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Create a Language for Your Story

Anna "FlameSoot" Iliukovich-Strakovskaia, Viktoriia "Amber" Tsvetkova
Room 214, (1 h 45 min)
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How do you tailor a language to fit your story? What would bog pixies call their pets - and how could that shape a DnD session? How can grammar influence the idea of possession in a culture of cosmic foxes? This workshop explores how to start creating a constructed language ("conlang"), why it matters, and how language choices can shape your story or game. We’ll look at how vocabulary, sounds, and grammar reflect culture and influence world building. No prior knowledge of linguistics is required!

Program category: WorkshopTarget audience: Fits all agesOther categorization: Beginner friendlyOther categorization: LGBTQA+Other categorization: Theme: DreamsLanguage: EnglishProgram topics: Other gamesProgram topics: Role-playing gamesProgram topics: Larp