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The RPG EBook of the Future

To follow up on the Next Gen RPGs post I’d like to toss up a sample interface:
This is probably a Flash application. You can resize, minimize or dismiss each pane in the interface above. The book screen is actually the second screen you’d get after opening up the game, after going to your library from [...]

December 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Electronic Games, Game Design, RPG Theory, Social Media | 2 comments

Next Gen RPGs

Between the CCP/White Wolf announcement and the obvious rise of e-publishing as a vital component in the industry it’s time to ask: What should electronically delivered tabletop RPGs look like?
The Current Formula
Electronic implementation is currently a user-organized exploit of current cheap technologies. You could express it this way:
Hardware + PDF + Native Applications + Web [...]

December 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Electronic Games, Online Games, Social Media | 17 comments

White Wolf: Now It’s Semi-Official

Today’s been an interesting one for White Wolf, CCP’s tabletop imprint. At ICC it announced that it was “freeing” (and dismantling much of) the Camarilla, developing new community and game management tools, and kinda sorta maybe not printing game books as we know them any more. Ryan Dancey was quite a bit firmer in a [...]

November 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Electronic Games, Game Design, RPG Theory, Social Media, Uncategorized | 13 comments