Today's light reading in between chapters of Project Hail Mary.

#ttrpg #DuneRPG #Dune2d20

@deinol I share that pain. I'm itching to try a Freman insurgency against the Harkonnen scenario. Perhaps they're more likely to bite if they can be the Harkonnens.
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Bis jetzt finde ich #FallOfTheImperium für #Dune2D20 recht gut. Es schafft es verschiedene Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten aufzuführen und ist gut darin, die #Kampagne mit dem Kanon zu verweben.
Auf der negativen Seite steht der völlige Mangel an Karten und dass fast jede Illustration recycled ist. #pnpde #dune
Ich habe mir für #Dune2D20 von #Modphius die #Kampagne #FallOfTheImperium besorgt. Bisher habe ich es nur überflogen, aber unabhängig vom System merke ich, wie sehr mir doch eine epische Kampagne fehlt, sowohl als #Spielleitung als auch als Spieler. Ich baller zwar ganz schön One Shots durch, aber bei langfristigen Storys hänge ich in Runden, die eher slow burn sind. Mittelfristig brauche ich aber auf jeden Fall wider mehr. #pnpde

Next #trpg project(s): first a short one-shot with Hard Wired Island and its amazing Cyberpunk setting, then either Agents of Dune + Masters of Dune for #Dune2d20 (Modiphius), or The Fall of the Children of Bronze for #JackalsRPG. The "drive" narrative mechanics of Dune stirs my curiosity, while The Fall of the Children of Bronze seems both more manageable and perhaps even more epic than Masters of Dune.

Any opinion on this, fellow players?

Spent the better part of four months reading the Dune series for the first time because I wanted to run a game in that universe. Bought the Modiphious 2D20 books to get that type of universe and was let down by the mechanics being clunky. I can't do what I want to do with the system and the rules are too cumbersome for their own good.

I began to dread having to prep the game rather than enjoy playing it. I was doing everything myself, art, mechanics, custom Houses, custom ecology... I had a fire and a hyperobsession going and channeled for productivity then suddenly poof, it disappeared when the Dune books were read. I could play in the universe unspoiled, but no longer had the desire to do so. I got burnt out and my passion never returned.

I was recently introduced to Court of Blades, which is courtly intrigue with a less grimdark version of Blades in the Dark. I adore Blades in the Dark, a system I am familiar with from prior games as a player and GM.

Had I started with Court of Blades for the Dune hack, I'd be two months in and probably still going strong, but I decided to fold the experience instead.

I don't want to play a half-baked game I don't enjoy making. We have other GMs in the group that have games they are passionate about hacking and using their time to play a game that I wasn't vibing with anymore makes no sense.

I told the players that I was stopping the Dune game and any related hacks for the near future so I could focus on their efforts making new games and join them as a player instead. Maybe I'll revisit my ideas fresh later when I get a new source of inspiration.

I think recognizing that hacking the games to fit a system that couldn't support it wasn't a priority I felt I could justify pursuing because of my current schedule and responsibilities. My players responded positively about the game up to the point where I had left it, but didn't feel upset I didn't leave them with any closure.

I am spoiled to have such an understanding group of players. I will be playing a new character in our session of
#SomethingTookish 'Hobbits in the Shire cozy mystery game' this weekend. Looking forward to it! Need to recharge my batteries a bit. #Dune2d20 #CourtofBlades #Dune #BladesintheDark #BitD #FitD #SomethingTookish
No joke, but Cirque de Soliel is serious Dune shit. #Dune2d20
@eladrin I suspect #dune2d20 may return as may #MutantYearZero #Elysium for me. Need to have a shorter run after #curseofstrahd before I run Impossible Landscapes for #deltagreen (as @TheTweedmeister has requested). Kind of a palette cleanser.
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