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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Oct 8, 2016 4:39:51 GMT -9
Sharing/Update/Promo post. {apology tag} Quick apologies for not coming back enough on Cardboard Warriors, I'm a bad bad friend. If it's any consolation, I neglect many forums simultaneously, it's not you, I multitask being ignorant. No, wait. I'm a just a bad bad friend. {/end-apology} Behold, hand drawn floor plan goodness: Smuggler Cavern On DTRPG $2.50 usd * www.drivethrurpg.com/product/194177/Smuggler-Cavern*at time of making this post yadda yaddaFormat: Printable PDFs, A4 and Letter size. And ... Cut up the sheets to make any cavern floor layout to match your map. Alternatively, make some sort of uber tile, battlemat thing: Simple Caverns Cut-Up Sheets Pay-What-You-Want on DriveThruRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/product/195133/Simple-Caverns-CutUp-SheetsFormats: Printable PDFs (A4 and Letter size) plus graphics files (300DPI PNGs) All art is drawn in fine line pen on paper (mostly graph paper), scanned to PC, colour and some manipulation performed in ProCreate on iPad and in GIMP on a PC. PDF preparation in Libre Office Draw. Billiam Babble Inked Adventures
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Jun 6, 2015 17:05:47 GMT -9
Preprint (POD) playing cards on DriveThruRPG bit.ly/IAcardsDTRPGDeviating slightly from figure scale floor plans I've released some "Map & Dice" Playing Cards on DriveThru and The Game Crafter. I am hoping that this will signify the start of more pre-print / print on demand products, such as 6" tiles for dungeon floor plans. Selling or giving away PDFs is a very different beast to pre-print products, where time has to be given for production and the there's the extra cost of postage. It's interesting how quickly a designer's thoughts go from print-on-demand to short print runs by local printers. I'm in the UK and most of the good services are US based, which can mean for some customers the postage/shipping doubles the product cost. But for now I am convincing myself and others that these are rare and precious commodities, possibly highly collectable. I am absolutely adoring my personal pack of cards, and much like an author seeing a book bound, it's just fab to see this designs on smooth shiny durable card with rounded edges. The challenge was this. I wanted to make something that no matter how offbeat the content was it would still work as a deck of normal playing cards. It just so happens that quite a few table top roleplaying games use playing cards as part of their system, be it for actions, NPC motivations or perhaps as a stand-in prop for a magical deck of cards ("Deck of Many Things" or a cursed Tarot etc.) I wanted to create a sort of Dungeon Master's omni-tool, perhaps for situations where he/she had limited access to dice or notes - or perhaps was playing in a library where dice clattering is not welcome. I already had the geomorphic tile designs and these could be incorporated into the deck for pre-game planning or in-game random play. I'm a big fan of older roleplaying systems and retroclones. OD&D, Holmes D&D Basic and S&W Whitebox predominantly use d20s and d6s. Games like Runequest and Call of Cthulhu and a whole load of other games use percentile dice. Although I like to keep my products system-less, many of my customers err towards certain systems, and I specialise in dungeon/fantasy settings. I chose d20, d6 and d100 to be represented in every card. Naturally it's fairly difficult to spread these results across 52 cards evenly, although a modified deck can be used to simulate almost any sized die with planning, It's worth pointing out that returning cards to the deck after being drawn, and shuffling, will eliminate predictable results or reduced probability. Playing cards are an imperfect medium for simulating dice and it's important if a DM is using them at a game for random number generation that he has the agreement of the players present. I couldn't help but had a little twist, which is that there are a few extra critical success and failure results in there. I attempt to explain this in the card guide. The geomorphic dungeon map areas have titles for reference and atmosphere (an issue I have with the original tiles is that I go "map-blind" and many of the tiles start to look alike, names for areas really help). The idea is that even an empty area in a dungeon has history. Corn, cheese and cliche abound here, and you must forgive me this as you pass through The Hollow Tree on the way to the Tomb of the Last King. This deck is not a game in itself, but in the right hands, it might be a powerful game accessory. On the other hand, you can still play your aunt at Bridge. The cards, with overlapping, can actually be used as "micro" geomorph tiles. On DriveThru: bit.ly/IAcardsDTRPGThe Game Crafter: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/inked-adventures-map-dice-bridge-deckTry before you buy print your own mini deck here: inkedadventures.com/main/2015/05/inked-adventures-mapdice-playing-cards/ (scroll down) Thanks for reading
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Jun 6, 2015 15:59:07 GMT -9
Thanks for posting this. I'm terrible at keeping up with my own news in this board. The tiles I'm doing for Fighting Fantasy Quest Greywood Publishing) are more of a personal art commission for me as Billiam Babble as opposed to a branch of Inked Adventures products. I'm saying this because generally I avoid Kickstarters but this is how Greywood Publishing are able to complete such large "out of the box" printed sets. There's really wicked design going into this along with Russ Nicholson's art from the original Fighting Fantasy books. The current art on the site are just mock-ups at the moment. It should be something really specia l when it's finished. www.fightingfantasyquest.com/cards.html
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 11, 2015 14:49:28 GMT -9
I was wrong about the number of people I had thought I'd sent the email to. The report which came back said 8,500 appx emails sent. Blimey. I'm really hoping that doesn't mean a load were repeatedly sent to the same people. I guess some just got through the junk filters. All I did was promise that if we raised enough I would post a video of myself singing Take me to the Moon in a pink stormtrooper costume on YouTube, It's not binding, right? I'm not sure they make stormtrooper costumes for overweight hobbits. Damn, should have said "dressed as an ewok"... Those figures are astonishing, people are ace.. You're all pretty amazing - I still think the quality of the products is worth more than the original prices combined.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 10, 2015 12:40:30 GMT -9
This so cool, cumulatively adding to an exponential ongoing coolness factor of people being cool and ace (cumulatively adding to the ace factor etc ...) I'm breaking a personal, avoid-spamming, rule by sending an email to my loyal customers (and free-downloaders, I think), as a reminder about the bundle in the last few days of the deal. Sorry if anyone gets it multiple times. Included links to the bundle on DriveThru, RPGNow and WargameVault. I certainly don't have enough publisher points to send the message beyond my own followers. Oops I forgot to include the maths of the savings - nice one Rhannon. Hopefully it might make a little spike in the sales/donations this week. Edit: Well, that was sobering, I have less folk signed up to receive emails through DriveThru than I thought. lol.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 6, 2015 5:26:23 GMT -9
Wow! Great job everyone! The Nepal Charity Bundle has raised almost $900 so far! Let's try to break $1000! Ryan Wonderful news!
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 3, 2015 14:26:43 GMT -9
Random idea coming up. Since the bundle ends on May 15th. How about we/you/someone/everyone run another bundle from then on (it could be hosted by someone else from CW community as well I guess) with totally different products and incorperating other publishers? In any pre-launch info, we stress that the new bundle is very different and that the cause is ongoing, but again the bundle only lasts only two weeks. This will naturally lead to panic donating, crashing the servers with good will! I'm beginning to understand some of Mesper's out of the box thinking with tiers and the like, although I think that having levels of donations might be confusing for people (especially people like me who still need kickstarters explaining to them!)
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 3, 2015 6:03:56 GMT -9
I think Kiledacus and Brave Adventures are working their fiddly magic. Good points Rhannon. Brave Adventures - Purchasing: It's working now. In retrospect, the error was more to do with slow server and my fat fingers on an ipad I think. Managed to download a few items from the bundle. It's a behemoth of choice!
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 3, 2015 3:42:20 GMT -9
I'm having some trouble buying/donating $15 myself. For some reason it keeps trying to add two bundles to my basket and then crashes at checkout. I'm wondering if this is because I'm a contributor(?). Anyone else having trouble as a customer? Hi kiladecus ! Brave Adventures did hold back for a while (which was painful for me, because I was getting way too excited and wanted to promote the launch, and am maybe being competitive with other bundles!). He was asked by DriveThru to remove the password from public posts for security reasons (especially once it's live) sorry about that - but direct message him or me for the codes if he gives the go-ahead. I think like Rhannon says it's sometimes possible to add products later, which is a good thing, but there can be difficulties in updating the libraries of customers who have already donated, and emailing them to let them know this has happened. Instintive thought: I think the emphasis theme/ here is also on the printed minis, models - just in case you were planning to add a rulebook or system - but if I remember right you have loads of figures in the GMG DM rules. I understand what you were saying about Nemo, because sharing bundles and royalties with other can make things more complicated, which is why I avoid putting up my Encounter Lairs for charity in the past (mixed royalties). The other option is to put your products straight onto the charity page which will be getting more traffic than normal (compared to big deals, I'm almost embarrassed about my Evil Summonings and the 3D furniture I have on there, because they are so cheap, I think it just looks like I'm just doing into for the advertising, I put them up there when I wanted to draw attention to the famine/crisis in Somalia a couple of years ago) Just my thoughts, I don't want to speak for Brave Adventures who has already had to work out all sorts of details, he just sounded more confident about hosting it than I.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 2, 2015 19:41:51 GMT -9
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 2, 2015 12:41:40 GMT -9
Locking poll. We went with Doctors Without Borders.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 2, 2015 12:40:26 GMT -9
Ryan, do you have everything you need? I'm kind of bursting with trepidation here!
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on May 1, 2015 3:16:34 GMT -9
Thanks Okumarts and Mesper, Cowboyleland, if your donation is being doubled, that sounds like a pretty sensible call. * respect * Okay this is how the list is looking ...
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 16:31:42 GMT -9
Snuck in a couple more products. I'm holding Mesper Permes responsible! . 27+ products $80 in value for $20 ? I think it's a game changer. Definitely stick at $20 IMHO. Brave Adventures, re. cover art graphic, Having a grid with all the different products will be pretty impressive I reckon. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 15:16:35 GMT -9
Now I want to add something extra too, like stakes in poker, but I'm running out of revenue. Currently 9.15 am on Friday (morning) in Japan. 1.15 am here in UK CET 2.10am ? Brain just popped doing the rest of the maths. So that's at least 24 hours until a Saturday launch in Japan? (Sorry been babbling way too much) Brave Adventures, come back, help?
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 13:26:48 GMT -9
Charity: I agree, Mesper, but on the subject of helping internationally, DWB here (and Red Cross) are the American branches - being a UK resident I was concerned that when I wanted to donate from my products a while back to Medecines Sans Frontieres that Doctors Without Borders (on the US site) was called thus primarily for the US donors (even though I can't spell it, everyone else in the world outside of the US seems to say MSF, but I could be wrong). It's all down to the way OBS move the dollars around, I think. I certainly wouldn't have mentioned American Red Cross if they weren't saying that they were supporting the emergency in Nepal - although I'm regretting ticking Red Cross on the poll now, because I like both yours and Brave Adventures points! Pricing: I think I was being intimidated but Kabuki Kaiser's runaway success in the first few hours with his bundle: $700+. He wasn't shy about emailing all the OBS customers and posting in most of the old school communities. Gutsy. His pack was $15. I'm a real penny-pincher when it comes to independent deals on DriveThru, even if the saving is big. Anyone else having opinions on this? Otherwise I think Brave Adventures should trust his gut instinct at the very last moment (?) $20 - go for it! I'm a rubbish gambler. Sell cheap, stack high? Max customers vs substantial individual donations? Maybe we're worrying too much. Maybe I'm worrying too much. The products are of a good quality, the cause is noble. * flag unfurls and music plays * I think the excitement has genuinely got the better of me!
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 11:21:11 GMT -9
We now have 20 products in the bundle. "Total Selling Price: $65.74 Bundle Price: $20.00 Savings off Total Selling Price:$45.74" This is so cool! I was originally going to suggest to Brave Adventures that we drop the price to $15, but $45.74 is still one hell of a saving and God knows we already under-price our products to start with. The question is if someone said to you, "Here's some ace products, but you may not of heard of most of it (i.e. it's not Wizards or some other big publisher) but it's a really important cause" how much would you be prepared to pay? Is $20 just right? Any thoughts?
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 11:05:52 GMT -9
Original thread: cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/thread/6851Brave Adventures, whilst setting up a charity bundle with lots of cool products from different publishers here has asked me to run a very quick poll to decide which of the OBS/DTRPG/RPGN/WV assigned charities is best for us to get cash to Nepal for earthquake relief. It's not much of a choice (see below), but they are securely linked to the OBS donation system. US branches - Nepal project pages www.redcross.org/news/article/Slideshow-Nepal-Earthquakewww.doctorswithoutborders.org/country-region/nepalOwn thoughts recap: "Okay charities and polls ... [on OBS] I'm not going to include Feeding America and the Hero Initiative and RPG Creators Fund because they have specific and localised goals (correct me if I'm wrong) However, I think when choosing between Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) when the funds are sent from OBS, the staff once told me that you can stipulate the intention for the money with a message (both Red Cross and DWB/MSF have special Nepal projects), but we might want to double check that. Certainly using one of those charities means that you can't be accused of theft/fraud (deliberate or accidental) because it's direct."
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 10:50:46 GMT -9
Awesome! Thanks mesper ! Okay charities and polls ... I'm not going to include Feeding America and the Hero Initiative and RPG Creators Fund because they have specific and localised goals (correct me if I'm wrong) However, I think when choosing between Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) when the funds are sent from OBS, the staff said you stipulate the intention for the money with a message (both Red Cross and DWB/MSF have special Nepal projects), but we might want to double check that. Certainly using one of those charities means that you can't be accused of theft/fraud (deliberate or accidental) because it's direct. I think the poll has to be in a separate thread. Okay, how many hours left?
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 1:58:04 GMT -9
So far this is the list of products Value=$31 (usd) Bundle is currently set to $20 so that's an $11 saving.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 30, 2015 1:44:14 GMT -9
That would be awesome Mr David Okumarts I think it's okay just to add any printable/papercraftish etc product to the bundle, and that also goes for anyone else, especially in CBW community who are publishers with OBS - you dont have to post here first. I'm sure Ryan / Brave Adventures would be fine with that. Bundle #: [edit] Bundle PW: [edit] Edit: To all submitting publishers: remember to check that the price of your product is $0 when it's in the bundle.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 29, 2015 7:32:37 GMT -9
Correction. KK said that a simple paypal address didn't work at first without him mailing Meredith at OBS/DriveThru.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 29, 2015 7:23:46 GMT -9
Brave Adventures, I'd be happy to lend my products up go up to May 23 (or a whole month). Not sure how that affects the speed of how funds reach the appointed organisation, but we can be sure that there will still be a need in a months time. Kabuki K has just told me that it was as simple as putting in a paypal link to Care (and 5% transaction cost to OBS which I thought they were able to waive). Did the OBS staff have any suggestions about charities? They haven't put his bundle on the charities page yet. Care, DWB, Red Cross all look good to me. Anyone else got any preferences?
Nemo, there must be a mistake about you not being a verified publisher, you've been trading for some time. Sounds like something hasn't been ticked somewhere (by the OBS staff?) - did you try logging in through DriveThru? That was my route.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 29, 2015 4:33:08 GMT -9
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 29, 2015 0:47:05 GMT -9
Excellent, the Bundle lives! Nice one, Brave Adventures! Added: Crypts, Tombs, Catacombs (which is a bit of a big deal for Inked Adventures - one of our higher priced products ) Rustic Timber Blocks and both heroically sized furniture counters packs Good idea about Comic Book Day, but I personally wouldn't worry too much about linking special days/events to the bundle considering the ongoing nature of what's happening in Nepal, also we might want to run it for a few weeks ongoing (I'm guessing) Hey, I'm loving the look of that steam tank btw. Edit: Steam RAM !
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 28, 2015 13:08:15 GMT -9
Thanks Squirmydad! I've decided I'm going to throw in my Rustic Timber Blocks as well, because they are more obviously things one can cut up and actually assemble in a "papercraft" way. We'll probably be still getting things together for a day or so before anything goes live. Not to mention setting a time period in length for it to run. Brave Adventures and I are still finding our feet when it comes to hosting bundles, so if anyone wants to volunteer to host the bundle, i.e. if you're confident with OBS's systems, feel free to speak up.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 28, 2015 11:09:11 GMT -9
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 28, 2015 11:05:22 GMT -9
Hi, a few of us publishers on DriveThru/RPGNow/Wargame Vault have been asking each other about donating existing products to a temporary charity bundle to raise money for relief work in Nepal. I know Kabuki Kaiser was putting together a bundle along a specific RPG theme, but Ryan of Brave Adventures was suggesting that we set up a papercraft bundle - i.e. the stuff Card Warriors members are really good at, printable minis, scenery etc. We're still working out who can host it, and which charities the OBS sites can link with which are working in that area.
I'm submitting my Crypts pack to any charity bundles going at the moment and might add a little something else.
Anyone else interested? I wouldn't be surprised if we see quite a few new bundles and products on the charities page as the next few days go by, Bundles are always great fun because the trick seems to be to totally outweigh the value of the donation, be it $15 or $25 and hopefully with a mix of products so that there's always a few gems in that lucky dip.
Does anyone else think this would be a good idea and want to donate some products (easiest when they are already up on the OBS site) ?
Thanks for reading,
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 20, 2015 2:13:11 GMT -9
When it comes to small amounts of steps, I'm a lot less fussy when it comes to lining them up to to the 1inch grid. I find 1/2 inch to be a little precarious for figure bases. Also aesthetics sometmes wins through. So here you'll find that I've averaged out the step at five within a 15ft /3sq length. I hadn't quite realised here that although the platforms line up to the grid, that every step was supposed to as well. At least I think that's what OldSchoolDM might have been saying to me on Facebook. Anyhow. I think it sort of works okay. OldSchoolDM might tweak it a little - just explaining in case you find two different versions here.
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Post by BilliamBabble Inked Adventures on Apr 20, 2015 0:44:24 GMT -9
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