Category Archives: Game Design

Tabletop Game Design Tip #1

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

The mind needs some blank space. Things need to be aired out for the mind to appreciate them, digest them, and understand them. A little iconography is great. A lot is difficult to remember and is therefore confusing, even with big icon legends. Continue reading →

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Custom Dice, Art and Fiction Kickstarter

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

I’m doing the Kickstarter because a little over 40 years ago when I was just a young teenager, I started dreaming up 2 universes, and I’ve been writing stories and designing both rpgs and board games set in those universes ever since. Continue reading →

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Out of the Shadows

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

The Shadow Reaper just went live on Amazon for pre-orders (Publication date is 7/31/2019). For a limited time, we’re offering it at a reduced price. Check out the blurb (or better yet, just head over to Amazon using the link … Continue reading →

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Win a Free paperback of The Shadow Reaper! + more big news!

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Join in our 40th anniversary celebration and enter to win a free paperback. The Shadow Reaper is a blend of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Embrace the blend! Continue reading →

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Sea of Worms

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Sea of Worms introduces a major turning point in both universes, and delves into the lives of some important characters and events. Continue reading →

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Toonaria: The Apocalypse Pit

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Sometimes only family members and close friends came out to watch, and those who were drawn in by the shocking, violent action. When the floating island chain continued to sink, the details of the curse were remembered and people came out in droves to watch, despite the safety concerns of flying shrapnel, cave-ins, and other side effects of colossal, megaton creatures going to battle. Continue reading →

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Toonaria: The Great Sleep

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Sometimes Sleepers awaken a year later, a hundred years later or even a thousand years later, and every now and then, it’s later the same day. One fellow a few years ago was said to have woken up shortly after the closing prayer at his funeral! Was he ever truly dead? No doctor would have declared otherwise–if dead were a word in Toonaria, The Great Sleep hardly seems permanent for many, so long as hope remains. Continue reading →

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Toonaria: The Dark Over

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Apparently all communications networks died simultaneously. What technology wasn’t destroyed, malfunctioned, be it radio, missile silo, or two-slice toaster. Certain technologies were morphed into odd, arcane caricatures of their former designs. Many inanimate objects gained a semblance of life and crawled from the rubble. Screams and then profound silence followed, heralding a season of impenetrable darkness called the Dark Over. Continue reading →

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Toonaria: A Universe of Striking Contrasts

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Pink zones abound within the universe—regions where the populous are under the effects of Pink Syndrome, a magical condition that causes the afflicted to become oblivious of the more dangerous and painful aspects of life in a universe filled with “adorable monsters, giant kaiju, exotic technology and wayward gods”. Continue reading →

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Just how many universes are enough?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Toonaria offers a universe unlike any other, and one that can bring back the warm fuzzies on a cold night when you’re at your wits end. Frankly, we need snugglebunnies, gubbies and the worlds of Toonaria more now than ever. Continue reading →

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