Materials from My Panel at the CPAC

Quick post…

I finally put together the materials from my panel at the CPAC. Some of the participants mentioned wanting them; one wanted to use them with her philosophy club. Some of the people at The Dungeon World Tavern and on Facebook wanted to see them too. So, if you’re interested, clicking on the Dragon Con 2016 link will take you to Dropbox, where you'll find the handouts and the slideshow.

The handouts include the stripped-down character sheets we used during the panel. “A Villager” was inspired by Jason Lutes’s Funnel World. “The Paladin” and “The Thief” by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel’s Dungeon World.  

Unfortunately, Dropbox didn’t like the PowerPoint file, so I saved the slideshow in two different PDF files. The first is the slides. The second is the notes. If you’d like the PowerPoint file, or you’ve got any other questions or suggestions, just let me know in the comments below.

Hopefully, I’ll have the videos up soon. They were shot on a cell phone, so the quality isn’t great, but we’ll see what I can do with them…

PS. The handouts and the slideshow were made with Word and PowerPoint. Here’s some stuff I found on the internet to help me make them a little bit nicer.

Book Covers

Kapp LaTorra and Koebel Sheldon 

Clipart

Adventurer Dice Goblin Heart Lord Shield Trolley Village Villager 

Fonts

Eskargot Immortal 

Portraits

Bentham Kant 

PowerPoint Background

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Annual CPAC, Dragon Con 2016

First post!

It's been almost a week since Alessandra and I got back from Dragon Con. It was our first and, hopefully, it won't be our last.

Aside from the awesomeness of the con, my panel at the CPAC went far better than I could've guessed. First, over 100 people participated. I repeat: more than 100 people voluntarily showed up to talk about RPGs and philosophy, when they could've gone to any of the 40 other panels at 4:00PM that Friday (like the Buffy and Angel panel with Faith and Spike!). Second, I couldn't have asked for a better crowd. Several educators wanted to discuss pedagogy. More than half the participants were familiar with philosophy (some of them clearly knew the material at least as well if not better than me!). And everyone got really engaged in the thought experiment. Thanks again to those who showed up, and the CPAC board, especially Daniel Amrhein, who moderated my panel and was super helpful in the lead up to the con.

Aside from keeping me sane, Alessandra took lots of photos and videos. Some of the photos have been posted here and elsewhere. The videos and other materials will follow.

Until then...