History of the Game Part 3

...This time the game would be completely new and built from the ground up ...

In 2004, I resumed playing RPGs, this time on a weekly basis, and in early 2005 the players asked, “Whatever happened to that game you made?” Consequently, after months of hearing them say things like, “Why don’t we play that?” and the inevitable, “You really should make a new game.” I made the decision to start over one last time. This time the game would be completely new and built from the ground up around three guiding principles: character customization, ease of play, and fun.

The new game, named Vodge is being designed to pay homage to the V.A.O.D.G. Game. However this is in no way a copy or remake of V.A.O.D.G. and players looking for that will be sadly disappointed. At this time I started thinking what could the game have. I needed races, classes, easy to learn and use rules and a back-story, what would the world be like. With every genre from fantasy to science fiction already made into a pen and paper RPG I had to decide which would give me the most flexibility in terms of uniqueness. As well as whether I would have technology or magic governing the world.

Not wanting to choose one over the other I went with both, a world where magic and technology maintained a balance in the game. Vodge is considered a Sci-Fi game due to the alien world in which it takes place; you won’t fine any humans or elves here. After a very rough draft was finished and some crude character sheets were created, we played it. Even with the game in its infancy several friends and colleagues of mine suggested that I publish it. Vodge is now in the final stages of play testing and is projected to be available for release fourth quarter of 2006.