Con on the Cob 2008 - Games, Art, Freaks & Fun


	Con on the Cob rolls out a veritable feast of workshops, seminars, and demonstrations. We're still in the process of planning this year's lineup, so if you have any ideas for seminars or workshops you'd like to see, host, or participate in, please email Andy and let me know. In addition to the art and miniatures workshops described on the relevant pages, Con on the Cob presents for your edification and enjoyment the following seminars, workshops, and roundtable discussions. Making the Most of Con on the Cob - Thursday 4:00pm in the Crown Room It’s pretty much just what it sounds like. Creating Great Adventures - Thursday 5:00pm in the Crown Room We’ll cover the basics of adventure creation, plot synthesis, characterization, villians, locations and all those other goodies that go into making an rpg adventure something special. Evolution of a Podcast witht the Wrestling Mayhem Show- Thursday 7:00pm in the Crown Room Join a bunch of really hilarious fellows as they regale you with tales from their podcast and share their experiences with you. It’ll be lots of fun, I promise. Yoga - Friday & Saturday 10:00am in the Crown Room Join yoga instructor Colleen Garlock for some morning stretching to get you jazzed for the day. Boffer Weapon Workshop - Friday 10:00am, Saturday 10:00 & 11:00am in the Con Suite Learn how to create safe and awesome boffer weapons and use them to clobber your friends and enemies. Everyone goes away with a weapon. $10 fee to cover expenses.		Gender & Sexuality in Gaming - Friday 11:00am in the Crown Room Let your voice be heard in this roundtable discussion. Get to the heart of the matter. Spill your guts. Cry on someone’s shoulder. Speak your mind. Topics include the role of women in gaming, gay and lesbian issues in gaming, and why does Curtis where those pants? Marketing Yourself - Friday Noon in the Crown Room Industry professionals share their experiences and offer advice on how to reprsent yourself as an artist, writer, or game designer. Film Making - Friday 1:00pm in the Crown Room The folks from Zombified Studios spill the beans on their new production, Pigman and share the skinny on what goes into making and producing a motion picture. World Building - Friday 2:00pm in the Crown Room A general discussion of geography, socialogy, politics, meteorology, economics, ecology and all the other thing that make a good setting great. Intro to Podcasting - Saturday 11:00am in the Crown Room Learn all about this lost art form. Well, it’s not really lost. It’s pretty new, really. But learn about it anyway. Web Comics - Friday Noon in the Crown Room Rob Balder, internationally famous web comic author (among other things) shares his experiences. Writing Seminar - Friday 1:00pm in the Crown Room Jason Hardy leads this insightful discussion and shares tips and toenails about how to make it as a writer of novels and rpg source material. Well, probably not toenails...
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Con on the Cob rolls out a veritable feast of workshops, seminars, and demonstrations. We're still in the process of planning this year's lineup, so if you have any ideas for seminars or workshops you'd like to see, host, or participate in, please email Andy and let me know.

In addition to the art and miniatures workshops described on the relevant pages, Con on the Cob presents for your edification and enjoyment the following seminars, workshops, and roundtable discussions.

Making the Most of Con on the Cob -
Thursday 4:00pm in the Crown Room
It’s pretty much just what it sounds like.

Creating Great Adventures -
Thursday 5:00pm in the Crown Room
We’ll cover the basics of adventure creation, plot synthesis, characterization, villians, locations and all those other goodies that go into making an rpg adventure something special.

Evolution of a Podcast witht the Wrestling Mayhem Show- Thursday 7:00pm in the Crown Room
Join a bunch of really hilarious fellows as they regale you with tales from their podcast and share their experiences with you. It’ll be lots of fun, I promise.

Yoga -
Friday & Saturday 10:00am in the Crown Room
Join yoga instructor Colleen Garlock for some morning stretching to get you jazzed for the day.

Boffer Weapon Workshop -
Friday 10:00am, Saturday 10:00 & 11:00am in the Con Suite
Learn how to create safe and awesome boffer weapons and use them to clobber your friends and enemies. Everyone goes away with a weapon. $10 fee to cover expenses.

Gender & Sexuality in Gaming -
Friday 11:00am in the Crown Room
Let your voice be heard in this roundtable discussion. Get to the heart of the matter. Spill your guts. Cry on someone’s shoulder. Speak your mind. Topics include the role of women in gaming, gay and lesbian issues in gaming, and why does Curtis where those pants?

Marketing Yourself -
Friday Noon in the Crown Room
Industry professionals share their experiences and offer advice on how to reprsent yourself as an artist, writer, or game designer.

Film Making -
Friday 1:00pm in the Crown Room
The folks from Zombified Studios spill the beans on their new production, Pigman and share the skinny on what goes into making and producing a motion picture.

World Building -
Friday 2:00pm in the Crown Room
A general discussion of geography, socialogy, politics, meteorology, economics, ecology and all the other thing that make a good setting great.

Intro to Podcasting -
Saturday 11:00am in the Crown Room
Learn all about this lost art form. Well, it’s not really lost. It’s pretty new, really. But learn about it anyway.

Web Comics -
Friday Noon in the Crown Room
Rob Balder, internationally famous web comic author (among other things) shares his experiences.

Writing Seminar -
Friday 1:00pm in the Crown Room
Jason Hardy leads this insightful discussion and shares tips and toenails about how to make it as a writer of novels and rpg source material. Well, probably not toenails...