Sean Merwin

And I want to tip my hat and say thank you to everybody who supported the Grim Hollow Transform Kickstarter. Funding ended on November 1st, although you could still back via late backing. And we... I have just crept over 900,000, which is amazing. I did not think that, to be honest, that we would reach that. And I appreciate it more than you can know.

And I want to tip my hat and say thank you to everybody who supported the Grim Hollow Transform Kickstarter. Funding ended on November 1st, although you could still back via late backing. And we... I have just crept over 900,000, which is amazing. I did not think that, to be honest, that we would reach that. And I appreciate it more than you can know.

And it really does keep me working, keeps me uplifted to create stuff for all the people that backed it. So thank you. Sweet. Congrats. Thanks. And now onto our main topic here on Mastering Dungeons. We are going to do a deep dive into our experiences at GameholeCon. And we're doing this because last week we talked about sort of...

And it really does keep me working, keeps me uplifted to create stuff for all the people that backed it. So thank you. Sweet. Congrats. Thanks. And now onto our main topic here on Mastering Dungeons. We are going to do a deep dive into our experiences at GameholeCon. And we're doing this because last week we talked about sort of...

how to become a game designer or things you should think about if you want to be a game designer. And then we thought, we really didn't talk about what we did or learned at Gamehole Con, and it would be great to sort of break it down to show why you might want to go if you can afford to, if you have the time, if you have the energy to do so, and maybe even some pitfalls to

how to become a game designer or things you should think about if you want to be a game designer. And then we thought, we really didn't talk about what we did or learned at Gamehole Con, and it would be great to sort of break it down to show why you might want to go if you can afford to, if you have the time, if you have the energy to do so, and maybe even some pitfalls to

avoid certain things at conventions and i i will go into that uh for myself so uh with that we're going to sort of break down what we did at game hall and what we learned along the way uh is there anything you want to add to that test before we jump in i mean yeah you said a part there that i want to just reinforce that is the the cost and the time of conventions right one of the interesting things that happened during the pandemic especially around gen con

avoid certain things at conventions and i i will go into that uh for myself so uh with that we're going to sort of break down what we did at game hall and what we learned along the way uh is there anything you want to add to that test before we jump in i mean yeah you said a part there that i want to just reinforce that is the the cost and the time of conventions right one of the interesting things that happened during the pandemic especially around gen con

Yeah. So before we jump into the actual schedule, two things happened with me that made this different than previous game hole cons and previous conventions. The first was, normally I set aside time to play some games, to have meetings, sort of outside of the con schedule itself.

Yeah. So before we jump into the actual schedule, two things happened with me that made this different than previous game hole cons and previous conventions. The first was, normally I set aside time to play some games, to have meetings, sort of outside of the con schedule itself.

during my free time at this con though i was working at the ghostfire gaming booth which gate ghostfire had for the first time at gameholecon this year so that sort of cut down on the number of things i could do the second thing was i had a writing deadline of monday on a separate project that i needed to spend about two hours a day while i was at the convention to finish so

during my free time at this con though i was working at the ghostfire gaming booth which gate ghostfire had for the first time at gameholecon this year so that sort of cut down on the number of things i could do the second thing was i had a writing deadline of monday on a separate project that i needed to spend about two hours a day while i was at the convention to finish so

Right there is four hours at the booth, two hours of doing other work. There's six hours of my day already shot before I even... I don't know.

Right there is four hours at the booth, two hours of doing other work. There's six hours of my day already shot before I even... I don't know.

LARPing? My doctor tells me that I'm not allowed to reveal the concoction that I take.

LARPing? My doctor tells me that I'm not allowed to reveal the concoction that I take.

Exactly.

Exactly.

You're an Android. I am a he, mostly. But we got to Madison, Wisconsin, where Gamehole Con was held.

You're an Android. I am a he, mostly. But we got to Madison, Wisconsin, where Gamehole Con was held.