Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you ever wanted to learn how to host and run games like Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, or Call of Cthulhu? It can be intimidating, but when we strip away all of the rules and dice and maps, what we're left with is a desire to tell compelling collaborative stories with a group of friends. In this workshop, Hyacinth Ramsay will guide you through what you need to know in order to start being a game master, with a focus on the skills that will easily transfer between rule systems and games (such as how to prep a session, improvisational thinking, & how to pace collaborative sessions). After the workshop, participants will have the skills and knowledge to run their own games.
Hyacinth Ramsay is a game designer & storyteller who has been GMing tabletop games for more than a decade. They love spooky things and fiction-first role playing games. If you're in a game they're running, there's a fairly high chance your character will be eaten by a house. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/babycastles
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. And by Babycastles members. Thank you.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to host and run games like Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun, or Call of Cthulhu? It can be intimidating, but when we strip away all of the rules and dice and maps, what we're left with is a desire to tell compelling collaborative stories with a group of friends. In this workshop, Hyacinth Ramsay will guide you through what you need to know in order to start being a game master, with a focus on the skills that will easily transfer between rule systems and games (such as how to prep a session, improvisational thinking, & how to pace collaborative sessions). After the workshop, participants will have the skills and knowledge to run their own games.
Hyacinth Ramsay is a game designer & storyteller who has been GMing tabletop games for more than a decade. They love spooky things and fiction-first role playing games. If you're in a game they're running, there's a fairly high chance your character will be eaten by a house. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/babycastles
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. And by Babycastles members. Thank you.
