more than a retelling of someone else’s tale. Our panelists talk about looking to life for inspiration as way of creating richer stories while avoiding the tropes, conventions, and clichés of genre fiction.
Authors must often tell stories from the perspective of characters that aren’t anything like them. Learn to write convincing characters whose backgrounds are completely different from your own.
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Authors must often tell stories from the perspective of characters that aren’t anything like them. In this panel, learn techniques that let you dip into the psyches of characters whose background is completely different from your own and to do it in a way that is convincing to your reader.
Is writing all about art and inspiration? Or is it more perspiration? Or is it something in-between? Our panelists debate this oft discussed topic to help you decide if you need a muse or a toolbox!
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Is writing all about art and inspiration? Or is it more perspiration than inspiration? Or is it something in-between? Our panelists debate this oft discussed topic to help you decide if you need a muse or a toolbox!
We’ll break down the tropes of zombie horror and find the best ways terrify your players with just a few animated corpses. With Ross Payton, Kenneth Hite, Dennis Detwiller, and George Valisakos.
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Zombies are usually cannon fodder for the heroes to kill -- but they can be so much more. Zombies present unique challenges and moral dillemas for the heroes to overcome, and they are the most flexible, most variable monsters in horror. We’ll break down the tropes of zombie horror so you can terrify your players with just a few animated corpses. With Ross Payton (Zombies of the World), Dennis Detwiller (Delta Green), Kenneth Hite (Trail of Cthulhu), and George Valisakos (All Flesh Must Be Eaten).
Back by popular demand! Zombology Minor and developer of Outbreak Undead Robert Watts has been asked to do another seminar about how to survive (and more importantly prepare) for the coming Z-Day.
Ross Payton, co-host of Role Playing Public Radio and author of Road Trip and Zombies of the World, discusses the many types of zombies. Shambling hordes of flesh eating ghouls can be more than just easy monsters to kill. They can provoke moral dilemmas, puzzles and provide backdrops for new and unique settings. Find out what zombies can do for your game. All attendees get a free mini-zombie adventure for Wild Talents and other goodies.
Join the hosts of the Award winning podcast Brilliant Gameologists and learn words that will bring out the worst emotions in your gaming group and will counter the real message - either names you could call players (Munchkin, Powergamer, Drama Queen, Rules Lawyer, Meta-gamer) or whining to your GM (It’s not fair! It’s not realistic! You are railroading us!). Learn alternatives to name calling that are just as fun and clarify the real problems.
Join celebrated fantasy author R.A. Salvatore to discuss his past work, his upcoming projects, and what else is new in the world of the Forgotten Realms campaign and the life of Drizzt Do’Urden.
Relive the days of yore when the command line was king! GO WEST and LIGHT LAMP in a live-action text adventure with a few hundred of your closest friends.