November 2021 - How Is This Year Almost Over?

It’s November! What the heck!?

Hope you didn’t miss us too much over the past couple months. We’ve been busy (and by we I mean mostly Matthew Orr, our fearless Convention Coordinator) getting back into the swing of attending conventions: GenCon, Origins, and Gamehole Con, oh my!

Our next convention is PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia! Get in touch with Matt if you’re able to volunteer some time to the IGDN booth or if you have product you’d like to sell. We’re also hoping to have a product page up on the site in time for PAXU - I’m writing it here so that I will be accountable!

The Annual Meeting of Members

On October 25th, 2021 we held our Annual Meeting of Members on Discord. After another strange pandemic year, it was a breath of fresh air to get some members in one (virtual) room and discuss the current status of the IGDN and our hopes for its future. The full meeting minutes can be found by members on basecamp, but here’s a summary of some of our priorities moving forward

  • Increase IGDN’s marketing presence and promotion, including a catalog of products

  • More educational series connecting members with each other & with experts to learn more about the business of games: design, production, publishing, you name it!

  • More opportunities for coming together online and building a sense of community. Starting with an ice cream social on November 17th!

Alex & Jess put together this member profile survey that you can fill out to tell us more about you and what you’d like to get from your IGDN membership. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to fill it out!

Events & Social Calendar

Upcoming Events & Conventions

  • Nov 17: Ice Cream Social on Discord @ 8:30PM EST

  • Dec 10-12: Pax Unplugged

Community Kickstarters

** 23rd Century Games is developing a version of Battlelords for the Savage Worlds ruleset and needs pre-release reviewers and playtesters! If you are interested, please contact info(at)23rdcentury(dot)net.

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Thanks for reading! May all your rolls be natural twenties.

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