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Joel Russ

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Joel Russ@joelruss.bsky.social · 3w ago

I love this kind of thing, shared reinforcement of theme+mechanics. One of my favorite RPGs, 7th Sea, has a version of this where a hero can use a token to get 1 bonus die on their own roll but 3 bonus dice to aid an ally. Heroes are stronger together. All for one, and one for all!

Grant Howitt@gshowitt.bsky.social · 3w ago

We genuinely wrote a game where the message is “mutual support is the only way we can save the world” and we expressed that through bonus manoeuvres granted out-of-turn by other players

Rowan Rook and Decard@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ONE HOUR before we strap this guy to a rocket and blast him into the stratosphere <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gsh...

Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game

Create millennia-spanning sci-fi epics in this groundbreaking roleplaying game based on the award winning Children of Time novels.

kickstarter.com

Rowan Rook and Decard@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not to be a terrible bother but we would be awfully appreciative if you could check out Children of Time before it closes? If you wouldn't mind? No worries if not! bit.ly/3R1XMUu

a pangolin photo where a thought bubble shows him dreaming of the children of time alian pangolin art with the dialogue I'm terribly anxious to go to space
Joel Russ@joelruss.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've playtested several of these, it was an absolute pleasure. They're fun to play and see, and funny without being jarring in the game. A friend who tried one of the kobolds in testing immediately wanted to try all the others. His only dilemma was which one to play next.

Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications@pestoenthusiast.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've listed all my 5e releases as a bundle for $15 (~36% off). It lasts through the end of June. No reason for this other than that spending the last two days sorting out my accounting made me realize I barely talk about my old work anymore. itch.io/s/180816/15-...

Joel Russ@joelruss.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The 2 campaigns I've backed that were managed by Sandra Tayler were the best organized and most well communicated I've ever seen, so I'm especially eager to read through this book that just arrived! It's been a good week for receiving crowdfunded campaign rewards.

A photograph of the book "Structuring Life to Support Creativity" by Sandra Tayler.
Joel Russ@joelruss.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My physical copy of MCDM's Draw Steel arrived! It's gorgeous and also delightful to have the print books of this game I've been having such a great time playtesting.

Draw Steel Ajax Edition box
Rob Donoghue@rdonoghue.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the most entertaining writing exercises I can remember was when WOTC had their setting contest (which lead to the publishing of Eberron). The heart of it was the constraints - the necessity of framing the essentials of a setting in a single page.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · last yr.

I could be wrong about this but I really think most Americans do not want to be forced to “do their own research” about food & drug & product safety and would rather that the government agencies that have been sorting that all out for them for decades not be obliterated in the name of “efficiency.”