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Gaming with Kids
Life’s juggling act can be overwhelming, with family, health, work, and school vying for our time. Amidst this chaos, finding moments for tabletop role-playing games can seem impossible, especially when kids are part of the equation. However, one creative solution that has proven to be both messy and magical is including the kids in game.…
Free Templates
Last time we looked at some approaches and resources for digging into our writing. In this weeks blog we’re going to go a little further and look at just a few specific resources that are available to us as fledgling game designers through the DriveThru RPG website. DriveThru RPG is one of, if not the,…
The Writing Process
Once we’ve organized our thoughts for our RPG products the next step is the actual writing process. There are a lot of different approaches that writers take to actually produce their material. Some focus on just generating a certain number of words per day, others focus on establishing a routine with set times where they…
Organization
Once you have selected your system, it’s time to think about what it is you’re actually hoping to design and publish. It could be an adventure, a character option, a rules supplement, a setting, or something else entirely. Whatever it is you want to write, any project will benefit from some planning and organization at…
Getting Started
You’ve been playing RPG’s for while now. Maybe you’ve been a Player, maybe you’re the forever GM. Maybe you play a GM-less system, or solo a game all by yourself. Perhaps you have a system you understand, maybe a setting you love. At the very least, an idea for an adventure, a subclass, a list…
The real depths of that Dwarven Mine
With the release of Dungeons of Saltmarsh: Depths of the Dwarven Mine, our company, CritFail Press, has taken its first, nascent steps into the TTRPG design space. It’s a crowded space for sure, but an exciting one, full of talented and creative people all looking to engage in one the greatest hobbies in the world.…
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