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That's the one, pem; thanks! For whatever reason my memory is of reading it on a website, and so I initially dismissed the PDF iteration out of hand.

I remember reading an excellent article (I think by one of the "big" theorists of indie gaming, maybe Ron Edwards or Vincent Baker?) on different degrees of Story Now gameplay, including using published settings as a loose baseline for play, but I can't seem to locate it among my bookmarks, and...

1. I was pretty pleased with my GMing overall. Sure, I forgot a few things (like the Fighter's Signature Weapon piercing through 2 of the lizardfolks' armor). But considering we had only one copy of the book (in my possession), with digital aids verboten for the evening, I don't think I...

@Nephis is, of course, correct in her recollection of the last moments of play. It's less than amusing to me how my memory has degraded in middle age, even from just a few days prior. In my hopefully unnecessary defense, we had a very active day Saturday; we were playing past my usual bedtime...

I ran a game of Dungeon World for friends visiting from out of town last weekend. The participants: my wife (@Nephis here), a seasoned gamer with many years of experience with most iterations of D&D, DW, and Blades in the Dark; my gaming-curious friend, whose only previous exposure was smoking...

I'm interested if, as a result of this insight, your thinking on skilled play in PbtA games has shifted at all from your disagreement with @Manbearcat on the possibility of skilled play in DW some months ago.

Yes, I think the paramount stipulation is a game that is short and accessible as a possible entry to the hobby, both for my friend as would-be GM and for his boys. Skimming through the thread, I think many (but not all) of the suggestions fit the bill. There needs to be no presumption of what it...

Ah, great! Thanks for the info, Fenris! I really want to check out this game, missed the KS, and much, much prefer holding a book to a screen.

But the HCs are only available to original KS backers?

Thanks for the many fine suggestions, folks! I am directing my friend here to peruse them at his leisure.

Howdy! A friend is looking to draw his two boys (15 and a precocious 9) away from screen time with an RPG he can play with them. He stressed simplicity as a major criterion, by which I think he means a short rules set, few and simple mechanics, and little game prep. He has little experience with...

Well, that'll learn me: I clicked on the earlier Quint link and then jumped to conclusions! Thanks for continuing to check these threads and update with such inspirational material!

Seems those Myth-Weavers sheets are no longer available? If'n you make your way back here and have the inclination, I've been making an exercise in nostalgia by looking back over some of your builds, so.... 😀

For me, the real attraction to Stonetop (aside from hella cool setting) is clear, almost intuitive DW mechanics + FitD imbrication with setting and the subsequent marriage of PC conception with dynamic interest with that setting. ETA: Wish I had proselytized for the Kickstarter more strongly...

Agreed. I read the first dozen or so updates but have been holding off on reading the beta because I want the total excitement of receiving that HC and cracking its pages with fresh eyes. <cue Madonna: Like a Virgin>

This is what I mean about the multivalenced nature of RPGing vs other art forms: the player, in building the PC through various inputs (powers, beliefs, bonds, &c), and the GM, through framing pressures on these inputs, create situations through which play (and its random/stochastic elements)...

Just to fine tune to my response to this already, I would advocate for the action declaration at the table as the pivot point around which these other, important elements revolve. The action declaration tells us how the player sees the PC being/doing in the world. Build elements are largely...

I agree with your comment upthread, wholeheartedly. What separates characters in a TTRPG from those of other media, to me, are the unfixed nature and shared/multifaceted inputs to their creation. Further, I agree that this is a provocative take ... for a certain kind of "neotrad" gamer who (1)...

I don't see disagreement between us here. In pointing to PC actions, I am hoping to draw focus to play at the table and what makes that a shared enterprise, that until a player's perception of character meets situation and there is interplay between the two (my focus here on action) character is...

For me, the process of discovering who a character is rather than preconceiving character in overly detailed fashion is pretty important. And that is virtually impossible without exposing that PC to the pressure cooker of gameplay wherein actions taken when stakes matter often determine who that...