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Obvious answer is to plan on running each for five-session arcs, then reconstituting the characters in the next system and continuing. beams helpfully

Watchmen.

Thanks, @TheSword !

I agree - people shouldn’t be hasty to declare something intolerable. But having made that declaration, then they should move away from it. If they want to keep talking about it, then there should be some possibility they decide it’s okay. Topic and action should line up, one way or the other...

“In the end”? Nothing ever ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

I have a pair of related reactions. 1. It’s fine to have bright red lines that tell you can expect not to have a good time if you go further. But then you should STOP, disengage, and go out your attention onto something else. Continuing may be necessary for, say, work, or academic analysis, or...

Color me curious how far you’ve tweaked the mechanics to suit the world, and/or the world to suit the mechanics. (I say this after having spent a toor-early morning thinking about the Realms with psionics rather than magic.)

World of Warcraft and City of Heroes both did for a while. Great times, but eventually two things led me away: 1. Ever-increasing complexity at the top end (which is where the new stuff is), past first my level of comfort and then my level of competence. I simply cannot play as well as the...

John Scalzi has blogged about how writing for audio has affected his writing in general. As usual with him, it’s friendly and casual-seeming over some impressive analysis of craft. https://www.audible.com/blog/john-scalzi-writing-for-audio-made-me-a-better-writer-period

I was just distracted by the thought of Marvel Super-Heroes (FASERIP) or the Awfully Cheery Engine (Ghostbusters) for a campaign in the Old World, maybe even Enemy Within. Don’t mind me.

Rather than “aimless”, I think the useful antonym might be something like “unlinked”. There’s a book about the design of the Wild Wide Web and the layers underneath it titled Small Pieces Loosely Joined; the author holds this up as a good idea not just for the Web but for any. Network of thought...

Sounds good. And yeah, Steve Kenson likes to try out genuinely different mechanics.

Any difficulties with the Psychic’s Handbook in a sci-fi context?

I have not. But now I’ll look it up.

Andy Serkis does all the songs, in widely varying styles, in his audiobook readings.

That is a wonderful take and I’m adopting it immediately.