As I was prepping for my Shadowrun game last Friday, I rediscovered an interesting tidbit that I wrote for the Shadowrun Storm Front’s Seattle Shakes chapter. In a fit of...
Welcome back to Shadowrun Sundays! Playing games is fun. So is writing for them. I’m of the mind that if you want to write for RPGs, or games in general,...
Welcome back to Shadowrun Sundays. Yesterday I discovered a local game store, Hammer Hall, had shuttered its doors last weekend after about 2 years of operation and one location move....
For the past few Shadowrun Sundays, we’ve briefly discussed worldbuilding (Part I and Part II here). Today we’re wrapping up with the central imperative of every game system: A Higher...
In the last Shadowrun Sundays post, we discussed a basic overview of worldbuilding. I’ve often heard it said that Dungeons and Dragons was originally based on The Hobbit and The...
Today’s Shadowrun Sundays addresses game design. Designing a game from scratch requires a lot of work. There’s world building that needs to be done, threats that need to be created,...
For today’s Shadowrun Sunday’s post, I wanted to talk about gaming conventions. The small gaming cons don’t get a lot of “con love.” People tend to spend their money and...
I have recently been indoctrinated into the world of playtesting for various items. Okay, I shouldn’t say “recently” because I have playtested before. There is just a different order of...
If you’re looking to get rich writing for the gaming industry, I’ve got a bridge in San Francisco to sell you – and it’s made of gold! (Email me at...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
