Building Character: Introducing Kobold's Tales of the Valiant & Eldritch Foundry's Custom Mini Maker
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Design experts from Kobold Press & Eldritch Foundry offer a character creation crash course; walk away with a FREE character sheet & resin mini perfect for the TotV playtests running all weekend long.
Description:
Tales of the Valiant (aka Project Black Flag) is an exciting new TTRPG system in final public playtest at Gen Con, and the folks from Kobold Press and Eldritch Foundry are here to walk you through character creation from conception to character sheet to custom physical miniature. We'll talk design philosophy, power selection, and more as we build one of the 6 playtest characters before your eyes, while showing you how to use Eldritch Foundry's free web-based mini maker to bring that creation to life on your table. Learn how TotV and EF compare to other systems; see how we’ve made character creation intuitive, epic, and cool. Each attendee receives a resin miniature and character sheet, usable at any of the TotV playtests running all weekend long.
Writer Sandra Tayler teaches techniques to holistically engage your community of readers.
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There is tremendous power in a devoted fanbase, it is a gift and a responsibility. In this workshop, join author Sandra Tayler as she discusses things you can do to encourage a community to build around your own work, making connections between your readers, and why it is far more important to give than to ask. Track: GCWS Classroom.
Writer Bryan Young teaches techniques for balancing tension in your works.
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Building tension in stories can be a difficult balance between competing drives in your story. How do you know when a surprise will be more effective for the audience than the slow burn of suspense? How do you accomplish them? In this workshop, professional writer Bryan Young will walk you through that process. Track: GCWS Classroom.
A discussion and workshop that will discuss how you (an educator, librarian, and/or retailer) can work towards building up your local gaming community.
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Are you starting from scratch, or do you already have a thriving gaming community that you want to keep strong? Regardless of your current situation, this workshop will present to you ideas and resources that can be used to establish, build, and maintain a great and healthy gaming community! As a bonus, we will also discuss technologies and virtual spaces that can add to, and enhance, your communities.
Building a Better Hand Puppet - Tips and Techniques
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The internet is filled with patterns & pictures of fleecy friends, but if you want to build your own characters, you need an approach that that gives you strong results & makes your puppet expressive.
Description:
Puppets are not sculptures, they need to move! Building a puppet that moves well, stays light, and won’t break is the real key. We will look at the function of each part of the puppet, and then explore some tried and true ways that I have been building puppets for decades. Greg Ballora will emphasize taking a drawing and creating an easy blueprint that leads to success! For more than 30 years, Greg has been a Los Angeles-based puppet builder & performer. He has puppeteered with the Muppets, Henson’s Puppet Up, & was the Puppet Captain on Disney’s Crash & Bernstein. Greg has also been a Puppet Master for the Disneyland Resort, building puppets, training puppeteers, teaching students & creating parade choreography for puppets & large floats. Greg has taught puppet construction & performance at UCLA, Pepperdine University, Penn State & Cal Arts.
We've ran over three dozen RPG Kickstarter projects over the last three years. Join us as we discuss best practices for the new and semi-new creators. Q&A to follow.
We've run over three dozen RPG Kickstarter projects over the last three years. Join us as we discuss best practices for the new and semi-new creators. Q&A to follow.