The Today.

[swestrup]

I didn't do much today, except perhaps recover from the party. I somehow managed to sprain my back while at the party and by the time I got home last night it was in agony.

Today its been a bit stiff and sore, but nothing major. Hopefully it will be fully recovered by the morrow.

So, today I took it easy, watched some of the Voyager marathon and worked on my SF game universe. I guess you could say today was a good day for just vegging.

Oh, and as a BTW, I seem to have fixed one of our two VCR's that went wonky. It turned out that there were multiple problems, all simple to solve, but that the combination had me pulling my hair out two months ago when it died. So, maybe I should have a look at the other VCR sometime.

Comments

Sore back?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_grey_knight/]

Humphf.
That will teach you to do the limbo at those wild pant-less parties without proper stretching.

[(Anonymous)]

Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:03:00 EDT (-0400)
If there were less pants than expected at this party, and you
"somehow" managed to sprain your back at it, all *sorts* of
wild imaginings are going through my guileless mind...
-Jim

[skjalm.livejournal.com]

What SF game universe?

Ever since a fellow roleplayer introduced me to the concept of actually playing your character instead of just rolling dice I've become very interested in stuff like in-depth character creation... and lately also game world creation. There's lots of fun to be had when inventing gods, nations, cities and so on. Kind of makes you feel all powerful, doesn't it? ;-)

[swestrup]

The game universe I'm working on is called the Third Imperium and the campaign is set roughly 1000 years in the future and 2000 light-years away, just on the other side of the Orion Nebula.

I've made mention of my alien design philosophy here, and gave a preliminary list of player-character races here.

Since then I've been working on the back story, NPC races, political intrigues, the technology of the era, etc, etc.

Were I not so pressed for money that I feel guilty whenever I work on a hobby rather than on getting me a job, the game would have long since already been up and running.

[swestrup]

By all means, let your imagination run wild. The reality is far too boring to report.

System vs Fluff

[http://users.livejournal.com/_grey_knight/]

Well, I for one am glad to see that you have done it correctly - worked on the ideas, and concepts, before limiting this to a specific game mechanics. Too often have I seen good ideas squashed by mechanics, and exploits cloaked as valid concepts. I've always enjoyed the SF campaigns you've run - even when we went awry.
And you know, there is a market for game supplement writers. Somewhere. Out there.

Re: System vs Fluff

[swestrup]

Yeah. I like the Hero System a lot, and will probably run the game in that, but I have discoverd that you get a far better campaign if you write the game materials without reference to what is easy or hard in the game system, and then patch the game system later, if need be.

I've also looked into the economics of writing game supplements, and it doesn't seem to be something that I could survive at, so for now its just going to be a hobby.