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Tiny Trove FAQ

Jeffrey Montgomery -

What can I use in my titles for Tiny Trove?

Your work can use any rules and setting materials from the following TinyD6 books published by Gallant Knight Games:

  • Tiny Dungeon: Second Edition
  • Tiny Frontiers: Revised
  • Tiny Wastelands
  • Tiny Frontiers: Mecha & Monsters
  • Tiny Cthulhu
  • Beach Patrol
  • Tiny Gunslingers
  • Tiny Living Dead
  • Tiny Pirates

 

You can also publish TinyD6 specific stock art, which must follow all the rules for a Tiny Trove product (meaning it's limited to the Tiny Trove, it must have the appropriate logos and copyright information, and any other rules that apply.)
 
You can also publish decks of cards, which must follow all the rules for a Tiny Trove product (meaning it's limited to the Tiny Trove, it must have the appropriate logos and copyright information, and any other rules that apply.) Card decks have some additional and special rules: 
  • Your card deck should serve the purpose of an accessory to the game in mention, and should not number more than 50 cards in a deck (in total cards.) 
  • Your card decks should be similar to the existing GKG card decks in concept and tone (a stand alone card game using Tiny Trove resources would not be appropriate.) 
For examples of cards, please see our Mutation Deck, Enclave Deck, TD2e Enemy Deck or TD2e Magic Item Deck.

Gallant Knight Games will make additional stock art and templates available through OneBookShelf, and you’re welcome to use these in your Tiny Trove titles as they become available. All other art from officially published materials is not to be used, but you are free to commission your own art for use within your products.

The Tiny Trove is a community resource. This means that you’re also welcome to expand on and adapt work that other authors have created here. You can write part 2 of an adventure you enjoyed, use another author’s bestiary, or repurpose community-created runic magic mechanics. If someone’s work inspired you, and you’d like to build on their characters, stories, or settings, you must credit their original work! It helps the entire community grow.

Where can I find templates and art packs? 
You can find the Tiny Dungeon 2E Pack here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/274075/Tiny-Trove-2nd-Edition-Pack

You can find the Tiny Frontiers: Revised Pack here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/274076/Tiny-Frontier-Pack-for-Tiny-Trove?cPath=26112_32547

You can find the Tiny Wastelands Pack here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/274077/Tiny-Wasteland-Pack-for-Tiny-Trove

You can find the Tiny Frontiers: Mecha & Monsters Pack here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/274074/Tiny-Trove-Fantasy-Mecha-and-Monsters-Pack

What can’t I use in my Tiny Trove Titles?

For now, we’re only accepting content compatible with and drawn from settings in Tiny Dungeon: Second Edition, Tiny Frontiers: Revised, Tiny Wastelands, and Mecha & Monsters. As new books are released, and time goes on, we’ll open submissions for other TinyD6 books (such as Beach Patrol, & More!) Once these books are added, you can mix & match to your hearts content (Beach Patrol + Mecha & Monsters mash-up, anyone!?)

We’re also only accepting 2nd Edition materials, so we can’t accept anything written specifically for 1st Edition games.

Full campaign settings like Destiny of Tides (or future ones) are not currently available for this program, as we have future plans involving them.

Finally, titles can’t include TinyD6 mechanics used in non-Tiny Trove products. Even though we love all sorts of roleplaying games (superheroes, mechas, urban fantasy), we won’t accept rules or other settings that use the TinyD6 mechanics here.

Where can I use Tiny Trove art?

Tiny Trove art packs are published under the Community Content Agreement for the Tiny Trove program and are licensed for use in content submitted to the Tiny Trove. The art is not licensed to be used for any other purpose nor on any platform outside of Tiny Trove.

AI Art

This Community Content Program follows the DTRPG Guidelines with AI Art.

Tool- and AI-Generated Images

The following policy applies only to titles listed by publishers on DriveThruRPG. Other sites and community programs are, for now, exempt from these rules.

3rd Party Tool-Generated Images

All product listings that feature art or maps generated using a tool or service designed to reduce or offset the artistic process (such as donjon, Inkarnate, or Dungeondraft) are required to utilize the Format > Creation Method > 3rd Party Tool-Made title filter, except in the following instances:

  • the tool uses only art assets that you have created by hand;
  • the art has undergone additional processing or modification post-generation (such as animating generated maps or tokens, painting and compositing over content, etc.);
  • or the product is expressly approved by OneBookShelf.

AI-Generated Images

All product listings that feature art created automatically by an AI-generation tool meant to bypass or replace human artistry, such as ArtBreeder, MidJourney, NightCafe, etc. are required to utilize the Format > Creation Method > AI-Generated title filter, except in the following instances:

the art has undergone significant processing/modification post-generation; or
the product is expressly approved by OneBookShelf.

Note for AI-Generated Stock Art

Titles containing any art rendered by AI-generated tools that are sold as "Stock Art" (under the Product Type > Publisher Resources filter) must also display the following statement in their product description:

This product contains assets that were, wholly or in part, procedurally generated with the aid of creative software(s) powered by machine learning.

Titles that do not comply are subject to removal from the marketplace. Repeat offenders may have their publishing permissions revoked.

I’d like to write in a way that matches the tone of TinyD6. Any advice?

TinyD6 is a minimalist ruleset. The goal is to strip the idea of an RPG down to it’s barest essentials, and leverage what we have left to tell stories that allow the rules to get out of the way. The goal is to provide a fun jumping off point for rules and settings, while avoiding getting bogged down in the details!

What types of content are prohibited?

Gallant Knight Games is a company committed to positive, diverse representation. We won’t accept content that contains: gratuitous depictions of violence, objectifying descriptions of people’s bodies or cultures, or content we find hurtful or damaging. Like pornography, we’ll know it when we see it. If you have a question, reach out to tinytrove@gallantknightgames.com and we’ll work through it with you.

I’ve created a custom setting that TinyD6 players might enjoy. Can I upload it to the Tiny Trove?

Tiny Trove content should be created for the TinyD6 system and should take place in micro-settings in Tiny Dungeon 2e or other approved settings as they’re added. We love space pirates and far-future solarpunk settings, and we encourage you to explore the edges of the galaxy in your games (and we’ll be adding more TinyD6 genre books over time!) but published Tiny Trove content should take place in the approved TinyD6 universes (which as this moment is anything in Tiny Dungeon: Second Edition.)

Can I create and sell content for 1st Edition Tiny Dungeon or Tiny Frontiers?

No. 

Can I copy information from TinyD6 rulebooks into my Tiny Trove title?

You’re free to reference the text of official GKG products, but please don’t copy things outright unless you absolutely need to do so. In general, your text should be your original work. If you have a question, reach out to tinytrove@gallantknightgames.com and we’ll work through it with you.

Can I publish other materials to the Tiny Trove, like artwork, comics, or an app?

Right now, we’re only accepting RPG titles, card titles related to RPG titles, and stock art. If this changes, we’ll update that information here!

 How do I prepare the PDF of my title for sale?

There are many different programs to lay out and prepare your book for digital download. Here are some things to help you make sure your PDF will download properly and look great!

CREATE - Lay out your Digital PDF from scratch...

QUICK SPECS (PDF) - To get you started.

QUICK CHECKLIST (PDF) - To be sure you don't miss anything.

Microsoft Word Tutorial and templates

Download MS Word Tutorial - Advice on how to use Microsoft Word, and a few other programs to prepare a DIGITAL ONLY title. POD titles can not be created in Word
Download MS Word Templates - A ZIP file containing Word (94) templates for 6" x 9", 6.14" X 9.21", 6.25" X 10.25", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11", and 8.25" x 11" products.

InDesign Tutorial and templates

Download InDesign Tutorial - This tutorial will offer you some advice on how to use Adobe InDesign to prepare an optimized digital edition PDF book.
Download InDesign Templates - A ZIP file containing CS4 InDesign templates for6" x 9", 6.14" X 9.21", 6.25" X 10.25", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11", and 8.25" x 11" products.

Scribus Tutorial and templates

Download Scribus Tutorial - This tutorial will offer you some advice on how to use Scribus to prepare an optimized digital edition PDF book. Scribus is a free layout program available at www.scribus.net.
Download Scribus Templates - A ZIP file containing Scribus templates for 6" x 9", 6.14" x 9.21", 6.625" x 10.25", 7" x 10", 8.5" x 11", and 8.25" x 11" products

EPUB & MOBI Tutorial and templates

EPUB & MOBI EXPORT TUTORIAL - FROM INDESIGN (PDF) - To show you how to prepare your InDesign file for export to the ePub format, and how to use Calibre to convert your ePub file to the Mobi format.

EPUB & MOBI EXPORT TUTORIAL - FROM MICROSOFT WORD (PDF) - To show you how to prepare your Microsoft Word file for export to the ePub format, and how to use Calibre to convert your ePub file to the Mobi format.

PREPARE - You've already created a PDF and want to see if it's upload ready. Our PDF's for Digital Titles are best when a few guidelines are followed. Check the links below to get your files ready!

READY - Once your print files are ready to upload...

  • UPLOAD - Will show you where and how to upload your files for digital download

NOTE
Do not security-lock your Digital PDF. For our watermarking security process to work, the PDF files must be unlocked (so they can still be edited). We add the watermark at checkout and then lock the file ourselves.

HOW DO I PROPERLY ATTRIBUTE TinyD6 IN MY WORK?

Our Word and InDesign templates already have the attributions present. You must also include the “powered by TinyD6” logo on the bottom right-hand side of the front cover. It must be discernible and legible at normal full-screen viewing size but does not need to be large and should not be the primary logo or title on the cover.

In addition, you must include our boilerplate language within the first three (3) pages of your book, in at least 8-point font in all advertisements and other marketing materials:

(a) Powered by TinyD6 Logo © (download here)

(b) This game product is powered by TinyD6™, a trademark of Gallant Knight Games, in the USA and other countries. Used with permission.  Original text content of Tiny Dungeon: Second Edition, Tiny Frontiers: Revised, Tiny Wastelands, Beach Patrol, Magnum Vice: Fury Force, Tiny Supers, Gallant Knight Games Logo, TinyD6 Logo, content and original artwork are copyright © 2015-2019, Gallant Knight Games unless otherwise specified.

In the Product Description field when setting up the title on DriveThruRPG, you must include: Requires Tiny Dungeon: Second Edition, Requires Tiny Frontiers: Revised or Requires Tiny Wastelands (include all that are appropriate for your product.)

 

 

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