Re: RPGA Club idea

>   Even without the "official RPGA" I'd be willing to run SJ events under
>our organization, Rogue Cthulhu. We debuted last year at Origins in
>Columbus, OH. (Ohio is our base of ops) and we intend to make Origins again
>this year and GenCon is looking hopeful as well as a few other cons. Right
>now Rogue is primarily CoC oriented (we have backing from Chaosium for prize
>support and other things), but if the interest is there I think I can get
>the other heads to agree to open it up to other games. It's always been my
>desire to bring SJ under the umbrella.

While I would encourage any new groups to get involved in SJ, the SJ RPGA
club idea I had would not be geographic, but based on the web. This doesn't
mean Rogue Cthulu should leave SJ alone, just that I think we should try to
come up with something based on the internet, and this list in particular.

>   After all with all the stuff this list generates I think that we could
>"rewrite" SJ fixin' all the mistakes, contradictions, and (I think it was
>Leroy that said it) "goofy stuff". Granted that would entail coming up with
>a base campagin setting (that we could all agree to) for all of us to work
>on. Sort of like they are doing with the Living Greyhawk setting currently.
>But with the basic skeleton of the core ideas and Paul's excellent SJ Primer
>there's a good start.

Hmmmm... since many SJ fans have strong disagreements about how to fix the
disagreements, I don't think we should try to 'fix' SJ, but instead should
offer optional changes and rule interpretations for those who are confused.

My basic idea was to use the list to form the club, which would give us a
framework to construct a newsletter, one which would be 'semi-official' as
it would under the RPGA auspices. Sort of a sneak SJ back into print plan.
At first, we would of course consentrate on websites and such:)

Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
Phd Candidate, OSU Dept of History
Adjunct Professor, Columbus State Humanities Dept