Gotta say, it's beautiful to see the design philosophy manifesting through your gameplay. See, the sandbox approach means that you may not have a quest to start, but the harsh reality of the world (and of the rolls) means that you have to dig into your resources, which leads you to try and find more resources, which leads you into more trouble, which burns your resources... and so on! That scene was a perfect example of that! I like your house rule about the +1. That advantage could have been easily abstracted into a Factor increase, but your choice of leaving it as not a resource allowed you to keep the upper hand, which was crucial! Now, when you roll for the challenge attributes, you can actually add 2d6 together and distribute the result between Endurance and Maneuver. Nothing wrong with assigning one die to each, though, just thought that it might help you in the future. Thanks for showcasing it and for the kind words, I hope you get back to it in the future! (P.S.: How fitting it is that you mentioned Richard Marx's song and the hazard was actually a river??)
I didn't think of using my Bone Magic to add to the Factor, yes that could have been a possibility instead. I've pinned this comment since it contains useful feedback!! And, yes, the song reference was absolutely perfect and just meant to be!! hahaha 🤣🤣
The Map and Settlement making systems are very well designed and perfectly usable in any game!! Keep a close eye on your Resources though... they don't last long when the dice turn on you!! 🤣🤣
Of course your opinion matters!! But....... but...... did you see how many Resources she has left to bring into a 3rd episode?? 😲😲😲😵 Let's see how the #views goes 😉
This is a fantastic presentation. The game has a STRONG vibe of ironsworn//Starforged. Those games have the same way to autogenerate quests. An same with the way the challenges operate. That said we see the gameplay loop. Do quest -- lose resources -- find more resources. And in one quest you cramed all your resources... That again is reminiscent of either World without OR ironsworn (in which you will spend 45mn creating a character and die 15 mn in your gameplay). I know how to circumvine in World or ironsworn. I don't see how to do that here. But nice game. We are lucky with creative people doing new games. And having awesome presentation by people like you.
In my opinion this is one of the best solo game channels on UA-cam. Love your sense of humour and the way you don’t re-roll and just try and work it into the story. Too many other soloists seem to re-roll the dice. How dare they defy the dice gods. Also, can I ask how you got the great artwork?
You're making me blush!! 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much for the kind words!! The artwork from the book is by Kay Nielsen, and the graphics I use for the character is actually......... AI........ apologies to all the great, true artists out there 🥺. I used WOMBO Dream since my ability to draw compares to a Primary School student! 🥸
@@IthaquasBaneI would never criticise anyone on a tiny budget for using ai for rpgs. It is a wonderful tool. The worry is that in time big companies will regularly use it and a lot of artists will have no work. As a graphic designer myself, I’m having unease about the future. So when you reach 10 million subscribers please hire some illustrators. 🤗 Really enjoy your channel. Would love to see another Against The Wind (with ai 😆) Cheers mate.
Gotta say, it's beautiful to see the design philosophy manifesting through your gameplay.
See, the sandbox approach means that you may not have a quest to start, but the harsh reality of the world (and of the rolls) means that you have to dig into your resources, which leads you to try and find more resources, which leads you into more trouble, which burns your resources... and so on!
That scene was a perfect example of that!
I like your house rule about the +1. That advantage could have been easily abstracted into a Factor increase, but your choice of leaving it as not a resource allowed you to keep the upper hand, which was crucial!
Now, when you roll for the challenge attributes, you can actually add 2d6 together and distribute the result between Endurance and Maneuver. Nothing wrong with assigning one die to each, though, just thought that it might help you in the future.
Thanks for showcasing it and for the kind words, I hope you get back to it in the future!
(P.S.: How fitting it is that you mentioned Richard Marx's song and the hazard was actually a river??)
I didn't think of using my Bone Magic to add to the Factor, yes that could have been a possibility instead. I've pinned this comment since it contains useful feedback!! And, yes, the song reference was absolutely perfect and just meant to be!! hahaha 🤣🤣
I ordered this game after watching your first video. I really like the map making rules however the game play looks like fun.
The Map and Settlement making systems are very well designed and perfectly usable in any game!! Keep a close eye on your Resources though... they don't last long when the dice turn on you!! 🤣🤣
If my opinion matters... I vote for more gameplays with Kaelvar!
Of course your opinion matters!! But....... but...... did you see how many Resources she has left to bring into a 3rd episode?? 😲😲😲😵 Let's see how the #views goes 😉
This is a fantastic presentation.
The game has a STRONG vibe of ironsworn//Starforged. Those games have the same way to autogenerate quests. An same with the way the challenges operate.
That said we see the gameplay loop. Do quest -- lose resources -- find more resources. And in one quest you cramed all your resources...
That again is reminiscent of either World without OR ironsworn (in which you will spend 45mn creating a character and die 15 mn in your gameplay). I know how to circumvine in World or ironsworn. I don't see how to do that here.
But nice game. We are lucky with creative people doing new games. And having awesome presentation by people like you.
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In my opinion this is one of the best solo game channels on UA-cam. Love your sense of humour and the way you don’t re-roll and just try and work it into the story. Too many other soloists seem to re-roll the dice. How dare they defy the dice gods. Also, can I ask how you got the great artwork?
You're making me blush!! 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much for the kind words!! The artwork from the book is by Kay Nielsen, and the graphics I use for the character is actually......... AI........ apologies to all the great, true artists out there 🥺. I used WOMBO Dream since my ability to draw compares to a Primary School student! 🥸
@@IthaquasBaneI would never criticise anyone on a tiny budget for using ai for rpgs. It is a wonderful tool. The worry is that in time big companies will regularly use it and a lot of artists will have no work. As a graphic designer myself, I’m having unease about the future. So when you reach 10 million subscribers please hire some illustrators. 🤗 Really enjoy your channel. Would love to see another Against The Wind (with ai 😆) Cheers mate.
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