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Design Notes Posted onJune 9, 2020April 2, 2023

Automating Gimp to Design Cards

EDIT 2: Updated plugins on 4/1/2023 EDIT: Now with video instructions! Video 1: Setting up the Card Template: https://youtu.be/ogZ2qblEQxA Video 2: Setting up the CSV […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onJune 22, 2018April 2, 2023

Make a Simple Fantasy Map

Make a Simple Fantasy Map Think you’re lacking the skills to make a proper fantasy map for your latest campaign?  Well, so am I!  Or […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onJanuary 13, 2018April 1, 2023

Modular 5-Room Dungeon: The Dark Castle

First off, let me say that the picture for this post comes from user legendary-memory on Deviant Art and is the middle section of a […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onJanuary 1, 2018April 1, 2023

The Joy of Creation

I just read a little bit about the game Godbound, and I think it’s where I was headed with my Born Heroes game.  I guess […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onDecember 29, 2017April 2, 2023

Solo Sandbox

I had an idea to create a series of adventure seeds that can be used to stitch together a campaign.  Since I always have trouble […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onDecember 23, 2017April 1, 2023

Designing an RPG: Theme and Mechanics

So I have designed a couple of RPGs and even sold one of them locally for a little while.  Over a year, I made enough […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onDecember 2, 2017April 1, 2023

Modular 5-Room Dungeons

This is a proof of concept that you can take a 5-Room Dungeon type story and randomize the different pieces.  Imagine each part being in […] Read More

Design Notes Posted onNovember 27, 2017April 1, 2023

Creating the Unknown from the Known

I have enjoyed my brief forays into playing RPGs by myself, but I continue to struggle with keeping at least some things a surprise. I […] Read More

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