Sit down with the Designers and Writers of Project Black Flag from Kobold Press. Ask your questions about the process of streamlining, designing, and creating a new core fantasy roleplaying game.
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Host: Dot Steverson Panelist: Wolfgang Baur (CEO), Celeste Conowitch (Lead Game Designer), Alexander Stangroom (COO), Thomas Reid (Editorial Director), and Sarah Madsen (Freelance Writer)
This panel will go over red flags to look out for, tips to keep yourself safe, making trans characters in a tabletop game, media good trans representation, and other related topics.
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Traversing nerd culture can be difficult at the best of times but being transgender can add a whole new layer of difficulties. From gatekeepers to bigots to elitists there is a lot of uncertain ground to cover. This panel will go over red flags to look out for, tips to keep yourself safe, making trans characters in a tabletop game (for our cis friends), streams/podcasts/shows with good trans representation, and other related topics.
Black Lace and Candles: The Future of Gothic Fiction
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Writers discuss current directions in the gothic fiction genre.
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The darkness of the soul, the black and lace aesthetic, the contemplation during midnight hours, the dash across the wind-swept moors: all of these elements have been part of the gothic genre, but what does it mean today? From Victorian gothic roots to southern gothic, non-Eurocentric gothic, and everything in between, join our panel of experts as they examine how this subgenre has permeated in books and pop culture in recent years, and what we can expect from it in the future. Panelists: Sarah Hans (moderator), Richard Lee Byers, Brandon O'Brien, Diana M. Pho. Track: GCWS Genre.
Join paranormal podcaster, Bob Anderson of Bob After Dark, as he shares his experiences, tells some ghost stories, listens and gives feedback on your encounters.
Have you ever felt that you couldn't cosplay because of your body type? Or because you're a person of color? This encouraging panel goes over, and helps remove the stigmas and hesitations.
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In this panel, we'll go over some of the hesitations people may have about cosplaying due to being a person of color, or because of their body type. Tips on how to brig out your best features, improve your confidence, and help people see that cosplay is indeed for everyone.
Boston Tea Party as a root of the Revolution. The basis for event. What were the causes, what happened that night, and what were the consequences. Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., on NSDM staff.
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Roots of revolution: on the 250th anniversary of the 1773 Boston Tea Party, part of a multi-year National Security Decision Making Game staff lecture series on key events in the American Revolutionary War. This examines the Boston Tea Party, in context of events affecting American & English discontent with affairs in the colonies, including the outcome & aftermath of the French & Indian War (the Seven Years War), English policy of restricting westward expansion, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act & other taxes. Lecture will go on to discuss the escalating violence in Boston in particular, the conditions that led to the Tea Party, the Tea Party itself, & the outcome in terms of the direction that Anglo-American affairs took. Presented by Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., with 12 years' experience at the Naval War College, on the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
Bringing Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms to Organized Play
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From the misty isles of the Moonshaes and the shrouded upper plateau of Thay to the soaring Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthus, join the Baldman Games story leads as they discuss OP.
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From the misty isles of the Moonshaes and the shrouded upper plateau of Thay to the soaring Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthus, join the Baldman Games story leads as they discuss capturing the feel of different worlds and different stories all while staying true to the Adventurer's League open play concept.
Daniel "Doc" Myers teaches techniques for building a fictional language from the ground up.
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Just a few snippets of a fictional language can add a lot of depth to a story. However, for someone without experience in linguistics, it can be a daunting task to create something that is plausible and isn’t just a code superimposed upon existing grammar. In this seminar, experienced worldbuilder Daniel "Doc" Myers will provide a step-by-step method for constructing a fictional language. Track: GCWS Classroom.
Building exciting & functional cities for your TTRPG games can be daunting. Join some of the best minds from Kobold Press as they discuss creating vibrant cities and towns for your games.
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Moderator: Erik Frankhouse Panelist: Wolfgang Baur, Celeste Conowitch, Alexander Stangroom, Sarah Madsen