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![This is Part II of the Q&A with Evil Hat co-president Fred Hicks. If you missed Part I, start here! Q: How does the playtesting process differ from RPGs to board/card […]](https://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fredshot-250x250-115x115.jpg "Designer Diary 7: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part II)")
Designer Diary 7: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part II)
Posted on October 25, 2011 | Make a CommentThis is Part II of the Q&A with Evil Hat co-president Fred Hicks. If you missed Part I, start here! Q: How does the playtesting process differ from RPGs to board/card […] -
![This is Part II of the Q&A with Evil Hat co-president Fred Hicks. If you missed Part I, start here! Q: How does the playtesting process differ from RPGs to board/card games? What has the RtA playtesting process been like for Evil Hat? Fred: Card games have a much more strict range of possible outcomes because there’s [...]](https://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Designer Diary 7: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part II)")
Designer Diary 7: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part II)
Posted on October 25, 2011 | Make a CommentThis is Part II of the Q&A with Evil Hat co-president Fred Hicks. If you missed Part I, start here!
Q: How does the playtesting process differ from RPGs to board/card games? What has the RtA playtesting process been like for Evil Hat?
Fred: Card games have a much more strict range of possible outcomes because there’s [...]
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Designer Diary 6: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part I)
Posted on October 18, 2011 | Make a CommentFred Hicks is co-president of Evil Hat Productions, the publisher of Race to Adventure! He’s also a really thoughtful and knowledgeable guy who shares his views on the gaming industry […] -
Designer Diary 6: Q&A with Evil Hat’s Fred Hicks (Part I)
Posted on October 18, 2011 | Make a CommentFred Hicks is co-president of Evil Hat Productions, the publisher of Race to Adventure! He’s also a really thoughtful and knowledgeable guy who shares his views on the gaming industry in his blog, Deadly Fredly. Fred offered to do this week’s Designer Diary in the form of a virtual Q&A session from the publisher’s perspective. We [...]
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State of the Hat
Posted on June 3, 2011 | Make a CommentHere’s a brief State of the Hat for those curious, focusing on our Projects On Deck. Dresden Files: The Paranet Papers. This is the Dresden Files RPG supplement we’ve been working on for the past half year or so. We don’t have a release date, which is why you haven’t heard us being all that [...] -
Comic! Book! Universe!
Posted on May 31, 2011 | Make a CommentThis is a companion post to Kit’s announcement over on her blog. You’ll want to read that, too, in either order. My friend C. E. Murphy (another talented author — I’m lucky to know several — who’s behind the Urban Shaman/Walker Papers series, among others) and I go way back. We first met online back [...] -
Evil Hat Chat at Beautiful Brains
Posted on May 31, 2011 | Make a CommentI’ll be over at the online chat for Beautiful Brains this Thursday (June 2nd), at 9pm Eastern time. Drop on by and ask me anything, and I’ll do my best to give you some kind of answer. When the time rolls around, just pop on over there and hit the “Chat” link along the upper [...] -
Do’s Kickstarter: It’s a Wrap!
Posted on May 24, 2011 | Make a CommentDo’s Kickstarter concluded just minutes ago, raising a whopping 600+% of its original target of $4,000. Dan and I are gobsmacked. We did fall short of sending the Pilgrims to Mars, but this has been a just incredible accomplishment by Dan and by the community. Thanks, everyone, and stay tuned for the rest of Do’s [...] -
Heroic ZenCart Upgrader Sought
Posted on May 22, 2011 | Make a CommentSo, the Evil Hat webstore is on ZenCart 1.3.8; I’d like to get it upgraded to the latest 1.3.9 branch, but that looked like a real pain the last time I investigated, and moreover, the kind I might not have the time (nor, importantly, the temperament) for. If I recall correctly, there’s a lot of [...] -
So What IS Zeppelin Armada?
Posted on May 20, 2011 | Make a CommentZeppelin Armada — Evil Hat’s first card game product, currently under development by Jeff Tidball — in the words of some of our first-round playtesters, describing the game to me as if I didn’t know what it is: “It’s a dance of ever-moving minions protecting your nefarious airship schemes. One part card game, one part [...] -
Why Kickstarter is a Game Changer for Game Publishing
Posted on May 18, 2011 | Make a CommentWhile the Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple kickstarter has been going on strong and is now within sight of the finish line, Daniel has been posting insights we’ve picked up along the way. I’m (mostly) not going to repeat that stuff — you should read it yourself, because it’s awesome. The first post in [...] -
6 Months With Miss Evelyn Violet
Posted on May 17, 2011 | Make a CommentSo, November December January February March April May happened. -
Zeppelin Armada Round 2 Playtesting
Posted on May 16, 2011 | Make a CommentJeff is going to be making enough changes following our first round of Zeppelin Armada playtesting that we’re going to want to do a second round in another couple weeks or so. For this, we need both our prior playtesters already on board, and a handful of fresh-blood folks who haven’t seen the first iteration. [...] -
Evolving the Look of the Brand: Conclusion
Posted on May 13, 2011 | Make a CommentThis is a quick follow-up to the very helpful crowdstorming post from before about the Evil Hat logo. If you’re looking for the reasoning for the change, you’ll find it there. After the back and forth about the font choices towards the end there, I went “internal” and talked over the issues with Chris Hanrahan [...] -
Metatopia Game Design & Playtest Convention
Posted on April 27, 2011 | Make a CommentDefinitely want to get Evil Hat there, at least in some form. Excited this is happening! You can learn more and preregister at the official site. A Special NEW Convention For Developers and Publishers! Double Exposure is proud to present METATOPIA, a festival of ideas and creativity! METATOPIA is the place to unveil new [...]