Part of my Kickstarter Process

I’m currently engaged in my 10th Kickstarter campaign at the moment. It’s a project called Trinity of Awesome Returns!

A lot of people have asked me about what all goes into my Kickstarters; like, how do you get from the initial idea (step A) all the way to fulfillment (step Z)? Well, as you can imagine from the space between the first and last letters of the alphabet, there’s a lot that goes into it. This article will focus on the beginning of the process. Step A, if you will. Continue reading “Part of my Kickstarter Process”

Life of a Big Irish Gamer: Comes the Fall

party-2016Multiple meanings intended. For a great many, it’s been a rough year. For me, November really brought that home. I had a bout with depression – something I’ve only recently begun talking about. Then, I think it’s safe to say, a whole bunch of us slammed into a collective bout… but I will leave that be, as there’s no doubt you’ve all read all about that more than enough, elsewhere, and here we want to talk about gamery-related stuff instead.

In case you missed the first one, this is a space where I talk about a bunch of things that relate to my journey as a professional RPG writer/designer and all the stuff that connects to that. Influences, projects I am working on, things I am doing that intersect, and anything else I think might relate. So, let’s get into it. Continue reading “Life of a Big Irish Gamer: Comes the Fall”

Build Your Own RPG Publishing Empire… with No Money Down!

E-PublishingWell… perhaps empire is a bit grandiose, seeing as how my business only grosses a few hundred dollars a year. But Blue Max Studios (my publishing house) has put over thirty RPG titles out in the last six years, for a multitude of different games. What’s more, I have never lost money publishing RPG and supplements. What’s my secret? I actually can’t lose money as a gaming publisher, because I haven’t spent any in the first place. Everything I’ve done with Blue Max Studios, in all aspects of production and publication, has cost nothing. Want to know another secret? It’s not even that hard… Continue reading “Build Your Own RPG Publishing Empire… with No Money Down!”

Expanding on We Be Goblins!


PZO9500-5_500 With Free RPG Day coming up this weekend, I thought I would comment on one of my favourite picks – Paizo’s We Be Goblins! adventures. As mentioned previously, I really enjoy these adventures and have had a great time running them for my friends. This year, I’ll be looking forward to picking up the We B4 Goblins adventure from Paizo. In these adventures, you play goblins called upon to perform great deeds of daring for your tribe (or new ones!), you prove your worthiness performing a series of games and then go off on your quest.

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Adventure RPG for Kids 6-8 Years Old

The Adventure GameAs a long-time gamer and a father of a six year old daughter, I’ve been wanting to introduce her to role-playing games for a long six years, and although I’ve tried a couple times rolling dice with her to decide where the story we’re telling goes, I hadn’t tried running an actual game for her and her friends, until now.

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#RPGaDay2015: Favourite non-RPG Thing to Come out of RPGing

The last RPGaDay question for this year asks what was my favourite non-RPG thing to come from RPGing?RPG-a-day-2015-Twitter-2

The friendships that I’ve made through gaming tops the list for me. Many of my closest friends come out of gaming together through the years. That is something that I would sorely miss if I had not played RPGs. Continue reading “#RPGaDay2015: Favourite non-RPG Thing to Come out of RPGing”

#RPGaDay2015: Favourite RPG Playing Celebrity

For my second to last past of RPGaDay, who is my favourite RPG playing celebrity?

One of my biggest heroes growing up was Robin Williams. He was a comic genius and in everything I saw of him, a genuinely decent and caring guy. He lived the motto: life is crazy and you can either laugh or cry.

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