Politics is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group. That doesn’t sound scary or objectionable. You know what that sounds like to me? The exact experience of playing a roleplaying game. Friend and fellow designer Eric Simon has a great post up over on his blog: All Games are […]
I submitted The Blackwood Errantry Codex for DriveThruRPG’s Deal of the Day promotion a little while ago. The book was featured in the Deal of the Day spot yesterday, so I spent the end of my weekend collecting and processing some data. I think small RPG publishers are more effective when they work together, so […]
It’s Earth Day! To any of you who spend time on our planet: make it a good one! The Blackwood Errantry Codex is the Deal of the Day on DriveThruRPG today! The PDF is 60% off, so if you haven’t picked up the game yet then you’ve found the best possible time to do so. […]
This post is adapted from a tweet storm I put out a couple weeks ago. I don’t claim to be an expert at the sensitive portrayal of other cultures, but I think this kind of work is at least part of the puzzle. I was brainstorming the @JianghuHustle RPG a couple weeks ago and I […]
So the recent scratch-off character sheets Kickstarter for Dungeon Crawl Classics has begun fulfillment. Over on Google+, Jared Rascher is excited about getting his in the mail today! He said one thing in particular that caught my eye: “The emergent character creation suggested for the sheets is to only reveal occupation, lucky sign, and speed, […]
The Blackwood Errantry Codex Production Postmortem [Part the First] Well, my first publication has been released into the wilds of the Internet. I’m not a parent, but I imagine this is similar to what it feels like to send a child off to college. Will it hold up on its own? Will it make friends? […]
The Complete Series Day 1 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5-8 Day 9-13 Day 14-20 Day 21-28 Day 29-31 Day 2: What is an RPG you would like to see published? Roleplaying Games have an overwhelming amount of combat rules. Unfortunately, I think most of them are merely adequate. Jim McClure’s Reflections (and Tobie Abad’s […]
Hank Azaria, voice actor extraordinaire, has a net worth of $70,000,000. 70 million dollars. Voice acting is valuable work. And what are you doing when you speak like your RPG character? Voice acting. Daunting, right? The latest episode of Gaming and BS, Adding Voice to Your RPGs, is all about character voices. I happen to […]
RPG Blog Carnival, February 2017 Host and Topic: Tabletop Terrors | Encounters I just found out about this RPG Blog Carnival thing put on by Johnn Four, and boy is it cool. Every month, a new blog hosts an RPG topic (past examples include Prophecies & Omens, Transitions, and Ordinary Life) that serves as a […]
Quick Update: as of this morning, we’ve had over 200 downloads of our Seven Quillcrows one sheet adventure for Savage Worlds, and nearly as many for the accompanying Archetypes. Thanks so much to everyone who’s taken interest! Let us know what you think of the adventure. We’d love to hear from you! Character Intro Minigames […]