The wiki for PD's new LRP game - Empire - is launched and is here: http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki

Post-launch, I have realsed:

1. There is a difference between Aspirational and Minimum Standards. This could be clearer. I think the important point is "Try not to clash", but I have never been a costume-based ballgowner.
2. There are going to ( Read more... )

[Cross-posted from Rule 7]

OK, so this is going to be a bit of a novelty. For the first time in over three years, I'll be posting a mostly honest set of froth. Past froth has either been oblique or in the category of "factually accurate, if deliberately misleading". With one event left, I hope people will forgive me if I lower the old FOIP settings ( Read more... )

( Power that is not Divine Flamestrike )

At some point, the Empire Wiki goes live. Its still a work in progress. I had written more blog entries but I think the wiki may make some of this redundant. So I am putting them on my LJ for my own interest. They are about the three foundation pillars of our LRP religion with no overt deity presence, which were:

1. Revelation
2. Moral Authority
3. Power

This ( Read more... )

( Cut for spoilers )

So, if we get three-score-years-and-ten, then I am probably about due a mid-life crisis. I think I may get introspective in my next LJ entry but, for now, a bit more about Empire, and developing religion concepts for a LRP game.

As part of providing a stream of updates about the game's development, I wrote a blog article on design principles. It ( Read more... )

I aim to post more. I fail a lot. Still, I do have something to froth about. As will come as no surprise to anyone who has talked LRP with me of late, I have been asked to participate in designing Empire, the new fest-LRP system that Profound Decisions intends to launch in 2013 when Maelstrom concludes.

My involvement is no secret. In fact, PD ( Read more... )

As many know, I work for a company that provides services to adults with disabilities. We've launched Via Nova which is all about Person-Centred Planning. Each person we support will have a review of what they want from life, and will include a One Page Profile, so that that the people supporting them can gain a quick insight into who they are as a ( Read more... )

So I've seen, and enjoyed, Avengers Assemble. I did not squee, per se, but I did laugh, and jump, and smile - and enjoy ( Read more... )

( Seven Questions, Seven Answers from Chessypig )