My goal is to have my game good enough to run a few games here next year.

Using the .pdf model does that influence your font choice as it may be viewed more on a screen than on paper. I notice you have selected Georgia for your blog presumably for its readability (or perhaps lack of choice) but would you select it for a book that was going out by .pdf?

I won’t be offended if you stop answering questions. You’ve probably got plenty of Dresden Files promo stuff to worry about.

Perhaps these are questions for down the road, although, as I’m following your almost zero risk model hiring a layout guy is unlikely so I’ll be doing that myself.

I know good layout is not something you can just throw together (I’ve done web work and had the “My partner’s son can do that for free” conversation) but hiring a dedicated layout guy will have to wait for the mad gaming cash to start rolling in.

Columns: The answer there is a little esoteric, and has to do with some layout concerns regarding the number of characters/words per line of text and how that impacts readability. There’s no way for me to give a good general response there; all sorts of factors, including the particulars of the size of the page your game is printed on, margin configuration, etc, that play into that.

Page size: Depends on the amount of content, marketing presentation, etc. Another difficult-to-address-without-specifics.

Edmonton: Yep!

Are two column pages a good idea or just a gaming standard?

From experience, is there an optimal page size to work with?

In a “That’s How We Roll” podcast from a few years ago you mentioned an Edmonton play-test group. Did you mean Edmonton Alberta Canada?

I did want to also say that I was inspired by your interview on Fear the Boot to put my lifelong desire to work in the roleplaying industry into practice and to thank you for being so “approachable” here on your blog.

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