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I like that idea. Especially for a supers game where death is almost always a temporary story beat.

I saw an interesting post over on Reddit about death move and scars/Hope loss, suggesting that it rapidly gets quite punishing and...

Yeah to me that’s still way too many for a game with a lot of tactical combat. My group of pretty on the ball and dedicated players were...

There's a lot of stuff in DS I see as trying to walk the line of "impactful without getting too complex." So you can stack things RAW in...

I could start discussing it but I'll just let James(?) speak for himself:

I can understand that. But Draw Steel’s power roll mechanic just fits you into 1 of 3 tiered results by basically a table lookup. So a...

Already answered above, but part of the goodness there is small bits of math required. +2/-2 when your core stat is unlikely to scale...

I think more noteworthy is that by completely redesigning a lot of sacred cows like the attack roll and really leaning into class based...

Yeah. I really appreciate them trying to make the Conditions in the game more interactive which I think should be more fun for both...

The upside is that DS has a bias towards always letting you do something on a turn. It’s not very cinematic to fail a Save Ends roll and...

For players who are less interested in tactical play I think managing your abilities is actually going to be the less tricky part. The...

I mean, yes I know that. But none of those are required. I got a physical edition- but I just got the book. I don't usually go for the...

I thought it was me going insane since I haven't played either, but I've read the rules and didn't see anything about cards!

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It’s a fairly direct port of the refined-through-iterations mystery moves and structure from The Gauntlet’s games (Brindlewood Bay / The...