Greetings, Fellow Travelers and Dreamers!
Though I am using my full, real name, many in the gaming world have come to know me as
Big Irish. I've been in this world a pretty long while - it's generally believed I was the first Dungeon Master in Smyrna, GA (1976), and my professional career as a writer and designer spans back over 34 years.
If you are keen to know the full bio, some folks kindly put a
Wikipedia page up for me, for which I remain intensely proud and humbled at the same time.
Currently, I am the Founder, President, and Chief Creative Officer of
Evil Beagle Games; the Chair of Design Practice and Senior Fellow at
Liminal Research & Education (LoRE), and Chief Game Master of
PORTALIS.
It's in that latter role that I come by this community and the
Campaign Logger tool, quite literally in the last 48 hours. As long as I've been at this, I really, truly wish to "up my game" as a GM, and I feel the way to do that is to become much better at tracking All the Things my players will come to expect and wish to interact with in a truly rich and fulfilling immersive experience.
The system that drives all of my efforts right now is
Prowlers & Paragons Ultimate Edition - which, yes, I co-designed, and I consider it my best work to date*. Superhero games (and related experiences) tend to invite a great deal of "deep dives" into world lore, personal stories, and more, so I am really hoping I figure out how to use these tools to maximize my unique purposes. Any advice in that direction is welcome and appreciated.
(*) -
The original creators of CHAMPIONS are huge supporters and speak very highly of it; Ray Greer went so far as to say much of what we did points the way towards what they might have done had they continued developing the system.
I look forward to being part of this community, and am grateful to Johnn and Johchen for what they have crafted here.
- SPF