Where Did Phenom Come From?

Before Phenom was a tabletop role-playing game, it was a story. Before it was a story, it was an idea. The story itself has been dancing around in my mind for decades. I have a couple of short stories I’ve written and a novel that I’ve been kicking around forever. The world of Telan, the stories I have for it, and the game of Phenom have some different entry points, so let’s chart out the evolution of an idea.

Over on my Patreon, I map out how Phenom went from a simple story I wrote as a teenager because of something my friend shared with me to the game that I’ve designed and am preparing to release. I talk about,

• The Friend
• The Theory
• Changes in Me
• A Dragon and a Missile Launcher
• The SRD Fiasco
• The Game Now

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