🎲 Tabletop Gaming at Devconnect!

[Colton_Orr]

---

Title: Tabletop Gaming at Devconnect!
Authors: Colton Orr Farcaster TwitterX
Resources Required: 2-3 tables with chairs for epic gameplay sessions

Back by popular demand…

The tabletop corner was a big hit at Devcon 2024 - let’s run it back in ARG

tl;dr the Devcon tabletop area was a blast and I’d love your input on how to shape it for Devconnect. Got games you want to share? Maybe a game you made (looking at you Nouns community​:eyes:). This pitch is v0; so drop your comments and ideas and let’s make this awesome.

pics from Devcon 2024:

Why Tabletop?

Conference fatigue? Not on our watch! We’re bringing attendees together for meaningful moments of connection through the magic of games. Our previous activations at Devcon and EDCON were a massive hit, with players of all ages spending hours engaged in friendly competition and collaboration.

[

The Gameplan

• Daily Tabletop Events: 2-5 PM, offering a wide variety of engaging games
• Game Masters on Duty: I’ll be there explaining rules, welcoming new players, and keeping the good vibes rolling
• Epic Loot: Fun prizes for raffle winners and tournament champions

The Collaborative Quest (Proposal)

This pitch is v0!

As of now, I’m planning to bring a game I created called Memethology. It’s a trading card game about decentralization and crypto lore (find out more here).

But I would LOVE to offer more games. Last year we collaborated with Nerd (the legendary Farcaster /tabletop host). Sadly he can’t join us this year, but I’d love to have people bring games they enjoy or have made.

1. Where: we were in the “Playground Space” at Devcon. Where should we be this year? High traffic areas are best.
2. What: 2-3 tables with chairs for epic gameplay sessions (more space if collaborating with other tabletop games)
3. Schedule Integration: Add our events to the official Devconnect schedule so attendees can plan their gaming adventures
4. Accommodations Support: Memethology is a labor of love - fully bootstrapped. A boost of $1000 would allow me to get accommodations and materials like playmats and signage.

Join me in making tabletop gaming an enriching part of Devcon for years to come. Let’s level up networking, deepen connections, and support the growth of decentralized communities!

Let me know your ideas and feedback!

[syntonikka]

I want to see this happen!

[ligi]

sorry this one fell through the cracks - would you still be open doing it?

[Colton_Orr]

I’d be thrilled. Should I submit the PR?

Like last time, can I also request $1k to help cover my stay and buy supplies like playmats?

Let me know if you have any other suggestions too! Excited to make this happen.

[Colton_Orr]

Bumping my last comment. I ordered playmats and would love to lock in the rest of the plan!

[ligi]

Yes - please submit it as a DIP like you did last time. And would it be possible to combine it with other games? Last time we added some other games in the area - something like this would also be great this time - but as production is stretched a bit thin due to the worldsfair - it would be awesome if it could be part of this DIP.

[Mindy]

Any plans to let folks schedule a time slot for a specific game? Battlestar Galactica @ Devconnect would be epic…

[Colton_Orr]

I would love to see Battlestar Galactica + other games!

I submitted the PR saying anyone can BYO games. People can bring friends or have signup sheets at tables. The more the merrier!

[Colton_Orr]

Done!

I would love to combine this with other games. More games = more vibes. It’s all positive sum! As I noted in the DIP, I’ll have my hands full teaching Memethology but I think it worked great last year to just have a variety of other games around for people to pickup.

I did my best to follow the guidelines but I’m still learning Github (I’m an artist) - please lmk if I need to make changes. DIP: Tabletop Games by ColtonArt · Pull Request #188 · efdevcon/DIPs · GitHub

[ligi]

Thanks for submitting the DIP - just changed some formal things and merged - we will likely accept it this week.

[Colton_Orr]

Any update on this? Looking forward to playing games with everyone

[Colton_Orr]

Hi ligi, just bumping this

[ligi]

your DIP was approved - sorry for the delay

[Colton_Orr]

We had an epic week at the best Devconnect yet thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this week happen!

Some photos from the tabletop area: