Greetings Entreprenerds!

This week I talk with Justin Handlin from Crit Academy about Capes & Crooks: A 5E Superhero RPG live now on Kickstarter! Justin and Crit Academy have published dozens of DMsGuild products and successfully launched Memorable Monsters on Kickstarter last year. Capes & Crooks is a brand new 5e superhero RPG. Customize your own unique characters with powers, roles, origins & alter-egos. Check out the Kickstarter.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

Capes & Crooks is live now on Kickstarter until July 29th. Check out the campaign now!

For more about Crit Academy, check out my interview with Justin, Ian and Brandon where we talk all about their podcast and Patreon: Episode 43: Crit Academy

Be sure to follow Crit Academy on Facebook and Twitter.

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

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Episode 76: Capes & Crooks: A 5E Superhero RPG from Crit Academy

Greetings Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is Justice Arman. In addition to penning best-selling DMs Guild adventure supplements such as Devil’s Advocate: A Guide to Infernal Contracts, Justice works for Beadle & Grimm’s Pandemonium Warehouse, where he works on boxed sets like the Legendary Edition of Curse of Strahd and the Gold Edition for Eberron: Rising from the Last War. He has also written for D&D Adventurer’s League and MCDM’s Arcadia.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

In this episode we discuss:

3:00 How Justice got started writing Dungeons and Dragons content
6:30 What his five-year plan looked like
9:00 Building your resume and body of work with specific companies in mind
16:30 Finding success on the DMsGuild
19:30 Importance of collaboration
23:00 Reaching out to other creators
27:30 Marketing work on the DMsGuild
33:00 Managing your geek brand expectations

Links to cool stuff:

Twitter: @JusticeArman
JusticeArman.com
Justice's Guide to the DMs Guild
Beadle & Grimm's Complete Character Chronicles Kickstarter

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

Episode 74: Creating D&D Content with Justice Arman

Greetings Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is podcaster and game designer, Jeff Stormer. Jeff hosts the Party of One Podcast, an actual play podcast focused on two-player RPG experiences. He is also the designer of over a dozen RPGs such as Mission Accomplished! and Big Fight Feel.

In this episode, we talk about the marketing campaign for his new game, Anyone Can Wear the Mask, a tabletop RPG about a superhero, a supervillain, and the city they share.

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1:00 My Dad's Monster Manual by James Introcaso on DMsGuild
4:00 How Jeff got started playing TTRPGs
7:30 What Jeff learned from launching past indie RPGs
11:30 Lessons from Kickstarter that can be applied to any marketing launch
14:00 Finding and marketing to your target audience
22:00 Anyone Can Wear the Mask TTRPG
24:00 Outreach to comic book influencers
29:00 Pre-launch marketing plan
38:00 Social media and podcast promotion plan
47:00 Being genuine and honest in your expectations

Check out Anyone Can Wear the Mask at jeffstormer.itch.io/mask and follow Jeff at jeffstormer.com and @PartyofOnePod on Twitter.

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

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