I’ve spent most of this month waiting on the manufacturer for No Honor Among Thieves, so not much progress there. In the free time that I now have I worked on a couple more projects for Carpe Omnis Games, and also spent two weeks setting up a design brand and web store called Solarian Black. This store […] Read more
In my previous post, I promised that I would write up something about art directing and dealing with freelancers. I’ve got all my illustrations for No Honor Among Thieves at this point, and am in the process of getting things sent to the manufacturer for them to do their part, so I figured now would be […] Read more
Quick break from No Honor Among Thieves, Kickstarter and game development for a moment here. This is a sketch I’ve done of the characters in the Deadlands game I’ve been running, in the fictional territory of San Marcho. From left to right: Jian, Chinese martial artist, runaway from the rail company, and hat collector, who […] Read more
I’ve been working on card designs again. I like the basic designs I’ve come up with, but one very noticeable problem is that it’s difficult to distinguish different card types from each other when they’re all sitting face-up on the table. The only differences at a glance are the text and a small stripe of […] Read more
After consulting with some forum threads, my fellow local game designers and a graphic designer I know, I’ve settled on this design for the final prototype. The graphic designer I’ve been working with suggested including a printout of potential alternate styles in the review copies I send out before the Kickstarter, and I think that’s […] Read more
I’ve been working on the final card templates for No Honor Among Thieves. It’s been a long road getting to this point, but I think we’ve finally reached what the cards in the printed game are going to look like. Below you can see both a Character and a Defense. The interactions of these two […] Read more
It’s amazing how much of a difference some good art can make. You may have already noticed the new logo in the banner area of this page (if you’re reading this in the blog excerpt, click on the Read More link). That’s the new logo for the game, painted for me by artist Larisa Angheloni based […] Read more
I am currently commissioning artists to create artwork for example cards to use as demonstrations of what I want them to look like before I run the Kickstarter. I’m also looking for artists to do banners and potentially box art as well. I’m hoping to get a loose, sort of speed painter type of style; […] Read more
You know sometimes you sit down to work on something for half an hour and then six hours later you’re putting the finishing touches on a masterpiece three times larger than you expected? Here’s a map I made for the wild west sandbox game I’m going to be running. Read more
The Las Vegas Shadowrun game that my tabletop group was playing has come to an end, in spectacular fashion. I’ve got recordings of every session but one, and if I ever have the time I’ll edit them down to something reasonable and put them up here. Here’s some of the characters from the campaign. This […] Read more
