1.
Emily Care Boss
Black & Green Games
Girls Make Games
Engagement Lab, Emerson College, Boston, MA
November 15, 2015
Blackgreengames.com
Patreon.com/emilycare

2.
Independent Publishing – since 2005
Financially accessible technology: Adobe Creative Suite, print on demand,
website marketing.
Crowdsourcing Platforms: Kickstarter.com, IndieGoGo.com, Patreon.com.

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GenCon Indianapolis, over 55,000 attendees
Photo by Adam Koebel
“The Best Four Days in Gaming”
Demonstration and direct sales

4.
Why Analog
Role Playing Games?
• Creative collaboration – active, social entertainment
• Skills of storytelling, improvisation, directing scaffolded by system
• Immersive learning – engage in history, literature, etc. in a new way

5.
Romance Trilogy
Three games with a romance theme – Breaking the Ice, Shooting the Moon and Under my Skin
Release in single volume, February 2016
Revised edition with hacks & mods supported by Patreon campaign – Patreon.com/emilycare

6.
Last Chance Noir
Freeform larp – with noir theme
Custom rules, theater-style direction & asides
Focus on subversion of sexism & racism of genre

7.
Darkness Visible
Life of John Milton and epic poem Paradise Lost.
Live action role playing game with educational applications. In development.

8.
Game
Development Communities
• Jiffycon.com – MA showcase
of independent/smallpress
rpgs - founder
• Metatopia (dexposure.com) –
board & rpg design
conference, structured
playtest & feedback

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Professional Associations
• Indie Game Developer Network – international, analog focus
(igdnonline.com) - member
• Boston Game Makers Guild (@GMG_Boston) – digital & analog
deveopers meetup group

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Diversity in
Games
• Our Many Games – ourmanygames.com, @ourmanygames
Showcase games by people of color, women of all ethnicities,
queer designers, trans folk, people with disabilities and other
under-represented communities - founder
• Alterconf – alterconf.com
Talks across the nation spotlighting issues of inclusion, by diverse
researchers & designers. Videos of talks online.

11.
Contact Me
Emily Care Boss, blackgreengames@yahoo.com
Blackgreengames.com
@emilycare
 Jiffycon.com
 Ourmanygames.com
 Patreon.com/emilycare