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A Method for Developing Simulations in the Classroom

Simulations involve students in decision-making, deepening their engagement and learning. Learn a simple method for creating and planning simulation that works across classroom content areas!

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A Seat at the Table: Making TTRPGs Accessible Online

Using case studies and practical examples, we'll share how to facilitate inclusive online spaces for players that can't easily access traditional in-person gaming.

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Beyond the Counter: IP Law for Game Retailers

This panel looks at IP concerns specific to retail that people might not consider and might not be covered in other programs.

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Beyond the spreadsheet: Cataloging Games

There are many ways you can catalog a collection of games, but depending on your needs the information you gather and how you organize it may vary. Much like the games themselves, there are rules!

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Beyond the Table: How TRPGs Are Being Used to Build Real-World Teams and Leaders

This panel of experts using TRPGs in businesses explores how and why TRPGs translate so effectively to real-world group development, and what facilitators must understand to do this work responsibly

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Bringing History to Life: Teen Murder Mystery Programs Inspired by Local Stories

Learn how to incorporate local history into exciting teen mystery lock-ins! Develop your own programs using puzzles and clues to create opportunities to explore history in a hands-on environment.

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Building a Community Around Games

Want to build up a community based around gaming (specifically table top)? This workshop will review how to approach this goal for retailers, educators, and librarians.

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Building a Library Collection of Serious Games and What to Do with It

Explores the creation of serious game collections in libraries, how to encourage educators to use them in the classroom, and how to go beyond the classroom by collaborating with community partners.

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Building Your Brand: Creating Characters From Abstract to Embodied Identity

Participants will create a complete brand from basic attributes and transform their brand into a vivid, playable personality using collaborative character-building techniques and business savvy.

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Build the Game You Wish Existed: Designing Lessons as Games

Design classroom-ready games on a budget, align them to standards, and get unit plans for student game design—plus a free Drive folder with all materials.

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Campaigns Of Connection: How TTRPGs impact Loneliness and Social Support in Adult Players

In this presentation, we discuss a research study conducted with over 200 TTRPG players about how their game characteristics affected feelings of loneliness and social support.

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Collaborative Play, Collaborative Work: Using D&D and Personality Theory to Enhance Teamwork

Using D&D and Myers-Briggs theory, this seminar examines how collaborative play reveals insights into teamwork, communication, and group cohesion across professional and educational settings.

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Cosplay Corner: Using Your Library’s Makerspace for Cosplay

There are endless ways to use a library makerspace for cosplay creation. Learn to create, teach, and structure cosplay learning for most ages with everything from basic to advanced maker technology!

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Cosplay for High School Students

Teach and encourage your students to be creatives! Cosplay is an empowering, fun, and social craft that allows people of all ages to learn skills, form bonds, and express themselves.

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Cosplaying…for science! How to design outreach scientific activities using cosplay and roleplay.

How can people connect their interests in pop culture with science? We create events to do just that! We share how to produce and evaluate these events.

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Creating Classroom Learning Games With AI

Turn your lesson plans into playable learning games — no coding experience needed! Join a game designer and a professor for a hands-on workshop using AI. Leave with a real game your students can play.

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Crowdfunding Education-Focused TTRPGs: From Ideation to the IRS

Learn how to craft a Go-to-Market strategy for crowfunding educational games, including product planning, marketing and networking, budgeting and tax liability, and a product line and brand

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Cultures of Play: Teaching Humanities with Games

Students in my humanities course learned ancient and modern games, played them in class, and made their own games. Attendees are invited to express their cultures of play in this interactive session.

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CyberRoll- The Tabletop Game

An interactive cybersecurity tabletop game experience. The audience will learn cybersecurity in a fun and engaging way. This training method can be used in classrooms and boardrooms.

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Demo Games that Build Communication

Rotate through stations to learn games that creatively demonstrate the different ways we communicate and more importantly, the MANY ways we can be misunderstood.

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Demo Night & Social Mixer

A chance to demo games & meet w/some of your favorite TRD exhibitors and presenters. Part demo, part networking, part social; join us for this culminating TRD event! A great way to end your Trade Day.

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Designing “Aha!” Moments

Learn how to design experiences that spark genuine insight, using principles from cognitive psychology, puzzle craft, and game design. Designed for all attendees.

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Designing Serious Games

Back for another year, this updated combo seminar-workshop introduces key design features of serious games and then guides audience members through the design process with a custom scenario.

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Destructing Instruction: Search&Destroy Blasts a Path to its Future Selves

The designers of the library instruction game, Search&Destroy return to share the exciting growth of their project: making library instruction fun for students and easier for librarians.

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Dungeons, Dragons and Science!: Creating educational TTRPG materials for classrooms and clubs.

A professor shares his experiences creating TTRPG materials inspired by real-world biology to teach scientific concepts and problem solving to students in grades 6-12 in both class and club settings.

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Empowering Creativity: Creating inclusion, community and confidence in game design classes.

Everyone brings something to the table and everyone is welcome. Fostering personal creativity and student voice through the intentional design of a welcoming classroom environment.

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Epic Success Or Critical Fail: Which Is Your Financial Plan?

These are more advanced financial topics, for those with more financial savvy. Come pick the brain and get some financial education!

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Escape the Escape Room: Scalable Puzzle Play for Libraries & Large Spaces

Escape the escape room! Learn how to create engaging, scalable puzzle hunts that use escape room mechanics without the headaches.

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Escape the Ordinary: Engage Your Learners with Physical Lockbox Activities

Well designed lockbox activities can help students learn logic and reasoning skills, teamwork, and master content. We will go through premade lockbox activities you can adapt for your own purposes.

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Finance 101 - Numbers matter!

Numbers matter - the longest standing seminar from Witten Financial. We talk you through the basics of financial statements to help you manage your business.

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Finance 201 - Cash Flow Analysis & Planning

Our sales are up, so how come we can't pay the bills?!? Our experienced team will demystify the topic of cash flow planning to help you manage your business more effectively!

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Forum on Games and Gamification in University Courses

Interactive large and small group discussions on using games and gamification to improve student engagement, learning, and satisfaction in the university setting.

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From Campaign to Community: Scaling Your Gaming Club for the Long Haul

We will discuss sustaining a gaming group, and working with the community to support its growth. It will look at different options of RPG, board games, and integrating art into the group.

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Fun and Games with Topographic Maps

Topographic maps are key resources for field science and outdoor recreation - let’s bring the fun indoors, too! Demo our classroom/tabletop games that engage players with the real lay of the land.

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Game Accessibility; creating a space where everyone can play!

Game Play for All: practical strategies to make tabletop and game-based activities accessible, including game selection, material adaptations, and room design for diverse player needs.

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Games and Activities for Intercultural Skills

Can games teach intercultural skills? Come play a stereotype label activity and Barnga as you learn about other games that could be used. Perfect for high school and up, adaptable for middle school.

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Games as Pedagogy: Using board games as standards-aligned curriculum and assessment tools

Games aren’t rewards—they’re pedagogy. Learn how a board game can be built into your curriculum to assess standards through gameplay, reflection, and facilitation using String Theory as an example.

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Games that Boost Cognitive Skills and how to Implement them in the Classroom

Attendees will learn about cognitive skills and how the differ from knowledge. We will explore how weak cognitive skills can impact Learning and introduce some games that may target these skills.

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Game Theory in the Classroom or Boardroom

Using classic Game Theory models on conflict, trust, ethics, and decision-making, attendees will learn via experiential role-play a series of engaging classroom games.

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Gaming at your library on a shoestring budget

How do you offer quality game programs at your library without breaking the bank? Find out how we offer a variety of programs throughout the year without spending too much gold.

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Gaming Events for Non-Gamers

Learn how to host approachable gaming programs to engage your community, including trivia events, puzzle races, and more.

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Gaming for Readers Advisory

Learn how our library has offered TTRPGs directly related to readers advisory to draw new people in and highlight our collections.

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Gaming in the Social Studies

The presenter shares the principles of utilizing games in the social studies classroom. With these principles, any teacher should be able to utilize games in their classroom.

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Get in the Game (at the library!)

Learn how to build engaging all-ages programming for your library. Gain practical advice on how to build a programming collection for your library.

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Global Insights for Hobby Retail Success

Merchant Guild is a data-first, global support company for the Tabletop & TCG Industry. With a presence across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our global insights will help retailers grow!

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Growing Communities

Methods to engage with your customers in order to grow communities

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Guide Your Students to Make Games

You want your students to make games for a project. Where do you get started? We'll walk through materials, resources, instructions, and what to (and NOT to) do to set your students up for success.

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How to get involved with GAMA: The Tabletop Game Association

Hear from GAMA Staff as they share how to get involved with GAMA: The Tabletop Game Association, the benefits of membership and how the world's largest tabletop trade association can support you.

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How to Incorporate Cosplay Content into Library and LGS Programming

Build a local community of creative minds through programs designed to teach cosplay crafting!

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Human Habits & Emerging Technology: The CARE Framework Game

We've developed the CARE Framework and turned it into a game to help guide when and if to use AI and other technologies for users of tech & for educators. Join us in playing this game & give feedback!

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Improving Communication & Social Skills Through Gaming

How teachers can connect gaming with Social-Emotional Learning to help students build empathy, conflict resolution, teamwork, and leadership.

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Intro to Shipping and Distribution in Asia

101 for shipping and fulfilment into Asia, open Q&A with attendee

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It's been seven days since the last werewolf attack in this classroom.

How a game of Werewolf Legacy used in a classroom allowed students to see government and civic responsibility in play. Let's play some werewolf and let's discuss how it was used and integrated.

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LARPs and Murder Mysteries for Your Store or Library

Immersive role playing games and murder mysteries are hot right now! Build community in your store or library by hosting immersive events.

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Learning Logic Through Board Gaming

Basic logical processes, and higher level reasoning, are integral to board games. Come play Shipwreck Arcana and discuss how it and other games could be used in the classroom.

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Les Gobelins Attaquent! TTRPGs in the World Language Classroom: A Magical Fit New Insights

A 20 yr veteran teacher will show you how using games like D&D and RPG tools for story creation provide compelling input for gains in student engagement, interaction, fun, and ultimately, learning.

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Leveling Up Learning: Innovating Games for Education & Workforce Training

Building on the success of last year's "Leveling Up" event, this interactive session focuses on innovations in TTRPGs, escape rooms, and more for use in higher education & professional development.

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Level Up! Unlocking the Power of Board Games for Child Development 2.0

Explore how board games boost cognition, problem-solving, and cause-and-effect thinking while supporting social skills, emotional expression, and well-being in educational, and therapeutic settings.

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Level Up Your Compliance: Payroll, Sales Tax, and Nexus for Creators

Selling at cons or online? Learn payroll, sales tax, and nexus basics plus how to find state rules and avoid costly compliance mistakes.

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Live Play at Your Library

Thinking about hosting a live play event at your library? Find out how to bring the enjoyment of TTRPGs to some of the best audience members out there - your patrons!

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Making History

We will be playing Making History and discussing its use as a classroom tool. The game itself is: "A game of truth, perspective, and the stories we choose to believe."

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Making Room at the Table: Fostering Inclusive Play

Do you invite everyone to join in open play or, without realizing it, are there people you are excluding? Learn about implicit bias, how it affects what you do, and simple ways to foster inclusivity.

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Mapping Out The Future With Loke Battle Mats

An event aimed mostly at retailers and event GMs which will look in some depth at our new releases including our Book of Battle Mats range and our card sets of RPG accessories.

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Marketing On A Shoestring Budget

Big impact, small budget! Use local event calendars, press releases, unique events, and smart social media strategies to make your marketing budget stretch further.

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Matching Game Mechanics to What Motivates Your Students

Gamification is a powerful way to reinforce learning, provide long term retention, and increase engagement. But, do you know what game mechanics work best for your learners?

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Modifying Games to Fit Lessons

Not every game fits every lesson plan. Get hands on playing games and making adjustments to them to see how we can sculpt commercially available games to fit our needs as educators.

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Not Just Game Night: Designing Events Adults Actually Show Up For

Having trouble getting 20 and 30 somethings to come to your gaming events? Learn the secret of how to market and plan events that will get people interested and showing up.

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Organized Play, Community Events & Game Nights

Come listen to retail events and organized play experts as they share how they’ve built their game nights and organized play systems.

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Play as Pedagogy: Why Analog RPGs Transform Learning Experiences

Explore how analog role-playing games function as powerful learning tools by connecting educational theory to use TTRPGS and larps in classrooms, training, and community learning.

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Reading Dragon and Friends

Looking for ways to help kids improve their literacy skills? Reading Dragons and Friends is a fun, free way to motivate kids to build positive reading habits. Created for Librarians and Educators.

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Retailer Roundtable & Q&A

Join expert retailers as they share best practices for stores, challenges & trends in 2026 and have an open Q&A. If you are a new retailer, looking to open a store soon, come attend the roundtable.

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Retail Merchandising - Stocking Shelves & Store Layout

Discussing the basic strategies involved for setting up the store layout and stocking shelves. Helping customers have a fun shopping experience and create a positive environment.

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Roll for Communication: Using ttrpgs and aac to Build Inclusive Spaces for Diverse Communicators

Level up inclusion with ttrpgs and aac. This session shares practical strategies for supporting autistic students and diverse communicators through collaborative play.

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Rolling a Critical Success on the Financial Side of Business

With tariffs, employee challenges, fraudsters, and challenging financial roadblocks for start-ups, it’s important to go into your business adventures well-prepared.

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Running RPGs for Rotating Groups: Practical Strategies for Gaming with All Ages.

Run awesome TTRPGs even when players come and go! Learn drop‑in adventure design, quick pre‑gens, scalable encounters, and clever tools to keep your table fun, safe, and rolling.

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Sharing the Inspiration Dice: How We Embedded Games Schoolwide

Learn how to integrate tabletop games into all aspects of your school culture: convincing students, clubs, faculty and administration that they need games in their lives (which of course they do!)

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So You Want to Build a Circulating Board Game Collection

What information do you need to pitch a circulating board game collection to your library? What comes after the yes? Cataloger Matthew Scrivner explores the answers to these questions and more.

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Story Games for Future-Ready Learning

Learn how immersive story games can provide a safe space to practice skills and mindsets that build adaptivity and future-readiness.

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Student Journey, 2e: Centering Play, Joy, and Purpose in Your Curriculum

Enter the adventurous world of experiential learning and design thinking through play-based activities, and discover educator tools you can add to your inventory.

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Teaching Game Based Learning for Engineering Courses

Join in creating and experiencing different methods of game based learning! Participants will not only participate but will get examples of game based learning modules used in STEM undergrad courses.

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Teaching Monumental Consequence

Learn how to use Monumental Consequence in your classroom.

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The Architect of Play: Game Design as a Catalyst for K-8 Learning

Move beyond play: use the engineering process and game design to teach K-8 systems thinking. This session offers a roadmap for turning students into innovative creative engineers.

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The British Are Coming: Using TTRPGs to Teach History

How can educators bridge the game table and the classroom? Join a panel of designers and educators in discussion on the trials and triumphs of gaming as education.

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The Impact of Familiarity on Cooperative Performance

This talk will present the results of a study run by Drs. Heidenreich and Joy in Spring of 2026 on the impact of familiarity with one's fellow players on group performance in cooperative board games.

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The loneliness epidemic and how games can help

There is an epidemic of loneliness in the world today, and a question of how to solve it. There are games, tips, and tricks that will help your library or game store become a gathering place.

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The Running of Intro and Advanced TTRPG Courses at the Collegiate Level: A Retrospective

Experience the history of 3 years of TTRPG courses at IUI Luddy MAS. We examine the strategies that have and have not worked in the classroom and explore student feedback and their own game creations.

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The Science of Fun: Applying Game Design Principles to Create Engaging Learning Experiences

Join our Lesson Plan Laboratory to explore the science of making learning fun! Come hear what games can teach us about motivation and cognition, then practice applying the research to your curricula.

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The Tax Man Cometh: A Tax Planning Seminar

Making money but struggle with keeping cash in your pocket? Come let Aaron Witten, CFP, CKA,CRC, AIF demystify the world of taxation to help you keep more of your money!

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Using Games and Simulations

This session will be a presentation on using games and simulations to increase learning in the classroom. We will cover strategies for designing lessons and creating learning objectives.

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Using Games as a Gateway to Robotics

Discover how board games and robotics collide! Learn basic coding and program a real VEX AIM robot as your game piece in a classic board game—STEM fun for all ages.

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Using games to work on ADHD and self esteem

In this panel we will discuss how ADHD and self esteem can be worked on through games in a therapeutic standpoint with therapist and life skills specialist.

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Using games to work on depression and anxiety

In this panel we will discuss ways to use games from a therapeutic standpoint to help kids and teens with depression and anxiety. Hear from therapist and life skills specialist.

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Who Isn’t at Your Table Yet? Programming That Grows Your Gaming Community

The secret to a thriving gaming community isn’t more game nights. Discover what kinds of events can build broader and more durable communities, and take home ideas you can apply right away.

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Writing, Running, & Publishing Table Top RPGs For Classrooms

Create, write, pitch to publish, and/or run role playing games for classrooms. Incorporate academic pedagogy and role playing in dynamic, student-focused, interactive and collaborative modules.

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You Too Can Miniature Paint

Join us for a lesson in miniature painting and how to host your own painting lesson and/or event for your class, store, or library.

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