{"id":88,"date":"2009-05-21T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T19:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2011-08-03T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T22:31:09","slug":"my-appendix-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/my-appendix-n\/","title":{"rendered":"My Appendix N"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dice Monkey posted a blog entry on is site titled <a href=\"http:\/\/dicemonkey.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/12\/my-appendix-n\/\">My Appendix N<\/a> about inspiration sources. So, here&#8217;s my &#8220;Appendix N&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tolkein, J.R.R.,<cite> The Hobbit<\/cite>,<cite> The Lord of the Rings<\/cite>, and <cite>The Silmarillion<\/cite>, of course. But not for any material from Middle Earth itself. Tolkein&#8217;s works are pure inspiration for me \u2014 they challenge me to make my worlds and settings richer, deeper, and more complete.<\/li>\n<li>Mallory, Sir Thomas, <cite>Le Morte D&#8217;Arthur<\/cite>. (Also Chretien D&#8217;Troyes, <cite>Parsifal<\/cite>, <cite>Gawain and the Green Knight<\/cite> &#8230; really, the entire body of Arthurian works).<\/li>\n<li>In a similar vein, <cite>Camelot 3000<\/cite> and Matt Wagner&#8217;s <cite>Mage<\/cite> comic book series. This has inspired me so much I&#8217;ve actually created the bare bones of a game built around the idea of reincarnated Arthurian heroes.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Mummy&#8221; movies (<cite>The Mummy<\/cite>, <cite>The Mummy Returns<\/cite>, and <cite>The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor<\/cite> [I&#8217;m a sucker for anything with Jet Li and\/or Michelle Yeoh in it]). I felt like I was watching someone&#8217;s game sessions. The characters in these movies act so much like PCs I&#8217;ve run.<\/li>\n<li><cite>The Bible<\/cite>. No, seriously. Aside from the fact I&#8217;m an <cite>In Nomine<\/cite> junkie, the Bible contains some of the best action stories ever. Also add Milton&#8217;s <cite>Paradise Lost<\/cite> here.<\/li>\n<li>Roger Zelazney&#8217;s books<\/li>\n<li>Various anime and manga series, esp. <cite>Full Metal Alchemist<\/cite>, <cite>Bleach<\/cite>, <cite>Cowboy Beebop<\/cite>, <cite>Naruto<\/cite>, and <cite>Samurai Champloo<\/cite> (While the last one may not have much in the way of storyline, I find it full of ideas on how to get PCs in trouble with the locals.)<\/li>\n<li>The National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, and the various Discovery Channels<\/li>\n<li>New and current events<\/li>\n<li>Various tarot decks. I can&#8217;t count the number of times I&#8217;ve used tarot readings to develop adventures.<\/li>\n<li><cite>Everway<\/cite> cards and fantasy artist trading cards<\/li>\n<li><cite>Babylon 5<\/cite>, <cite>Battlestar Galactica<\/cite> [both series], and <cite>Torchwood<\/cite>.<\/li>\n<li>Folklore and mythology<\/li>\n<li>Other people&#8217;s games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many more, but these are the ones I&#8217;ve come up with off of the top of my head. My biggest source of inspiration, though, is my players. Someone will mention something or make an off-hand comment that sparks an idea in my head. Even casual, non-gaming get-togethers usually end up with someone getting hit by a foam die, a Nerf sword, or a rolled-up character sheet accompanied by the words: &#8220;You <em>idiot<\/em>! Now you&#8217;ve given her <strong><em>ideas<\/em><\/strong>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your Appendix N?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dice Monkey posted a blog entry on is site titled My Appendix N about inspiration sources. So, here&#8217;s my &#8220;Appendix N&#8221;: Tolkein, J.R.R., The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, of course. But not for any material &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/my-appendix-n\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[143,102,142],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-idea-sources","tag-inspiration","tag-sources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}