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jordan makes games
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ttrpg designer and general nerd (he/they)
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as someone who loved the idea of dark and darker but found it incredibly frustrating to play after the first week of any season when try hard had enough good gear to ruin the fun for everyone else, this appeals to me a lot 😅
April 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Damn... Spirit Island is hands down one of my favorites. I have a lot of good memories playing it over TTS during COVID when my game group wasn't meeting up in person.
April 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@iwriteok.bsky.social and their personal beef with the FDA is looking real valid right about now
April 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Great read! I also laughed really hard at this line: "The GM can’t both pre-plan a storyline and not pre-plan one." Because my biggest critique of MotW is that it tries to do that and suffers as a game because of it.
April 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sucks, but I'll get over it.

Probably should have removed all the places on the page where it claims you can get it for $19 before changing the price though.
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Damn, did I miss it by a few minutes?
April 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
2 or 4 is like my perfect set, but I play a lot of PbtA and BitD style games
April 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Took this and got a game designer I haven't played a single game from 😅

Guess it's time to buy some stuff made by Vital Lacerda
April 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Don't worry, they only replace artists and writers with AI, not leads.
April 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seeing this art made me realize I need a moth alien in the sci-fantasy crpg I'm making 😅

@alexyquest.bsky.social I'm this close to bringing back the botanist character as a moth just for the vibes...
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
To be fair Aaron's whole deal was being charismatic and following Moses around so he could say it in a way people actually would listen to.
March 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
the way you worded this reminded me of the "big money" strat in Dominion and I'm just now realizing that deck builders are kinda like engine builders, but with more rng
March 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
For me it's entirely dependent on the players. I tend to run things more plot-loose and sandboxy which means I need players that aren't afraid to make strong choices in order for things to flow.
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm there too right now! I spent years designing ttrpgs and now I'm learning Godot to build a crpg and I'm having a blast.

I bounced off the learning how part several times, but this time around it finally stuck and it's so much fun once it finally clicks.

You got this!
March 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I just started ICON and it might be my ideal game.
March 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You're supposed to be satire 😭
March 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I almost exclusively play and run games for groups of 3-4 and with an absolute cap of 5. Anything more than that and I know I'm going to struggle
March 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
the shinigami eyes calling him out makes it even more obvious he's full of shit
March 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
90 degrees feels like it would kill me 😅
March 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
innocent cheese curds getting caught in the crossfire here, now I just feel bad for starting this 😅
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM