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Dark Days Design Diary #3

June 6, 2010 – 4:42 pm

Dear Diary
Lately, it’s been all about system.
Thinking about it, I decided that for Dark Days to have a decent chance and decent sales, it might be a good idea to use an existing system. System familiarity is a good thing, in general. There is also an amount of ”loyalty” involved for the buyer.
After some shifting [...]

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Generic RPG Systems

June 3, 2010 – 7:53 pm

Posted this on gmail Buzz, thought I’d post it here too.
I’m starting to think most rpgs can be shaved down to a simple concept: The characters are troubleshooters and they go about solving problems. Be it killing bad monsters hiding in dungeons (D&D), or worse monsters hiding in abandoned buildings(Horror), saving people in danger (superhero) [...]

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