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DanMaruschak

  1. In an ideal world, playtesting would actually be about testing, not a vehicle for marketing. about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Ran another playtest session of Getting There in Time, concluding first episode. Endgame mechanic was slightly wonky, but was fun overall. 9:14 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  3. I'm feeling really sluggish and unmotivated today. Even more than usual, I mean. 2:15 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  4. Tried to generate some content for a potential new direction for my podcast today, but technology didn't want to cooperate. 3:45 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  5. I'm glad to be back to gaming after such a long drought. A great session and my game is working well. Feeling very positive! 10:18 PM May 17th via TweetDeck
  6. Had a great first playtest of my game Getting There in Time. A ton of fun. Haven't completed episode yet, but really feeling like Dr. Who! 10:16 PM May 17th via TweetDeck
  7. Just realized the title of my last blog post is ambiguous. Oh well. 12:34 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
  8. I wrote a new blog post -- Short Games: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish? bit.ly/JCPzud 12:21 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
  9. I dislike it when someone makes a comment on the internet that's ambiguous about whether or not they want to be informed that they're wrong. 5:02 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  10. @olde_fortran Frequent important releases sends a message to fans about value of game. Kind of like the net-present-value of an annuity. 8:35 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
  11. @olde_fortran I think D&D release schedule/strategy is as much about perception as product. People want to see a "supported" game. 8:34 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
  12. @jburneko I prefer "GM-less" so that people aren't tempted to play "find the GM" with the rules if that's not a useful exercise. 3:40 PM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to jburneko
  13. @jburneko Some of them are Distributed GMing, but it's possible to structure a game so that "GM" is no longer a useful reference point. 3:40 PM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to jburneko
  14. The "We shouldn't call them GM-less games, we should call them GM-ful games!" meme really bugs me. X and not-X shouldn't mean same thing. 3:17 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
  15. I wrote another game-design related blog post: Credibility Building Blocks bit.ly/LRT6r0 4:17 PM May 9th via TweetDeck
  16. I wrote a new blog post: The Game Designer's Equivalent of Adverbs? bit.ly/Ja3vev 3:41 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
  17. Looks like my gaming session is canceled again. Sigh. 7:14 PM May 3rd via TweetDeck
  18. RPG podcast survey always makes me scrutinize my subscriptions. Give up hope on podfaded shows? Unsubscribe to shows I no longer listen to? 7:25 PM May 1st via TweetDeck
  19. I Just took the RPG podcast listener survey - you can too! rpgpolls.com/fill/survey/20… 7:21 PM May 1st via Tweet Button