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Very cool, @pemerton! This game is on my short list. Hoping to get to it this year, likely after my DIE campaign ends.

Right. This is my point, and the basis on which I expressed doubts about saying the solution is "created" rather than "discovered". Nor...

The range of possible outcomes for a given mystery in BBay is far more limited than people sometimes suggest. The careful curation of...

You are over 6'1 and you don't think you're "hugely tall?" The global average for men is around 5'7 and in countries where men average...

Darn straight.

I think we can conclusively answer the title of this thread: "yes, @Parmandur cares!"

I've never played Brindlewood Bay, but I think that this post draws a contrast between "discovered" and "created" that is sharper than...

For me, "system" is not primarily about the dice used or the rolling method. Core to system is how the GM frames scenes/presents...

Here are the rules for the "action procedure": When the players take action the Referee works down this list: 1. Intent: What are you...

As I said, this took a while but not forever. It's probably not the Realm I'd create if left to my own devices - and has far more water...

Here is the full map of the Realm:

The next step is to add the stuff that is secret from the players until they discover it through play - and so is on the GM map but not...

Here is the map of the Realm so far - this is the map players would get at the start of the game: And here are the notes (which are...