[ Note. This was submitted as a column for “Worlds of Design” on enworld.org. I’ve written more than 200 entries for that column starting in 2017. But this time things went awry, as I tried something with a “twist” halfway through.

It is, ostensibly, a review of my book “Game Design” (McFarland, 2012). The editor only read the first part and came back to say that guest authors needed to be paid, so this was not allowed. I asked if he’d read the whole thing. He came back again saying, oh, but the topic here (NOT the book) would be rejected by the readers, or start a flamewar!

My impression of enworld.org, dating from long before I started my column, is that the denizens are willing to argue at length about most anything RPG-related; in any case, flamewars are undesirable there, and the article was unusable.

I’ve tried not to give too much away. See what you think.]

Hello Everyone!

Jacob here.

I have some great news for you guys! "The Shadow of the Nokizaru" is almost here!

Yes that's right. After several months of delays, we are at last back on track for the game's prototype to ship out soon! I have been informed that the only remaining component is for the tray to be completed! After that, I'll be taking a quick look at the components to give final approval and then we will be shipping out the prototypes likely some time this coming May! Ideally, once the prototypes are received, I will be doing an unboxing video for the game.

Well a bit of SAD news tonight. As I write this, I am permanently "Retiring" the "Monster Keep" (MK) design. I just couldn't get it to the level of interest that I wanted from this design and although I had gone over 20+ versions ...

Well, it's been what, 4 years now?
So what has been happening with Dymino Monsters?

1: All 11,365 index cards have been completed in 2023.

2: Designed a brand new 4 player play mat March 2024.

3: 2023 started writing the very first novel journal for the tie in of Aila and Bantalatal story. I'm currently writing chapter 14 the last two days. One book of many.

4: Wrote Fruit of the Spirit booklet to use quotes from the Bible for the storyline. That took me a week 2024.

5: Still working out the details for the characters objective task lists.

Hello all!

It's been a minute since I had a chance to visit here. Questccg graciously dropped me a line and I figured I would swing by to say hello and send out some good vibes to you all.

I'm currently living in a rural area of the northern west USA, studying permaculture gardening/land-management practices and sustainable natural building at a kind of "eco-institute." I've been here since the first half of 2022, and have enjoyed life here tremendously. As part of my internship, I've recently been granted stewardship of an acre, rent-free, for life.