December 11, 2025

How is an RPG Book Made? (Alphastream Collaboration)

2 hours 26 minutes

While Shawn and Teos are away, we share with you a recording Teos made with Scott F Gray, sharing the intricacies of the process for creating an RPG book. This recording appeared in two parts on the Alphastream YouTube channel and we are sharing it here for your enjoyment.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:46 About Scott

04:15 Who this video is for

09:09 Starting with an idea

12:54 When is my idea ready?

26:53 What to know when I start writing

39:04 Understanding words per page

43:00 After writing and types of editors

01:02:22 Development

01:04:10 Sensitivity Reading

01:07:10 Proofreading

01:10:11 Layout

01:14:47 Initial Layout Design

01:19:05 Flowing Copy and Word Processor Choices

01:24:39 Art and Art Orders

01:36:46 Bleed

01:39:26 Rewriting After Initial Layout

01:45:27 Don't Write in Layout

01:49:24 Final Proofread and Layout

01:55:34 PDF vs PoD vs Offset Printing

02:11:25 Offset Printing and Timeline

02:15:20 Crowdfunding

02:18:55 Rising Tide on Manufacturing and Shipping

02:21:12 On Collaboration

02:26:27 Support the Show

Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/

Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

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December 11, 2025

How is an RPG Book Made? (Alphastream Collaboration)

2 hours 26 minutes

How is an RPG Book Made? (Alphastream Collaboration)

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:46 About Scott

04:15 Who this video is for

09:09 Starting with an idea

12:54 When is my idea ready?

26:53 What to know when I start writing

39:04 Understanding words per page

43:00 After writing and types of editors

01:02:22 Development

01:04:10 Sensitivity Reading

01:07:10 Proofreading

01:10:11 Layout

01:14:47 Initial Layout Design

01:19:05 Flowing Copy and Word Processor Choices

01:24:39 Art and Art Orders

01:36:46 Bleed

01:39:26 Rewriting After Initial Layout

01:45:27 Don't Write in Layout

01:49:24 Final Proofread and Layout

01:55:34 PDF vs PoD vs Offset Printing

02:11:25 Offset Printing and Timeline

02:15:20 Crowdfunding

02:18:55 Rising Tide on Manufacturing and Shipping

02:21:12 On Collaboration

02:26:27 Support the Show

Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/

MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

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