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2024 Panel Discussion Agenda

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2024 Keynote | The Kult: Divinity Lost upcoming Kickstarter 

Ring in the 2024 Illusion Horror Con with a discussion of the upcoming Kult: Divinity Lost Kickstarter 


Featuring Petter Nallo, Jacqueline Bryk, Gabriel, Torsten Gatu, and moderated by the Con Organizers

Slot 1.5 || Body Horror in TTRPGs 

Discover how to effectively use body horror in tabletop games and explore techniques to provoke visceral, unsettling reactions to enhance the horror experience. 


Featuring Bear Winters, Petter Nallo, Gunilla Jonsson, Alan Patric, and moderated by Scott Dorward

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Slot 3.5 || Dreams, Nightmares, and the Surreal in Horror Games

Explore how dreamlike or surreal settings and mechanics can enhance the horror atmosphere.


Featuring Tom Murr, Jason Fryer, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén, Travis Vengroft, and moderated by T A Newman

Slot 4.5 || The Role of Isolation in Horror

How physical, emotional, and psychological isolation can be used in horror TTRPGs to heighten tension and dread.


Featuring T A Newman, Petter Nallo, Travis Vengroft, Jon Hook, Scott Dorward, and moderated by Alan Patric

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Slot 5 - Anger: Oakwood Heights
A Kult:DL Actual Play

Featuring XPLoveCat, Travis Legge (ONYX Path), and T A Newman 

November 2016. A gray and rainy Detroit. We follow a group of people from the DA's office and and the local Police Force partaking in a crime scene reconstruction. Soon we learn that everyone has a hidden agenda as the story unfolds. 

CW's: CWs: Blood & Gore, Parental Verbal Abuse, Children in Peril/Harm, Possible Drug & Alcohol Use, Possible Vulgar Language, God Complex, Altered Realities

Slot 5.5 || Beyond Elysium & The Borderlands

Delve into Kult’s deeper realms and how to use these otherworldly dimensions to expand horror themes and deliver unique, existential experiences for players. 


Featuring Tom Murr, Jason Fryer, Petter Nallo, Gabriel, and moderated by Bear Winters

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Slot 6.5 || From Classic to Modern

Discover ways to adapt and deconstruct classic horror elements—like haunted houses and vampires—to modern settings. 


Featuring Brandon F, Rina Haenze, and moderated by Jacqueline Bryk

Slot 7.5 || Horror Without Violence

Discuss how horror can thrive without emphasizing combat, instead focusing on dread, suspense, and atmosphere.


Featuring Tom Murr, Jason Fryer, Matt Sanderson, Paul Baldowski, Travis Vengroft, and moderated by T A Newman

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Slot 8.5 || Horror in Sci-fi

Examine the fusion of horror and science fiction, discussing techniques for creating fear and suspense in futuristic or technologically advanced settings.


Featuring Matt Sanderson, Paul Baldowski, Michael Petersén, Jon Hook, and moderated by Bear Winters

Slot 9.5 || Podcasting and Actual Plays

Join creators as they share insights into the process of producing horror TTRPG podcasts and actual plays, from story planning to performance.


Featuring Brandon F, Travis Vengroft, Jon Hook, and Moderated by Scott Dorward

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