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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9733018" data-attributes="member: 6901101">(Note: I begin what sounds like a bragging session, I know there are many many many other game designers here that have experienced and done the same thing.)I am going to flip this question on its head, well not really, more like on its side I have developed rules or created systems that I would later see in print. Advantage/Disadvantage (I called it Boon/Bane) long before D&D did it. Using the "to hit" roll to increase damage or effects, so a player never completely misses. Using magnetic inventory pieces to be placed inside a box to show carrying capacity. "Tapping" cards years before I ever played MtG. Combining cards and TTRPG the same year as Ascension (although mine focused way more on the RPG side). Handing skills and DCs over to players. Making death a penalty to the character as opposed to permanent, i.e. near-death experience. Building and using "lair actions" before I read about them. Using culture instead of racial bonuses. Blah, blah, blah. All those things happened before I ever saw them in actual play, and I tried just about any game my friend group would allow. But, I know there were probably systems that did all those things prior to me, and I am sure many of you did those things prior to me as well. The reason I bring all this up is, if you are in this hobby, there is a good chance you are creative. If the hobby is a passion or work, there is a good chance you think about it - a lot! And it doesn't help we have all been encouraged to build "house rules" at some point in our gaming life! The point is, the combination of those things is bound to lead to what we believe to be new roads.There is a saying in fiction writing: The road to fiction is very well travelled. I think the same can be said for game design as well.</blockquote>

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