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<blockquote data-quote="Justin D. Jacobson" data-source="post: 2390985" data-attributes="member: 18946">Since a couple have already recommended Dawning Star, I reckon it would be gauche of me to do the same. So, I'll add another, more basic tip, and it's something we did with DS as well: Come up with the theme of the campaign. What is it going to be about. For DS, it was about humanity's instinct and will to survive. But you could choose anything: the corrupting nature of power, technology as magic, fear as a byproduct of diversity, etc. Once you get the theme, a lot of ideas will flow naturally from that. For example, if you chose to go with the corrupting nature of power, this might sprint a number of ideas, such as the concentration of advanced technology in the hands of a few--perhaps mega-corporations. And so on. Using this process will also give your campaign an almost imperceptible cohesion that your players will find rewarding.And you could always hire a technical advisor. But you can't have R.J. Grady--he's ours.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justin D. Jacobson, post: 2390985, member: 18946"] Since a couple have already recommended Dawning Star, I reckon it would be gauche of me to do the same. So, I'll add another, more basic tip, and it's something we did with DS as well: Come up with the [i]theme[/i] of the campaign. What is it going to be [i]about[/i]. For DS, it was about humanity's instinct and will to survive. But you could choose anything: the corrupting nature of power, technology as magic, fear as a byproduct of diversity, etc. Once you get the theme, a lot of ideas will flow naturally from that. For example, if you chose to go with the corrupting nature of power, this might sprint a number of ideas, such as the concentration of advanced technology in the hands of a few--perhaps mega-corporations. And so on. Using this process will also give your campaign an almost imperceptible cohesion that your players will find rewarding. And you could always hire a technical advisor. But you can't have R.J. Grady--he's ours. :p Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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