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Well, its been a hectic month so I dont have anything spectacular for you
guys. I will tell you that one little chunk of my world is almost done, and
Ill soon be running a game set in that area. Woohoo! The thing thats been
taking me all this time is the fact that I, with the help of Chris Reid (and
some other friends who arent CT staff!), have been writing my own rules
system.
I must be crazy! But we already knew that!
At some point in time I decided that I might someday want to publish an
RPG based on this world, and I didnt want to try to make my things fit
with say, the d20 system. After several years, I finally decided to get off
of my duff and get it done, dragging Chris along with me and constantly
soliciting the opinions of my talented assistants and future play-testers,
Steve and Dylan.. And aside from specific spells and magic resistance and
other annoying things like that, its almost doooooooone. Im giddy, can
you tell?
So, this month Id like to steal a page from Chriss book and present . . .
AJs Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Make Your Own System, Too!
- Itll impress all of your gaming friends!
- You could be the next d20 system and actually make some money.
- Teh Munky told you to... Oh wait, wrong forum.
- Its a better use of your time than watching reality TV.
- Since youll be staying home, chained to your computer, trying to come
up with a combat system, youll be saving a fortune on gas!
- When youre really bored, you can take all of your old role playing
characters and convert them to your new system. Fun!
- You can finally have a use for that annoying 30 sided die.
- When writing your game, you can mock any rule in any previous game
youve ever played as you explain how much better your game is.
- And, while youre at it, you can take every rule you ever liked from
every game you ever played and somehow work them into one system, just
adding a few original new things here and there to throw people off...
Oops, I just gave away my secrets.
And the number one reason why I think you should write your own gaming
system is . . .
- So you can take over my job, writing a column about world development,
and Sheryl wont nag me every month! Bwuhahahahaha! Just kidding. I
mean, you should do it because you can. Isnt freedom grand?
Bonus reason: You can give your favorite race all the bonuses you always
thought they should have, and give nothing to those other, silly, lesser
races:D
My apologies for such a short column. Tune in next month when Ill regale
you with tales about play-testing my new game, and/or putting it off and
playing Call of Cthulhu and Munchkin instead.
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