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VVLessa reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Lots of games get called narrative games for a variety of reasons. The only real unifying principle is that they structured differently... -
VVLessa reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Well, I don't think that narrative mechanics primarily steer the narrative of game so much as they create play outputs of a certain...
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VVLessa reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I'd really question the use of unbridgeable here. I can think of lots of games that mix the two together in very successful ways. I'm...
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VVLessa reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Good heavens no, they certainly do not. As for 'objective', I think that's more a word to apply in individual cases where it might be...
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VVLessa reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
His Majesty the Worm uses a “Meatgrinder” table where you remove entries from the table as they are encountered. There may be others...
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VVLessa reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Ohhh yeah, totally. Hopefully that’s pretty clear from the page, but this is another place where the author’s focus on trimming down...
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VVLessa reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
If the players can't see past the need to obtain and act on information, then when the time comes to resolve a myth, there's the risk of...
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VVLessa reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
No idea what any of that means! Also, the game says “the group feels a Myth is resolved” and the group in this context also includes...
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VVLessa reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
I think something to watch out - again, I caveat that this is based on limited play experience! - is the risk of the gamism completely...
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VVLessa reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
I think this is so interesting. The question for the knights becomes “in the context of your Vow that you live by, do you think this...
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VVLessa reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Upthread, before I'd actually played Mythic Bastionland, I made these posts about it: After having played it, I made these posts (on...
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VVLessa replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.MB? Unfortunately not, no. But I'm hopeful my friends will try it eventually, so this thread and your other one about actual play will...
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VVLessa reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Elden Ring is an explicit influence, along the recent(ish) The Green Knight movie!
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VVLessa reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Glad to read you picked this up! I've read other ppls' experiences with the Realm mapping procedure, they've all pretty much liked it in...
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VVLessa replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.Great thread. I have nothing to add except that this game gives me that foggy, onirical vibe that Dark Souls (and Demons Souls) gave me...