Create, facilitate, and execute an ambitious collaborative ttRPG project

In this workshop, you'll learn the basics of project management and creative leadership when developing a large-scale collaborative project that brings together a diverse group of creators.

Opening for registration in early 2024

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What is a collaborative ttRPG project?

A ttRPG collaboration brings together a group of people with different skillsets — writing, art, editing, layout, sensitivity reading, and more — to produce one unified project (like a gamebook, anthology, or actual play show).

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Meet Your Instructor

Lyla McBeath Fujiwara

Lyla McBeath Fujiwara is a game designer and project manager living in Massachusetts. She's worked everywhere from rural Rwanda to Silicon Valley, leading teams to design and run an all-girls computer camp, produce online courses for over half a million students, and deliver Google News app features. As a creator, she writes games that focus on intricate stories, complex characters, and mechanics that drive the narrative. 

She is a 2023 Storytelling Collective Creative Laureate and 2023 Big Bad Con POC scholar and has freelanced for Gamehole Con, Bob World Builder, and Jeff Stevens Games. As a project manager, she's led Encounters in the Radiant Citadel, a 10-person D&D 5e collaboration where she was the project lead and layout artist and Jukebox: The Karaoke Musical TTRPG, a karaoke-based storytelling TTRPG. 

In addition to her creative work, she’s the author of Project Management for TTRPGs, a Substack series about project management and leadership for newcomers in the TTRPG space, and The TTRPG Collaboration Workbook, a 28-page workbook zine for project managers. In her off hours she can be found throwing lopsided ceramics and cooking feasts for her cooperative house.

Connect with Lyla at [email protected]

In this workshop, you'll learn how to...

  • Set Project Parameters & Goals

    Set a realistic project scope that accounts for all of the necessary details and potential obstacles.

  • Delegate Roles & Responsibilities

    Empower your collaborators through consistent communication and roles that play to their strengths.

  • Create a Logistical Plan

    Design a budget, draft contracts, and organize your logistics from the get-go.

  • Manage a Community

    Foster a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive community where each member feels like an equal contributor.

  • Track Progress & Milestones

    Measure your progress and keep things running smoothly — and learn how to get back on track when needed.

  • Market, Promote, & Celebrate!

    Develop an actionable and realistic promotional plan to celebrate your collaboration!

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