I've been facilitating workshops on tabletop game design at a local DIY Festival several times within the past 10 years or so. I'm doing it again this year, in a virtual format. Registration and participation is free:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diy-fest-presents-tabletop-gaming-tickets-1...
I stress this is (and has always been) a beginners workshop: those of you who have been doing this for a year or two will learn little new. But if you want to show up and drop some wisdom in your breakout groups, then be my guest. :)
DATE: 10th October, 2020
TIME: 3:30pm - 4:30pm EST (that's GMT -4, I think)
Thanks for the kind words, man!
Yes, I wanted to introduce some basic game design concepts to casual fans of tabletop games, not provide a master class to seasoned veterans. I still remember my first forays into game-making, and it was a lot of fun - even if my first designs weren't SdJ-winning material.
Sharing some of these basic concepts with the curious - like the difference between luck and skill, and the concept of meaningful choices - is a useful, important part of the start of the journey. If I can keep people excited about the possibilities, and encourage them to try out some of their ideas - even as soon as part of the breakout groups in this intro workshop - then I feel like I've done my duty.