The Gamestress
The “Lives in Time” of a Southern Gamer Girl
Do you like board and card games, console and PC games, tabletop RPGs, ARGs, LARPs, Interactive Theatre Stories, and Puzzle Parties? So do I!
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PING ME to reminisce old stories or create new ones!
Over the past several decades, I’ve supported the games I play by:
- Publishing
- a tabletop RPG with mechanics suitable for All Ages
- player intro plots and venue style sheets for established game settings
- a simplified Phys-Rep System of Visual-ID (Power Levels) for LARP gameplay
- Making Props
- physical props such as Glamour Bottles, Harpy Trinkets, Plot Rocks, and a Found Artifact
- prop documents such as flyers, pamphlets, posters, deeds, and wills
- room decor inventories and game-day scenery & sets
- Volunteering Time (in-game and outside-of-game)
- consultations on character development and plot/story-arc chains, for coherence, continuity, and improved player engagement/satisfaction
- organizing and running game events and overseeing story development & plot interactions for various gaming orgs at the local/regional/national levels as a:
- Coordinator (Admin, Director, Producer)
- Storyteller (Game Master, Narrator/Plotter)
- Non-Player Character (NPC) / World Character (WC)
- Player Mentor / Rookie Wrangler
- Drafting & Contributing
- game design documents, plot/story bibles, contest programs, convention/tradeshow publications, and website/wiki copy for it all
- membership handbooks, election procedures, and guidelines of self-governance for various local/regional/online gaming organizations
- convention packets, fundraising/recruitment drives, newsletters, and magazine content for local/regional/online outreach programs (charity/education/volunteer service)
- essays on fiction/non-fiction topics, including detailed character backgrounds with historical outlines
- gaming-specific resumes and cover letters, as well as informational and inspirational speeches (for my own in-game and out-of-game needs, and as a ghostwriter for other players and games/convention staff members)
Social Media for The Gamestress
Twitter, BeckieSueDalton (my posts on all topics, across all subjects)
Twitter, BSD_Gamestress (posts on gaming activity & culture, ONLY)
creative storytelling for work & play
Do you know who your character is (or just who you want them to be), but you’re having trouble drafting a coherent background, IC/OOC game goals, or solid story/wiki blurbs? Do you have ideas about the world you want to build, or how its societies can best interact to achieve the story you want to tell, but can’t find the words to get it across? Do you excel at drafting game mechanics, yet struggle to put it all into words that your players will easily understand?
LET ME KNOW; I’d love to help!
The Rogue’s Gallery
My Favorite Personas, across all platforms and genres
I enjoy games most when a character’s story arc has elements of growth and change over time. I like seeing where they start and participating in the evolution of the person they eventually become. Over the years, I’ve drafted many a character sheet and background, and – whether the character in question is heroic or villainous (though I tend toward the HOPE side of the equation over portrayals of wickedness or despair) – I’ve had a marvelous time building great stories with all the groups in which I’ve played.
These are the characters, from different story genres and gaming platforms, that I’ve most enjoyed writing about and portraying through gameplay:
“AQUA” & “KAIRI”
Kingdom Hearts (2020)
“TIARIL”
World of Warcraft (2012)
“HOLLY POPPET”
Camarilla LARP (2008)
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