You had me at ‘hello’, Digital Extremes! TennoCon 2020 was mind-blowing to say the least. “The Heart of Deimos” introduces a new open world, a new warframe called Xaku, and a long-awaited revamp of the ‘new player experience’ – and...
With much of the world practising social distancing, a lot of geek conventions are going on-line this year. That means that wherever you are, you have a much better chance of attending events you’ve only dreamt about. Regardless of whether...
Like many conventions around the world, FanCon had to cancel its physical events in Cape Town this year due to the pandemic. If that left you feeling disappointed and annoyed, I have great news! The organisers have arranged a bunch...
Dragonfire is done! I’m really happy with how everything went. I have lots of ideas and plans for next year (like starting to prep WAY in advance). Fortunately, I’ll be sharing some of that right here on the blog, so...
This week’s blog was going to be about preparing to run a module at a convention, but then the most marvellous thing happened. Someone asked me for advice about running a module – specifically Death House, which I’ve run several...
Last week, I attended my first international convention, and had a great time. Although it all took place on-line and in another timezone, I managed to play in three different games, using entirely different rule systems, and all it cost...
Our friends over at Sad Shirts have been busy, busy, busy! Running a handcrafted shirt shop takes a lot of work, but they’ve been especially busy recently, getting ready for FanCon. In the words of their illustrious brand designer, Sad...
Remember how I said that I’ve known Paul and Sonja from the HorrorFest for a long time? Well, here’s proof! The following article was originally posted on channel24.co.za (when they still paid freelancers for articles), in October 2008. I co-wrote...
Last time, I wrote about preparing a module – specifically, so that you can run it at a convention. Most of the post was quite general, so I thought I’d follow up with a specific example. This is based on advice...
And now, in a break from our scheduled programming… Running games at a convention is a lot of work, but it can also be enormous fun. I’m running some TTRPG sessions at local gaming convention soon, so I wanted to share...
