Super excited that my last for convention for 2017 is this weekend. I’ll be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia November 17-19. It’ll be easiest to find me in the Diversity Lounge, Room 201B from 10am to 6pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Like at other PAX’s this year there will be a raffle going for some great tabletop prizes donated by Wizards of the Coast and others. 

PAX Unplugged

I’ll be on two panels at the first PAX Unplugged. As always, here’s your 225% free guide to interacting with me at conventions & events!

Friday 1:00 pm Dire Rat Theatre

Drawing the Line With Harassment in Gaming Communities

Maury Brown, Ben Morrow and me

Creating and enforcing codes of conduct for gaming communities, whether at conventions, game nights, campaigns, or online is both difficult and draining. Often we are too tolerant of bad behaviors because of trying not to bully or exclude—something many were victims of in the past. The panelists will discuss what makes a good code of conduct and the perils and stresses of enforcing it. Being the bad guy to one or a few is being the good guy to many, but that doesn’t make it easier.  

Saturday 11:30 am Dire Rat Theatre

Queer as a 3-Sided Die: Diversify Your Games

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Steve Kenson (M), Adam Koebel, and me!

 How do you make your game table and your game-world more inclusive of LGBTQIA people? Join our panel of industry and game experts as we look at ways to be more inclusive and create stories for everyone, some important dos and don’ts, and some discussion about what more inclusive game settings look like and imply for world-building.  

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.