In answer to a request for a poll from a commenter: how do you think this project should proceed?
This poll will last one week, during which time I’ll work on other things.
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Games From Folktales 
I should say I’m not immediately familiar with “Promises, Promises,” but I do like the format in Tales of Mythic Europe.
-Ben.
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Do what you like, there will always be critics no matter what you do. People will like it, or not. They will use it, or not. That shouldn’t affect you doing what you want.
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Exactly.
Maybe your idea is the best ever. Maybe it sucks. We won’t know, you just have to try it. And, well, you’re free to do so anyway 😉
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I’ll claim old man’s parma here since I haven’t read Promises in years. I prefer a simplified character sheet but using the normal terminology. But keep up the good work, definitely, and any simplified character sheets should be accompanied by the full version to show The Real Ars and inspire the players to keep playing when they go home.
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If it’s not too much trouble to include the regular sheets, I encourage this too. I’d love to run the adventure at the US Grand Tribunal, for example, with experienced players.
Bottom line, if you’re excited by your experiment, by all means, write it!!!!
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Good point. If this get finished by summer I could try running it at the GT-UK (if I can find players who haven’t read it 😉
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I’d run this at Gencon– I’ve had more than one developer tell me, “You play Ars? I’ve always wanted to play.”
-Ben.
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I love seeing people trying new things and I think your attempt is interesting, if not shared by everyone. Keep on !
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I think novice players should be encouraged to fall in love with the Ars setting first and foremost, not the potentially scary crunch. Keep the simplified ruleset.
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