46 posts, grouped by year.
The final issue of Accessible Gaming Quarterly, Year 2 has shipped. Now that issues 5 through 8 have been released, it's time to take a look back at the year and see how we did. Like last year, we started with a budget of $4,000…
"Dude, this is way more prepped than I am used to. It’ll definitely speed the process up and allow us more time to get particular with all the details."
On Kickstarter September 28th through November 1st, 2021 Visit
When I launched the Kickstarter campaign for Accessible Gaming Quarterly, I set a budget of $1,000 per issue. At four issues for the first year, that meant a goal of $4,000 USD. I wasn’t entirely sure how reasonable that goal was, but I was confident…
It's October. The weather is getting colder, the daylight hours are getting shorter, and we're all stuck indoors for various non-seasonal reasons. What better time to curl up with a book that will give you several new perspectives on Game Mastering? Accessible Gaming Quarterly Issue…
A behind the scenes look at the process of ordering art for an RPG.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how an RPG manuscript is edited.
This week we have a guest post from John Arcadian. John is a freelance Art Director who has worked for multiple companies.
I recently came upon this helpful style guide for writing about people with disabilities.
Ever wonder what a small press RPG publisher's sales figures look like? Here's one example.
Are you designing an RPG? It may be helpful to know what to expect from the people you'll be working with.
Are you designing an RPG? It may be helpful to know what to expect from the people you'll be working with.
A professional print designer gives us the details about what to expect and how to hire someone to do your book's layout.
Are you designing an RPG? It may be helpful to know what to expect from the people you'll be working with.
Even free and low-cost desktop publishing software is capable of creating accessible PDFs.
This week, we dip our toes into the deep waters of book printing.
Monster Kart Monday #21, in which we thank everyone for helping with the Kickstarter campaign.
This week I show you how to cut through the confusion and upload unwatermarked PDFs to DTRPG.
I get up on my virtual soap box to talk about why I talk about accessibility.
Cakes, onions, and ogres have layers. So should our PDFs. I'll show you how to create them.
We take a close look at the PDF of Shaintar: Legends Arise and break down its accessibility features.
Sometimes text just doesn't flow smoothly from one page to the next. Here are a few tips to help you remove blockage.
This week I show you how to use GREP from the Paragraph Styles dialog. I also show you a few specific GREP tricks.
In this Tutorial Tuesday, I show you how to use InDesign's FindChangeByList script to automate your manuscript formatting.
This Tutorial Tuesday I reveal the secret of how to quickly apply styles to a document that has been written using markup.
This basic overview discusses how to set up Paragraph Styles and how to import Word documents using InDesign CS6.
This week, we talka bout how to use markup to format your manuscript. Using markup will dramatically improve the export process.
Learn the DOs and DON'Ts of formatting a manuscript before you send it off to layout.
Learn how to use styles to set up a manuscript for easy navigation, sorting, and layout.
In this tutorial, I show you how to save blog posts directly to your website from Microsoft Word.
Game Publishing Lessons is now available as an eBook. You can get it from RPGNow for just $5.
What I didn't know about ISBNs before it was too late.
In this final Game Publishing Lessons Learned post, I discuss the hows and costs of fulfillment.
I discuss what I've learned (the hard way) about commissioning art.
In part 8, I discuss the hows and what-not-to-dos of hiring a graphics designer to create your game's logo.
In part 8 of this series, I discuss how to distribute your game's PDFs to Kickstarter / crowdfunding backers.
In which I discuss, at length, a number of free resources you can use to market your game.
Learn how to set up bookmarks and accessibility tags for your PDFs when using Adobe InDesign CS6 with this step-by-step guide.
To hardcover or not, that is the question. Or is it? Does Print-on-Demand make that question moot?
In this article, I discuss a few options for editing promo videos. Topics range from free software to high-end editing suites.
In part 3 of this series I take a look at various options for Print on Demand and discuss whether or not it's worth setting up.
In this article, I discuss how to find an RPG artist, how to make an RPG art budget, and tips on working with RPG artists.
In April 2012, Neil Carr, a member of the RPGGeek community, started a series of Amateur Kickstarter discussion threads. These discussions were partly his way of bouncing ideas off of the community and partly his way of getting advice about…
Jacob Wood from Accessible Games and Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games talk about the business side of being an independent game publisher.
Someone on Google+ shared an article about bookmarking PDFs that detailed poor, adequate, and good examples of the practice. I found it interesting and appropriate to the topic of designing PDFs with accessibility in mind ( read my previous post about that topic ). It's…
I am currently researching and writing an article (to be posted later) about accessibility in PDF publishing. In particular, I feel that game designers need to really consider how they launch their products in the digital age. There are a lot of disabled gamers out…
