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Support Your Local Convention: ShadowDark, Mothership, & Gaslands Recaps (S4E22)

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On this episode, Ken recaps running ShadowDark, Mothership, and Gaslands Refueled at a local RPG convention. We also delve into how to support your local conventions (MEPACon in the Pennsylvania, and Who’s Yer Con? in Indiana).

Chapters

0:00 Intro & MEPACon Setup
2:10 Venue Upgrade & Con History
4:00 ShadowDark: Morka Norden Recap
7:00 Learning from Live Play & Light Mechanics
9:30 Mothership Funnel: Decanted Breakdown
13:00 Emergency Decanting & Medical Mishaps
17:00 Engineering, Design Tweaks, & Player Strategy
22:00 Gaslands: Straight to Hell Tutorial
26:00 Concrete Jungle & Advanced Play Challenges
30:00 Why Local Cons Matter & Final Reflections

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    • Show Notes
    MEPACon RECAP
    • What is MEPACon?
      • MEPACon stands for “Mid-Eastern Pennsylvania Gaming Convention”
      • Located near Allentown, PA
      • About 30 minutes from Ken’s house. 
      • Held every six month, in spring and fall
      • Not sure on the exact head count, but Ken’s thinking 150 people. Probably more.
      • Moved to Delta Hotels by Marriott, which is a MUCH better hotel than the previous one (which is being torn down)
      • Ken ran four games:
        • Decanted: A Mothership funnel … that failed at being a funnel. Except, maybe not?
        • Morka Nordan: A ShadowDark adventure ripped from Ken’s lunchtime adventure
          • Got used to the digital tabletop handling all the light stuff. It’s harder to do in the real world.
          • This is the game where Ken realized just how many ShadowDark mistakes he’d made with his lunch time game.
          • Two Gaslands Refueled games
            • Straight to Hell: A 2-hour intro game
            • Concrete Jungle: A 2-hour race/battle royal game that probably needs to be 4 hours. And maybe I just need to run three 2-hour slot tutorials during the weekend to build up a base of experienced players.
              • Supporting Your Local Conventions
              • Importance of local conventions for playtesting, community, and outreach
              • Thoughts on prepping for Who’s Yer Con and leveraging past games
              • Reflections on building in-person player communities post-pandemic
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