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FITDs are constantly coming out, I’m pretty sure Blades ‘68 (which is partially a skin on partially a redux of Blades) was on the front...

I think Blades in the Dark is a game that is well designed with different modes of play intentionally baked into the design, to the...

A different set of considerations have to deal with genre. Some games, like dungeon crawl games for example, have very clearly definable...

This is a whole pile of feelings and preferences being paraded as correct. This is exactly what I was talking about folks. There is...

At least as a player, I tend to see Clocks as a way to focus my decision-making. Does my little dude prefer this risk or that one? I...

Micah, I am 100% sure you are aware that you would hate playing a game like Blades.

I don't really see clocks as a mechanism for avoiding consequences. I see them as a method for staggering the consequences out over the...

Welp, I'm all out of explanation on the topic, so we can disagree in some kind of companionable fashion.

At a convention last week I ran afternoon sessions in a row of DH. Used basic Sablewood frame, but not the starter adventure. In the 12...

I think the Dalelands are much more interesting than Myth Dranor, especially in this era of Cozy RPGs. I think WotC should publish an...

I like games that have an expectation of a "Downtime" with a different zoom level built in, be that via loose procedures or genuine...

From a GM's perspective, I like when mode shifts occur. It helps me reset my brain to the new thing that is happening. That probably has...

[deleted a bunch of snark] Please just accept that my off the cuff example isn’t perfect & that the procedures of the game work. If you...

The church is a good one-roomish church on the scale of the rest of the buildings! That's clearly the parish house right next to it. ;)

The fiction feeds mechanics, which feed the fiction. You did fictional stuff in a score (killed people, tangled with higher tier...