Character Sheet Complaints

Ah, yes, the complaints about the character sheets have started again.

It's not a surprise. We (and most game companies) hear it about every book they publish. In fact, when Adam and I were discussing the character sheet design, it went something like this:

"So do we want 1 page or 2?"
"2 will make the index smaller, right?"
"Right."
"And no matter what we design, we're going to get complaints, right?"
"Of course."
"And scores of people will then design their own sheets and claim superiority?"
"Just like it happens every time."
"Naturally. So make it a single functional page."
"Which no one will use, but everyone will complain about."
"Right."
"I'll make it pretty colours then."
"And people will bitch about how it looks muddied when they print it in black-and-white."
"Or that it will use too much ink."
"Doesn't matter. Use pretty colours on 1 page."

So please design away! Our BESM 3 character sheet probably isn't what you're looking for anyway.

(BTW, we were going to have a 16-page character folio for the game that would hold all the information you could ever dream about your character ... but those plans naturally never came to fruition.)