The Complete Picture By The Warden When I learned to drive oh those many years ago (24 years ago, to be exact), my dad taught […]
Author: The Warden
I am the Warden!! What? You want to know more? Fine. The one they call the Warden is an ENnie Award-winning publisher and game designer for Killshot: The Director's Cut by Broken Ruler Games and author of the ongoing RPG design column, Under the Hood. He's also written and published numerous d20 supplements and currently works as a freelance writer/game designer and graphic design student looking to take on the world one dice roll at a time.
Under the Hood – Using Your Words Good
Using Your Words Good By The Warden Game design is the culmination of many different parts. If you’re an independent or casual designer, you’re piecing […]
Under the Hood – Conducting the Autopsy
Conducting the Autopsy By The Warden Well, the very first playtest of ScreenPlay is done. Let me cut straight to the chase and say that […]
Under the Hood – Pouring Out Your Soul
Pouring Out Your Soul By The Warden See that title? It’s the feeling that rests in the pit of my stomach as Friday night draws […]
Under the Hood – Pulling Back the Curtain
Pulling Back the Curtain By The Warden Welcome to the 100th edition of Under the Hood. That’s right, there have been 99 previous instalments of […]
Under the Hood – Grabbing Eyeballs
Grabbing Eyeballs By The Warden PREVIOUSLY: After weeks of humming and hawing over what I wanted to attempt, building up a core ruleset, establishing a […]
Under the Hood – What You Don’t Expect
What You Don’t Expect By The Warden PREVIOUSLY: It’s starting to get crowded in this flashback paragraph, but let’s stick to the immediate updates. First […]
Under the Hood – Establishing Terminology
Establishing Terminology By The Warden PREVIOUSLY: An internal debate between static target numbers and opposed rolls for Phoenix consumed me and I weighed the options […]