Ramblings

Very interesting article at ENworld. apparently Pathfinder is once again the top selling RPG for another quarter.

Now, on to other thoughts. Getting exposure so that not only do I keep doing this blogging shtick, but so I can start getting feedback. I know I just started doing this. that said, I would like to keep doing it. Feedback is the bread & butter to anybody that tries doing this. The best I can do is to keep posting links & hope that someday, I start to get a few followers.

Let's talk about alternate fantasy settings. For a long time, I have been a fan of the mixed genre fantasy setting. Starting with early crossovers of taking Gamma World characters on a romp through Greyhawk, or my favorite of the early crossovers, Dragon Magazine #100: The City Beyond the Gate. Heroes travel through a portal into modern day, 1986 modern, London to retrieve the Mace of St. Cuthbert. Mages and cleric and SAS, oh my! Good times. It wasn't until later I got to read the Barrier Peaks adventure. I never got to play it, or run it. During that time, I was very interested in a new game, Space 1889. the only problem, nobody I knew wanted to play it. Before I got my feet really deep into alternate settings with Shadowrun, then Spelljammer. 1e Shadowrun was a little clunky to manage & I couldn't keep a group together to really make a good play out of it. I got out of the Navy about the time Spelljammer was out. I REALLY got my feet wet there. I loved all of it. Yes, even the walking hippos & giant space hamsters. Silly, but that was one of the things that gave the setting it's identity. It needed something, because otherwise it was just borrowing from other settings. I still love Spelljammer to this day. Maybe someday, somebody will make a reasonable substitute. Speaking of which, there was one that ALMOST did it, Dragonstar. This was Star Wars meets Spelljammer. Unfortunately, this setting seemed to run into its own set of problems. Of the D&D based settings, this has the most potential for somebody to acquire the rights & start producing it again for the Pathfinder RPG.

The main thing was to tell you a little about my experiences with alternate fantasy settings. This blog hasn't really morphed completely into a specific thing, YET. I think I may put snippets of different ideas & conversions I come up with for the setting I play with. I will try to do some reviews of various products as well. I have many Super Genius Games products that would lend themselves well to any Pathfinder setting. I may also give advice on incorporating any products into an alternate setting. I think I'll leave off for now. Be thinking if you would like to give feedback. As I go I will gain focus & get better & better.