Make your game rock! We'll do some fun & easy improv games that highlight GM skills like rapid characters, pacing scenes, & working together as an ensemble to share focus.
Description:
Improvisational acting teaches many skills that can make your game rock, like enthusiastic collaboration, creating dynamic stories and characters, making bold choices, and taking narrative risks.
But it's not just for players! In this workshop we'll be doing some fun and easy improv exercises to practice GM skills like rapid characters, pacing and cutting scenes, and working together as an ensemble to share focus. Be prepared to be in the spotlight! Beginners welcome!
NOTE: Improv often involves being on your feet a lot and being physically active. While we encourage you to wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water, all activities can be modified as needed for comfort and ability.
Practice skills useful in live-action roleplay through fun and easy improv exercises—shifting status, full-body characters, sharing the spotlight, & working with invisible objects.
Description:
Many of the skills used by improvisational actors to tell compelling stories on stage can also be used by live-action roleplayers to create engaging in-game experiences. We’ll try some fun and easy improv exercises that explore skills specifically relevant to larping—shifting status, full-body characters, sharing the spotlight, and working with invisible objects.
Beginners to improv and/or larping are welcome. Bring an open mind and excitement to try new things!
NOTE: Improv often involves being on your feet a lot and being physically active. While we encourage you to wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water, all activities can be modified as needed for comfort and ability.
Make your game rock! We'll do some fun & easy improv games to explore collaboration & storytelling skills that can be applied to tabletop roleplaying games.
Description:
You may have heard that improv and roleplaying have a lot in common. It's true! You can apply many of the same skills used in improvisational acting to make your game rock, like creative collaboration and taking risks to drive your story to unexpected places.
We'll explore improvisational acting as it applies tabletop roleplaying through some fun and low-pressure exercises. You'll learn just what "Yes, and” means, practice active listening and trust building, and celebrate getting into trouble!
Beginners to improv are welcome and encouraged. Bring an open mind and excitement to try new things!
NOTE: Improv often involves being on your feet a lot and being physically active. While we encourage you to wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water, all activities can be modified as needed for comfort and ability.