George Austin's Blog (7)

The time seems to have gotten away from me, what with attending Gen Con Indy and applying for jobs. I'm ready to dedicate some time to this site again, and with luck I'll drag a few folks along with me. In fact, the dragging has already started! I sent off the manuscripts to the super-secret non-gamer judge a few days before Gen Con, and Buddha Davis started up a Peer Review Thread! As of right now, I… Continue

I posted the following on EN World, RPGnet, Story Games, and the Game Chef yahoo group: RPG Challenge: The games are in! Check them out! Hey all! I just wanted to let you know that… Continue

Including Ron Stanley's two games (in rich text format here and here), and maybe one I received by email, we have six submissions! It's time to focus on getting feedback to the people who got their games in! After… Continue

http://www.ennieawards.com/voting/index.phtml This is a little off-topic, but I figured there might be some interested about his here. Continue

Kyoo no tema wa kore desu:*

"Write your game for an audience that's never played a role playing game before."

And the easiest way to do that is to just tell us how to play your game. Easier said than done? This old opinion piece by John Harper is partially responsibly for this Ingredient, but… Continue

The latest from the Official Ingredient Thread have been added to the text box at the top of the left-hand column. I've changed up the text a bit and added links to the origins of some ingredients and to the profiles of the users that submitted them. Do you like the effect, or should the links go? Also, I've added three more questions and answers to the… Continue

So far, I've implemented three different types of Threads.

• Official Threads can only be started by Administrators, but anyone can reply to them. Examples include The Suggestion Box and The Official Ingredients Thread.
• Submission Work-Threads are for posting your work

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