The Art of Violence – Martial Arts as a Narrative Device

• Fri Apr 5, 8:10 PM - 9:00 PM
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• Sen-Foong Lim, Fonda Lee, James Mendez Hodes
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Are you ready to rumble?

Narrative devices are used to help provide structure, highlight meaning, and connect people to a story. Martial arts can be utilized by designers, writers, GMs, and players to help shape tabletop roleplaying experiences in very distinct ways. Panelists will dive into how they use armed and unarmed combat to help set the stage, design mechanisms, make characters come alive, and tell compelling stories in TTRPGs by tapping into a wide variety of martial disciplines.

Round 1 – fight!

Panelists

Fonda Lee (she/her) is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy novelist, best known as the author of the Green Bone Saga series, which is being adapted into a TTRPG.

James Mendez Hodes (he/him) is an ENnie Award-winning writer, game designer, and cultural consultant from New York. You might know his consulting work from Magic: the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, or the Jackbox Party Packs; or his writing and design from Avatar Legends, Thousand Arrows, or some essays about orcs and racism. He has a BA in Religion with minors in Dance and English Literature from Swarthmore College, and a MA in Eastern Classics from St John’s College. He’s given presentations about gaming and cultural consulting at Verizon, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games, and conventions across North America. His favorite RPG topics include martial arts, hip hop, romance, and comedy.

Sen-Foong Lim (he/him) is constantly dreaming, even when he’s awake. He is passionate about helping people lose track of time in meaningful ways. An award-winning game designer, Sen helped bring titles like Belfort, Akrotiri, Junk Art, The Legend of Korra: Pro Bending Arena, Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time, Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Manor, MIND MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game”, and Rat Queens: To the Slaughter to tabletops around the world. Sen is the co-author of the RPGs Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, An Exquisite Crime, and The Revenant Society. He also contributed to The North Sea Epilogues, Gears of Defiance, Never Going Home, The Curse of the House of Rookwood, Tiny Supers, Mecha & Monsters: Evolved, Heckin’ Good Doggos, Queerz, Kids on Bikes, and Avatar: Legends. When he’s not developing games or providing cultural consultation, you can find Sen practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, working on graphic novels, or co-hosting the Ludology Podcast and the Meeple Syrup Show. Born and raised in Northern Ontario, Sen currently resides in the second-best London in the world with his lovely family.

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