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		<title>Quick Shot on Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have an excellent interview today with Oscar Biffi about Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello, which is currently doing amazing on Kickstarter (that just means it&#8217;s a sure bet!)! It sounds like an amazing collection of larp scenarios &#8211; check out what Oscar had to say! &#8212; What is Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello, as a project and as &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2020/06/quick-shot-on-crescendo-giocoso-ritornello/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Quick Shot on Crescendo Giocoso Ritornello"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We recently posted an update about Turn&#8217;s progress, and it&#8217;s going pretty well! We may soon be closing pre-orders (which are still open here!) if all goes well with layout, and we are pushing on thru with the stretch goals. I wanted to talk a little about Turn in playtesting, and a big thing that &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2019/03/revealed-in-turn/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Revealed in Turn"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Big Bad Con 2018 Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Big Bad Con is my favorite convention. There are any number of reasons why &#8211; some are simple, like &#8220;I can always get a glass of water&#8221; or &#8220;There are easy to read pronoun flags&#8221; or &#8220;The game offerings are amazing,&#8221; but some are far more complex, and today I want to talk about those &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/10/big-bad-con-2018-summary/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Big Bad Con 2018 Summary"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Five or So Questions on Familiars of Terra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey all, I&#8217;ve got a great interview with Elizabeth Chaipraditkul on the new tabletop game Familiars of Terra, which is currently on Kickstarter! Liz got in touch and when I heard &#8220;familiars of Terra is a tabletop roleplay game set in a beautiful world where everyone has their own animal familiar&#8221; I knew many of &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/04/five-or-so-questions-on-familiars-of-terra/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Five or So Questions on Familiars of Terra"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This interview turns Five Or So Questions upside-down, with the usual interviewer as the guest! Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games talks to Daedalum Analog Productions&#8217; Brie Sheldon about their new collection of games, Let Me Take a Selfie. &#8212; Cover by John W. Sheldon, 2017 Can you tell me about the genesis of this &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2018/01/five-or-so-questions-on-let-me-take-a-selfie/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Five or So Questions on Let Me Take a Selfie"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Big Bad Con 2017 &#8211; Sunday, Dialect, and Selfies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau Jágr Sheldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FYI, Some of my photos are a little shaky. I was in the middle of an allergic reaction for half of it, and honestly, no tripod when I&#8217;m not feeling well makes it lousy. I tried though! This is, I think, the last installment about my experience at Big Bad Con 2017!&#8212; Gif of selfies &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/10/big-bad-con-2017-sunday-dialect-and-selfies/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Big Bad Con 2017 &#8211; Sunday, Dialect, and Selfies"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turn &#8211; Playtesting is Hard, Y&#8217;all</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau Jágr Sheldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a little more colloquial than normal, so bear with me. On playtesting in general, I&#8217;ve got some Feels™, but later on in the post there&#8217;s some more about my recent work on Turn. I took this of a bison at a local park. 😀 On playtesting while designing in general:&#160; &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/07/turn-playtesting-is-hard-yall/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Turn &#8211; Playtesting is Hard, Y&#8217;all"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>1 Like = 1 Insight from Designing Games by Brie Sheldon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau Jágr Sheldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1 Like = 1 Insight from Designing Games by Brie Sheldon&#160; I did this on Twitter recently and thought I&#8217;d share! https://storify.com/briecs/1-like-1-insight-from-designing-games-by-brie-shel-59610aa82891bb265d7b159e This post was supported by the community on patreon.com/briecs. Tell your friends! To leave some cash in the tip jar, go to http://paypal.me/thoughty. If you&#8217;d like to be interviewed for Thoughty, or have &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/07/1-like-1-insight-from-designing-games-by-brie-sheldon/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "1 Like = 1 Insight from Designing Games by Brie Sheldon"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turn RPG Beta Playtest &#8211; Updated November 18 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi all! While I&#8217;m doing active playtests on my own, I wanted to share the beta document I&#8217;ve prepared for Turn. It will be updated as the main private document is updated, but has quite a bit of information together now! If you read or play it, please let me know and share any of &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/06/turn-rpg-beta-playtest-updated-november-18-2017/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Turn RPG Beta Playtest &#8211; Updated November 18 2017"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Playtesters Needed: Turn and Armored Reckoning</title>
		<link>https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/05/playtesters-needed-turn-and-armored-reckoning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau Jágr Sheldon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi all!I&#8217;m seeking online playtesters for my current project, Turn! I&#8217;m also soliciting playtesters for John Sheldon&#8217;s game, Armored Reckoning! Details below! &#8212; Turn Summer Online Playtest: Seeking 3-4 players (Respond by 5/31) Turn tells the story of shapeshifters in small towns struggling to balance their human and beast needs and desires. It is a &#8230; <a href="https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2017/05/playtesters-needed-turn-and-armored-reckoning/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Playtesters Needed: Turn and Armored Reckoning"</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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