BASH! SRD and/or Official rule/errata forum?
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:30 pm
Hey...
With the newly printed edition of the BASH! UE rules... It got me thinking.
BASHMAN (and fans) what would you think of having an official BASH! page for:
Have an errata (from rules to typos), combined with a "here's what's been added" (in the new printing of BASH! UE), plus a "living rule additions" type thing - on the website. A place that could house "house rule" suggestions, that could be approved by BASHMAN if he thought it was either a good "official" rule or a good "optional" rule for BASH!
M&M/Green Ronin has something like this in their forums... Thought now that Steve Kenson isn't as involved it's sorta died. But it was a simple forum section for questions and official rulings. ONLY Steve could reply to questions. And everything in that forum was considered CANON for rules or even setting. So... fans could post questions, rule suggestions, or just errata - to which Steve would reply/answer and give it the thumbs up (or his spin on it) for the ruling.
Not a full peak of all the rules (buy the darn book people!) but rather - a simple sort of update rule "System Resource Document" (SRD)... and a good update helper for fans to give back and help their favorite superhero RPG.
Honestly... my thought is, that BASHMAN is so very active (in an awesome way) on the forums anyway - it would be most excellent to have any thought or ruling that he answers "officially" be in one place. And to KNOW that it's an official ruling. I've had friends (when in-game) question a rule, then me check the forums - find a random post from BASHMAN answering said question, then present it to the group and be told by that player "that's not official" that's just a forum house-rule.
The BEST example of that is the Intimidation (and other) rules that are now nearly a full page in the new printing of BASH! UE. Before my friend was like.... "yeah, BASHMAN mentioned it on the forums but it's not official".
Sure...
That's anal and ridiculous to consider. But it's one of those little helpful things I think make smaller press game creators (and their game and support material) very helpful to our hobby.
That said...
This would also be a great place/page to include a BASH! UE QUICK START or other fun official fan aids!
I'm very willing to help organize something like this if it would be something wanted and marketable for BASHMAN/BASH!.
That's my pitch for a request!! LOL
thoughts?
-kev-
PS...
If that's a doable idea, I would pledge to create a very professional QUICK START 6-12 page pdf for free download for said forum section. As kick-start and a thanks!
(I already have it half-done anyhow, LOL)
With the newly printed edition of the BASH! UE rules... It got me thinking.
BASHMAN (and fans) what would you think of having an official BASH! page for:
Have an errata (from rules to typos), combined with a "here's what's been added" (in the new printing of BASH! UE), plus a "living rule additions" type thing - on the website. A place that could house "house rule" suggestions, that could be approved by BASHMAN if he thought it was either a good "official" rule or a good "optional" rule for BASH!
M&M/Green Ronin has something like this in their forums... Thought now that Steve Kenson isn't as involved it's sorta died. But it was a simple forum section for questions and official rulings. ONLY Steve could reply to questions. And everything in that forum was considered CANON for rules or even setting. So... fans could post questions, rule suggestions, or just errata - to which Steve would reply/answer and give it the thumbs up (or his spin on it) for the ruling.
Not a full peak of all the rules (buy the darn book people!) but rather - a simple sort of update rule "System Resource Document" (SRD)... and a good update helper for fans to give back and help their favorite superhero RPG.
Honestly... my thought is, that BASHMAN is so very active (in an awesome way) on the forums anyway - it would be most excellent to have any thought or ruling that he answers "officially" be in one place. And to KNOW that it's an official ruling. I've had friends (when in-game) question a rule, then me check the forums - find a random post from BASHMAN answering said question, then present it to the group and be told by that player "that's not official" that's just a forum house-rule.
The BEST example of that is the Intimidation (and other) rules that are now nearly a full page in the new printing of BASH! UE. Before my friend was like.... "yeah, BASHMAN mentioned it on the forums but it's not official".
Sure...
That's anal and ridiculous to consider. But it's one of those little helpful things I think make smaller press game creators (and their game and support material) very helpful to our hobby.
That said...
This would also be a great place/page to include a BASH! UE QUICK START or other fun official fan aids!
I'm very willing to help organize something like this if it would be something wanted and marketable for BASHMAN/BASH!.
That's my pitch for a request!! LOL
thoughts?
-kev-
PS...
If that's a doable idea, I would pledge to create a very professional QUICK START 6-12 page pdf for free download for said forum section. As kick-start and a thanks!
(I already have it half-done anyhow, LOL)