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  by catlandia
  on 2022-03-27 20:01

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  by collindietrich
  on 2022-03-27 16:03

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  by A Adorable T-Rex
  on 2022-03-26 22:11

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  by A Glamorous Skeleton
  on 2022-03-25 21:36

  I don't really see a reason why we need a special template for this. A template is defined by the prompts / input fields it uses, and I don't think there would be a difference between a generic and a rule set template.   If it's just about navigating the world, then a proper category structure and usage of tags will do much more than a new template type.

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  by gcjones216
  on 2022-03-25 20:39

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  by themrbeasley
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  by A Lusty Skeleton
  on 2022-03-25 14:21

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  by kaibrightwing
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  by Volantine
  on 2022-03-24 20:09

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  by L0rg
  on 2022-03-24 20:08

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  by Liath_Hawke
  on 2022-03-24 16:33

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  by greentop
  on 2022-03-24 15:54

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  by A Lusty Mimic
  on 2022-03-22 18:15

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  by thoobiey
  on 2022-03-22 14:07

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  by MrBauta
  on 2022-03-21 23:24

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  by Ian4040
  on 2022-03-20 22:33

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  by A Beloved T-Rex
  on 2022-03-20 16:47

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  by rubenbuben4
  on 2022-03-19 14:49

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  by ano19920
  on 2022-03-19 01:17

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  by Le Juge
  on 2022-03-18 21:25

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  by DM-KillerRabbit
  on 2022-03-18 09:21

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  by HyperionCaesar
  on 2022-03-18 01:48

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  by RibenLARP
  on 2022-03-17 10:43

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  by Agyess
  on 2022-03-17 07:23

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  by filletboy
  on 2022-03-15 12:20

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  by Davina
  on 2022-03-15 03:07

  In addition to the things already mentioned, I would include that there is the possibility to add a custom article template. Just do that and rename it as "Rules". That's exactly what I would do (and do) in that Situation. Having additional article types with something that can be solved that easy is not really a good idea.

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  by Chaotic Redd
  on 2022-03-14 20:00

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  by Erik Lagerborg
  on 2022-03-14 18:04

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  by Lukepscott
  on 2022-03-14 16:55

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  by Usenga
  on 2022-03-14 07:18

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  by deepfriedpencils
  on 2022-03-13 19:12

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  by dre569
  on 2022-03-12 15:17

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  by amelianite
  on 2022-03-11 23:39

  You can already do this by using a "Generic Article." I've seen it used on plenty of worlds, especially when worlds don't have similar game mechanics to fill in available fields (prompts). Check out Toblin's CD10 world, for example. He shows a fantastic way to stylize an article to fit game mechanics in.

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  by AmayaValkyria
  on 2022-03-11 14:52

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  by Zemeraire
  on 2022-03-11 09:24

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  by Exarx
  on 2022-03-11 09:13

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  by dareKITTY13
  on 2022-03-11 03:05

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  by Goldkeeper777
  on 2022-03-09 23:23

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  by Michael Chandra
  on 2022-03-09 10:46

  There already are entire rpg systems on WorldAnvil, and they are managing just fine with the existing templates and Statblocks. Right now I don't see anything in your suggestion that you can't resolve with Categories and Tags.   An article Template is defined by all the available fields (called Prompts) to fill in, and the varying ways they connect. For example, a Character can be linked to their Species, Ethnicity, and secondary Cultures (which again are Ethnicity articles). I can link an Organization as their family, and link them relationwise to other Characters as their family members. I can link their current Location, their affiliated Organizations, their current Vehicle, what current Conditions they are afflicted by.   What I'm missing here is a gameplan: What fields should a Rules article offer? What kind of articles should be linkable to them, and how? What makes it actually need a non-Generic template?

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  by A Beloved Dragon
  on 2022-03-09 09:46

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  by SoulLink
  on 2022-03-08 21:43

  I agree with Hanhula that you can't really have prompts for rules / rulesets. So making an extra template for it makes no sense.   You are a Grandmaster, which means you can just make a custom article template based on the generic template and name it rules or whatever you want and then that name shows up instead of generic.

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  by Scalenex
  on 2022-03-08 18:14

  I understand that not all homebrew systems are the same, so coming up with universal prompts might be difficult to come up with BUT I think this is useful enough that it would be worth the effort.

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  by cutlasskiwi
  on 2022-03-08 12:56

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  by AuraGuard
  on 2022-03-08 08:48

  A Ruleset article type would probably work best with few to no prompts, but I could see a type dropdown being useful for it. Such as being able to select from 'RPG, Board Game, Card Game, LARP, Mixed, Other' or the like. That would be a useful tidbit that would be pretty ubiquitous among game rulesets, I think.

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  by A Cute Dragon
  on 2022-03-08 03:30

  Your thinking of what a game is quite … contrite and specific - this will make a bad template. The tradition template covers all fundamentals of what a game is.   I can tell you right now that expanding the tradition template will be acceptable, but a template most will never use will not.

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  by GamerGremlin
  on 2022-03-08 03:00

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  by iantojohn
  on 2022-03-08 02:10

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  by Oneriwien
  on 2022-03-07 23:47

  Call it a "Mechanics" article (so it can be used for code-based game design slightly easier) and you got it!

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  by Eve Beyond
  on 2022-03-07 20:53

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  by A Uncontrollable Mimic
  on 2022-03-07 20:22

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  by theaaronw0
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  by Hanhula
  on 2022-03-07 15:00

  I don't see how this would be able to be correctly broken down into article prompts. Rulesets are not standardised. Use a category to keep rules together, and write them as generic.

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  by Ratha
  on 2022-03-07 14:55

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  by Adcheryl
  on 2022-03-07 14:49

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  by DMFW
  on 2022-03-07 14:37

  Intriguing idea. I can see how some people making worlds might also like to create their own game systems to go with them rather than simply using them with an existing system. It's all part of the creative impulse. I'm personally more interested in using world building as a spring board for writing but I'm happy to put a few points in the pot for this. One issue I can see is that if you are creating a game system, you probably want to apply it to multiple worlds later, so might need some way to link world content? Also it could be useful to set down some specific ideas for what you'd like in the new template.   To keep your rules together as generic articles, without further changes can you not simply put them under a Rules category at the top level of your world? That should make them easy to find.

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  by Space-Time Will Tell
  on 2022-03-07 13:18