The game designers / writers / artists alliance

Posted by on May 18, 2012 in Featured, Minimalist Business | 0 comments

Let me brief: We, are all a bunch of creative people, but we all have our shortcomings; either if it is lack of time, little experience, artistic skill (or lack of), typesetting skills, writing, just pick yours. I as a Spaniard who lives in Spain may have a few more with my English and my ability to attend conventions or launch anything on kickstarter. We are in the long tail of a small market, and we can hardly produce a game a year at great personal cost; and let me not get started about marketing. A labour of love, yes, we do it because we love doing it, but What if we cooperate in a...

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Newsies and Bootblacks Style Guide

Posted by on Jun 28, 2010 in Minimalist Business | 2 comments

So Newsies & Bootblacks has a style guide, created by my editor Davina Haisell, to ensure consistency through-out the rules, core books and supplements. She was kind enough to offer it to me as a free extra, to ensure that the new books and supplements will not repeat the same mistake. To me, this is one of those details that mark the true professional. By the way, I will be publishing it on this blog for the benefit of those wanting to help with my game and to inspire other game designers with their own projects.

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