11-30-2014, 09:25 AM
Summarizing a few things:
1. How should this be organized (ie who should do what)
There are many ways to organize projects like this. At the moment the project is still very early stage. The main concern at the moment is to see how many are interested in participating and what each person can bring to the table.
Personally I would argue against a project that involves many people working too closely together on a single project. I am more comfortable with the kind of model where one author writes his own module, completes it more or less by himself. If someone else offers to look over it and/or playtest, that is awesome. Something beyond that just sounds too ambitious to me.
But if the rest of you want to do something more involving then by all means go for it!
2. The Labels
The labels are invitations. Yaz suggested that we have quite specific requirements for the modules written. I thought that was a good idea, but I also suspected that many creative Blackmoor fans would feel too limited by them. The two labels are a response to both of those concerns. The point is to encourage all Blackmoor fans to be creative and join in creating material for the community. Again, not just Rafe, Rob, Yaz, Aldarron and myself but everyone.
3. What is in it for me?
If it feels like work, then perhaps this is not a project for you. I assume that people will be interested in this because they think it could be fun.
4. A series of modules or a netbook?
Both are great ideas. We do not necessarily have to choose one or the other. My thinking was that smaller adventure modules would have a lower threshold for people to write and much easier to manage by single individuals or small groups. For netbooks we would need an editor and so far I have not seen anyone willing to take on a responsibility like that.
A third option could be to write and release single modules first and then collect them into a larger compilation later on.
5. What have we found out so far?
Rob might be interested in writing modules or even a netbook
Yaz is willing to offer feedback and/or playtest adventures
Rafe is willing to contribute fiction
Aldarron is willing to write material for his MageWars Setting.
Havard might be willing to write an adventure or two
-Havard
1. How should this be organized (ie who should do what)
There are many ways to organize projects like this. At the moment the project is still very early stage. The main concern at the moment is to see how many are interested in participating and what each person can bring to the table.
Personally I would argue against a project that involves many people working too closely together on a single project. I am more comfortable with the kind of model where one author writes his own module, completes it more or less by himself. If someone else offers to look over it and/or playtest, that is awesome. Something beyond that just sounds too ambitious to me.
But if the rest of you want to do something more involving then by all means go for it!
2. The Labels
The labels are invitations. Yaz suggested that we have quite specific requirements for the modules written. I thought that was a good idea, but I also suspected that many creative Blackmoor fans would feel too limited by them. The two labels are a response to both of those concerns. The point is to encourage all Blackmoor fans to be creative and join in creating material for the community. Again, not just Rafe, Rob, Yaz, Aldarron and myself but everyone.
3. What is in it for me?
If it feels like work, then perhaps this is not a project for you. I assume that people will be interested in this because they think it could be fun.
4. A series of modules or a netbook?
Both are great ideas. We do not necessarily have to choose one or the other. My thinking was that smaller adventure modules would have a lower threshold for people to write and much easier to manage by single individuals or small groups. For netbooks we would need an editor and so far I have not seen anyone willing to take on a responsibility like that.
A third option could be to write and release single modules first and then collect them into a larger compilation later on.
5. What have we found out so far?
Rob might be interested in writing modules or even a netbook
Yaz is willing to offer feedback and/or playtest adventures
Rafe is willing to contribute fiction
Aldarron is willing to write material for his MageWars Setting.
Havard might be willing to write an adventure or two
-Havard
Currently Running: The Blackmoor Vales Saga
Currently Playing: Daniel S. Debelfry in the Throne of Star's Campaign
Currently Playing: Daniel S. Debelfry in the Throne of Star's Campaign