CONVENTION: SDCC Appearances
The SDCC program schedule is now live so I can reveal all the TTRPG fun I'm involved in! There are SO many cool TTRPG panels & shows happening this year, & I'm very excited to be participating in this absolute TAKEOVER of TTRPG at the con this year!
Thursday, July 20 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm, Room 25ABC
Roll for Initiative! Playing Dungeons & Dragons 2023
Experts in the field of Dungeons & Dragons and tabletop games share how role-playing games have found their way into pop culture and will continue their meteoric rise. Hear about current trends in RPGs from live stream plays, nostalgic releases, and more. Featuring Kailey Bray (founder, Pixel Circus), Michelle Nguyen Bradley (Critical Role, Outbreak Undead: USotDead), Gabe Hicks (designer, Mythic Grove), and Johnny Stanton IV (Of Dawn and Dusk, Rolling for Red Nose Day). Moderated by Ross Thompson (Cephalofair Games).
Friday, July 21 • 1:15pm - 4:15pm, RPG Theater at the Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor
Hunters Entertainment: Gods of Ragnarock TTRPG Actual Play
Welcome, mortals, to Gods of Metal: Ragnarock! This is the first live actual play of the latest soon-to-be-released tabletop role-playing game from Hunters Entertainment (Outbreak Undead, Alice Is Missing). Gods of Metal: Ragnarock is an epic heavy metal fantasy RPG within the dual worlds of Mundania and Ragnarock. GM Ivan Van Norman (creator of Ragnarock, Sagas of Sundry) will take Jason Charles Miller (Rezodrone, Final Fantasy XIV), Michelle Nguyen Bradley (Critical Role, Outbreak Undead: USotDead), Markeia McCarty (World of Darkness: Hunter The Gathering, Outbreak Undead: Project Nero), Luis Carazo (Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, NCIS: LA), Joseph H. Johnson, Jr. (host/producer, Tabletop Jocks), Noxweiler Berf (Outbreak Undead: Rag n Bone, Realms Apart) to claim fealty to one of the six metal gods, form their adventuring band, and quest for glory! Incorporating gaming and rock artistry included is an original soundtrack by Rezodrone (Cyberpunk 2077).
Saturday July 22, 2023 10:00am - 1:15pm PDT, Omni Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor
Children of Éarte is a "fairy tale for grown-ups" in an ongoing actual play 5e campaign from the mind of Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood, Daredevil). This special episode, features Hope LaVelle (Heroes of the Planes, stunt and motion capture artist), Alicia Marie (author, costume and performing artist), Adam Bradford (CDO of Demiplane; founder, D&D Beyond and Pathfinder Nexus), and Lauren Urban (Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, Codename Entertainment), with Gabe Hicks (A Kids Guide to Tabletop RPGs, Fallout: Winter of Atom) and Michelle Nguyen Bradley (Tabletop News, Vampire: The Masquerade: New York by Night), tells an untold story of the characters aboard the Starlight Special on the first night of the magical journey that forever changed their lives. Awakened by mysterious lights just before dawn, what could they portend?