Dice Bubble 2013 @RPI announced, accepting game bids!

From Jenny by e-mail:

What's got two dice and is back yet again for the Spring semester at RPI?

That's right! Dice Bubble 2013, the weekend of LARP minigames at RPI, will return for President's Day weekend, February 15-17th! Just like last time, this is a three day weekend, so hopefully having Monday off will help ease some travel plans. We had a great turnout for Time Bubble and DB12, and we hope to see you all again!

Game bids are officially OPEN starting now and going until NOON on Friday, January 4th. [Email dicebubble@gmail.com and we'll send you the submission form.] Please submit your games using that form, and no later than noon on the 4th!

Signups will be announced shortly after game bids close, so keep an eye on your email!

Signal boost wherever and however you can! We like new faces as well as old faces.

--Game Mom Jenny

(Emphasis mine.)

This has actually been announced for about a month now -- I've been lame about posting this. Note the deadline! Bid early, bid often!

Full Intercon Sign-ups Open Tomorrow!

Full sign-ups for Intercon games open tomorrow, Thursday, December 13, at 7 PM EST. Most things will probably fill, so get in early to get the games you want.

Also, three new games have been added to the schedule!

• The Yearbook is an intense horror game that uses Nordic techniques and is running Friday, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday evening.
• Loot Council is a light hearted game about splitting loot in World of Warcraft, running Saturday morning
• All Hail the Pirate Queen is Saturday night, and is a small pirate
  game focusing on female pirates.

On your marks... Get set... GO!

Intercon Second-Round Signups Open Tonight at 7 PM!

Today, Wednesday, December 5 at 7 PM EST, second-round sign-ups for Intercon M (March 1-3, 2013 in Chelmsford, MA) will open!

Games are going fast! We have added new games, including a Dresden Files game! We're still looking for games, with space in every time slot! (And we have games-in-a-box you can run if you're willing to GM but don't have a game.)

It's gonna be the largest Intercon ever.

Anonycon this weekend in Stamford, CT!

Anonycon is this weekend (Dec 7-9) at the Sheraton Stamford in Stamford, CT!

Join us for a weekend full of gaming fun in Stamford, CT this year,
December 7th through 9th.

We have a fantastic array of quality storytelling games for you to play,
including many mainstream and indie games. Enjoy Pathfinder Society and
Living Forgotten Realms, or try out Durance, Dogs in the Vineyard and
Inspectres.

This year we have a full slate of LARP events as well, and a great variety
of kid-friendly games for younger players.

Register to join us at http://anonycon.com, and check out the games we have
now or go ahead and run your own!
For more information, contact info@anonycon.com

Although the games are disproportionately tabletop, there are a number of excellent LARPs running, including:

• A Garden of Forking Paths
• Part of Her Design
• ...and the Electric Labyrinth
• 10 Bad LARPs: Remix!
• Fiasco

All of which still have ample space available. There are also some campaign games running. It sounds like a really good time!

MOAR GAMES PLZ OM NOM NOM

Intercon already has a bunch of games, but it is going to be the largest Intercon ever, and it needs more games!

From the con chairs:

Three hundred and twenty six LARPers. We always grow after signups
open, and today we already have more people than we have ever had at
an Intercon. Last year we had 320 at the actual con, and we're already
at 326. This is very exciting, but we need more games for all these
LARPers! We still have rooms available in every single slot, and we
want your games!

You can submit a bid here:
http://www.interactiveliterature.org/M/biddingAGame.php

Or email us at conchair@intercon-m.org to talk about what might work!
I am always happy to talk with GMs about their games. If you want to
run a game but don't have a game to run, talk to me! Creative Commons
is our friend!

In case you were on the fence about running something, consider this a friendly shove. :-)

Intercon First-Round Signups Open Today at 7 PM!

Today, Tuesday, November 27 at 7 PM EST, first-round sign-ups for Intercon M (March 1-3, 2013 in Chelmsford, MA) will open! Registered attendees (you have registered, right?) will be able to sign up for one game at that time.

"So You Want to be a GM" slides

At dinner after SLAW, several people expressed interest in the slides from the "So You Want to be a GM" seminar that Ariel Segall and I ran in the MIT Assassin's Guild, and I realized that I hadn't posted them here in a follow-up.

So, here are the "So You Want to be a GM" seminar slides.

One of the people I was talking with pointed out that the slides very much reflect the cultural particulars of LARPing at MIT, and wondered if other LARP-writing groups have similar documents. Does anyone here know of something like this in their own LARP group, or have pointers to similar things which are publicly available?