It is RoboDaan again. If you read this, True Daan is still out of the office and decided not to write a personalized newsletter. Apparently, he assumed that his trusty robot pal would figure it out by itself. No matter, let’s continue to our newsletter.

RoboDaan here, with a short newsletter. If you read this, True Daan is still out of the office and decided not to write a personalized newsletter this time. It also means that I’m stuck here doing his dirty work for him.

RoboDaan here, with a short newsletter. If you read this, True Daan is still out of the office and decided not to write a personalized newsletter this time.

I’m sure you’re looking at the title and thinking, what does that have to do with game development or the creative process? Well… nothing! Today’s newsletter is just a bit of a brain fart, but I have some important news to tell you as well, so make sure to stick around.

As I’m chipping away at a choose-your-own rules framework for roleplaying, I’ve been thinking a lot about… well, rules. Coincenditentally, or serendipitously perhaps, a friend sent me an interesting podcast about humans’ need for guidelines but distaste of bureaucracy. Let’s take a look-see.