Your homebrew - how big?

[der_kluge]

Seems like there are different ideas on here of what constitutes a "homebrew" setting. For some, it's just a few pages held together with bubble gum, and for others it's 3-ring binder of hundreds of pages.

How many pages have you written, drawn, scribbled up which constitutes your homebrew?

 

[TerraDave]

Seems like there are different ideas on here of what constitutes a "homebrew" setting. For some, it's just a few pages held together with bubble gum, and for others it's 3-ring binder of hundreds of pages.

How many pages have you written, drawn, scribbled up which constitutes your homebrew?

There is truly no counting...

what is in my sig is a Campaign World, developed over years. In that have been set more then a few campaigns, which in turn have their own supporting documentation. Right now I have a binder with roughly 150 pages covering world info, local info, player crunch outside the core rules, and other random stuff.

But you don't need all that, you can get far with some basic setting info

 

[Jdvn1]

Currently probably 50-100. When I'm done with it, though, it'll be over 100.

Even if I don't get my setting published, it should be polished like it.

 

[Pinotage]

For my older homebrew, most of the stuff is in my head, but I have put to paper a few notes, mostly regarding information that the players will require, i.e. maps, deities, details of provinces and rulers, history, legends. All short, so no more than a few pages. My current adventure is generic, so doesn't have anything other than what's in my head.

Pinotage

 

[diaglo]

years and years of notes in several three ring binders plus other folders of loose poorly drawn maps.

plus stuff i yoinked from other settings i converted to fit.

 

[el-remmen]

In original form it was probably about 100 pages.

But as I have gone back and tweaked Aquerra for 3E and for new campaigns and expanded and defined more things - a chapter of the gazeteer (which covers one geographical region) often goes from about 8 to 12 pages to 60 or more - so it can only grow.

And that does not even include the rules information in the Aquerra Player's Guide which is nearly 200 pages in and of itself.

 

[Ibram]

by my count the number of typed pages I have is 146, that doesnt enclude the hand written pages and maps that i've made, which would probably push the total to 160+

quite a bit of work considering I started consolidating my notes onto the computer less then a year ago.

 

[Stone Angel]

I have about thirty pages of solid stuff, and I am about half way. Not to mention the countless outlines and loose leaf papers, post it notes ect. I have it's own filing cabinet for it.



The Seraph of Earth and Stone

 

[Mark Hope]

Hmm, ouch. My homebrew notes comprise a dozen thick lever-arch binders stuffed full of pages from the last 22 years of gaming. Hundreds of pages. Never actually counted the stuff that's on the computer. Maybe another 100, tops. And I use bits from published settings that I like.

 

[Jdvn1]

Yikes, lots of people with notes and binders. I've found it easier to keep it in a bound book.