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)
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Episode 290: Tactile Games
Episode 289: The Intersection of Roleplaying and Medicine
Episode 288: Designing Microsettings
Episode 287: Designing RPGs That Don't Centre on Violence
Episode 286: Consulting 101
Episode 285: English as our Vehicular Language
Episode 284: Don't Kickstart Your Game
Episode 283: Distribution and your Boardgame
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Episode 280: No Gods, No Masters, No GMs
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Episode 278: How to Playtest Your Game
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Episode 275: How to Run Online Larps
Episode 274: Running a Successful Virtual Playtest Group
Episode 273: Running Games on Roll20
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