Key Threads
Submitted by Malcolm Craig on Wed, 02/05/2007 - 11:16.
This is a listing of threads that are felt to be of particular interest, both to newcomers to the site and to long-term members. They are a about a variety of different topics, but all are significant or valuable in some way. People should feel free to add threads that they feel meet this fairly loose criteria.
About the Collective
- About the forum: aims and purpose
- Where do we go from here?
- Policy and decision making
- Representing games from overseas
- Literature about our games
Games Design
- Historic Games, Prejudice and Modern Sensibilities An exceptionally valuable public discussion of religious and racial stereotyping and how this can be handled in a game (looking specifically at 'Duty & Honour' by Neil Gow)
- Six Bullets for Vengeance: Dice Terminology Some good thoughts on alternative dice terminology. Not just useful for 6BfV, but informative in a broader sense
- Umlaut: Stating Gameplay Assumptions in the Text An interesting look at how to create text which relates to gameplay
Publishing
- Art: Payment Some particularly good advice and thoughts from Jon Hodgson, well worth reading
- Printing: Printer Experiences Roundup
- 2006 Small Press Sales Informative for newcomers, showing what you might expect to get in the way of sales
- 2007 Small Press Sales More info for people seeking to find out what sales they can expect
