Connect with other players, choose from a menu of rules-light, story-rich RPGs and small-scale LARPs and get playing!
Description:
Do you want to play a game? Our diverse team of enthusiastic GMs will introduce you to their favorite independent and small press RPGs! All of these games are rules-light, story-rich, and easy to learn! No experience necessary, we'll provide everything you need and teach you how to play! Seats are first-come-first-served, so just drop by with a generic ticket, tell us what you like, and we'll help you find a game you and your friends will love! Games we've run in previous years include Fate, Fiasco, Torchbearer, Dungeon World, Firefly, Trail of Cthulhu, Mouse Guard, Microscope, Golden Sky Stories, Prime Time Adventures, Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, Monsterhearts, Burning Wheel, Dread, Lady Blackbird, Cthulhu Dark, 13th Age, Atomic Robo, Dresden Files, Tenra Bansho Zero, a wide assortment of Nordic and American Freeform LARPs, and more!
Connect with other players, choose from a menu of rules-light, story-rich RPGs and small-scale LARPs and get playing!
Description:
Do you want to play a game? Our diverse team of enthusiastic GMs will introduce you to their favorite independent and small press RPGs! All of these games are rules-light, story-rich, and easy to learn! No experience necessary, we'll provide everything you need and teach you how to play! Seats are first-come-first-served, so just drop by with a generic ticket, tell us what you like, and we'll help you find a game you and your friends will love! Games we've run in previous years include Fate, Fiasco, Torchbearer, Dungeon World, Firefly, Trail of Cthulhu, Mouse Guard, Microscope, Golden Sky Stories, Prime Time Adventures, Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, Monsterhearts, Burning Wheel, Dread, Lady Blackbird, Cthulhu Dark, 13th Age, Atomic Robo, Dresden Files, Tenra Bansho Zero, a wide assortment of Nordic and American Freeform LARPs, and more!
Connect with other players, choose from a menu of rules-light, story-rich RPGs and small-scale LARPs and get playing!
Description:
Do you want to play a game? Our diverse team of enthusiastic GMs will introduce you to their favorite independent and small press RPGs! All of these games are rules-light, story-rich, and easy to learn! No experience necessary, we'll provide everything you need and teach you how to play! Seats are first-come-first-served, so just drop by with a generic ticket, tell us what you like, and we'll help you find a game you and your friends will love! Games we've run in previous years include Fate, Fiasco, Torchbearer, Dungeon World, Firefly, Trail of Cthulhu, Mouse Guard, Microscope, Golden Sky Stories, Prime Time Adventures, Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, Monsterhearts, Burning Wheel, Dread, Lady Blackbird, Cthulhu Dark, 13th Age, Atomic Robo, Dresden Files, Tenra Bansho Zero, a wide assortment of Nordic and American Freeform LARPs, and more!
During this session you will learn about games that will help ESL students in your classroom and how they relate to the Common Core and WIDA CanDo Descriptors for English language learners.
The massively-multiplayer roleplaying game is a transformative model in the gamified classroom. In this session, you'll learn how one teacher did this and start leveling up your own teaching!
How does the act of creating, exploring, and defining a game world resemble the creation and exploration of myth, both as ritual and as scripture or literature?
Roleplaying has struggled to include minorities. Join Strix Beltran, Ajit George, and Mark Diaz Truman to discuss how designers and players can build a more robust, inclusive community.
Description:
As many geek activities have expanded over the last ten years, role-playing has often struggled to include the voices of racial and ethnic minorities. Join Strix Beltran, Ajit George, and Mark Diaz Truman to discuss what challenges the industry faces including "Others", why increased diversity is valuable and important to the future of gaming, and what path both designers and players can take toward building a more robust, inclusive community.
Gaming for Good: An Insider's Guide to Playing Games for Charity
Summary:
Turn your gaming hobby into a force for good. Veteran charity gaming event organizers share their secrets for joining, organizing, promoting & hosting successful fundraisers.
Description:
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.