In this, the last installment, of my analysis on the building and fostering of a local RPG community panel, we are going to explore what defines a gamer and how to create safe spaces for your local community. I have touched a few of the safe space principles in the first installment, but we’re going…
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Building A Local RPG Community – An Analytical Look [Part 2]
In this installment of my analysis of the building and fostering a local RPG community panel, we are going to explore the online avenues that the panelists suggested. The online realm is vast and very diverse, therefore it is ripe for finding locals that may be interested in checking out what it is you are…
Building A Local RPG Community – An Analytical Look [Part 1]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of moderating some panels at VirtuaCon. For those that are not aware, VirtuaCon is a three-day online virtual RPG-centric convention hosted by RPGGeek.com. One of the panels is of particular interest to me directly. The panel topic I am referring to is about building and fostering a local RPG…
VirtuaCon Is A Wrap!
What an amazing weekend! For the last three days I have gamed and had the most amazing conversations with some of the best gamers I could ask to be associated with. What did I do? Well, VirtuaCon (organized by RPG Geek) was this past weekend and I was fully engaged in all the activities. My plate…
Malandros RPG Launches on Kickstarter – Featured at VirtuaCon
Malandros: Tales From the Streets of Old Rio just launched on Kickstarter. While it has a very lofty funding goal of $77 USD to cover editing costs, it is built on a solid game engine, the DramaSystem. If you want to learn more about the game before backing it on Kickstarter, the designer, Tom McGrenery,…
The Warren – Releases To Backers & Featured At VirtuaCon
Doing my happy dance! Yesterday, The Warren released to Kickstarter backers. This excites me, can’t you tell? The publisher, Bully Pulpit Games, has apologized for being a little late on delivering. The PDF was delivered yesterday (print copies will be next month) in its near final form. The following is from Bully Pulpit Games. Bad news…
VirtuaCon Game Sign-ups Now Live
The folks over at VirtuaCon have compiled the game schedule (more likely to be added) and have begun allowing players to sign up for games. If you’re interested in learning more about VirtuaCon or signing up for some games, please following the links below. Event Information Game Schedule (with details) Game Schedule (Spreadsheet version) VirtuaCon Google+…
RPG Projects on Kickstarter I’m Following
There are several recently released kickstarters that I have my eye on. Sadly, my gaming budget is a little tight this time of year. I would love to back some of these and see what all the hype is about. Masks: A New Generation, some of my friends are going fool over this particular game….
The Challenge With Challenges!
This past summer has been a wild and crazy ride for me; for which I have not made much in the way of progress on some of the challenges I am taking part in. Here’s a brief summary of where I stand with two challenges. It’s not too late to get involved in them if…
Coming Soon From Rolling Boxcars
Well, now that the con-high is starting to subside and reality is kicking back in. There is much to do around here at Rolling Boxcars. So, let me see here, I have the following planned for the months of July and August. At Storm-Con I had the pleasure of chatting with several new game designers…
Rolling Boxcars 