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It’s part of the life cycle of the conventioneer. The first year or two, the excitement of a weekend devoted to nerdery overwhelms. It’s an adrenaline rush fueled by learning new games and reveling in the clatter of dice — or wooden resource cubes, depending on your tastes. As the novice conventioneer becomes more experienced, they want to get more out of their weekend. Or maybe the rest of the year, they explore new games on their own and want to share them with their convention friends.

Then the big question hits: how do I run a convention game? Well, over at Roleplaying Tips, Johnn Four offers some advice on the topic, and collects advice from readers as well, in How to Game Master at Conventions. The advice centers around roleplaying games, but the key points — preparation, working within a set time frame, soliciting feedback for next year — apply equally well to any other kind of game.

And once you’ve read all that good advice, you can send in your events for Northeast Wars using our handy form.