James Kerr
Mothership 1e and Participation Mechanics in TTRPGs
A middling dive into Tuesday Knight Games' Mothership and why I don't jive with it After backing the Mothership Kickstarter from Tuesday...
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James Kerr
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Radio James Games 2024 Preview: Kaiju Kontrol
A new game from Radio James Games coming in 2024 I’m shy to talk about myself, so I’m not great at promoting my things, but, I am excited...
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James Kerr
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Radio James Games 2024 Preview: The Psychic Danger Society
A new game from Radio James Games coming in 2024 There’s always half a dozen major TTRPG projects in various stages of development all...
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James Kerr
- Apr 2
- 3 min
Radio James Games 2024 Preview: Bettin’ Bullets
A new game from Radio James Games coming in 2024 It’s maybe a little strange to talk about the 2024 plans for Radio James Games now that...
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James Kerr
- Jan 12
- 4 min
What Solo TTRPGs Could Have Meant
How One Player TTRPGs Show the True Future of the Hobby, and My Past Before anything else, let's get out of the way that my new one...
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James Kerr
- Jan 2
- 8 min
Modiphius’ Dune and the Lens of Play
An anecdotal review of the TTTPPG game-line and a dive into the Lens of Play design concept Dune has a Superman Problem. The “Superman...
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James Kerr
- Dec 13, 2023
- 6 min
TTRPG Game Lines Vs. One-off Books
Exploring Publishing Plans, and How Much Life Should One Game Have? It's time to start kicking up a fuss, I suppose. This isn't a...
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James Kerr
- Oct 30, 2023
- 6 min
Publishing Normal
Understanding the Baseline in indie TTRPG Publishing In an effort to arm those new to TTRPG publishing, I wanted to write down the...
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James Kerr
- Sep 9, 2023
- 7 min
Die: The RPG, a Failure of Imagination
A crabby blog complaining about ttrpg design, at least this time I am supportive of the indie ttrpg industry—I make my home in this...
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James Kerr
- Jul 21, 2023
- 7 min
The One-Player Problem in TTRPGs
Breaking down one of the worst trends to ttrpg design philosophy There is a problem with individualist philosophy in ttrpg design and...
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James Kerr
- Mar 22, 2023
- 7 min
Dice Are Not What You Think
Dirty dice design secrets revealed! Roleplaying’s most commonly held mechanical underpinning is due for deconstruction What are dice?...
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James Kerr
- Feb 24, 2023
- 7 min
TTRPGs Should Read Like Magazines
How Moonlight on Roseville Beach schools the indie ttrpg industry I work in magazines, and I've always been adamant that table-top...
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James Kerr
- Feb 15, 2023
- 4 min
The TTRPG-Storygame Intersection
An analysis of Here We Used to Fly and where it belongs in games I backed the Kickstarter for Here We Used to Fly, a ttrpg by fellow...
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James Kerr
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
Every TTRPG has a Second Game Inside
A table-top role-playing game development blog There’s a secret in table-top role-playing games. Hidden inside every ttrpg is another,...
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James Kerr
- Oct 23, 2022
- 7 min
Playtesting is Elitist
A table-top role-playing game development blog For fun, let's go through the development timeline of an indie ttrpg as I try to puzzle...
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James Kerr
- Oct 7, 2022
- 7 min
Why I Hate Character Concepts
Character concepts in ttrpgs
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James Kerr
- Aug 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Bad Whiff of Role-Playing
Taking Another Look at TTRPGs Most Common Result This is the moment—it has all been leading up to this. Roll the dice, and if you succeed...
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James Kerr
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Pain of Quickstarts
The development blog of table-top role-playing game "Fight to Survive: Role-playing Martial Arts Meets Heart" by James Kerr With Fight to...
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James Kerr
- Apr 23, 2022
- 9 min
Punctuated Action in Diceless Mechanics
The development blog of table-top role-playing game "Fight to Survive: Martial Arts Meets Heart" by James Kerr What is Punctuated Action?...
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James Kerr
- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
Fight to Survive Kickstarter Fulfills Name
The development blog of table-top role-playing game "Fight to Survive: Martial Arts Meets Heart" by James Kerr The Local Scene There are...
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