by Jeff Tidball | Aug 3, 2010 | Conventions
Here’s the skinny on Gameplaywright happenings at the Best Four Days in Gaming. Hamlet’s Hit Points: The Seminar What do Dr. No, Casablanca, and Shakespeare have to teach us about making the stories in our RPGs awesome? Roleplaying design authority and...
by Jeff Tidball | Jul 30, 2010 | Business, Conventions
Gen Con is next week, so the advice for attendees is going around. The best advice I’ve ever read about convention attendance comes from Derek Sivers, who’s not a gamer (as far as I know). Even so, his advice on how to attend a music conference is also the...
by Jeff Tidball | Jul 29, 2010 | Books, Hamlet's Hit Points, Promotion, Story
I’m happy to say that our new book, Hamlet’s Hit Points, by RPG maestro Robin D. Laws, is now available for pre-order. Jump over to its product page to reserve your copy now. Copies ordered now will ship in mid-August when they get back from the printer....
by Jeff Tidball | Jul 28, 2010 | Business, Design, Publishing
Craig Mod has written a profoundly beautiful and informative essay, “Kickstartup,” about how—and why—he used Kickstarter to republish his book Art Space Tokyo after it had fallen out of print. If you read nothing else this week, Craig’s essay...
by Jeff Tidball | Jul 9, 2010 | awards, Conventions
The nominees for the 2010 ENnie awards have been posted. These RPG-oriented awards do a good job of looking into some of the specific disciplines of RPG production (best writing, best production values) that more general hobby gaming awards like the Origins Awards...
