AADL Game Con

Event Summary

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Date(s): Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
Venue: Downtown Branch of AADL
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Event Description

AADL Game Con combines two popular AADL events from the past few years: Role Playing Game Fest and the 2023 Game Designer Expo.

Game Con is a super-charged gaming extravaganza featuring gaming sessions, presentations, and a Vendor Hall. Gaming sessions will be run all day long, while a schedule of presentations on a variety of topics related to RPGs, game design, and more will be available for attendees to participate in. Check out our Vendor Hall to meet local game designers presenting their work, or find the perfect accessory for your next game night.

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Game Con Programming

These sessions are for teens & adults. The are held in the 4th floor Meeting Room:

11:30a-12:30p – GM Like a Pro – Local Game Masters Chris Salzman, Andy Rau, and Phill Cameron will reveal their tried and true tips for running games. Stop by with your questions!
1-2p – How to Run a Successful Kickstarter Campaign – Interested in funding your game? Local Game Designers Donn Stroud, Gordie Garwood, Al McWilliams, and Brian Beal discuss the ins and outs of running a Kickstarter Campaign for games. There will be time for questions!
2:30-3:30p – Politicizing and Queering Game Dynamics – Game designer Avery Alder opens this talk with a question: Whose politics and experiences are we building our games around? After examining the importance of queer representation in games, this keynote will take a critical look at why representation isn’t enough. From there, Avery will explore how game mechanics and systems can be queered, subverting common structural assumptions in order to reflect a greater range of lived experiences. Examples will be drawn from the past two decades of independent tabletop roleplaying game design.
4-5p – Worldbuilding for Gamers – Join AADL for a rich discussion of how to make your created world come alive for players. Featuring panelists Avery Alder, Jim Hall, and Kevin Siembieda.

Gaming Sessions

Gaming Sessions will feature a range of tabletop RPGS, including Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeon Crawl Classic, Wick and Wander, Root the RPG, and For the Queen.