#RPG – RPG Design from Start to Finish video course RELEASED!

GET IT HERE

I have released a four hour video course aimed at priming new creators for unleashing their own independently produced RPGs onto the world.

For $19.99 you get all those videos, and worksheets that you can refer to throughout the process.

I don’t just cover the creation and writing of games, but also delve into marketing, sales points and other considerations you may find useful.

I also offer consultancy at $20 an hour for those who have more specific concerns or want some one-on-one advice.

I want to help YOU make and sell your games.

NB: I’d love some testimonials from people who have bought the course, or whom I have consulted for. I can only sell this product via Drivethru at the moment, as my store doesn’t allow such large files.

Postmortem Studios Web Store Opens

The new Postmortem Studios web store is up and running! We’re still adding products and engaged in a steep learning curve on all this stuff, so if you run into any problems please do let us know! Otherwise everything should work, with digital delivery.

We’ll be expanding our inventory, offering physical products, second hand products and integrating things like our Teespring store as we move on into the future.

My intention is also to create a (relatively) safe place to publish challenging and controversial content for others, though we will, still, have to conform to the demands of payment processors. If you’re a gaming or gaming related publisher who has been stung by censorship, get in touch (grim AT postmort DOT demon DOT co DOT uk) and we’ll see what we can do.

Not all of our products are up just yet, but we’re getting there.

POSTMORTEM STUDIOS STORE

#RPG – Halloween Titles on Sale!

There’s a bunch of stuff on sale, in addition to the stock art sale we’re currently running.

Horror games and scenarios? We’ve got you covered.

Spooky stock art for Halloween themed hand-outs or products of your own? Yep.

Naughty tentacles making bad Cthulhu themed puns? That too.

Go forth, buy stuff!

Want More Board & Card Games?

I’d kind of like to do more board games but unless I can shift some it’s not really worth it. It’s costing me a fortune to proof and ship over from The Game Crafter and there aren’t a lot of other options available. It’s only the shipping that kills me, but that’s not so much of an issue for people in the US.

The problem with board games is that they’re not so established as a POD market in the same way RPGs are and it’s a lot harder to sell a board game on PDF as you’re very much limited by people’s printing options and paper sizes – not to mention the difference between A4 and Letter which can be an issue.

I’ve done some interesting things using book covers as boards and paper interior games but of late I’ve been having a lot more board/cardgame ideas. These cost more to source artwork for, more to make and running proofs at Game Crafter is going to cost a huge amount for me. It’s also harder to sell so anything beyond the kind of thing I’ve already done (cheeky sex card games that have non-game appeal or micro-games) is very difficult.

If you want to see more card/board games from me, you need to buy them and you need to let other people know to buy them. I don’t expect my European audience to pay the ludicrous shipping charges, but there’s plenty of people in the US who love my games who shouldn’t have that issue.

Get to it!

Here’s some of the ideas for new board/card games that I have in note/idea form.

Route ’45: A cross-country game of highway adventure based on the ’45 world. Car Wars meets 50s Science Fiction in a card game form. You’d have cars, crews and road encounters in the race across the radioactive USA.

Rink Rash: Again set in the ’45 universe, roller derby with a more violent edge (Rollerball) and a 40s/50s pinup aesthetic. This one’d be a board game with a bunch of teams. I’d be looking for something with a similar sort of aesthetic/feel as the original Blood Bowl.

1000 Ninjas: Like a bizarre combo of Chainsaw Warrior,  Big Trouble in Little China and snakes and ladders. This would be a one-player game where you take on the role of an escaping John Woo style two-pistol gunman, fighting your way to the top to get revenge on the criminal genius who imprisoned you.

Ziege: A two player card game that would play out a bit like Chaos Marauders, a bit like Netrunner and a bit like a Tower Defence game. It would all be about tactically playing out defences to protect your survivors or organising your marching herd of zombies to tear through to get at all those delicious, nommy fleshy things.