Month: January 2006

Perchance to Dreamation 2006

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Last weekend was Dreamatioin, Double Exposure’s winter convention. I’ve been going to between 4 and 6 conventions a year for about 8 years now. I’ve been to GenCon 7 times. I had more fun at Dreamation 2006 than any other convention ever. No contest. Sure, it was a ball, what did I do?

Dreamation’s nearly upon us!

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Lest I be hypocritical, I want everyone to know that I’ll be at Dreamation 2006 this coming weekend, January 20, 21, and 22. I’ll be part of the Indie RPG Explosion. I’ll be running a new With Great Power… event called “They Came From Beyond!” It’s a thematic crossover with Tony Lower-Basch’s Capes tournament. We’re … Read more

And if they all jumped off a bridge…

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It’s January and sales data is thick in the air. Here’s a smattering I’ve found: Keith’s data on 2005 Conspiracy of Shadow sales Clinton’s data on 4th quarter 2005 Anvilwerks sales Vincent’s data on 2005 Dogs in the Vineyard sales Matt’s data on 2005 Primetime Adventures sales My sales for With Great Power… since the … Read more

This year’s Indie RPG Explosion

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Here’s a thought on how the Indie RPG Explosion at GenCon might work: What if, in addition to any scheduled games people want to run, we schedule an open table in each and every timeslot? We make sure there is at least someone there at the table and that they have *some* game ready to … Read more

I couldn’t be prouder!

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Kat, my wonderful wife, has launched Lightfoot Letter eZine. She’ll be posting a new addition to the story every Wednesday. I’m honored that she chose one of the stories we freeformed together to be the first entry. I love Kat’s writing and think you will, too! Check it out!

The “other” Forge model

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Over in his Ronnies thread, Ron posted about mutualism and the Ronnie Awards It’s led me to some thinking about “the other side” of the Forge model. The standard Forge model, such as I understood it, is: Design the game that you would want to play. Produce it on the cheap. Sell it direct. All … Read more

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Went to Bruce’s last night to play board games into the new year. Bruce has played a number of miniatures games. Ended up talking with him about why I want to investigate miniatures gaming as research for the kingship game (also referred to as The Game Aria Was Meant To Be). Also talked with Kat … Read more