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Comment Re:Role Playing (Score 1) 241

What are key things to keep in mind when designing a homebrew pen and paper system?

It's unlikely to be played outside your gaming group (if at all), so scratch your own itch.
Keep Godel's (First) Incompleteness Theorem in mind.
You get a really neat set of results by rolling 2d6 + 1d6*3.

Comment Re:Urban Planning (Score 1) 91

No, the Oxy Moron is the person who hires an urban planner.

No, the Oxy Moron is someone who does urban planning without hiring a trained urban planner. Most of the bad results you see are the result of letting other considerations (usually short-term financial or political) override livability.

(Disclaimer: I have an undergraduate degree in geography, specializing in urban and regional planning. However, I am not a certified urban planner.)

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