# Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community

An episode of [The BoardGameGeek Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1647840134), 25 Sep 2026, 1 h 03 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2049411/episodes/19862239-episode-104-tina-burns-dr-amelia-herbst-geek-girl-con-women-in-gaming-finding-community.mp3

Episode 104: Tina Burns & Dr. Amelia Herbst - Geek Girl Con - Women in Gaming - Finding Community Tina and Amelia from the board of Geek Girl Con joins me to talk about the con, femme presenting designers, artist, and musicians in gaming, and how finding your community makes all the difference. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:28 Get to know Tina Burns 00:01:48 Get to know Dr. Amelia Herbst 00:02:48 Backgrounds and Perspectives on Gaming 00:05:05 What types of games do they like to play? 00:12:59 Introduction to GeekGirlCon 00:14:19 The Importance of Safe Spaces in Geek Culture 00:15:24 What's in a name? 00:17:02 GGC - Every Geek is welcome! 00:20:27 Growing up at GGC 00:21:16 Supporting GeekGirlCon 00:22:59 Volunteer Opportunities and Roles 00:25:16 5 Femme presenting designers, artist, musicians and their work 00:25:49 Scarlet Hollow - Abby Howard 00:28:03 King's Quest - Roberta Williams 00:29:31 Sanibel - Elizabeth Hargrave 00:31:02 Wyrmspan - Connie Vogelmann 00:32:25 Wingspan - Elizabeth Hargrave 00:33:32 River Market - Roberta Taylor 00:35:06 Elder Scrolls - Christiane Meister 00:36:54 Xbox - Asha Sharma and Sarah Bond 00:38:21 Forage - Beth Sobel 00:40:25 Celeste - Maddy Thorson, Gabby DaRienzo, and Lena Raine 00:41:41 Magic the Gathering: Secret Lair cards 00:44:52 Knitting Circle - Emily Vincent 00:46:18 Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, and Ghosts of Saltmarsh, - Kate Welch 00:47:42 BioShock - Alyssa Finley 00:48:55 Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a Miniature World- Fertessa Allyse 00:51:57 Honorable Mention: Qwirkle - Susan McKinley Ross 00:52:43 Moment of Positivity 00:59:28 Where can you find Tina and Amelia? • Geek Girl Con Website (Linktr.ee, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Twitch, Youtube) • Email: info@geekgirlcon.com 01:02:08 Outro (Please note that these time stamps might not be accurate due to the use of dynamic ads.) Back Stormlight: War for Roshar on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar Web: https://boardgamegeek.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boardgamegeek Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek Email: podcast@boardgamegeek.com

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