Radio Free Decipher notes: Matthew Coleville

These are all the notes I took from the interview with Matthew Coleville today on Radio Free Decipher (http://www.decipher.com/rfd/index.html).

Matthew Coleville - Designer/Editor/Writer
one of ones to determine how game would work
dice to roll, skills, etc.
wrote bunch and looked for consistancy

LotR Adventure Game (introductory game) - most of Coleville's stuff is finished
for teenagers who have just seen the movie
Middle Earth book
Adventure - Mines of Morie and Fellowship of the Ring
layout questions - hour or two about map look

Star Trek Narrator's Guide - book for those running game
changing how certain things work
developing chapters for sense and making sure everything works

working on starship combat and what changes
buried in manuals
likes Akira
Klingon ships - quirk and dirty, fast, fall apart fast, but work well when they work
Klingons - not same regard for life

"all starships" book
then deck plans

LotR RPG in development
not much Coleville work
Steve Long is master of LotR and "developer dude" and "the man"
first quarter of 2002

mirror universe supplement
may do minature wargame

other properties
depends for Star Trek, "not usually"
can get in trouble... keep eye open to other properties
card game images fantastic
great CGI and art for work

former LUG art director

Strangely, your summary reads like a typical phone call with Matt. :)

"I contend that it must be this way." :)

Interesting. I just used notepad to copy a few notes mostly in sentence fragment form and then copied that into the post entry field. With a few quick bolds to indicate the truly fascinating and exciting information.

A mirror universe book? I can't wait!

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Steve Long is master of LotR and "developer dude" and "the man"

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It's things like this that compel me to note that Matt is a fine judge of character. :)

Steve Long

It's nice to hear that Decipher has a number of supplemental products in the works. Given the company's superior track record when it comes to graphic design, I think these books are going to look great.

A starship deckplan book? Sweet.

A Mirror Universe book? Okay!

An "all starships" book? I can dig it.

And more to come, no doubt. ("Please, please, please let there be more to come," whispers the freelance writer in me.) ;)