Your quest is clear: assemble your minions & make for NerdProv, an adults-only improv comedy show by the producers of CSz Indy ComedySportz. Suggestions, costumes, & obscure references welcome!
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Gen Con-ers, Gamers, Geeks, gather ‘round. Your quest is clear: assemble your minions and make for “NerdProv”, an adults-only improv comedy show brought to you by the geeks of ComedySportz. Your suggestions, costumes, and obscure references are most welcome. This is not just nerds and comedy; this is Gen Con and improv. Subcultures unite! TOGETHER WE LAUGH!
Your quest is clear: assemble your minions & make for NerdProv, an improv comedy show by the geeks of CSz Indy ComedySportz. Suggestions, costumes, & obscure references welcome! Family Friendly.
Join the performers of D20 Burlesque again this year as we bring you a whole new batch of nerdy burlesque from NYC and beyond. Expect performances from Stella Chuu, Maki Roll, and more.
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Join the performers of D20 Burlesque this year as we bring you a whole new batch of nerdy burlesque from NYC and beyond. Expect performances from Stella Chuu, Maki Roll, Iris Explosion, Dick Move, Magdalena Fox, Lewd Alfred Douglas, TigerBay, Minnie d'Moocha, Vonka, Foxy Squire, and Anja Keister. Featuring striptease based off of your favorite games, movies, comics, and more! All this plus go-go dancing and audience games. This show is part of Gen Con not to be missed if you like your nerdery a little naughty! 18+ event.
Explore a world of intense emotion buried in your favorite suspense story. When moments of conflict or peril arise, it is your nerves, rather than a dice roll, that determines your fate.
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Through individually crafted questionnaires, Dread system asks players to reveal their characters' abilities, shortcomings, personalities, and fears. Bring your imagination and Jenga skills to this years's 50th anniversary of Gen Con.
Explore a world of intense emotion buried in your favorite suspense story. When moments of conflict or peril arise, it is your nerves, rather than a dice roll, that determines your fate.
Description:
Through individually crafted questionnaires, Dread system asks players to reveal their characters' abilities, shortcomings, personalities, and fears. Bring your imagination and Jenga skills to this years's 50th anniversary of Gen Con.
Explore a world of intense emotion buried in your favorite suspense story. When moments of conflict or peril arise, it is your nerves, rather than a dice roll, that determines your fate.
Description:
Through individually crafted questionnaires, Dread system asks players to reveal their characters' abilities, shortcomings, personalities, and fears. Bring your imagination and Jenga skills to this years's 50th anniversary of Gen Con.
Networking and Promotion for Creators in the Online Age: Twitch TV, Podcasts, and Patreon
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Speculative fiction author, professor, podcaster, and TwitchTV channel host Gregory A. Wilson discusses how to leverage different creative backgrounds and fan bases into a successful online presence.
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Networking and promotion have always been critically important aspects of the life of a creator, making it possible for them to spread the word about a given work to a larger audience. With the advent of the Internet, online promotion via website and Facebook became ubiquitous, but we've now entered the second wave of online promotion, with new models rising to the fore. Speculative fiction author, podcaster, and TwitchTV channel host Gregory A. Wilson (author of the graphic novel Icarus, The Gray Assassin Trilogy from The Ed Greenwood Group, and co-host of the critically acclaimed Speculate! podcast) discusses how to leverage different creative backgrounds and fan bases into a successful online presence, and how mediums like TwitchTV, podcasts, and Patreon are changing the game for creators.
In this workshop you will use game play for networking, speed dating and socialization. Investigate the lessons learned of interacting with individuals that you commonly don't interface with.
Networking: Using Outside Professionals to Expand Your Reach
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Learn how to connect your clients to professional services they may need, build a real feeling of community, and market your store through joint sponsored events.
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Gamers run into three main issues, impacting Game Store Owners (GSOs): Not enough money to buy games they want; Not enough time to play the games they have; Too worried about work/budget/cash flow to enjoy the games they do play. Libraries and educators also want to increase traffic, and connect more with their community. With the "Rise of Geekdom", many gamers are career-minded individuals that want to slay the occasional dragon. There are people in your community who want to meet these people, help them reach their goals, and share the same interests. Jeff Riegle is an independent financial adviser, backed by Waddell & Reed. As avid gamer, Jeff wants to help GSOs, Libraries, and Educators learn how to reach out, qualify, and harness these community members and their services.
Unlock the mind-bending truth behind an abandoned spaceship lost to the furthest reaches of space in this cerebral thriller with a hard sci-fi / science fantasy / space opera backdrop.