Hi everyone! Onto #RPGaDay 3! Please feel free to chime in yourselves or let me know if you have any questions, I’m always interested in what people want to see, for obvious reasons! #RPGaDay 3: How do you find out about new RPGs? Well, I’m part of a number of facebook groups which contain creators,…
Hi everyone! Today, you’ll find my answer to the #RPGaDay 2 not only right here, but also in various other places, as I was asked to answer this one for Angus Abranson! #RPGaDay 2: What is an RPG you’d like to see published? I would love to see an officially licensed Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy is…
Hi everyone! I’ve decided to do the #RPGaDay challenge this month! I did it last year and had a lot of fun, so here we go… #RPGaDay 1: Which published RPG do you wish you were playing right now? Well, that’s an easy one – I’ve not had the chance to play a game of Era:…
Hi everyone! For a while now, I’ve been offering help to people who want to create their own games – pretty much ever since I realised how difficult it can actually be, how much money can be wasted, and how underrated most of the really reliable artists are. I have thought a lot about why…
Hi everyone, So I am, instead of my normal weekly post, going to write an entry in my development blog today. I might do this a bit more often – I seem to be echoing the words of the Oracle all too often lately! I had a very interesting conversation with one of my playtesters…
Hi everyone, Again, instead of my post this week, I thought I’d write a little in my Development Blog. Very recently, I’ve been working to find an artist for a graphic novel I’m working on in the Consortium Universe. At 100 pages, it’s a lot of work, a lot of cash in someone’s pocket. This…
Hi everyone! I am just coming to the end of a proofreading cycle on Era: The Consortium’s Core Rulebook and I thought, as a result, now might be a good time to write a Development Blog entry about all the stuff that happens after you fiNash the actual writing, so here we are! When I…
Hi everyone! I get asked about Kickstarter more often than I get asked about anything else apart from the truth behind Era: The Consortium’s mysteries! So, today, I thought I’d write a little bit about Kickstarter, some of the process and things to watch out for as someone who posts their game there. I’m going…
Hi everyone! So you have come up with a concept for a game. It might be a board game, card game or computer game – this article really applies to all of them! Do you spend the time and effort (which is extreme, believe me!) to develop this idea into a full-fledged game of the…
Hi everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about Patreon – one of the most unsung heroes of our setup here at Shades of Vengeance. Patreon is most easily described as “A monthly Kickstarter where you pay every month and your backers get a reward every month”. We’ve had a small number of backers there who…
I was recently asked by my friend and intrepid game designer, Ed Jowett, if I’d like to do a guest spot on his development blog. My initial reaction was something close to “seriously, you want me to give advice to real live people?” There’s not much that I adore more than writing a good story…
Someone who’s been a friend of mine for a few years came to me the other day and told me that he was writing an article about the internet and its effect on gaming companies. He asked me to write him a few sentences about what Kickstarter means to Shades of Vengeance in particular. Me…
Hi everyone! It’s Friday the 13th, and I thought I’d share one of my nightmares with you today – balancing card games! Most of you don’t know yet that I’m working on a card game. Well, with a little help from another game designer, I am. I’m not quite ready to give out details, but…
