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5 April 2011 at 9:22pm
Just a quick post to say "Great job!" on DQ:LoS. It promises to be great fun to run, and I say that as a veteran tabletop rpg game designer/freelancer (over forty publications and a few industry awards/nominations) as well as a gamer.
cheers!
Colin
6 April 2011 at 10:39am
Hi Colin, it's great to welcome such a distinguished gamer/designer to the forum! Thank you for the kind support. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the game!
Wow, I'm always in awe of rpg designers - you have the best job... I'd love to be able to design rpgs for a living! (I was looking at some fantasy boardgames online yesterday (one of them was the D&D Ravenloft game) and thinking, those guys must have such a blast designing those! Seriously not fair!)
6 April 2011 at 7:50pm
Thanks for the welcome, Mike, though I can't say I'd ever call myself "distinguished". ;) I will always be a gamer and hobby enthusiast first and foremost.
Truth be told, very, very few of us still designing and publishing tabletop rpg materials do it full time (chance would be a fine thing!). The margins are too slim for most of us to make enough to live on, so nearly every freelancer and designer does it in their spare time in addition to whatever part- or full-time job they have (in my case I'm a primary school teacher). Mostly. I think I do it ecause I'd go mad otherwise. ;)
My first solo effort, Atomic Highway (inspired by Mad Max II-III, the "Escape From..." flicks, and the new Death Race movie) ended up nominated for a Best Rules ENnie award last year, and an Indie RG award, which was great and completely unexpected. Some publications I've been involved with for other publishers have won Origins and ENnie awards, however, so it's all good in the end. 
Here's a listing of most of the publications I've been involved with, in large ways and small:
TALISLANTA
1. A Players Guide to Talislanta
2. A Gamemaster’s Guide to Talislanta
3. The Menagerie
4. Hotan's History of the World
5. Northern Reaches, The
6. The Darkness
7. Chronicles of Talislanta: Revised
8. Midnight Realm
9. Talislanta Fantasy Roleplaying Game, 4e.
10. Talislanta: Tenth Anniversary Edition
ORE
11. Wild Talents
12. Wild Talents Essential Edition
13. Talent Operations Command Intelligence Bulletin 3 Marine Talent Operations in the Pacific Theater
14. Will to Power
ALL FLESH MUST BE EATEN
15. Book of Archetypes 2: Attack of the Archetypes
16. Book of Archetypes, The
17. Enter the Zombie
18. Zombie Master Screen
IRON KINGDOMS
19. Iron Kingdoms World Guide
20. Iron Kingdoms Character Guide
21. Lock & Load: Iron Kingdoms Character Primer
22. Monsternomicon: Volume 1 - Denizens of the Iron Kingdoms
OMNI SYSTEM
23. Atlantis: The Second Age
24. High Medieval
25. The Omni System
26. Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone
27. Hellas: Princes of the Universe
28. Terran Trade Authority
A|STATE
29. Lostfinders Guide to Mire End, The
CASTLES & CRUSADES
30. Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook
31. Castles & Crusades: Collectors Edition
WASTE WORLD
32. A Fist Full of Credits: Waste World Starter Pak
33. Hydra
UBIQUITY
34. Secrets of the Surface World (Hollow Earth Expedition)
35. Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (Hollow Earth Expedition)
CARTOON ACTION HOUR: SEASON 2
36. Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2
37. Giant Transforming Robots
38. Going Japanese
FAERY'S TALE
39. Faery's Tale Deluxe
MISCELLANEOUS
40. Arms & Armor (d20 System)
41. Barbarians of Lemuria
42. Dragon Warriors Companion
43. Tribe 8 Companion
44. Unhallowed Metropolis Companion
45. Unhallowed Metropolis – Up The River
R.A.D.
46. Atomic Highway
47. Irradiated Freaks
48. ION Guard – ICONS edition
49. ION Guard – BASH! edition
My website is http://radioactiveapedesigns.com by the way, if you fancy a look. Drop me a PM if you want to natter about games, by the way; I don't want to clutter your forums with tangentially-related discussion.
cheers!
Colin
11 April 2011 at 10:17pm
Oops, didn't notice there was no PM facility on these forums. If you want to natter about rpgs, mail me at "colin at radioactiveapedesigns dot com", and I'll even set you up with some free pdfs of my works.
cheers!
Colin
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