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Afternoon

Arrival and camp setup

Meet and Greet
Who and what is here with us? What do you hope to find this weekend?

Opening ritual/activity

Open slot (TBD)

Open slot (TBD)

Open slot (TBD)

Dinner

Low-Key, Off-Key, Kin-Key, Oh-Hell-Just-Throw-Away-the-Key Bardic
Got a song, story, or a poem, or even just a bad joke? Anything goes! A notebook of faery/elven/otherkin-related selections will be available to read from if you like.

Open slot (TBD)

Ludi Animarum: Revealing the Self Through Play
Otherkin have an uneasy relationship with role-playing. It can be a powerful tool, but it can also get awkward fast. Is this a space we can and/or should reclaim, and how might we go about that? We'll discuss the social contract issues that hinder roleplaying as a self-discovery tool and whether genuine epiphanies can come from a shared fictional space. I'll share examples of indie RPGs that have come from the foundation of "playing as yourself", as well as RPGs that have successfully tackled religious/spiritual themes. We'll talk about our prior experiences with self-RP, both our own and the ones others have dropped upon us. (Baxil)

Open slot (TBD)

Otherkin RP Alpha Test
Depending on interest, we can follow up on "Ludi Animarum" with a short alpha design of a narrative RPG by/for/about Otherkin (based on feedback and assistance from the first session), somewhere in the space between "shared storytelling" and "guided meditation" and "RPG", and run a playtest. This would be a way to put the first discussion's conclusions into action. With a good set of rules shaping expectations and providing support during play -- and with a group of players willing to agree what they want out of it -- self-RP doesn't have to be a trainwreck! (Baxil)

Open slot (TBD)

Open slot (TBD)

Open slot (TBD)

Closing ritual/activity

Debriefing
What worked, what didn't? Feedback for next year's gather, and discussion of plans for other west-coast events.

Breakfast

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"Dead dog" lunch?
Stragglers have a meal at a nearby restaurant before returning to our various home places.