I’m doing a couple things for #GenCon Online this year. There will be a short clip of me talking about INDG during the opening session.

Using Tabletop Gaming for Charity Fundraising

Friday 1:30pm – 3:00pm CDT/2:30pm – 4:00pm EDT twitch.tv/extralife4kids

“Using Tabletop Gaming for Charity Fundraising” is open to EVERYONE! When viewing the page you may notice an event “ticket”. While not needed, getting a ticket helps GenCon know how many people intended on joining this panel.

Date: 7/31/2020
Time: 1pm Eastern
Where? twitch.tv/extralife4kids
Panel Topic: Join Extra Life and tabletop experts in a conversation that explores best practices and experiences in charity fundraising. Something for fundraisers of all levels!

Confirmed Panelists: 

Tanya DePass (@cypheroftyr) – Founder/Director of I Need Diverse Games, Producer of Rivals of Waterdeep, Diversity, Equity and & Inclusion Consultant

Vanessa Brasfield (@pleasantlytwstd) – Content Creator, Graphic Designer, Charity Event Specialist

Ivan Van Norman (@hydra_lord)– Host/Producer, Head of Publishing and Media at Hunters Entertainment

Rhonda McBain– Extra Lifer and Program Director at Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Daniel Phoenix – (@RaathCatarn) – Admin for OrderofGamemasters.com (Discord)(@jointheorder)

Moderator: Caity Cooperrider – Extra Lifer, Content Creator

Official GenCon Site: https://www.gencon.com/events/186711

 

Rivals Live from GenCon Online

Sunday August 2nd 3:30pm – 5:30pm EDT/2:30  – 4:30pm EDT  twitch.tv/gencontv

GenCon Online Promo RoW

Rivals of Waterdeep is a group from the Chicago area that combines newer players of D&D with experienced roleplayers to show just how easy it is to have a good time creating a story together with your friends. They’ve been doing a weekly Actual Play livestream that features an all POC cast to tell a story set in one of the most iconic cities in the Forgotten Realms for six seasons! Rivals of Waterdeep streams on the D&D Twitch channel (twitch.tv/dnd) at 12pm Central/10am Pacific/1pm Eastern

 

Published by cypheroftyr

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.