The Rising Cost of Manufacturing
A new year has come, I finally trained myself to stop writing "2024" on everything, and a print run for Reanimated is on the way, which which means that I had to take a look at the cost of printing...Read More
Unexpected Success
Halloween is right around the corner and here in Manitoba that means that this past weekend was Winnipeg ComicCon, which I attended as part of the Manitoba Board Game Designers, a small group that helps local designers with advice, play...Read More
An Indirect Use for AI?
Recently Tom Vassel released a video, showing off Google's new AI, NotebookLM. Unlike ChatGPT, which just scrubs the internet, this one has you upload a PDF to take data from, and this is a very interesting approach, as it gives...Read More
The Steam Wishlist
While I may only develop tabletop games, I do enjoy playing games in all of their forms, and after a long day at work when I just don't have the mental energy or when some friends are online I like...Read More
Missing GenCon
I love nerd conventions. I spent many years going with a large group to C4 ComicCon in Winnipeg every Halloween weekend, I have visited Essenspiel and recently the UK Games Expo, as well as many smaller cons in my area,...Read More
5 Years of Trapped Chest
July 1st, 2019. That was the day it all started. ...ok, that is not entirely accurate. I had been designing games before that, but that was the day that Trapped Chest legally became a company. The day was chosen because...Read More
The Cost of the UK Games Expo
Every year at the end of May, the English city of Birmingham gets to experience 3 days of nerd fueled chaos at the UK Games Expo, which is held at the National Exhibition Centre or NEC as it is often...Read More
The Future of the RPG
Given recent developments in the TTRPG space, specifically surrounding the OGL, it seems that a statement needs to be made. For as long as Trapped Chest has been in business, work has been done on a genre neutral TTRPG, which...Read More
2 Years
It was on the 1st of July, 2019 that I founded Trapped Chest. Founding it on Canada Day seemed like a good idea at the time. Being a statutory holiday meant that I would always have that day off from...Read More
Essence of the Arcane TTS Prototype
Essence of the Arcane has been submitted to the Steam Workshop for use in Tabletop Simulator. The physical version was planned for an Essen release this year. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has has made that impossible, due to delays in testing and...Read More