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21 Days To A Novel

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3D Printing Basics

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3D Printing for Cosplay

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3D Printing for Miniatures

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BattleBattle! - How Do You Balance a Massively Complicated Game?

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Bean Maps: An Intro to Fantasy Cartography

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Beetle Pinning for Artsy Nerds

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Beginner Burlesque

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Beginner Crochet - Make a Pocket Pouch

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Beginners Guide To Community Content

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Bepuzzling Your Game

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Beyond the Board: Designing Games Beyond Dice & Cardboard

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Build a Better Monster

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Build a Dragon Eye d20 & Swap Convention Stories

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Build a Mimic Dice Box

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Build a Mimic Dice Box—Longer Class Time

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Build a Miniature Hollow Book Box

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Build a Miniature Hollow Book Box (LGBTQ+ Craft)

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Build a Premium Mimic Dice Box with Lighting

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Building a Solid Series

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Burlesque 101: Elements of Burlesque

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Burlesque 102: Dance Intensive

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Butterfly Pinning for Artsy Nerds

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Buy-A-Thon: A Successful Grass Roots Book Launch

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Capes for Adults

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Cardboard Puppets & Prop Extravaganza

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Chainmailleing a Headdress

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Chair Dance 101

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Character Creation: Quick Guide to Character Sheets and Bios

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Character Voices for your RPGs

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Clay Earring Painting

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Clay Earring Sculpting

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Clown Logic: Using Theatricality to Engage and Surprise Your Players

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Cosplay Fabrication: Electronic & Electrical Components

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Cosplay Fabrication: Hands-on Working the Thermal Plastic (Worbla)

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Cosplay Fabrication: Hands-on Working with EVA Foam

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Cosplay Fabrication: Hands-on Working with Thermal Plastic (Worbla)

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Cosplay Wig Styling 101

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Could your Hobby be a Business?

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Craft-a-Journal for Trinket Trading and CosPlay

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Craft-a-Journal for Trinket-trading and CosPlay

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Crafting a Giant D20

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Crafting a Giant D20 Masterclass

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Crafting a Giant D6 & D8

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Crafting a Laser Cut Dice Tower

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Crafting a Laser Cut Dice Tower Masterclass

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Crafting a Laser Cut Dice Tray

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Crafting a Leather Dice Keeper

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Crafting Elegance: Leather Drawstring Pouch Creation

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Create Your Own Action Figure

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Creating Interesting & Memorable NPCs

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Creating Interesting & Memorable Villains

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Creating the Next Fartbuckle: Make NPCs Your Characters Will Die For

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Cypher System for Existing, New, and Aspiring Game Masters

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Dames of Asstoria Character Creation Workshop

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Deisgning Games Using BRP - With Jason Durall

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Designing Call of Cthulhu Campaigns - With Mike Mason & Paul Fricker

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Dial Up Your Dialogue: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Fictional Convos

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Dice Making 101

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Distant Era's Collaborative Cosplay Posing and Characterization Workshop

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DIY Magic: Appearing Chapstick

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DIY Magic: Dice Trick

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DIY Magic: Disappearing Coin or Key

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DIY Magic: Playing Card Trick

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DIY Magic: Trick Deck (Pokemon, MTG, etc)

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DIY Pasties and How to Twirl them

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Fantasy Drawing w/ Live Models

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Fight like a Paladin: Longsword

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Fight Like a Rogue: Knife

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Fight like a Turtle: Donetello

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Finish Your Craft

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Foam Armor Crafting Workshop

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Foam, Thermoplastics, & More: Featherweight Cosplay Mega Workshop

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Friday Assignment Session - Theme: Rapid Prototyping & Testing

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Friday Office Hours - Theme: Rapid Prototyping & Testing

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From Game Idea to Prototype

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From Good to Great: Building Unforgettable Puppet Characters

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Gamemastering for the Writer, Writing for the Gamemaster

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Gamer Dice Jewelry: Make A D6 Bracelet & Earrings

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Gen Con Stretch and Reset

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Get Your Story Proofed!

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Getting Paid to GM: Marketing & Getting Players to the Table

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Getting Paid to GM: Running Events & Building Community

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Glass Gilding and Etching

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GM Like a Druid: Continents

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GM Workshop - Build a World

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Haly’s Hand-Dyed Yarn Workshop: Merlot and Muenster

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Haly’s Hand-Dyed Yarn Workshop: Rosé & Roquefort

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Hand Sewing for Beginners with Stacey Gordon

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Heraldry - For RP & Writing

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Horror Hacks: Mastering Fear at the Table

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How to Sell at Live Events

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Improv a World: Fairy Tales

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Improv for Gamers and GMs

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Improv for RPGs

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ImprovGM Workshop for GMs: Antagonists

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ImprovGM Workshop for Players: Character Depth

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ImprovGM Workshop for Players: Raising Stakes

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Infernal Salon Writers Workshop

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Insect Mounting for Artsy Nerds

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Intermediate Camera Puppetry

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Intro to Moving-Mouth Puppetry

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Intro to Special Effects Makeup Workshop

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Intro to Sword and Shield

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Introduction to Independent Publishing Zines

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Introduction to Kendo

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Introduction to Longsword (HEMA)

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Introduction to Saber Fencing

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Introduction to Self-Publishing Layout and Design

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Introduction to Writing RPG Text with Clarity, Conciseness, and Active Voice Workshop

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It was a Dark and Stormy Night - Creating a Paranormal Setting for a RPG

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Japanese Kimono 101 - Learn How To Wear

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Jubensha: How to Write

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Jumbo Plushie Chainmailleing

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Learn a K-Pop Dance!

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Learn how to Distress/Age Leather Gloves

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Learn to Juggle 3 Balls

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Learn to Make Chainmaille: Bracelet or Other Projects

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Learn to Make Chainmaille: Bracelet or other Projects

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Learn to Make Chainmaille: Chainmaille Buffet

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Learn to Paint 3D Printed Building Terrain

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Learn to Paint 3D Printed Dice Guardian

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Learn to Read Tarot Cards

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Leather Tooling 101

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Make a Chainmail D20 Pendant

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Make a LARP Foam Shield

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Make a LARP Foam Sword

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Make a Leather Badge Holder

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Make a Leather Dice Tray

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Make A Marionette

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Make a Pair of Leather Bracers

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Make a Renaissance Macrame Ring Belt

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Make a Sandwich Puppet with Stacey Gordon

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Make a Steel Chainmail Dice Bag

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Make a Toy Theater

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Make New Friends & Build a Dragon Eye d20

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Make New Friends & Build a Rainbow Dragon Eye d20 (LGBTQ+ Craft)

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Make Your Own Fantasy World Map

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Making Cents of Money

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Making Fingerless Lace Gloves

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Making Fingerless Stretch Faux Leather Gloves

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Making Lace and Ribbon Choker Necklaces

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Making Maps for your Table

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Making Sure You Are Query Ready

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Making Your Toys Look Cool: Tabletop Game and Miniature Photography

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Managing A Game Store that Lasts

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Mandalorian Martial Arts

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Mass Battle: Weapons Out

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Mass Battle: You are the Weapon

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Metalsmithing a Cold Forged, Monogramed Pendant, Cuff Bracelet & Ring

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Micromosaic Jewelry

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Mold-making, Casting, Silicone & Resins for Costuming

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Narrative Improv for Gamers

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Opening a Game Store that Lasts

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Origami for Level 1 Druids

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Pacing and Structuring Stories

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Paint Minis with Ginny Di

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Painting 3D Printed Horns

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Pattern Piecing

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Pitch Us Your Game!

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Playing With Purpose: Designing Characters for Transformational Play

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PonyBead Bracelet Exchange

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Practical GMing: Adventure Prep and Game Running

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Press, Public Relations and Marketing for Authors

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Producing for Actual Play Podcasts

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Puppeteering for Camera Intro

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Querying and Rejectomancy

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Read and Critique

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Recreating History through Costuming

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Roleplay Workshop: Getting Into Character

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Running RPGs for Strangers and New Players

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Saber Sunday: Feel the Force

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Saturday Assignment Session - Theme: The Game Industry Ecosystem

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Saturday Office Hours - Theme: The Game Industry Ecosystem

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Sleek & Simple: Crafting Your Minimalist Leather Wallet

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So you want to be a (better) GM...

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Sourdough Starter Side Quest

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Swashbuckling for Pirates 101

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Tabletop Horror and How Best to Scare, Unsettle, and Build Dread without Causing Harm

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Tactics & Tools of Medieval Combat

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Tarot for Storytellers

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Tax Considerations for Crowdfunding

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Teddy Bear Chainmailleing

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The Art of Suspense

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The Art of the Verbal Pitch

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The Basics of Creating a Duct Tape Pattern

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nerdlesque: Character & Prop Work!

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nerdlesque: Choreography & Capes!

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The How-to-Play Guide for Role Playing Games

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The Making of a Mutant!

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Thursday Assignment Session - Theme: Game Design Foundations

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Thursday Office Hours - Theme: Game Design Foundations

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Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers

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Truth is Cooler than Fiction: Using Your Community's Hidden History as Inspiration for Your Campaign

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We Can Be Heroes - Build Your Own Superhero

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What Even IS Marketing? How To Promote Your Tabletop Game

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What the World Means: a Practical Guide to Symbolism in TTRPGs

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What to do before your First Session as a GM

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Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers

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Worldbuilding in Writing: A Simple Way to Make an Immersive World

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Writing Call of Cthulhu - With The Game Designers!

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Writing Flash Fiction

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Writing for Design: How to Start Developing Your Own RPG

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Writing Pendragon - With The Game Designer!

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Writing Speculative Poetry

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“Stained Glass” Acrylic D20 Suncatcher Make and Take Workshop

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“Stained Glass” Acrylic Dragon

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