Why I am not using rpgnow to publish my game

Posted by on Feb 24, 2011 in Games, Minimalist Business, newsies and bootblacks | 0 comments

I am happy rpgnow.com customer. I believe they provide a great service to gamers and I wish them well. But I am not using their services as a publisher. Instead, I am going to let you download the game and then donate to Love’s Bridge. Or not, it’s up to you. This is why. No red tape I’m a Spaniard, and establishing a business here means a lot of administrative hassle. And it gets worse for me, as I am supposed to work exclusively for the Spanish state, for most everything else I need a special permission. Taxes, fees, queues and some headaches would pave me the way to...

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Write me an adventure

Posted by on Jun 25, 2010 in newsies and bootblacks | 4 comments

So I am looking for a freelance writer to help me with one of the Adventures programmed to be included in Newsies & Bootblacks: The Newsboy Strike. And I’m paying, perhaps not as you deserve, but I am paying. That other strike There is no way around, this historic event was the one in which Newsies, the Disney movie was based on. The last thing I want is a re-telling of that film. A Game Master playing with their friends can, of course, play the game as they want, but I cannot and will not publish anything that can be thought as a copyright infringement. It’s against the...

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Sources of inspiration: My ear trumpet

Posted by on Jun 20, 2010 in Recommend | 0 comments

To me, visiting My Ear-Trumpet is like reliving the days of boyhood. There was this old trunk lost in a forsaken room filled with family treasures. As I opened it and browsed its stuff, I felt like the ancestors were back alive speaking to me. As a young kid, I found only natural that people used to worship their ancestors. My Ear Trumpet features quite a lot of content about the Belle Epoque, the Victorian, the Steampunk and the Edwardian among its many other wonders… and some silliness. The sublime, the geeky and the weird, it’s all there. It’s hard that you love every...

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