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Delvers to Grow takes Shape…probably launches next week!
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Delvers to Grow takes Shape…probably launches next week!

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I’m in the final stages of putting together the Kickstarter page for Delvers to Grow. I’m very, very pleased with how it’s coming together. Preliminary playtest and blindtest results by The Chaotic GM and his group have been quite positive. He set up something he called the Skógurenda Meatgrinder. The demon cults had overthrown the…

A Sprinter’s Lament
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A Sprinter’s Lament

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I’ve written before about running in RPGs, and in D&D in particular. The sprinting rule did make it into Dragon Heresy, so there is that. But as I was pondering a Pyramid article for GURPS on the way into work this morning, I realized that I was ignoring a potentially easy solution to my problem….

Character Collections 4: Wizards UNLOCKED
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Character Collections 4: Wizards UNLOCKED

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Character Collection 4: Wizards is now unlocked! What does this mean? The CC4 PDF is now added to added to all pledge levels. The CC4 Print book is now included in all of the Print+PDF pledge levels The CC4 cards and counters and PDF and Print books are added to All the New Things and…

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The Firing Squad welcomes Brian Engard

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This was far too long in coming, but in January, the Firing Squad welcomed +Brian Engard, and we discussed game design, self-publishing, and how to broaden the gaming market, among other topics. It’s about a 90-minute interview. I interacted with Brian first as a contact about the interview with +Steve Jackson, only to discover that…

Daily Illuminator; Map; Editing; Funding; Nordlond and Ytarria?
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Daily Illuminator; Map; Editing; Funding; Nordlond and Ytarria?

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As I write this, the campaign has been active for exactly three weeks, and we have 12 days to go. Daily Illuminator! Today the Norðlond Sagas was featured on Steve Jackson Games’ Daily Illuminator. If you get a moment, re-sharing or commenting on the post – especially in venues off the forums – will help…

General thoughts about Old School Solo Adventures (by Robert Douglas, playtester extraordinaire)
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General thoughts about Old School Solo Adventures (by Robert Douglas, playtester extraordinaire)

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I am a firm believer in playtest, fight-test, and most especially blind-test, which is what I call playtesting when one hands over the product in question to a willing helper and lets them run it as they would, without the filter of working through the author. It helps me get a perspective that’s only informed by…