How to deal with setbacks in #Ironsworn and #IronswornStarforged? Shawn Tomkin the inventor gave this tip on Discord:

>>Anything representing a situation that puts you at a disadvantage that worsens a situation, but doesn't force a hit to health/spirit, can (and should) ping your momentum track.

I would lump a "narrative downbeat" as being more meaningful in a story sense. Something like "I get tackled to the ground in a fight" is a good excuse to lose momentum.<<

Ich habe bisher wenig von Solo-Rollenspielen gehalten. Irgendwie nicht so mein Ding.

Gestern Abend bin ich allerdings auf #Ironsworn und #IronswornStarforged gestoßen und neige dazu, meine Meinung zu ändern. Die Mechaniken scheinen auf den ersten Blick wirklich interessant zu sein und laden in der Tat zum Solo-Spiel ein. Welche Erfahrungen habt ihr mit den beiden Systemen gemacht? #pnpde

This is nowhere near what I have in mind, but I guess cards would still be better than an A4 sheet of paper.

Is this good/Useful ?
Should I shove them in a repo somewhere in case it helps people?

Edit: Made with this app https://starforged-asset-workbench.vercel.app/ (Thank you Mélissa where ever you are).

Edit 2: I've started a repo, I'll share it here once I made my warband.

Edit 3: Here it is, expect loads of typos, etc.
https://codeberg.org/fraud/mordheim-cards

#Mordheim #IronswornStarforged

One more prompt that will bring regret as soon as I hit publish. There are so many well written games it is impossible to do them justice. Not only games, but authors whose work is always on point and it is hard to single out a book from their opus.

Wraith: the Oblivion

A local, I think at the time the only, comic book store carried some Warhammer 40K miniatures, and a few White Wolf books. I remember looking at the Wraith sitting on that bottom shelf for months. When I managed to save up the money I ran after school to get it. Once home I started reading it and it gripped me like no other game I read up to that point. I remember just flipping the pages until I was done.

Years later I was in a personal and gaming funk and sold a bunch of my books. Wraith was one of them, and I regret it to this day.

Apocalypse World

As mentioned yesterday, Apocalypse World is a work of art. The whole text work so well on multiple levels. It is punchy, direct, evocative, and yet carries the information it needs effortlessly.

Ironforged and Starforged

Ironforged was the first RPG book I read in one sitting, cover to cover, in a long time. Starforged has the same easy, light, caring about the reader style of writing that I had to include it as well.

https://www.svantevid.com/en/2024/rpg-with-great-writing/

#ApocalypseWorld #Ironsworn #IronswornStarforged #RPGaDay #RPGaDay2024 #WraithTheOblivion

So!! This is my iron valley character. I only got a little ways into it last night but decided I for sure needed a character appearance. You can find the character maker I used here: https://jazzybee.itch.io/sdvcharactercreator

#ironvalley #ironswornstarforged #ironsworn #solorpg

I always like to see more praise for #IronswornStarforged #TTRPG:

"...RPG texts are often trying to serve multiple purposes at the same time. They need to be a pedagogical text, a reference text, and something that inspires your imagination and makes you want to play. That’s hard to do in a single book (and it’s why Ironsworn Starforged works so well, because Shawn recognised this and produced multiple different texts aimed at doing all of these things separately)..."

https://loottheroom.uk/the-long-read-dd-adventurer-issue-1