Happy New Year

It's now 2012, and while the more curmudgeonly of us would like it to be last year of the world (the 2012 stuff is the most fun of all the doomsdays I've lived through in a number of ways)- somehow I doubt that we'll be let off that easy.

That being the case, here's what I see coming for the new year that's worth noting...


Writing Your Own RPG

Rob Lang is doing a wonderful series about writing your own RPG. He started last year, but will finish it this one. Rather good stuff. Maybe someone will fly with it and do a good game- instead of just more of the same that we're being flooded with of late.


Age of Heroes Update

Age of Heroes 5.0 is moving along in play test. It was pointed out that I missed a couple of Hero Abilities in this version (likely the result of a bad cut and paste attempt). Putting those back in caused me to add a dozen new ones and up the page count to 262.

Oddly enough due to space limits, I still have one left over and am trying to decide what to do with it.

It's just about the only 'meta-game' ability I put in the game, i.e. one that doesn't so much expand a character's in-game abilities as it simulates more of a 'plot altering' ability. That actually makes me want to leave it out, but it has some fans in my gaming circle.

Either way, I'm not willing to give it's own page just to include it, so it will have to come with some other stuff. Perhaps I could add a section on meta-game abilities, toss in some advice about them, and label it optional...

I want some more play testing, but it's still on target for a final draft in March. I'll offer it on Lulu in print form for a while and let people know about on this blog.

I imagine that I'll  finish the Claymore campaign Supplement for Age of Heroes at about the same time. Since it has tons of art and concepts that I have no license for, it really won't be going anywhere and is basically only for personal use. Pity in a way, it's rather cool even if I have to say so myself.


Next up for me is the Magic Expansion and a Modern Expansion. I doubt either will be finished in the coming year however.

HERO System

Yeah, it's dead. Killed by the failure of 6th edition. So I repeat my hope that someone buys it and does cool things with it.


Other Stuff

Frankly, I don't see much in the RPG industry that interests me. Not interested in a 5th edition of D&D, the OSR leaves me cold, couldn't care less about all the FATE based systems.

The past few years has taught me that that the hobby is very zombie like, decaying and not a fresh idea in sight. Maybe 2012 will change that. Maybe it won't.