PJ Coffey

I think we've kind of run out of news.

I think we've kind of run out of news.

Yeah, it came up. It's a very keen on equal opportunities. They would like to support people doing tabletop role-playing games. They do say that they're only able to support wholly original works or works authorized by a system reference, resource document, creative commons license, or community use license, or a similar agreement.

Yeah, it came up. It's a very keen on equal opportunities. They would like to support people doing tabletop role-playing games. They do say that they're only able to support wholly original works or works authorized by a system reference, resource document, creative commons license, or community use license, or a similar agreement.

And if your project relies on something else's IP, you're responsible for ensuring you have the permission to use that intellectual property, that IP. Okay. So they're not accepting stuff which infringes. Okay. Yeah. I mean, obviously.

And if your project relies on something else's IP, you're responsible for ensuring you have the permission to use that intellectual property, that IP. Okay. So they're not accepting stuff which infringes. Okay. Yeah. I mean, obviously.

Yeah. Yeah. very committed to diversity and inclusion so presumably a bit of equality in there as well and they won't tolerate discrimination based on sex gender identity sexuality race ethnicity disability or religion and expect all persons associated with the organization to affirmatively ensure that's the rules but we still haven't said what it actually is what is it

Yeah. Yeah. very committed to diversity and inclusion so presumably a bit of equality in there as well and they won't tolerate discrimination based on sex gender identity sexuality race ethnicity disability or religion and expect all persons associated with the organization to affirmatively ensure that's the rules but we still haven't said what it actually is what is it

Well, basically, you complete the form, submit your idea, and then presumably there will be a section where they ask how much money you want. Right. Which will presumably have to be based on some sort of realistic costings. And then they will say yay or nay and give you some or part of the money. So who's doing this? Is it a company? Is it a publisher? They are called the Tabletop Arts Fund.

Well, basically, you complete the form, submit your idea, and then presumably there will be a section where they ask how much money you want. Right. Which will presumably have to be based on some sort of realistic costings. And then they will say yay or nay and give you some or part of the money. So who's doing this? Is it a company? Is it a publisher? They are called the Tabletop Arts Fund.

Right.

Right.

I will say, looking at their website, which is tabletopartsfund.org,

I will say, looking at their website, which is tabletopartsfund.org,

that they are noting specifically they do charitable grants for essential last mile funding to independent tabletop and actual play creators okay and what i'd understand by last mile is you are mostly good to go but you need a bit of extra cash to promotion yeah maybe buy some art maybe you know get the layout done and like i say there's a

that they are noting specifically they do charitable grants for essential last mile funding to independent tabletop and actual play creators okay and what i'd understand by last mile is you are mostly good to go but you need a bit of extra cash to promotion yeah maybe buy some art maybe you know get the layout done and like i say there's a

What I personally, being European, find a very weird idea in the tabletop gaming space that everything has to be done by the creator. Whereas I'm like, I can't do layout. My layout's terrible. My art skills are pretty much non-existent. What I do is I do words relatively well. Sometimes I even do words good.

What I personally, being European, find a very weird idea in the tabletop gaming space that everything has to be done by the creator. Whereas I'm like, I can't do layout. My layout's terrible. My art skills are pretty much non-existent. What I do is I do words relatively well. Sometimes I even do words good.

there you go so i hire people to do stuff and that sort of thing that maybe you're looking at and that's why i do crowdfunding it's like also yeah that seems like the opportunity there to help get you just over the line so getting your book to where it needs to be or your actual place started so yeah so probably if you've got something that's close to being finished that's going to i suspect be more likely to be seen in a favorable light okay

there you go so i hire people to do stuff and that sort of thing that maybe you're looking at and that's why i do crowdfunding it's like also yeah that seems like the opportunity there to help get you just over the line so getting your book to where it needs to be or your actual place started so yeah so probably if you've got something that's close to being finished that's going to i suspect be more likely to be seen in a favorable light okay