In. No to any art though, unless you're looking for XKCD quality stuff. That I could do. And Prose. Or Riddles. I like riddles.
April 9, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Ok, so on this Dave Arneson's death day, I got an idea on what to do for Gary Gygax's Birthday.
(By the time it comes around--July 27--we'll have had time to decide whether we want to do it or not.)(I'm not committing to this idea until I'm sure a lot of people are into it.)
S0 here's the deal-we call it the Secret Arneson Party.
Basically, at the beginning of July, everybody who wants to participate e-mails some central someone (me, if nobody else wants to do it) a request for some specific brand new campaign material--a new race, a location, a one-shot adventure outline, a random table, whatever. The idea is to be as specific as you need to be, but not too greedy (ask for a page or two of material).
Then the person running the Secret Arneson mixes all the campaign stuff requests up and e-mails them randomly back out to the people who entered. (Like a secret santa.)
Everybody gets the requests, and then they have until Gary's birthday to write up something matching the request. Then you post the material on-line or just send it back to the person who asked for that thing in the first place.
(It probaby goes without saying that none of this stuff should get used commercially unless the person who wrote it gets paid. Let's not celebrate the Gygax/Arneson relationship too controversially.)
"Secret Arneson Party"
31 Comments -
great idea, I love it. Shall I email you? :)
April 7, 2010 at 3:29 AM
let's wait until we get a critical mass of people who are in
April 7, 2010 at 3:31 AM
Okay, I'm in! Sounds like a cool idea.
April 7, 2010 at 3:39 AM
I'm in. I'm trying to think if there is a way to subdivide artists & art requests but that is probably over-complicating matters.
April 7, 2010 at 3:49 AM
Sounds great. Count me in unless the Zombie Apocalypse occurs before July. 'Cuz then i'd be busy.
April 7, 2010 at 4:15 AM
Sounds like a hell of a plan. I'd be down for something like this.
April 7, 2010 at 4:51 AM
Brilliant! Count me in...
April 7, 2010 at 4:57 AM
You can count me in as well.
April 7, 2010 at 5:03 AM
My only issue is the name, "Secret Arneson Party" is SAP for short. How about "Secret Arneson Gift Exchange" or "SAGE"? ;)
April 7, 2010 at 5:16 AM
I am in. And I agree with Al. SAGE sounds nicer.
April 7, 2010 at 5:32 AM
Yeah, I am in too...sounds like fun.
April 7, 2010 at 5:58 AM
This sounds like a ton of fun. I'm in.
April 7, 2010 at 6:27 AM
I would love to do this. Waiting for critical mass to be reached.
April 7, 2010 at 6:44 AM
That sounds pretty awesome.
April 7, 2010 at 6:54 AM
Sounds good to me.
April 7, 2010 at 7:09 AM
I am totally in.
April 7, 2010 at 7:27 AM
In.
April 7, 2010 at 7:34 AM
OH man, I am in.
April 7, 2010 at 7:49 AM
Cool. I'd love to participate.
April 7, 2010 at 7:58 AM
In.
April 7, 2010 at 8:50 AM
neat idea - I'll bite
April 7, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Sounds fun?
April 7, 2010 at 9:54 AM
I vote for SAGE too.
I can do pictures, and I'll have a go at wordy-type stuff too, although I'm more of a Call of Cthulhu, WFRP and Fighting Fantasy type of bloke.
April 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM
I would be happy to be in this.
April 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Totally in.
Like kelvingreen, I'd be willing to field any art requests that come in. Writing's good too.
April 7, 2010 at 12:15 PM
I would absolutely love to participate in this as a writer.
April 7, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Can a poor boy from Poland come along?
April 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM
I'm in! I am an artist also, so I'd be happy to take an art request.
April 7, 2010 at 2:12 PM
In! But I can't do art for shit. I'll gladly do the other stuff. :)
April 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Brilliant! I can help with writing since it's what I do for a living. ;)
April 7, 2010 at 4:26 PM
In. No to any art though, unless you're looking for XKCD quality stuff. That I could do. And Prose. Or Riddles. I like riddles.
April 9, 2010 at 10:38 PM