Big weekend for gaming! I hit the trifecta on Sunday: Worked on my game, Valour; tried out a new game; taught an old favorite. Got all the components for Valour uploaded to The Game Crafter, so now I’m ready to start sending out blind test prototype copies to those far-flung…
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Announcing “The Wackiest Race” — Short Story RPG Adventure #1
It’s finally here. The first adventure in the Short Story RPG library: “The Wackiest Race” is on sale now! Graham Elliot of Denver weaves a nostalgia-soaked adventure through a world born out of love for 80s cartoons. One player takes on the role of ‘StoryMaster’, facilitating a collaborative storytelling experience with four…
Guest Post: Effective Preparation for a One-Shot
This is the third post in a guest series on One-Shot RPG adventures. Today, we check in with Jarin Dnd. Jarin is a frequent contributor/game master to the Facebook One-Shot Group, which has been mentioned previously in the series. – jw Introduction: In my 30 years involved with Dungeons & Dragons, Spelljammer,…
Guest Post: One-Shots v. The Long Game
This is the second post in a guest series on One-Shot RPG adventures. This week’s post comes to you from Justin Helmer. Let’s go! – jw I guess I’ll start with a little background. The first time I had ever played was in 1978 (I know to some of you that was before…
Guest Post: The Anatomy Of A One-Shot
This is the first post in a guest series on One-Shot RPG adventures. This week’s post comes to you from Ian F. White. Ian can be found online at his site. Without further ado, I turn you over to him! – jw Introduction: In my time as both a Player and…
RPG One-Shot Guest Post Series
In the run-up to the release of Short Story RPG, I wanted insights from a few experienced game masters on what’s important to consider when running single-sitting adventures. So I put out a call for guest posts. There was a pretty great response, so over the next few weeks, we’ll have a short…
Designing from First Principles
I’ve written before about different tools for running play-tests, ideating on designs, and interpreting feedback, but none of those have ever really covered how to develop a framework around implementing that feedback. After I sent my proto off for publisher review, I started mentally projecting myself into a future where I…
Collaboration
My friend Eric tweeted an expression a few weeks back that has been on my mind recently. I’m not sure where it came from, or I’d source it: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Frequently, I’m reluctant to bring in…
“Captionable”
For a few months now, I’ve been beta testing, and then playing, a game my friend has been working on: Captionable. It’s like Instagram + Wheel of Fortune, which of course leads itself to some mad punning, so I’m clearly hooked. Like any social app, the quality of the content you…
One Step to the Epiphany
During a quarterly goals check-in with Andrea, I talked over the status of several Flightless projects, and she asked a question I didn’t have a ready answer for. “Who exactly are your customers for each of these?” I had a vague idea who I was designing for in each case,…