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Design TTRPG Resources in Indesign
Rating: 4.9 out of 5(12 ratings)
90 students

Design TTRPG Resources in Indesign

Create Supplements, Modules, or entire books for Tabletop Role Playing Games
Created byPaul Dean
Last updated 9/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • You will be able to create TTRPG supplements in Indesign
  • You will understand the basics of Indesign and some advanced techniques critical to creating table top game documents
  • You will walk away from this course with a template that you can use in all future game design products and the knowledge to use that template effectively.
  • You will learn to use Indesign in a fun way that teaches you what you need to know to build supplements for yourself, your friends, or for publication.
  • You'll understands the fundamentals of Indesign including frames, text wrap, paragraph styles, tables, table of contents, matching styles across documents, etc.
  • You'll know how to create both PDF and print documents
  • You'll be able to combine files into a single book
  • The things you learn in this course transfers to any sort of newsletter, pamphlet, document, or other design you can create in InDesign.

Course content

7 sections • 52 lectures • 5h 14m total length

  • Introduction1:26

    Let's go over all the things you can expect to find in the Initiate Main Quest section of this course!

  • Creating a Document8:22

    In which we create a document and discuss the various sizes, bleeds, margins, and other technical pieces of this process.

  • Frames (Part One) Color, Borders, and Text6:35

    In this lesson you will learn about the basics of frames. How to fill them with color, create borders around them, and fill them with text.

  • Frames (Part Two) Adding Images3:57

    In this lesson you will learn about adding images to your document. Dropping images into your frames and how to move them around.

  • Dropping in Documents4:33

    In this lesson you learn a new way to bring text into your document. No more copy and pasting from a word doc, drop that bad boy straight into your file.

  • Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part One)7:18

    Paragraph styles are the lifeblood of indesign. By learning to use them effectively, you're going to be taking HOURS of time off of your design process.

  • Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part Two)8:10

    You'll learn even more about paragraph styles and their uses in this lesson.

  • Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part Three) - Character Styles3:23

    Character styles are like baby paragraph styles. They affect a smaller grouping of characters than paragraph styles, allowing you to make focused changes to even smaller selections of text.

  • Manipulating Images3:32

    In this lesson you will learn about manipulating the images inside your document and how to shape and resize frames, images within frames, and both at once.

  • Text Wrap8:30

    In this lesson you will learn how to wrap text around images (or any frame) so that it looks and feels its best. Wrap to frames, or to images within frames.

  • Layers7:20

    In this lesson you will learn about layers and how we use them to ensure that we're working and selecting only the things we want and nothing that we don't.

  • Text strokes and fills1:29

    In this short lesson you learn about making changes to your text by fussing with fills and strokes around text in your document.

  • Saving, Exporting, and Packaging7:20

    In this lesson you will learn the difference between saving, exporting and packaging your document. We'll go over when to use each one and how beneficial each of them can be depending on your needs.

  • Initiate Quiz

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge needed!
  • Beginner to Advanced

Description

Stop trying to learn everything about InDesign before creating Table Top RPG content, instead, learn InDesign BY creating TTRPG content!


Creating content for Table Top RPGs has never been easier! Whether you're just starting out in Indesign, have watched tutorials on Youtube, or are well versed in Adobe Indesign, this course will take you through, step by step, all the information necessary to create stunning designs for your product!


In this course, you will have access to all the text and images that I'm using to create three separate RPG modules:

  • The Descendants Campaign Structure

  • Maw of the Matriphage (One-shot)

  • The Physicker (Class)


You will be able to follow along and create the exact thing that I am creating in the course OR build your own content while following along with the videos.


This course is broken down like a game:


Main Questline

In the Main Questline, you'll learn everything you need to create TTRPG content in Adobe Indesign. You'll learn everything from the basics of creating a document to creating Styles, Tables, and Indesign Templates. This is the meat and potatoes of the course broken out into the Initiate, Explorer, and Heroic levels.


Sidequests

Between each Main Questline there are optional sidequests. These side quests delve into information and skills that aren't necessary for creating TTRPG content, but can help you improve designs or optimize your process. This includes such content as setting text defaults, understanding and finding appropriate text and color schemes, and where to find images for your project.


Boss Battles

At the end of the course there are Boss Battles that will challenge your knowledge of InDesign. These "Boss Battles" ask you do perform tasks that you should be able to accomplish using the knowledge that you've acquired in the course, even if we didn't specifically cover that topic. (For example, creating an automated, alphebetized index.) These "Boss Battles" include a walkthrough that show you step by step how to perform the task in case you get stuck.


If you're ready to create beautiful Table Top RPG content using InDesign, pick up this course today and begin your adventure!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for people who want to create table top role playing game supplments, rulebooks, and content using Indesign.
  • Graphic Designers
  • Authors
  • Creatives

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