Apparently everything I hear about Sean K Reynolds was true.
Highly skilled. Very professional. Someone you can learn from. I learnt this
they hard way when I signed up for his RPG Design Classes. Simply put for $50 you could have a one on one class with SKR where he
would critique you game design so you could get better if you were interested
in submitting for Paizo’s RPG Superstar. Now I don’t plan on submitting to RPG
Superstar but I know getting a direct critique of my design work from a person
at SKR level could only be helpful to me. Better still, talking with SKR would
give me a better understanding of what Paizo would be looking for in its
submissions. So I paid the money; did what he told me to do and submitted my
item. And waited to hear back from him. A few days later, I heard back from him
with comments on my submitted items and when I finished reading I had to check
to see if I was bleeding for a specific orifice. Because it felt like he used
his whole arm on me with his review on my work.
The two words that describe best
what happened was: Painful and Insightful.
Maybe you didn't know but SKR is VERY good at is game
design. I did know he is very good at it, but I did know he was THAT good at it.
After I recovered from the initial shock and trauma of the
email, I really sat down a looked at what he did say and he was right. He explained it in great lengthy detail and he
gave me a better understanding of what I was REALLY trying to make and what I
did right and what I did very, VERY wrong. Just reading SKR’s email, I think I
got a better insight on Paizo as a company and what they expected from game
designers and developers. I must say what I learned it this once little
interaction was WELL WORTH the money I spent. Better still, I can’t wait until
we do the monster design. I have a monster that I think is simple and cool and
I can’t wait to see what SKR does to it.
So if you are thinking about doing Paizo RPG Superstar, you
might want to spend $50 and get AMAZING insight from someone who understands
what Paizo is looking for better than you EVER will. Now while I may never use
this information on submitting to RPG Superstar, I will be using the knowledge
to help advance LPJ Design as a 3PP to make my product EVEN better and make my
company much, much stronger. Every first time publisher AND even long term 3PP
should sign up for this class, because it is THAT important. My $50 investment in SKR is going to make me
A LOT of money in the long term and I call that a good investment for myself and
LPJ Design. Talk to you later…
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