When combat starts, why does the wizard not simply cast their biggest spell? Magic as Ammunition The magic system of Dungeons & Dragons is (in part) based on a series of fantasy novels called the Dying Earth series by Jack Vance. Wizards memorize a limited number of spells, and when they cast them, they forget … why does the wizard not simply cast their biggest spell?
Full Metal Bones is the mecha game I’m developing; it’s currently on the back burner as I’ve been working on my other project. That said, the back burner is still cooking and I was reminded earlier this week that I’ve got a terrible idea for initiative after reading through the newly-updated Every Initiative Method masterpost … full metal bones: initiative
I’ve been working on some organization lately by putting together a library of all my tabletop games. Part of that process involves trying to come up with a “pitch” for each game — a brief summary on what the game is about and what makes it different from any other given game. Sometimes this summary … design ramble: expectation & structure
A little while back, I showed one of my friends the website I’m building and she asked me what faggot games meant. I directed her to click on the link, as I believe that Eclipse expresses an eloquent vision for the movement in her post. However, I wanted to give a shot at explaining in … Faggot Games: in my own words
After last week’s double-post with the blogclave, I definitely cut it close finishing my post for this week. It’s still technically my Saturday night as far as I’m concerned, timezone be damned. This week we’re continuing the deep dive into Fighters in The Serket Hack, picking right back up with how attacks work in the … the serket hack: fighter identity
(original comic by Jake Likes Onions) Prismatic Wasteland has challenged all ttrpg bloggers to an emergency bandwagon because of the ongoing conclave. It’s an excuse to clericpost. Earlier in March I talked about clerics some because I was fresh off of Pillars of Eternity II, but I didn’t go into detail. Let’s fix that. It’s … begun, the blogclave has
I keep avoiding the elephant in the room: I really haven’t said anything about The Serket Hack’s combat system. I know the vague shape of it, but my ambition to have unique character classes means that I don’t have a lot in the way of details. As previously mentioned, there are sixteen paths that players … the serket hack: totally effective fighters
Now that we’ve covered research for games both digital and physical, we can take that knowledge and apply it to a crafting mechanic for The Serket Hack. Unlike the last two posts which were mostly observational, I anticipate this one will be much more biased to my own personal preferences. Crafting Lets You Get Stuff … crafting in games: the serket hack
Last week we looked at crafting systems across a variety of video games, broadly splitting them into categories based on input and output and process. This week I want to look at how tabletop roleplaying games handle crafting, but I am much less certain we will find as much similarity. In base Dungeons & Dragons … crafting in games: 2
One of the notes I’ve written for The Serket Hack is “a crafting mechanic that isn’t disappointing”. I love crafting in games; resource management is my passion. Unfortunately, I think most tabletop games which include a crafting feature implement it poorly. Before I draft designs on what exactly I want to put into TSH, I … crafting in games: 1
