Welcome back to the Best Reads of the Week! Every week I read through more than 450 blogs looking for the best rpg related articles to bring them directly to you. This week we've got advice for breaking into game design; strange inches; a blog closing; anniversaries; and so much more! If you see a post that you like be sure and tell the author how much you enjoyed it!
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BEST READS OF THE WEEK
FEBRUARY 22- 28, 2015!
Breaking into Game Design as a Woman by +Jessica Price, from the blog Bedside Notepad: If you're a woman and considering getting into game design then this article by Paizo's Jessica Price is a great place to start thinking about how to get where you want to be. But don't think this advice is only applicable for women as it's great advice regardless of your gender.
Advice for women looking to get into game design, Part III by Wundergeek, from the blog Go Make Me a Sandwich: While the title and the article are directed at women in particular the
advice often applies to anyone trying to get into game design.
When an Inch is not an Inch in AD&D by Delta, from the blog Delta's D&D Hotspot: There's a complexity to AD&D that often mystifies players who came later to the game, and this discussion of what 1 inch represents in the edition demonstrates one of the many reason why that happens.
Great Clomping Feet by Smiorgan, from the blog Department V: Like talking about your character, world building is a boring exercise that often only fascinates the person working their way through the process but bores everyone else who comes along afterwards. Hard to argue against that statement.
Sorry We're Closed by +Eric Treasure, from the blog The Dragon's Flagon: Come say goodbye to a great blog that has never gotten as much attention as it deserved.
When it's Time for a Character to Leave the Party by +Tim Shorts, from the blog Gothridge Manor: Occasionally there comes a time when it's right for a character to walk away from the story. This post by Tim highlights when the time is right by talking about when his own character stepped off the stage.
Fortieth Anniversary of Games Workshop by +Jon Peterson, from the blog Playing at the World: It seems that a year after the fortieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons that we've forgotten that other companies were started shortly on the heels of TSR. Thank goodness that Jon Peterson is there to remind us about some of the other great companies that have dominated their industries!
We're Not Playing D&D with the Escapist Ever Again and "Cool, Cool" and Other Words of Wisdom from the Escapist by +Zak Smith, from the blog Playing D&D with Porn Stars: There are times when you have to take a stand on the people you're doing business with and the people that they hire. Do you work for someone who is a homophobe? That hate's transsexuals? Or do you walk away from them and their bullshit. Zak Smith has made his decision. What would you do in his place?
Monster Manual's Appendix N by Mike Monaco, from the blog Swords and Dorkery: The original Appendix N was designed to inspire you to come up with great adventures and to help inspire the tone of your campaigns for years to come. So what if the Monster Manual had come up with books to inspire your monsters? Mike Monaco is trying to do just that and you should totally come along for the ride and help him out!
The Past Few Years Have Been Wasted by Talysman, from the blog The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: So if something isn't expressly written in the rules than you can't do it? As Talysman put it, "Since when was that an Old School idea?"
When an Inch is not an Inch in AD&D by Delta, from the blog Delta's D&D Hotspot: There's a complexity to AD&D that often mystifies players who came later to the game, and this discussion of what 1 inch represents in the edition demonstrates one of the many reason why that happens.
Great Clomping Feet by Smiorgan, from the blog Department V: Like talking about your character, world building is a boring exercise that often only fascinates the person working their way through the process but bores everyone else who comes along afterwards. Hard to argue against that statement.
Sorry We're Closed by +Eric Treasure, from the blog The Dragon's Flagon: Come say goodbye to a great blog that has never gotten as much attention as it deserved.
When it's Time for a Character to Leave the Party by +Tim Shorts, from the blog Gothridge Manor: Occasionally there comes a time when it's right for a character to walk away from the story. This post by Tim highlights when the time is right by talking about when his own character stepped off the stage.
Fortieth Anniversary of Games Workshop by +Jon Peterson, from the blog Playing at the World: It seems that a year after the fortieth anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons that we've forgotten that other companies were started shortly on the heels of TSR. Thank goodness that Jon Peterson is there to remind us about some of the other great companies that have dominated their industries!
We're Not Playing D&D with the Escapist Ever Again and "Cool, Cool" and Other Words of Wisdom from the Escapist by +Zak Smith, from the blog Playing D&D with Porn Stars: There are times when you have to take a stand on the people you're doing business with and the people that they hire. Do you work for someone who is a homophobe? That hate's transsexuals? Or do you walk away from them and their bullshit. Zak Smith has made his decision. What would you do in his place?
Monster Manual's Appendix N by Mike Monaco, from the blog Swords and Dorkery: The original Appendix N was designed to inspire you to come up with great adventures and to help inspire the tone of your campaigns for years to come. So what if the Monster Manual had come up with books to inspire your monsters? Mike Monaco is trying to do just that and you should totally come along for the ride and help him out!
The Past Few Years Have Been Wasted by Talysman, from the blog The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: So if something isn't expressly written in the rules than you can't do it? As Talysman put it, "Since when was that an Old School idea?"
Another mention? Cheers for that.
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DeleteHey, I finally made the list. Always a cool list. Most of these I had read, but some I missed. Now I can go read them.
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