New to Gen Con? Have questions? First time can be overwhelming. This session provides tips, tricks, and highlights of events to experience each day of the convention. Each day, a different focus.
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Thursday morning, start your adventure with a look at all the fun that awaits you at Gen Con. Designed to help introduce new attendees to all the experiences of Gen Con with tips, ticks, and answers to questions. First 45 minutes of the daily session highlights different events to experience that day, or throughout the show, so you can make the 10 am Exhibit Hall opening. Or stick around if you have more questions. Let the fun continue throughout the day with the Gen Con Passport! Designed to introduce attendees to all the varied activities at the con, Passports will be handed out. Visit locations to receive stamps and be entered to win prizes on Sunday.
New to Gen Con? Have questions? First time can be overwhelming. This session provides tips, tricks, and highlights of events to experience each day of the convention. Each day, a different focus.
Description:
It's Friday and you are half way through all the fun that Gen Con has to offer. Designed to help introduce new attendees to all the experiences of Gen Con with tips, ticks, and answers to questions. First 45 minutes of the daily session highlights different events to experience that day, or throughout the show, so you can make the 10 am Exhibit Hall opening. Or stick around if you have more questions. Let the fun continue throughout the day with the Gen Con Passport! Designed to introduce attendees to all the varied activities at the con, Passports will be handed out. Visit locations to receive stamps and be entered to win prizes on Sunday.
New to Gen Con; have questions? First time can be overwhelming. This session provides tips, tricks, and highlights of events to experience each day of the convention. Each day, a different focus.
Description:
Saturday! The Biggest and Busiest day at the convention! More events and activities await those who want to learn about them. First 45 minutes of the session highlights the different events to experience, so you can make the 10 am Exhibit Hall opening. Stick around if you have more questions. Let the fun continue throughout the day with the Gen Con Passport! Designed to introduce attendees to all the varied activities at the con, Passports will be handed out. Visit locations to receive stamps and be entered to win prizes on Sunday.
New to Gen Con; have questions? This session recaps your first time Gen Con experience. It's Prize Day for the Passport Game! Prize Drawing Will be held at 2:30.
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Its Sunday and you survived Gen Con! Recap your experiences as a new Gen Con attendee and get your Gen Con Passport turned in for the prize drawing.
Have you ever look at your brand new campaign map and wondered how to make this world come alive with the same richness found in franchises like Game of Thrones or Mass Effect?
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During this seminar, I'll show you an iterative framework for worldbuilding and quest hook development based on processes I use as a Geopolitical Strategist. This framework will allow you to use nothing but your map to you create a vibrant world rife with enough rumors and quest hooks to leave your players spoiled for choice.
Learn how to build engaging all-ages programming for your library. Gain practical advice on how to choose the best games for your collection and how to circulate games both in-house and with patrons.
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Are you a library employee looking to start a gaming program? Or maybe a library user who wants to help their library start gaming? Explore all the interesting side quests that tabletop gaming can take in the library from teen internships to creating a reference gaming website to building community partnerships. We will offer effective strategies and examples of board game facilitation best practices. The audience will learn how to create a professional development cohort through gaming. We will also explore selling the idea to library management and collection development strategies for all ages, including practical tips.
Have an amazing game idea but don't know how to find and hire artists, let alone be a great art director? Join Marissa Kelly of Magpie Games as she dives into the world of art direction!
Have an amazing game idea but don't know how to find and hire artists, let alone be a great art director? Join Marissa Kelly of Magpie Games as she dives into the world of art direction!
A seminar on our future plans with a light question and answer section. Come listen to the Ghosts and their stories!
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Join the specters of Ghost Galaxy as they present their upcoming publishing plans and take questions from players. If youre interested in cool game announcements, a fun presentation, and in meeting the veteran team behind Ghost Galaxy, this event is for you.
This event is to be hosted by our CEO and strangest star in the Ghost Galaxy, Christian T. Petersen.