Interview with Marcelo of Star Wars RPG Shop Generator
"Another idea I've toyed around with is a character avatar generator where someone can choose a species, adjust height, weight, looks, weapons and whatever else to create a character. Unfortunately, art isn't in my skill set. However, if anybody out there can draw it up, we should talk."
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A while ago I asked several generator and table creators one question: What is your favourite RPG tool or ideas tool not built by you?
"So, my campaign or adventure prep consists more of finding existing stuff (tables, lists, etc.) that I can use in my upcoming game sessions, rather than building anything from scratch...". An interview with Tim Bannock, author of the DM's Guild bestseller Old School Hacks Vol 1: Hexcrawling - Wilderness Exploration and Random Encounters. And other titles at DM's Guild
....having a project and online community I can point to and say "I help with that!". It's a really good feeling, especially with the tiny team that popped up, and our regulars are a great little crew. - tinkan
In an unusual interview I talk to some of the folks running operations over at Dungeon Master's Vault (DMV) on their Discord server.
"Coming up with all the different items and trying to imagine what would be helpful to gamemasters. I want GMs to have more fun at the table and if I create useful tables then I've done my job."
In today’s world we are under constant pressure to add new options to our games. New mechanics and options aren’t the be-all and end-all, though. Whether you use random tables or not, concentrating on the flavour and style of your campaign is far more important, and much more likely to create memorable, fun game sessions—which is what it is all about at the end of the day.
In card games like Magic The Gathering, players spend some of their time building their decks and some of their time playing their decks. I think the same is true for skills and projects. I've been spending the past few months learning math and algorithms by using them in tiny "game jam" sized projects.
"Unquestionably, the best part is when people contact me to tell me how their players reacted; I still find it sort of mind-blowing knowing that what started as an aid for myself, has helped or inspired so many others who share my love for D&D. "
How did you get into creating for the DM's Guild?I had a liver transplant in August of 2014. I had been a stand-up comedian, but when I got sick I had to move back to my hometown of Spokane. Once I
"One Sunday a few years ago, my mapper was mentioned on a Kotaku article and got a lot of traffic and i quickly had to retool some parts of the site to cache database queries and optimize to not get me in trouble with my hosting provider."