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21 Days To A Novel
NYT Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole presents a 3 week program to prep writing your novel. In 21 days you'll prepare everything: character creation, world building, plot, dialogue and voice.
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- Sat 48 tickets
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3D Printing Basics
New to 3D printing or looking to get a 3D printer? Join Kwald Design as we walk through the basics of 3D printing including resin and FDM printers, materials, printers and more!
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- Fri 50 tickets
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3D Printing for Cosplay
Are you a cosplayer and looking to get into 3D printing? Join Kwald Design to walk through 3D printers, materials, and get hands on experience looking at props and finishing methods.
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- Fri 50 tickets
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3D Printing for Miniatures
Have a 3D printer or looking to get one? Join Kwald Design and others as we discuss 3D printing miniature topics like miniatures files, supports, materials and more!
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- Sat 40 tickets
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BattleBattle! - How Do You Balance a Massively Complicated Game?
In this hands-on game design workshop, we will be taking on this kind of problem as we collaboratively balance a large-scale character battling game.
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- Sat 70 tickets
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Beginner Crochet - Make a Pocket Pouch
Come learn how to combine some basic stitches and how to blend them together to create a modified millstone stitch
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Beginners Guide To Community Content
Join award-winning TTRPG writer and our Community Manager Bridgett Jeffries for an intimate workshop on taking your adventure from your notebook to the storefront!
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- Sun 8 tickets
Bepuzzling Your Game
Come partake in an original puzzle hunt followed by some discussion of how to craft and use puzzles in your designs.
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- Thurs 80 tickets
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Beyond the Board: Designing Games Beyond Dice & Cardboard
Crafting toyetic games requires thinking beyond the conventional realm of dice & cardboard. Explore the potential of transforming everyday toys into engaging gameplay experiences.
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- Thurs 60 tickets
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Build a Better Monster
Join author Tim Waggoner and learn techniques for creating original and terrifying monsters in your fiction.
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- Fri 34 tickets
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Build a Dragon Eye d20 & Swap Convention Stories
It can be intimidating to meet people at a huge convention! End your convention with a chill craft, swap convention stories, and make new friends.
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- Sun 48 tickets
Build a Mimic Dice Box
Build a wooden dice box inspired by the iconic mimic!
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- Thurs 48 tickets
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Build a Miniature Hollow Book Box
Build a miniature hollow book box that slides open to hold miniature dice, crystals, or other tiny trinkets.
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- Thurs 48 tickets
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Building a Solid Series
NYT Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole will walk you through creating an enduring series, including the different types of series as well as the rules for character and story creation.
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- Sat 48 tickets
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Buy-A-Thon: A Successful Grass Roots Book Launch
Engage with small community to maximize exposure of YOUR book or game into the world. Earn #1 Bestsellers, drive 1st day sales, build momentum in marketing & sales. Proven method for over 200 authors.
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Capes for Adults
Calling all super heroes and villains! Create your very own cape showcasing your superpowers in this NO SEW crafting project.
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Character Voices for your RPGs
In this interactive workshop, actor and voice coach Tobi Mattingly will take you through exercises and techniques to help you create unique and consistent character voices in a safe and healthy way.
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Clown Logic: Using Theatricality to Engage and Surprise Your Players
Learning the basics of clown and how it can be applied to being a GM.
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Cosplay Fabrication: Electronic & Electrical Components
A math-free hands-on workshop where participants will learn about, and construct, a variety of common electronic and electrical cosplay components including LEDs, EL wire and sheets, and motors.
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Cosplay Fabrication: Hands-on Working with EVA Foam
Participants will learn & practice techniques for working with EVA foam. Each participant will leave with an armored helmet they will manufacture during the workshop.
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Cosplay Fabrication: Hands-on Working with Thermal Plastic (Worbla)
Participants will learn and practice techniques for working with thermal plastic. Each participant will leave with a small item they will manufacture during the workshop.
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- Fri 42 tickets
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Cosplay Wig Styling 101
Learn the basics of cosplay wig styling, including application, care and keeping, basic cutting and styling, spiking, and more! Arda wig provided with the class.
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Could your Hobby be a Business?
Want to sell your art or crafts, be hired as a GM, or turn some other hobby into a side (or full time) hustle? Come learn how to evaluate viability, and avoid common legal and financial pitfalls.
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Craft-a-Journal for Trinket-trading and CosPlay
Helping you learn how to CosPlay and trade items with people in a way that makes Gen Con even more fun!
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- Sat 24 tickets
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Craft-a-Journal for Trinket-trading and CosPlay
Helping you learn how to Cos Play and trade items with people in a way that makes Gen Con even more fun!
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- Sun 25 tickets
Craft-a-Journal for Trinket Trading and CosPlay
Helping you learn how to CosPlay and trade items with people in a way that makes Gen Con even more fun!
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- Thurs 24 tickets
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Creating Interesting & Memorable NPCs
An adventuring NPCs should be an important part of the story. They need to be more than a healbot or someone to carry stuff. You will learn to give them depth, personality, & make them a real person.
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- Sun 20 tickets
Creating Interesting & Memorable Villains
In essence, your Villain defines your entire campaign, so your Villain needs to be more than "I'm the bad guy!". In this workshop, you will learn to give them depth, personality, & conflict.
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- Sun 20 tickets
Creating the Next Fartbuckle: Make NPCs Your Characters Will Die For
Transform NPCs from afterthoughts into unforgettable characters your players will defend to their last hit point! You’ll learn to leverage party interest & create complex NPCs to enrich your games.
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Crochet 101
This class will lend towards teaching students the basic hook and techniques needed to develop their skills with a solid foundation.
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Deisgning Games Using BRP - With Jason Durall
Join Creative Director Jason Durall for an intimate workshop on designing the game of your dreams using the Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine.
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Designing Call of Cthulhu Campaigns - With Mike Mason & Paul Fricker
Beyond the scenario lies the campaign! Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason and Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition co-author Paul Fricker teach you how to build the best Cthulhu campaign.
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- Sun 8 tickets
Dial Up Your Dialogue: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Fictional Convos
Dive into the nitty-gritty details of what makes memorable, effective dialogue, all to drive character, propel the plot, and keep readers hooked. Bring some dialogue to edit!
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- Fri 85 tickets
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DIY Magic: Trick Deck (Pokemon, MTG, etc)
Work with real magicians to create a trick deck of your favorite card game. You'll learn several tricks and principles you can use to create your own. One of five different workshops.
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- Sun 30 tickets
Finish Your Craft
Did you take one of our LARP art classes but didn't finish within the class time?
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- Sun 30 tickets
Foam Armor Crafting Workshop
If you've ever wanted to learn how to enhance your cosplay with new foam prop making techniques, whether it's to make effects pop, or better outline a design this is the workshop for you.
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- Fri 30 tickets
- Sat 24 tickets
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Foam, Thermoplastics, & More: Featherweight Cosplay Mega Workshop
You can make great costumes and armor without metalworking! Learn to construct unique armor and accessories using lightweight, hall-safe materials. Make a custom thermoplastic bracer to wear out!
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Friday Assignment Session - Theme: Rapid Prototyping & Testing
Move from concept to cardboard as you design, prototype, & test your game ideas. A hands-on day focusing on iteration, learning from playtests, & embracing failure as part of the design process.
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- Fri 20 tickets
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Friday Office Hours - Theme: Rapid Prototyping & Testing
Have questions about your homework/quests? Drop in during Office Hours for one-on-one guidance, feedback, or just to bounce ideas around.
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- Fri 20 tickets
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From Game Idea to Prototype
In this hands-on workshop for beginner designers, learn from how to create a game prototype from provided materials.
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- Fri 25 tickets
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Gamemastering for the Writer, Writing for the Gamemaster
Learn techniques to merge your writing and game techniques into storytelling and narrative, from award-winning fantasy author and host of the TwitchTV Arvan Eleron channel, Gregory A. Wilson.
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Gamer Dice Jewelry: Make A D6 Bracelet & Earrings
Show your geek pride! Make a D6 bracelet, earrings, or both to wear out. Variations and creativity are encouraged!
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Glass Gilding and Etching
Come learn how to gild glass & etch it in a traditional technique called verre églomisé. Make one during the event & take a blank away to work on later. You'll leave with all needed tools & supplies.
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- Fri 12 tickets
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Glass Gilding and Etching
Come learn how to gild glass & etch it in a traditional technique called verre églomisé. Make one during the event & take a blank away to work on later. You'll leave with all needed tools and supplies
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- Thurs 24 tickets
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- Sun 0 tickets
Glass Gilding and Etching
Come learn how to gild glass & etch it in a traditional technique called verre églomisé. Make one during the event & take a blank away to work on. You'll leave with all needed tools and supplies.
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- Fri 12 tickets
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GM Like a Druid: Continents
Build a map of your world using geology, biology, and more! Taught by a scientist with experience in the earth and life sciences and informal education.
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- Thurs 30 tickets
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How to Sell at Live Events
Learn to sell at live events! Topics include finding events, preparation, pros and cons, pricing strategies, and sales tax compliance. Perfect for aspiring sellers! Part of the Writers Symposium.
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Improv a World: Fairy Tales
Fairytale tropes are a rich resource for collaborative storytelling. Building from a base, we will explore how to build a story together, & how to integrate them into your own adventures and writing.
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Improv for Gamers and GMs
Improvisational skills are an important component of gaming of all kinds! Join us for a safe and fun introduction to how improv can improve your gaming experiences.
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- Thurs 30 tickets
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Infernal Salon Writers Workshop
In this workshop, award-winning writers Carlos Hernandez and C. S. E. Cooney use their infamous "Deck of Destiny," along with a timed writing exercise, to inspire non-traditional narratives.
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- Fri 85 tickets
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Introduction to Longsword (HEMA)
Participants will learn the art of battling with the longsword, a Historical European Martial Art. Footwork & blade work will be taught. Test your new skills in bouts with your peers.
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- Thurs 60 tickets
- Fri 60 tickets
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Introduction to Saber Fencing
Participants will learn the art of fencing with a saber. Rules, basic footwork, & blade work will be taught. Fencing sabers will be used. Test your new skills in bouts with your peers.
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Intro to Special Effects Makeup Workshop
If you've ever wanted to learn how to enhance your cosplay with new makeup techniques, whether it's to make effects pop, or better outline a design this is the workshop for you.
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- Fri 20 tickets
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Juggling 101
Learn the basics to three-ball juggling! All participants will receive a set of three juggling balls to take home!
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- Sun 20 tickets
Learn a K-Pop Dance!
Your favorite K-Pop event is back and better than ever! This year, we'll be doing dances from groups you love and having the time of our lives.
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- Thurs 70 tickets
- Fri 30 tickets
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Learn how to Distress/Age Leather Gloves
In this workshop, you will get a pair of suede leather gloves that you will learn how to age and distress for a costume.
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Learn to Paint 3D Printed Building Terrain
You will be provided a 3D print of building terrain to learn to paint on, that will go home with you. All 3D prints will be provided by ACriticalHit.net.
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- Sat 16 tickets
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Learn to Paint 3D Printed Dice Guardian
You will be provided a 3D print of a dice guardian to learn to paint on, that will travel home with you. All 3D prints will be provided by ACriticalHit.net.
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Leather Tooling 101
This class will consist of hands on education of transferring, carving, and tooling images onto leather to create a hand done embossed designed leather plaque.
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Make a Chainmail D20 Pendant
Learn how to enclose a D20 in chainmail to make a pendant.
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Make a LARP Foam Shield
Defend yourself… with style! In this workshop you'll build your own personalized LARP Shield.
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- Thurs 20 tickets
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Make a LARP Foam Sword
Every warrior needs a weapon for the battlefield! In this class you will make your own LARP sword (known as a Boffer). All materials and instruction provided.
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Make a Leather Badge Holder
Learn about dyeing and stitching leather then walk away with your own customized leather badge holder!
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Make a Leather Dice Tray
Construct and decorate your own leather dice tray using leatherworking tools, stamps, and dyes. A great introduction to the basics of leather working!
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- Fri 42 tickets
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Make a Pair of Leather Bracers
Tools, materials, and instruction will be provided to allow you to design, cut, decorate, and dye a pair of leather bracers. A great introduction to the basics of leather working!
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- Fri 21 tickets
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Make a Renaissance Macrame Ring Belt
Ring Belts are quintessential accessories for your garb. Prominent and useful, why have a plain strap belt when you can weave your own!
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Make a Steel Chainmail Dice Bag
Learn how to make your own chainmail dice bag from steel.
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- Thurs 72 tickets
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- Sat 72 tickets
- Sun 24 tickets
Make New Friends & Build a Dragon Eye d20
It can be intimidating to meet people at a huge convention! Do a chill craft while meeting your fellow congoers.
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- Thurs 24 tickets
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Make New Friends & Build a Rainbow Dragon Eye d20 (LGBTQ+ Craft)
It can be intimidating to meet people at a huge convention! Do a chill craft while meeting your fellow congoers.
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Making Fingerless Lace Gloves
In this class you will using a premade kit create fingerless gloves with provided instructions and patterns by hand sewing.
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Making Fingerless Stretch Faux Leather Gloves
Use a premade kit to create fingerless gloves with provided instructions and patterns by hand sewing.
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Making Lace and Ribbon Choker Necklaces
Each participant will get to finish a lace ribbon choker with a cameo charm with premade kits provided.
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Making Sure You Are Query Ready
This workshop is focused on making sure you are query ready with your new manuscript, with discussion on queries, synopses, first pages, how to research agents and make sure they are a good fit.
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- Sat 34 tickets
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Mandalorian Martial Arts
This cardio kickboxing workout will have you ready to collect bounties from all over the galaxy & can be modified for every fitness level.
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- Thurs 40 tickets
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Metalsmithing a Cold Forged, Monogramed Pendant, Cuff Bracelet & Ring
Metalsmithing for beginners! We'll walk step-by-step through the creation of custom forged monogramed pendant, cuff bracelet and ring with your original idea, phrase, or alias in your choice of metal.
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- Thurs 40 tickets
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- Sat 60 tickets
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Micromosaic Jewelry
Learn a bit of history around an unusual form of mosaic art & make a modern version you can wear the same day! We will use a wide variety of beads, stones, gears, & other 'bits'.
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- Thurs 30 tickets
- Fri 15 tickets
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Mold-making, Casting, Silicone & Resins for Costuming
Learn to fabricate hard plastic and flexible synthetic accessories! Sculpt an original design, make a reusable mold, and cast a finished piece in resin! Take your pieces home with you to use again.
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Origami for Level 1 Druids
A beginner's class demonstrating basic origami techniques using models of plants and animals.
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Pacing and Structuring Stories
Learn how to pace and structure your stories from the word and sentence level all the way to the 30,000 foot view.
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Painting 3D Printed Horns
This class will provide 3d printed small horns you will paint that can be adhered to the forehead with spirit gum.
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Paint Minis with Ginny Di
Join Ginny Di for a casual mini-painting session, complete with a Ginny’s Minis figure and all the supplies you need.
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- Sun 50 tickets
Pattern Piecing
You have the perfect idea for a costume, but now what? In this hands on workshop we will be dissecting clothing to create patterns, "Frankenstein" paper patterns to our whims, & more!
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Pitch Us Your Game!
You are a game designer who's working on a new game. We are a panel of gaming experts who are here to help shape your draft. Come pitch us your game and get ground floor feedback!
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- Sat 34 tickets
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PonyBead Bracelet Exchange
Make 2 beaded bracelets using pony beads to show off your own unique style! Keep 1 for yourself and trade the other and make a new friend!
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Practical GMing: Adventure Prep and Game Running
A hands-on workshop where you put together a dungeon adventure and run it right then and there? Yes, indeed! You’ll learn the “core loop” of GMing for aspiring, novice, and skill-seeking game masters.
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Press, Public Relations and Marketing for Authors
Writing the book is only half the battle - the other half is promoting it! Join author, editor and publicist Sean CW Korsgaard who will guide you through selling your books and yourself!
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Producing for Actual Play Podcasts
Come discuss game selection, mic etiquette, mission statements, community building, and all the other important little details that will help your podcast stand out in this densely populated medium.
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Querying and Rejectomancy
Join literary agent Gabrielle Harbowy for an indepth discussion on crafting effective queries, agenting, and reading between the lines of rejection letters.
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- Fri 85 tickets
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Read and Critique
Read the opening of your short story or novel and get feedback from professional writers! Each participant may read up to 5 minutes. Panel will include authors Kelli Fitzpatrick and Erik Scott de Bie.
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- Sun 8 tickets
Roleplay Workshop: Getting Into Character
Dive deep into character development with an immersive LARP workshop. Perfect for role-play enthusiasts, this session focuses on honing techniques to enhance your in-game persona.
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- Thurs 60 tickets
- Fri 60 tickets
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Running RPGs for Strangers and New Players
Introducing new players to your game? New games to old players? Wanna run something for the fine folks at Gen Con, but not sure if you’re ready? We’ve got you.
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Saturday Assignment Session - Theme: The Game Industry Ecosystem
Zoom out to examine the broader landscape from indie publishing & crowdfunding to manufacturing, marketing, & community mgmt. Today’s quests will send you out to look at everything around the games.
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- Sat 20 tickets
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Saturday Office Hours - Theme: The Game Industry Ecosystem
Have questions about your homework/quests? Drop in during Office Hours for one-on-one guidance, feedback, or just to bounce ideas around.
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- Sat 20 tickets
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“Stained Glass” Acrylic Dragon
Make your own faux stained glass dragon in this hands-on make and take workshop.
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- Thurs 30 tickets
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- Sat 30 tickets
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Tarot for Storytellers
In this workshop, Monica Valentinelli will show you how to use a deck of tarot cards as a storytelling tool for your stories. Includes writing exercises.
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Tax Considerations for Crowdfunding
Don't get caught by tax surprises! Facilitator is a licensed tax pro who ran and fulfilled the Divination RPG Kickstarter, giving her both theoretical and practical knowledge to share with you.
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- Sun 70 tickets
The Art of Suspense
Join Tim Waggoner and learn techniques for keeping readers on the edge of their seats.
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- Thurs 34 tickets
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The Art of the Verbal Pitch
Jennifer Brozek teaches you how to create and use verbal pitches you will need as an author. This dynamic workshop includes hands-on verbal pitching with immediate feedback in a safe environment.
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- Sat 34 tickets
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The Basics of Creating a Duct Tape Pattern
This workshop gives a basic instruction on the duct tape pattern methods. Learn from a professional some tips and tricks to get the best result.
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The How-to-Play Guide for Role Playing Games
How to play Role-Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons and why they are so much fun? Dive in with Athenian Gamers and let us show you the wonder of Table Top Role Play in this easy tutorial.
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The How-to-Play Guide for Role Playing Games
How do Role-Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons work and why they are so much fun? Dive in with Athenian Gamers and let us show you the wonder of Table Top Role Playing in this easy tutorial.
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The Kessel Run
The Kessel Run is a cardio workout done in under 12 stations. So, 11 stations of different cardio exercises to help you avoid Imperial entanglements.
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Thursday Assignment Session - Theme: Game Design Foundations
Kick off with an immersive dive into the fundamentals of game design. Explore core mechanics, player psychology, theme development, & what makes a game meaningful. Today sets the stage.
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- Thurs 20 tickets
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Thursday Office Hours - Theme: Game Design Foundations
Have questions about your homework/quests? Drop in during Office Hours for one-on-one guidance, feedback, or just to bounce ideas around.
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- Thurs 20 tickets
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Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers
Award-winning author Jason Sanford will explore tips and strategies that can help neurodiverse writers succeed in creating their stories.
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Truth is Cooler than Fiction: Using Your Community's Hidden History as Inspiration for Your Campaign
Make your campaign unforgettable using resources in your own backyard - the history, stories, and legacy of your own community!
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Villainy 101
Learn how to make dastardly and memorable villains who also act as a companions and as a character in your game. Villains are more than just mere stats on paper with a monologue…
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Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers
This all new 4-hour workshop will cover the essentials of worldbuilding, including geography, cultures, technology, and history, through interactive exercises and collaborative projects
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Writing Call of Cthulhu - With The Game Designers!
Ever dreamt of writing Call of Cthulhu? Join this workshop run by Mike Mason (Call of Cthulhu Creative Director) and Paul Fricker (Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Co-author) for a workshop like no other!
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Writing Flash Fiction
Learn tips and tricks for writing flash fiction (stories under 1000 words). We cover elements of flash fiction, do some drafting, and discuss markets. All skill levels.
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Writing for Design: How to Start Developing Your Own RPG
This workshop will discuss the trial and tribulations of indie development and how to elevate your project from mere ideation to full production.
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Writing Pendragon - With The Game Designer!
Sharpen your quill and mount your horse - you're about to take your Arthurian penmanship skills to the next level with this Gen Con-exclusive workshop with creative director David Larkins!
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Writing Speculative Poetry
Join 2025 Worldcon Poet Laureate Brandon O'Brien as you learn what speculative poetry is, what it can do differently than other forms of verse, and even how you can write your own!
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