Ringling College to host 5th annual Anyone’s Game Conference

Ringling College to host 5th annual Anyone’s Game Conference

• Open to the public, this weekend long event brings industry pros and game designers from across the country.

Sarasota, Florida, February 15th, 2024

Calling all designers, players, and lovers of games! 

Ringling College of Art and Design will host Anyone’s Game from Friday, February 23rd, through Sunday, February 25th, on campus at the Roskamp Exhibition Hall. Anyone’s Game is a tabletop game conference that explores creativity, design, and openness in gaming. Up and coming tabletop game developers can test their game designs with players from the community and industry professionals from around the country. Purchase Tickets and Watch the Promo.

The conference will include …

• Dozens of prototype games for attendees to playtest

• Tables for game developers to match with players and industry guests to test their #games

• Design workshops led by award winning game designers

Schedule

• Friday, February 23rd: Opening Reception, 6 pm through 10 pm

• Saturday, February 24th: Playtesting, 10 am through 10 pm

• Sunday, February 25th: Workshops, 11 am through 5 pm

Industry pros in attendance will include …

• PS Berge, game designer and media scholar, projects include »Fish & Dagger and the ice: a tragic roleplaying game«

• Carlos Cisco, game designer and screenwriter, projects include »#Star #Trek: Discovery«, MCDM, »Candela Obscura«

• Will Hindmarch, game designer and publisher, Projects include »Till the Last Gasp« and »Gameplaywright«

• Kenneth Hite, game designer and writer, projects include »Trail of Cthulhu«, »Night’s Black Agents«, »The Fall of Delta Green«, and co host of Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff #podcast

• Caro Murphy, interactive experience and live action game designer, projects include »Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser« and »Incantrix« interactive theater

All proceeds from Anyone’s Game go to supporting the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming. The Diana Jones Emerging Designers Fund amplifies the voices of up and coming designers, with a focus on creators from marginalized communities. Purchase Tickets 

Player Badge (5 dollars donation): Includes access to all three days of the conference, including opening night reception, Saturday playtesting, and Sunday game design workshops.

Designer Badge (20 dollars donation): Includes access to a table on Saturday, February 24th, during the conference hours to run playtests of the designer’s game. In order to ensure table availability for all designers, designer badges are sold on a first come, first served basis.

When purchasing a Designer Badge, please fill out the Designer Badge Registration Form so that we can list your game for potential play testers and to enable registration tracking. You must fill out this form in order to ensure that you have a Designer Badge.

About Ringling College of Art and Design

Since 1931, Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in students from around the globe. The private, not for profit, fully accredited college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in eleven disciplines and the Bachelor of Arts in two. The College’s rigorous curriculum employs the studio model of teaching and immediately engages students through a comprehensive program that is both specific to the major of study and focused on the liberal arts. The Ringling College teaching model ultimately shapes students into highly employable and globally aware artists and designers. For more information visit here and follow the College on #Facebook, #Instagram, #Twitter, “#LinkedIn”, and “#YouTube”.