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Don’t Lose Your Mind – Endgame Preview

Posted by Driving Blind

In authors, don't lose your mind, don't rest your head, endgame, fred, free stuff
20Jun 08

Tomorrow is Free RPG Day. Those of you in the Bay Area, might want to drop by Endgame to see what they've got -- I've given Endgame permission (and access) to print up some 5-page previews of Don't Lose Your Mind. Since they're printing this on their dime, supplies may be limited, so don't dawdle if you want a peek. :)

Other retailers reading this blog who are interested in doing something similar, drop me a line and let me know. Endgame's been very good about "pilot programming" some ideas like this for us, and we've been pretty happy with the results so far -- on both ends of the relationship.

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Doing It For Free in the Classroom

Posted by Driving Blind

In authors, fred, free stuff
25Mar 08

Atarashi Games is offering the full version of their game Classroom Deathmatch for free in PDF form:

http://www.atarashigames.com/ghostshark/Classroom%20Deathmatch%20retail%201.pdf

They're letting CD go out of print for the moment, as their attention is drawn elsewhere. You can find more details (though with some mildly NSFW images) on

jake_richmond's livejournal.

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“Do It For Free” In Action

Posted by Driving Blind

In authors, fred, free stuff, marketing, rpg publishing
27Feb 08

One of the things I talked about on my Be Brave Enough Not To Publish post was the idea of "doing it for free". If you're not into being a business, or have a philosophical reason for it, free is a great way to go. Even if you are into being a business, there's some strong -- if very long-term -- marketing potential in giving something away that folks would pay for. Evil Hat was built on such a thing.

Anyway, I was reminded of this today when I caught this thread on RPG.net, wherein Clinton Nixon gets some major positive play thanks to giving it away for free. Check it out.

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=381481

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Christmas Comes Early

Posted by Driving Blind

In authors, fred, free stuff, spirit of the century, spirit of the season, truth-and-justice
28Nov 07

It’s the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year… For EVIL!

The miserly villain Doctor Scrooge hides behind legal technicalities as he steals from the pockets of the impoverished… explorer-gone-mad Jacques Frost preys upon the peoples of the north with his resurrected prehistoric murder monsters… the immortal Baroness Blackheart quests for the Elixir of Life, threatening to destroy all foundations of happiness for mankind…

… and it’s up to Nick Saint — Codename: Secret Santa! — his Reindeer Men, and you to save the holidays from their vile clutches!

Spirit of the Season is a holiday treat from the minds of Evil Hat Productions and Atomic Sock Monkey Press. Featuring characters and new rules compatible with both Spirit of the Century and Truth & Justice, Spirit of the Season is your ticket to two-fisted holiday pulp adventure!

Where can I get Spirit of the Season?

You can get it from DriveThruRPG once their free download software stops being broken.

Or you can download it from the Evil Hat website — but be gentle with our bandwidth, please!