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All Brains Welcome: Making Cons Accessible For Neurodivergent Creators

Public events can be daunting for neurodivergent participants. How can convention and conference organizers better help this community succeed? Autistic designer Pat Mooney shares his thoughts.

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AMA For The Hobby Gaming Retailer

General question and answer session for topics across the hobby gaming industry with three guests that have over 60 years of combined experience in the industry.

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Anthropocenes: A Cooperative Environmental Learning Game

This event will introduce Anthropocenes, a game that helps secondary and higher education students connect global environmental change to local conditions.

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Antigone The RPG: Using TTRPGs To Achieve Classroom Objectives

This case study details how a table role-playing game was implemented in a high school English class studying Sophocles’ Antigone to help achieve targeted objectives.

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A Practical Approach To Practical Exercises

Learn to implement a stepwise approach to designing, resourcing, executing, and refining effective practical exercises and scenario-bassed training opportunities.

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Birds, Pies & Dragons Oh My! - Exploring Stonemaier Games In Learning Spaces

We'll explore the connection of SMG games such as Wingspan, My little Scythe and how it intersects with education. Come be apart of this new viewpoint that the world of Stonemaier can be seen in.

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Board Gaming & Trains! Social Studies Curriculum For Middle & High School

Are you looking for an easy, fun, and educational S.S. unit? Join Jennifer Deshaies, M.i.T, M.A., N.B.C.T. as she presents how to teach this five-day+ curriculum to Middle and High School students.

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Bonus Feats: Emerging Research in Game Studies

This panel will bring together four academics from different corners of the gaming space to talk about the upcoming research they are doing on games (trpgs) and game culture.

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Boosting Profits With Sidelines

Increase profits and set your store apart with creative sidelines. Learn the art of curating, merchandising, and selling sidelines for an enhanced customer experience and increased profitability.

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Building Inclusive Spaces: Exploring Lorcana's Role in DEIB Initiatives

In this session, guests will learn how Lorcana connects to DEIB values, how it fosters inclusive culture and lastly, how it promotes the value of all voices and ages during gameplay.

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But Is It A Game?

Does it still count as a game if we're forcing students to play? We will examine the nature of games, common pitfalls in 'educational games' that make them not fun, and how to avoid them.

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Choice, Challenge & Complex Consent: Fostering Growth In Both The Classroom & In RPGs

Complexity in consent and inclusive practices shows up in both role-playing games and the classroom. Let’s put them in conversation and make both even more transformative experiences for everyone.

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Connections: Librarians Putting Like Things Together

A librarian brings card sorting & welcomes expansive thinking to collect words you use to describe games. Mechanics, audiences, format, genre, type, style, theme, objectives, etc.

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Cosplay In The Classroom

Two science/art teachers describe how to integrate the world of cosplay into your general education or specific subject classroom.

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Creating Educational Games: Trailblazer Heroes, A Game to Teach AAPI History

In this interactive workshop, participants will gain insights on how to create fun and engaging educational games. A case study of an AAPI history game and lessons learned will be discussed.

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Creating Effective Experiential Activities With Gamifictation

A presentation and workshop to provide participants with a step by step process to design and develop meaningful experiential exercises using gamification strategies.

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A chance to demo games & meet w/some of your favorite TRD exhibitors and presenters. Part demo, part networking, part social; join us for this culminating TRD event! A great way to end your Trade Day.

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Designing And Implementing Games & Simulations In Higher Education About Social Issues

A workshop on designing and implementing games and gaming experiences involving social issues and their subsequent use in higher education.

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Designing An Educational Escape Room

Ever thought, "I want to do an educational escape room that's fun and challenging, but how?" We'll take you from start to finish (including how to debrief afterwards), and you'll even get to do one!

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Discord DIY Community

As some folks move away from older social media platforms, why not build your own? Discover the potential of the fully customizable digital community of Discord. Did I mention it's totally free?

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Disenchanting Narratives: Using Doctor Who To Teach Empathy & The Importance Of "Who's Voice?"

An exploration of how racialized historic figures are represented in social narratives. What are the impacts? How can we use an episode of Doctor Who in the classroom to deconstruct false narratives?

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Double Trouble: Navigating The Game Of Relationships And Connection

Games are much more than an entertaining hobby. Tabletop games have the potential as tools for mental health and relationship enhancement.

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Educational Standards In Afterschool Board Game Clubs

Afterschool board game clubs can support school day learning by tying gaming back to educational standards.

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EduRPG 2.0

Join us as we share and learn about running an Educational Based RPG in your classroom. Use character sheets, Battles, Monsters, XP, and Gold to drive engagement in your classroom.

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Effective Corporate Training Through Gamification

The biggest issue with the corporate and industrial training environment is the short amount of time you have. What if you could use games to inspire learning outside of the classroom?

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Equity Is Not A Bolt-On - Universal Design For All!

Designing for equity should be intrinsic in everything, so why is this usually an afterthought? Learn simple Universal Design techniques to make your next game day, event, or exhibit more inclusive!

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Experiential Learning Using Live Action Role-Play

NSDM team discusses their 30 years using LARP techniques to teach geopolitics, history and culture, presenting their tools and approaches that can be used in the classroom.

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Exploring Game Design & The Invention Process Through Analog, Digital, & AI Resources

Explore resources for engaging students & patrons with design, including Design Your Destiny: Running Out of Time, The Curious Kids Story-Game Adventure, & AI’s place supporting design & iteration.

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Exploring The Wide World of WizKids RPGs!

WizKids dives into new products for Dungeons & Dragons, Critical Role, Pathfinder & WarLock Tiles, including exciting plans & products celebrating the Dungeon & Dragons 50th Anniversary!

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Finance 101

Numbers matter - the longest standing seminar from Witten Financial. We talk you through the basics of financial statements to help you manage your business.

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Finance 201 - Cash Flow Analysis & Planning

Our sales are up, so how come we can't pay the bills?!? Our experienced team will demystify the topic of cash flow planning to help you manage your business more effectively!

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Five-Hundred-Year-Old Vampire: Playing for Keepsakes

Author Jason Cox uses Five-Hundred-Year-Old Vampire (FYOV) to describe the creation of a “keepsake game” (Khor, 2021) that foster growth and exploration in art, writing, and history.

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Fixing, Adapting, & Making Your Own Games For The Classroom

Games are a great and safe way to engage kids in their learning. I'll walk you through how I fixed and adapted established games, as well as how to think about making your own for the classroom.

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Fostering Teen Engagement Through TTRPGS

Structure impactful library programs around providing opportunities for teens to develop leadership skills and fostering a safe and inclusive community through tabletop role-playing games.

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Game Design Class Critique Vocabulary & Scaffolding

We present a framework for applying aesthetics-oriented critique in a game design classroom including a vocabulary, critique process, and slide deck supported scaffolding tool.

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Game Of Games 2024 Edition

Common business & educator situations and the game industry collide in this Clue-meets-Family-Feud style seminar. Case studies, in-class analysis, & expert advice!

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Game On! Leveraging Group Think: Designing Camps, Clubs and Programs

K-12 teachers, SLMS, and public librarians: Join this think-tank session to discuss, envision and design ideas for local programming centered around game play, game design, and play in general.

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Game Theory In The Classroom Or Boardroom

Using classic Game Theory models on conflict, trust, ethics, and decision-making, attendees will learn via role-play a series of engaging classroom experiences.

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Gamification 101: Introduction to Gamification

An introduction to using gamification in college-level courses. Learn about the basics of dynamics and mechanics in the classroom, and hear from personal experiences.

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Gamifying Culture and Enculturating Gaming

This workshop/seminar session will help participants to provide enriching cultural experiences for students, specifically international students still developing English language and cultural skills.

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Gamifying Sales Education - A Lesson In Sales & Gaming

Elevate your team's game with innovative strategies and a dash of competition. Let's make sales training epic and blur the lines between gaming and sales.

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Gamifying The Sustainable Development Goals

This event will present an online game about the Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate the game, highlight gaps for development, and introduce players to key global competencies.

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Getting Started With HeroClix

Want to learn how to merchandise and promote HeroClix miniature gaming in your store? Unsure of where to begin? Start here.

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Global Learning Outcomes & Table Top Gaming

This workshop will provide a guide for internationalizing gaming projects that aid players in expanding their global competency and on the use of board games as pedagogical tools for educators.

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How Renegade Games Can Help You Connect With Your Customers

Learn about Organized Play events for Heroscape and other Renegade games that you can host in your store! Find out about all our upcoming releases and ask all your questions before the holiday season!

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How To Guide Students To Create An Escape Room

Learn how award winning puzzle designers and educators, Paul Harvey and Eric Reynolds, have helped thousands of students turn classrooms into immersive escape rooms over the last 7 years.

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How To Teach A Game

Come learn our 3 Step approach for teaching any game quickly and effectively, whether you're running demos, introducing games in a classroom or gaming club, or teaching them in a board game cafe!

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How To Use Comics For Mental Health & Wellness

We will learn how comics can benefit your mental health but also how they can educate others. Participants will also be creating their own comic panels in this session.

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How We Can Help Your Student TTRPG Program for FREE

We are a a 501(c)(3) Non Profit that supports free TTRPG programs aimed at K-12 students. We provide physical and digital materials to the programs at no cost.

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Incredible Dream 2024 Retailer Presentation

Join us for an overview of Kinfire products and A Gentle Rain. Learn about the different game offerings within Kinfire, including a hands on preview of our recently crowdfunded game: Kinfire Council.

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Innovating On The Tabletop: Dice & Beyond

Do you want to learn about all of the new dice and accessories coming to the tabletop category before they are announced to the public. Come check out our new D&D licensed products, CATAN and more!

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Integrating The School, The Store & The Library Into One Gaming Community

We asked game store owners, librarians and game club sponsors how best to connect and build community--and they answered! Come find out how folks are building connections locally.

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Introduction To Pine Box Entertainment

Pine Box Entertainment welcomes retailers to learn about our company as we continued publishing the Doomtown card game, 7th Sea: City of Five Sails card game, and more upcoming releases.

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Intro To Shipping & Distribution In Asia

Discuss the important topics of shipping and fulfilling orders in Asia with VFI CEO and Client Success Manager. We'll have time for Q&A from the audience.

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Keep the Faith

A collaborative story-telling game designed for classrooms and the hobby space. Keep the Faith has players build a religion and then watch it schism. Help us playtest our next game.

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Let’s Build A Continent! – Interactive Earth Science For RPGs &d Storytelling

Demo modeling an interactive session with a landscape geologist to draw up a fictional continent that makes earth-science sense, serves GMs'/writers’ story interests, and enriches narrative options.

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Level Up! Unlocking The Power Of Board Games For Child Development

Join me, a psychology professor, as we explore the profound impact of board games on child development and how using appropriate games enhances cognitive, social, and emotional skills in children.

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Lights, Camera, Reality: Bringing TV Competitions to the Public

Learn how to host games based on popular reality TV competition shows in your school or library.

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Making Cents Of Games: Using Games To Fundraise

Learn about some fun game and trivia events you can hold as fundraisers, along with examples of ways to ask for donations during existing programs and events.

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Mapping Out The Future With Loke Battle Mats 2024

An exclusive first hands-on run through of Loke Battle Mats' newest releases!

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Mash-Up: ULD+Gamification+More

Reimagine your teaching through a mash-up of Gamification, ULD, Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Maya's Choose Your Own Adventure, and other pedagogical approaches.

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Math Games For Upper Elementary

Join me and learn engaging math games you can take back to your upper elementary classroom tomorrow.

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Mental Roadblocks: How Your Brain Can Keep You from Making Wise Financial Decisions

Learn to overcome some common geek themes: “The Curse of Knowledge”; “Too Smart for my Own Good”; “Too Clever by Half” in our personal lives, and when it comes to personal finances.

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Modifying Love Letter to Teach History

We will use historical documents and Love Letter to work through an assignment that gets students to engage with historical documents in a fun and interesting way while also thinking about design.

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More Than Playing Magic: How I Structured An After-School Magic Club & Got Community Involvement

What started as a group of kids that play Magic has turned into a structured club where kids learn deck building, strategies, and communication. This is about how to create and upkeep that structure.

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Networking: Using Outside Professionals to Expand Your Reach

Learn how to connect your clients to professional services they may need, build a real feeling of community, & market your store through joint sponsored events. Great for FLGS, Libs, & Edus.

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Never Split the Party: How to Retain DMs for After-School Groups and LFGS Staff

It can be hard to attract a group of paid Dungeon Masters as a small game store, let alone a school club or library program that needs unpaid DMs! Come learn how to make this process much easier!

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No Apologies: Arguments & Examples Of Analog Gaming As Effective Tools In Secondary Education

Join teacher and researcher Shawn Thorgersen for peer-reviewed studies on the effectiveness of analog games as learning tools; customized classroom gaming experiences; and actual "classroom" gameplay.

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Outreach To Disabled Patrons

If you have any sort of facility in your service area that assists people with disabilities, there are a multitude of ways to establish an outreach program using games. We will show you options!

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Painterly Assets: Art History as Game Art

Join a panel of designers and researchers as they discuss using the public domain for historical gaming and educational assets.

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Pandasaurus Games 2024 Retailer Presentation

Take a look at our 2024 releases and get a sneak peek into our 2025 titles! Learn about our Retailer Direct program, our new rewards program, and more.

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Pretend & Play for a Purpose: Game Education in High School Special Education (& All) Classrooms

A tour of supporting significantly neurodivergent learners to build skills in communication, professionalism, empathy & academics through board, card & role playing games. Great for all learners too!

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Protect Your Small Business From Fraud

Protect your business from fraud by familiarizing yourself with all the ways fraud can affect your business and what you can do to avoid becoming a victim.

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Queering the Table: The Impact of Gender in Board Gaming

In this discussion, we will talk about the impact of bringing inclusive and equitable spaces for all genders in board gaming when it has been dominated by cisgender, heterosexual men for so long.

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Raising Staff Morale Through Gaming Reloaded: The Sequel

Learn even more ways to boost staff morale through different types of gaming!

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Rise And Shine: Sparking Creative Writing For Students

Learn how to turn creative writing into an immersive learning game with a combo of two card-based tools.

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Roll For Engagement: Framing Student Learning Outcomes With Game Elements

Gaming elements have been demonstrated to increase student engagement with classroom material. We’ll present guidelines and examples related to grading methods and class assessments.

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Running Inclusive & Safe TTRPGs For Youth Players

Real-world advice to create an inclusive and safe gaming space where shy, marginalized kids feel comfortable putting themselves out there and create a world where they see themselves represented.

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Safer Spaces For Women In Gaming

Building safer spaces for women improves a community for everyone involved. Explore physical, cultural, and atmospheric ways to make your spaces more welcoming to all.

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Small Business Development Centers or University Affiliation: Both Can Help You

Learn about tools to find market, consumer, and competitor insights. Uncover free consulting services in your area to launch, manage, or boost your business, trademark, or idea plus terms of use.

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Smarty Pawns: Level Up Your Lesson Plans

Dive into game design for education! This workshop is for teachers and educators eager to create fun, engaging games for their classrooms. Learn, play, and innovate in a hands-on session.

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So You Want To Present At Trade Day 2025

So you want to present at Trade Day? Come and ask the questions, get the answers on how to participate for next year!

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Starting A Gaming & RPG Club At School & The Integration Of Art & Gaming In The Classroom

We are a independent study charter school. We would like to share the steps that we have taken to start a gaming and RPG club, and highlight how we have integrated art and gaming in our classes.

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Starting (And Maintaining) A Gaming Club

D&D is huge right now, so starting a gaming club should be a no-brainer, right? But, is it sustainable? What are the challenges you might face?

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Starting a University Gaming Convention and improving Mental Health in College Gamers

We will discuss best practices and pitfalls to avoid, how to secure vendors and the impact of building a gaming community on college student's mental health and student success.

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Supply Chain Diversity For Gaming

Please join returning BlueGrace executive Tony Seay as we talk through diversifying your supply chain. From understanding LTL (Less than truckload) to TMS platforms and Drayage.

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Table Top Programming For All Ages In Libraries

Explore the importance of gaming in public libraries and how to run successful table top programs for all ages with Ryan LaFerney, librarian from the Indianapolis Public Library.

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Teaching Game Design in the Special Ed. Classroom

Would your students benefit from a class that incorporates expository writing, math, problem-solving, creativity and social skills practice? Here's how we adapted game design for our population.

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Teaching & Modeling Psychosocial Skills in the Classroom by Applying Game Theory

Learn how to apply ways we play boardgames and how these skills transfer to strengthen bonds with students to create a more inclusive, exploratory, and ethical enviornment for students.

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Teaching the Hydrologic Cycle, Game

Learn how to play the new Hydrologic Cycle and how to use it in your classroom setting.

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The Benefits of Board Games on Speech, Language, and Communication

Join this presentation to explore how board games can enhance speech, language, and communication skills, foster social interaction and boost motivation. Learn while having fun!

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The Board Game Cafe Model: Not Quite Retail, Not Quite Restaurant

Learn about the board game cafe model, which offers games to play in-store for a fee (and sells food and drink, too!). A great chance to connect with others who fit into this not-quite-retail niche.

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The British Are Coming: Using TTRPGs to Teach History

How can educators bridge the game table and the classroom? Join a panel of designers and educators in discussion on the trials and triumphs of gaming as education.

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The Myth of Innocent Play: Colonialism and Board Games

Using games from different historical periods, this talk considers how colonial myths are at play in representation, theme, goals and mechanics.

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Therapeutic Gaming In A College Setting

Learn about starting, running, and the outcomes of a therapeutic tabletop gaming group at a community college.

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The Teacher’s Cheat Code: Shortcut Learning Objectives With The MDA Framework

Ensure your classroom activities, exercises, and games meet your class goals and learning objectives.

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Tools to Resolve RL Conflicts At The Game Table

Tools to resolve RL conflicts at the gaming table. Including political, racial, sexism, and other conflicts. Updated for 2024

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TTRPGs In Education: Cultivating Creativity & Critical Thinking In The Classroom

Join two Kentucky educators who will share how playing TTRPGs can be a part of K-12 lesson and unit plans. We want to bring tabletop RPGs from the margins toward the mainstream of learning!

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Universal Design for Gaming: Best Practices from Education to Improve Accessible Gaming

Improve the quality of your product while supporting more of the many diverse brains walking our planet. Brief intro of how Universal Design for Learning can improve game experiences for more folks

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Upcoming RPG, Boardgame + Hobby Product Demonstrations

Come by for an exclusive preview of our latest releases, get some free samples, and speak with the team!

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Using a TTRPG as a Professional Development Tool

Learn about and discuss using a TTRPG as a teaching simulation as professional development in which players cooperatively play the teacher character while the Classroom Master runs the student NPCs.

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Utilizing Community Volunteers For Your School Or Library Gaming Program

This workshop includes tips and best practices for getting the most out of volunteers for your programming. Where to find volunteers, supporting them with materials, and safety will be discussed.

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What Games Are Good For Your Classroom?

Games belong in classrooms!...but not every game and not every classroom. We'll go through a series of lenses to view a game in order to determine if and how it might best fit in your class.

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When Your Baby Blows Up!: The Library Instruction Card Game Search&Destory Celebrates Six Years

Search&Destroy is an educational card game used in libraries all over the world. The makers will discuss its creation, success, and future plans. Attendees will have a chance to play after the talk!

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Who Needs A High Charisma? Psychology, Gaming, & Parasocial Relationships

Find out how the fascinating psychological science behind fandoms, fanships, and parasocial relationships can be leveraged to assist educators and game retailers/designers.

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Why Kids Need Superheroes

We will use superheroes like Batman to examine topics in clinical and developmental psychology, examining pathologies that can affect students and families.

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WizKids' New Platform Games: Star Trek Into the Unknown and Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught

Two great miniatures platform games for two distinctly different player types. Star Trek Into the Unknown and D&D Onslaught provide opportunities for new gaming audiences.

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Workings of Magic: Using Games to Transform Corporate Learning

Corporate trainers and L&D professionals can build role-playing game design principles into learning experiences to empower leaders, strengthen teams, and reinforce business strategies.

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World Building For Students & Beginners

Fantasy World Building a growing trend in middle schools. Come start your own world building map and lots of tips and tricks to start your own world building class or club!

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Writing, Running, & Publishing Table Top RPGs For Classrooms

Create, write, pitch to publish, and/or run role playing games for classrooms. Incorporate academic pedagogy and role playing in dynamic, student-focused, interactive and collaborative modules

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Your Turn To Roll (Playing TTRPG Adventure with Educators & Professionals)

Organizing a school TTRPG clubs can seem daunting. It involves creativity with storylines, materials, and structure. Now is your chance to play D&D as a student would in a TTRPG club.

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