Making a Game Into a Book – Editing
I’ve worked on the publishing side of...
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Category: Game Making
Getting Started on the DMs Guild – Part 1: Your First Product
In early 2016, Wizards of the Coast and...
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Uncanny Game Feel(ings)
I’m really interested in the types of ways...
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Design Flow: It’s Your Game Now
There is a thing about designing a setting that...
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Why Polyhedral Dice On A Deck Of Cards Will Never Work… Or Will They?
A few months back, I was reading a post over on...
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How to Create When You’re Angry
Whew, there’s a lot to be angry about in...
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Quick-Start Settings and Campaign Frames
I’ve been thinking a lot about how...
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Design Flow: Removing A Good Rule
Often we think of playtesting for rooting out...
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Design Flow : Conveying Table Culture
“What is your game about?” Your first reaction,...
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Using Your Creative Obsessions & The Three Things Trick
Today’s guest post is by Kira Magrann, who...
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Campaign Frames – How to Tell the Kind of Story Y’all Want to Tell
Like I said in my first post about campaign...
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Design Flow: UI and Neighbors
For the past few months, I have been wrestling...
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Diners, Dungeons, & Dives – How to Make Campaign Frames
A few weeks back a buddy of mine mentioned on...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Immersed in the Jungle
Grab a vine and give a mighty Tarzan yell....
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Making a Thing: Being Visible as a Creator
If you write, draw, paint, sculpt, build, or do...
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