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Ttrpg making guy with a flowchart brain. I make lists of things. Half of Gem Room Games. He/him.
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Hell yeah
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Yes, you have to understand that a thing woven into the fabric of my psyche in an almost foundational way sounds like this. I am shaken, in these moments.
You've done nothing wrong, I just need a moment to collect myself.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Cu...
"Not to be confused with Times Square"
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Viditya this is the Mr Yuk situation all over again
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The sweet spot is to make it not feel random, but make it feel like you can't see the game behind the game.
Which of course requires creating a game behind the game, with just enough randomization to feel inscrutable but consistent and partially learn-able.
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To the player, this feels like:
You're planning to steal a royal carriage full of dvd players.
A priest of the god of blood shows up and is like: hey here's a magic sword, no reason 🙂↕️
You succeed.
Two weeks later the sun turns red, and the clerics of the blood god can cast Solar Beam now???
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Damn I'm 4/4 into this and that's a beat you can dance to
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It feels like archaeology, gently digging it out until you find the shape of the thing without breaking it
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Oh fuck it thinks it's a Game Designer now
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Holy cow! Congratulations!!
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I'm on it like rabbit legs on an ambulance
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Not surprised tbh. Dinoberry consistently kills it on the naming front.
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If you're doing it right every time you play one RPG you're playing all of them and a handful of TV shows and cheap paperbacks to boot
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NSR: according to this table I start with d8 ninja stars and a copy of Playdwarf.
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Like the rest of Cairn, the world building is really functional without being overly minimalist. Which is great because I can bring my own esoteric baroque maximalism (BYOEBM) to the proceedings.
That said, with the sheer volume of procedures (dungeons! Forests! Etc!) I'm not worried.
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Overall I really like the pacing of the exercise. It's the right amount of detail to get the game to the table, giving you a strong general idea of a thing and then moving on so you don't get bogged down in minutia.
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I took the first roll result surprisingly often, the random choices gave some fun and unexpected details. Menhir rings showed up twice as a fun motif, a word I had to look up.
Ending up with the headwaters in a dome of complete darkness was a nice surprise.
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I like asymmetry between GM and PC
I love asymmetry between everyone!
That's why the subway runners skill list is randomized for each character. You never know what your friends can do!
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I want to make a joke but it would spoil my secret upcoming VOID affiliate broadcast so be sure to tune in, Internet Friends!
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The ball bearings have smiley faces
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I can work on it for exactly as long as it's fun and then I have to stop.
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I need to read GORE, it makes me laugh because I found out about it halfway through writing a game called GORM and I look forward to the other 24 games in the GOR jam
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Oh shit we were gonna do a duck thing with that I completely forgot
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Sabbatical season is sweeping the globe
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Good, excellent, I've been reading wargame scenarios and my brain is buzzing at the potential to get weird with it
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When you sent me the PDF it made me cry I was so happy
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Yeah I'm honestly running the numbers on the upfront costs for laser-printed b&w staple bound games.
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Cheap paper and ink smudges need to be aligned with the theme of the game
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I know this isn't quite it but it feels extremely like it in my heart.
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Based on how Pokemon tend to work it'll be you but on two feet instead of four
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An evolution!