The New Old Alchemists Incubator - TTRPG Game Design and GM Prep Co-Working Nights!

For Game Designers, Artists, Creators, GMs, and Players who appreciate working alongside others as you prep or make progress on your next project, The Alchemists Incubator is a dedicated co-working program brought to you by the GNAW Guild, the Chicago Tabletop Gaming Association, and Second Shift Coworking to offer community members space to work in parallel to one another in a chill, dedicated environment!

Second Shift Coworking has been very generous and supportive and is allowing our community to use their facility after hours, including multiple desks, tables, social areas, and several meeting rooms for varying degrees of social connectivity vs. private working spaces. There is also free wi-fi, nice amenities, and a great atmosphere to work in!

This is a great opportunity to get out of the house, connect with other creators in a dedicated workspace, socialize, work alongside each other, share tips, or just work quietly in a fun, creative environment with other folks in the ttrpg gaming and creative space.

Anyone is welcome, we will have complimentary coffee, beer and wine, and some light snacks available for folks (donations appreciated, but not required), and we will have a number of local creators and community members present if you'd prefer to chat and socialize while working on your projects, but with a respectful atmosphere if you'd prefer to just work quietly in parallel and in the presence of others!

You do NOT need to consider yourself a designer or creator to attend - if you want to join to prep for a game session, complete character creation or backstory for an upcoming game you are playing in, or play or run a solo/duet game with others - every type of ttrpg gaming activity is welcome, with the intent on creating a serene working environment for creatives in our community!

This space will be available between 6pm-10pm on November 9th, 16th, and 30th - and if it is well attended and there is ongoing interest, we will work to offer more dates in future months!

**As an important side note - while this is open to all members of the game design and ttrpg community - the CTGA and GNAW Guild both actively disavow AI usage in creative game design and content creative processes - if you are a creator that uses AI in your creative processes, this is not the type of event for you!**