>>If you've got an idea for a piece that could fit into the UF universe, consider this: with a little modification, it may work just as well - or even better! - as a universe of its own. Try retooling it to stand on its own - you may be surprised at how rewarding the process is.
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>And ran with it creating Random Realities. It has a good start but my
>team seems to have up and left me so it's kinda gasping in limbo right
>now.
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Such things happen. I have to admit that I did much the same thing when I created Tales of the Wanderer... And then got a shock when I realised Bob Shroeck was doing much the same idea!!! (fortunatly, our two concepts are JUST different enough!) The biggest difference is that instead of dumping 'every anime I ever liked' into the cosmic blender and hitting Frappe is that both he and I are hitting them in a more serial fashion.

Right now, fortunatly Bob's writing in the BG universe while I'm over somehwere in the Rumiko Takahashi spectrum... But I do follow Bob's work (and readily admit that I think his work is better than mine!) and rather intend not to use any of the same universes he has. (with the possible exception of A!MG. The way I see TotW's plot, he can't NOT stop there, or he don't larn something impotant.)