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Con-Quest in Six Days

In a little under a week, 6d6 will be at Con-Quest – the best UK one-day convention – and selling 6d6 Shootouts on its launch day. Well Organised, Friendly, Local Con-quest is the product of a bunch of veteran con-runners such as Darran Sims and their experience really comes out on the day. The event [...]

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The Membership Bonus

It’s a good day to be a member of 6d6 Online because today, the complete PDFs for 6d6 Shootouts (worth £19.50) have been uploaded to their library. A Different Way to Buy The aim of 6d6 Online is to breakaway from the traditional problem associated with producing RPG games: The need to produce new editions [...]

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Citadel of Evil

A brief break in our coverage of 6d6 Shootouts to talk about Old School Renaissance (OSR), the joys of creative commons and farting cockroaches. Emergency GM Yesterday, our GM could not make it fell to me to get a stand-in game sorted out. I opted for running a simple 6d6 Magic adventure but, being short [...]

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6d6 at Con-Quest

We are looking forward to returning to Con-Quest, our ‘home’ convention. Two years ago, it is the first convention where we demonstrated the 6d6 system and Savage Island. Last year it was the first convention where we had a proper trade stand and sold 6d6 products. This year we have the first demonstration games of [...]

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6d6 Shootouts – Out April 14th

We are pleased to announce that 6d6 Shootouts will be launched on the 14th April 2012. PDF and hard-copy versions will be for sale on the 6d6 RPG store and PDFs will also be available from RPG Now. Bang Bang 6d6 Shootouts is simply the most fun you can have while killing your friends. Quick [...]

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Sales and Releases

One of the things made clear in my post about our plan for 2012 is that the number of goods sold has to rise significantly. We will do this through improvements in our 6d6 RPG store but the main driver will be new product releases. 6d6 Shootouts First of the product launches is 6d6 Shootouts. [...]

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2012 The Year We Make a Profit – How Are We Doing?

2012 is the year that 6d6 either starts making a profit (i.e. make enough for me to live-on) or dies. As part of this, starting back in December, we have been making our financial and sales data available to all. This is to demonstrate to others how difficult it can be to get an RPG [...]

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Advertising Your RPG: Banner Ads

Back in February we launched the 6d6 Core + Outbreak! bundle on RPG Now. One of the things RPG Now / Drive Thru RPG does very well is to provide tools for promoting your products and that includes banner ads. These are paid for by Promotion Points (PP) which are earnt through adding products to [...]

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Facebook, G+ and All That

Facebook have finally forced us to upgrade to their new timeline feature so it seems like a good time to remind everyone of all the different ways you can follow 6d6′s journey through the RPG business. Facebook We have a 6d6 Fireball Facebook page which carries links to blog posts, our video updates and occasional [...]

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I Guess We Are A Proper RPG Company Now

Yes, 6d6 can call itself a proper RPG business because we are late with some of our products. Not just by a little bit either. We are late by several months. Why? If you have ever wondered why RPG companies (especially small ones) are so often late, here are some of the things that have [...]

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