View From the Bushes

I'm looking at the beginning of a four day weekend, (I'm taking Tuesday off as well) which is always nice, though I plan on spending most of the time working on stuff for DireKobold, in particular the Midnight adventure. I'm also working on getting ready for a new campaign I'm starting -- the new campaign for playtesting the Xenogenic town and the adventures for the site I plan on writing myself. Right now I'm working on house rules, which I'm probably spending more time on than I should, considering that they won't be part of any adventure, npc or town.

It's difficult for me to not go crazy when I start thinking about house rules. In a game as complex as D&D, there are dozens if not hundreds of things you could tweak. Of course if you do make too many adjustments then no one will remember them all, so it's best to try and keep the alterations to a minimum. Initially I wanted to keep it to 10, but I was unsuccessful in that endeavor. Instead, I trying to keep it down to 10 categories. Mostly I'm not making changes, but rather incorporating suggested variant rules which I hope will make the game more enjoyable to play.

Well, the tour starts tomorrow morning. I'm pretty excited; I think it should be a good race. It's hard to imagine it being better than last year, but then again I can easily see a situation with Lance trying to come from behind, where it might come down to the final time trial like when Lemond won in 1989 by a mere 8 seconds. Of course, the closest comparison might be to compare Armstrong to Indurain. I found an article which does just that.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
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