Looking into how to make a (ordinary playing cards) card-based resolution system for fiction-first #ttrpgs, inspired by @timgray101 ‘s Loom system, which is a kind of opposition-based trick-taking system where you draw a number of cards based upon how many relevant traits your PC has related to the task.
Have you tried a playing-card-based #ttrpg?
I think card-based methaphors would be fun to explore in a game: «Having a good hand», «Playing my cards right», «Use the hand you’re dealt», etc.
I haven't seen RPGs that use cards as a resolution mechanic, but I know Savage Worlds uses them for initiative, and WFRP3 used them for specific abilities, which seems nice for complex abilities, but I noticed you start thinking a lot in terms of the abilities you have, instead of what the character wants to do (and I hate that), and buying new abilities ended up digging through a ridiculously large pile of cards. Not great.
I've heard Fiasco 2nd edition is heavily card based and apparently that works very well, but I haven't tried it.
@mcv Yes, I heard an actual play of Fiasco 2ed, and got very inspired!
Itras By also uses «action cards» and «chance cards».
(I’m exploring a simple mechanic using standard playing cards and not custom cards, though)
You mean just using the cards from your hand in place of a dice roll? That's an interesting idea. It can represent the effort you put into individual actions. A bad hand can mean you're off balance, out of your element, and you need to figure out how to get through this to recover. Fight more defensively, that sort of thing.
The downside is that something like that can lead to metagaming: doing a risk-free action just to get rid of a bad card.
I also recall hearing about a game that has a "mayhem deck", but I forgot which game that was.
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