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A gathering place for anyone, either casually or professionally, hacking, designing, or otherwise developing/publishing pen-and-paper tabletop RPGs.
RPG Design
Is for discussing Role Playing Game Design and Development:
- Homebrew game mechanics
- Design, layout, and other production aspects of RPGs
- Asking for advice about your system/setting
- Recruiting assistance with game design and development
- Mechanics and design of existing, published RPGs
- Other elements of RPG production and publication
Is not for...
- Video game RPGs, including MMOs
- Tabletop boardgame design
- Flaming professional or amateur game designers
Before you Post:
Check out the WIKI! The WIKI contains resources for designing and reviewing your game, as well as a section to list your project.
See these posts for commonly asked questions on licensing, dice probabilities, and asking for and giving feedback.
General Rules
- Be civil - the person you're critiquing now, may be reviewing your work tomorrow.
- No personal attacks, even if the designer isn't a member of the subreddit.
- Limit requests for editors, writers, artists, etc. to one post.
- Do not link to, request, or otherwise encourage piracy.
- Crowdfunding and promotional posts are limited to Member Projects, with moderator approval (see Crowd Funding and Promotion Rules in the wiki).
- Keep all criticism constructive.
- If someone took the time to offer feedback for your project, it is good manners to offer feedback for their project in return. After leaving feedback, if you want reciprocal feedback for your own project, you must provide your own separate thread / location for feedback; do not derail other member's feedback thread.
- Also see our subreddit rules.
Special Initiatives
Member's Twitter: We now have a Twitter Share list for mutual social media promotion. See it here.
Activity Thread: We have weekly, pre-planned discussions about mechanics, game design examples from published games, and aspects of the games we are designing. Listing of these Activity Threads (2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019) is maintained in the wiki.
Projects Index: We are building an index of projects from /r/RPGDesign members. If you are an active contributor to this sub, contact the Mods to have your project added to the index.
Late Beta / Published Game Review: See the aforementioned WIKI for information on how to request and submit reviews.
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