Mixed results for me with this one. I loved the character creation, the random tables, the incredible material quality of the book, the opportunity to deploy sea shanties for mechanical advantage. But... I wonder if d20 systems are just losing their luster for me - so many of our maniac schemes-- - ThreadSky

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benefiction.bsky.social • 66 days ago

Mixed results for me with this one. I loved the character creation, the random tables, the incredible material quality of the book, the opportunity to deploy sea shanties for mechanical advantage. But... I wonder if d20 systems are just losing their luster for me - so many of our maniac schemes--

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benefiction.bsky.social•66 days ago

--were squashed anticlimactically by one failed roll after the next, resulting less in high-stakes "things get worse" dynamics and more in daisy-chained attempts to do the thing. It felt less like edgy pitch-black fantasy and more like ineffectual pirate comedy! But here too I'm eager to try again.

benefiction.bsky.social•66 days ago

Honorable mentions to: Epyllion, for which my kid and I made characters but still haven't had a chance to play a session; Hammer of the Earth, another Micro RPG about apocalyptic train crews, which is next up on the roster, and "Frozen Heart," the wee one's first foray into game design--

benefiction.bsky.social•66 days ago

--which we play tested exactly once. Absolutely nothing to do with Frozen: It's a haunted house exploration game-- with different problems in each room until you come across the source of the curse that has turned the residents of the house to scary ice ghosts. It's actually... kind of good?!

benefiction.bsky.social•66 days ago

And that's a wrap on 2024's new games!

So happy 2025, tabletoppers. And remember LeGuin's dictum: "The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary."

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