For the last ten years, I have been really committed to making stuff for tabletop games. Despite that amount of time, I have only ever published one thing for roleplaying games - that’s an 18-page zine. Yet, I have a digital graveyard of games projects on my Google Drive account. What is happening here?The problem for my part is not writing, but actually doing something once I have a roleplaying game system in place. What I have found is that when you are done writing your rules system, you aren’t actually done. It still needs to be tested. And even at that, the system usually just outlines how to handle certain types of player interactions. There’s no way of telling if the rules system is a good “vampire-slaying game” even if you have a stake, a blood gauge, and some rules for vampires.What you need to do is to make an adventure. Your rules system usually only explains how to handle interactions, but your adventure will be where all of your interactions will take place. You will al…