Gencon 2025 Events:

Seminars

SEM25ND272371 Thursday, 8am
SEM25ND272372 Friday, 8am
SEM25ND272373 Saturday, 8am

SEM25ND272374 Thursday, 10am
SEM25ND272375 Friday, 10am. * This session will not have a projector. If you'd like to follow along with the slide materials, bring your phone/tablet and I'll send a link to the presentation before the Con.

SEM25ND272376 Saturday, 10am

RPG Sessions

Leverage
RPG25ND286700 Friday 2-4pm

Based on the television show of the same name, Leverage is an RPG about heists. Heists, cons, scams, you name it. Players take on the roles of the most talented criminals in the world - but have turned their powers to good. Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys.

In this session, the crew is hired to help Olivia Bellamy, the grandaughter of a Casino legend in Las Vegas. Her grandfather Howard had become famous by running what had eventually become the closest thing to a wholesome casino the world had ever seen. Always fair, always tasteful, always friendly. After his passing, not so much. Its being run by someone else now, and she knows deep down that he never wanted that.

Zoetrope
RPG25ND286694 Thursday 1-3pm
RPG25ND286695 Thursday 9-11pm

Zoetrope is a dynamic card based RPG that explores the adventures of time agents bouncing around through time fixing problems, correcting things gone wrong, and otherwise making special adjustments to the way things were. Or might be. Or aren't. Or something like that. It definitely doesn't take itself too seriously.

Demonhunters
RPG25ND286703 Friday 6-8pm

If you're a fan of Cortex of FATE, you're going to love Demonhunters. A dark comedy RPG telling the stories of the Brotherhood of the Celestial Torch. The organization the stands in between humanity and the things that go bump in the night. All the darkness of legend is real. Vampires, Zombies, Ghosts, Demons, The Stay Pufft Marhsmallow Man, you name it. A personal favorite of mine and one of my favorite convention games to run.

This session of Demonhunters will involve a missing team, a vital resupply mission, and some very important cliches!

Bob (Artists Rendering)

About the presenter:

Hi! I'm Bob, aka 'Linus'. I'm just your average middle aged rpg-game-guy. I love sharing what I've learned about GMing with others and helping them to improve their games. I played my first RPG way back in the dark ages of the Satanic Panic(tm) in the 1980's. Yeah - I'm apparently very old now, and I won't be hurt if you say "OK, Boomer" to me even though I'm GenX

I'm not the final authority on GMing. I'm not an authority of any kind. Everything I share is just what I have found works (and doesn't work) for me and the tables I've GMed for over the years. I have made plenty of mistakes and had a lot of great successes and AH-HA! moments along the way as well. And still do. Improving at our craft is a never-ending process, and we never stop learning. I think that I take home a few nuggets each year myself, from the questions and conversations that come during these seminars. Just like I hope that I can help you become a better GM, I can confidently say that you folks who attend these sessions absolutely make me better!

And that's why I decided to start doing these seminars. I think I've got some good ideas to share, so why not. If I can help someone else make their game better, then I've not only helped them, but the others at that table too. And maybe one of those people then goes on to GM as well, and so on and on with the circle of life. <A Sidenya music swells in the background>

I'm always humbled that anybody shows up to hear me talk about anything, so thank you for taking me up on this chance to share.

If you're still reading, and a glutton for punishment, here's a link to my in-progress book on GMing. Feel free to be a proof reader and tell me where I've screwed up :)

Behind the Screen: An Introduction to Gamemastering RPGs

The Games on the Shelf

Saturday, March 8, 2025