Articles Needed: House Rules

Work on Issue 9 is underway, now that we've completed Issue 8. Before the latest issue had even been finalized, we had received several articles that appear to have a common theme: house rules. So we're going to run with the theme and flesh out the next issue with the fun additions, variants, options, and omissions that make 13th Age unique to you and your table.

Interested in submitting an article? Here are some general categories that might spark your imagination.

• How do you handle icons in your game? This may be the largest element that differentiates one 13th Age group from another. We'd love to hear your ideas. Did you replace them with a different system? Add mechanical benefits that icon advantages grant during combat? Use icon relationships as a replacement or addition to backgrounds?
• Have you added mechanics that were intended to capture the feel of a particular adventure or encounter?
• Have you borrowed a system that you enjoyed in another game and added it to 13th Age? How did you incorporate it?
• Do you handle backgrounds differently? Do you use a skill system from another game?
• Have you used One Unique Things to grant mechanical bonuses to your characters?
• Did you need to change any mechanics to support a different genre, such as mysteries, sci-fi, or gritty, low fantasy?

Take a look at the link at the top right corner of the page for submission guidelines and contact information. Please spread the word and help the community tailor 13th Age so it matches their needs perfectly!