Resolutions

New Year resolutions are often made with good intentions, but quickly fall to the wayside a few weeks in. This is why I don’t make one, I know it’ll be forgotten just as quickly as I commit to it. However, I still have goals, ones that have an end date in mind while others are pretty infinite. One such goal is to learn and run games in other systems.

As this campaign is coming to a close, we have discussed what we would like to do next. There was some tossing about of various systems and even possibly staying with D&D. I made mention of some systems I do not particularly care for (too number-crunchy for me), but in the process, mentioned one that I was thinking about reading through anyway. Of course my players jumped on THAT one.

So now I find myself reading, and re-reading the core book as well as a few supplemental resources. I have only actually played in this system for two campaigns, and although they were longer campaigns, I still didn’t have a real grasp on the world as I lived in the small world of my character, not looking at the bigger picture. I also did not truly understand the mechanics. I had cheat sheets that I followed for any rolls from the first time I played until the last session nearly 2 years later.

As big of a project as running a game in a system I am only vaguely familiar with is, I’m excited to try something new. I do hope others who are interested in trying this are encouraged by my attempts at it, successful or not. Be with me on my failures, but also join me to celebrate when I can quote Hannibal saying, “I love it when a plan comes together.”