It’s always challenging to run a successful small business and local retail has had a particularly rough year during the pandemic. Join us for a discussion of how local stores can survive and thrive, leaning into the local benefits you can provide, how to maximize your advantage of support from publishers, how to cross-promote with […]
Afraid to host a live online event? Want to show new items online first? Hosting live streams and building community by increasing non-stereotypical gamer traffic through your store.
Gamers run into three main issues, impacting Game Store Owners (GSOs): Not enough money to buy games they want; Not enough time to play the games they have; Too worried about work/budget/cash flow to enjoy the games they do play.
A time for networking with all Trade Day attendees, exhibitors, and presenters. Chat as you play games and share what you learned with your fellow attendees. A no host bar available.
Public librarians Alan Beng and Jennifer Geradot will present a multitude of time-tested best practices to create good role playing game programming at your school or library. We’ll talk about tips and tricks to keep the kids attention, useful and inexpensive accessories, and over-arching philosophies that bring teens and adolescents back each week for more […]
Paizo gives an overview of the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPG lines, from stocking the basics, to the Organized Play Foundation, to running Pathfinder, and Starfinder events.
Players use materials provided in session to create a functioning board game. This two hour session will appeal to game designers of all ranges as well as educators.
Join us educators and librarians and learn how to play Decktective, Deckscape, and BANG! A resource list for Common Core State Standards will be provided.
We can use the course designed for Albemarle County Public Schools as a starting point and branch out to discuss other courses, ideas for inclusion, ways to scaffold game play for students with disabilities, and other related topics. Come discuss the possibilities and potential for an exploratory course that would focus on a cross-curricular, imagination-based, […]
Board games in the classroom and beyond. This interactive workshop will discuss how you can incorporate board gaming in your learning space for all contents and also covering topics on diversity and inclusion taught by an anti- biased / antiracist educator. Not only can board games can be fun they can educator and therapeutic! Come […]
Games motivate their players intrinsically and educators can leverage that motivation to help learners overcome challenges. Game-based learning (GBL) is a powerful tool.
Many games that aren’t traditionally marketed as educational, but are great products for bilingual classrooms. We will discuss a few of those games, as well as why to use them in this capacity.
Escape rooms continue to be a popular pastime. Physical escape rooms have expanded to include tabletop games and online experiences. Digital escape rooms can also be used as effective training tools. A digital escape room engages the learner by using game mechanics such as story, Easter eggs, puzzle-solving, & competition & provides a unique platform […]
In this hour session participants learn the principles and best practices of esports in education. Anyone who wants to develop esports at an institution will learn from university esports leaders on how to start and optimize an esports program.