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D20 Related Scifi RPG mechanics comparison

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 14, 2021 by EvilRobotGamesMay 19, 2021

Please ignore the extraneous 1s, the tables are easier to work with if they have something in the cells. For many years I wanted to develop Galaxy Pirates as a D20 based RPG, I started out with D20 Modern and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, D20 Future, D20 Modern, D20 Star Wars, Degree of Success, Galaxy Pirates, Game Design, Pathfinder 2e, Playtest, Star Wars Saga Edition, Starfinder, Starfinder Unchained, Vehicle Rules, Weapons

Explaining the OGL Declaration and Section 15

Evil Robot Games Posted on November 10, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesNovember 12, 2020

I had a colleague ask me today about the OGL, and really OGL questions are normally about Section 15. It’s twenty years old, you hang out long enough in RPG publishing spaces and you see a lot of questions about … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, D&D 5e, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, OGL Declaration, Publishing

40 Underappreciated Gamedev Tips – examined

Evil Robot Games Posted on September 30, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesOctober 1, 2020

So I bought this book on Kindle, it’s based on a print version, each tip covers a page of examples and explanation. I sometimes read books on tabletop game design, board game design and video game design, I wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Direction, Ask a game designer, Book Review, Game Design, Publishing

Starfinder weapons design Q&A

Evil Robot Games Posted on September 18, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesOctober 10, 2020

Recently I posted four weapon damage tables based almost entirely off the ones found on Owen KC Stephens blog, you should go there and look at it, maybe throw some money at his patreon if you enjoy the content and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Starfinder, Weapons

Galaxy Pirates story bible and level of detail test Katar

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 28, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesAugust 28, 2020

Owen wrote something about game developers sharing enough direction/information with writers for them to accomplish their assignment without assigning more reading that they would be writing. Owen specifically said preferences and feedback and the more you give them to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, Galaxy Pirates, Game Design, Katar, Publishing

Götterdämmerung, in game design

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 21, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 18, 2020

Definition of Götterdämmerung: a collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence and disorder In 1974 Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson gave us Dungeons and Dragons, the reasons why things were the way they were depended a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, D20 Future, D20 Modern, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Pathfinder 2e, Starfinder, Starfinder Unchained

Starfinder Unchained, Q&A with Owen KC Stephens

Evil Robot Games Posted on April 23, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesApril 28, 2020

Tonight I had the opportunity to talk to Owen about all things Starfinder and Pathfinder 2e. We talked, it wasn’t recorded, any transcription errors are my own. Races and Ancestries Question: Would PF2e style Ancestries for all playable races change … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask a game designer, Game Design, Pathfinder 2e, Starfinder, Starfinder Unchained | Tagged Ask a game designer, Game Design, Starfinder, Starfinder Unchained, Three Action System

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