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Intergalactic Bastionland now has an art reveal trailer, showing the fantastic artwork by... well, go watch the trailer!This also reveals the Kickstarter will launch in March...
Last Week
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I've written about Impairing in Mythic Bastionland, but what's the plan with this tricky little mechanic in Intergalactic? Well first let's go back to the start.Impaired was...
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I've written lots of GM principles, but it's been a while since I put together any advice centred on the role of player. This coincidentally lines up with a blogwagon! The...Linked by the ring
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I did this for hexes and planets, but what if I want to use this same system for giving an NPC some specific behaviour notes? Forget how they look, how do I give this NPC some...Linked by the ring
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Sometimes it’s enough to know that something is possible, even if you never achieve it. I’m drawn back to playing Frontier as a kid. I played a lot of that game in a very...Linked by the ring
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Independent ships rely on the six great institutions in order to operate, so all captains pledge to an agreed set of terms, sworn by each new crewmember upon boarding.The...
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Normally I’m bad at earnestly acknowledging that a thing I made is good, and would rather point to my next idea and talk about how that’s going to be better. Mythic flipped...
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One of the big non-rules changes I’ve made to Intergalactic, just added in the latest update, is a downgrade of galactic communication. So far it’s been fun to play with, and...Linked by the ring
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One of the most positive pieces of feedback I’ve had about Mythic Bastionland is that “it runs itself”. This was a big thing I wanted to achieve with the game, so it’s awesome...
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We honour the real when we make a decision in service of the integrity of the in-game reality. We honour the play when we make a decision in service of the group having fun at...Linked by the ring