Hi! I’m Ryan Macklin, a 31 year old indie RPG nerd from Oakland, California.

You might know me from my podcasting background, Master Plan, The Voice of the Revolution, This Just In…From Gen Con, or RPGPodcasts.com. Or maybe you’re familiar with my RPG work done with the Evil Hat Productions family (Don’t Lose Your Mind, A Penny For My Thoughts, the Dresden Files RPG). However you found your way here, welcome!

This blog is where I talk about my thoughts on RPGs, mostly about design & marketing. There are also the occasional social media posts (though usually looking at it through an RPG lens).

As far as for who I am and what I do, I’m a game designer, writer, editor, publisher, podcaster & audio producer. I have a love of book development, so I do that as much as I can. (I also have a day job as a software engineer, but you won’t read much about that on my blog or Twitter or the like.) But, mostly I’m just a guy with some thoughts on this hobby industry of ours and want to share them.

Thanks for stopping by!

- Ryan