Gen Con 2023 Events

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Seminar

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10th Annual Live Kickstarter Advice Panel!

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1948, a Year of Big Changes: 75th Anniversary, National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Panel

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A Board Game Creator's Guide to Creating Your Space on TikTok

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A Crash Course in Game Manufacturing

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A Theory of Roleplaying Game Design

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Accessibility and Inclusion in Board Gaming

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Accessibility in Gaming

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Afrofuturism and Community Work

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AI and the Art Director/Illustrator

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AMA with Gavin Verhey

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American Revolution, Land & Naval Strategy 1775-1783

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American Revolution, Rebels & Redcoats 1774-1781

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American Revolution, Worldwide War 1781-1783

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An "Infernal" Salon—A Fun, Low-Stakes Writing Workshop

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Ask Me Anything Panel with Castle DMs and Special Guests

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Ask the Agent (In Training)

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Backstory Workshop: Building Better Backgrounds

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Basics of Small-Press Publishing in RPGs

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Battlefield Press Update

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Be a better bard: How to write music for your character and for yourself

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Behind the Scene of Project Black Flag

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Being Transgender in the TTRPG Scene

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Black Lace and Candles: The Future of Gothic Fiction

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Bob After Dark Presents: The Paranormal and You

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Body Positive and POC: Cosplay is for Everyone

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Boston Tea Party 250 Years Ago: Roots, Outcomes

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Bringing Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms to Organized Play

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Build Your Own Language

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Building a Better Hand Puppet - Tips and Techniques

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Building a Successful Kickstarter

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Building Better Cities and Towns

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Building Character: Introducing Kobold's Tales of the Valiant & Eldritch Foundry's Custom Mini Maker

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Building Community Among Your Readers

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But This is How I Write: When and How to Talk to Editors About Voice

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Candlekeep Presents

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Careful Cantrip Presents: We Have A Panel!

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Celebrating Graphic Novels

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Chernobyl, Fact vs Fiction, Drama, Demagoguery

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Children's Books Are Not Just for Children

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Choosing Your Path: Writing Games for Player Agency

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Christianity and Gaming Panel

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Collaboration in Game Design

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Collective Writing in Shared Worlds

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Community Management 101

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Comprehensive Intimate Scenes

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Content Creation and Production for Puppetry

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Copyrights and Wrongs: Lessons from OGL 1.1 to Blood & Honey

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Corvus Belli’s Gen Con’23 Studio Update

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Cosplay 101: What the heck is cosplay and how do I start?

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Cosplay on a Budget

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Cosplay Repair and the Possible Mistakes w/ Costume Corpsman

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Cosplay Repair- Do’s and Don’ts with Costume Corpsman

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Cozy Chat with R. Talsorian Games

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Crafting a Starting Campaign in One Hour

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Crafting Your Cosplay Story

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Creating Believable Fallible Characters

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Creating DEI Quests - Panel Discussion

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Creating Fantasy Cuisines from Medieval Europe

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Creating Mothership Compatible Content

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Creating Mörk Borg Compatible Content

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Critical Gaming Journalism is Necessary

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Crowdfunding Do's and Don'ts

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Crowdfunding Strategy with the Creator of Stonesaga, Mythwind & Stars of Akarios

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Cuban Missile Crisis-How it MIGHT Have Gone Down

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D&D 2024 Rules Revision Update

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D&D Dungeon Mastering Tips & Tricks

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Designing Thematic Games

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Developing Your Own Long Running Campaign

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Diana M. Pho Kaffeeklatsch

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Diaspora and Dragons: How POC's can get into and influence TTRPG's

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Dice: Cursed or Blessed?

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Dinner & Dice Rolls - On Feeding your Adventuring Party

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Do’s and Don’ts, Setting up your Trade Show

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Dramatic Interaction in RPGs Masterclass

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Drones and Robotics in Modern Warfare

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East and Southeast Asian Writing Across Mediums

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Eberron and Beyond with Keith Baker

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Electromagnetic Pulse, Potential, Fact v Fiction

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Embrace the Initiative - Unlock the DM/GM Within

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End of Event Hangout

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Entertainment at the End of the World

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Fan-Fest Coordinators Collaboration

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Fantasy and Historical Fiction: Where Do They Overlap?

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Finding the Story to Market Your Work

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Fool's Gold Live Q&A and Watch party!

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Fostering Great Writer-Editor Relationships (Session A)

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Fostering Great Writer-Editor Relationships (Session B)

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Fostering Great Writer-Editor Relationships (Session C)

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Free League Showcase 2023

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Freelancing for Goodman Games

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From Table to Classroom: TTRPGs for Educators

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From the Tabletop to the Page: Comics, Crowdfunding, and Games

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From Twitter to YouTube: Building an Online TTRPG brand with Ed Greenwood

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Future of Tabletop Gaming

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Future of Ukraine & Eastern Europe

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Future Rolls with Cubicle 7 Games

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Gamifying Corporate DEI Programs

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Geeks' Cant Presents: The Future of D&D

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Gen Con and CMU Applied Game Design Certificate 2023-2024

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Global Hotspots 2023

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GM 201: The Art of Conversational GMing

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GM101 - Introduction to Gamemastering

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Gooey University - Immersive Adventures Made Easy

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Greater Than Games Annual Review

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Hacking in Fiction, Games, & the Media - The Good, the Bad, & the Bizarre

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Handling Book Releases (Session A)

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Handling Book Releases (Session B)

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Handling Book Releases (Session C)

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Handling Book Releases (Session D)

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Hero Forge AMA Panel

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Hickman's Secret Projects

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Horror 301 - Creating Tone and Theme in Horror

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Horror in Gaming 101

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Horror in Gaming 201

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Horror on the Tabletop

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How Design A Kickass Adventure Scenario

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How to Get Into Tabletop Roleplaying Game Writing

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How to Get Into Video Game Writing

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How To Get Your Friends into RPGs

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How to Handle Exhaustion in a Creative Career

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How to Livestream Your Actual Play Campaign!

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How to Pitch Your Board Game!

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How to Run A Kickass Youtube Channel

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How to Run a Session Zero

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How to Take Down a Billion-Dollar Company in 3 Easy Steps!

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Humor in Speculative Fiction

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Imposter In The Room

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Improve your GMing (Redux)

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Improvisational GMing with Solo RP Tools

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In the Shadows: Empowering Voices in Horror

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In-Game Character Development

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Intellectual Property and Gaming

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Intro To Cosplay Crafting - Prop Making and Makeup

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Introduction to DMing for D&D

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Investigative Roleplaying Masterclass

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Invitation to the Ball: A History of Ballroom Dance and Culture

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Join the Gen Con Event Team!

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Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

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Kickstarter & Crowdfunding 101

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Kieron Gillen and Grant Howitt chat DIE: the RPG with Lin Codega

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Land Your Character Arcs

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Launching Your Board Game: Insights into Crowdfunding, Manufacturing, and Fulfillment

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Leading Tabletop Role Playing Game Development

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Learning A New RPG System

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Learning Bitcoin through Games - A Gameschooling Case Study

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LegalGeek Q&A About IP Law for Game Designers

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Magic at 30: Past, Present, and Future of the World's Best Trading Card Game

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Marionettes for Theater

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Marionettes on Screen

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Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Panel 1 - Creating The Game

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Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Panel 2 - How to Play

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Meet the Dungeon Dudes

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Mental health and Wellness in Board Gaming

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Mental Health in Roleplaying

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Mental Health in TTRPGs (And how safety tools help, not hinder)

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Moar Storytime From Japanese History

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Monster Menu: Cooking Your Kills

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Narrative Nightmares and Lessons Learned

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Navigating 3rd-Party Gaming Licenses

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Networking Successfully Despite Social Anxiety or Imposter Syndrome

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New Directions in Story-Driven Games

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No GM? No Problem!: Intro to Solo TTRPGs

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No Latency x MagiRPG: Building in the world of Cyberpunk RED

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Obsidian Brews: A Black TTRPG Experience

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ORC License - Q&A

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Original Character Cosplaying

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Pitch your novel to editor Diana M. Pho

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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse D&D Product Preview

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Playing TTRPGs with Writers Feeds Your Craft! (Session A)

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Playing TTRPGs with Writers Feeds Your Craft! (Session B)

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Poisons in Gaming/Literature: High Level Assassin Poisons

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Pressing Buttons - Being a Producer on TTRPG Actual Play Streams

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Protect Yourself: Intellectual Property for Game Designers

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Puppet Arm Rod Symposium

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Puppet Building for Television

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Puppet Building Techniques

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Puppet Mouth-Plate Symposium

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Puppetry Program Kickoff & Make & Take

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Q&A Panel with Dungeon Dudes, GinnyDi, DnDShorts & PointyHat

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Q&A with Elminster

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Queerness & Inclusion in Gaming

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Queernormative Language

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Quiet Doesn't Mean Cozy!

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R. Talsorian Games Q&A

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Radiological Weapons, Exposure, Physiological Effects

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Reactors & War Zones: Fact v Fiction, Demagoguery

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Reading and Discussion with Sheree Renée Thomas

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Real People in a Fantasy World - Leveling Up Your D&D Character

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Reflecting on DEI Success and Failures in Tabletop Gaming

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Revising for Ableism

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Road Trip on the Kumano Kodō

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RPG Design: Modeling the American Revolution

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RPGs for Social Good: A Conversation with Authors and Designers

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Science Fiction and Reimagining the Future, Again

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Secondary Market Management: Understanding Secondary Market Value

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Secrets of the Traveller Universe Seminar with Marc Miller

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Shadowrun GM Boot Camp

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Shaping GM Experience Into a Career in Narrative Design

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So You Wanna Be A Streamer

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Special Guest Interview with Diana M. Pho

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Special Guest John Jennings

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Speculative Poetry in Roleplaying Games

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Spin a Yarn with Ed Greenwood

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State of the Wheel

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Storytime from Japanese History

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Swords, Spies & Shoggoths: The Pelgrane Press Panel

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Tabletop Media & You: What We Do, Why We Do It, And How To Use It

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Teen Angst and TTRPGs

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The AfroFutures

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The Art of Cutting Corners

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The Art of the Japanese Sword

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The Benefits of a Family Game Night

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The Birth and Death(?) of the OGL

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The Deck of Many Things D&D Product Preview

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The Ethics of AI Visual Art

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The Ethics of AI-Written Prose

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The First Superhero: A History of The Scarlet Pimpernel

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The First Time Game Master

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The Horror, The Horror

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The Leading Edge of Sword and Sorcery

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The Long Tail of Publishing

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The Power of Pieces: Creating Compelling Board Game Components

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The Rifle on the Mantle: Worldbuilding and Potential Energy

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The Rise of Professional Dungeon Masters

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The Road to Terraforming Mars and International Publishing

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The Science Behind Terraforming Mars

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The Science of Science Fiction

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The Story's in the Cards: Worldbuilding Outside of Prose

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The WOW factor: How to Make a Big Prop

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Theatrical Side of GM'ing

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Thinking Outside the Triangle

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Timing the Perfect Heroic Fight

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Towards A More Diverse & Inclusive Gen Con

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Traditional Publishing: Agent or Not?

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Transformation Of Your Epic Campaign Into AudioSaga.... RolePlay made REAL (TM)

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Traveller Rules Seminar with Marc Miller

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Traveller Universe Seminar with Marc Miller

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True Dungeon's 20th Anniversary Retrospective

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TTRPG Mentorship Panel

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TTRPG Music: Storytelling with Song

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Type XXI U-boat, Guppy, Whisky & Early Cold War Underwater

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Use What You Know! Enhance Your D&D, Pathfinder, and TTRPGs Games With These 5 Movie Tricks

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Using Story Structure Models

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Video Game Writing as Freelancer vs. Employee

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Vikings, Norse Mythology and Pop Culture

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Wakanda: Protopia versus Utopia

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We're In This Together: A Writing Community Discussion About Us

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Welcome to the Jianghu: An Introduction to Chinese Fantasy Drama

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What the Heck Happened with 4th Edition?

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What Type of Indie?

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What's New with Warcor?

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Why You Did Not Need the OGL

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Wishes: A Deep Dive

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WizKids Fan Appreciation Event

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Word, Image, and Sound: Exploring Audiovisual Thinkers

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Working From Home

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World building with Keith Baker

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Worldbuilding for Game masters

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Worldbuilding for Gamemasters

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Worldbuilding In Roleplaying Games

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Worldbuilding with Geography

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Worldbuilding: Where Do You Start?

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Write Like a Pirate: The Use of Nautical Terminology

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Writers' Symposium Closing Ceremonies

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Writers' Symposium Opening Ceremonies

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Writing Beloved FanFic

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Writing for Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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Writing for Video Games

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Writing in Licensed Universes

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Writing Tie-In Comics

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WTF Happened With Dungeons & Dragons' OGL

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You Can Make Anything With This: An Intro to Foamsmithing

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ZOE & DG Fan Forum: Talky Talk with Q&A

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