Category: Publishing
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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,…
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Is There a Plot in a Plot Point Campaign?
Plot point campaigns are one of Savage Worlds’ key innovation. The idea is to provide a campaign framework that doesn’t mandate railroading the players while simultaneously providing enough story to keep the characters interested. Plot Point Campaigns, on the other hand, have some form of beginning, middle and end. Often, they require just as much sequential…
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Free Art!
In a previous post, I wrote about where to source artists. However, where can you find great art that you can use for free? This image comes from Pixabay, a site for artists to upload art that anyone can use. Art on Pixabay is available under a Creative Commons 0 license. The terms of this license allow unlimited…
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Demo Kit Available!
The Chidren of the Apocalypse Demo Kit is now available on DriveThruRPG! Get a sneak peek at the upcoming Kickstarter with the kit, which includes a description of the world, profiles of the Nine Gods, five archetypes, four new characters, and a complete adventure set in the ruins of Boston. Download it free today!
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Teaser Trailer Published
Interested in the Children of the Apocalypse setting? Check out our teaser trailer!
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Creative Cloud, the Publisher’s Best Friend
If you’re thinking about publishing role playing game content and you can possibly afford it, go get an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. Period. Yes, it’s $50/month or so, but look at what you get – not only do you get InDesign for layout and Photoshop and Illustrator for art, you also get Dreamweaver and Muse…
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Art as Far as the Eye Can See
As I get ready for the January Kickstarter of Children of the Apocalypse, I’ve been reading the excellent advice at Jamey Stegmaier’s blog over at Stonemaier Games. (Stonemaier, by the way, publishes amazing board games, including one of my favorites, Viticulture, and another I’m dying to try out, Scythe.) One piece of advice was to make sure you…
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COUNTDOWN TO KICKSTARTER!
What is Children of the Apocalypse? Imagine a future Earth where magic and the gods reign supreme, where relics of ancient technology power the arcane devices of Tinker Mages, and where rival factions clash on the battlefield and in the shadows. This is the world of Children of the Apocalypse for Savage Worlds, a post-apocalyptic…