How to Learn Game Design – A Reference Post

At GenCon, I present a panel titled Introduction to Indie Game Design, where we hope to provide a host of resources for the panel attendees. This blogpost stands as a curated collection of resources for their use, and for anyone else who wants to get started in designing RPGs.

1. A giant pile of resources on dropbox.
2. Free and Professional RPGs for Game Designers
3. Software Choices
4. Scribus for Game Designers
5. RPG Design Overview Sheet
6. Basic Budgeting for RPG Publishing
7. Design Geology
8. Last, but certainly not least, I would like to recommend you check out the RPG Design Panelcast which is hosted on this site. There’s a heck of a lot of excellent information for you to enjoy brilliant minds.

Good luck!