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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smoss" data-source="post: 5673340" data-attributes="member: 82115">- What kind of games do you write, and why? Mostly fantasy, it is what I like to run. I wanted to evolve past D&D 3E, and made my own system. I wanted a system that captured a certain feel and style of play. I wanted more gim/gritty (But not Warhammer style "grimdark"), a flatter growth (farmer with a pitchfork is always dangerous), and I wanted something MUCH easier to play and GM. - What kind of game design principles do you  use? Steal good ideas liberally.  <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    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />But yes, I took some of the ideas I liked from other systems and used that as inspiration for my system.  There is a little 3E, a little Star Wars Saga Edition, a little Savage Worlds, a little Conan d20, a little Mutants and Masterminds, and even a touch of 4E (added later) in my system. - What kind of game design theories do you like or  use? I don't really. My older systems certainly show that. (Ive created quite a few over the years at various times for various reasons) - But currently, experience means design is MUCH easier now. I just "know" mechanics anymore and what effect a change will have. I still playtest to confirm and try to find any odd quirks. - What kind of design elements do you like to  include in your games?I want something that ties well to the setting and/or feel of the game.  AKA a Call of Cthulu system should help you to feel the horror. I want ease of play and GM-ing. I want a rule set the is coherent and runs on the same basic mechanic (No memorizing a bunch of separate sub-systems- everything ties together well).Smoss</blockquote>

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