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Note to self: Hospitals are not fun. Ever. Except maybe with pistols. And ninjas. Feb 27

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I try everything at least once!

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Blogging, Podcasting, Video, Game Design, Writing, Art, Cartography, Player, Gamemaster

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My name is Zakharov Sawyer, and I am a game master, a player, a ludologist, imagineer and many other things. (Including an avid eater of pizza!)

Zd10 is my personal game design project.

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Following the games industry, I know one thing above all else - immersion is key. The best way to create something that is capable of capturing the attention of the viewer\player\reader, is to be able to stimulate all of the senses.

I still find myself thinking about this in every day situations, which I think helped me be as successful as I am.

Today, though, I find that the same idea applies incredibly well to online applications. We have a variety of amazing, free tools available to us - sh… Continue

Posted on October 25, 2009 at 4:00am —

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Note to self: Hospitals are not fun. Ever. Except maybe with pistols. And ninjas.

February 27

This week's exercises are up - sorry they are late, I just got back this morning from a stint out on the ocean - aaaarrr!

November 3, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer added a discussion to the group Imagination: The Art of World Creation

You Design: A Treefolk Race

This week's discussion: How would you design a race of treefolk? They don't have to be treants, they could be small, nimble fast little buggers who are as humanoid as... well, a human. How would you design their culture? How would they interact wit…

November 3, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer added a discussion to the group Ludology: The Science of Game Design

Your Pick: Best Character Creation Method

This week's discussion: What is the best way you feel, mechanically, to build characters? Do you think point buy systems work best or do dice-rolling systems hold the top bunk? Or what about special systems that are usually game specific: for insta…

November 3, 2009

Another halloween has come and gone, I hope ye landlubbers enjoyed it!

November 1, 2009

Anyone remember the Blue Planet RPG? It is pretty rare, evidently - I'd love to take a peek at it.

October 29, 2009

Who doesn't like a game about change - especially if you play a newly awoken robot who can redesign itself... with kung-fu sprinkled in?

October 29, 2009

Chat is back up, it seems!

October 27, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer updated their profile

October 27, 2009

I was going to talk with everyone, and it ends up we already broke the chat. Ouchies!

October 27, 2009

New thought exercise up in the Ludology - Game Design group: How would you make a "Players design their spells" magic system?

October 26, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer added a discussion to the group Ludology: The Science of Game Design

You Design: "Build Your Own Spell" Magic System

Alright everyone, here's a thought exercise for you. How would you design a magic system where players can create the spells they want to cast themselves? Would it be something they can do on the fly, or would they need to prepare the spells in ad…

October 26, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer added a discussion to the group Industry: The Business of Tabletop Games

Self Publishing via PoD

Question for anyone who's had experience with this: How well does the self publishing route work with PoD services such as Lulu, SelfPublishing, etc? Anyone have any experience with this?

October 26, 2009

Two of my three "Behind the scenes" groups have been featured. Let's get some discussions going!

October 25, 2009

Zakharov Sawyer added 5 groups

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October 25, 2009

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October 25, 2009

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At 9:22pm on February 27, 2010, Andrew Modro said…: Hey, how've you been? You fell off the planet!

At 6:30pm on November 24, 2009, Pseudoephedrine said…: It's unclear RAW. Personally, I'd calculate it from the final skill rating for sake of speed and clarity. YMMV though.

At 3:15pm on November 21, 2009, Pseudoephedrine said…: Any time, mate. Just bear in mind that I'm not a total system wonk when it comes to BRP, but I'll do whatever I can to answer your questions.

At 8:25am on October 31, 2009, JohnnFour said…: Thanks for the birthday wishes Zakharov. If you ever track down Blue Planet, let me know how it is. Many RPT readers recommended it when I was questing for a sci-fi system.

At 8:08am on October 29, 2009, WalkerP said…: Blue Planet is an amazing setting, worth the read alone. You could bolt any generic system on to it. I don't remember much about the one it came with. The books aren't rare at all. I see them used all the time for good, cheap prices and Fantasy Flight had a big sale a couple years back. Noble Knight still has them, but I bet you can find better prices elsewhere:
http://www.nobleknight.com/searchresults.asp?search=blue%20planet

Definitely worth picking up if you are interested in really cool science fiction settings. It's "hard science" but doesn't geek out on the science so it's approachable to anyone.

At 10:22pm on October 28, 2009, Pseudoephedrine said…: http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=3700 should be the link to the download. There is a login required, but it's otherwise free.

I'd love the Wave Invite. My email is johnbell17 at gmail.com. Thanks!

At 1:55pm on October 27, 2009, R. E. Davis said…: I got the Voice invite! I just haven't had time to set it up. I work at a Costume Shop and needless to say, this is the busy/chaos week. I'll comment on it later :) Thanks again though!