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More Sleeping Gods work
Here’s more work-in-progress I’m doing for Sleeping Gods. A lot of finicky gluing, with three layers
The Future of RPGs Will Be Games Like “Sleeping Gods”
Sleeping Gods is marketed as a “board game”, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a hit, it has a story whose outcome is determined by player choices, players direct the actions of characters, who have health, attributes and statuses. The … Continue reading
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New Card Designs
I have enlisted some help to make my cards look nice and solve some of the remaining graphic design problems. What do you think? A little better, eh?
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Laser-cut Gloomhaven player caddy
After buying Gloomhaven and getting it out of and back into its box, I decided it needed to have some player caddies. There’s a marker for health and experience points, and a little slot for “lost” cards to be put … Continue reading
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A Thousand Faces of Adventure
I finally chose a title. A Thousand Faces of Adventure It was a hard slog and there were a lot of darlings I had to throw out, but I’m really excited about this name. For one, it’s a play on … Continue reading
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Genesys Core Resolution Mechanism
More exercise! I’ve been drawing up some flowcharts for the “core resolution mechanism” of a few different RPGs. Here’s the flowchart for Genesys. And here’s the source svg.
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Flowchart for FATE Accelerated
As an exercise, I’ve been drawing up some flowcharts for the “core resolution mechanism” of a few different RPGs. Here’s the flowchart for FATE Accelerated.Here’s the source SVG file: https://github.com/sjbrown/misc_work/blob/master/deckahedron/inspiration/flowchart_fate_accelerated.svg
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Almost Famous
Boardcrafting was in the New York Times (sort of)! I was doing some vanity googling tonight, as one does – sometimes it’s fun to see where images of the Boardcrafting Catan boards pop up, and I saw a still image … Continue reading
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Refused Redemption and Corpsemonsters
Last night I completed my first playtest campaign of Deckahedron World! It. was. epic. Brian, Garrett, Greg, Jared, and I (and guest-star Joe as the Party Goblin) wove a tale of purple potatoes, murder, plagues, escapes, drug manufacturing, faction upheaval, … Continue reading
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Role Playing Games
I’ve been dabbling in Role Playing Games like D&D lately. I’ve been using a commercial online game supply maker to make some playing cards for a RPG I’m designing, and I’m pleased with the results. I’m calling it Deckahedron
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