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 This site is the hub for the games material I have written over the years.  I wrote the first pages of my games site in 2000, and I haven't stopped since. I still have an archive of pre-2000 material on paper, and some of it turns up here, occasionally.   This site is the hub for the games material I have written over the years.  I wrote the first pages of my games site in 2000, and I haven't stopped since. I still have an archive of pre-2000 material on paper, and some of it turns up here, occasionally.  
  
-[[Legendarium:start|The Legendarium]] -  songs, stories and legends.+[[Legendarium:start|The Legendarium]] -  songs, stories and legends. Written on behalf of various PCs, settings and mythologies over the years. 
  
 ===== Current Games ===== ===== Current Games =====
  
 +My last two games, both on hold at present as I recover from health issues, hopefully, I will be able to pick them up again later.  I used to run a good mix of tabletop and online games but, as I age, I find I am less able to cope with the demands of DMing well.  And I won't DM badly.
  
   * [[netherworld:start|Netherworld]] - Runs on [[https://rpol.net/|RPoL]]  It is not one of my worlds, but I help out with world design and management.   * [[netherworld:start|Netherworld]] - Runs on [[https://rpol.net/|RPoL]]  It is not one of my worlds, but I help out with world design and management.
     *  [[Skull&ShacklesRPOL:start|Skull & Shackles @ RPoL]] - In Netherworld.  Rerunning a game, that I ran tabletop, it is fascinating how much Play By Post style games differ from Table Top games. Possibly the last game I will ever DM :)     *  [[Skull&ShacklesRPOL:start|Skull & Shackles @ RPoL]] - In Netherworld.  Rerunning a game, that I ran tabletop, it is fascinating how much Play By Post style games differ from Table Top games. Possibly the last game I will ever DM :)
-  *** These two have finished, but I keep them here for reference.  Eventually, they will move to the 'Old Games' graveyard  :)** 
-  * [[Skull&Shackles:start|Skull & Shackles]] - my last Table Top game - now gone into abeyance. 
-  * [[BirthdayGame:start| The Birthday Game]] - This table-top game took place once a year, over the weekend of my wife's birthday, and was my present to her.  Our players arrived on Friday night, and we play through until Sunday lunchtime - as we pretend that we are all young again.  At 70, I decided that I was too old and tired for all that.  Now, I'll have to think of a new birthday present ... 
  
 ===== Projects ===== ===== Projects =====
 +
 +I always seem to have a project or two on the go, switching from one to another when I get a block, then coming back to it later.  It seems to work, and generally keeps me occupied.  They all slot, somewhere, into my Consolidated Game World :)
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     * [[consolidated:hann_empire:regions:westland:start|Westland]] - I, sort of, accidentally, started writing a book - or perhaps a short story - or even an epic backstory -  this is where it is set -  and it is a part of my consolidated world.     * [[consolidated:hann_empire:regions:westland:start|Westland]] - I, sort of, accidentally, started writing a book - or perhaps a short story - or even an epic backstory -  this is where it is set -  and it is a part of my consolidated world.
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     *  [[consolidated:finaroka:start|Finaroka]] - It has been started twice - both as a stand-alone projects, been pulled about, and partially reworked.  Now it needs tidying up, sorting out and the documentation sorted out.  TBH, I think it is more administrative, and turning into a base area, more than anything.     *  [[consolidated:finaroka:start|Finaroka]] - It has been started twice - both as a stand-alone projects, been pulled about, and partially reworked.  Now it needs tidying up, sorting out and the documentation sorted out.  TBH, I think it is more administrative, and turning into a base area, more than anything.
     *  [[consolidated:DraiShon:start| The Drai Shon Archipelago]] -  Very Chaotic area, with pretty constant skirmishing and raiding between the locals, that is complicated by freebooters and treasure seekers from three different 'settler' cultures - and none of them like each other.  It will, eventually, be ripe for mayhem, pirating, raiding and full on adventuring with little regard for culture.     *  [[consolidated:DraiShon:start| The Drai Shon Archipelago]] -  Very Chaotic area, with pretty constant skirmishing and raiding between the locals, that is complicated by freebooters and treasure seekers from three different 'settler' cultures - and none of them like each other.  It will, eventually, be ripe for mayhem, pirating, raiding and full on adventuring with little regard for culture.
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     * [[Thistletop:start]] - One of my characters is building a Stronghold in Rise of the Runelords. A real-time project, that is reliant on the speed of the game.     * [[Thistletop:start]] - One of my characters is building a Stronghold in Rise of the Runelords. A real-time project, that is reliant on the speed of the game.
-    * - +
-    * [[https://baileymail.net/j-bailey/RolePlay/quad/QUADLite.htm|QUAD]] - reimagining an old project, that might happen at some point.  Rules for QUick And Dirty roleplaying, which need a lot of work :} I have three variants, and the version is the most basic, but neither of the others are online.  But a low priority, that I look at it occasionally, and can't decide where to start, and go back to something else.+
  
 ===== Consolidated Game World ===== ===== Consolidated Game World =====
  
-  * [[consolidated:hann_sea|Overview]] - set around the Hann sea, game areas that I have written come together in one large, consolidated, game world. +I started world building back in the 1980s and still have some of the original, paper based, material, sitting on top of my bookcase.  Over the years, there have been websites, wikis and all sorts, all bearing elements of different game settings, now I am pulling the best bits together into one mega setting.  It is a labour of love, more than anything, as I don't think anyone will ever game there :)
-  * [[consolidated:hann_empire:start| The Hann Empire]] - A disparate trading empire, with three strong nations and their smaller compatriots - spread over thousands of miles. +
-  * [[consolidated:neighbours:start| Neighbours]] - Smaller states that aren't part of any of the other groupings, but who have trade and familial links with Imperial States, Sakhar or East Telida.  This includes some Dwarf and Elf enclaves. +
-  * [[consolidated:sakar:start|Sakar]] - Al Qadim / Fantasy Arabia / Lankhamar -  in a pseudo North African setting.  My Long Standing 'competition' for Hann.  Not developed in detail, it trades with some parts of The Hann Empire, but also acts as an adversary. +
-  * [[consolidated:easttelida:start|East Telida]] - Much less organized, less of a state and more of a 'less civilized' region, with a few small, and independent, states.  Not developed in detail, it trades with some parts of The Hann Empire, but could also act as an adversary. +
-  * [[consolidated:sinon:start|Sinon]] - A mash-up of oriental cultures, that now acts as a very distant, and almost unknown, opposition.  Set in the far west!   +
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-  * [[consolidated:AdventureAreas|Adventuring areas]] - good places to start adventures -  most are a part of documented and mapped regions with access to wilderness and unmapped space -  suitable for 'Big Baddies'. +
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-  *  [[consolidated:races:start|Races]] - Some races, such as Dwarves, Elves, Orcs and Hobgoblins have their own independent states - others, such as halflings, half-elves and half-orcs just fit in where ever they can. +
-  * [[consolidated:history:start| History]] - a broad brushstrokes overview of the consolidated history of the region. +
-  * [[consolidated:religion:start| Religion]] - The Mythology, Pantheons and Deities of the world. +
-  * [[consolidated:CampaignSystem:start|Campaign System]] - Status, Property, Business, Castles ...  +
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-  * [[consolidated:building:start|Settling Down]]  Homes, starting a business, building a castle - etc.+
  
 +  * [[consolidated:start|Consolidated Game World]]
  
  
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   * [[Pathfinder:start | Pathfinder House Rules ]] - The collection of house rules, social settings and house interpretations for games I run.    * [[Pathfinder:start | Pathfinder House Rules ]] - The collection of house rules, social settings and house interpretations for games I run. 
-  * - +  * [[Pathfinder:CampaignSystemII:Start| Campaign System II]] -  Build Homes, Businesses and Strongholds -  based on GP values.  A work in progress, almost a project in its own right. 
-  * [[Pathfinder:CampaignSystemII:Start| Campaign System II]] -  Build Homes, Businesses and Strongholds -  based on GP values +  * [[Library:start|Library]] IC documents that support various aspects of game play.  Mainly written by in game sages.
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-  * [[Library:start|Library]] IC documents that support aspects of game play.+
  
  
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 ===== The Graveyard ===== ===== The Graveyard =====
  
-Where old games and settings rest quietly - until I need something from them. +[[graveyard:start|The Graveyard]] - Where old games and settings rest quietly - until I need something from them.  There are rules systems, game settings and even design wiki's for NWN persistent worlds.
- +
-  * [[Traveller:start | Traveller ]]  Classic Traveller -  from the old days  :) +
-  * [[Game Settings:start | Old Game Settings ]] - RP worlds and settings that have been used to host various games. +
-  * - +
-  * {{ :classless_d20_frp_betatest1_.pdf |Classless}} - A project to work a set of rules for a game, based on D&D, that didn't use character classes.  It didn't work out as well as I hoped.  The system worked, BUT it didn't feel like D&D. +
-  * [[pathfinder:off-the-shelf:standard_buildings:start]] - floor plans for various buildings.  They were built for D&D or Pathfinder games - but they should work for most fantasy worlds. +
-  * [[http://johnbs-games.wikidot.com/ | My old game site]] - all sorts of games and rules are linked from here.  Much of this work has been tweaked and rewritten as part of my campaign system. +
-  * [[http://baileymail.net/RP/index.html | Old Stuff]] - This is an even earlier game site!  Much of this work has been tweaked and rewritten as part of my campaign system. +
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-  * Neverwinter Nights - I worked on a few NWN worlds, most of which never quite got off the ground. However, I was a developer on Champions of Vidor, a persistent world with quite a few regular players, for a few years.  Unfortunately, that world died just before the introduction of NWN2 -  and I never really got into NWN2 in the same way ...  +
-    *  http://gilar-pw.wikidot.com/ - this was pretty much a solo effort that stayed online for a few months - before  NWN2 was released. +
-    *  http://akanaar.wikidot.com/  +
-    *  http://eots-pw.wikidot.com/ +
  
 ===== Other Stuff ===== ===== Other Stuff =====
  
 [[Miscellaneous:start | Miscellaneous ]] - a few floor plans. [[Miscellaneous:start | Miscellaneous ]] - a few floor plans.
 +  * [[pathfinder:off-the-shelf:standard_buildings:start]] - floor plans for various buildings.  They were built for D&D or Pathfinder games - but they should work for most fantasy worlds.
  
  
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