How did a $40 million company that started the tabletop RPG industry go belly up? Ben Riggs has conducted dozens of interviews with TSR alumni to discover the surprising truth of what happened to TSR.
He said, she said…does dialogue always need tags? How can you keep readers from getting confused? Kristin McFarland, Crystal Connor, Christopher Husberg, and Carol Berg discuss dialogue.
Battles are fought with many different weapons, each with different capabilities, which influences where and how they’re used. Robert Mosher discusses possibilities for magical weapons and war magic.
You have a group of players. Loud, rowdy, impossible to wrangle. Sometimes to get them through the plot is like pulling teeth. But is that what you have to do?
When is the right time to quit the day job and become a full-time author? After your first book sale? Once you’ve hit the NYT Bestseller list? Never? Scott Lynch and Kristen Britain discuss it.
First it’s one comment, then another, and then your social media feed is a firestorm with real-life implications. Keith Law, Cat Rambo, and Patrick Tomlinson discuss the dark side of social media.
Roleplaying games were born from tabletop skirmish games and often still fall back into using combat to resolve every conflict, but the rise of story games if giving gamers and creators new insights into telling stories that revolve around dialogue, character growth, or wacky hijinks as the core mechanics. Talk to various creators about what […]
Why do so many people post about cats? What if you don’t have one? Annie Sullivan, Keith Law, Diana Rowland, and Susan Morris discuss reaching readers on social media.
Come meet fancy-pantsy freelancer Russell Zimmerman to talk about his fiction projects, Kickstarter plans, Patreon, podcasts, & ongoing career with CGL, Green Ronin, Ulisses NA, FASA, and more!
Did you know you can create supplements for your favorite games and make money? Find out how! Come learn about Onyx Path’s Community Content programs for Pugmire, Scarred Lands, & more!
Learn all about the exciting new releases from Catalyst Game Labs for these products. Special Guests include Randall Bills, Loren Coleman, Jason Hardy, Brent Evans & more.
Get updates about all Green Ronin Publishing game lines & more! Green Ronin President Chris Pramas will lead a discussion on current games & upcoming new projects.
Get exclusive news and updates on Warhammer Fantasy Role-play 4 and our new Age of Sigmar RPG! Cubicle 7’s CEO Dominic McDowall will also discuss Adventures in Middle-earth™, The Doctor Who RPG, The One Ring and much more!
Left to our own devices, character names can become repetitive or worse, too similar. How can you avoid that pitfall? Anna Smith Spark, Howard Jones, Linda Robertson, and Melissa Olson tell you how.
As long as humans have been able to write they have recorded the stories of their wars and warfare. In this session, Robert Mosher will discuss some of these written works.
We all judge a book by its cover. So how can we make that cover grab a reader’s attention while conveying what’s inside? Kristin McFarland, Lucy A. Snyder, Chris Bell, and Aaron Rosenberg discuss it.
How society is recreated after the apocalypse depends on what created it in the first place. Bryan Young, Diana Rowland, Cherie Priest, and Steve Drew discuss killing the world to recreate it.
For over 50 years, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers has been serving working F&SF writers. In 2017, it opened to game writers. Come find out what SFWA does for its members.