You Heard it Here Last S3E13

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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

We are going to start with an article from Wolfgang Baur the CEO of Kobold Press. Now this doesn’t really constitute news, but I found it very interesting and thought Mike and Christina might agree.

https://koboldpress.com/state-of-play-in-it-to-print-it-what-to-know-to-get-your-game-printed/

The article: State of Play: In It to Print It. What to know to get your game printed. Is designed as a primer for first time game publishers looking to get their product printed. I thought it was informational not only for the publisher, but for the buyer as well. Baur lays out the printing options and talks about costs and mistakes. With GenCon coming up where you will likely see the results of every type of printing possible, this just seemed relevant. 

Mike, talk to us about printing?

Kick to Mike

Christina, anything to add?

Kick to Christina

 

Next up isn’t really a news story either, more a conglomeration of observations. Ok, that’s not fair, it started with a news story, so keeping with the show lets lead with that;

https://www.rascal.news/dungeons-cabins-registration-is-open-and-filling-fast/

In an announcement through Rascal News, Dungeons and Cabins is open for registration. Dungeons and Cabins is a 4-day immersive D&D summer camp for adults. The outing takes the traditional summer camp with everything you would expect from that and layers a D&D campaign on top of it. To give it all a twist the things you do during the summer camp activities might affect the D&D campaign. The event takes place in Running Springs California and the dates are in September.

Now for my observations. What’s up with all the D&D Vacations.

We have D&D in a Castle, where players spend a lot of money to play D&D…you guessed it, in a castle. The locations are in the United Kingdom and surprisingly several in the US. These events are going to set up back anywhere from 3 to 5 thousand dollars.

https://www.dndinacastle.com/

Green Dragon Fest is another one. This one takes place in a fantastical fantasy village inspired by Tolkien located just outside Knoxville Tn. With some of the most well-known online personalities running games. This one also runs for 3-5 thousand bucks.

https://greendragonfest.com/

Then we have D20 Cruise. That’s right a week of playing D&D on a cruise ship. What could possibly go wrong. This one is basically a mini convention set onboard a cruise ship and has more options than just playing D&D. This one is the cheapest of the bunch starting at 2,350 dollars for the week and then going up based on cabin choices.

https://event.cruises/d20-cruise-a-ttrpg-vacation/

Christina, what do you make of the roleplaying vacation events, you up for it?

Kick to Christina

Mike, would you spend 5k to roleplay in a castle?

Kick to Mike

And there you have it, all the news, you’ve already heard.