Vincent Baker posed an interesting question on Twitter today:
“Hey, fellow RPG publishers, I’m thinking about PDF pricing. How do you price your PDFs compared to your books, and why?”

When picking up a new roleplaying game, I have two related questions in mind:
(1) Why is this game fun?
(2) What can I do in this game?

Both unity and uniformity can be used to describe a unified group of people. The terms are not the same; they bespeak two differing types of unification. In particular, they address the mechanism by which unification occurs.

On Friday, I wrote about some of the analytics tools I’m building so that hobby game publishers and retailers can learn more about what products are selling, where, and to whom.

The RPG Countdown podcast would not be possible without sales statistics. You can’t rate products without knowing how many copies are being sold, right?

I’ve managed the banner advertisements on a number of great hobby gaming websites for the last two years. What started with the Kobold Quarterly home page has expanded into a network of sites visited by over 750,000 gamers and comic book enthusiasts each month.

Motivation is one of the biggest daily challenges I face.

During my second tour in Iraq, I decided to leave the Army. I wanted to see my baby girls grow up-not something I’d be able to do while on government sponsored camping trips in the desert. If I wanted a relationship with my children, it was clear that a career as a soldier wasn’t for me.

Chase VISA sent me an offer in the mail today; enroll in the FREE Chase Freedom program and receive 5% cash back on various purchases between April 1st and June 30th. I’m not sure how many home improvement purchases I’ll make over the next couple months, but when I do I’ll enjoy the kick back.

During the chaos that was 9/11 in NYC, mobile communications were a mess. The World Trade Center used to be an important hub the mobile architecture in lower Manhattan. Until mid-afternoon, it was virtually impossible to make contact with anyone, if you were relying on a cell phone.