Terminal City Tabletop Convention 2025
Sometimes it becomes very obvious that something is meant to be. That’s what happened with me and TCTC 2025. I had no intention of going to any conventions. I happened to see publicity about six weeks before the event. I checked my schedule: it was going to be held on the last weekend in Vancouver […]
Yachego is Going Places
Last week I took Yachego out for some public playtesting in Vancouver at Good Game and Vancouver Playtest. People who play board games all seem to be genuinely nice. They had some good comments, which I will be adding to the testimonials on the games page. Yachego is also entered in the Cardboard Edison Awards […]
Hiatus
Durnin Designs will be taking a break. The reasons are personal. This is a temporary condition but it may last as long as six months. It is unavoidable. I am very glad to have finished the second drafts of the novella and story, module and business plan and gotten them into the hands of at […]
One Bite at a Time
Long time no post. This is just a quick note about what I am doing right now. I have almost completed three major pieces of writing: a business plan for one of the games, now called Yachego; a draft of a module for role-playing games; a major central section of a novel. Why am I […]
Kickstarter or publisher?
One of these games is pretty much ready now. I believe it’s strong enough to stand on a store shelf beside anything else there. A Kickstarter campaign for it would mean two years of work as a sales and marketing person. Pitching a game publisher would mean a submission and a few meetings if the […]
Playtesting Results
The public playtesting session last Saturday at High Tide Games went really well. Lots of people came, I ordered the right amount of pizza and people played my games. I am in the enviable position of having to decide which of the positive comments to put up on the website. Why is it that I […]
Time to Pivot
Well here we are: I’m past the due date I had from my Adventure Calendar manufacturer to launch a Kickstarter, my illustrations are not ready and my designer needs more time. I have to look at what I can do now rather than what I can’t. Let’s see…the story is done but I’m not going […]
First Reactions to the Minigames
I am happy to announce that the first testimonial from a playtester is in and it is positive and not negative! Look for more of these as they come in on the Advent page. In other news, the second image is basically done now. The first two minifigure designs are also basically done and my […]
Adventure Calendar Update
I spent some money on an ad on Facebook and lo! I have more subscribers. I don’t have a ton more, though. I am told that my cost per conversion is too high. Next time I’ll have to do something different. It is a bit daunting to have to read a whole book every time […]
It’s all growing
Everything is growing. The mailing list is growing. The story is growing. The games are bearing fruit. The illustrations are multiplying. It’s all getting bigger and bigger. And believe me, I’m happy about it. The next few weeks will be very important. I’m going to be making the decision when to launch the Kickstarter. Once […]