Category: Publishing
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Interview!
Here’s the video of my interview with Veiled Fury! We lost one side of the sound partway, but you can hear a lot about my approach to setting design and about Children of the Apocalypse.
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Kickstarter from the Inside: Podcasting
The Children of the Apocalypse Kickstarter campaign continues, and to reach the goal we’re going to need a lot more backers. One way to (hopefully) attract those backers is publicity, which led me to the Crowdfunding Cast, a podcast specifically dedicated to discussing active Kickstarter campaigns. I’ve done lots of public speaking of various sorts; podcasting is a…
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What’s Next for Happy Monster? Legion of Liberty!
This Sunday, January 14, will see the first public playtest of Happy Monster’s next setting, Legion of Liberty! In this setting, there’s something about the environment of the New World that causes a small percentage of people born there to develop superhuman abilities. As a result, the European powers have raced to colonize not only…
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Upcoming Appearances
There are a lot of places you’ll be able to interact with me coming up in the next couple of weeks! First up, this evening (January 10), I’ll be the guest on RPGNET, so please stop by and chat some questions at me! The chat starts at 8:30 Eastern. Next up, at Arisia 2018, I’ll be running…
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Kickstarter from the Inside: Day 5
It’s the end of the first “business week” of my Kickstarter, and I’ve cracked the 25% mark. It’s been an interesting week. Here’s some highlights: The amount of marketing and promotional spam I’ve received on Kickstarter is remarkable. One site promised me thousands of dollars from “Super Backers”; another suggested my story could be on…
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Kickstarter from the Inside: Day 1
According to Kickstarter, I’ve backed 24 projects since my very first one, Conclave, a web-based tactical RPG. Children of the Apocalypse, however, is my first run at my own project. It’s been nerve-wracking getting everything lined up, and knowing that the fate of the project is out in the hands of the Savage community. Fortunately, the Savage Worlds…
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Kickstarter Budgeting
One of the key questions when you set up a Kickstarter is your funding goal. Where do you set it so that you can accomplish what you need to accomplish and bring your product to market? How do you structure the reward levels so that they make sense? I’m deeply indebted to Jamey Stegmaier’s excellent Kickstarter…
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Arisia Plans
We’re one month out from my favorite local convention, Arisia! This year, I’ll be running Savage Worlds: Children of the Apocalypse and debuting my upcoming superhero setting, Legion of Liberty. No word on scheduling yet, but I plan to be in-con Friday afternoon through Sunday evening. If you’re in Boston and free on MLK weekend, come…
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The Tax Man Cometh
Contrary to internet rumor, the tax reform bill running through Congress right now does NOT eliminate business expenses as an offset to business income. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t either help or hurt yourself a LOT when it comes to managing your taxes as a publisher. As a disclaimer, I’m not a CPA or…
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Obligatory Year in Review Post
2017 has been an… interesting year for a lot of folks, but it has been a big year for Happy Monster Press – this is our founding year, and the run up to our January 2018 Kickstarter. On the gaming front, this year saw me running ETU and Savage Rifts, improving my Roll20 GM skills,…