Category Archives: transparency

Adventures in Toonaria Part 3

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

The roboto may appear harmless, but there’s a lot going on under the hood and it has a rich backstory as well. As with all of the core creatures you can run, it will come with a load of cool talent options. Continue reading →

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Adventures in Toonaria Part 2

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Adventures in Toonaria the Blended-Genre Campaign Setting, by design, vary wildly depending on where you are in the universe. So what. That’s the case to some degree, on any given world in any universe. True, but we’re talking about Toonaria, … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Wants My Firstborn!

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Today I’d like to talk about some of the trials and tribulations of both running Kickstarter campaigns and backing them. I often encourage people to invest in others—to back worthy Kickstarters campaigns (at least those they have an interest in). … Continue reading →

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Building a better RPG and/or Setting

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Imagine a game designer spending years putting together a world or two or ten – a mini campaign of sorts (I say mini, because you’d need way more than that for a full blown campaign setting with space travel, unless … Continue reading →

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Author/Game Designer Update

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Hi all, I wanted to get you a quick update on all fronts as I’ve been meaning to post for quite awhile, but have been unable to do so. Here goes . . . Medical: So much has happened since … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #16: Free eBook + RPG design—Asking the Tough Questions

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends! Happy Sunday to the rest of you! I’ve got good news and possibly not so good news (depends on your point of view). First the good news! We’ve got some free fiction to give … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #14: Fiction Givaway + Roleplaying Games and Settings Questions (Part 2)

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

One might think after thirty-six years I would have tired of the Cosmoverse—the universe I started creating in 1978 and have been running adventures in for decades, or that I would have at least moved on from the game I … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #13: Fiction Givaway + One of the Oldest RPGs & Settings You’ve Never Heard of! (Part 1)

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Now that I have a newsletter (Go to QT Games to sign up and never miss an issue!) and have been meeting a lot of new friends, I thought I’d change directions a bit and dig even deeper into my … Continue reading →

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