{"id":3259670,"date":"2020-03-14T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3259670"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T19:47:44","slug":"hitg-035-planning-a-convention-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-035-planning-a-convention-game","title":{"rendered":"HitG 035: Planning A Convention Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3259671\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-035-planning-a-convention-game\/attachment\/head_in_the_game_035-planning-a-convention-game\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head_in_the_game_035 Planning a Convention Game\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-800x800.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3259671\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Conventions are a great opportunity to play and run something short, intense and out-of-the-norm. But how should you, as a GM, prepare for it?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few ideas and tips about what you should &#8212; and what you\u00a0<em>shouldn&#8217;t<\/em> &#8212; spend your time on before a convention game.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hosts:<\/em> Anita, Chris, Mark<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3024\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3024','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3259670-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conventions are a great opportunity to play and run something short, intense and out-of-the-norm. But how should you, as a GM, prepare for it?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3025\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3025','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3259670-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"HitG%20035%20Preparing%20for%20a%20Con%20Game.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-035-planning-a-convention-game\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3259671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10711],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3259670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hitg"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_035-Planning-a-Convention-Game.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3259670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259672,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259670\/revisions\/3259672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3259671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3259670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3259670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3259670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}