So after Gen Con last year I decided that 2015 would be the year I went to UK Games Expo. Not since the days of Gen Con UK has the UK had a suitable equivalent to the big convention that North American and indeed other countries have had available to...
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Games aren’t just for kids, but should be for them too.
So I’ve been busy the past couple of months which has resulted in no updates to this blog (ironically another post to come on that). What have I been busy with? Well it turns out one of my planned themes for a post (this post’s title) turned out to be...
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- 06/04/2015
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- celebration community kids my hobby the hobby up and running
Community Engagement
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...
Continue reading...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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- blogging extras principles the hobby what's next
Hobby PR
So I was contacted recently by the Aberdeen Press & Journal about them wanting to run a feature on the local scene for games like Dungeons & Dragons in their paper. I’ll let you digest that for a minute… So I’ve previously reflected on media coverage of the hobby and...
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- 27/12/2014
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- celebration community the hobby the media
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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Seminar : Using Games To Build Community
Sooo….. This is the 2nd time I’ve posted this. Thanks to the wonders of the Blogger Android app I managed to wipe the original post. Fortunately I had the content of the post in an email I sent to Dustin. Needless to say the Blogger Android app has been removed...
Continue reading...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 – My Itinerary (The Friday)
Before I continue with the perfect guide to stalking me at Gen Con I need to reflect back on my post for the Wednesday. One of the events that I planned to attend has been cancelled – Every School Should Have a Games Club. This made me sad as I was...
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- 02/08/2014
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- Atomic Robo community convention D&D GenCon my hobby Sentinels the hobby
Gen Con – My Itinerary (The Thursday)
So almost 2 weeks ago (really?!) I posted about the Wednesday at Gen Con. It’s now 3 weeks til we fly out to Gen Con and my excitement level increases on a daily basis. Unfortunately it also means that I’m working harder and thus having less time to create content...
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- 22/07/2014
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- Battletech community convention D&D GenCon the hobby the market