[Q&A] Eddy Webb (Deluxe V20 Lore of the Clans, Pugmire)

[19:02] <+EddyWebb> Hi, everyone! My name is Eddy Webb (with a “y,” thank you), and I’m a full-time freelance writer, designer, and consultant for RPGs, video games, and many other things. Today I’m here primarily in my role as the line developer for Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (“V20” for short), but I’m also working on a dog fantasy game called “Pugmire.”

[19:03] <+EddyWebb> Our Kickstarter, Lore of the Clans, is wrapping up soon. The book covers all 13 Clans in Vampire, talking about their history, modern lore, and some cool mechanical bits, told largely from the point of view of a member of that Clan. We’re looking at some cool stretch goals right now, and we’ve having fun sharing selfies for fun and prizes.

[19:03] <+EddyWebb> So, feel free to ask me about the Kickstarter, V20, Pugmire, or anything else that might be entertaining. 🙂

[Q&A] Keith Baker (Phoenix: Dawn Command)

[19:01] <+HellcowKeith> Hi! My name is Keith Baker. I’ve been a game designer and writer for around two decades, and I’m best known for the card game Gloom and the Eberron campaign setting. My current project is Phoenix: Dawn Command, a card-driven RPG that’s up on Kickstarter now.

[Q&A] Mark “Whitt” Whittington (PROJECT)

[20:02] <+Whitt> I’m Mark Whittington, (everyone calls me Whitt) i’m an ancient beardy gamer and I’ve just had my first RPG published.

[20:03] <+Whitt> My game is PROJECT… let me find a link

[20:03] <+Whitt> (Link: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/146321/Project&affiliate_id=50144)http://www.rpgnow.com/product/146321/Project&affiliate_id=50144

[20:03] <+Whitt> here’s the blurb:

[20:03] <+Whitt> PROJECT is a role-playing game about heroic guardians of reality.  After a terrible, supernatural disaster the world has been rent asunder and strange things have begun to bleed in all around the edges.  Humanity has recovered to an extent and continues to fight these beings and forces from beyond known as ‘Entities’.  The group PROJECT is at the forefront of

[20:04] <~Dan> (cut off at “forefront of”)

[20:04] <+Whitt> humanity’s defence, using the strange technologies and abilities of the Entities against them and reasserting reality one bloody fight at a time.  In the game you will take the role of one of the heroic agents of PROJECT, modified through barely understood technology and thrown against the strange and deadly beings and events that press in on the Earth from i

[20:04] <+Whitt> s neighbouring dimensions and parallels. In the process you may begin to discover things that you wish you didn’t know and that the battle for reality is not as black and white as you have been indoctrinated to think.

[20:04] <+Whitt> With stunning art by Toby Gregory and a customised version of the Open D6 system, PROJECT is a great game for mission-based play and conspiracy arcs. PROJECT IS SAVIOUR

[Q&A] Paul Mitchener (Age of Arthur, Patreon)

[19:02] <+dr_mitch> Okay- I’m Paul Mitchener. Coauthor of Age of Arthur (Fate-based, with Graham Spearing), Crucible of the Dragons (OpenQuest, with Simon Bray), Blood of the Gods (for Wild Talents), and a couple of other smaller things.

[Q&A] David Sharrock (Wyrd)

[19:05] <+ForeverPeople> So, I’m David Sharrock, founder of Forever People and author of the Wyrd system and setting. Wyrd is pretty hard to sum up but you might call it a fantasy, mythology, horror, steampunk RPG. It pretty much needs to be seen to be understood, so I’ll just break off that the lite version is free to download on Drive Thru 🙂

[Review] Blue Rose

Introduction

The name’s Davenport. I review games.

So the other day I hear from the Green Ronin boys that they’ve got themselves a fantasy game they want me to review. I’ve been at this long enough to know sayin’ “yes” meant more than gettin’ a book in the mail. It meant some weirdo comin’ to visit.

Don’t ask me why works that way, folks. It just does. It’s a weird hobby.

Now, I figured on the weirdo would be some fantasy type. But this guy… well…

“Greetings,” he says, all sing-songy. The ruffles on his shirt made a sound like someone waddin’ up cheap crapper paper when he bowed. “I am here on behalf Green Ronin to present you with a review copy of Blue Rose: The Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy!”

“Blue Rose, eh?” I says. “Yeah, I heard of that one… uses the same tricked-out version of d20 as Mutants & Masterminds, right? Ended up as that generic True 20 thingie?”

“Verily!” the guy says. “And the game is equally as swift and simplified as its four-color kin. Although, alas, it lacks the large, strapping fellows in those delightfully skin-tight uniforms.”

“Ah… yeah,” I says. “So, what’s with the ‘romantic’ angle? Lotsa fellas ridin’ around on white horses savin’ dames in distress and so forth?”

“Well, yes, there is that,” he agrees, “But! The game does cater to all types…”

“Uh, ‘types’…?”

The guy gives me the once-over and waggles his eyebrows.

…

“Listen, pal,” I says, “pardon me for sayin’ so, but you seem like you might be…”

“…one of the Queen’s Finest?” he chimes in. “Indeed I am, my square-jawed friend!”

“…Is that what they’re callin’ it these days…?”

[Q&A] Jason Tondro (Super Villain Handbook)

[20:00] <+Jason> I’m Dr. Jason Tondro, and I teach literature, writing, American culture and comics/graphic novels at a small public college in southeast Georgia. But I am also the author of the SUPER VILLAIN HANDBOOK, published by Fainting Goat.

[Q&A] Marissa Kelly (Epyllion, a Dragon Epic RPG)

[19:04] <+Mariscka> Hello!! My name is Marissa Kelly and I am co-founder of Magpie Games and author of Epyllion. I grew up playing tabletop RPGs and am lucky enough to have made it into one of my jobs. 🙂

[19:04] <+Mariscka> Epyllion is a tabletop roleplaying game where you get to play dragons! In this dragon-centric world, you are the sons and daughters of the Dragonlords, mighty rulers who need your help to investigate rumors, solve problems, and discover the truth of a growing evil in the land.

[19:05] <+Mariscka> Along with your fellow dragons, you and your clutchmates will protect Dragonia from the Darkness and discover the true value of friendship.

[19:05] <+Mariscka> The system uses the Powered by the Apocalypse engine; while you play, you and your clutch will explore what dragons do and how they do it, by building on what each of you adds to the story. Each player will discover the meaning of friendship as you adventure across Dragonia!

[Q&A] Joshua Curchill (No Countdown)

[19:03] <+Josh> Hey ya’ll I’m Josh (aka Silaninil) the brains behind ‘No Countdown’ found here:(Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/617305484/no-count-down-tabletop-rpg.)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/617305484/no-count-down-tabletop-rpg.

[19:04] <+Josh> No Countdown is a WW3 special ops tabletop rpg I’ve been designing with the help of a friend for the past three years or so from the ground up and focuses on giving the players an action movie like game setting in a slightly futuristic world.

What do game designers think about RPGnet?

Out of curiosity, I recently asked game designers on Facebook what they thought about RPGnet. I did so in part because I’ve had difficulty in the past getting certain authors to do Q&As due to their mistaken belief that #rpgnet (the chatroom) is still affiliated with RPGnet (the website).

Below are some of their responses. I am not going to attribute the quotes to respect the authors’ privacy and desires not to alienate potential customers, and I totally understand if doing so leads you to take said quotes with a grain of salt.