Puppeteer like the pros. Master Puppeteer Victor Yerrid will teach the essentials of monitor-style puppetry – lip-sync, eye focus, rod work, & full body movement. Highly interactive, limited spots!
Description:
From newbies to experienced-bies, everyone can learn to puppeteer like the pros. Have you ever wanted to learn to puppeteer? Guess what? You totally can! Performing puppets is a blast and it is my true belief that anyone can learn to do it. Remember Chef Auguste Gusteau’s best selling book Anyone Can Cook? From Ratatouille? OF COURSE you do! Well, this workshop is just like that except instead of making food you will be making delightful puppet shows. Also, there won’t be any rats on your head pulling your hair. Not real rats anyway. I can’t make any promises about puppet rats. So come have some FUN with us. Puppetry can be hard work at times, but if you aren’t having a good time then you are definitely doing something wrong. Let’s grab some puppets and goof around together. You know you wanna!
Puppeteer like the pros. Master Puppeteer Victor Yerrid will teach the essentials of monitor-style puppetry – lip-sync, eye focus, rod work, & full body movement. Highly interactive, limited spots!
Description:
From newbies to experienced-bies, everyone can learn to puppeteer like the pros. Have you ever wanted to learn to puppeteer? Guess what? You totally can! Performing puppets is a blast and it is my true belief that anyone can learn to do it. Remember Chef Auguste Gusteau’s best selling book Anyone Can Cook? From Ratatouille? OF COURSE you do! Well, this workshop is just like that except instead of making food you will be making delightful puppet shows. Also, there won’t be any rats on your head pulling your hair. Not real rats anyway. I can’t make any promises about puppet rats. So come have some FUN with us. Puppetry can be hard work at times, but if you aren’t having a good time then you are definitely doing something wrong. Let’s grab some puppets and goof around together. You know you wanna!
Z. Briggs of WonderSpark Puppets will teach an introductory course about hand puppetry technique. Each participant will receive their own puppet to take home!
Description:
Hand puppets can be an amazing tool for storytelling. Learn the basics of excellent hand puppet manipulation and performance from Z. Briggs of WonderSpark Puppets. Z. and her husband Chad Williams have been performing throughout New York City for over 12 years. For those interested in learning about puppetry, or honing their puppetry skills. All skill levels welcome. Each participant will receive their own customized puppet to take home!
Join to talk about representation in the game space through Mexican PBTA NAHUAL. Hosted by collaborating writer & designer we will talk about the cultural footprint and get a copy of the core game.
Description:
Nahual is a tabletop roleplaying game of Mexican urban fantasy. In Nahual you play as shapeshifting nahuales that hunt angels to make a living. ... Nahual builds upon the Powered by the Apocalypse system used in Apocalypse World, Urban Shadows, Dungeon World and more Join us to talk about representation in the game space through the amazing work on Miguel Espinoza's NAHUAL. As part of this workshop we will talk about the cultural footprint and you will get a copy of the core game (covered on the ticket cost). This workshop speaks about representation on the writing teams, voicing the stories of Latine cultures & the tasks and difficulties of seeing these games make it in the general market.
Join to talk about representation in the game space through Mexican PBTA NAHUAL. Hosted by collaborating writer & designer we will talk about the cultural footprint and get a copy of the core game
Description:
Nahual is a tabletop roleplaying game of Mexican urban fantasy. In Nahual you play as shapeshifting nahuales that hunt angels to make a living. ... Nahual builds upon the Powered by the Apocalypse system used in Apocalypse World, Urban Shadows, Dungeon World and more Join us to talk about representation in the game space through the amazing work on Miguel Espinoza's NAHUAL. As part of this workshop we will talk about the cultural footprint and you will get a copy of the core game (covered on the ticket cost). This workshop speaks about representation on the writing teams, voicing the stories of Latine cultures & the tasks and difficulties of seeing these games make it in the general market.
You can never have too many notebooks, but this one is really special. Small enough to wear on a cord around your neck but still big enough to hold your deepest secrets!
Description:
Dip your toes into the world of bookbinding by making this little jewel of a book and then adding beads and charms to turn it into an object worthy of being worn proudly.
You can never have too many notebooks, but this one is really special. Small enough to wear on a cord around your neck but still big enough to hold your deepest secrets!
Description:
Dip your toes into the world of bookbinding by making this little jewel of a book and then adding beads and charms to turn it into an object worthy of being worn proudly.
We will take you step by step through a process that will help you put into execution a villain that is more than someone just to root against; it is someone that helps you write out your game.
Description:
Our 6th year in row (not counting the last two years which we won’t talk about)! Learn how to make dastardly and memorable villains who also act as a companions as well as a character in your game. Villains and or Adversaries should be more than just mere stats on paper with a monologue. We will take you step by step through an organic process that will help you draw up, design, then put into execution a villain that is more than someone just to root against; it is someone that helps you write out your game!
What’s Your Game Plan?: Turn Your Lesson or Training into a Game
Summary:
Can you enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of board games in only 20 minutes? For educators, training managers, content & game designers.
Description:
What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” have in common? In this boot camp brainstorm, your team’s mission to enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Whether you need to teach the rules of citation or compliance, there’s a game plan that can help. If you’re an educator, training manager, presenter, instructional designer, or game designer, you’ll learn how to integrate non-digital educational games or simulations into your classroom or workspace. This full-featured workshop begins with an interactive lecture on game pedagogy, then segues into whole room active game design, and is kept at an optimum size so we can explore your instructional problems in depth. Led by a professor from the City University of New York. (Workshop changes each year.)