Myriad Tidbits

Of course, "myriad tidbits" is rather redundant, isn't it?

Mythosa Chronicle #10 is now available. I'm still pretty much on the "monthly" schedule, but I don't want to be beholden to that. I'm a little surprised I've kept up with it for almost a year. Seems to be a good style for me - publishing a few articles on various topics about once a month. I would like to do something more...standard, as in a sourcebook on Mythosa's kingdoms, or a "big book of magic" or whatever. Unfortunately, doing that entails a lot of work I may not want to do at a particular time. For instance, while I find Amaristan interesting (wouldn't be there if I didn't), at the moment I don't feel like fleshing it out to the degree that I'm going to be soon for Ralynia. If I tried doing that, it would turn from fun to work and would take longer than it should and would ultimately be disappointing. If this was something I got paid for that might be different, but even then there's the question of whether it would be as good as it could be - if you want to do something, it's a lot easier to make it good versus doing it because of a financial or professional obligation.

That does lead me to wonder if I should have built up my campaign in a different manner. Rather than "top-down" if I should have gone "bottom-up". I think what I've done is a combination of both - "top-down" for the general details of the world, so there's a general coherency to the whole thing, and "bottom-up" for the specifics of campaigning. If that makes any sense (I think I'm rambling now...).

I still need to re-do the front page of the site. I'm cool with the general layout with the menu, title, and background. But the change log, search area (does anyone actually use that? I may pull it), web counter, etc. seem kind of thrown together. I may get rid of the web counter, too. I originally put it there for my own use, but any value it has is superceded by the web stats I have with my host. Come to think of it, I haven't used that counter in months. Not to mention the fact that posting your visits seems to be as useful these days as showing all the "kewl" awards you've won - no one cares any more.

Well, gotta stop writing and get some painting done. I've been doing much better in the past couple of weeks - doing any painting is more than I've done in a few months. Even finished a figure in less than an hour (an otyugh from WotC's defunct Chainmail line). It's not going to win any awards but it's good enough for the tabletop.