Victor, a Rascal certified game designer

I did! It was bad.

In the Odd style stat blocks are pretty short. I think I would just duplicate the entire thing. It's easier for the GM, they don't have to reference multiple documents.

Obviously not. If it has combat and magic it's a war game, not a role playing game.

*hides*

"TTRPGs can't do romance or intrigue."

NO. Play more games.

Back Again from the Broken Land—Full Edition by Cloven Pine Games a short Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop RPG of small adventurers sharing stories on a long walk home

Back Again From the Broken Land? The pitch is "what if the hobbit's journey home to the Shire was an RPG campaign".

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(I mean, I wrote this before *running* it)

I've played and run it, it's great. It's the game D&D promises but doesn't deliver. It's my favorite for high fantasy shenanigans. Here's a long thread with my thoughts. I wrote this before playing it but I stand by everything I said.

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If a dungeon with monsters and treasure is a stereotypical OSE module, what's the LEAST stereotypical module?

I'm thinking Kidnap the Archpriest or Barkeep on the Borderlands, but I know there has to be more.

a black and white drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' . ALT: a black and white drawing of a person playing drums with the words `` ba dum tsss '' .

If I get in you can have my notes!

Oh no sorry, I'm wait listed for that class next semester.

Introduce Yourself in Five #TTRPG Classes

- 103: Intro to Session Zero
- 301: GM Prep as Play
- 202: Collaborative World Building
- 250: In Session Note Taking
- 122: Writing Actionable Settings

. . . Wait what?

Yes but but the same is true to 5e, B/X, Cairn, Mork Borg or really any game that's popular. It's not a PbtA problem, it's a game design is hard problem.

Reposting this so I remember to do my own version.

I don't know but now I want to play some war games.

That's a good point re "slop". I agree that there are some copy/paste PbtA games, but then the same for B/X and D&D. Calling it all slop just feels like hating on something because it's popular.

Saw someone claim there's a lot of PbtA "slop" being published.

. . . Is there? Legit question. Maybe there is and I just don't see it.

Haha I actually wrote "exceeded by 100%" then went that doesn't look right and changed it.

I've sold two copies! That means I've exceeded my sales goals by 200%!

(I like to set easy goals for myself.)

This mystery includes to tri fold pamphlets. One is entirely in fiction. Hand it to the players as their Mavens walk into the museum. The other is similar, but includes everything the GM needs to run the mystery.

The Brindlewood Historical Bay Society presents the Sixth Annual Creepy Doll Contest by This Is Victor

Do you like Brindlewood Bay mysteries? Great!

Do you like creepy dolls? What, no?! Oh well.

New Brindlewood Bay mystery! The sixth annual Creepy Doll Contest is about to start, but the curator (Dr Engelbert von Offenbach, of course) has been murdered!

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High five, low five, down low too slow five, five finger death punch and a nice crisp fiver.

Anyway, my point is if all you've played is Apoc World, Dungeon World and Monster of the Week I can understand how "all PbtA games are the same" feels true. But the real solution is to just play more games.

And Dream Askew/Dream Apart were the first games (I think? Someone can fact check me.) to really take PbtA concepts and do something radically different with the game mechanics.

. . .Okay I just fact checked myself and Blades in the Dark came out a few years before Dream Askew/Apart.

It doesn't help that the first few PbtA games were copy/pasted from Apoc World. Dungeon World and Monster of the Week are the worst offenders and also happen to be the most popular PbtA games. Monsterhearts was the first PbtA to tweak the rules in meaningful ways.

Living the dream!

I'm so mad right now. I own that game! It lives in my backpack! I carry it everywhere! I can't believe I didn't think of this.

Foul Play by Hendrik ten Napel, Ema Acosta be a naughty little goose

Under raging storm clouds, a lone figure stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. The vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stares down a sheer cliff at the village below. The master of Ravenloft is having guests for dinner. And you are a horrible goose.

"I have to preserve the mystery"

Dude it's a game of make believe, not a marriage in 1950.

Wait shit fuck no. Maybe with Pasion de las Pasiones?????