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Thank you! Did I win something? 😂 I'm totally off the loop EDIT: I just realized that Level 1 2023 won a Silver ENnie and I have a microgame there ☺ 🖤

Hi there! I'm a little familiar with C&C, but I don't think DS is really that similar. Probably still the closest surface gaming equivalent is 4E but, after 1 session of playtest, I feel like the Power Roll gives it a kind of "tactical PbtA" to it. The mechanics are completely player facing, at...

If you want something like D&D, I'd say that Draw Steel may be your best bet when it comes out. As someone who has been following its development rather closely (and who's about to play the most recent Patreon Playtest Packet that people are also playing at GenCon) it's already a really solid...

As I mentioned the other day, here's a video with my friends and I going through the character creation process. If you have any questions, I'm happy to help.

Matter of opinion, I guess. Martin's best writing happened 20 years before ASoI&F—and it's only gone downhill from then. And I haven't read a single book by Sanderson that I actually enjoyed enough to finish. They're like oatmeal to me. Fine, but nothing to be excited about. Just the other day...

Well, to me it reads very well, dynamic and to the point. Moreover, each out of the eight main characters has a distinct voice. You can read a line of dialogue and know EXACTLY who's speaking, without needing to see the tag. "Prose" is not an objective measurement. As everything else in...

Every time I read someone say that they used to like the DL Chronicles but cannot go back because of how bad they really are, I feel like I must be from other planet or something. I read them first when I was a teenager, and I have re-read them throughout the years and, let me tell you, they...

Off the top of my head we have the Mnemonek (an organic construct), the Hakaan (the COOLEST half-giants ever), the Revenant, and the Time Raiders (my favoritest nomads of the Astral Plane)... Plus all the classic ancestries revisited.

I think Skills in this case don't work as discreet things you can ask rolls about as a GM ("Roll to Hide"). Instead, the GM asks for a Characteristic test ("Might" or "Agility") and then the player can offer one or more skills that could benefit them in this situation. If the GM agrees to one...

Thanks a lot! I must have missed them when I read it :)

Hi! I'd say it is firmly focused on modeling fantasy fiction without any of the hassles of traditional fantasy RPGs (e.g. no equipment, no wealth, no hp, no armor). The rules include a corruption mechanic and heroic sacrifice that you can use to save the day, but your character dies in the...

Can I ask where's this pulp mode? I love Shadowdark but I'm not really interested in running a dungeon crawler (apart from some Dungeon Meshi)

Hate to be that person but, if you're interested in a fantasy PbtA focused on dramatic storytelling, I'd like to recommend my own game, Against the Odds, which is available here. If you or anybody else has any questions about it, I'd be more than happy to answer them.

Well, we did our character creation session with my friends last night and, I have to say, it was really fun! You have 4 major steps: ancestry, culture, career, and class. The most notable is culture which, in my opinion, is already the best implementation of the idea, as it allows each player...

I think the backers will get this packet really soon, as it looks solid enough to get a very good idea of what the final game will be. The delay in sharing this stuff is purely so backers don't build up expectations based on stuff that can/will be discarded in the brainstorming/playtesting...

It's a good name, but the best thing about it is the game. I've skimmed the Patreon packet and it looks AMAZING. Lots of narrative stuff combined with solid tactical choices, so almost like a 4E game with the necessary storytelling tools to create awesome fantasy stories at the table. Tonight...

As a freelance writer for smaller TTRPG companies, credits are SO important to us because, as others have mentioned above, they are our proof that we worked on/were part of a book/team. I know for certain that working on D&D opens more doors in TTRPG freelancing than anything else, and I feel...

Thanks for the correction! At this point, all famous people's names are in flux in my head 😛

Trying to bring this topic back on track, I finished watching "Season 1" (Series 14) the other day and, I must say, I like it! SO much better than Whitaker's first series and a return to form narrative-wise in many senses. Probably the best thing about it is Ncuti Gatwa's performance, which is...

I'd love for someone to put out a "4E Revised" with most of the aforementioned fixes. Basically take out everything that's accounting (+X) and leave only the "good" stuff. I'd love for a lot more magic items to have powers, so they diversify your character’s options, for example.