CoKoCon 2019 Panel Writing and Gaming How RPGs and Video Games Influence Your Writing

CoKoCon 2019 Panel Writing and Gaming How RPGs and Video Games Influence Your Writing
 
Recorded live at CoKoCon 2019
Join our panelists Beth Cato, Diana Terrill Clark, Floyd Getchell, Stephanie Weippert as they discuss how gaming from Dungeons and Dragons to Final Fantasy has inspired their writing.
 
Beth Cato
She's the author of The Clockwork Dagger (a 2015 Locus Award finalist for First Novel) and The Clockwork Crown (an RT Reviewers' Choice Finalist) from Harper Voyager. Her novella Wings of Sorrow and Bone was a 2016 Nebula nominee. Her new alt-history steampunk series began with Breath of Earth and continues with Call of Fire and Roar of Sky.
Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato.
 
Diana Terrill Clark
Diana Terrill Clark was born in Oregon, grew up in California, and lived in many other places before settling in Arizona. She and her co-writer, D. S. Harders, have two books in the Chloe's Story series: Cause and Effect and Ice and Fire. The third in the series, Life and Death, is coming soon. She has two poetry blogs, and is published in several poetry volumes. She loves Dreadpunk and Steampunk and has a Dreadpunk page on Facebook, Dreadpunk = Gothic Horror. She lives in Old Town Scottsdale and enjoys, in no particular order, dark chocolate, coffee and Jamesons.,
 
Floyd Getchell
Floyd refers to himself as a novelist because that is all he writes: novels. Floyd is retired from the U. S. Army, being a veteran of both the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. Floyd has written several novels about alien invasion, a sequel to H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds and a nearly finished trilogy about cowboys in space, the Pilgrim's Trail saga.
Floyd has a BA in History and travels the world to visit historic sites. Floyd is currently working on his novels and researching ancient mariners' travels around the world. Floyd is also a resilience trainer and grief counselor, helping those dealing with loss. Floyd lives in Casa Grande with his young son when not traveling. He’s more likely to be found at Worldcons, so let him know if you plan to attend one.
 
Stephanie Weippert
My writing began with a slug. Let me explain. Several years ago, a local sci-fi convention sent out a call for short stories for an anthology, and since their mascot was a slug, every story had to have a slug, either as an important character, or an important plot element. The idea tickled my funny bone, so I wrote my first story to send out for approval. It wasn't accepted of course, but the writing bug bit and with the help of my tolerant, wonderful husband, I've been writing ever since.
Our moderator Tony Padegimas writer of Go Action Fun Time RPG
 
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Miskatonic University The Freshmen scooby squad Session part 3

Miskatonic University The Freshmen scooby squad Session 3 of Taxidermy and Hellmouths
Our third and final episode of Miskatonic University!
*Adult language and Cthulhu inspired shenanigans inside*
Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG set in our Miskatonic University meet Buffy one shot game, this is where our three players make their characters!
As the episode begins, the players and some NPCs are sent to Detention on suspicion that they might know something about the theft or misplacement of an Occult book. It’s up to the players to sneak out, unravel the mystery, and hopefully stop bad things before it’s too late…
Our Players/Setting Guide is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398372
Session 0 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398917
This is our session 0 where we cover the basic rules of the Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG’s character creation as well as some setting background.
Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham, a fictional town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River (also fictional). After first appearing in H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 story "Herbert West–Reanimator", the school appeared in numerous Cthulhu Mythos stories by Lovecraft and other writers.
Our Cast:
Ichabod, our half demon.
Lupe, changeling with the devil’s luck
Karin, the sensible finder
 
Quotes:
“Put down the cell phone…”
“I’m gonna need blackmail, I need a lot of blackmail…”
“I’m clumsy but I can get through.”
“…a swirling portal.”
“I hope you got everything…”
“Ok we got this…”
 
Please support our shows and listen to our session zero at www.patreon.com/cppn  and even join us in some games!
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Miskatonic University The Freshmen scooby squad Session part 2

*Adult language and Cthulhu inspired shenanigans inside*Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG set in our Miskatonic University meet Buffy one shot game, this is where our three players make their characters!As the episode begins, the players and some NPCs are sent to Detention on suspicion that they might know something about the theft or misplacement of an Occult book. It’s up to the players to sneak out, unravel the mystery, and hopefully stop bad things before it’s too late…Our Players/Setting Guide is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398372Session 0 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398917This is our session 0 where we cover the basic rules of the Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG’s character creation as well as some setting background. Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham, a fictional town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River (also fictional). After first appearing in H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 story "Herbert West–Reanimator", the school appeared in numerous Cthulhu Mythos stories by Lovecraft and other writers.Our Cast: Ichabod, our half demon.Lupe, changeling with the devil’s luckKarin, the sensible finder
“I’m going to be sneaky!” Please support our shows and listen to our session zero at www.patreon.com/cppn and even join us in some games!Also keep an eye at the new things on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/creativeplayandpodcastWould you be interested if we hosted D&D and Edge of Empire games on Roll20 for you to join?Part Three the conclusion will be posted later this week

Miskatonic University The Freshmen scooby squad Session 1

*Adult language and Cthulhu inspired shenanigans inside*
Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG set in our Miskatonic University meet Buffy one shot game, this is where our three players make their characters!
As the episode begins, the players and some NPCs are sent to Detention on suspicion that they might know something about the theft or misplacement of an Occult book. It’s up to the players to sneak out, unravel the mystery, and hopefully stop bad things before it’s too late…
Our Players/Setting Guide is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398372
Session 0 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/27398917
This is our session 0 where we cover the basic rules of the Fate/Dresden Files Accelerated RPG’s character creation as well as some setting background.
Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham, a fictional town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River (also fictional). After first appearing in H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 story "Herbert West–Reanimator", the school appeared in numerous Cthulhu Mythos stories by Lovecraft and other writers.
Our Cast:
Ichabod, our half demon.
Lupe, changeling with the devil’s luck
Karin, the sensible finder
 
Quotes:
“There’s something…on the other side!”
“Chalk is a thing!”
“Locks have never, really stopped me.”
“YA! I got worse.”
“Aspect of: The Student Newspaper!”
“I’m going to be sneaky!” Please support our shows and listen to our session zero at www.patreon.com/cppn  and even join us in some games!
Also keep an eye at the new things on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/creativeplayandpodcast
Would you be interested if we hosted D&D and Edge of Empire games on Roll20 for you to join?
Part Two and Three the conclusion will be posted next week

Droids day out or the rescue of the Razor part two

Our May the 4th be with you RPG One Shot game
Star Wars Rebels: DROIDS DAY OUT!
 
When Imperial forces attack and capture you alliance cruiser, the group of PCs who are are rebel droids, will have to save their organic counter parts when Imperial Forces have captured and detained the ships crew!
 
The PC's:
L8-BR the simple but brawly labor bot - maurader
H4-M0 the skillful and dangerous Medical droid engineer scientiest
A5-TR0 the plucky Astromech droid engineer mechanic
K1-LR a KX series security droid – solder commando
E3-P0 the Captains personal protocal droid commander instructor
 
tonight ill be posting the one shot and pre gen characters at https://www.patreon.com/cppn
 
Droids!
 
A Call for Help!
 
Your mission if you choose to accept...
 
"This is Captain Surti. I'm trapped in the main bridges 'fresher, and I'll be discovered any moment. Our hyperdrive has coordinates to the Rebel fleet. We cannot let that information fall into Imperial hands. You droids are our only hope!"
 
Captain Surti relays the following objectives to the party:
 
• Warn the Rebel fleet that their location is not secure (see P-Comm).
 
• Disable the primary communications array before the IMPs can call in reinforcements (see P-Comm).
 
• Issue an "abandon ship" order from S-Comm, so any free crew can at least try to escape.
 
• Disable the hyperspace-capable craft in both hangar bays to prevent damaging intelligence from getting into the hands of the Empire (see Forward and Aft Hangar Bays).
 
• Free any captured Rebel operatives and try to reclaim the ship.
Droids day out or the rescue of the Razor part two
"You hit the button""The lift is lite up with blaster fire!""Life pods shooting off into space...""...and the lift open an allfour of you look out...""Your a good droooooooid…"
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Droids day out or the rescue of the Razor part one

Our May the 4th be with you RPG One Shot game
 
tonight ill be posting the one shot and pre gen characters at https://www.patreon.com/cppn
Star Wars Rebels: DROIDS DAY OUT!
 
When Imperial forces attack and capture you alliance cruiser, the group of PCs who are are rebel droids, will have to save their organic counter parts when Imperial Forces have captured and detained the ships crew!
 
The PC's:
L8-BR the simple but brawly labor bot - maurader
H4-M0 the skillful and dangerous Medical droid engineer scientiest
A5-TR0 the plucky Astromech droid engineer mechanic
K1-LR a KX series security droid – solder commando
E3-P0 the Captains personal protocal droid commander instructor
 
Droids!
 
A Call for Help!
 
Your mission if you choose to accept...
 
"This is Captain Surti. I'm trapped in the main bridges 'fresher, and I'll be discovered any moment. Our hyperdrive has coordinates to the Rebel fleet. We cannot let that information fall into Imperial hands. You droids are our only hope!"
 
Captain Surti relays the following objectives to the party:
 
• Warn the Rebel fleet that their location is not secure (see P-Comm).
 
• Disable the primary communications array before the IMPs can call in reinforcements (see P-Comm).
 
• Issue an "abandon ship" order from S-Comm, so any free crew can at least try to escape.
 
• Disable the hyperspace-capable craft in both hangar bays to prevent damaging intelligence from getting into the hands of the Empire (see Forward and Aft Hangar Bays).
 
• Free any captured Rebel operatives and try to reclaim the ship.
 
The game play starts at 18 minutes, before that we briefly cover the game system and rules.
"He pulls the trigger!""Save the Fleshies""Captain!"
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RinCon 2018 Panel Women in Gaming

Pull up a chair, there's room at the table for everyone. Hear from an array of women's voices in the world and industry of games: BG and RPG design, event coordination, web content, and… well, sitting at the gaming table.
This was a great Panel at Rincon last October in 2018, check out more at our favorite gaming Con at http://rincongames.com
The wonderful panelists:
Karen ArnoldEwing, RinCon Chair
Marissa Kelly
 
Sarah Reed, Board Game Designer at undinestudios.com/
I'm an avid board game fanatic and married to an amazing LEGO builder named Will. These two hobbies keep us busy and fill our house to the brim. We run a local board game designer group in Sacramento, California. We have designed and published two board games so far, Project Dreamscape and Oaxaca: Crafts of a Culture. I'm a huge supporter of Kickstarter board game projects and am active on Twitter, encouraging other people in the hobby to have fun and pursue their passions. I also created the play 10 board games 10 times challenge on BoardGameGeek.com.
 
Kat Rider, Live Host & Content Creator at GloryHoundd.com
Steve Jackson Games Live Host. Director and Producer of GloryHoundd Productions Videocast Series, Gaming Addict, Professional Game Demonstrator, Entertainer, Writer.
 
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Epyllion Adventures Episode 1 Meet our Dray

Meet Nyx, Vervain, Raz and Magna our new baby raw scale drakes in the Epyllion RPG 
 
http://www.magpiegames.com/epyllion/
What is Epyllion? This is how Magpie games describes this fun Powered by the apocalypse game:
“Epyllion is a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) where you play dragons in a dragon-centric world. You are the sons and daughters of the Dragonlords, mighty rulers who need your help to investigate rumors, solve problems, and discover the truth of a growing evil in the land. Along with your fellow dragons, you and your clutchmates will protect Dragonia from the Darkness and discover the true value of friendship. While you play, you’ll explore what dragons do, building on what each of you adds to the story, and exploring the meaning of friendship for yourselves.
Epyllion is based on the Powered by the Apocalypse system used inApocalypse World, Dungeon World, Monsterhearts, Night Witches, and more. It’s a simple system; when a character takes an action that fits one of the system’s moves, the player will roll two six-sided dice, add in a stat, and look back to them move for a result. On a 10+, the character will find success. On a 7-9, the character will have success, but with some kind of price tag attached. On a 6 or less, the Dragon Master (DM) will say what happens next… and it probably won’t be so good for the young drake.
The Powered by the Apocalypse system gives Epyllion the strong, yet flexible base necessary to tell your very own dragon epics!”
This is the lightly edited episode 1 that was part of the first session of our game after the session 0, the first part is us going over the rules and our Dray (the plural for the dragons) a go over our character sheet and back story of their Clutch…
and our session zero is here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/epyllion-session-23403779
 
Episode Two will be two hours long and be up Thursday for our Patreon Patrons and Monday for everyone else!
 
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One Shot The sacking of 5T8-T1C Base Part Four of Four

I run a Edge of Empire one shot game for our friends Stacy, AJ, Eli and Ian. They haven't played it before so we spend a little time covering the basics of the rules.
Part Four of Four 
 
"We got company...""We're the DarkStar Nebula...""We're going straight for it!""We will definately make it too the planet...""A Triumph and nothing else..."
"How do you make gernades work?"
 
 
Part One is here: 
https://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.podbean.com/e/one-shot-the-sacking-of-5t8-t1c-base-part-one-of-four/
 
 
The PDF's of the charaters can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pregenerated-i-20303617
 
And for our Patreon Patrons you can get the PDF of the Adventure here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20404296
 
#starWars #EdgeofEmpire
 
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One Shot The sacking of 5T8-T1C Base Part Three of Four

I run a Edge of Empire one shot game for our friends Stacy, AJ, Eli and Ian. They haven't played it before so we spend a little time covering the basics of the rules.
Part Two of Four 
 
"We got company...""We're the DarkStar Nebula...""We're going straight for it!""We will definately make it too the planet...""A Triumph and nothing else..."
"How do you make gernades work?"
 
 
Part One is here: 
https://creativeplayandpodcastnetwork.podbean.com/e/one-shot-the-sacking-of-5t8-t1c-base-part-one-of-four/
 
 
The PDF's of the charaters can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pregenerated-i-20303617
 
And for our Patreon Patrons you can get the PDF of the Adventure here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20404296
 
#starWars #EdgeofEmpire
 
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