{"id":1758,"date":"2020-01-22T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2020-01-21T23:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:07:25","slug":"what-is-a-mega-game-at-pax-south-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2020\/01\/panel-discussion\/what-is-a-mega-game-at-pax-south-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Mega Game at PAX South 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2020\/01\/panel-discussion\/what-is-a-mega-game-at-pax-south-2020\/attachment\/megagamepanel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"megagamepanel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1759\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/megagamepanel.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/RPPR\">The RPPR Patreon<\/a> has a special offer. Back at the $10 level by February 3 and get RPPR B-Sides Volume 5! This new volume contains 20 actual play episodes featuring Zweihander, Red Markets, Delta Green, and some unique games in development! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/special-offer-b-33306949\">Learn all the details in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: What is a Mega Game? Mega Games are a mash-up of Traditional Roleplaying Games, Board Games, and LARP, with a bit of war-gaming thrown in to spice things up. They are large scale activities played in one session over several hours, involving as few as twenty and as many as hundreds of different players.<\/p>\n<p>This panel was recorded at PAX South 2020 and hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/dallasmegagames.com\/\">Dallas Mega Games. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panelists below the fold.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lee Yancy [Co-Founder, Dallas Mega Games], Logan Doty [Co-Founder, Dallas Mega Games], Jason Cook [Lead Control, Dallas Mega Games], Brian Parker [Lead Control, Dallas Mega Games], Joanna Yancy [Designer, Dallas Mega Games], Nick Alqhuist [Control, Dallas Mega Games]<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"What is a Mega Game at PAX South 2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-01-22T09:00:14-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT57M16S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"News: The RPPR Patreon has a special offer. 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