CAPE Con: Tabletop Role-Playing Game Open House

Come explore a variety of games with staff from Fair Game, meet a Game Master for tips & tricks, paint a miniature, get one-shot adventures, learn about TTRPGs as a therapeutic treatment, & more!

The golden rule is 'have fun', & may the dice be ever in your favor. This event is recommended for ages 8+.

Meet a Game Master: Experienced Game Master Ash will offer best practices to help Game Masters prepare for campaigns and ensure adventures are fun and unfold smoothly.

Explore Games: Staff from Fair Game in Geneva, IL will bring and demonstrate a variety of tabletop role-playing games. They'll also share how Game Masters and players may contribute to creating safe, welcoming, and inclusive game spaces.

Fair Game Geneva, the third Fair Game location, opened in the summer of 2023. It is a family-friendly, community-focused board and card game retailer in Downtown Geneva. They have a large selection of activities and games that you can play in the store with products for all ages.

Learn about TTRPGs as a Therapeutic Treatment: Social skill building, emotional connection, anxiety relief, and trauma healing are a few of many common issues that make people seek therapy. As we expand our idea of what therapy is, more research continues to show that non-traditional approaches can help people heal, change, and grow just like the methods that got therapy started in the first place. TTRPGs allow people to connect in a way that transcends "just a game," and licensed counselor Sammi Dyson is excited to show you how!

Sammi Dyson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Wisconsin, and works with teens and adults in individual therapy. Sammi works with a wide variety of mental health issues and life challenges, but specializes in working on anxiety, healthy communication, depression, trauma, and the intersection of LGBTQ+ identity with mental health. In search of a way to merge her love of D&D with her love of mental health counseling, she has pursued research and courses on utilizing role playing games to work on mental health goals. Therapy is never one-size-fits-all, so it is important to have as many tools in the toolbox as possible! 

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