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Jan 22, 2010 by Scott Martin3

A Community of Gamers

I recently volunteered to run a couple of sessions for the new con in town this upcoming weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I already know the organizers from their previous efforts, where they coordinated game days at local library. In many ways this is just a bigger version of their library game days- though much more ambitious, including an attendance fee, five time slots with six games apiece ...
Jul 6, 2009 by John Arcadian10

Johnny’s Five – Five Things To Learn From Gaming Conventions

I just got back from my most recent trip to the Origins Games Fair. While we Gnomes will be at Gencon en masse, Origins has always been my home convention. Its about 2 hours away from me, has a lot of people I know and they think we’re the source to go to for game mastering advice. Besides the 2 big name gaming conventions and a few big ...
May 28, 2009 by Martin Ralya7

RPG Blogs and Websites: Enter the 2009 ENnies

From 2009 GenCon EN World RPG Awards ("the ENnies") judge Jeramy Ware's blog, May 26: Our only real worry at this point is the Website category, which is sorely lacking. So, if you know anyone that has a site or blog that you'd like to see considered, please ask them to enter. It's easy for people to see all the great books and services that publishers put out, but forget ...

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