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Designer Diary #15: Fiction Givaway + Roleplaying Games and Settings Questions (Part 3)

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Back with another blog post asking the tough questions. If you haven’t read our first two parts, I encourage you to at least skim them as I think you’ll find them interesting and informative. I covered several questions last time … 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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Designer Diary #12: Life, Fiction and Gaming

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Hi folks, today, I’m splitting this blog post into three topics, revisiting a Facebook post I made the other day that you might have missed about life, followed by a bite-sized (maybe two bites) update on my fiction and a … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #10: Fiction and gaming…Moving Forward (Part 2)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Time flies whether you are having fun or not! Welcome back for another post on fiction and gaming. If you missed Part 1, be sure to check that out. I had to cut this blog post in half in order … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #9: Gaming and Fiction (Part 1)

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Since there was no significant response to my post on publishing, I’ll skip Part 2 for now and give you a QT Games update and talk a bit about game design, Cosmothea and the Cosmoverse. My goal is to post … Continue reading →

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Arcane Synthesis: A Blended-Genre Anthology (Excerpt)

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Hi all, I created an author page over at Goodreads and put the book up there. I also made a book page for Arcane Synthesis on our QT Games website (I’ll update the rest of the site one of these … Continue reading →

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Wait . . . QT Games? Who are you again, and why should I care?

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

I thought I’d back up for a moment for those who have never heard of QT Games LLC, or have never visited my personal or new QT Games Google+ page, blog, website, forums, facebook or twitter accounts, etc. [Those of … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #3: RPG Classes or Not?!

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Welcome to our 3rd Designer Diary in which we go behind the scenes on the Cosmothea Blended-Genre Roleplaying Game. Today I’d like to discuss classes (careers, professions, archetypes, affiliations, whatever you want to call them) and what we ultimately decided … Continue reading →

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Designer Diary #2: The Scope of an RPG (Part 2)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Welcome back for another designer diary! This is the second in a new series, so if you’re just jumping on board, check out our last one and let’s roll! This diary will focus on our Cosmothea Blended-Genre Roleplaying Game and … Continue reading →

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