Sean Merwin

No, but I think that's neat because that is a fun concept. And on our Discord, it comes up from time to time where folks will want to talk about how neat that concept is and how much fun it can be to slowly unveil different parts of the world and fill out the blank spaces of the map. So that's neat.

One of the joys of organized play is the creative energy of game masters and players being able to help build the setting. And you had talked about making towns and doing those sorts of things. How much thought have you put into letting DMs not just run the adventures, but make their own sorts of contributions or players along those lines?

One of the joys of organized play is the creative energy of game masters and players being able to help build the setting. And you had talked about making towns and doing those sorts of things. How much thought have you put into letting DMs not just run the adventures, but make their own sorts of contributions or players along those lines?

You mentioned kind of going back to an earlier thing, but you mentioned magic item certificates and folks who are listening who have not done a lot of certain organized play may not be familiar with this. But right. So it's the idea that you get an actual paper certificate that says that you got a thing. And.

You mentioned kind of going back to an earlier thing, but you mentioned magic item certificates and folks who are listening who have not done a lot of certain organized play may not be familiar with this. But right. So it's the idea that you get an actual paper certificate that says that you got a thing. And.

Adventures League provided these and you mentioned Mike Shea earlier and one of the ones that he's brought up many times is he was he received the certificate for first to die at the D&D Open the year that we brought back the D&D Open and Sean Merwin and I wrote that and Mike was just so happy to have had his character die right and he got a special certificate I just pulled it up that

Adventures League provided these and you mentioned Mike Shea earlier and one of the ones that he's brought up many times is he was he received the certificate for first to die at the D&D Open the year that we brought back the D&D Open and Sean Merwin and I wrote that and Mike was just so happy to have had his character die right and he got a special certificate I just pulled it up that

allowed him to uh you know get a benefit in addition to marking this as a story thing that happened right because of the fact that he had died from this and and uh yeah maybe talk a bit about like you know what kind of certificates when you think about magic item certificates or rewards you know what are you trying to do with these uh how are you approaching them in the campaign

allowed him to uh you know get a benefit in addition to marking this as a story thing that happened right because of the fact that he had died from this and and uh yeah maybe talk a bit about like you know what kind of certificates when you think about magic item certificates or rewards you know what are you trying to do with these uh how are you approaching them in the campaign

of folks being able to come in and sit down and within a few minutes playing with strangers i think it's just an amazing idea considering where we were you know all of us who have been in this hobby for more than a few years where it was not a thing that not that long ago really how do you see the the storyline and the adventures propagating do you see them kind of like it premieres at game hall and then it comes out and do you have a thought of what your cadence is like kind of how many adventures where are they going out to how do you get them

of folks being able to come in and sit down and within a few minutes playing with strangers i think it's just an amazing idea considering where we were you know all of us who have been in this hobby for more than a few years where it was not a thing that not that long ago really how do you see the the storyline and the adventures propagating do you see them kind of like it premieres at game hall and then it comes out and do you have a thought of what your cadence is like kind of how many adventures where are they going out to how do you get them

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's fantastic to hear. Very cool.

That's fantastic to hear. Very cool.

Let's switch gears just for a second to Game Bowl Con. We know that as of this recording, it is next week on Wednesday. 10th anniversary, am I right? This is 11th. 11th. 10th was last year. Yep. What do you have to highlight this year about what's going on at Game Bowl Con 11th?

Let's switch gears just for a second to Game Bowl Con. We know that as of this recording, it is next week on Wednesday. 10th anniversary, am I right? This is 11th. 11th. 10th was last year. Yep. What do you have to highlight this year about what's going on at Game Bowl Con 11th?

One that I'm excited about is you've got a number of seminars that make me think of the Gen Con series, which you were a part of, where Peter Atkinson brought teams in to talk about the creation of each edition. And you're mirroring that. You've got these different sessions where you've got, you know, the four main leads talking about what it was like to build fourth edition.

One that I'm excited about is you've got a number of seminars that make me think of the Gen Con series, which you were a part of, where Peter Atkinson brought teams in to talk about the creation of each edition. And you're mirroring that. You've got these different sessions where you've got, you know, the four main leads talking about what it was like to build fourth edition.

You've got Peter Atkinson there talking about third edition and all these different, you know, seminars. I want to I mean, can you record those? Yeah. I feel like they should be recorded.