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This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series The Sixes System<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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0. Preface<\/h3>\n

I’ve been thinking about writing this article – and the rest of this series – for a while now. <\/p>\n

You may be wondering, what is The Sixes System?<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a slight refinement of the sophisticated but minimalist game system that I’ve been using for my Dr Who: Lovecraft’s Legacies<\/em> campaign for about 3 1\/2 years now.<\/p>\n

The thought was that I might want to publish the game system as a cheap download through RPGNow or through gumroad, the front end that we’ve been using to distribute Assassin’s Amulet.<\/p>\n

I gave myself until the final session of the Dr Who campaign to get something organized, but the reality – as it has been with other side projects from time-to-time – is that unless I can make the work do double-duty through Campaign Mastery posts, I just don’t have the time or physical capability to get it done.<\/p>\n

So for the first couple of months of this year, I’ve been investing thought and energy into planning the best way of doing just that. This series is the solution that I’ve devised.<\/p>\n

I’ve designed the structure of the posts in this series so that I can transform them easily into two separate documents: a rule-book and a set of designer’s notes. The rule-book will be very minimalist, which is appropriate given the way the game system works, and the designer’s notes will be everything else from these columns edited down into a very tight little bundle of explanation and underlying concepts.<\/p>\n

These articles, in comparison, have a comparatively unlimited budget for side-issues and exposition and analysis, for additional material that will get in the way of actually using<\/em> the game system, but which will ultimately shed a lot more light on the design philosophies and underlying mechanics – the proverbial nine-tenths of the iceberg that aren’t normally on display. You won’t need these notes to use the game system – you will need them to understand the why’s and wherefores.<\/p>\n

For this reason, I don’t know how many posts it will take to corral and contain the entirety of the game system. Ideally, it will be three or maybe four. But it could be more, maybe a lot more – a more pessimistic breakdown gives eight posts. Right now, the intention is to publish them continually until the series is complete, but with the occasional break for something completely different, just as a way of keeping myself fresh. The series will be designed to be read in one continuous lump, so there will be minimal introduction between parts of the series.<\/p>\n

Each post will consist of sections in pairs and occasionally triplets – rules & instructions, designer’s notes, and – optionally but usually – explanations and expansion and discussion. Then move on to the next section.<\/p>\n

The table of contents below will start as theoretical (and pessimistic) but be revised after the publication of each part in the series to reflect the reality as it happens on the page.<\/p>\n

And, at the end of it all, I can collate the text, extracting like sections, to create the publishable version of the system. Today’s post is intended to be an overview and introduction, with some very general observations.<\/p>\n

0. Table Of Contents<\/h3>\n

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