Snark's Laws of Gaming: The Law of Attention Spans

[athelind]

Snark's Law of Attention Spans:

Players who will read and memorize two dozen volumes of background material for a published setting won't read a three-page background summary that you wrote for your own world.

Also known as "The Second 3W Rule".

Comments

[thoughtsdriftby.livejournal.com]

Yes, but when so much trouble to describe the furniture it seems a shame not to bring wagons and do a little shopping on the side. I guess it can get out of hand.... really like the haunted mansion, extensive library, and the most of the systems to guard the library..... Mine! .... Of course you end up looking for nastier defenses since you never know when one of those thieving adventurer parties might happen along trying to steal all your stuff. Then if anyone gets hurt (and makes it back to town alive) all these evil rumors get started up. Lawfuls something somethings show up, some church you never heard of gets involved...

oh, right.... memorizing rules... lets see local laws and customs....mmmm, maybe...nope...

There are Rules???? :-)