The Gaming Den

FrankTrollman in a another thread wrote:Neeek is in law in the US. He is a primary source on matters of the legal profession in the US.

I wanted to point out the vibrancy of this community is great. We have doctors, lawyers, students, post-grads, wage slaves, business owners, US ex patriots, citizens of other countries, fiscal and social liberals, fiscal conservatives, country bumpkins and world travelers visiting these boards.

We all have a few things in common though: we all love to game or design games, we want to make the world a better place (even if we claw at each other about how to do it), the people are intelligent and articulate and we all enjoy bringing new experiences or perspectives back to the group. It is hard to find an environment that does not force people to become aligned to the common gestalt. This is one of them, mostly ;>

I know I have argued with a few of you here and annoyed more than one of you, but it is really out of boredom. My game design is on hold until my playtester becomes available and I have just wanted to keep my hand in. However, I wanted to point out that the level of knowledge here is high, and forces me to rethink my positions on all of these topics. I am going to bail out of MPSIMS for a bit and try to focus on my rules changes, but I didn't want to part without saying that the conversations have been great, and I will continue reading them. I think I am learning a thing or two as well, which is not a bad thing at all.

That's the idea, LL.

-Crissa

It takes serious arguments to arrive at good decisions. Minds become flabby and sluggish (like mine ) without conflict.

Why not post your current material in "IMHO..."?

Having actual rules to look at is better than some of the more ... ' fuzzy' things that get posted there. We're not exactly kind at times, but it's not like we draw the long knives on people simply for showing up.

We draw the long knives and invite the new person to watch someone from the Den dissectwhat was posted. Funny enough, the person most likely to do the dissecting has probably done more so in real life than other people here.

Gotta echo J_E here - if you have rules-related stuff you're working on, run it through the Den. When I first came here, my design work was horrible. Now, thanks to the Den, I've actually learned a thing or two (hopefully). If nothing else, having other people point out things you missed or didn't consider for some reason is a big help in any kind of design work.