Hey. It may seem somewhat odd that someone other than Heather is posting here. Take note — I’m not Heather — I’m me. Now that we’ve got that cleared up, I’ve got a question for you. I’ve been reading up on Ruby on Rails, and now I want to develop a web system just to play with it. I know I’m supposed to pick a nice safe, boring project like yet another photo gallery or guestbook, but I think I’m supposed to get a prescription for that strong a sedative. I always thought it would be cool to have those nifty meditative powers where I could slow my heart rate and breathing enough to survive being trapped in a downed submarine with only the oxygen in the compartment to survive on until help arrives. But working on some HelloWorld-ware would carry a big risk being declared dead. Which, of course, might be preferable if I were trapped in a downed submarine with a photo gallery and a guestbook script.

Oh so where was the question? Well, I have an idea I wanted to bounce off you: a collaborative RPG campaign world development system. If you have $.02 you’d like to throw in, or if you just want to pretend you’re a big shot Vice President of Product Development who hears pitches and shoots them down with biting sarcasm and a savvy understanding of the marketplace, read on…

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