Sunday, February 1, 2026

Character Creation Challenge 2026 Recap

Well, what can I say?

 

- I did it!  31 characters in 31 days.  I didn't complete the Challenge the last time I attempted it. This time I fell behind once but pulled through.

- I did some prep work ahead of time but even though I tried to stay ahead of the game it wasn't easy.  I pretty quickly chewed through the pregens.  Once or twice I got a couple of days ahead but it didn't last long. 

- Although I did repeat a couple of systems, the majority of the characters were from unique games. 

- My preference for rules-lite games helped.  Most of the games had a simple character creation process. 

- Speaking of rules-like games, I probably could've created 31 character using just The Black Hack variants alone. 

- One of my goals was to introduce people to interesting but somewhat obscure games.  I hope I succeeded.

- I really do like creating characters.  This exercise has reinforced that I do prefer systems where the creation process also aids building the characters backstory. Once again, this is why I love creating characters for Barbarians of Lemuria and the games in its family.

- And thank you for looking at my posts.  Knowing that someone was reading them helped keep me motivated.  

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