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A Song of Tales Designer's Diary: Origins

A few years ago, now I was at a wedding of a close friend and I ended up in a conversation with a stranger at my table centering on two...

Graphic Designers and Artists for Independent Designers

Most people in most of their lives have very little contact with Graphic Designers and Illustrators or Artists and so when they come to...

The Philosophy of Game, Part 1: Basic Definition of Game

There’s a lot of examination of the mechanics of game design and much of it is quite excellent. At the same time there are essays,...

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A Gamer’s Dictionary: Definitions of Gaming Jargon

Irrespective of how much such a thing is wanted I’ve found the building jargon of tabletop gaming to be sufficient to need some...

Books For Game Designers and Kickstarter Creators

While there are a range of excellent blogs online I've always tended towards physical books for reading and reference. As such here are...

Copyright, Trademark and Patent: Protecting IP for Independent Designers

What designers should do in relation to protecting their designs when showing them to others is, for obvious reasons, a concern for many...

How I Write Skirmish War Games: Introduction and Manifesto

I've worked on a few miniatures war games now, written a handful and studied a whole bunch, as such I've formed a set of hopefully useful...

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Useful Pages and Blogs

No designer stands alone and there are a wide selection of blogs we at Man O' Kent refer to ourselves. I'm not going to recommend...

Running Cons

Being an active presence at gaming conventions is the life blood of any independent games designer and publisher's campaign. Its not only...

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Barcoding for Independent Games

Its seems that there is some confusion on the nature of the obtaining and using barcodes on a product, particularly relating to "second...

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