So you’re part of / organise a community of gamers and want to increase the profile of your community or indeed you’re a game store owner who wants to reach a new audience. How do you do that exactly? I related in a previous post about Growing The Dice Pool...
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Expanding the tabletop horizon…
So I’ve spoke about changing how I engage with my hobby and that has a number of facets which I’m going to break down over several posts to provide greater detail than I would in 1 post. Some of this is more “the hobby” focussed and is both aspirational and...
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- 04/01/2015
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2014 Retrospective
2014 has been full of highs in relation to my hobby and how I explore it. There are some low points but those are heavily out weighted by the high points. My continuing attendance at DWARF is a high point albeit there were times when that attendance was infrequent. In...
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- 29/12/2014
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Gaming at a Beer Festival
So I’m going to a craft beer festival – Cambolicious – on Saturday 8th November and I’m taking games with me to play with people I know and hopefully introduce some games to complete strangers. Given it’s a beer festival and the focus is on the beer I’m not looking...
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- 28/10/2014
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Dry Wipe Notebook
So there were a few things I was looking for when at Gen Con that I didn’t buy largely because I actually didn’t find precisely what I wanted. Amongst that list was something I only realised I wanted after playing in the Atomic Robo. Mike was using what is called...
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- 22/10/2014
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Gen Con Seminar : The Psychology Of Gaming
So yeah I attended this seminar and it was very interesting although I think I was out of my depth at times… The pitch for the event was – “Are you interested in psychology? Are you looking for some insight into what makes gamers tick? Come join a talk on...
Continue reading...Gen Con 2014 – 3 Key Lessons Learned
Going to something like Gen Con is not a small undertaking when you live in the UK. For me it involved travelling 3,765 miles (give or take a few miles) each way. All of that went fine. Flights etc were without problem, we had enough time in between connecting flights...
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- 21/08/2014
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RPGaDay
Wait, this isn’t a Gen Con post! Correct. I wanted to bring your attention to a social media gaming goodness experience of a lifetime. Ok maybe not. It’s this – I’m taking part via my Twitter feed which is then syndicated to my Facebook Page. The idea is the brain...
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Many many years ago (it was either 1991 or 1989, not sure) I took part in a 24 hour RPG event to raise money for Red Nose Day. Throughout the KoA days we had a modest but consistent charitable donation plan focussed around cancer charities such as MacMillan Cancer Support....
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- 18/06/2014
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Tabletop Tech
So, I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 + Bluetooth keyboard that doubles as a hard case for it. The main reason for this sounds a bit silly and a bit of an extravagance but…I wanted a tablet which I could take to Gen Con with me so that I...
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- 14/06/2014
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