In a series of ten bi-monthly podcasts, Sebastian Hickey tells design stories about the Hell for Leather project.

In the third podcast, learn about choosing good Checkpoints.

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• 00:03 Checkpoints (from the book)
• 00:35 Tasks not locations!
• 01:42 Epic!
• 02:33 Abstraction vs. Specificity
• 03:48 Advanced advice (from the book)
• 04:30 Rule1: Impossibility
• 04:47 Rule 2: Specificity
• 05:25 Rule 3: Openness
• 06:47 An example of the rules in action.
• 10:40 “Yoke” is how Dubliners say “thing.”

Wow, Gaelcon was fun.

I hope to post play reports of the games I tried. For now, here’s a visual chunk until More… »

• #Gaelcon tomorrow. I think I already said weeeee, but I’ll say it again: w…..
• …is readying the materials for #gaelcon
• Today I tried stacking foam dice, watched the Geekest Link and played a playtest of Live Action Space Hulk! #gaelcon
• Today played: Apocalypse World, Hell for Leather and Remember Tomorrow. Not in that order. Very fun! #gaelcon

• Finishing up v1.1 of Chronicles of Skin. Playtesting tonight.
• Had a fun game of #chroniclesofskin but the end game disappointed.
• Tazio Bettin has new, booby, booby artwork. http://bit.ly/ahzQNO #fb
• If you live in London, you MUST do this: http://bit.ly/9xxkDL #zombiewalk
• via @TheOnion – Justin Bieber Found To Be Cleverly Disguised 51-Year-Old Pedophile http://t.co/Sy0Cm0b
• The second print of Hell for Leather arrived! #fb And I got a load of these: http://bit.ly/9knwqK
• says “I finished work on the 12 player deathmatch game for Hell for Leather. Off to print…”
• NEW: Cobweb Games sales figures for Q3 2010 http://bit.ly/c62sZs #fb
• Happiness: While writing RPG stuff, your girlfriend reads The Watchmen (to study English) on the bed behind you. #fuckingadorable
• 5 days to Gaelcon 2010. Weeee!
• says, “I finished up the Demo prepwork for Gaelcon this evening and printed out the character cards for the DICE-OFF.” #fb
• Hell for Leather Special Event VIDEO: http://bit.ly/cQBsCF #fb
• Games that could be used for the Running Man? Cast your RPGNet vote: http://bit.ly/akHBzn #fb