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In the most recent Mythic Bastionland update I've added an Oddpocrypha section about Getting Rules Wrong. These sections have a short example of play followed by thoughts on...
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Oof, was it really four months ago I last wrote about imperfect examples of play? Well, I'm finally putting it into practice. I've got this thing about making my games a...
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It was fun playing around with another type of Universal Profile last week, so let's keep it rolling. Can we make this work for creatures?UNIVERSAL CREATURE PROFILERoll 5d6,...Linked by the ring
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I've had a week off, enjoying/surviving Paris, one of my favourite cities to visit. To go full cliché, it's a city of many halves, each one beautiful and terrifying in its own...
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This week's post has been largely replaced by being away on holiday. I'm back now but putting things up a week early on Patreon really messes with the post-time continuum. So...
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This week I've done a little run-through of MAC Attack. An ideal place to jump in if you're curious about Mech fighting games. And now I'm off on holiday for a week! Next week...
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I've spoken about this before, but I like to periodically look through a game and ask each individual rule "why are you still here?"But don't get complacent. Even if a rule has...
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I've been jumping around between various wargames lately, so it's perhaps a good time to take stock of where we're at:The DoomedPre-orders are cropping up for this now, so I'm...
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EDIT: If you read this on Patreon last week, be aware there are some changes as I've worked on the game a bit.There's a meme somewhere about how miniature wargamers move to...Linked by the ring
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What if initiative was the only roll in a combat system?Let's imagine we start with Into the Odd. Replace the damage of each weapon by its average, rounding up. If it's...
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The arms list of Mythic Bastionland sees some shuffling around compared to Electric Bastionland and Into the Odd. The most notable additions are Specialist Weapons that grant a...
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There are more.Blood Drinker OxAface ared in fields avuneAveins, a pulse apower attuneWith cloven hoof he crushed red grainA gory mark on face and maneBut all who'd felted wash...Linked by the ring
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This Mythic place is full of beasts, but not the dumb creatures of our prophesised future. They birthed the fables, ushering our children into sleep.In turn, the fables changed...
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As I threatened last week, it's time to look ahead to 2023 and talk about some plans. Let's go one project at a time.The DoomedThis one isn't far off! Last I heard we're...
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I'm not too humble for an end of year roundup, so let's do it. JANUARY saw me dipping into Classic Traveller for the first time and becoming especially enamoured with the 2400...
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There's a strong appeal to writing 100 of something, and I say this as somebody that doesn't really like the way it feels to roll d100.Electric Bastionland required me to write...
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In Mythic Bastionland I refer to a six step process for adjudicating player action.INTENT - What are you trying to do?LEVERAGE - What makes it possible?COST - Would it use a...
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Some will be pleased to hear that I've been dipping back into Mythic Bastionland. No updates to the doc just yet, as I'm going back in with a more deliberate approach now,...
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As you might expect, Bastion doesn't have an official language.Scoffin at yer nonknowin that Handydown is OFFICIALLY recorded as prime in a number of...Who let the Mock...
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For this challenge I'm going to revisit a selection of monster abilities that often scare GMs away, and can feel like unfair relics from the era of killer GMs. These include:...
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My mechs have are now referred to by a silly TLA because it's the law. I'm this close to renaming the whole game MAC ATTACK but I wonder if it's a step too far. (does look...
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I've been trying to drill down to the identity of each of the factions in Intergalactic Bastionmechs (I really need to give this a proper name soon). Most of all I want them to...
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I’ve been thinking about how Battletech handles factions. I was speaking in a Discord about how there’s a lot I love about the larger setting, but it took me a long time to...
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You can now venture into The Droner House, perfect if you're looking for a spooky Into the Odd/Electric Bastionland adventure site this Halloween. And it's FREE!You might...
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One of my current notes for Mythic Bastionland is "more reasons to travel around the realm". I mean there are already some in there. Travel brings Omens, which lead toward the...
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What am I looking for in a Mech game?My wishlist was something like: 1. Field every type of unit from infantry squads up to huge mechs 2. Have unit and weapon types feel...Linked by the ring
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You'd be forgivenfor thinking that I want every game to be rules lite. While I love that style of game I can't deny the draw of crunchier systems, at least on paper.The reality...Linked by the ring
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This week I picked up the starter box for Classic Battletech, mainly because I had the sudden urge to paint some lumbering mechs. Now I've painted them and about an hour...
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A sidestep from game content today. A year ago I wrote about the experience so far of working full-time on games. Everything in that post still applies, but with another year...
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Earlier this year I wrote about my first dip into Traveller, but I didn't get onto talking about the Universal World Profiles and Universal Personality Profiles. In short, it's...