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game_backcovLearn the ins and outs of being an RPG publisher from those who have been there! Help you discover how to start, how to avoid common pitfalls, what mistakes happen time and time again, and how a product gets put together, from start to finish! We’ll include tips on how to get your product noticed by other gamers and how to get your product in the hands of your customers. The panelists were Stan!, Leonard Balsera, and Brendan O’Ciarrai.

(Due to a typo in the schedule for the con, I came into the panel late and missed the first 20 minutes. Sorry!)

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bp-cover-webNews: Please support our latest Kickstarter, Boiling Point! It’s a brand new adventure for Base Raiders and stretch goals will include a death trap focused supplement by Caleb!

Ross Payton (Base Raiders, Zombies of the World) and Caleb Stokes (No Security: Horror Scenarios in the Great Depression) talk about their podcast, RPPR Game Designer’s Workshop. See how the experiment to document the creation of an RPG system from scratch to publication in real time is going so far. Both creators will discuss game design in general as well the projects they are currently working on. Questions about the podcast, game design and anything else are welcomed from the audience.

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Rob Boyle (Eclipse Phase), Ross Payton (Baseraiders), and Caleb Stokes (No Security) discuss using the basics of economic theory to make RPG settings more unique, immersive, and fun for your players.

Designers can talk forever about economies of narrative control and the finances of the RPG industry, but what about the economic structure of your setting? Most RPGs largely ignore the topic, but the basic tenets of economic theory are a great way to immerse players in a story and create conflict. A materialist outlook can make any setting unique and generate numerous plot hooks. This panel is here to show you how. Rob Boyle (lead designer for Eclipse Phase), Ross Payton (author of BaseRaiders: Superpowered Dungeon Crawling), and Caleb Stokes (author of No Security: Horror Scenarios in the Great Depression) will discuss using economics to engage players.

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