Looking Back at Past Goals

Back in 2016, I dared to post some New Year's resolutions for Decidedly Six-Sided (entitled "Short List of Six-Sider Goals") and never looked back. Well, let's look back now and see how I fared in the intervening years.

"1. Run more sessions of the 1st edition Ghostbusters role-playing game."
Status: I did! (Not nearly as many as I would have liked, but I did run more sessions.)

"2. Complete my own version of universal D6 role-playing rules."
Status: I haven't completed them (although I'm close), and they aren't D6 rules (although they can be played with six-siders and there is a D6-style option), but I am confident I will achieve a version of this goal this year. (A glimpse of its progress can be found in Omnia Pro Omnibus.)

"3. Acquire a set of new casino-style six-sided dice."
Status: Negatory. This was the easiest goal to achieve, and it still languishes in one of my online wish lists. I have no excuse.

"4. Run Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls."
Status: Didn't happen; won't happen. The deluxe edition made a handful of changes that were helpful, but many more that overcomplicated a famously simple game and made it seem less fun to me. It also provided unnecessary details that left less to the gamer's imagination. Earlier editions were freewheeling and inspiring. The deluxe edition feels stubborn and curmudgeonly. I might lift a few new rules and incorporate them into a 5th edition T&T game, but I am not interested in investing the time required to wrap my head around all the changes made by the deluxe edition. Plus, Flying Buffalo and Ken St. Andre no longer have anything to do with T&T, so it seems pointless to pursue it.

"5. Run Classic Traveller."
Status: Still haven't done it; still want to do it.

"6. Post here more often."
Status: Succeeded. My annual output has gone from single digits to double digits, and I hope to continue the trend.

As you can see, the results are mixed. (I could have predicted that.) Maybe I'll make a new list of goals for 2024 and revisit it in 2032...

Be seeing you...