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I expect you’re likely assuming the worst to bolster your argument. I mean… what we’re talking about is a pretty essential human ability and has been key to our survival as a race. And then on top of that, Blades in the Dark does assume a greater degree of intuition for the characters. They...

The GM narrates the outcome of the roll. He says what happens, and then adds “I’m adding two ticks to the X clock” to represent that. Then, we assume competence and insight on the part of the characters. That they have intuition related to the situation they’re in that goes beyond our imagined...

Blades was the first game like this that I ran and I ran it before I played it. We went from 5e D&D to Blades. I think coming from that mindset has more impact on how quickly my group and I took to the game. I have since branched out and played many such games, and doing so has helped my...

Yeah, you need to go with a variety of consequences, with Clocks being only one such option. You need complications and Harm and whatever else makes sense… spread things out. For Clocks, I may have more than one active as part of a Score… but I make sure they’re doing different things. So one...

Sure… but Clocks shouldn’t be the only thing happening. The GM should be mixing things up with immediate consequences based on the fiction as well as maybe some long term consequences to go along with Clocks, Harm, and Heat. Right, but I was suggesting Heat as a kind of safety net. Harm too...

I think that kind of play is also ignoring that, asa player, it’s not quite easy to predict when and how a clock will fill up. I think this is what @Fenris-77 is getting at. Depending on Position and the outcome of a roll, the GM can tick anywhere from 1 to 3 ticks generally. So you can manage...

I’m not a huge fan of the Threat Roll stuff from Deep Cuts, but I like that it works for some folks. I try to always establish the risk before the roll is made. This is something I’ve adopted for pretty much any game I GM.

Not really. The ticking of a clock should correspond to something in the fiction. It can just be descriptive, but it aligns with some progression of the situation. I mean… if the GM in a D&D game said something like “the guards perk up at the sound of your entrance, more alert now than they...

Session Zero Okay, so... Session Zero. We pretty much have two jobs to do here. Detail the world and then create our characters. The book suggests creating characters first but points out that these things largely go hand in hand... my group found it easier to kind of detail the world a bit and...

No worries at all! Please fee free to comment. Thanks for bringing up the Twists on doubles on the Obstacle Dice. That definitely belongs in that first thread. I’ll add an edit to mention it. For the Assets, I plan on getting into them more in my Session Zero post. Should be up soon.

My schedule over the past several days got busier than expected and then the storm didn’t do anything to help! I’m looking to have my session zero post up later today. Thanks for the interest. I’m glad others will have experiences and insights to share.

Okay, if it's only a mild annoyance, then hey, keep on keeping on. But I would say when discussing the game, just keep in mind that what you're experiencing isn't uniform... if you feel like it's a "writers room" it's less about the text. Sure... I think there's a lot going on in Blades. And...

That’s not what I’m doing. To hell with the text. Blame your issues with the game entirely on the text if you want. Okay… the text is at fault for causing these issues. Now… what can you do about it as a player? What can the GM do as a GM? Or go ahead and ignore what folks are saying and...

No, not at all. I also don't think it's necessary, and I'm making suggestions to you to alleviate it since you seem frustrated by it. The description of the two Actions. When you Consort, you socialize with friends and contacts. When you Sway, you influence someone with guile, charm, or...

I don’t know. Do you already know this person? How are you building rapport? How much time do you have to do that? Without knowing all that, I think Sway is the obvious way to go. I think the GM needs to be a bit more active in presenting meaningful choices to the players. As you say, there’s...

Sure. If stating preferences was all he was doing, then you’d be spot on. But that’s not all he did, is it? He said anyone who didn’t agree with him was blind. If I’d said anyone who thinks prep results in a more consistent world is blind… I expect you’d quickly point out how that’s just my...