Design Ttrpg Resources In Indesign

Create Supplements, Modules, or entire books for Tabletop Role Playing Games

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.

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 StructureMaw 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 QuestlineIn 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. SidequestsBetween 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 BattlesAt 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!

Overview
Section 1: Main Quest: The Initiate

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Creating a Document

Lecture 3 Frames (Part One) Color, Borders, and Text

Lecture 4 Frames (Part Two) Adding Images

Lecture 5 Dropping in Documents

Lecture 6 Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part One)

Lecture 7 Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part Two)

Lecture 8 Intro to Paragraph Styles (Part Three) – Character Styles

Lecture 9 Manipulating Images

Lecture 10 Text Wrap

Lecture 11 Layers

Lecture 12 Text strokes and fills

Lecture 13 Saving, Exporting, and Packaging

Section 2: Side Quests: Novice

Lecture 14 Introduction – Novice

Lecture 15 Navigation

Lecture 16 RGB & CMYK Colors

Lecture 17 Color Themes in Adobe Color

Lecture 18 Sourcing Images

Lecture 19 Organizing your stock photos

Lecture 20 Basics of Fonts

Lecture 21 Adding Fonts to Indesign

Lecture 22 A Paragraph Style Sidequest

Lecture 23 Relinking and Preflight

Lecture 24 Gradients

Section 3: Main Quest: The Explorer

Lecture 25 Introduction – Explorer

Lecture 26 Paragraph Styles Revisited (Part One)

Lecture 27 Paragraph Styles Revisited (Part 2) Bullets, Hyphens, and Strikethrough

Lecture 28 Stand out and “Read Aloud” text

Lecture 29 Grouping

Lecture 30 Parent Pages & Page Numbers

Lecture 31 Alignment (Part One)

Lecture 32 Alignment (Part Two) – Spacing

Lecture 33 Saving templates

Section 4: Side Quest: Adventurer

Lecture 34 Introduction – Adventurer

Lecture 35 Setting Default Text

Lecture 36 Primary Text Frame, Smart Flow

Section 5: Main Quest: Heroic

Lecture 37 Introduction – Heroic

Lecture 38 More on Paragraph Styles (Part One) Shading

Lecture 39 More on Paragraph Styles (Part Two) Borders

Lecture 40 Object styles

Lecture 41 Anchoring

Lecture 42 An Introduction to Tables

Lecture 43 Table Styles & Cell Styles

Lecture 44 Importing Tables from Excel

Lecture 45 Importing Word Files

Lecture 46 Creating a book

Lecture 47 Creating a Table of Contents (Part One)

Lecture 48 Creating a Table of Contents (Part Two) Overrides and Tabs

Section 6: Side Quest: Master

Lecture 49 Introduction – Master

Lecture 50 Basic Stat Blocks

Lecture 51 Faux Drop Shadow in Paragraph Styles

Section 7: Boss Battles

Lecture 52 The Index

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