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From the inscription “The Four Wonders” commonly displayed at Starpath facilities. Wording and attribution varies between systems. We built temples when we saw the stars. We...
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It’s a tricky thing, justice. Best method I’ve found is making sure everyone feels both ends of the stick at some point in their life, just to give them faith that it’s all...
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[A former Konkord Star Major, name since redacted, in response to an audience question at the Windfall Orbital State of the Dragon Conference. Recording provided by FXT Free...
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There’s a saying that all of the institutions are really just about pushing pencils. The FXT buys the pencils, the NCA tells you what colour you’re allowed to use, and...
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It’s easy to underestimate the great institutions. Look no further than the FXT, which some mistake for a corporation. They control money, but they aren’t a bank. They control...
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Although the six great institutions sprawl across the Home Cluster, your Ship is independent, at least in principle. It’s a certainty that your Captain holds the favour of some...
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Continuing from last week’s thoughts. In a recent conversation we had, Ed Jollyboat used the analogy of an airport runway as a linear introductory section to a game, which...
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Pandemic Legacy (2015) wasn’t the first legacy boardgame, but it was the breakthrough moment when many players became aware of the format.Imagine you play a game of monopoly...Linked by the ring
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Intergalactic is going to be the first game I make that actually has a canonical map.Not that this is the whole galaxy, of course, but it’s a start. There are concrete places...
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Mythic has a lot of blank spaces left open for improvisation. In my experience, this works well enough, granting many advantages too.Improvise a castle town? Sure, I’m...
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What pressures do you face as a Head in the top 10% of a thousand crew starship in Intergalactic Bastionland?It comes down to what each other crewmember might want from you,...
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In writing the setting for Intergalactic Bastionland I feel pulled between the gravity of three stars:Reality - What would it really be like to be in space as we understand it...
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Something I'm testing out for my Intergalactic testing, recently added to the playtest doc.Being part of a thousand-strong crew on a huge starship has become a key part of...
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I'm back from holiday! I guess coming back to familiarity after a few weeks of novelty got me thinking.Sometimes you repeat the same stuff over and over. Sometimes you breeze...
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Been tinkering with some advice for pacing a game of Intergalactic. I suspect I'll go a bit further than this, but it's a start.The speed at which the group moves through...Linked by the ring
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Or patches, badges, tattoos. This covers a broad category of unofficial trophies that can be earned by a member of a starship crew in the form of some sort of physical mark to...Linked by the ring
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So what about those unsettled and unexplored worlds in Intergalactic Bastionland?They won't get the same detail that the main worlds get, but I want to include some information...Linked by the ring
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A good chunk of Intergalactic Bastionland's current iteration focuses on the element of living and working on a starship, managing relationships, negotiating the hierarchy,...
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I've had a few people ask about playing Mythic Bastionland with larger groups of players. I've found the game flows at its best with 2-4 players, but getting up to 5 or more...
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This was prompted by hearing a discussion about tracking torches in a dungeon crawling game. This is something that I find that adds work, rarely becomes impactful, and the...Linked by the ring
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Intergalactic Bastionland is now ready for public playtesting. Go here to find everything you need.We're a way off the Kickstarter yet, but you can be first to follow here.Linked by the ring
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Dock is the second spoke on the Wheel that makes up crew life, between the drudgery of Transit and the enterprise of Layover.I'm aiming for a good clear procedure to work...
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That's right. When you run a playtest it's not about those parasitic players. You're the one who should be under the microscope.Not exclusively, and I talked about player...Linked by the ring
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Sometimes it matters which tool we pick up. It's 1981. The Roland TB-303 is a new bass synthesiser. It was designed to act as a substitute for a bass guitar player, much like a...Linked by the ring
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Oh, you thought your job on the ship would give you skills?As if. Only life can give you skills, and that's something you don't get much choice in.When rolling an Intergalactic...Linked by the ring
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Intergalactic work continues. I'm constantly reminding myself that the first Mythic Bastionland playtests (then Primeval Bastionland) were based on an extremely rough document,...
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Setting a BearingBefore casting off, the ship must set its bearing to an agreed destination. This requires a meeting of the Bearing Council, which consists of the captain and...
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That's a wrap on another series of the Bastionland Podcast! If you haven't been following for long, here's the line up who each discussed three games that are important to...
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Getting around a ship can sometimes be worse than getting around the galaxy. Any point on a ship is defined by its Deck and Compartment numbers. DecksStandard-sized ships have...Linked by the ring
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I wonder how many games I need to make before I stop feeling shame at the very thought of talking about my creative process. Today is not that day, but let’s push through...