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- Associate Professor, GenXer, Veteran. - CfB TTRPG enthusiast - Drachenfest US - Creator of Ghosts of El Paso, the Isle Beyond the Mists, and White Mountain Rescue ttrpgs - I forget what eight was for. https://the-brothers-slack.mystrikingly.com/

I hear this take on PbtA games fairly frequently. It's disingenuous IMO. The example cited is almost certainly a fabrication based on a misread of rules. If it's from an actual experience of play then the GM in question was clearly not following rules as written for how to interpret a mixed success.

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I need more hands at the pass. You all have a new Solo September, from Matt Risby of The Bad Spot, to peruse! Big thanks to Matt for spotlighting 86 and pairing it with What Should We Have Tomorrow, a truly beautiful game.

Matt Risby@thebadspot.bsky.social Β· last wk.

For this week's Solo September video, I look at two *very* different solo games about cooking. The wonderful What Should We Have Tomorrow by @ehronlime.bsky.social and the sublime 86 by @carrion-comfort.com This one had me getting personal and a little nostalgic... SERVICE! youtu.be/30PNQUt1tGw

In the world of RPGs, "don't play the rules as written" as an answer to problems experienced in play is a bit like "This Bestheda game is great, oh, you're not playing with these 37 mods that's why you're not having fun, you should have known better". 😬

Here, I write a bit about Struggles, a mechanic from the upcoming TTRPG The Lands Remaining. [TLR is a Dark Souls/Elden Ring-inspired TTRPG using the Carved from Brindlewood System.] Struggles are that game's "boss fight." People will call them "scripted encounters". Which, they are. But...