agreed. but I am with John. I want to avoid all the naysayers that we should 'wait' for some unspecified time in the future 'when all will be made clear'.
For example I did not have time to wait for History of the Heortling people to tell me about the people of Heortland, I had to make it up from the existing published sources and develop. And I prefer my take on the Heortlings than the 'more of the same' we got; my players I know appreciated the feeling of 'being in a foreign land' they got when in Whitewall/ Heortland.
I think creatively we need to embrace this as in the old days, fan work that may be contradicted at a later stage by official publications when/if that ever appears. Broad brushtrokes of stuff that can be used now or soon for peoples games.
At least thats what I got from John's post.
Regards, Rob
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> > Cool. I was thinking that this effort in fandom was going to be a joint creative work in progress
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> It depends on what you mean by "publication". I'd like to be able to produce a resource for gamers/writers/creators that's complete in and of itself, ready for use. I see very little point in bringing it out as hard-copy, but I'd suggest getting Newt on board at that stage, after what he's done with Lulu
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> "Resource" may end up being one scenario, one story, one board-game: but all based on a background that's coherent, even if not very well expressed as yet.
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