Kickstarting Do & So Can You

Posted on May 9, 2011 in Articles | 2 comments

A lot has happened since I last posted, a lot of game design on Free Spacer as I push towards the end, but more notably Daniel Solis’ Kickstarter for “Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple” has become one of the biggest things in the Indie Community. The ongoing overwhelming success of this Kickstarter is incredibly intimidating. The...

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1000 True Fans & Indie RPGs

Posted on Feb 10, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

The idea of an Artist or other Creator making a living selling directly to their fans has been around for while now. It started of a small thing called the internet, which made it possible for these Artists to reach small niche communities and become micro-celebrities, world famous to a few people. The question became, can you make money from it? One answer was...

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Narrative Mode in Video Games & RPGs

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments

I went to Game Developers Expo this weekend and one thing you have to say about these conferences; they have some tasty food and fun Swag. You have to love chocolate croissants and mini-Frisbees. The presentations were very good and were all very intriguing and thoughtful, but when Armando Troisi talked about his work on Mass Effect 2 he brought up a particular...

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Rules are the basis of Setting

Posted on Mar 28, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments

Can you play a social game with 4th edition? Or use WoD for a dungeon crawl? Does System Matter? Of course, you can use any system to play any sort of game, but should you? Cross Purposes Is it so bad to play at cross purposes; most systems are designed to have mechanics to handle any situation. So why does it matter? Well, take D&D 4e for example; when you...

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What is a Roleplaying Game?

Posted on Dec 8, 2009 in Articles | 0 comments

Nearly every Roleplaying Game book has a very strange section in it; called “What is a Roleplaying Game?” Like most gamers I just took this for granted, but when I started to plan Free Spacer, I started to wonder if this section was even necessary. I’ve never run across a novel with a “What is Narrative literature?” section or a Cookbook with a “What...

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