In this episode I ramble on. A lot. I ramble on for a while. You should check it out.
The podcast rises! Again! After a new contract change I have a daily commute again. That means if I can use my travel time to write my game design stuff down, I will spout it into the aether for all you fine people again.
As triumphant as my last release of the PhantomCast felt, it was also the last nail in the coffin. I enjoyed doing the cast but my commute has changed. I am riding the bus now to and from work so I have no alone time to just sit and let my brain unload. Luckily this actually had another positive effect. I have gotten to spend more time revisiting old designs, and working on my RPG system.
I have now gained roughly 1 hour a day where I can sit and just write down ideas and let the creative juices flow. It’s actually become an uplifting part of my day. I don’t have to waste such precious time in traffic. Before I felt the PhantomCast was the best use of that time, but with the new commute comes a new level of renewed interest in designing games.
So the PhantomCast is down for the count until my situation changes again, but I hope for my designs sake it stays this way for some time. Thank you to everyone who listened, or really anyone who listens in general.
Like a Phoenix from the ashes I arise once more to spout out my misguided insight. This week I talk even more Tabletop RPGs. Rules-light systems, the merging of that concept and board games, and how play by post works for me. Check it out, or don’t. Either way, I’m back, baby.
Sorry for being so late with the post for this. As I mentioned on Twitter we had no kid in the house this weekend so I got SOO much sleep. It was fantastic.
I’m amazed it happened. I have crested 700 followers on Twitter which somehow to me is an achievement. On top of that I am doing a culling of my games collection. I only have so much shelf space and sadly I have to let some games go. On the plus side the coinciding of these events has a benefit for all of you lovely people.
I’m giving away 3 of the games I culled to random winners. Three lucky individuals will get a choice of any of the games shown here:
The full list is:
To enter, just do the stuff below when the contest opens on September 30th. It will run for 2 weeks so there is plenty of time for people to enter. Assuming I set this up correctly 3 people will win games. There is a 1st choice, 2nd choice, and 3rd choice of games from the stash.
The fine print should say it all, but I’ll ship free anywhere within the continental US. (I’m already broke from buying games, so outside that I can’t really afford.) Anywhere outside of that I will probably have to charge to ship. The choices for games are based entirely off the bullet points in the list. You get a choice of one.
Once all entries are tallied, and all winners have been contacted and made their choices I will announce the winners in another post.
In this episode I am already pulling a game back after shelving it only two weeks ago. Potions Class is getting a makeover, manicure, pedicure, the whole works. Check out this episode if you want to hear anything and everything Potions Class related, in addition to the new version of it, Tavern Dice.
This is a quick idea I had that I’m trying to get some other fledgling, or even more veteran, designers to participate in. The rules are simple.
Post about it on Twitter if you would like with #ThriftStoreDesignChallenge. Try and get other designers you know to join in.
As of now this isn’t a contest, unless someone would like to offer up a prize, if you do let me know and we can work something out.
Check out the latest episode of my PhantomCast, here, to hear what I came up with that made me want to start this thing up.