Jeff Jones

RPG Ramblings

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Discussions about the various aspects of making both physical and electronic Table Top RPG products. We talk with artists, writers, editors and game designers about their process, what they do, and how to hire them. We also look at the details of making your products available to your audience, including a look at printing your own products, how to publish on DriveThru RPG, as well as running a KickStarter. Along the way we will ramble about other things of interest or hot topics.

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Jeff Jones

Episodes

E19. “RPG Hodgepodge” with Tim Shorts 10.04.2021 1:29:34

1.19 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts joins me to talk about a hodgepodge of RPG topics. From COVID recovery to missing PDF files, this week was a punt. But, hey…sometimes punting is the best option. I better stop here with the sports metaphor because i...

E18. “Why You Need a Copy Editor” with Jessica Doble 03.04.2021 1:10:11

1.18 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Jessica Doble joins me to talk about editing. Jessica was the copyeditor for Scoundrels, my three-issue zine. We discuss what editing is all about, and I share my experience of being subjected to her editor’s pen. As with most...

E17. “Writing RPG Content” with Tim Shorts 27.03.2021 1:49:39

1.17 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts, from Gothridge Manor, joins me to talk about writing for RPGs. We start out discussing writing tools. Tim also gives us insight to his process for writing adventures. Eventually, like all good gamers, we meander in...

E16. “The Basics of Book Layout for RPG Products” with Clayton Notestine 20.03.2021 1:21:41

1.16 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Clay Notestine, who is known for his excellent blog post Layout and the Grid. This is a most excellent primer for those wanting to gain a basic understanding of layout. Clay prolifically tweets about his takes on design and la...

E15. “Using DUNE to Add Spice to Your Game” with Tim Shorts 13.03.2021 1:46:33

1.15 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts, of Gothridge Manor, joins me to discuss a wonderful article written by Andrew Peregrine for a Modiphius blog. The article is entitled DUNE #10 - Walking Without Rhythm and was intended to explain to GM how there is...

E14. “Chewing the Fat” with Doug Cole 06.03.2021 1:08:00

1.14 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Doug Cole from Gaming Ballistics is back and we discuss all sorts of groovy things. For starters I found out that Doug actually played in a Robot Warriors campaign (we mistakingly called it Robot Hero). We also discuss West En...

E13. “Character Collections for The Fantasy Trip” with Doug Cole and “Little Katy’s Tea Party for ZQ3” with Edoardo Cremaschi 27.02.2021 1:47:23

1.13 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Doug Cole from Gaming Ballistics talks about his product Character Collections for Fantasy Trip that is currently running on Kickstarter. This is a great resource for any Fantasy RPG…as it provides a good deal of flavor text for each NP...

E12. “Deep Dive into Zine Quest 3 and Kickstarters” with Tim Shorts. 20.02.2021 2:08:51

1.12 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor joins me in a discussion about our experiences as project creators for ZineQuest 3. This is a behind-the-scenes look at what it is like going through the valley of fire and we share the details and our thou...

E11. “Starting a Small RPG Publishing Company” with John Watts 14.02.2021 1:25:22

1.11 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. John Watts of Independence Games. He is a full-time publisher producing content for a OGL variant of the Traveller rule set known as The Cepheus Engine. The majority of John’s sales comes from selling PDFs on DriveThru and he own websit...

E10. “Writing for the RPG Industry and Full-Time Freelancing” with Matt Forbeck, “Talking Shadow of the Demon Lord and talking 5e Smack” with Morgan Grover 06.02.2021 1:27:19

1.10 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. The first interview is with freelance writer and game designer, Matt Forbeck. His work history is too long and detailed to list here but is only a google search away. We talk about his journey into full-time freelance work at an early a...

E9. “The Shotguns and Sorcery Journey” with Matt Forbeck, “Talking Stat Blocks and Other Ramblings” with Ben Laurence 30.01.2021 1:49:54

1.9 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. The first interview is with freelance writer and game designer, Matt Forbeck. His history is too long and detailed to list here but is only a google search away. We talk about his journey of taking his Sword and Sorcery stories and turni...

E8. “Distribute Your ZineQuest Zines in the EU?” with Alistair Pidwell 25.01.2021 56:35

1.8 Welcome RPG Ramblings Jeff Jones, a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This episode is an emergency broadcast for those Zine Questers out there. Those of us not from the UK or the EU shake with trepidation thinking about dealing with shipping overseas. The cost of shipping is high and there doesn’t appear to be any g...

E7. “Coffee for an RPG Kickstarter?” with Morgan Grover and “Growing Up with RPGs in Brazil” with Diogo Nogueira 23.01.2021 1:33:31

1.7 Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. In the first segment, Brad Grover of Big Nerd Coffee Roastery talks about partnering with people like you an me for our Kickstarter projects. He matches a coffee roast with your RPG product, and that becomes an add-on for your Kickstarter project. Who doesn’...

E6. “It is a Cost Worth Bearing” - Creativity, Stress and Why do we do it - with Ben Laurence. 16.01.2021 1:07:26

1.6 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This is a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This episode I get rambley with Ben Laurance. The intent was to talk about Jorune but I sidelined it by starting two topics that I thought would lead to fairly short discussions…but both turned into fairly deep discussions The first topic...

E5. Terror of the Statosfiend with Sean Richer and securing the Gangbusters IP with Mark Hunt 09.01.2021 1:27:07

Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. The show starts with Sean Richer and we discuss Terror of the Stratosfiend: a gonzo horror, sci-fi mashup that bolts seamlessly onto Dungeon Crawl Classics, but can be used in any OSR game. An absolutely beautiful set of zines produced by successful Kickstarters. We...

E4. Sara from Mixam discussing paper and printing option for Zines 06.01.2021 32:27

Episode 4 1.4 Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. In support of ZineQuest, this is a special episode discussing paper and printing options from Mixam, a printing company with presses in the US, the UK and Australia. Sara, their customer service walks us through the dizzying options for printing bookle...

E3. Discussions with Mark Hunt and Diogo Nogueira 02.01.2021 1:37:15

Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. In the first segment, Mark Hunt and I discuss early gaming experiences with Champions and Twilight 2000. Then Mark shares the various ways one can approach running Gangbusters game, or really any game set in the 20’s. We dip into game design as Mark explains how he...

E2. Ben Laurance and Tim Shorts Return! More Zine Goodness 26.12.2020 1:17:28

Episode 2 Welcome RPG Ramblings, a weekly show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. For this episode, Tim Shorts and Ben Laurance are back each providing additional insight to their success at producing RPG Content. In the first segment, Ben discusses the creation of his Zine Through Ultan’s Door; a trippy, extra-dimensional plane of exis...

E1. Rambling with Tim Shorts and Ben Laurance 20.12.2020 1:23:12

1.1 Welcome to the inaugural podcast of RPG Ramblings, a show exploring various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This episode features two separate interviews with Tim Shorts and Ben Laurance. Tim Shorts is a long time fixture to the OSR community. For over a decade he has written blogs, produced zines and even finds time to produce his own podcast. Wh...

RPG Ramblings (I need to start somewhere) 30.11.2020 0:44

This is me layout down the track for the train that is coming. All ABOARD!