Veteran GM and writer Rich Staats describes how to create memorable NPCs using his copyrighted VAMPIRE system. The seminar will cover: how to add variety to NPCs without becoming overwhelming, how to add conflict to sessions and increase interest, how to deal with love in the dungeon, and many others. Originally a for-credit course at MIT.
Join a stalwart group of adventurers in the gritty fantasy world of Khymir. This new game was designed by Mark Rogers (author of the Nightmare of God and Zorachus) and veteran GM Dr. Rich Staats. Rules will be taught. Play in a world where good is good and evil is EVIL. Characters increase in power both through success and failure, and risk taking is rewarded.
Join a stalwart group of adventurers in the gritty fantasy world of Khymir. This new game was designed by Mark Rogers (author of the Nightmare of God and Zorachus) and veteran GM Dr. Rich Staats. Play in a world where good is good and evil is EVIL. Characters increase in power both through success and failure, and risk taking is rewarded.
Long time GM Dr. Rich Staats (the orginal Dr Games AKA Colonel Staats) recounts his experiences as a commander and Multi-national Corps-Iraq principal staff member from 2005-2006 in Iraq. Sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, Dr. Staats' talk will focus on the social, political, military, and economic aspects of the Iraqi people as well as talk about how this all relates to role-playing and world building.
Long time GM Dr. Rich Staats (the orginal Dr Games AKA Colonel Staats) recounts his experiences as a commander and Multi-national Corps-Iraq principal staff member from 2005-2006 in Iraq. Sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, Dr. Staats' talk will focus on the social, political, military, and economic aspects of the Iraqi people as well as talk about how this all relates to role-playing and world building.
Veteran GM and writer Dr. Rich Staats hosts his classic world building seminar. Learn about top down and bottom up world building. Understand how competition for resources and conflict provide adventure seeds. Share guilty pleasures on the joys of cosmology.