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  • Arium: Create – Collaborative worldbuilding + RPG in one

    Posted by Drew Gerken on August 19, 2020 at 7:47 pm

    Hello, fellow Apexians!

    It’s time for me to share a passion project of mine with this group, even if it is slightly different than the typical writing most of this group focuses on. I’ve been fortunate enough to be part of a creative team who created an amazing little thing called Arium. Arium is one-part collaborative worldbuilding system and one-part tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG).

    I wrote an article about Arium’s power as a tool for writers and I’d love for you all to read it. We are launching the Kickstarter for it on 8/26 and, while the marketing for that does focus on the TTRPG community, the potential this game has for writing groups is immense. In fact, that’s how Arium started – as a writing exercise for one of the groups I am involved with.

    Please feel free to ask me questions here or reach out to me via Twitter (@wordrew). Also, if this belongs elsewhere on the forums, please let me know so I can move/repost/etc. for greater visibility.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adepticarus/arium

    Drew Gerken replied 5 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Drew Gerken

    Member
    August 19, 2020 at 7:50 pm

    And of course, I forgot to share the link to the article I mentioned.

    https://adepticarus.com/2020/08/18/arium-a-writers-lens/

  • Drew Gerken

    Member
    August 28, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    Here is the link to the Kickstarter.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adepticarus/arium

  • John Schuhr

    Member
    September 1, 2020 at 12:33 am

    Sounds like an excellent project to back and I’ve done so. It may have application in my next LitRPG project.

    • Drew Gerken

      Member
      October 6, 2020 at 12:57 pm

      John, sorry that I missed this comment. Thanks a ton for your support! I hope that it can help with your LitRPG writing. I almost dipped into that world a couple years ago – I was part of the initial #GameLit group but, as the case with a lot of these things, it sort of imploded due to its own ego issues.

      I look forward to hearing what you think about Arium.

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