Research in RPG GMing and Design


Start Date & Time Saturday - 5:00 PM CST
Duration 1.0 hours
Type Seminar
System None
Location Kegonsa - 387
Gaming Experience Newcomers Welcome
Age Range All Ages (6+)
Host Kenneth Hite
With Shanna Germain
James Lowder
Chris Pramas

Ticket Information

Cost $0.00
Availability 60 of 60 available

Both game designers and GMs begin their process with research -- whether it's just looking up a paragraph in the corebook or diving into the arcana of Breton folklore. How much research - into setting lore, real-world physics or magic, and other RPG mechanics - is too much? How do you do it and why?

Special Guest

Kenneth Hite

Kenneth Hite has designed, written, or co-authored 100+ roleplaying works, including GURPS Horror, Trail of Cthulhu, Bookhounds of London, The Dracula Dossier, Night’s Black Agents, Bubblegumshoe, Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity, Delta Green: Handler’s Guide, The Fall of Delta Green, and Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. Half of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff podcast, he lives in Chicago with two Lovecraftian cats and his non-Lovecraftian wife, Sheila.

Conference Floor Plan — Table