{"id":672,"date":"2015-11-01T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=672"},"modified":"2015-11-01T22:48:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T09:48:09","slug":"nagademon-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=672","title":{"rendered":"NaGaDeMon, Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found out about National Game Design Month<\/a> a few weeks ago, when it was mentioned by Taz, a guest on the Big Red Couch<\/a>.
\nThe idea is to create, talk about, and play (at least once) a game during November.<\/p>\n

Initially I’d understood it to be RPGs only, and had an idea of what I wanted to do, but then discovered that it’s games in general, which … complicated things.
\nSpent some time trying to decide between a table-top RPG about costumed vigilante robots, and a tactical boardgame about Zombies clearing out & securing a shopping mall.<\/p>\n

The RPG won, primarily because the boardgame would need map tiles, playing pieces, and I suspect<\/em> some iterative testing just to get the physical parts of the game to work together, long before anything like a playtest could happen.
\nWith an RPG, all I need is an internet connection and some dupes with a few hours to kill.<\/p>\n

As preparation, I downloaded Scrivener & worked through the tutorial, so I have at least a rudimentary understanding of how it works. I figure that after 20+ days of using the free trial in writing a game, I should have an idea as to whether I’d want to buy it.<\/p>\n

Today’s ‘Game Design’ time was spent setting up a Scrivener project for the as-yet-unnamed game, downloading some resources, and getting to grips with the particulars of the Creative Commons licence on Fate Accelerated, so that I’ve got some idea as to what I can and can’t do.
\nThe answer to that seems to be “Anything I Want, So Long As I Attribute It” and “Imply Or Say That Evil Hat Endorse What I Did”.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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