What's it like being the creator of the the most popular gaming Kickstarter ever? I had a chat with about all things Frosthaven, Gloomhaven, and beyond
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Stretching Room. Hatbox Ghost. Endless Corridor. Constance Hatchaway. April through December portrait. Ghost Host. The organ. That weird clock. Ahhhhhh!
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It turns out that pretending to be a hobbit is a lot of fun
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Lots of folk freaking out (in a bad way) about new Lord of the Rings movies, but so long as it's not a reboot, I'm game. There's so much for them to explore, and I thought Rings of Power was ace so 🤷
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Apparently no-one has really been playing the Druid (apart from me it seems), so now it's being buffed to all hell 🤘
When my brain randomly reminds me of that stupid embarrassing thing I said years ago
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Chynna-Blue is always lovely, and press friends should definitely have her in their contact list!
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Hey! I’m Chynna-Blue, and I love marketing #boardgames so much I made it my career.
I believe in creating experiences my audiences want to be part of — from the Kickstarters themselves, to the communities they beget.
Here’s a handful of the games I’ve worked on…
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Though the fact that my main Lifeline and beloved Pathfinder aren't included in the core box is an insult to me in particular
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I seriously can't cope with how cute the lil red panda rogue and dog wizard are in this miniatures pack
Myself and got a chance to talk to Ben at Gamesradar and word-vomit at him about how excited we are for Broken Weave!
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Thanks to a chance to create your own settlement and mutate classic monsters, Broken Weave is more than just D&D meets Dark Souls trib.al/ljb5D71
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This new book by might be the tabletop RPG launch I'm the most excited about this year - it looks *chef's kiss*
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(They quietly revealed a load of Guardians 3 sets and I want them ALL gamesradar.com/lego-guardians)
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It's illegal how cute Lego Baby Rocket is
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One of the fun things about coming into the Frosthaven campaign during fulfillment has been lining up some cool press interviews for . Great interview with went up this morning.
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We caught up with the man behind the most popular gaming Kickstarter ever trib.al/kjLWyiK
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Wait, what's that? An exclusive The Legend of Vox Machina clip?!
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It me
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I was really pleasantly surprised with Zone Wars by - it's absolute carnage and put a big stupid grin on my face.
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LEGO RIVENDELL, THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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“And now at last it comes.
Time to see the journey through
What is now in pieces
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Will you be able to resist?
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So it turns out that 'Keys From the Golden Vault' is actually completely literal
Read this as a Last of Us clicker and thought, yep, that'll improve their behaviour alright
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This is genuinely the last thing I expected to happen. It's a huge deal. Jeez, what a way to see in the weekend...
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Oh my lord
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Over the past few weeks you, the community, have made your voices heard. And we’ve listened. OGL 1.0a will remain untouched AND the entire SRD 5.1 is now available under a Creative Commons license.
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We are putting the call out for Gloomhaven RPG Playtesters!
If you want to join in on the next phase of playtesting for the Gloomhaven RPG, check it out - bit.ly/3WEhpP1
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The lovely agreed to chat with me about D&D's new OGL last-minute, and he's got some REALLY helpful advice on what you should say to fix it.
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OK, this is a really nice surprise. It seems like someone - whoever that is - has finally listened to the folks actually making the game. (Who I genuinely don't think had anything to do with all this drama, so leave them alone and be kind.)
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I'm not sure why Hades has had such a glow-up in Disney Lorcana, but I'm here for it
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So and I teamed up to chat with Steamforged about the D&D license situation, and what it's been like for people who've spent years working on it gamesradar.com/dark-souls-rpg
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It's my final few days at !
I'm leaving this mighty company to go freelance, which means I'll be looking for work – more on that later (editors, my DMs are open!)
For now, I have four days left, but you can already apply for my job here:
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We got the exclusive first comment from ’s Jim Butler on what the ORC will do, where TTRPG creators can go (anywhere!) and how they will support—but not own—this new license.
The time of the OGL is over. The time of the ORC has come.
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Morning fam. I find myself for want of some good non-D&D TTRPG freelancers. Gosh, it would be a swell time to get in my email inbox as I plan coverage in what may potentially be a post OGL 1.0a world. Email in my bio.
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(A whole load are on the way to tie in with the D&D movie)
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