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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4928235" data-attributes="member: 22779">Thinking about this I wonder if it has to do with my tastes in literature changing.&nbsp; I've found, over the past few years, that I'm getting more and more into shorter fiction - flash fiction or short stories/novellas.&nbsp; Way back when, I used to love the tome sized novels - Tad Williams for example - and my campaigns reflected that.&nbsp; Huge sweeping settings, massive numbers of NPC's and whatnot to track, buckets, and buckets of work.Now, I'm more into a very short, tight feel.&nbsp; I don't want all that extra stuff.&nbsp; It's not for me.&nbsp; But, OTOH, I want something a bit meatier than a one shot.&nbsp; One shots are great, but, they are a bit light on substance.&nbsp; I'm hoping this will be a good compromise between the two.I picked 8 sessions because that's a pretty decently long module in D&amp;D for us.&nbsp; Which is enough to get a full story in, as far as I'm concerned.&nbsp; Like I said, we've only had a couple of sessions in, so, we'll see how it flies.BTW, Merric - that's EXACTLY the image I was going for.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />One of the big hurdles actually is learning the systems fast enough.&nbsp; I've found myself choosing systems more on their quick start rules than anything else.&nbsp; Do you have an online pdf quickstart set?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Sorry, not interested.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I perused the new Twilight 2000 system (Twilight 2030?&nbsp; something like that) and, even though I liked T2000, I'm not going to give this a try since their quickstart rules are terrible.&nbsp; Just a fan made pack.&nbsp; Not interested.Same goes for Forgotten Futures.&nbsp; Another system I'd love to take for a spin.&nbsp; I adore Steampunk and it's just a cool system.&nbsp; But, WAY too complicated for what I need and the quickstart rules were .... lacking.So, we'll see how it goes.&nbsp; I'll post back to this thread from time to time.&nbsp; If you're interested in the setting for our Savage World's game, try <a href="http://fuiche1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=swap&amp;action=display&amp;thread=114" target="_blank">a Timeline of the Future</a> and <a href="http://fuiche1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=swap&amp;action=display&amp;thread=113" target="_blank">The Protocols</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4928235, member: 22779"] Thinking about this I wonder if it has to do with my tastes in literature changing. I've found, over the past few years, that I'm getting more and more into shorter fiction - flash fiction or short stories/novellas. Way back when, I used to love the tome sized novels - Tad Williams for example - and my campaigns reflected that. Huge sweeping settings, massive numbers of NPC's and whatnot to track, buckets, and buckets of work. Now, I'm more into a very short, tight feel. I don't want all that extra stuff. It's not for me. But, OTOH, I want something a bit meatier than a one shot. One shots are great, but, they are a bit light on substance. I'm hoping this will be a good compromise between the two. I picked 8 sessions because that's a pretty decently long module in D&D for us. Which is enough to get a full story in, as far as I'm concerned. Like I said, we've only had a couple of sessions in, so, we'll see how it flies. BTW, Merric - that's EXACTLY the image I was going for. :D One of the big hurdles actually is learning the systems fast enough. I've found myself choosing systems more on their quick start rules than anything else. Do you have an online pdf quickstart set? No? Sorry, not interested. :) I perused the new Twilight 2000 system (Twilight 2030? something like that) and, even though I liked T2000, I'm not going to give this a try since their quickstart rules are terrible. Just a fan made pack. Not interested. Same goes for Forgotten Futures. Another system I'd love to take for a spin. I adore Steampunk and it's just a cool system. But, WAY too complicated for what I need and the quickstart rules were .... lacking. So, we'll see how it goes. I'll post back to this thread from time to time. If you're interested in the setting for our Savage World's game, try [url=http://fuiche1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=swap&action=display&thread=114]a Timeline of the Future[/url] and [url=http://fuiche1.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=swap&action=display&thread=113]The Protocols[/url]. [/QUOTE]

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