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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9708386" data-attributes="member: 6894926">If you've been to conventions, you've been at panels where they'll handle different topics of the tabletop industry- some of those are aspects that a DM touches on, or some of them are flat-out DM-tip panels. At most, you might pay a tad over $100 for a 3-day pass for said convention (of which the panels are one of many things to do at).. those panels usually have 3-5 panelists and like, 2-3 dozen people in the audience. Of course the convention pass doesn't include room and board.I guess I'm just weighing the cost vs value of such things, because it's the closest comparison I have...One of my players went to DnD in a Castle, flew out to the UK for it (from US). He said it wasn't a bad time, the games were fun and the accommodations were kind of meh, the cost was exorbitant but he knew that going in. He probably did it for the novelty, he has some $$ to throw around, I think his review was "I didn't regret that I did it, but I wouldn't do it again."I imagine this is more for new DMs or people that're really into the brand IP, with $$$ to throw around, that want to get an "official accreditation" and desire the novelty... as someone else said, you can learn things from a seminar! But the value-for-$$$ ratio is gonna be ... well, I think I'd (personally) get a better ratio from a convention panel (which is always a crapshoot).edit: I shall admit that in the mid-late 2010's I was really into the DnD brand IP. 5e was hot stuff, Greg Tito was doing Dragon Talk ?every week?, he even sent some Tomb of Annihilation promo stuff! That was cool. I still wouldn't have considered doing this then <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😅" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png" title="Grinning face with sweat    :sweat_smile:" data-shortname=":sweat_smile:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> (I might've considered DnD in a Castle if I had the $$$, in the height of my IP-fever). But as far as DM tutelage goes, I got more value from Matt Colville YT videos and livestreams.</blockquote>

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