For those who aren't in the know, I launched a layout template a week ago inspired by rules-lite, flavor-heavy rpgs...
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Last year I participated in The Awards. A newfangled award show that aims to rectify what other rpg award shows couldn't. Here's what being a judge has taught me...
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Learn the basics of manuscript layout, formatting, and writing style from the not-so-mysterious Brindlewood Bay tabletop rpg: a different kind of mystery game.
Learn layout, graphic design, and how to make an RPG by looking at one of the best layouts in the industry; The rules-light, flavor-heavy game, Into the Odd.
Layout's greatest tool is the grid system, but before we can make it and break it, we need to learn how to speak it.
Delve deeper into the dizzying world of design, psychology, and game theory with these design side quests.
How do you know when your design is broken? Well, if it's breaking one of the the Gestalt Laws, you know the answer.
The design principles are like designer vocab. If you know them, you can talk about them (and learn from them).
