#starforged — Public Fediverse posts

Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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The thing I like about #ironsworn and #starforged is that I work through it systematically. It's funny, because the point of the game is fiction first. But it gives you just enough...well, paper buttons that can guide your thoughts without being _prescriptive_.

A great example of this is the focused optional rules littered throughout the book. The Scene Challenge I talked about yesterday and the little zine I made for it is representative. It’s a self-contained “resolution engine”. It’s a little protocol you follow when you want to do a specific kind of thing.

The nice thing about having all these individual systems which are, more or less, self-contained and non-descriptive is that you can turn them into workflows.

And I know. You’re thinking to yourself “this guy is nuts. I am not working, I am playing”. And fair enough! But hear me out.

I love building workflows, both on the abstract and physically.

So now I kind of want to make zines for starforged that are all self-contained sets of moves (like Scene Challenges) to enable solo players to have a structured approach to playing of that helps them. (It does me)

But I’m of two minds: I’m essentially just using a system that exists to make a bunch of sort of hyper-specific mini-systems.

Maybe my time would be better spent just making my own game that uses these resolution engines/workflows as their primary mechanism.

I need to think on it. I know things like that exist already. But none have clicked even though I obviously _want_ to like them.

The thing I like about #ironsworn and #starforged is that I work through it systematically. It's funny, because the point of the game is fiction first. But it gives you just enough...well, paper buttons that can guide your thoughts without being _prescriptive_.

A great example of this is the focused optional rules littered throughout the book. The Scene Challenge I talked about yesterday and the little zine I made for it is representative. It’s a self-contained “resolution engine”. It’s a little protocol you follow when you want to do a specific kind of thing.

The nice thing about having all these individual systems which are, more or less, self-contained and non-descriptive is that you can turn them into workflows.

And I know. You’re thinking to yourself “this guy is nuts. I am not working, I am playing”. And fair enough! But hear me out.

I love building workflows, both on the abstract and physically.

So now I kind of want to make zines for starforged that are all self-contained sets of moves (like Scene Challenges) to enable solo players to have a structured approach to playing of that helps them. (It does me)

But I’m of two minds: I’m essentially just using a system that exists to make a bunch of sort of hyper-specific mini-systems.

Maybe my time would be better spent just making my own game that uses these resolution engines/workflows as their primary mechanism.

I need to think on it. I know things like that exist already. But none have clicked even though I obviously _want_ to like them.

I forgot about scene Challenges in #ironsworn #starforged, so I’m making a zine to help players remember about this really awesome rule that I honestly think shouldn’t be optional.

The images are just the rough draft, really just the layout. I took the liberty of throwing a bunch of trackers onto the back.

I think the layout flow is pretty good; start with an explanation, a quick summary, then a helpful oracle to kick things off, then you open it up and have the four relevant moves laid out each to a page.

Now to just need to write some halfway decent copy…

(To unsighted users: the images are just the layout I described in here, on a black table. It would be silly for me to lay out the actual text since it’s jus t the text from the book, not important for the post; quick search for starforged scene challenges will get you the bulk of the text)

#ironsworn #Starforged #ttrpg #roleplaying #fictionfirst #mechanicsarealsofun

I forgot about scene Challenges in #ironsworn #starforged, so I’m making a zine to help players remember about this really awesome rule that I honestly think shouldn’t be optional.

The images are just the rough draft, really just the layout. I took the liberty of throwing a bunch of trackers onto the back.

I think the layout flow is pretty good; start with an explanation, a quick summary, then a helpful oracle to kick things off, then you open it up and have the four relevant moves laid out each to a page.

Now to just need to write some halfway decent copy…

(To unsighted users: the images are just the layout I described in here, on a black table. It would be silly for me to lay out the actual text since it’s jus t the text from the book, not important for the post; quick search for starforged scene challenges will get you the bulk of the text)

#ironsworn #Starforged #ttrpg #roleplaying #fictionfirst #mechanicsarealsofun

Neue Podcast Folge: Schmugglerleben
#8 "Das Herz"

Roland Warren erreicht den Reaktorraum der Stardust. Statt eines technischen Defekts findet er dort etwas Lebendiges zwischen den Aggregaten. Und es erwacht.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/8-das-herz/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #würfel #pnp #pnpde #gaming

Neue Podcast Folge: Schmugglerleben
#8 "Das Herz"

Roland Warren erreicht den Reaktorraum der Stardust. Statt eines technischen Defekts findet er dort etwas Lebendiges zwischen den Aggregaten. Und es erwacht.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/8-das-herz/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #würfel #pnp #pnpde #gaming

I am addicted to watching #ironsworn and #starforged session zero videos.

#ttrpg

I am addicted to watching #ironsworn and #starforged session zero videos.

#ttrpg

Sternenschmiede S1E7: "Tief im Bauch der Stardust"

Der Frachter offenbart seine Geheimnisse widerwillig und Roland sieht Dinge, die er besser nicht gesehen hätte. Das Schiff ist gefährlicher als gedacht.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/7-tief-im-bauch-der-stardust/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #pnp #pnpde #gaming

Sternenschmiede S1E7: "Tief im Bauch der Stardust"

Der Frachter offenbart seine Geheimnisse widerwillig und Roland sieht Dinge, die er besser nicht gesehen hätte. Das Schiff ist gefährlicher als gedacht.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/7-tief-im-bauch-der-stardust/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #pnp #pnpde #gaming

Neue Folge — Sternenschmiede: "Enterung der Stardust"

Roland Warren dockt an einen treibenden, energielosen Frachter an und dringt ins Innere vor. Was er dort findet, hätte er nicht erwartet.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/6-enterung-der-stardust/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #würfel #pnp #pnpde #gaming

Neue Folge — Sternenschmiede: "Enterung der Stardust"

Roland Warren dockt an einen treibenden, energielosen Frachter an und dringt ins Innere vor. Was er dort findet, hätte er nicht erwartet.

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/6-enterung-der-stardust/

#starforged #sciencefiction #podcast #solorpg #penandpaper #actualplay #ttrpg #rollenspiel #mythicgme #würfel #pnp #pnpde #gaming

#TTRPG #MadMax #Starforged

Don't force _Twilight 2000_ into a wasteland it wasn't built for. In "Mad Max - T2K or Starforged", I kitbash _Starforged_ into a high-octane narrative interceptor.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Mad+Max+-+T2K+or+Starforged

#TTRPG #MadMax #Starforged

Don't force _Twilight 2000_ into a wasteland it wasn't built for. In "Mad Max - T2K or Starforged", I kitbash _Starforged_ into a high-octane narrative interceptor.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Mad+Max+-+T2K+or+Starforged

#TTRPG #MadMax #Starforged

Don't force _Twilight 2000_ into a wasteland it wasn't built for. In "Mad Max - T2K or Starforged", I kitbash _Starforged_ into a high-octane narrative interceptor.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Mad+Max+-+T2K+or+Starforged

#TTRPG #MadMax #Starforged

Don't force _Twilight 2000_ into a wasteland it wasn't built for. In "Mad Max - T2K or Starforged", I kitbash _Starforged_ into a high-octane narrative interceptor.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Mad+Max+-+T2K+or+Starforged

#TTRPG #MadMax #Starforged

Don't force _Twilight 2000_ into a wasteland it wasn't built for. In "Mad Max - T2K or Starforged", I kitbash _Starforged_ into a high-octane narrative interceptor.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Mad+Max+-+T2K+or+Starforged

Roland Warren fliegt mit den Piraten einen Angriff auf einen Frachter und muss schmerzhaft erfahren das hier nichts so ist, wie es aussieht.

#pnpde #solottrpg #pnp #ttrpg #solo #penandpaperde #actualplay #podcast #mythic #ironsworn #starforged

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/5-stardust/

Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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Roland Warren landet auf den Traumzinnen und um weiterzukommen muss er einen unangenehmen Schwur leisten.
#pnpde #solottrpg #pnp #ttrpg #solo #penandpaperde #actualplay #podcast #mythic #ironsworn #starforged

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/4-unter-piraten/

#Starforged #solorpg #illustration #outrun #posca #theWorkshop
The top pic is a remake of an illustration by Joshua Meehan. The middle and bottom ones are inspired by solo sessions I played the last couple evenings.

#Starforged #solorpg #illustration #outrun #posca #theWorkshop
The top pic is a remake of an illustration by Joshua Meehan. The middle and bottom ones are inspired by solo sessions I played the last couple evenings.

#Starforged #solorpg #illustration #outrun #posca #theWorkshop
The top pic is a remake of an illustration by Joshua Meehan. The middle and bottom ones are inspired by solo sessions I played the last couple evenings.

#Starforged #solorpg #illustration #outrun #posca #theWorkshop
The top pic is a remake of an illustration by Joshua Meehan. The middle and bottom ones are inspired by solo sessions I played the last couple evenings.

Roland Warren hat einen Plan und einen Hinweis aber dann läuft nichts mehr so wie erhofft und unversehens befindet er sich in einem Hinterhalt

#pnpde #solottrpg #pnp #ttrpg #solo #penandpaperde #actualplay #podcast #mythic #ironsworn #starforged

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/3-hinterhalt/

#TTRPG #Starforged #StarWars

Having trouble coming up with Iron Vows for scoundrels? You don't have to be a good guy to swear.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Scoundrel+Vows+in+Ironsworn-Starforged

#TTRPG #Starforged #StarWars

Having trouble coming up with Iron Vows for scoundrels? You don't have to be a good guy to swear.

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/Scoundrel+Vows+in+Ironsworn-Starforged

My session notation sigils for "#Ironsworn: #Starforged" #solorpg

https://akavel.com/starforged-sigils

They cover a variety of technical terms/concepts, that I found I use commonly in my journaling of this game. Aaaand they help make my journals pretty and mystical and cool! I found it's in fact quite important to have things be fun and pretty to help me sometimes manage to get myself to actually play a solo game...

#theWorkshop #theLudarium #theObservatory

My session notation sigils for "#Ironsworn: #Starforged" #solorpg

https://akavel.com/starforged-sigils

They cover a variety of technical terms/concepts, that I found I use commonly in my journaling of this game. Aaaand they help make my journals pretty and mystical and cool! I found it's in fact quite important to have things be fun and pretty to help me sometimes manage to get myself to actually play a solo game...

#theWorkshop #theLudarium #theObservatory

My session notation sigils for "#Ironsworn: #Starforged" #solorpg

https://akavel.com/starforged-sigils

They cover a variety of technical terms/concepts, that I found I use commonly in my journaling of this game. Aaaand they help make my journals pretty and mystical and cool! I found it's in fact quite important to have things be fun and pretty to help me sometimes manage to get myself to actually play a solo game...

#theWorkshop #theLudarium #theObservatory

I'm starting to think my enjoyment of a #ttrpg is directly tied to how familiar I am with the physical book. I was playing #Starforged yesterday and had a nice time just discovering a new faction I came in contact with. I was doing almost the identical thing last week with #ShadowDark and was a little restless and frustrated.

Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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Roland Warren trifft auf der Raumstation Last Port seine Kontaktperson und Hehlerin

https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/1-neue-horizonte/

#podcast #solorpg #penandpaperde #penandpaper #mythic #starforged #actualplay #pnpde #soloactualplay

Es geht in den Weltraum. Mit Ironsworn Starforged breche Ich in die Tiefen des Weltraums auf.
https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/0-session-0/
https://ausgewuerfelt.yakamura.de/series/sternenschmiede/season1/1-neue-horizonte/
#podcast #solorpg #penandpaperde #penandpaper #mythic #starforged #actualplay #pnpde #soloactualplay

Voyages of the Vigilant: An Ironsworn Starforged Campaign, Pt. 4

https://alexanderkeane.com/2026/04/10/voyages-of-the-vigilant-an-ironsworn-starforged-campaign-pt-4/

Voyages of the Vigilant: An Ironsworn Starforged Campaign, Pt. 4

https://alexanderkeane.com/2026/04/10/voyages-of-the-vigilant-an-ironsworn-starforged-campaign-pt-4/

You know it's a great game when, after the first tabletop roleplaying session, our characters have:

* failed everything we tried to do;
* got trounced by a gang of pirates;
* been marooned on a desert planet with a couple of leaky water canteens, a direction to walk, and a dream;

and everyone's coming out of it feeling super pumped and cheering HELL YEAH to each other. ​:neobot_laugh:​

#ttrpg #roleplaying #ironsworn #starforged

You know it's a great game when, after the first tabletop roleplaying session, our characters have:

* failed everything we tried to do;
* got trounced by a gang of pirates;
* been marooned on a desert planet with a couple of leaky water canteens, a direction to walk, and a dream;

and everyone's coming out of it feeling super pumped and cheering HELL YEAH to each other. ​:neobot_laugh:​

#ttrpg #roleplaying #ironsworn #starforged

Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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haha wait I can embed the planet gifs directly into the map. Also, I love Iron Vault :P

#StarForged #Obsidian #TTRPG

haha wait I can embed the planet gifs directly into the map. Also, I love Iron Vault :P

#StarForged #Obsidian #TTRPG

Using Obsidian as a VTT is pretty tops tbh

#Obsidian #TTRPG #StarForged

Using Obsidian as a VTT is pretty tops tbh

#Obsidian #TTRPG #StarForged

Can't determine where to place your #Ironsworn #Starforged sector locations? Check out this oracle 🪐🚀
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Voyages of the Vigilant: An Ironsworn Starforged Campaign Pt. 2

https://alexanderkeane.com/2025/12/22/voyages-of-the-vigilant-an-ironsworn-starforged-campaign-pt-2/

Gaming in Review 2025

https://alexanderkeane.com/2025/12/19/gaming-in-review-2025/

I decided to edit the journal of an Ironsworn Starforged campaign I'm running for posting on my blog.

This is Voyages of the Vigilant

I imagine Eveline Hawking as like a Kaylee Frye or Cally Henderson type character, elbows deep in her ship.

https://alexanderkeane.com/2025/12/15/voyages-of-the-vigilant-an-ironsworn-starforged-campaign-pt-1/

#TTRPG #Ironsworn #Starforged