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Games on Demand continues to be my favorite thing at Origins. Such nice people, and rpggggggs
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I have struggled to finish any Old Republic book but Claudia Gray is fav new-canon writer, her Leia books rock!
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I am so down for this! 👑🦁
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Ack, that sounds exponentially harder than a single game. Maybe focus on an ideal player count and get the ones you are most excited about humming together, then add the rest in one at a time? Unless the ideal player count is 7 😭🤯
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Which do you think is harder --giving one part of the game to each player to control (like VAST) or a common playfield but unique playstyles (like ROOT)? Nathan Woll's Free Radicals splits the diff, a common action selection area but 10 different factions with their own unique minigames!
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Continuing the goth theme. 🖤💀
nerdypupgames.itch.io/rookwoodrpg
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The universal feedback I hear from everyone (backers, reviewers, etc.) is how great the artwork is. THANK YOU for making it a beautiful game! ✨🎨
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ALSO, our new board game, Super Squad High, is now available on our store! Get a 10% discount and FREE SHIPPING in the US when you order direct from us before May 30th (the game's retail release date).
www.nerdypupgames.com/games/p/supe...
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Correct, it is now 30% for 90 days.
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I have only heard great things about Radlands (and have learned a lot from the designer's blog). Have fun!
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I watched it for the first time a couple months ago and was like oh, this is a Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes. "A Rock & Roll fable" was basically my design goal for Rebels (inspired by MCR's Danger Days album) but I feel like it could be done even better. Anyway WILLEM DAFOE!!!!
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s-tier post ☺️
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Ack, I forgot to sign up, I'M DOING IT! 😅
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2- In my detective game Hotel Olympus (WIP), a Condition adds a penalty to one *category* of skills, not all skills. So taking a Condition gives players have a reason to try skills that might be outside of their wheelhouse, creating opportunities to play against type.
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Couple ways I have used "wounds = penalty":
1 - In Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes, injury gives you a Hazard die that you include with your rolls, it has a 50/50 chance to cancel a success. It's a fist-pumping moment for a player when they roll 3 Hazard dice and none of their successes are canceled.
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The whole composition is terrific but that chicken 🤩🤣
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Agreed! It's kind of the same for minis, the value is all in the figs and full-color hardbacks. But then there's GASLANDS, which is just a book and you supply your own matchbox cars. I am really keen to see more games try that approach (working on something myself!).
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Yes, rules by themselves have very little value. Board gamers want to buy a prepared experience. A weird illustration of this is the success of Telestrations or boxed versions of Werewolf. You can play Eat Poop U Cat or Werewolf for free, but people still want to buy a packaged set to play with.
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I've seen one small publisher confirm that they are closing doors, and several others say it's on the table for them.
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Just make a really good character sheet that implies all of the rules.
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I'm in Ohio and I do!
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I also want to inject player choice into it, so there is tension between your degree of success and how the color will impact the outcome.
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I am obsessed with rolling dice of different colors, where the color of the dice you use for your result affects the outcome thematically. I chose the blood-colored die, someone must die in the process. I chose the gold die, I gain/lose money to get what I want.
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Hell yeah!
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My tracks are stopped. 😣
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Yesss! Good to see it. 📢
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yessss I love John Carpenter, hope you have a good time with it.