Creator's Corner

Thanks to Guy Kawalski's Rules for Revolutionaries for our heading titles. This is version 0.9 of the creator's side of gaming: how to create, write, produce, sell, and freelance for RPGs. Once RPGnetV2.0 goes up, things will be oh so cool.

Gareth's Game Design: Step by Step

Bringing you a weekly step into designing a game-- as he actually designs a game! Here's the latest, A Run Through Dark Places

Talk with your Peers

Visit the Game Design Forum

Essay Chains for Design

• The Seven Models of Roleplay, by Levi Kornelsen
• The Perfect Game, by Jeff Freeman
• RPGs: Then and Now, by Jeff Freeman

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How to Start a Company

1. Launching Your Venture
2. Choosing Business Partners
3. Staffing
4. The Business Plan
5. Choosing your Market
6. Prioritizing
7. Your finances
8. Booking Ads
9. The Perils of Penniless Publishing, guest shot by Aaron Rosenberg
10. From Design to Print

Organizations and Research

• Q&E about RPGs
• GPA (Game Publishers Association)
• GAMA (Game Manufacturers of America)
• CarPGA
• Scientific Studies on roleplaying games

Biz Talk

Practical talk about the Business end of RPG publishing

Freelancer Job Board

Coming soon! (Well, we did say it was version 0.9 of this feature!)

From the Trenches...

• Breaking in: How to get work in the industry, by Stephen Kenson
• "You Did WHAT?", on becoming a full-time RPG writer, by Steven Long
• "Polyhedral Dice & Mirror Shades", The Paper Trade Versus Computers by Greg Costikyan

Playtesters

A Matchmaking Service for Playtesters