Today is the final day for my Otters Kickstarter campaign, so if you haven’t checked it out yet, please go do so! The project is almost 500% funded, which is wonderful and humbling. Speaking of...
Hello RPG fans! Yes, my board game blogging is primarily over at my board game company site now, Clay Crucible Games. But I thought you, my original readers, might be interested enough in this to...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2014/01/30/otters-from-clay-crucible-games-is-on-kickstarter/
Hi all! This is a bit of a meta post, about my blog itself. I started Online Dungeon Master back in 2010, when I was fairly new to Dungeons & Dragons and was starting to run D&D games online. I �...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2014/01/15/moving-my-board-game-blogging-to-clay-crucible-games/
Many game designers are going to need to create prototype cards at some point. You have choices about how to do this. Some people start with index cards and markers – a fine place to begin. For...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/11/22/how-to-print-on-blank-game-cards-prototyping-tips/
Recap: I’m participating in National Game Design Month (NaGaDeMon) again this year, making a kid-friendly card game called Otters. Previous posts: Part 1: The concept Part 2: Creative Commons p...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/11/15/nagademon-2013-part-3-otters-hiring-a-graphic-designer/
In the spirit of completely making a game for NaGaDeMon 2013, I’ve decided to dive all the way in with Otters. You can read part 1, about the idea behind the game, here. As a recap, Otters is a...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/11/11/nagademon-2013-part-2-otters-creative-commons-photos/
Last year I participated in National Game Design Month, better known as NaGaDeMon. In case you haven’t heard of it before, NaGaDeMon is inspired by NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. I...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/11/04/nagademon-2013-otters-part-1/
Halloween 2013 saw the first meeting of the “nerd out” club at the local high school, which I have volunteered to help with. While the kids are talking about watching movies and sharing other...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/11/01/board-game-club-for-high-school-first-meeting/
A few months ago, I noticed several online posts in the board game community where people were talking about their involvement with board game clubs at local high schools. Most of the time it was...
http://onlinedungeonmaster.com/2013/10/31/board-game-club-for-high-school-prep-for-first-meeting/
Continuing my series, I’m going through the Kickstarter projects I’ve backed, in chronological order, noting why I backed each project, what level I backed at, and how it turned out. Part 1 ...