Kids on Brooms RPG Extravaganza for the Trans Emergency Fund

Well, it happened: a Wizarding School Exhibition that directly supports anti-trans efforts has come to Boston. But what do we say to the bigots? NOT TODAY!

Side Quest Books & Games is SO PUMPED to be bringing 9 incredible Game Masters from groups like Boston Gaymers, Fight the Exposition, Worlds 4 All and more to Bow Market for a full day of safe, inclusive, unabashedly queer-friendly fun. There are so many ways to live out your dreams of being a student at a magical wizarding academy, and we're going to show you one!

All 9 tables will be running the phenomenal tabletop role-playing game "Kids on Brooms," designed by Hunters Entertainment and powered by their award-winning "Kids on Bikes" system. It's quick to learn and intuitive to play — you don't need to have played it before to hop right in.

Each group of 5 players plus their GM will spend the morning creating characters, discussing safety tools to keep your game comfortable for everyone, and talking about the wizarding academy world. We'll then break for lunch (pizza included in your ticket!), and then gameplay will run until 5:30!

We hope you'll join us for a day full of exuberant joy to support the Massachusetts Trans Emergency Fund!

Play! As! Protest!

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Meet your GMs

Peregrin Banrey (she/they)
A local witch hailing from Boston, MA, Peri has been a GM for 7 years, with a passion for world building and map making. She has experience in introducing new players to the world of ttrpgs, and developing a feeling of community both at the table and off.

Claire Hopkins (she/her)
Claire is a botanist, crafter, and dog mom. She has been GMing for four years, and she loves running games with a lot of whimsy, as well as seeing what creative solutions players come up with to escape the shenanigans she has laid out for them.

Eric Crumrine (he/they)
Eric is an avid TTRPG player and forever GM, with over a decade of GMing experience. Additionally, he runs an actual play podcast called, The QueerXP and is a writer and game designer.

Heather Silva (she/her)
Heather is a creator and educator from the Merrimack Valley area of MA who found her way to TTRPGs almost ten years ago and never looked back. She recently started Worlds 4 All LLC, which specializes in providing professional TTRPG facilitation in safer and more inclusive spaces.

Jenine Florence (they/them)
Jenine is a nonbinary Filipino-Chinese American actor, TTRPG player, and storyteller. After years working with different TTRPG actual plays like One Up Podcasts, Sword and Key, Wicked Worlds, and queeRPG, they created the new actual play Thank You D6.

Josh (he/him)
Josh is a professional Dungeon Master and is the owner and operator of Fight The Exposition. With 10 years of experience, he has mastered the art of asking his players, “Are you sure you want to do that?”

(More to come!)

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Things to know about the day!

Player age

• This event is for players 16+.

Covid precautions

• Masks are optional. We will have plenty available for free at the event, should you want one. We will also have free Covid tests available at the door, and we will be running a raffle for anyone who takes a test at the event or shows a photo of a negative test from that morning.

Food & drink

• The wonderful folks at Josephine, the restaurant at the Cambria Hotel down the street, are donating delicious pizza for lunch! If you wish you pick up something else from any of the Bow Market vendors, please do. You're allowed to bring that back to Upstairs.
• Coffee will be provided in the morning. Once Nook opens at 12:30, you can get any other drinks you want there.

Getting here

• Upstairs at Bow is the event space just off the upstairs lobby at Bow Market in Somerville's Union Square. When you come up the main driveway, go past Rebel Rebel, turn right into the downstairs lobby, and head up either the staircase or the elevator. Upstairs is right in front of you.
• Parking around Union Square can be tricky, but parking is free on Sundays. We do recommend taking public transportation (Union Square T stop on the Green Line is super close!), or carpooling if you can.

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About the Massachusetts Trans Emergency Fund

Founded in 2008, by Jesse Pack later joined by Chastity Bowick, Transgender Emergency Fund is the only organization dedicated to supporting low income and homeless Transgender individuals in Massachusetts.

The Transgender Emergency Fund assists with homelessness prevention, shelter assistance, nutrition assistance, prescription co-pay assistance, transportation and escort to medical appointments, etc. All services are contingent on the availability of funds. The Transgender Emergency Fund is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization and is operated solely on donations.

https://transemergencyfund.org/about/

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More about your ticket dollars

We're all about transparency here! A portion of your ticket will go towards paying the GMs for their time, and also towards paying Side Quest Books & Games for event coordination and staffing. Dollars also go towards bringing in coffee from Remnant, and providing plates and napkins for lunch. The remainder goes entirely to the Trans Emergency Fund. If we sell out this event, we will be donating about $2200 to the organization.

Event Venue

Upstairs at Bow, 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville, United States