Time is precious and there is no room for bad games. Come find out how to make your RPG sessions and campaigns better. Bring your problems and leave with solutions, and a few laughs along the way.
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The cast of the Misdirected Mark Podcast is on a quest to eradicate bad gaming, one group at a time. We are here to help you make your games better and have more fun. If you have questions...we have answer. You have problems...we have solutions. You have a funny story...we love to laugh (with you, not at you). This seminar is a open format, taking questions and topics from the audience. Our advice will is best described as a mix of: helpful, scholarly, blunt, and irreverent. With enough combined years of GMing to be a venerable half-orc we have the experience to help. So bring your best problem and see if you can stump the cast.
JR & Ace, founders of The Nerd Nighters, discuss tips & tricks for building a game community & mobilizing it to work for & with charities in your area.
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JR and Ace, founders of The Nerd Nighters, discuss tips and tricks for building a game community and mobilizing it to work for and with charities in your area. The two have worked with many charities and other organizations to raise more than $50,000 for local and national charities in the two years they've run this group.
Play With the Designer: The Princess Bride: I Hate to Kill You
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A quick, but crafty, dice & card game that recreates (& reimagines) the sword duels from The Princess Bride.
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A quick, but crafty, dice and card game that recreates (and reimagines) the sword duels from The Princess Bride.
Swashbuckling fun for fans of the film, or anyone that enjoy's fast, clever back-and-forth games.
Play With the Designer: The Princess Bride: I Hate to Kill You
Summary:
A quick, but crafty, dice & card game that recreates (& reimagines) the sword duels from The Princess Bride.
Description:
A quick, but crafty, dice and card game that recreates (and reimagines) the sword duels from The Princess Bride. Swashbuckling fun for fans of the film, or anyone that enjoy's fast, clever back-and-forth games.
Since 2001, Protospiel has helped make good games better. We'll match you with a Protospiel veteran to teach you an awesome unpublished card or board game. It's like playing games from the future!
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These are all hidden gems which have been tested at one or more Protospiels, yet are unpublished. Some of the titles available for play will be: ★"Hoard or Die" by Brian Aamodt (A low fantasy 20 minute treasure collecting dice combat game.); ★"Super Galactic Battle Mounties" by Scot Eaton (Fully co-operative game inspired by Power Rangers to defend Canada.); ★"Doomed Atlantis" by Carl Klutzke (A cooperative adventure of scientific romance.); ★"Brotherhood of Thieves" by Scott Starkey (High fantasy thievery.); ★"Scatterball" by Andrew Voigt (Free-for-all dodgeball battle of weak alliances, backstabbing, and cheap shots).
Cowboys & Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering & curious contraptions.
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Cowboys and Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering and curious contraptions. You are one of the area's top five tinkerers and you're looking to prove your grit to the citizens of this very different town. You'll need to send out your assistants to scavenge for parts, create some of the strangest devices you ever did see and earn yourself some Reputation. Once the whole game is done, the player that has earned the most reputation from delivering gadgets and accomplishing feats wins the whole thing!
Cowboys & Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering & curious contraptions.
Description:
Cowboys & Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering and curious contraptions. You are one of the area's top five tinkerers and you're looking to prove your grit to the citizens of this very different town. You'll need to send out your assistants to scavenge for parts, create some of the strangest devices you ever did see and earn yourself some Reputation. Once the whole game is done, the player that has earned the most reputation from delivering gadgets and accomplishing feats wins the whole thing!
Cowboys & Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering & curious contraptions.
Description:
Cowboys and Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering and curious contraptions. You are one of the area's top five tinkerers and you're looking to prove your grit to the citizens of this very different town. You'll need to send out your assistants to scavenge for parts, create some of the strangest devices you ever did see and earn yourself some reputation. Once the whole game is done, the player that has earned the most reputation from delivering gadgets and accomplishing feats wins the whole thing!
Cowboys & Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering & curious contraptions.
Description:
Cowboys and Aliens has never been so strategic! Saddle up with Justin Blaske in his wild west strategy game of top quality tinkering and curious contraptions. You are one of the area's top five tinkerers and you're looking to prove your grit to the citizens of this very different town. You'll need to send out your assistants to scavenge for parts, create some of the strangest devices you ever did see and earn yourself some reputation. Once the whole game is done, the player that has earned the most reputation from delivering gadgets and accomplishing feats wins the whole thing!