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Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Avonelle Wing and Nicholas Ambrose So, what is "the three-tier system"? What's a consolidator? Hobby? Mass-market? Specialty? Once you have a design that seems viable, there are a lot of steps between here and retail success. Bring your questions, and we'll try to answer them after a brief overview of possible paths forward.
Recorded at Metatopia 2023 Presented by Avonelle Wing, Curt Covert, and Alex Cutler You've read game design blogs and Facebook groups. You've delved into conventional wisdom. You did your homework. A game should be replayable. You should set your funding goal as 1/5 of your overall costs to fund fast. A prototype should be a single sheet of paper and some markers. A prototype needs to be full production value. Publish it yourself and sell it out of your bedroom; order fulfillment is easy. All of these things might be true, and they could still be the thing that sinks your ship. Our experts talk about the ways accurate advice can still be wrong for you.
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020 Presented by Olivia Montoya, Donna Prior, Avonelle Wing. Discord. Itch. Twitch. If you blinked and suddenly your peers sound like they're talking about new horsemen of a very minor apocalypse, we're here to help you catch up. There are a plethora of new(ash) platforms available to empower your gaming experiences. Avie's here as our token dinosaur, while Donna and Olivia bring the knowledge
Recorded at Metatopia 2020 Online Presented by Kitty Stryker, Spider Perry, Avonelle Wing. We will talk about practical actions you can take to be better prepared the next time you have the chance to speak up. It might be addressing a micro-aggression at the game table or shutting down a bully who wants to make somebody feel small in an online setting, for example. These aren't easy things and the skills don't always come naturally. Our panelists will talk about practicing phrases and learning to overcome the social conditioning that perpetuates "isms
Recorded at Metatopia Online 2020 Presented by Nicole Cutler, Avonelle Wing. It seems a little unpopular to tell new designers "don't kickstart your game"; Kickstarter is an invaluable tool. There are so many encouraging blogs and podcasts that talk optimistically about how accessible it is to crowdfund your own game. but there's not a lot that talk in depth about the logistics, liabilities and potential pitfalls. Before making the decision to launch a campaign, we want to give potential new creators a realistic look behind the curtain to see what they're diving into.
Avonelle, organizer of gamer conventions like Metatopia and DexCon with Double Exposure, Inc., talks about the necessary work of creating safe spaces for game designer education and growth. Then she turns around and shows off her heist skills in a game aptly called HEIST, created by Allie Bustion. Theme music by @gisulamusic ---Background music-- Different Ways by Gerhard Feng, provided by Epidemic Sound
Emma and Gil moderate a roundtable on safety tools in games, with guests Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk (creators of the TTRPG Safety Toolkit) and John Stavropoulos (creator of the X-Card). We discuss consent and safety in games, starting with tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs), but expanding to all sorts of games. How can safety tools help in games, and in what ways do they help? Content Warning: this episode mentions occurences of consent violations, domestic abuse, and sexual assault. SHOW NOTES 23m25s - The D&D Adventurers League is an official ongoing play, organized by D&D's publisher Wizards of the Coast. 32m29s - Kids on Bikes, by Jon Gilmour and Doug Levandowski. 33m17s - Avonelle Wing is a longtime RPG/LARP player, convention organizer, and advocate for equality and justice for games. She's one of Gil's idols. 34m11s - Kate Bullock is a TTRPG designer, advocate, writer, and president of the Indie Game Developer Network. 39m58s - Nordic LARP is a form of LARP with minimal rules and GMing, but heavy atmosphere and story. Compare it to demonstrative (boffer) LARPs, which tend to be more fantastical and have NPCs and combat rules. 43m20s - An otome game is a story-based video game that generally has the player control a female character, to try to develop a relationship with one of the game's male characters. 46m10s - Here's an especially horrifying story about an awful GM that came out of UKGE last year (BIG CONTENT WARNING for sexual assault in that link). Note that this is one story, but there are many more that never get this much coverage. The story about the public live stream that went wrong is here, and carries a similar content warning. 52m07s - You didn't think we were going to go a full episode without bringing board games into it, did you? :) 1h00m26s - Self-Promotion: you can find more info about Gil's Check-In Cards here. 1h00m57s - Twilight Imperium being a 6 hour game about galactic conquest. 1h06m58s - Psychologist Susan Silk and her friend Barry Goldman wrote about this in the LA times. They called it "Ring Theory," and in it, they discuss how you can comfort a grieving person while not burdening them with your own pain, by placing them in the "center" of the crisis and being mindful of where you are relative to others in that ring. 1h10m03s - Restorative justice is a methodology that has the victim and offender meeting (often with community members), with the expectation that the two parties will come to a consensus on what happened, how much damage was caused, and how the damage can be repaired. This gives the offender a clear path to righting the wrong, and empowers the victim in the process of seeking justice.
Recorded at Metatopia 2019 Presented by Brian Turtle, Peter Hayward, Avonelle Wing. I fell into games almost by accident back in 1994 when some friends and I created a game called "The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". We started Endless Games shortly thereafter and the game found a home in the mass market before we knew it. In the 20+ years since, we've been navigating the toy industry and gaming landscape in both mass and specialty. That said, the hobby side of the industry is still somewhat uncharted territory for us. Join us for a discussion of the differences between mass market and hobby sales and what works where.
Recorded at Metatopia 2018 Presented by Sam Saltiel, Elsa Henry, Avonelle Wing, Eli Eaton. Queer Erasure: Queerness is not a monolith. Queer game design is not immune to erasure, and by examining the state of currently available and celebrated games (and games) that address queerness, we can explore ways to expand our narratives to include the entire glorious rainbow.
Recorded at Metatopia 2018 Presented by Mabel Harper, Avonelle Wing, Misha Bushyager, and Eli Eaton. A discussion about why some people, specifically members of minority groups, might feel drawn to darker games and survival narratives, and how fiction of this nature both describes reality and can also provide answers, empowerment, and revolutionary verve in a world that is hostile to racial, sexual, ethnic, and gender minorities
Join Sheena and her guests Avonelle Wing and Stephanie Nudelman for Girls Night on Holy Crit! Together they discuss creating safer gaming spaces at conventions, harassment, and saying no dating an alien.
Avonelle Wing talked to us about her work in tabletop, Double Exposure, gaming conventions, her own organization the Cred Bureau and more!
006 - I Never Metatopia I Didn’t Like This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2016 00:17 Metatopia - http://www.dexposure.com/m2016.html 01:09 Stinkiest Mall in the World - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2197040 01:28 Garlic Knots - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic_knot 04:08 Dreamation - http://www.dexposure.com/d2017.html 04:18 Gather by Stephen Dewey - https://www.patreon.com/stephendewey/posts 04:39 Ten candles by Stephen Dewey - http://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles 15:42 NP by Matthew McFarland - http://growlingdoorgames.com/ 17:23 Apocalypse World by Vincent Baker - http://apocalypse-world.com/ 20:14 Saving the Sunshine by Krissy Bullock - https://plus.google.com/u/0/113351837500816904667 20:29 The Tribunal by J. Tuomas Harviainen - https://nordiclarp.org/wiki/The_Tribunal 28:35 Amanda Valentine - http://www.ayvalentine.com/ 28:35 Avonelle Wing - http://www.dexposure.com/ 28:36 Fred Hicks - http://www.deadlyfredly.com/ 28:36 Mark Diaz Truman - http://www.magpiegames.com/ 29:17 Toxic Masculinity Panel with Taylor Stokes, Jay Sylvano, Avonelle Wing, Jason Pitre Tayler Stokes - https://plus.google.com/+TaylerStokes Jay Sylvano - http://www.gamestogather.org/ Avonelle Wing - http://www.dexposure.com/ Jason Pitre - http://www.genesisoflegend.com/ 32:49 Wil Wheaton - http://wilwheaton.net/ 32:57 Two player rpg lists - http://makebigthings.com/2-player-rpgs/ 33:37 Toronto Area Gamers - www.torontoareagamers.com 34:14 Alex Roberts - http://oneshotpodcast.com/author/alex-roberts/ 34:54 Marvel Heroic Roleplaying - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Heroic_Roleplaying 34:55 Urban Shadows by Andrew Medeiros and Mark Diaz Truman - http://www.magpiegames.com/our-games/urban-shadows/ 34:56 Houses of the Blooded by John Wick - http://housesoftheblooded.net/ 35:15 Mars Colony 39 Dark by Tim C Koppang - http://www.tckroleplaying.com/39dark/ 35:17 Mars Colony by Tim C Koppang - http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/index.html 35:54 The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by Matt Gwinn - http://www.errantknightgames.biz/thbdaw 36:01 183 Days from Tiny Knives - http://www.drivethrucards.com/product/144510/183-Days 36:25 Boldly Go by Geoff Bottone - https://www.facebook.com/geoffquestbottone/ 39:02 Zombie World by Mark Diaz Truman - http://www.magpiegames.com/ 39:12 Neall Raemonn Price of Scion - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/scion-2nd-edition-tabletop-rpg 39:15 Jason Cordova of the Gauntlet Podcast - http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ 41:56 Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games - http://bullypulpitgames.com/about/jason/ 44:44 Issues the Comic Book Continuity game by Chris O’Neil of 9th Level Games - http://9thlevel.com/wp/ 45:48 Nanowrimo - http://nanowrimo.org/ 48:55 Robin from Monsterhearts/Urban Shadows - http://facesofbluestockings.blogspot.ca/2016/09/inactive-robin-winthorpe.html 48:55 Monstehearts by Avery Alder - http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts/ 49:54 Robin’s story - http://robinreturns.blogspot.ca/ 51:35 Breakout - https://breakoutcon.com/ 53:10 Fall of Magic by Ross Cowman - http://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/fall-of-magic-scroll-edition/ 53:28 Anna Kreider’s Birthday - https://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com/ 54:27 Life on Mars by Ross Cowman - http://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/life-on-mars-print-edition/ 54:31 Space Wurm vs Moonicorn by Johnstone Metzger - http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/169564/Space-Wurm-vs-Moonicorn 55:04 Swords Without Master by Epidiah Ravachol - https://dig1000holes.wordpress.com/swords-without-master-2/ 55:12 Raspberry Heaven by Ewen Cluney - https://yarukizerogames.com/tag/raspberry-heaven/ 55:49 Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada - http://kotohi.com/ryuutama/ Our podcast is at http://itslikednd.ca Check out Kate’s blog Bluestockings at http://bluestockings.ca Check out Rach and Rob’s blog ‘Thac0s at Midnight’ at http://thacos.com Connect with us in our G+ Community! Best way to get there is http://itslikednd.ca/g+ or http://itslikednd.ca/gplus Theme music is Gorilla Foot by The Itchy Creeps http://members.shaw.ca/happypuppyrecords/
We talk with Avonelle Wing, Vice President of Double Exposure Inc. running cons being a leader in the technical support and marketing in the industry. You can reach out to Avie on twitter! @avonelle Hosts: Tony - Designer - @beardedroguegames Ian - Developer - @ianzangdesign Gil - Publisher - @gilhova "There It Is" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We talk with Avonelle Wing from Double Exposure about the services they provide for Game Companies, Stores, Conventions, volunteers, and gamers. We encountered the Envoy heralds at SaltCon where they taught players new games at the con, including games in the Play-to-win program. The Envoy website is: http://dexposure.com/envoy/ The Double Exposure website is at: www.dexposure/com/home.html Aspiring game designers and folks planning kickstarters should look into Metatopia. (google it. check out Ryan Macklin's post. it's my fave.) twitter is: @dexenvoy, @de_gaming, and @avonelle Facebook: facebook.com/dexenvoy facebook.com/dexposure.gaming
How to Succeed at Conventions Recorded at Metatopia 2014 Join veteran conventioneer, Avonelle Wing, for a conversation on attending trade shows and conventions as an industry professional. Talk about identifying and setting goals, representing yourself and your brand and otherwise setting yourself up for success. Episode 55: How to Succeed at Conventions Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (165) You can subscribe to us here! RSS Feed iTunes
Succeeding at Conventions and Trade Show Recorded at Metatopia 2013 Presented by Avonelle Wing Conventions are overwhelming, and setting yourself up for success involves many components: Branding yourself for visibility, interacting appropriately with the convention, maximizing the impact of your contact with your public, and other ideas. Double Exposure Senior Vice President, Avonelle Wing, will share her experiences, both as a convention organizer and as an attendee representing her own brands. Episode 44: Succeeding at Conventions and Trade Shows Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (153)
We're post celebrating that VODKA O'CLOCK has published over 100 episodes over the last couple of years. The 100th post was one of the panel recordings at the Special Edition NYC convention. I'd love for you to go back and check out that panel on transgender issues because it a topic that today's guest AVONELLE WING and I discuss regarding her ways of making the Double Exposure productions more inclusive for all people of all ages, genders, gaming experience and ethnic background.