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WARNING: Extensive Self-Promotion Ahead
Folks, due to some large expenses on the horizon—that are altogether exciting & voluntary and not of the GoFundMe variety—I'm shifting my hustle into overdrive for the next few months.
Gird thy loins.
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Folks, due to some large expenses on the horizon—that are altogether exciting & voluntary and not of the GoFundMe variety—I'm shifting my hustle into overdrive for the next few months.
Gird thy loins.
payhip.com/epidiah
So if you were thinking, "I wonder when would be a good time for me to pick up those back issues of Worlds Without Master I've always wanted," the answer is "Now."
worldswithoutmaster.com/bazaar/
worldswithoutmaster.com/bazaar/
PSA: Whoever is telling you Dread is out of print is lying to you.
tiltingatwindmills.net/buy-stuff/
tiltingatwindmills.net/buy-stuff/
I'm going to ignore hardware & software for a moment here & discuss them at the end of this thread for reasons I'll get into later.
Instead, I'm going to start with conceptual tools—Paradigms & Practices that have served me well.
We'll start with some Basic P&P…
Instead, I'm going to start with conceptual tools—Paradigms & Practices that have served me well.
We'll start with some Basic P&P…
Designing Vast & Starlit, I delved into the very least a game had to do and still satisfy my own personal needs. Therein I found the 3 things that make game design easy:
• A Gravid Situation
• Functional Collaboration
• Interesting Content Generation
• A Gravid Situation
• Functional Collaboration
• Interesting Content Generation
#AprilTTRPGMaker
"5. Favorite game you've worked on"
Obviously, I should pick #SwordsWithoutMaster⚔️. It's what I'm known for & it is destined to be the game that finally usurps #DnD.
But pound for pound, Vast & Starlit is the most important game I've ever made. So it wins.
"5. Favorite game you've worked on"
Obviously, I should pick #SwordsWithoutMaster⚔️. It's what I'm known for & it is destined to be the game that finally usurps #DnD.
But pound for pound, Vast & Starlit is the most important game I've ever made. So it wins.
Vast & Starlit was unleashed upon the world 5 years ago last month. Originally, it was only available in print—tiny little game books the size of 2 business cards bound together.
To get it, you had a play a game: Either find me & hand me $1/book I'd hand you from my own wallet…
To get it, you had a play a game: Either find me & hand me $1/book I'd hand you from my own wallet…
…or you mailed me the rough equivalent of a dollar in your local currency along with a drawing you made for each book. The subject of the drawing depended on the book. The core rules needed a spacecraft, Bodies in the Dark needed two aliens either fighting or making out…
