Integrating Combat into Role-playing and Literature
Summary:
Retired Major General Rich Staats, decorated combat commander and 45-year gamemaster, offers insights and advice on incorporating combat scenarios and military deployments into games and stories.
Recruiting, Retention, and Retirement for Gaming Groups
Summary:
Dr. Rich Staats, GM for over 45 years, shares tips and tricks on how to recruit quality players, make gaming groups last, and retire gaming groups. Come for the stories, stay for useful advice.
World Building for Game Masters, Game Designers, and Authors
Summary:
Join veteran GM, Dr. Rich Staats, as he describes world design for game masters, game designers, and authors. This classic seminar started as a for-credit course at MIT.
Creating Memorable NPCs for Game Masters and Authors
Summary:
Join veteran GM, Dr. Rich Staats, as he describes creating memorable NPCs for Game Masters and Authors. This classic seminar started as a for-credit course at MIT.
World Building for Game Masters, Game Designers, and Authors
Summary:
Join veteran GM, Dr. Rich Staats, as he describes world design for Game Masters, Game Designers, and Authors. This classic seminar started as a for-credit course at MIT.
As writers, game designers, and game masters, we spend a lot of time describing and moderating combat situations in our created worlds. What does combat leadership look like in practice?
Description:
As writers, game designers, and game masters, we spend a lot of time describing and moderating combat situations in our created worlds. What does combat leadership look like in practice? We will explore common mythologies and how realities can be explored in literature and around the gaming table.
As writers, game designers, and game masters, we spend a lot of time describing and moderating combat situations in our created worlds. What does combat leadership look like in practice?
Description:
As writers, game designers, and game masters, we spend a lot of time describing and moderating combat situations in our created worlds. What does combat leadership look like in practice? We will explore common mythologies and how realities can be explored in literature and around the gaming table.
Join veteran game master, Dr Rich Staats for a session on world building for game designers and writers. Participants will learn about top down, bottom up, and hybrid versions of world building.
Description:
This started as a for-credit course at MIT. Participants will learn about top down, bottom up, and hybrid versions of world building. The handouts alone are worth the price of admission. Rich fills the session with fun examples from real world building problems. The seminar is for world builders of all levels of experience and skill. The seminar finishes with a practical exercise where the participants help build a world based on the principals from the seminar.
Join veteran game master, Dr Rich Staats for a session on world building for game designers and writers. Participants will learn about top down, bottom up, and hybrid versions of world building.
Description:
This started as a for-credit course at MIT. Participants will learn about top down, bottom up, and hybrid versions of world building. The handouts alone are worth the price of admission. Rich fills the session with fun examples from real world building problems. The seminar is for world builders of all levels of experience and skill. The seminar finishes with a practical exercise where the participants help build a world based on the principals from the seminar.