Panzerkraken
Armored Squid
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- Sep 17, 2018
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I've mentioned before that my home-system heartbreaker project is a reworked Living Steel. But when I was up in Michigan last month for a wake I talked to some of my old gaming crew, and as I'm moving back up there, they wanted me to bring it into my old favorite system, Interlock, because (and I quote) "That system is way too dangerous for anyone to have fun in who isn't a vet too. Your players want to be heroes, not corpses or ICU inmates."
So I'm reworking into Interlock, writing up all the stuff in there, retyping the rules and making further refinements as I go.
It's further complicated by my stubborn use of MS Publisher because 1) I'm too cheap for InDesign, B) I don't like Scribus; and III) I already have MS Pub with my Office 365 subscription. So I do what I can, secure in the knowledge that I'm at least not doing layouts with magazine cutouts or GI Joe dolls.
Anyway, I'm 6 chapters in and I'm finding it frustrating to write down all the rules for combat, probably because deep down, inside, i KNOW that everyone already knows them and why should I have to explain it all? But the answer is because I want to PLAY someday, so I have to put the stuff down on paper so I don't have to be asked.
Pre-coffee rambling complete.
Anyone else already planning on giving FFE more money in a couple days?
So I'm reworking into Interlock, writing up all the stuff in there, retyping the rules and making further refinements as I go.
It's further complicated by my stubborn use of MS Publisher because 1) I'm too cheap for InDesign, B) I don't like Scribus; and III) I already have MS Pub with my Office 365 subscription. So I do what I can, secure in the knowledge that I'm at least not doing layouts with magazine cutouts or GI Joe dolls.
Anyway, I'm 6 chapters in and I'm finding it frustrating to write down all the rules for combat, probably because deep down, inside, i KNOW that everyone already knows them and why should I have to explain it all? But the answer is because I want to PLAY someday, so I have to put the stuff down on paper so I don't have to be asked.
Pre-coffee rambling complete.
Anyone else already planning on giving FFE more money in a couple days?