TCG (Trading Card Game) Intensive Workshop

What makes trading card games stick with people? Join us in this intensive 4-day workshop to find out!
About this Event

Most people associate trading card games with decks and rules, but did you know there's more to them that meets the eye? They're systems of resources, interaction, worldbuilding, scarcity, play, and collectability.
Join PHD game designer Sam Shields across four hands-on sessions, where participants will learn how TCGs work as games, why cards become desirable, how to prototype their own card systems, and how card games move between physical, digital, open-source, and hybrid formats.
Supplies will br provided, just bring a creative and curious mind!

Agenda

🕑: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Day 1: The Core of Trading Card Gameplay: Resources and Interactions
🕑: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Day 2: The Core of Trading Card Collectability: Worldbuilding and Scarcity
🕑: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Day 3: Prototyping Trading Card Games: Sharpies, Dice, Bits of Paper
🕑: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Day 4: Cards in the World: Printing, Digital, and Beyond