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20 Days Remaining.

I'm still trying to work on my BRP Design Challenge entry. It's not always easy. I had to look it up. Apparently there's this thing called "sleep" that people actually do. Hmm. I'll have to look into it.

The Deadline for the BRP Design Challenge draws ever closer. Here’s the link again. I probably won’t stop talking about it until everything is said and done. It’s a great contest and a good system to be working with. BRP: Universal Game Engine has the benefit of being incredibly well playtested over decades of Pendragon, Call of Cthulhu, and Runequest. The game is fairly intuitive if one has…

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Long Day

Please consider supporting the site on Ko-Fi if you can. I've had a long day. Lots going on. Going to go sleep for a few hours now. Thank you for being here.

Yup. I got to play single parent today. I’ll be really glad when my wife returns tomorrow. I’m wiped. You don’t realize how much someone contributes until they go out of town for a day. Oof. I need to get rolling on my BRP Design Challenge submission. Deadline is coming up faster than I realized. So much to cover yet. I think I can safely say I’m just putting in the one submission. Disclaimer:…

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May Day

Lots of stuff to talk about now that the First day of May is upon us. I've got multiple irons in the fire, the most important being Chaosium's BRP Design Challenge. I'm immersed in the event, but I'm woefully behind schedule at the moment.

Ah, the First of May. This is going to be pretty short because I need to get rolling on my BRP Design Challenge submission. I’m still working on the first one and I don’t know if there’s going to be a second one at this point. I’ve got to get a lot of what’s in my head down onto the keyboard before I’m finished. Disclaimer: Statements expressed in this article are strictly my opinion. If you…

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Basic RolePlaying: Universal Game Engine Design Challenge Rolls On.

One month left until the deadline for Chaosium's Basic RolePlaying: Universal Game Engine Design Challenge. I'm starting to feel the time crunch.

The May 31 deadline for entries rapidly approaches. Today is the first day I really started freaking out about the deadline. Putting together pitches, budget, manuscript, and other details honestly looks easy on paper. I’ve definitely been learning a lot during this process so far. The biggest challenge I face today is getting from this neato idea that’s been running around in my head for years…

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Working Weekends.

Putting in lots of work on my entry for the Basic RolePlaying Design Challenge. I'm happy and grateful that Chaosium has extended this opportunity to all of us.

I never thought I’d say it, but weekends are for writing. I’m working on my BRP Design Challenge entry. Sometimes I have to choose between blogging and working on the game. This BRP entry is so much fun to work on and I’m dying to say more, but it’s probably best not to do so before the judging ends. If you’re working on an entry of your own, I wish you luck. If you haven’t heard of it yet, you…

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Creative Interrupt.

I’ve hit the point where I’m spending too much time in my head. I got well into outlining my first Basic RolePlaying: The Ultimate Engine world book for the Design Challenge, and now I have cold feet. What if this isn’t what the judges are looking for? Will it sell to a non-fantasy audience? Will it make money if/when I get it published?I might be laughing about all of this in June when I’m…

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Research Efforts for BRP Design Challenge Part 8.

So far we’ve discussed genre selection. Now let’s take a look at actually selling this thing. We have to submit both an elevator (short, poignant) pitch and a longer, back-of-the-book style pitch for the BRP Design Challenge. (*Lots of hearts.) I’m crazy excited about this thing. I am going bonkers on this game engine and designing this setting.Genre selection is super important when it comes to…

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Research Efforts for BRP Design Challenge Part 6.

What is Steampunk and how do we define it? Full disclosure: Steampunk is on the top of the list of games I want to create. But is it a genre? Is it a subgenre of fantasy, science fiction, somewhat modern gaming, or all of the above?I see it much as I see the anime/manga category. It’s a skin we put over other games to make them sound cooler. We’re casting spells, but because it’s coming out of…

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Basic RolePlaying Design Challenge: World Concept Creation.

A few of the many ideas that have been sacked in coming up with entries for the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge by Chaosium. So many cool possibilities.

Darn things are like potato chips. I AM infinitely creative is one of my many affirmations. I need to come up with one for editing now because I can’t decide where I want to go with the Chaosium BRP Design Challenge. Since you’ll be sorta side seat writing this contest entry with me, let’s go over some of the concepts that have gotten shot down so far as well as some of the “maybe”…

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Becoming Basic RolePlaying: Universal Engine Obsessed.

I'm (overly) excited about the Basic Roleplaying Game Design Challenge by Chaosium. This is an opportunity I have been waiting for since my TTRPG writing journey began. Huzzah!

This contest is probably going to become my main focus until the end of May. For those who don’t know, Chaosium is holding a Design Challenge for Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine. Link to the details here. This is the kind of thing I’ve been saying needs to happen in the TTRPG sphere more often. (That, and anything related to winning a free, all expenses paid trip to a major…

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New Contest By Chaosium Sparks Interest.

Chaosium, known for the Call of Cthulhu RPG has announced Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge using their BRP Universal Game Engine. I'm excited for this one! #BasicRoleplayingDesignChallenge #BRP #Chaosium

I hadn’t been paying much attention to Basic RolePlaying until today. Available on DriveThruRPG.com here. Available at Chaosium’s Website at this link. Come join the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge! This is amazing news! I get pretty excited any time I see “Universal Game Engine.” Then the nice folx at Chaosium were kind enough to include it in a contest. I almost came unglued when I saw…