I've started using my to-do list again. I left it at home when I went to Indianapolis for Gen Con, and it wasn't until earlier this week that I finally cracked it open again. During its absence I did not particularly miss the ability to survey my myriad tasks divided into bite-sized chunks, though I certainly appreciate that feature. Rather, I ( Read more... )

I've posted about a bit here and a bit there, but I haven't really written about the big picture. So here's the big-picture, in brief ( Read more... )

"Write your game for an audience that's never played a role playing game before."

And the easiest way to do that is to just tell us how to play your game. Easier said than done?

This old opinion piece by John Harper is partially responsibly for this Ingredient, but The Princess Game is my main inspiration. Jake Richmond's review describes some of ( Read more... )

http://summer2008rpgchallenge.ning.com/

Bam! I made something! Sign up for the Summer 2008 Game Challenge there!

The awesome Mel White has offered a suggestion for the rules we might use for the Game Challenge:...an idea lifted from somewhere--Vincent Baker, I think: Pick up a nearby book. Turn to page 187. Count down 15 lines, count in 8 words. Pick that word or a word next to it. That's an ingredient. Everyone do this and send in the word. Contestants pick ( Read more... )

It began with me suggesting that Stephen Dewhurst use Vimeo for his 4th of July fireworks video, and eventually progressed to us challenging ourselves to make an RPG each in 10 days, a la some past year's Game Chef rules. We're thinking this year's or maybe 2004's rules, since some rocking stuff came out of that year's competition (Actually, from ( Read more... )