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Writings by David Schirduan

RPG Reviews

2022

Jalopy Design: Pitching Your Game to Online Retailers

Jalopy Design: Pitching Your Game to Online Retailers

Convention Setup 5.0, Simplified!

Convention Setup 5.0, Simplified!

Critical Core Review Pt 2

Critical Core Review Pt 2

Critical Core Review Pt 1

Critical Core Review Pt 1

Haunted Almanac Kills the Value Goblin

Haunted Almanac Kills the Value Goblin

Karth Taught me to Love Mothership

Karth Taught me to Love Mothership

The Isle Review

The Isle Review

Sun King's Palace Review

Sun King's Palace Review

ABIDE Solo Aventure

ABIDE Solo Aventure

Visual Tour of Bones Deep

Visual Tour of Bones Deep

Underwater RPGs to Check Out

Underwater RPGs to Check Out

The History and Future of Bones Deep

The History and Future of Bones Deep

Binomial Game Jam: The Results

Binomial Game Jam: The Results

2021

RPG Plant Books: A Growing Genre

RPG Plant Books: A Growing Genre

Jalopy Design: Itchfunding & Gdocs

Jalopy Design: Itchfunding & Gdocs

Convention Setup 4.0

Convention Setup 4.0

Jalopy Design: Cleaning up Public Domain Art

Jalopy Design: Cleaning up Public Domain Art

Lowcountry Crawl 1.5 in layout + Abide Adventures

Lowcountry Crawl 1.5 in layout + Abide Adventures

Clink En Español

Clink En Español

50% Off Everything! Help me fund ABIDE!

50% Off Everything! Help me fund ABIDE!

LCC Coming Soon + ABIDE

LCC Coming Soon + ABIDE

Convention Setup 3.0

Convention Setup 3.0

Games Restocked, Clink en Espanol

Games Restocked, Clink en Espanol

May Update

May Update

2020

RIPE: This is a weird game, y'all

RIPE: This is a weird game, y'all

Technical Tea 3: Natural Puerh

Technical Tea 3: Natural Puerh

What Weapon Are You?

What Weapon Are You?

Technical Tea 2: My Faves

Technical Tea 2: My Faves

Technical Tea 1: The Basics

Technical Tea 1: The Basics

An Auditory Review of UVG

An Auditory Review of UVG

Two New Zines Available!

Two New Zines Available!

Gumroad Fulfillment: Lessons Learned

Gumroad Fulfillment: Lessons Learned

June Update

June Update

RIPE Design Goals

RIPE Design Goals

David's Music Recommendations

David's Music Recommendations

Playing RPGs On Discord

Playing RPGs On Discord

Convention Setup 2.0

Convention Setup 2.0

Coming in ZineQuest 2020...

Coming in ZineQuest 2020...

Don't Use Kickstarter Shipping

Don't Use Kickstarter Shipping

Birthday Surprises!

Birthday Surprises!

2019

Magical Industrial Inspiration

Magical Industrial Inspiration

Parsely: An Adventure Party Game

Parsely: An Adventure Party Game

Jalopy Design: Making a Zine

Jalopy Design: Making a Zine

Convention Breakdown

Convention Breakdown

5e Torches Deep

5e Torches Deep

Murder Mansion Is Killer

Murder Mansion Is Killer

Jalopy Design: Cool Resources

Jalopy Design: Cool Resources

Winter's Daughter is Vegemite Icing

Winter's Daughter is Vegemite Icing

A Grim Forest Toolbox

A Grim Forest Toolbox

Small Surprise and a Patreon!

Small Surprise and a Patreon!

SWORD DREAM Community Interviews

SWORD DREAM Community Interviews

Troika is Amazing British Weirdness

Troika is Amazing British Weirdness

First & Last Play Report

First & Last Play Report

Silent Titans Actually Works

Silent Titans Actually Works

Broken Factory

Broken Factory

Cool Crap I've Made

Cool Crap I've Made

Tempered Legacy Addendum

Tempered Legacy Addendum

Corrupt Bones

Corrupt Bones

WHY I NEED $6500

WHY I NEED $6500

System of Choice

System of Choice

Random Generators

Random Generators

2018 Summary

2018 Summary

Nervous About Bone Marshes

Nervous About Bone Marshes

2018

Bone Marshes Workshop II

Bone Marshes Workshop II

Bone Marshes Workshop I

Bone Marshes Workshop I

Luck Tokens

Luck Tokens

Bone Marshes Flooding

Bone Marshes Flooding

Table Rules

Table Rules

Bone Marshes Twist

Bone Marshes Twist

October Blogroll

October Blogroll

Blogpocalypse!

Blogpocalypse!

Black Hack Two Review

Black Hack Two Review

Jalopy Design: Markdown Blog

Jalopy Design: Markdown Blog

Pictober 2018

Pictober 2018

How to Win a Fantasy Strike Tournament

How to Win a Fantasy Strike Tournament

Vagablends OSR and Apocalypse World

Vagablends OSR and Apocalypse World

Monster Hunter Makes Me Feel Good

Monster Hunter Makes Me Feel Good

Death of the Designer

Death of the Designer

A Game Built for Online Play

A Game Built for Online Play

He Died Doing the Right Thing

He Died Doing the Right Thing

Simultaneous Interconnected Dungeon Crawl

Simultaneous Interconnected Dungeon Crawl

2017

Duet RPGs

Duet RPGs

Coilbind Your PDFs

Coilbind Your PDFs

Jalopy Design: Joe Banner on Public Domain Art

Jalopy Design: Joe Banner on Public Domain Art

Jalopy Design: Google Docs

Jalopy Design: Google Docs

Hot Springs Island is ALIVE!

Hot Springs Island is ALIVE!

200 Word RPG Updates

200 Word RPG Updates

Awesome Free Music on the Internet

Awesome Free Music on the Internet

Fantasy Strike is Good for Everyone

Fantasy Strike is Good for Everyone

Dungeon Crawl: What System?

Dungeon Crawl: What System?

Favorite Authors

Favorite Authors

200 Word RPG Alphabet

200 Word RPG Alphabet

Analyzing Adventure Modules

Analyzing Adventure Modules

Caves of Qud Stories

Caves of Qud Stories

2016

My Journey into OSR

My Journey into OSR

Watching Street Fighter Pt. 2

Watching Street Fighter Pt. 2

A Guide to Watching Street Fighter

A Guide to Watching Street Fighter

Books That Let Me Down

Books That Let Me Down

Alternate Settings for Mythic Mortals

Alternate Settings for Mythic Mortals

2015

Why Get Married?

Why Get Married?

A Critique of Feng Shui 2

A Critique of Feng Shui 2

Rules, Sin, and Smoking

Rules, Sin, and Smoking

Daytrippers Review

Daytrippers Review

2014