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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: Creating a Universe Part 2

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Shapers with advanced training can crack into their spell templates and swap out key components to improve spell efficiency and expand their spells’ options. It isn’t uncommon to see a mage rush over after an illegal street duel and attempt to hack into a fallen mage’s template in hopes of salvaging something. 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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Blended-Genre. You gotta love it!

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

Blending-genres, like blending together certain foods, makes an entirely new dish—something special. You may not realize just how much you love #blended-genre because you haven’t really focused on it, just experienced it, like when watching Aliens, Avatar, Shaun of the … Continue reading →

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QT Games: Upcoming Books

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

Hi all, for those of you not reading our QT Games Updates on Kickstarter, our forums or Facebook posts, we’ve been busy campers! As the logo above hints, I renamed my Shadow Hunter novella as there were way too many … 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 #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 #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 #4: RPG Character Creation

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Bob Whitely/QT Games

In this post, I continue to discuss rpg concepts and what we decided to do for our roleplaying game, Cosmothea, and why. I don’t know about you, but Character Creation in roleplaying games has nearly always been a blast for … Continue reading →

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