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Touchstones Of Unification Pt 1 – Themes

Filed in Mike, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), NPCs & Villains & Monsters, PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players, Rewards, World Design, Campaign Creation, House-Rules on Jul.01, 2014

This entry is part 1 in the series Touchstones Of Unification

I was watching an interview with Jim Keays from 1975 the other day, discussing what was then his latest album. He was explaining that he had started with three or four songs that all had similar subject matter, and realized that he could build the entire album around that subject. The interviewer, as part of […]

Tags: Play, Campaign-Background, Campaign-Setting, Campaigns, House-Rules, PCs, Player-Goals, Players, RPG-Theory, NPCs

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Touchstones Of Unification Pt 2 – Concepts

Filed in House-Rules, Fumanor/Seeds Of Empire (D&D 3.5), World Design, Campaign Creation, Mike, Shards Of Divinity (D&D 3.5), PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players on Jul.08, 2014

This entry is part 2 in the series Touchstones Of Unification

Part 2 of the article trilogy looks at concepts within an RPG, how they relate to the campaign themes, and throws in some free game content as a bonus.

Tags: Campaign-Background, Campaign-Setting, Campaigns, House-Rules, PCs, Play, Player-Goals, Players, Races, RPG-Theory, D&D, NPCs

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Touchstones Of Unification Pt 3 – The Big Picture (Genre and Style)

Filed in Campaign Creation, Mike, Planning & Preparation, World Design, House-Rules on Jul.15, 2014

This entry is part 3 in the series Touchstones Of Unification

So we’ve looked at Themes, and we’ve looked at Concepts, and even touched on the relationship between the two. But now it’s time to address the elephant in the room – twin elephants in fact – Genre and Style, and how these modify that relationship, how it all comes together to form a unique fingerprint […]

Tags: Campaign-Background, Campaign-Setting, Campaigns, House-Rules, RPG-Theory

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