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The 2018 High Level Games Convention turned the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City into something resembling a permanent game night. Tables, dice, hand-stitched…

Designing a miniature escape room for your tabletop group is one of the most satisfying weekend projects a game master can take on. Whether you run D&D, Call…

The keynote on collaborative storytelling captured one of High Level Games Convention’s defining ideas: a game becomes richer when everyone in the room has…

At a busy table in the exhibitor hall, handmade journals offered a quieter kind of immersion. While gamers compared dice, artists displayed character portraits…

At High Level Games Convention in 2018, the Showboat Hotel lobby became more than a passage between scheduled events. Once panels finished and formal sessions…

A convention can turn a rough role-playing game concept into a playable, testable experience within a single weekend. The challenge is finding people who match…

A convincing LARP costume does not require a specialist supplier, a large budget, or a sewing room filled with equipment. A few hours in an Australian op shop…

A game master manages far more than rules, initiative order and non-player characters. They also shape the social environment where a group makes decisions,…

Running a tabletop role-playing game for players who have never rolled a d20 can feel like hosting a backyard barbie where nobody owns a pair of tongs. The…

The High Level Games Convention returned to the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City for one weekend in 2018, gathering tabletop RPG players, LARP enthusiasts,…