Chris Pramas on the Ups and Downs of Publishing

Chris Pramas joins us this week to discuss the challenges of publishing in the game design, and many of the things he has learned along the way. Chris is a game designer and writer who is best known as the founder of Green Ronin Publishing and the designer of the Dragon Age RPG. He has worked on a lot of different games, including Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Freeport: The City of Adventure.

In this episode, we dig into, amongst other things:

• The story of how Chris started out as a freelancer, moved into TSR, and eventually started his own company.
• Breaking in as a writer to the game industry.
• Advice for writers or designers looking to get in, as well as for those thinking of starting a company.
• The frustrations of the failed Chainmail game.
• Dragon Fist and creating a Wuxia game.
• Freeport and the timing around d20's emergence.
• Finding balance as a driven creative.
• What he is playing these days.

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