It Won't Always Be This Way
Sunday again. This is a regular part of my cadence. On Sunday my playtest pool for The Queen Must Die knows I will be testing - the only question is "what time?" They are in many time zones, so I shake it up for them... okay - as dictated by the specific openings in my schedule. Gawd, I am thankful for them. It's a deep group and I can rely on getting the 3-6 players I need once a week. And they are all players only - no designers. I don't need to trade game testing with them. I want to stress - this is a temporary situation. I DO NOT have an unlimited supply of goodwill flowing from a bunch of unicorn-gamers who just want to play test what ever digital cardboard I put in front of them. I know how lucky I have been to get this group going and supporting me. I do not take them for granted. They are here just for The Queen Must Die, and just for this three month window of the mentorship, and I will be lucky if I can tap anywhere near this number of them again for a f...