Author Archives: Quirkworthy
The Lonesome Death of Games Workshop
First up, GW are not dying (a), nor do I wish them to be (b). (a) The reports I hear suggest that while their business model may come in for some criticism, they are doing fine at the moment, thank … Continue reading
The Usual Flak
Well it was always going to happen. Say I’m doing something and it’s (allegedly) simply a clone of Mordheim, BattleFleet Gothic, Epic, etc. I’m talking, of course, about the comments on TGN about me self-publishing. It’s a shame, really, that … Continue reading
Eternal Battle Design Notes – Overall Structure
The name of the new skirmish game is Eternal Battle. This will be broken down into a number of separate books that fall into three types. At its heart is the Core Rules. These are the same for every period. … Continue reading
Quirkworthy Products – First Wave
Following on from yesterday’s post about publishing some stuff myself, I said I’d talk in a bit more detail about the first wave of products. It’s been hard to keep myself from going a bit crazy with the freedom to … Continue reading
So What Next?
Well DreadBall is rolling along nicely and all my other freelance work is under control. So what next? I’ve mentioned self-publishing once or twice in passing, and this is something I’ve been considering for a long while. Now I’m all … Continue reading
Game Design Theory – Simple vs Complex
There is a fair amount to discuss on this topic, but for today I just thought I’d share a quote I found while reading a book on something other than games. It’s quoted in Getting Things Done by David Allen … Continue reading
Mantic Open Day Seminar Video
For those of you that didn’t make the last Mantic Day here is a video of one of the seminars, filmed by some Spanish bloggers. There is a short intro in Spanish, then the body of the seminar is in … Continue reading
Bleh
I think I underestimated quite how unwell I was. So unwell, in fact, that I didn’t sit at my computer at all for 3 days, which is almost unheard of for me. Not dying, you understand, but not well enough … Continue reading
Change of Season
And here come the colds 😦 Feeling particularly grotty today, which is frustrating as I’m having a bit of  a creative phase and am filling notebook after notebook with ideas for new games and bits of games. There’s lots going … Continue reading
Perils of an Active Brain
Well like I said, I was trying to clear the backlog of comments I needed to reply to. Unfortunately, I got waylaid by an idea for a new board game and spent most of my weekend tinkering with that instead. … Continue reading
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