Insights Into Building Your Own TTRPG (please learn from my mistakes.)
37Today we're talking all about building TTRPGs, from a high level, as well as the nuts and bolts of the process. If you're thinking of building a game of your own, there might be something useful in here for you.
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Timestamps
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0:00 - What This Is About
1:40 - John's TTRPG
3:21 - Establishing a Base
4:42 - Who is it For?
8:46 - Comparative Analysis
10:20 - Hardships, not Heroes
15:25 - Doing the Work
19:18 - Playtesting
23:30 - Turning Concept to Product
26:24 - Putting in the Reps
29:00 - Community Building
36:30 - via Content Creation
38:57 - Selling your Book
39:57 - Considerations Before You Can
41:42 - Taxes
42:24 - Printing, Fulfillment
47:00 - Storage!
48:30 - It's a Lot
49:07 - TSR's Folly, and Ours