The CBR+PNK game went better than expected!
Only 3 of the 5 players were able to make it, but the ones that played were enthusiastic and creative, which is what it needed. (What they all need, really!)
Now it's over and I don't expect to ever run a CBR+PNK game again! 😂
Next up: the #KidsOnBikes #KidsOnMechas game, where I think I've got the mechanics (MECHAnics, get it?) figured out
I've got 4 things I'm trying to prep for at once:
#CandelaObscura campaign Sunday: fill out NPCs that I *really* don't want to, for some reason.
#Vaesen campaign Monday: completely new one-shot, prewritten but will need a lot of tweaking to make it work for me.
CBR+PNK one-shot in 2 weeks: I've written a new full README for it from scratch, whew!
#KidsOnBikes #KidsOnMechas one-shot in 4 weeks: basically reinventing the system!
Busy busy!
I gotta say, I’m vastly more excited about my upcoming #KidsOnBikes hack one-shot #KidsOnMechas than I am for my CBR+PNK one-shot.
Almost every single thing about the CBR+PNK rules is vague and confusing once you really look at it. You can finagle it all, certainly, but to really nail it down, you basically have to write the rules out yourself and resolve all the ambiguities yourself. (Which I’m doing!)
There are 2 kid stats, starting anywhere from d4 to d12, depending on your Trope, but averaging out together to a d8:
- Socialize
- Feel
There are 6 mech stats, all starting at d4:
Charge — run, dash
Grasp — manipulate, fine motor control
Soar — fly, turbo mode
Wallop — punch, kick, chop
Blast — rockets, cannons
Transmogrify — ???
Dice can "explode”: if you roll the highest number of your die, your stat upgrades to the next-highest die. d4 to d6, d8 to d10, etc.
Now that my 5–6 #AndrewsTTRPGWeeksOfFolly (4 #TTRPG games/week) is drawing to a close, my mind is fizzing with single-session one-shot ideas that I could still do this year *without* committing to *that* again.
#KidsOnMechas — #KidsOnBikes exploding dice system, with kids inside giant mechas fighting monsters
The Meg — #Dive RPG fighting a giant Megalodon in an undersea base
Well, Actually! — #ICRPG fighting monsters under a well, already ran in 3 other systems
Through an emergency protocol when their headquarters were attacked, you and your high school friends and enemies have been beamed into the cockpits of mighty, human-shaped fighting machines just as giant monsters have mysteriously appeared and started attacking humanity.
Can you learn the controls and resolve your differences to work together and save the world?
#KidsOnBikes #TTRPG #AndrewsOneShotPitches #AndrewsOneShotPitchesPlayed
Andrew Pontious