October 2019
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A new trick for Swords Without Master
Long Memory a new trick for Swords Without Master Before the Overplayer begins a new phase, you may demand the next phase be framed as a flashback, to events before the story began. Instead of the usual tones, the tones for this phase are Naive Optimism and Ominous Foreboding.
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[Actual Play] Eccentric Millionaire
Gulix played my game of online treasure hunting, and seemed to have a good time doing so.
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Brief discussion about The Unbroken Circle
Here’s a thing I didn’t see until today (because I wasn’t on Twitter when it was posted). https://threader.app/thread/1124409957623795712 It’s a thread about the culture building mechanics in a game that I wrote. I’m still very happy with how those mechanics work to create a complex culture in play.
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[200 Word RPG] Melanie’s Very Bad Day
3-8 players Everyone will take turns playing Melanie as she has the worst day of her life. Answer collectively: What is Melanie’s daily routine? What does she want? What does she fear? What must she get done today? Each player chooses one color, then adds 10 stones of that color to an opaque bag. Each…