tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19815976.post114113375500794390..comments2023-12-08T02:31:37.539-08:00Comments on Socratic Design: So what are we looking for?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19815976.post-58483636719716481112008-09-01T14:47:00.000-07:002008-09-01T14:47:00.000-07:00Hey Troy. I've been reading through this blog and ...Hey Troy. I've been reading through this blog and it's amazing. It's a shame that you haven't written in so long.<BR/><BR/>My plea: I think I have a clinical heartbreaker. I'm going to finish it anyway, just because I want to see it finished (and because it's my biggest project so far) - but can I diminish it's heartbreaker-ness and still keep its spirit? It'd be incredibly cool if you contacted me at p s i w e a p o n @ g m a i l . c o m.Psiweaponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121719934449873395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19815976.post-1141319457898050412006-03-02T09:10:00.000-08:002006-03-02T09:10:00.000-08:00Thanks. I think it will actually help that I'm fin...Thanks. I think it will actually help that I'm finally trying out some of these indie games. When I'm ready to start working on Troll Slayer again, I'll be more ready to focus on my ideal for an old schoolish gamist design with miniatures style tactical combat.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, I'm looking forward to some rousing fun with Dogs, both playing and GMinf, plus we're switching to Burning Wheel for our regular game.<BR/><BR/>And just maybe I'll get a great spark of an idea for a LEGO based game...<BR/><BR/>FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19815976.post-1141302218372683132006-03-02T04:23:00.000-08:002006-03-02T04:23:00.000-08:00Heya Frank,I thought Troll Slayer had some good po...Heya Frank,<BR/><BR/>I thought Troll Slayer had some good potential, but the honest truth is if your heart isn't in it, set the game aside. If you aren't 100% sold out to a game design, then it will show when people read it. If you're uninterested, apathetic, disapointed, bored, whatever with your design, so will be the people who read it. Your attitude will be expressed by the written words whether you do it intentionally or not.<BR/><BR/>Just set it on the back burner for now and then come back to in down the road. That may be a month, that may be ten years. However long it is, just set it aside for now. You're making the right decision for the game, and you don't have to feel guilty about that. :)<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>-TroyTroy_Costisickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025106072717054363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19815976.post-1141159132728338682006-02-28T12:38:00.000-08:002006-02-28T12:38:00.000-08:00Troy,As you may be aware, I've been really struggl...Troy,<BR/><BR/>As you may be aware, I've been really struggling with Troll Slayer. Part of the problem is that what my ideal would be is to see Cold Iron published. Unfortunately, I just plain don't see that happening. So I have this goal of publishing something that captures what I love about Cold Iron, but doesn't infringe on Mark Christiansen's copyright. I'm open to refining things, and I can see at least a few things on your traditional game characteristics list that I want to buck. But I don't want to do a complete redesign (in fact, part of my dropping the project for now was that I felt like I was designing just to design, not because the part that I was re-designing was actually broken).<BR/><BR/>Am I just totally on a busted track with that plan? And if so, any suggestions? I'd love to spread the word of Cold Iron, but can't in good faith (sure, I have stuff posted, and I do tell folks about it, but I only point them there when they have specific questions).<BR/><BR/>I suppose I should save my energy for designing some kind of cool LEGO RPG that somehow really takes advantage of the re-useability and construction nature of LEGO. And maybe I'll do that sometime when I don't feel a burning need to put my energy into Cold Iron play.<BR/><BR/>FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.com