Smart Prep (Early Access)
Added 2018-05-26 03:05:01 +0000 UTC"Smart prep" is a concept I've mentioned from time to time on the Alexandrian. Back in 2012 I even tried to write an article about it (Technoir and Smart Prep), but I ended up kind of making a hash of it by focusing on a non-traditional system that most people weren't familiar with.
(The awesomeness which is Technoir may have been the initial spur for my thoughts back then, but the problem was that virtually everyone reading the article was confused by the unique aspects of Technoir and thought I was advocating that what was smart prep for Technoir was, in fact, the way all games should be prepped.)
I've finally come back around to writing the sort of general introductory article the "smart prep" concept has really needed on the Alexandrian for years now. It collects a number of other thoughts that had been kind of floating free for a long while now, so you may recognize the content of some of the older Thoughts of the Day posts cropping up here (having finally found, I think, their proper context).
