Watch it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwk8eDXks0Y Hi everyone! I’ve been speaking about how to be a game creator for a long time at conventions, and we’ve decided it’s time I start giving some advice to long-time fans of our work who want to build their own games. Here’s the first of what I expect to…
It may sound like I’m saying this all the time, but that’s only because it’s true. We are currently working on more games than we ever have before. This is great news for all you game lovers out there. Over the next couple of weeks, Ed is going to be giving us glimpses of what’s…
Hi everyone! It’s the final day of #RPGaDay! I’d like to thank everyone who’s followed these posts. I hope they have been informative and a little bit of fun! I’d like to thank the folks over at the Casting Shadows Blog for their alternate questions as well as for the list in the first place….
Hi everyone! This is a tough question for me, because most of the things I want to see, I’m working on! #RPGaDay 30: What is an RPG genre mash-up you would most like to see? Well, as Final Fantasy is a mash-up of genres in itself, I’m going to cop out and say that the…
Hi everyone! #RPGaDay 29: What has been the best-run RPG Kickstarter you have backed? I was impressed and happy for James and his team for the recent Ghost-Ops RPG [ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/458299077/ghost-ops-an-rpg-of-modern-day-covert-operations ]. They did a fantastic job of putting the concept across and deserved all of the success that they got! It’s great to see someone…
Hi everyone! #RPGaDay 28: What film/series is the biggest source of quotes in your group? Well… uh… We’re a pretty varied source of quotes, actually. The one that sticks in my mind is Firefly/Serenity… sort of. “It gets you right here” comes up relatively often, as does the phrase “Big Damn Heroes”. That said, we get…
Hi everyone! I usually travel pretty light when gaming – a pile of D10s and character sheets. However, I do have one further thought… #RPGaDay 27: What are your essential tools for good gaming? I think there’s only one thing you always need: a character concept which is thought-out and understood in your own mind….
Hi everyone! Today, I’m talking non-rulebook resources for my games, and there’s a clear stand-out here! #RPGaDay 26: Which RPG provides the most useful resources? The resource I’m most proud of at the moment is the work that I’ve been doing with Matthew Knighton on our Patreon. I should say right now – this stuff…
Hi everyone! As a perpetual GM, today’s question is not necessarily the easiest one for me… however, I have a few suggestions… #RPGaDay 25: What is the best way to thank your GM? Well, it depends a little on the type of game! Personally, when I’m running a campaign and it gets to the end…
Hi everyone! Although neither of the main games I’m about to link to you actually answer this question. However, when I first encountered them, they absolutely did! #RPGaDay 24: Share a PWYW Publisher who should be charging more. When I first met Sanchit Sharma and John Serembe, they both had some great ideas for games…
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that I’m primarily talking my RPGs in this #RPGaDay, so if you have any questions about anything I mention, shout, I’d be more than happy to answer! #RPGaDay 23: Which RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout? I have always loved the amazing work of Keith Draws, right from his first submission…
Hi everyone! The subject of my #RPGaDay today is a game I’m hoping to run at AetherCon! If you don’t know about AetherCon, it’s an online convention which runs at the beginning of November. I hope you’ll think about joining us there, we’ll have some great deals on our Era games! #RPGaDay 22: Which RPGs are the…
Hi everyone! As we enter the last days of the #RPGaDay Challenge, I’m going to mention another different game today! #RPGaDay 21: Which RPG does the most with the least words? There’s only one answer to that for me: Era: Silence. In Era: Silence, you’re not permitted to speak, meaning very few words indeed, as…
Hi everyone! I don’t think I’d be anywhere near as much help as most people would probably like on what the best source for out-of-print RPGs is, so I’m taking an alternate question today! #RPGaDay 20 (A): What do you want out of an RPG experience? For me, it’s very simple. I want to create a great…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m once again going to avoid the obvious answer (still answering within the set of Era Games) of Era: The Consortium, which has some amazing writers, and instead focus on another game… #RPGaDay 19: Which RPG features the best writing? I’m going to talk about Era: Survival today, which was written by…
Hi everyone! My answer to the question today will come as a surprise to absolutely no-one, I think! #RPGaDay 18: Which RPG have you played the most in your life? Hands down, there’s only one answer: Era: The Consortium! My first game, and its 5 content expansions, have taken a long time to develop, and…
Hi everyone! I’m back to the standard questions today! #RPGaDay 17: Which RPG have you owned the longest but not played? I’m usually pretty good with this one! The last game I got which I’ve not yet played is the new Conan RPG by Modiphius! I was interested from the start and backed their Kickstarter,…
Hi everyone! As Day 16’s question is the opposite to Day 15’s, I’m doing another alternate question today! #RPGaDay 16 (A): What would appear on an RPG book cover that would make you want to play it? I thought this was a brilliant question. And I excluded the obvious, which would be the Era d10 logo! I…
Hi everyone! As I said yesterday, I’m answering one of the alternate questions today, as I don’t really adapt RPGs very often! #RPGaDay 15 (A): Campaigns: do you prefer set-length or open-ended play? Personally, I prefer set-length campaigns, because I like to plan a storyline for the group which they will follow through slowly. I usually…
Hi everyone! I’m back with you for #RPGaDay 14! Tomorrow, I’m going to veer off the main sequence of questions and cover one of the alternates they offered this year! For today, however… #RPGaDay 14: Which RPG do you prefer for open-ended campaign play? I have enjoyed using Era: The Empowered for this purpose. The…
Hi everyone! Today was an interesting trip down memory lane for #RPGaDay 13… #RPGaDay 13: Describe an experience that changed how you play. I have a few choices here, but as many people who have listened to interviews with me know how I became a GM, I thought I would tell a different story this…
Hi everyone! Today, an artwork question! #RPGaDay 12: Which RPG has the most inspiring interior art? While I could talk about Era: The Consortium endlessly in this answer, because the artwork is truly incredible, thanks to the amazing Victor Adame Minguez. However, I am going to ignore this game for the purposes of this answer,…
Hi everyone! How do you define a dead game? I struggled with this #RPGaDay, if I am honest. My research showed me that Big Eyes Small Mouth technically counts, so does the Buffy game… I did have a clear answer, though, in the end. Read on to find out more! #RPGaDay 11: Which ‘dead game’…
Hi everyone! I have more answers to today’s question that I really know how to fit in a reasonable length post, so I am choosing my top few. #RPGaDay 10: Where do you go for RPG Reviews? It depends what I am looking for, of course! However: If I really want to know whether a…
Hi everyone! #RPGaDay has been great fun for me so far! I hope you are all also enjoying the ride, along with learning some things about our selection of games! #RPGaDay 9: What is a good RPG to play for about 10 sessions? I would have to say that, if I had 10 sessions and…
Hi everyone! Short question subject, short answer today! #RPGaDay 8: What is a good RPG to play for sessions of 2 hours or less? I would have to say Era: Lyres is a brilliant candidate for that! In Era: Lyres, you play as people who would never make it as adventurers… and it is too…
Hi everyone! Today, for #RPGaDay, I am going to be talking about a session that some of you will have experienced and some of you may even have played with me GMing! #RPGaDay 7: What was your most impactful session? Era: The Consortium‘s very first campaign followed Stiletto Unit through some hard times. The discovery…
Hi everyone! This is one of my favourite questions in the whole #RPGaDay month, so I am going to dive right in! #RPGaDay 6: You can game every day for a week. Describe what you’d do! If I had games and people for a week, I know exactly what I would do: I would run…
Hi everyone! For the remainder of this month, I want to make a disclaimer! For the most part, I will be answering the question “Which of YOUR games…?”. I love every game that I have created and am, obviously, a little biased, so I am limiting the question to the 6 published Era Games, their…
Hi everyone! Before I kick off #RPGaDay 4, I want to remind everyone that we actually have an active Kickstarter right now for Champion of Earth, with every chance of unlocking Expansions for our popular card game! Don’t forget to check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/champion-of-earth-robots #RPGaDay 4: Which RPG have you played the most since August 2016?…
