February 27, 2010 11:30 AM - 24 attended
2nd Southern Arizona Gamemaster's Conference
Joel D. Valdez Main Library (map)
The Southern Arizona Gamemaster's Conference returns for its second standalone presentation. This conference was a great success both in its first incarnation in summer 2009 and at RinCon. And now it's back with more instruction, discussion, and contributions from all over Arizona and the world.
The Southern Arizona Gamer's Association welcomes all gamemasters new and old. Whether you are just getting started or highly experienced, whether you prefer your game loaded with story and cinema or challenges and tactics, you have something to share and still have things to learn. This is your chance to learn from the best and help everyone become better as well!
The health of a RPG community is the quality of its gamemasters and everyone, no matter how long they've been doing this, can learn something new, take something away from the conference that they didn't know before.
Admission is absolutely free - lunch is not provided, so eat before you come.
Schedule
Here is the schedule! There will be 5-10 minute breaks each hour.
11:30 AM: Registration and Introductory Remarks.
12:00 PM: Thomas Denagh (SAGA Board) on "One-Shots and Con Games".
12:25 PM: Jeremy Gypton (history teacher, past attendee) on "Historical Gaming".
1:00 PM: Dave Martin (White Wolf Wrecking Crew) on "Compelling NPCs 102"
1:25 PM: Andy Robinson (past attendee) on "Technology At The Table"
2:00 PM: Jason Corley (best GM in Tucson) on "Threats & Promises", or, "Why the wish spell is so terrible."
2:25 PM: Jess Hartley (White Wolf freelancer, One Geek To Another, author) with our keynote presentation "The Etiquette Of The Gaming Group"
3:15 PM: Bryan Suyat (past attendee) on "Managing Your Players" or "If the DM is the CEO, then the players are the Board of Directors"
4:00 PM: Directed Discussion and plans for the future!
We may squeeze in one more presentation at the end of the day. However, we do have to vacate the premises by 4:45, so if you can stay after to help clean up chairs, it's much appreciated.
Location
We will be at the main Tucson Public Library in the downstairs meeting room. Please be respectful of the library's rules and support them, since they're supporting us!
Here is information about parking downtown. Please note that the library will (very likely) not validate parking if all you're coming for is the meeting. There is usually plenty of weekend parking around downtown, but be aware of the parking situation and make plans accordingly.
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Jason Corley
The library requires that we give them a head count, so everyone will have to sign in. Also, we have an e-mail list of people who want info about upcoming GM conferences.
Posted January 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM -
DMsToolbox
So I just found out I won't be able to go. What are the chances of getting the conference recorded and posted to the web?
Posted January 26, 2010 at 12:26 AM -
Jason Corley
We'll do what we can...at our last meetup the speakers were very dynamic and there was lots of audience interaction, we don't want to get in the way of that by forcing everyone to pass around a mike, but we're going to try to do some kind of recording!
Posted January 26, 2010 at 7:49 AM
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Jason CorleyEvent HostBest GM in Tucson, Co-OrganizerWhat a wonderful gathering. Thanks to everyone who attended.
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LukermonThis was another great gathering of people who are fully engaged in playing and sharing their hobby. Everyone was very sage and enthused about being at the conference. Jason did very well by the clock and the breaks, impressive. I was very nervous to present last, but I feel I did better than expected. I cannot wait for the next one, where I may have a more interesting topic and more confidence.
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AlexGreat group, some very interesting presentations and questions; I hope I'll be able to make it to the next one.
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JeremyI think it was successful -- the presenters covered a great deal of territory, and the scheduled breaks made for a more manageable afternoon.
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