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Die letzten Tage Arbeiten an Pounce & Pandemonium waren sehr computerlastig - so ist das beim Textsatz mit LaTeX. Aber jetzt habe ich eine erste Version meiner Character Sheets fertig und kann ein bisschen analog darauf schauen.
Da wird definitiv noch eine verbesserte Version kommen. Aber im Moment versuche ich mich darauf zu konzentrieren, erste Playtests zu ermöglichen. Das hier war ein wichtiger Schritt.
Gestern noch ein kurzes Kapitel über Technologie geschrieben. Eine Erläuterung, welche Gedanken ins Design von Pounce & Pandemonium eingeflossen sind. Das Ganze im Teil über die Character Playbooks, weil es um die verfügbaren Items und Abilities geht. Wird also vielleicht nochmal wann anders nen ähnlichen Abschnitt geben. Die Planung hört aber im Moment noch noch bei den ersten Playtests auf.
Den nächsten Block abgearbeitet. Die Playbooks haben jetzt alle eine einheitliche Beschreibung, es gibt eine Liste von Archetypen, also Beispiele fürs initiale Skillen, und die Blades-typische Liste an "Friends and Foes".
Als nächstes auf der Liste stehen die Items - allgemeine und Playbook-spezifische.
Das alles packe ich übrigens in eine große YAML-Datei, aus der dann der Content gerendert wird.
Habe gerade einen zähen Block abgearbeitet - endlich eine erste Fassung der Special Abilities für die Playbooks in meinem Forged-In-The-Dark-Fork Pounce and Pandemonium fertig.
Das macht Spaß, aber auf halbem Weg habe ich gemerkt, dass ich gerne viel neu schreiben möchte. Das Edwardianische Setting for Blades in the Dark bringt einen ganz anderen Flair, der sich auch in deren Playbooks spiegelt.
P&P ist vielleicht auch bisschen weniger düster...
and of course I misread the book and didn't send a squad of rookies with specialists on the starting mission. #ForgedInTheDark game books are infamous for their information spread, I hope I will remember things and won't need to jump between pages as much next time.
And also I guess I was way too chill with consequences of failed rolls, so the only lingering issue is Scouts sprained ankle and some stress around. And our Commander won't be on next session.
@HeyeBodo a lot of the art I do is TTRPG based. I've been working on a game based on #ForgedintheDark called Citizen Saboteur where the 'ordinary folks' rise up against a monstrous totalitarian regime using the original Civilian Sabotage Field Manual that the early CIA distributed around the early 1950s. It remains over a year in as a work in progress!!
I'm very excited for our 3rd session of #MountainHome, a #ForgedInTheDark game about building a dwarf colony, ran by partner!
We are playing as a group of political refugees who left their old Mountainhome for more freedom and ended up in a secluded mountain basin inspired by the #LostWorld vibes, with dinosaurs and stuff.
Mit den Regeln von Blades in the Dark sind teilweise Erfolge gar nicht so unwahrscheinlich. Die Spielleitung hat bis zu ziemlich hohen Werten mindestens 50% Chance zu erzählerischer Hoheit. Ich denke, einen Action-Punkt haben PCs bei fast jedem Wurf, oft +1 wegen Setup und, wenn's hart auf hart kommt, noch +1 wegen "Push yourself", also Action Rating 2-3 im Mittel.
Das Rechnen hat Spaß gemacht und ergibt überraschend übersichtliche Formeln.
Another snake-dragon for the mouse game:
I think running two campaigns in #ForgedInTheDark made me way better at improvising which subsequently made my GMing like a fuckton better. I guess it was the thing that was missing in my GMing because improving this improved the whole experience for me and for my players.
Although caffeine definitely helps too. No wonder so many creatives used to be cocaineheads
Heute: Action & Attributes für Pounce & Pandemonium
Chassis: Affect, Dance, Tolerate, Wreck
Culture: Craft, Hunt, Operate, Study
Psyche: Finesse, Hide, Survey, Trick
Sie sollen alle 5 grundsätzlichen Handlungstypen abdecken: Erkunden, Kämpfen, Täuschen, Verhandeln und Vermeiden.
Halb von Blades in the Dark übernommen, halb neu. Der Ton kommt in den Beschreibungen. Bisher macht's aber viel Spaß.
Bisher habe ich https://github.com/amazingrando/blades-in-the-dark-srd-content heruntergeladen und es in eine brauchbare Form gebracht: die große Markdown-Datei aufgeteilt. Daraus baut sich jetzt per hugo eine Website und per LaTeX ein PDF-Dokument.
Durch die ersten Seiten der Regeln bin ich auch schon durch. Spannend wird es dann bei den Playbooks. Aber irgendwann werde ich dann Pounce & Pandemonium auf frei verfügbar machen. :cc: :cc_by: :cc_nc_us:
#pbta #forgedinthedark #texlatex #hugo #PounceAndPandemonium #CatAndCanary
Blades in the Dark hat echt Spaß gemacht. Es kann doch nicht so schwer sein, sein eigenes Forged-in-the-Dark-Regelwerk zu basten. Gestern habe ich angefangen.
Und irgendwann wird Pounce & Pandemonium Basis für Staffel 2 meiner Expanse-Kampagne Cat & Canary.
We slice into "Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts," the first official expansion for the award-winning dark fantasy tabletop RPG from Evil Hat Productions and John Harper. https://ttrpgfans.com/blades-in-the-dark-deep-cuts/ #BladesInTheDark #forgedinthedark #evilhat #Doskvol #ttrpg #RPG
Evil Hat Productions' popular Blades in the Dark RPG is heading into the Swinging Sixties, with the much anticipated "Blades '68" supplement now on BackerKit. https://ttrpgfans.com/blades-68/ #BladesInTheDark #evilhatproductions #forgedinthedark #ttrpg #rpg #blades68
I don't know if anybody else in the universe would benefit from a visualisation of the #probability of different #dice results when playing #ForgedInTheDark based #rpgs (e.g. #BladesInTheDark). Maybe it's just me. But here's an illustration I made anyway.
A few TTRPG Kickstarters that I'm currently backing:
- Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Remastered Edition (2024 D&D 5e) http://kck.st/49dqAQk
- Dungeons of Drakkenheim (Daggerheart) http://kck.st/47DfTnJ
- Ghost in the Shell TTRPG (Very similar to Forged in the Dark) http://kck.st/43McB0s
#ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #daggerheart #ForgedintheDark #GhostintheShell
Ghost In the Shell Tabletop Game Coming Soon https://popgeeks.com/ghost-in-the-shell-tabletop-game-coming-soon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GhostInTheShell #TabletopGaming #RoleplayingGame #AnimeGames #ForgedInTheDark
Are there any Forged in the Dark games that have contributed open content? I love that the core SRD is CC-BY, but are there any hacks that have opened their additions to further hacking?
I’m seriously thinking about making Blades in the Marsh, but I’m curious what else I can build from in a licensed way.
#TTRPG #OpenGaming #SRD #FitD #ForgedInTheDark #BitD #BladesInTheDark
Hearts of Stone is BACK on Twitch @ 3pm EST!
Today, Your Obedient Servants will decide the fate of Captain Panzia and his leviathan hunting ship once and for all! #bladesinthedark #forgedinthedark #dnd #ttrpg
I updated Clocker, my digital scratch pad for Forged in the Dark clocks.
Now it works better on mobile devices!
On mobile, it's a single column layout with the form at the bottom of the screen. You can minimize the form with a button press.
YEE HAW INTERNET
We're live playing A Fistful of Darkness! Come wrangle emus and mine hellstone with us! #dnd #forgedinthedark #bladesinthedark #dnd #ttrpg
Hearts of Stone is back! Join us LIVE at 3pm EST for some more Blades in the Dark excitement! #BladesInTheDark #ForgedInTheDark #dnd #ttrpg
So I'm still not 100% convinced how much I enjoy running Forged in the Dark from a GMing perspective, but I've had two different one shots for two different groups foster fail into campaigns in the last few months, so that certainly says something about how they are as a player!
#ttrpg #FitD #ForgedInTheDark #SftD #SongsForTheDusk #Grimwild
Running my first session of Songs for the Dusk in T-1 hour! This'll also be my very first time running, or even playing, a Forged in the Dark game!
After this I definitely wanna try a Trophy game too haha
@Bartimaeus danke. Lege dieses Mal mehr Wert auf das worldbuilding und vorbereitete Abenteuer. Regelwerk wird mehr telling. Ein #forgedinthedark Mod. Ist noch Sau viel Arbeit und ich versuche es dieses Mal auch auf English zu verlaufen. Also extra viel Arbeit XD
It's almost time! Join us LIVE at 3pm EST for a brand new episode of Hearts of Stone! #BladesInTheDark #ForgedInTheDark #ttrpg #dnd #livestream
It's that time again! Join us LIVE ON TWITCH at 3pm EST for some adventures in the deathlands on a new episode of Hearts of Stone! #BladesInTheDark #ForgedInTheDark #ttrpg #dnd #livestream
A fantastic game of The Mean Arena, run by GM @theGROGNARDfiles as Slater's Slayers took on Watford Ravenclaws in the grudge match to end all grudge matches.
https://buttondown.com/theraspyraven/archive/the-mean-arena/
Full-time chaos, but unforgettable action at The Mean Arena!
There's another quick deal on #BundleOfHolding for #CBRPNK.
It's an absolutely fantastic and incredibly focused #ForgedInTheDark #cyberpunk RPG. A really slim laser strike on “you've been gathered for _one last job_ - what could go wrong?”
Really awesome and innovative physical presentation, too. It's a trifold little package with dry-erase PC character sheets.
$7 for the package. Pick it up.
Your Obedient Servants are back for a new job! Join us LIVE at 3pm EST for a brand new episode of Hearts of Stone!
Woohoo, I'm making my way through some changes to Tribes in the Dark based on Deep Cuts that I want to try out. The Last Caravan is next on my list but those changes won't be as involved because it's a lot simpler. #TTRPG #ForgedInTheDark
We're live with Blades In The Dark! It's been a while, let's catch up on the Cult of the Orb in Duskvol with... HACKING TALENT!
https://www.twitch.tv/hiscursedness
https://youtube.com/live/rDd-gQkXdkk
#bladesinthedark #bitd #forgedinthedark #tabletop #ttrpg #rpg #actualplay
Added some spreads to the preview page for FIRE IN THE SPIRES, my upcoming single player dungeon climbing TTRPG.
Take a look, and follow along if you want more!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/notwriting/fire-in-the-spires
#ttrpg #rpg #indiegame #indiettrpg #fitd #forgedinthedark #singleplayer #fantasy
If you're in the market for a tabletop RPG set in a terribly cursed patch of ocean during the age of sail: check out Gold Teeth. These guys previously made Teeth, which had a table for looking up specific types of cursed pie.
FIRE IN THE SPIRES my follow up to A TORCH IN THE DARK is launching on October 1st.
A single-player dungeon climber with narrative tactical encounters.
Follow along!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/notwriting/fire-in-the-spires
#ttrpg #rpg #indiegame #indierpg #solorpg #forgedinthedark #fitd
@mintrabbit is working on playtesting Protect the Child, a Forged in the Dark game about monsters who end up responsible for a human child and have to figure out how to keep it alive and safe.
https://discord.com/invite/PUMRXg88
She's made a publicly open playtest server on Discord if you want to join and give feedback and chat about what works or doesn't at your table. Seems like a good place so far!
Some insight into how Cells work in Tribes in the Dark:
Big news! The last piece of commissioned art was turned in last night, and there's a new community goal to unlock 666 community copies of the game.
Read more here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jex-thomas/bump-in-the-dark-revised-edition/updates/7478#top
#BumpintheDark #ForgedintheDark #FitD #PbtA #IndieTTRPG #Crowdfunding
My lunchtime #Ironsworn game was cancelled for today, unfortunately.
We'll reschedule for next week and try again.
This stuff was so much easier when I was thirteen.
My lunchtime game at work had a great #Ironsworn session. I wish we could play for longer than an hour, but I'll take what I can get and it is still working quite nicely even in its shortened time-slot.
My players set out on their quest to avenge the destruction of their trading outpost by a band of elves that drove wild animals into their steading and set the place ablaze with fire arrows.
Last weekend, I had a wonderful opportunity to play Scum & Villainy: a #ttrpg built on #ForgedInTheDark system. It reminded me of #ApocalypseWorld, what with the playbooks and dice rolls resulting not only in success or failure, but also, sometimes, with results that are little bit of both. 1/2
We finished my first campaign of @evilhatofficial's Band of Blades, a TTRPG about a company of mercenaries on a fighting withdrawal from an army of the undead. I've been eager to try troupe-play for decades, and this game let us be the command structure, the specialists, or rookies, exchanging characters as the need arose. The mechanics for logistics and morale kept the tension high, especially on that final run toward safety. We barely made it. #TTRPG #BandOfBlades #ForgedInTheDark #FitD
One thing that confounds me is the notion that Blades in the Dark (or any #ForgedInTheDark game for that matter) is somehow rigidly locked into the gameplay phases and tracking numbers. I've seen it described as an "accounting exercise".
I'd say it's a miss on the presentation, but since I didn't come away with that impression, I'm not sure where the miss is. However, it results in some really weird opinions about the system. #TTRPG
It reminds me again how much I like #ForgedInTheDark games. In other systems, games and cultures of play I work in order to make session entertaining. Here it feels as easy as if breathing was bringing joy. @johnharper I cannot overstate how thankful I am for Blades and @stras and @worldnamer for its sisters.
I'm working on a new adventure, designed for Scum & Villainy - a Forged in the Dark game with a setting emulating Star Wars. I want a one-shot adventure that I will actually run in the Star Wars setting.
The plan is to run this at an open game night at the local science shop, which usually runs D&D 5e. I want to give the players a taste of a different genre and game system.
One of my games is in the latest offering from The Bundle of Holding!
You can grab Blades in the Dark, and several other games including Court of Blades, Mountain Home, and A Torch in the Dark, my single player dungeon delving game!
Not only does Bundle of Holding help indie creators get paid, but part of the proceeds go to the Diana Jones Award Merging Designer Program, which sends an up-and-coming RPG designer to Gen Con!
wait, there's a #ForgedInTheDark absolutely-not-Ankh-Morepork city watch game? https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/460975/Bridgemire-Watch