Recorded at Metatopia 2017
Presented by Joshua Yearsley.
Writing Rulebooks: An Introduction and Workshop. Trying to write your first (or seventh) rulebook? Want to build a solid foundation on rules writing fundamentals? Ready to get your hands dirty with real rules revisions? This is for you. We'll first explore why rulebooks are so difficult to get right, discuss the goals of the rulebook itself, and then jump into the fundamentals. You'll learn a new language for describing rules, the theory and application of rules structure, and tons of tips and tricks to improve flow. After the talk, we'll break into groups and put these skills to use, workshopping badly written rules into better ones, guided by a professional rules writer and editor. This talk + workshop was first given as part of a course on game design taught by Rob Daviau, co-designer of Pandemic Legacy, at Hampshire College, where it received a great response (though the METATOPIA version probably won't give you college credit)
Episode 311: New Editions
Episode 310: Asymmetric Roleplaying Game Design
Episode 309: Getting your First RPG Published
Episode 308: Games Are Art
Episode 307: Contract Literacy 101
Episode 306: Art Direction Case Study
Episode 305 : Lowering the Barrier to Entry to Trad RPGs
Episode 304 - Pitch Perfect
Episode 303: New Tools for Old Hands
Episode 302: Shores Not Quite Undiscovered
Episode 301: Games, Gamefeel and Umami
Episode 300: Crafting Game Mechanics to Support Player Agency
Episode 299: NPCs as a Design Elements
Episode 298: Becoming Better Than Well Intentioned
Episode 297: Accessible Core Mechanics and Horror
Episode 296: RPGs for Therapy
Episode 295: Integrating the Natural World
Episode 294: Applying Education Theory in Games
Episode 293: Publishing in Asia
Episode 292: Fulfillment to Latin America
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