HeyJaredInk & Dice
M. Allen Hall is making, playing, and writing about tabletop games.
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Capturing a Vibe (opens the original)
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While I don’t often approach game design from this angle, I’ve been thinking about vibes recently. This started at PAXU last year, when more than once I had to say to a potential customer, “Sorry, I don’t really do cozy games.” It got me thinking about, well, maybe I could do cozy games. Maybe even should. So, I tried it out…and now Wizard Mind Palace is headed to Kickstarter. <a class="button primary" href="https://in
Did I make a zine? (opens the original)
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I’m not sure what a zine is. I thought I did when I ran my first ZineQuest Kickstarter in Februrary, 2024. But now I’m learning that there are many definitions, some based on physical form factor, others on aesthetics, and even others on intention or means of production or distribution. This confusion (on my part) is why I’ve been calling the things that I make (games and adventures) “books” and “booklets” recently. But I’m finishing up a new thing, and I think it might be a zine.<a class="butto
Winning and Losing while Journaling (opens the original)
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As production moves along for my recent projects, I am looking at cleaning up a journaling game that I wrote earlier this year and then shelved because of some design challenges. Those challenges mainly revolved around winning and losing the game, and they got me thinking about my other journaling games, and journaling games in general.Subscribe nowInsideCometh August, Cometh The Green Ooze KingWinning and Losing while JournalingJuly Prod
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