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So, I did an AMA on my 1 year campaign - not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I have a link I did to a lot of...

Draw Steel recommends playing other games for other play experiences.

And DS! is very opinionated and open in that regard as it walks through what it thinks “tactical heroic cinematic fantasy” is right on...

Yeah, by "supports" we mean even more "presents a framework on how to use that with an explicit list and suggestions on setting it up...

Another thing is that the game explicitly supports victory conditions beyond "kill them all". This can be as easy a variant as "Kill...

There's online tools (Forge Steel) that I think are pretty great which allow you to input the current # of party victories and it'll...

Great questions. As far as the party pushing on, the most direct tool for when a party pushes on is within the player’s control. Are...

While the main way to get XP is victories in combat (which convert into xp when taking a respite), you also grant victories for...

For my group, they don’t want a game where negotiation to avoid combat is on the table. They want a monster fighting story. They’ve...

That's interesting! I've largely considered it in the realm of TTRPG design in my head, eg: Apocalypse World (especially 1e) is a highly...

Found this AMA over at reddit (opened a few hours ago. OP says they'll keep the AMA going through the holidays):

In my experience being the director for about 8 sessions, as well as reading and watching tons of other play reports, Draw Steel might...

I think that like most games which have a higher degree of mechanical complexity, it sings with system mastery. It does however (I...

Yeah, what I'll further say there is that many games like this are built kinda generic / open to the GM to use whatever they or their...

I don't know for sure, but that seems like a reasonable assumption.