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What's changing in the new Microscope

I've been working on the new edition of Microscope, so I put together a deep dive of what is changing and why.

I'm excited to be doing a second edition, but I'm also keenly aware that I don't want to smooth away any of the magical weirdness of the original. If you're into behind-the-scenes game design logic, this is your jam.

If you've got questions, I am game. I can talk about this stuff all day. Expect crowdfunding in October. There's a "notify me" box on that preview page if you want to be… notified.

arsludi.lamemage.com

u/benrobbins — 2 days ago

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One page rpg - done?

I joined the one page RPG jam again. I enjoy thinking about how to structure RPGs but writing them is HARD.

This one - Bones & Bullets (not really a good name) - is a gmless game whose closest ancestor is Avery Alder’s Belonging Outside Belonging games and PbtA generally.

I often find that there are things I want to explore when I do these RPG jams but I inevitably get sidetracked and make something a little different than what I had in mind to start. I guess that’s inevitable. There are a lot of rough edges even in such a small piece. Maybe I will try to file them down.

Anyway - if you have thoughts, I’d love to hear them.

https://damn-golem.itch.io/bones-and-bullets

Edit: I used Affinity (the Canva version) for this and I kind of enjoyed it. I’m no graphic designer and it wasn’t awful, though I did need to watch a couple of tutorials. So good practice there I guess.

u/damn_golem — 7 days ago