Another one I should have remembered before, the Malazan Empire series started out as an RPG as well. The crew who were the core of Imperial power were the PCs who took over the Malaz Isles, and from there conquered the nearby continent and built armies and such.

The two authors don't like writing and playing at the same time, they say doing one steals their energy for doing the other. Which is why we still don't have an official RPG for the setting.

Quote from: Kiero on April 29, 2025, 07:07:39 AMAnother one I should have remembered before, the Malazan Empire series started out as an RPG as well. The crew who were the core of Imperial power were the PCs who took over the Malaz Isles, and from there conquered the nearby continent and built armies and such.

The two authors don't like writing and playing at the same time, they say doing one steals their energy for doing the other. Which is why we still don't have an official RPG for the setting.

Gayness. I play and write all the time.

The Magician series by Raymond Feist was based on his campaign with his "Thursday Nighters" group.

They even published some of their early proto-fiction material as gaming material under Midkemia Press. Super good fiction series. Highly recommend it.

There is no way the d20 system could handle the power-level of the fiction unless things got really loosey goosey.

My wife is a fiction editor, and we're planning on doing fiction to support our setting we're working on. So yeah, we'll be doing game-design and fiction at the same time too. It helps she's a complete taskmaster. If any of you are looking for a writing coach/editor or need resources for publishing  let me know, and I'll forward you on to her. She is superb. Not sure if posting her website is "against the rules" - so if you're interested, just PM me.