Punish Your Players with Landscape Science, Part 2
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Even when all’s quiet, certain types of land can make things devilishly difficult for your adventurers! Geologist/GM Scott Rice-Snow describes subtle ways to challenge them using geomorphology.
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We’ll discuss ways that the landscape setting itself naturally imposes debilitating conditions on players (dazed, immobilized, deafened, etc,) and explore the great variety of settings where mere walking is a difficulty. Scott Rice-Snow is a DM and author of 'Landscapes for Writers and Game Masters: Building Authentic Natural Terrain into Imagined Worlds', available from McFarland Press. Scott and Jennifer Rice-Snow host ground4inspiration.net, an online geomorphology resource for GMs, writers, and travelers.
Puppet building pros with seriously great credits will talk about various puppet building techniques for multiple styles of puppets, such as the wedge method, flat patterning, sculpting, and more!
Are you afraid of reading your work out loud? Want to better convey your story or poem to your audience? Let’s make reading your work out loud a dynamic and memorable experience for your audience.
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Featuring: C. S. E. Cooney, Jonathan Janz, Bryan Thao Worra, Mary Robinette Kowal
RealmsBound: A Journey Through the Forgotten Realms
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Join Ed Greenwood and the RealmsBound team as they reflect on what it takes to expand an iconic setting and how collaboration brings a world to life. Then, discover what’s coming next for RealmsBound.
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Join Ed Greenwood, Mythmakers, and the contributors behind RealmsBound as they reflect on the journey so far and the lessons learned along the way. Explore what it takes to expand an iconic setting with care, and how collaboration among writers, artists, and editors brings a world to life. The seminar will conclude with a look down the road ahead, including what’s coming next for RealmsBound and its 2027 release schedule.
Join the game’s creator to discuss the new edition of the game of economic horror. Caleb Stokes and Ross Payton talk about the beta, changes based on feedback, and more!
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Red Markets 2nd Edition conducted an open playtest for all of 2025. Come discuss the changes in the system as a result of the process. A panel of the game’s creators will take questions on the upcoming new edition or Red Markets in general. Caleb Stokes is the author of Red Markets, and he is joined by Ross Payton of Roleplaying Public Radio, the award-winning podcast on which the game got its start.
Come meet Team Restoration to get updates on hot projects like Return to Dark Tower, Thunder Road, Unmatched, and Battle Monsters. Bring questions for Q&A and get a sneak peek at new things coming up.
Join Restoration Games and Space Cowboys/Asmodee to get a look at The King's Gambit. We'll give you a peek behind the scenes about how we're bringing back one of the biggest grail games in the hobby.
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Restoration Games and Space Cowboys announced a joint project to revive a beloved classic board game, The Queen’s Gambit – this time set in the world of The Lord of the Rings.
Like the original, The Lord of the Rings: The King’s Gambit features a sprawling, epic battle across multiple fields of play. The Riders of Rohan clash against hordes of Orcs on Pelennor Fields. The brave Gondorians fend off the forces of Shadow in Minas Tirith. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas maneuver their way through Haradrim on the Great Port at Pelargir to join the fight. And Frodo and Sam navigate the perilous journey through Mordor to the fires of Mount Doom. Join us for a detailed Q&A and look at where we are as we approach the crowdfunding launch!
Riding the Wave: the Ups & Downs of a Career in Creativity
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Jennifer Barnhart takes an honest look at balancing artistic risk & personal comfort. Be inspired by how she chose when to leap or hold back, & how those choices helped her build a sustainable career.
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As creatives, it's hard to know when to take a risk and when to protect your stability. Jennifer Barnhart will share stories from her career navigating creative risks, having steady work, needing this crazy little thing called "healthcare," and how to pursue a creatively satisfying life without sacrificing the necessities of life, or your own comfort.
Jennifer's career spans many genres, including regional theater, puppetry, television, film, commercials, and voice over work. She deeply understands the ins & outs behind sustaining a long-term career as an artist. Let Jennifer inspire you with her insight on when to take a leap of faith, when to play it safe, and how to find the middle ground that puts your life in the Goldilocks Zone.
Roll a Con Save: A Workshop of Creator Fatigue & Burnout
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We've all experienced burnout and creative fatigue, so let's start the conversation on how to deal with it. Come chat with mental health professionals in the tabletop space about how to cope!
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Deadlines approaching? At the end of your rope with videos to make and no spoons to do it? Feeling the stress of freelance work? This workshop run by mental health professionals within the TTRPG space is aimed to help you build your resilience and fight the ultimate BBEG: burnout! Attendees will leave with tools help make change in their lives and keep their creative fires burning.