I have a book in mind for covering stories along the lines of Sword Art Online, Log Horizon, Tron, Dungeons and Dragons cartoon and other “trapped in the game” style things.
I’ve got some basic rules and suggestions for running such a game using Fate Core, Powered by the Apocalypse and GUMSHOE. This includes some basic discussion of the different variations of the theme that exist and some character creation rules.
At the moment, I’m also gearing up to try and playtest a Fate-Core rendition of my Divine Blood game with my normal playtesters. Which makes it a bit difficult for me to find time to set up playtests of this other concept since I’m a one-person set-up and have a full time job otherwise.
I’m considering putting up a playtest packet, and announcing it as such, for Pay-What-You-Want on drivethru and giving a link to it to the various gamer communities I’m part of. At the moment, I’m waiting on a single piece of art I commissioned to be finished.
The playtest packet would be upfront saying its not yet a full game and would require other books to play it (Fate Core, GUMSHOE and I’m going to suggest Monster of the Week). I also plan on including a questionnaire format in the back for people to send me feedback.
Does this sound like a good idea?
On the one hand, I’ve got more mechanics and mood/setting suggestions than some complete games I’ve seen for sale. On the other hand, I’ve never seen anybody put up a playtest thing before so I’m uncertain how this would go.
Going to post this on a couple of communities.