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Publish or Self-publish? How to publish your RPG Ep. 3

by Paco G. Jaen | Jun 30, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The G*M*S Academy, The RPG Room, Videos | 0 |

Choosing if you want to publish or self-publish is an important decision. Each has its pros and...

Interview with author Peter Wacks: The Caller of Lighting

by Paco G. Jaen | Jun 23, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

This is an interview with renowned author Peter Wacks about his recent book The Caller of...

RPG Publishing . Why do you want to do it? Be honest.

by Paco G. Jaen | Jun 21, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

RPG publishing is a dream for a lot of people. In this show, I am going to cover some of the...

Why I am stepping away from WOTC for a bit.

by Paco G. Jaen | May 30, 2020 | Articles, Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

I have been thinking about this for a long time and how to voice it without sounding angry, condescending or even biased. But also because I didn’t want to give the wrong explanation by accident. I didn’t want to miscommunicate....

Nicole Lindroos interview: Green Ronin and The Book of Fiends

by Paco G. Jaen | May 27, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

Nicole Lindroos has been in gaming more than 25 years and for 20 of those years, she has been...

Aegis of Empires Adventure Path Kickstarter interview with Legendary Games

by Paco G. Jaen | May 20, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

Aegis of Empires Adventure Path is the current project to release an enormous adventure from...

The Script Change: interview with Brie Beau Sheldon

by Paco G. Jaen | May 10, 2020 | Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

The script change is a tool developed by Brie Beau Sheldon to help people playing roleplaying...

Dungeons and Dragons colouring book: monsters and Heroes of the Realms review

by Paco G. Jaen | Apr 22, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

This Dungeons & Dragons coloring book from Candlewick Press is not the first one. Is it worth the amount of money you have to pay to get your hands on it? Find out!

Writing one-shot RPG adventures for this competition with Saga Events

by Paco G. Jaen | Apr 20, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

This writing one-shot RPG adventures ompetition has been designed and deployed by the company Saga...

Interview with Cat Tobin from Pelgrane Press

by Paco G. Jaen | Apr 15, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

Women in gaming: RPG Interview with Cat Tobin from Pelgrane Press. Pelgrane Press has been a referent in the world of #TTRPGs for a very long time. They keep producing some amazing work and have some iconic games in their catalogue. But, who’s behind? That would be Cat Tobin!

This is is why Critical Role Jokes angered people.

by Paco G. Jaen | Apr 4, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen, The G*M*S Academy, Videos | 0 |

Critical Role keeps being the most-watched and best-loved TTRPG YouTube shows. And, sometimes,...

🐲 RPG Interview Erik Scott de Bie: How to write novels from D&D. 🐲 All the secrets revealed!

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 31, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

Erik Scott de Bie has written, among others, for Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons...

What is the future of RPGs?

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 30, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen, The G*M*S Academy, Videos | 0 |

What is the future of RPGs? This is my prediction of what is going to happen to TTRPGs in the...

Music in my early RPGs

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles, Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

Today I was listening to Cinemix at work. For those of you who don’t know, Cinemix is an...

Frogfolk of Porphyra RPG review by Endzeitgeist

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 26, 2020 | Authors, Endzeitgeist, Podcasts, Publisher, Purple Duck Games, Reviews, Role Playing Games, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Review Room, Videos | 0 |

This installment of the „…of Porphyra“-series clocks in at 57 pages, 1 page front cover, 2...

Writing LGBT characters in RPGs with Steve Kenson

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 25, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen | 0 |

Writing LGBT characters in TTRPG is something a lot of straight people want to do but don’t really...

Interview: Darren Pearce and Judge Dredd RPG

by Paco G. Jaen | Mar 11, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

ENPublishing released Judge Dredd after a successful Kickstarter campaign and the game has seen...

RPG Interview: Successful Kickstarters with Ed Jowett

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 28, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

Kickstarters are a really important part of TTRPG publishing and some companies depend on it....

A Blessing and a curse review by Endzeitgeist

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 27, 2020 | Authors, Endzeitgeist, Podcasts, Reviews, RPG Podcasts, Videos | 0 |

A blessing and a curse clocks in at 5 pages, 1 page front cover, leaving us with 4 pages of...

RPG Interview: Something Wicked with Gareth Graham from Frenzy Kitty Game

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 25, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

Something Wicked is the latest release from Frenzy Kitty Games, one of the very few (if not the...

Chaosium's Lynne Hardy: Realism vs Verisimilitude in Roleplaying Games

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 25, 2020 | Authors, Interviews, Paco Garcia Jaen, Podcasts, RPG Podcasts, The RPG Interview Room, Videos | 0 |

Chaosium’s line Editor Dr. Lynne Hardy is a true expert on the matter of finding gaps and holes in...

RPG Review: Gibbous Moon from Raging Swan Press by Endzeitgeist

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 20, 2020 | Authors, Endzeitgeist, Pathfinder, Publisher, Raging Swan Press, Role Playing Games | 0 |

The 5e-conversion of Gibbous Moon clocks in at 27 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages of...

RPG Review: 101 Cursed Items from Zenith Games by Endzeitgeist

by Paco G. Jaen | Feb 19, 2020 | Authors, D&D 5th Edition, Endzeitgeist, Publisher, Role Playing Games, Zenith Games | 0 |

101 Cursed Items clocks in at 29 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page SRD, leaving...

Are RPGs therapy?

by Paco G. Jaen | Jan 27, 2020 | Authors, Paco Garcia Jaen, The G*M*S Academy, Videos | 0 |

Oftentimes people talk as RPGs as therapy, specially when someone want to bring some hard content...

3D Printing and gaming: Let’s start!

by Paco G. Jaen | Jan 24, 2020 | 3D Printing, News | 0 |

3D Printing and gaming can go hand in hand. It is a very exciting technology that can go hand in...

Representation at a bare minimum in RPGs?

by Paco G. Jaen | Dec 25, 2019 | News | 0 |

Representation at a bare minimum in RPGs is something a friend asked me about a few days ago. Someone wanted to do this, so I recorded this reply. Whether you are writing an adventure or a fully fledged roleplaying game, having...