Excited to share that Sinking Ship Creations is bringing the Honor Bound larp to New York this September (designed by @jmstar.bsky.socialwww.sinkingshipcreations.com/post/larp-se...
This fall, Sinking Ship Creations returns with a six-event season, showcasing top designers from around the world. Each larp will be staged
Working the Case, if you take reasonably quick turns!
This whole long thread is so good on the topic, but this skeet in the middle is the key point. It's also why we created moderatormayhem.engine.is
I just posted a new video on the Leveraged Play channel: Codesigning Foresight Games. It's focused on collaborating with folks who haven't designed a game before, especially with big organizations, but I hope it will be helpful for all types of game design collabs. youtu.be/rEvn8uHWVqA?...
Randy Lubin shares advice for codesigning foresight games, especially with collaborators who are first time designers and with big organizations. He talks about onboarding contributors, aligning the team, and using a stage gate process to iterate on design ideas. The presentation's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qn3TQJ40xZv9U0vCY9LtlSCfJSetIwlmL1P4lBQETt0/edit?usp=sharing For more on the Game Design Document Template, watch this video: https://youtu.be/tr5DdfOewEQ For the Lost Garden article on Stage Gate Design, read here: https://lostgarden.com/2007/02/19/rockets-cars-and-gardens-visualizing-waterfall-agile-and-stage-gate/ Join the Foresight Games community: https://foresight.games/ Reach out to Leveraged Play: https://leveragedplay.com/ Intro and Overview: (0:00) Onboarding Collaborators: (2:10) Aligning the Team: (9:27) Stage Gate Development Process: (14:21) Outro: (28:51)
Some that work for me: - Remind yourself of the original goals and constraints for the project - Quickly generate a list of ways to move forward, without judging if they’re any good - Test new options as quickly / cheaply as possible - Invert a key assumption
Free from now onward! Hit me up in Discord to coordinate
We should play Working the Case! It's my <1hr murder mystery game where we build the case by placing cards on an evidence grid.
Definitely - we'll have to play something together! Are you running anything? I likely will but I'm not sure what yet...
Tickets for this years Big Bad Con are on sale: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... This might be the best American convention for tabletop rpgs and larp and it's right here in the bay area. Definitely worth checking out!
A tabletop gaming convention focused on indie and small press games. Big Bad Con is built on the community standards of respect, support, and kindness.
Happening in ~7 hours. It's going to be fun, come join us!