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Peter Adkison — Building Gen Con, Empowering Game Designers, and the Thrill of Gathering the Gaming Tribe (#30)

Think Like A Game Designer

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The Importance of Being Good at What You Do

I think that there are people that have been really good at writers, maybe not games designers, I don't know. The game design is its own path. It's often a solitary independent path. But I think employees who find themselves working at a good company, like a Wizards of the Coast, and have good salary and good benefits, and they lose that job, have a lot of trouble finding another company to work for. That's just my own experience with what I've seen. And if you're not consistent and good at what you do, then it might be hard to make a living doing that.

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