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Books I’ve read about backpacking, like this one, usually have estimates for walking speed, caloric intake, and some other hiking-related estimates for average people. Maybe see if one of them has a decent bibliography?

I've read through the Common Mechanics section. It's, frankly, not good, and expecting money for this is quite ballsy.

• You mix terminology from different games without showing where it is from. For example what you mean with Abilities is probably called Attributes everywhere but D&D.
• You do not explain premises and prerequisites.

>Abilities represent the core aspects of a character. The higher numbers represent what the character excels at whereas lower numbers show what the character struggles to achieve.

Assuming someone did not know all this already, how would they know about numbers in the first place?

• You do not recognize interdependence. Weak/strong moves are part of package. As are Attributes and Abilities/Skills. The classifications make little sense without the other things being there as well.
• You do not offer any analysis why one may want to do this or that.
• You do not offer any original abstraction over things seen in various games and how they relate to one another.

As an idea on how to these better you might want to look at Design Patterns of Successful Role-Playing Games (pdf). The document is quite dated by internet standards, some content is obsolete, but the general approach is sound.

For an analyis about what Moves are in terms of PbtA games, I wrote down some thoughts here.

Feedback on the site

1. Getting the SSL cert fixed needs to be absolutely top priority.
2. Solid choice of template. I approve.
3. A proper domain name would help a lot. Wordpress.com implies a level of instability that is worrying.
4. Submissions should probably be expanded to support Google Docs natively.
5. The submission criteria and requirements should be more transparent.
6. I'd be reluctant to provide bare links to other design articles. I would prefer either a full cross-post or a commentary.
7. I would very much like to have the ability to filter posts in various ways. Tags, author, system...
8. Info could be a bit clearer and punchier, but I largely appreciate the contents.
9. Clearer policy on whose work will be considered is helpful. I like the focus on content over authorship, but there are uh, some notable examples of people who I would be uncomfortable sharing a platform with. Regardless of the actual policy, bright line rules would help a lot.
10. I would love an RSS feed.
11. Authors should have a standard biography, with links to their projects and/or social media.
12. An email list might make sense, for people who prefer to follow in weekly digests or the like.
13. Provided we can negotiate with mods, there should be a link to the corresponding /r/rpgcreation thread. This gives a nice central home for discussion that doesn't involve having to deal with moderating Disqus or the like.
14. Unless there's a good reason for it, I'd prefer to avoid using cookies entirely, and avoid the cookie banner.

I use Obsidian.

Do you have specific pain-points? Do you have areas where you feel your current system isn't working? What are your goals?

Sorry I don't have more specific advice. I've been keeping organized for long enough that I don't know where to start.

Even ignoring what your system may or may not do, a "standard" mechanic for our table is to run a game of Microscope as our session 0 and use that for our worldbuilding. With its palette mechanic, we can incorporate the key ideas the GM or players might have about what they want in the next campaign.

One of them we liked so much that the GM is turning it into a Fate setting he plans to publish, eventually.

Here is a link to my work-in-progress document, several sections are nonexistent or placeholders really, but the core of the rules is there.

https://www.overleaf.com/read/wrwxjqhdthhw

The best value in layout IMO is Affinity Publisher. It's $50, one time, no subscription.

It is absolutely professional-grade, and while InDesign may have more tutorials and a bigger ecosystem, if you have the whole Affinity suite, I would argue the tool integration is vastly superior to the Adobe suite.

You can try it out yourself with a free demo.

But software isn't the answer alone - you need to study design and typography at least a little to get a good idea what you want to accomplish.