100. #Swyvers (#MelsonianArtsCouncil)
A delightful game, run by its author Luke Gearing, of scoundrels exploring the Midden under the Smoke, a crime-ridden fantasy London.
I played a crook with no discernible skills except Bullshitting, and so didn't make a single roll during our search for the reliquary of Saint Oesophagus. Posing as sewer inspectors we conned our way past a variety of ne'er-do-wells to success.
This was at the launch event for Iglootree's new store.
@Whidou All right, I've been crunching over that in my head from a descriptive point of view, and it goes off the rails right at the beginning.
If you're going to set the difficulty with number of dice, then that should always be the mechanism for setting the difficulty.
If there's no relevant attribute, it should default to a fixed value, and the difficulty should have a variable number of dice.
If it's a contest where there is no relevant attribute, then it should simply default to a fixed number of dice on both sides, with narrative elements either adding or reducing the die pool. (They act as difficulties for one another.)
If it's a fight, when would you ever be in a fight where there is no relevant attribute? Unless you're saying that they shift mechanics entirely for conflicts of a physical nature and change the entire die used to resolve, which makes no sense at all.
This sounds very much like it simply needs to be rewritten from the ground up by someone who isn't garbage at their job.
#Swyvers arrived! IMO the most exciting #TTRPG of the year!
I was a bit disappointed that the kickstarter didn't gain more traction when it was live, considering it's written by Luke Gearing, the mastermind behind Mothership: Gradient Descent and published by Melsonia Arts Council who makes #Troika.
It's a shame my copy was dinged because of crappy soft packaging. I've bought stuff from Games Omnivorous in the past and never been disappointed with the packaging so this was a bit of a let down.
@cynical13
Running:
* #UVG, 74th almost-monthly session!
* Just finished a short #BreakRPG campaign
* Bunch of one-shots: #Cairn, #Swyvers, #YoonSuin, #MailOrderApocalypse…
Wish I was playing:
* Mythic Bastionland, enjoyed reading it, a nice twist on the #IntoTheOdd formula;
* My #dungeon23 (lol), sprawling under a parking;
* Non-horror space-op, I should give one of those #Cepheus variants a read, wouldn't mind some cyberpunk themes mixed in.
Une fiche de personnage en français pour Swyvers, un JDR industriel urbain de gredins et crapules. 🗡️💍💰
I love the magic mechanic in Swyvers! It uses blackjack to press your luck (16-20 = success, 21 = crit, 22+ crit fail.
https://kickstarter.com/projects/melsonia/swyvers
#swyvers #osr #TTRPGs #Kickstarter #indierpg @melsonianarts
@lukegearing
Quick-Start Saturday: Swyvers—A review of the quick-start for the roleplaying game about Dickensian scrotes and grotty toerags published by the Melsonian Arts Council.
https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/quick-start-saturday-swyvers.html
#reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #UKrpg #OSR #TheOtherOSR #Swyvers
#ttrpg #ttrpgs
i promised myself (or rather, my wallet did) that i wasn't going to back any more #ttrpg's this month ...but then, #melsonia decided to launch a new title. normally, i never get any of their pre-orders or #kickstarter's because i'm always somehow broke when they announce something, but! i ended up snickering so hard through the #swyvers preview it definitely both deserves and needs to be in my shelf.
this #game's going to be an absolute blast to play!
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