Fudgerylog

I have decided to start posting reports of my progress in various projects (under the category of Project Status). This serves two functions: 1.) keeping readers who are interested in these projects informed of their progress, and 2.) reminding me to work on them — a goad of sorts.

The Fudge adaptation of Doctor Who I am working on is still in early development. I have written the introduction and begun the sections on character creation. I am currently in the process of establishing a list of skills and fine-tuning the combat rules, which I am enjoying more than I thought I would. I want this game to be fully compatible with all major modes of play, but the emphasis is on modes that are specifically designed to appeal to those who just want to play Doctor Who without any preconceived notions about the conventions of the role-playing game medium. It will be (I hope) exceedingly novice-friendly. Granted, this is sort of my ideal for just about any role-playing game, but it’s especially true for adaptations. I want players to think to themselves, “Yes, I can imagine this happening in the show.” If an action is appropriate, it should be supported by the rules effortlessly and nonintrusively. I am not interested in designing genre games that make people think more about the rules themselves than the experience of role-playing in the genre, and that includes meta-game rules designed to enforce genre conformity (especially).

Incidentally, the working title of the adaptation is Classic Doctor Who: The Unofficial Role-Playing Game.