I’m re-reading “Arbiter of Worlds” – a primer for Gamemasters – which I last visited in June 2019. This is a short but enjoyable ramble through how to run an open world sandbox game by the creator of Adventurer, Conqueror, King.

Partly this was inspired by my own return to sandbox gaming in Fellmyr but it’s also popped onto my horizon because ACKS is about to be Kickstarted for a second edition called Adventurer Conqueror King System Imperial Imprint (ACKS II) and, well, I got excited.

The big takeaway for me has been the idea of fleshing out the high-level ideas and then zooming into the details of a specific region of the world. As I have started from the ground up, I am reminded to go flesh out the big picture themes and ideas for Fellmyr.

I’ve also been reminded of why I like Alignment… but that’s another story.

Game on!