One time I made a New Year's Resolution that I actually was able to keep. This was several New Yearses ago, but it was a resolution I was able to maintain for a long time: to whit, to read books constantly. It wasn't a huge stretch (as I'd given up TV and always had read a lot anyway), but it does stand as an actual resolution that I was able to actually implement - Hoorah!
One key to the successful resolution (indeed, just about any personal decision or goal) that I've found true in my own case is this - KEEP IT TO YOURSELF! The more people that know about it, the harder it becomes to keep. Makes for a pretty boring blog entry though... so I'll try to come up with my public gaming-related resolutions for shits & giggles...
1. Finish the translation of Epées & Sorcellerie by Nicolas Dessaux into human-readable english. A really wonderful game that languishes in a pseudo-english Babelfish form - Nico has continued to produce some fantastic output (Searchers of the Unknown being among my favorite games of 2009), but I'd still love for E&S to be appreciated by a wider audience.
2. Pimp Tunnels and Trolls. The Outlaw Press Fiasco really seemed to galvanize a number of us T&T fans to mush our brains together and get material out. I've got a T&T game scheduled at a local convention in February - maybe some of those folks will be interested in continuing to game with it...
3. The no-brainer resolution: to get an actual group of actual people to actually sit down and play some damn games this year! Pretty much all of my gaming in 2009 was via Internet. I'm glad - it's been a gods-send to play again at all - but the table-top's a'callin'
4. I gotta get some Zocchi dice. 4 real.
5. Massive dungeon and hexmap drawing. Another no-brainer, already spending a lot of free-time doing this.
6. Finishing my submissions for OSRIC's Dangerous Dungeons supplement by February.
7. Get myself (my hook/crook) out to the NTRPG convention.
Is that enough for now? I think so.
2009 was a pretty awesome year, and I have you of the blogosphere and forumlands to thank for that. Looking forward to seeing Swords & Wizardry on game store shelves, Planet Algol on my own shelves, and I will make one prediction (with my fingers crossed): World of Thool revival - the ruined domes shake, the winds shift in the sandy wastes, the pools of slime bubble and ooze back to life (I've just mutated a third arm so that I have more fingers to cross...)
2010's gonna be good! Happy new year!
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4 comments:
Heres to 2010 !
Those are some darn fine goals!
I've kicked around the idea of reviving Thool, or of working on an entirely different setting that's been germinating for some time. Unfortunately, my life continues to make either possibility unlikely. I just don't have it in me right now. :(
Its better then to not do it then - how weird would it be to "do Thool" out of a sense of obligation or something, instead of personal interest?
I do hope that "life in general" and "talking-shit about gaming" do intersect for you again someday though!
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