Wandering Adventure Party

@be_far @evacide Horribleness of this whole thing aside, the adoption of "AI" as a generic term for using computation is truly annoying.

@Tim_Eagon Yeah, you are right. As bad as it is, it's not really fair comparing it to Monopoly.

@Tim_Eagon Ah. I missed that note somehow. That does make sense.

But still. Risk! You can find dusty boxes of a dozen variants in nearly any store. I always took that, and Monopoly, to be what confused grandparents buy for their grandkids when they say they like boardgames.

@Tim_Eagon What is the explanation?

There is a Kickstarter campaign up for G.I. JOE Risk boardgame.

A Kickstarter. For Risk.

[Exasperated hand motions]

#boardgames

@Era @tabletopgamingdeals It is surely an odd decision. I can see it as part of a realistic anti-fascist revolution scenario, where you have undesirable bedfellows as an anarchist. But this is a bit of a power fantasy. The vibe I got was cool and righteous shenanigans. The two don't seem to mesh?

I'd have to read it, but I can only buy it on DriveThruRPG, and I don't want to support them after Rebel Scum banning. So I guess I am sitting this one out.

@Era @tabletopgamingdeals I have not read the book and don't know much about it at all. But my general understanding is that rebellion is made up of factions that are intended to show the messy nature of uprisings and that players are not expected to be part of those factions but have uneasy feelings about them.

I could be wrong.

@tabletopgamingdeals Hopefully the authors do not have a foreword expressing concern about current events, or DriveThruRPG will ban the book.

@risa It does indeed! The game makes fun ideas very easy to run with.

Long story short, this went from an impulse buy I want to flip through out of curiosity to being pretty high on the list of games I actually want to play. I keep thinking of a Galapa with magical tomes and a staff, magical runes inscribed on his shell plates.

I really hope it gets the success it is aiming for. The entire hobby will be better off if this pulls a significant number of casual players and shows them what RPGs can and should be.

(4/4)

Classes are plentiful and mostly familiar, but even wizards, warriors and rogues aim for a distinctive flavor. In my opinion, successfully.

The book has a handful of sample campaigns, one of which is basically Shadow of the Colossus. And yes, sample campaigns. Not adventures. Each sets up the world, notable places, people, organizations, unique mechanics, basic plot. There's a LOT packed into a relatively small page count dedicated to them.

(3/4)

The world building is basic but evocative. It clearly tells you that it wants to be fun but not a parody. Frog people are Ribbets. Turtle people are Galapas. Also, Elves and Dwarves.

Cards are ok. Hardly necessary, but useful and pretty. Some, a minority, are written in a way that expects you to utilize them (have a certain amount of tokens on one power, spend when using the power) but I played Exalted without any cards just fine and Daggerheart is peanuts in comparison.

(2/4)

I really did not expect to like Daggerheart. But I do!

It takes the promise of a traditional fantasy adventure game and makes it modern, but in ways that might seem less scary to newbies. It is narrative, but you still get to have a fantasy hero with attribute stats, specific equipment, spells, abilities, etc. The way you would talk about your Daggerheart character is the same as a DnD character.

And it has rules for combat wheelchairs! Yes. Really.

(1/4)

#ttrpg #daggerheart

@slyflourish I don't know, that sounds like double the effort.