Free Spacer @ Fear the Con
Posted on Dec 2, 2010 in Blog | 1 comment
Finally, after over two years in production, you’ll have a chance to try out Free Spacer. The game will debut at Fear the Con in St. Louis on March 18th & 19th. Christoph and Lisa will be driving down to Saint Louis from Toronto Canada, hopefully arriving in time to attend the World Wide Wing Night on Thursday, March 17th. Free Spacer is an upcoming Sci-fi...
Read MoreRPGs Make Gorgeous Books
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 in Blog | 3 comments
I must admit, taking on the art and visual design for an entire RPG is an intimidating task. Looking at the scope of designing a book is huge enough, but an RPG is more like my old high school Biology textbook done up as an artbook. I am no stranger to artbooks; as an avid collector I have over a hundred in my collection. After picking many of the gorgeous...
Read MoreN00bs, 1st timers, & Scuttling Sessions
Posted on Nov 4, 2010 in Blog | 2 comments
I conducted the first Free Spacer playtest session in Toronto with a group of n00bs. The group was one of the biggest I have ever run, six players, not a one who knew a thing about Free Spacer and only two who had really played an RPG. I’m not saying they were complete snow white virgins; they are all video gamers who’ve played CRPGs like Oblivion...
Read MoreThe Group Template in Free Spacer
Posted on Oct 30, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments
The idea of the group template is not a new one, but as I must give credit for the term to Fear the Boot. Like most veteran gamers the lack of group cohesion and purpose has long been a frustration and annoyance. Many Games do not mandate a solution to this issue, rather they just assume the group will have their own solution. There seem to be four solutions for...
Read MoreBig Moves, losing my Gaming Group, and staying Connected
Posted on Oct 24, 2010 in Blog | 2 comments
As Newton says, an object in motion stays in motion; that seems true of life too. After the Wedding, we had another big change; I took a job in Toronto as a video game designer. My wife and I moved across the country from Vancouver to Toronto for the job. As you would expect, this move has affected every aspect of my life; 5,000 km is nothing to shake a stick...
Read MoreMy Geek Wedding & Free Spacer SitRep
Posted on Aug 30, 2010 in Blog | 4 comments
It has been a long while since I last posted. (The last one was done by one of my playtesters – Thanks Renee!) Now yes, I do have a long list of excuses, but the biggest is my wedding on August 3rd and my long honeymoon the week after to New York City. Throughout this was all a crazy wonderful time, I have been constantly working on Free Spacer. The book is...
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