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<blockquote data-quote="Kannik" data-source="post: 9639382" data-attributes="member: 984">Ah great, thanks for the details!&nbsp; So cool that it existed, but not a good one to crib from.Though... one roll resolving all the scene's conflict isn't necessarily an issue as it reminds me of how Mouse Guard plays (and maybe Burning Wheel as a whole as MG is BW derived, but I have no experience with BW in it's native form) with its resolution roll at the beginning of the scene.&nbsp; I wrote a <a href="https://lynxthoughts.com/2017/07/20/gaming-thursday-the-mouse-guard-epiphany/" target="_blank">whole blog post about getting the 'reverse' playstyle that MG uses</a>, but once we got it there was a certain kind of empowerment that came from knowing the outcome and crafting the most interesting path there (including really poignant failures). And so I'm now thinking that would be something that could work very well for a soap-opera or family-drama style campaign and storyline.&nbsp; It could really let the melodrama flow and the character interactions take centre stage.&nbsp; Unfortunately all of those are now out of print which makes them tough to use as examples for newcomers. :/Indeed.&nbsp; My guess is that the core book was meant as a &quot;step 1&quot;, with those kind of explanations and campaign examples to follow in subsequent books.&nbsp; (Whether that was a good strategy is another discussion...)&nbsp; But given what happened afterwards with ownership and etc all that never came to fruition and so it's left in a huge limbo as a very well put together and very well running system but with both no onramp and nothing to advertise it.Which after the above is the next foot shot foot, as the license that came out by the previous owner was cribbed from their online-wiki side of things and not a TTRPG side of things and was therefore not very feasible for creators.&nbsp; And then it was sold again and the new owners haven't created a revised license.&nbsp; There are a lot of fan-produced settings and hacks that could fill the void from the official Spotlight settings not getting their day in the sun, but they're not centrally seen on commercial TTRPG sites like itch or drivethru as they can't really be there due to the lack of license.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kannik, post: 9639382, member: 984"] Ah great, thanks for the details! So cool that it existed, but not a good one to crib from. Though... one roll resolving all the scene's conflict isn't necessarily an issue as it reminds me of how Mouse Guard plays (and maybe Burning Wheel as a whole as MG is BW derived, but I have no experience with BW in it's native form) with its resolution roll at the beginning of the scene. I wrote a [URL='https://lynxthoughts.com/2017/07/20/gaming-thursday-the-mouse-guard-epiphany/']whole blog post about getting the 'reverse' playstyle that MG uses[/URL], but once we got it there was a certain kind of empowerment that came from knowing the outcome and crafting the most interesting path there (including really poignant failures). And so I'm now thinking that would be something that could work very well for a soap-opera or family-drama style campaign and storyline. It could really let the melodrama flow and the character interactions take centre stage. Unfortunately all of those are now out of print which makes them tough to use as examples for newcomers. :/ Indeed. My guess is that the core book was meant as a "step 1", with those kind of explanations and campaign examples to follow in subsequent books. (Whether that was a good strategy is another discussion...) But given what happened afterwards with ownership and etc all that never came to fruition and so it's left in a huge limbo as a very well put together and very well running system but with both no onramp and nothing to advertise it. Which after the above is the next foot shot foot, as the license that came out by the previous owner was cribbed from their online-wiki side of things and not a TTRPG side of things and was therefore not very feasible for creators. And then it was sold again and the new owners haven't created a revised license. There are a lot of fan-produced settings and hacks that could fill the void from the official Spotlight settings not getting their day in the sun, but they're not centrally seen on commercial TTRPG sites like itch or drivethru as they can't really be there due to the lack of license. [/QUOTE]

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