I played it a bit more loosely but it's been pretty fun. I especially LOVE the motif fields we can fill up on our own (in fact I spent so much time filling up field after field, because i kept coming up with more motifs, way more than what was asked by your guideline XD). It's like we can gather up ingredients we love so that no matter what mix come up, the story would have our favorite tropes in it. Thank you a lot!
Thank you for the good words! I love to hear that you enjoy it 😊💖
The inspiration for the motifs table was triggered by (and named after, to honor this legacy) a somewhat similar one in Calypso (by katamoiran). It’s quite a different game, but if you liked this part, you might also possibly be interested to take a look at that one! 🙃 No promises though 😜 just sharing 🙂
(FWIW, just in case you might be open to sharing the stories you built, I’d totally love to read them - but also it’s absolutely not required! I super-highly respect private soloing - it needs to be the default mode of play, and is how I myself strongly prefer to play.)
Thanks for the link! I'll at least check it out, since I do want to learn about all kinds of TTRPG out there :3c
And no, I don't mind sharing my play session. True, many of games I play end up as personal story to me and I just share them to my closest people, but this one isn't that personal, and I'm just happy with playing with the motifs - so I don't mind sharing them. Here you go! :3
Whoah, I love the stories - and I’m having some chills reading them, super cool! 😄 Thank you for sharing!! Glimpses of an incredible world - exactly how the system worked for me - I’m super happy it also worked for you ☺️
EDIT: Ah; also, if you like gathering and mixing ingredients, and are interested in various Solo RPGs - I never played those, but I would suspect “Apothecaria” and “Koriko, the magical year” might possibly have some stuff like that. Also, otherwise, if you’re out on a hunt in general, my personal top by a mile favorite TTRPG for the time being is “Ironsworn: Starforged”… if looking for a more cosy and social variant, I heard people say good words about “Iron Valley”…
OH MY GOODNESS IRON VALLEY!! there was a few weeks after I discovered it that my life was consumed by Iron Valley and I had to hold myself from blabbering about it to everyone everywhere xDD I didn't play Ironsworn, but seeing that it was the engine for Iron Valley and also related to pbta, I went to check it out a bit on YT review.
Part of why I look around for more TTRPG to study, though, is because I'm also making my own game. There's a lot of elements I still need to work out, plus I always get more ideas for more games anyway, so studying other games is always nice...
and thus said, thanks for yet another recommendation! I'll surely check them out uwu)b
The rules were a bit hard to parse on a first read, but after going through them again, I had a lot of fun playing out a psychedelic story on a desert planet.
Cool, I’m super happy it managed to give you some fun! :D thanks for sharing and leaving this comment! :D 💖
I’m really honored and curious what made you persevere and give it a second try, and not just ditch it, if you found the first reading to be a tough one 😅 I highly doubt if I myself would be so patient and generous in your place, so thank you 😅
Also, do you maybe have any thoughts what I could try to do to make the rules easier to swallow? 🤔
I noticed the example journal helped a lot, so my first thought would be more examples, but since you're working with limited space in the one-page format, this may already be the best you could've done with the concept.
Is there a way you would prefer, and/or you think is better? Regardless, I would love to link to your account once it is done (in any case, whether a copy gets published here or only on your account).
(And, just to make sure you don’t miss it, please mark it as licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 as well - as far as I understand that’s how the license terms need to be propagated.)
Thank you for your kind words, and greetings to you from Poland as well! 🥰
Once you do it, would you be so kind and let me know? I’d love to be pinged about it, so that I can either link to your account, or do it and also re-publish a copy of it here - totally depending on which you prefer and/or you think is better!
(And, just to make sure you don’t miss it, please mark your translation as licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 as well - as far as I understand that’s how the license terms need to be propagated.)
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I played it a bit more loosely but it's been pretty fun. I especially LOVE the motif fields we can fill up on our own (in fact I spent so much time filling up field after field, because i kept coming up with more motifs, way more than what was asked by your guideline XD). It's like we can gather up ingredients we love so that no matter what mix come up, the story would have our favorite tropes in it. Thank you a lot!
Thank you for the good words! I love to hear that you enjoy it 😊💖
The inspiration for the motifs table was triggered by (and named after, to honor this legacy) a somewhat similar one in Calypso (by katamoiran). It’s quite a different game, but if you liked this part, you might also possibly be interested to take a look at that one! 🙃 No promises though 😜 just sharing 🙂
(FWIW, just in case you might be open to sharing the stories you built, I’d totally love to read them - but also it’s absolutely not required! I super-highly respect private soloing - it needs to be the default mode of play, and is how I myself strongly prefer to play.)
Thanks for the link! I'll at least check it out, since I do want to learn about all kinds of TTRPG out there :3c
And no, I don't mind sharing my play session. True, many of games I play end up as personal story to me and I just share them to my closest people, but this one isn't that personal, and I'm just happy with playing with the motifs - so I don't mind sharing them. Here you go! :3
Whoah, I love the stories - and I’m having some chills reading them, super cool! 😄 Thank you for sharing!! Glimpses of an incredible world - exactly how the system worked for me - I’m super happy it also worked for you ☺️
EDIT: Ah; also, if you like gathering and mixing ingredients, and are interested in various Solo RPGs - I never played those, but I would suspect “Apothecaria” and “Koriko, the magical year” might possibly have some stuff like that. Also, otherwise, if you’re out on a hunt in general, my personal top by a mile favorite TTRPG for the time being is “Ironsworn: Starforged”… if looking for a more cosy and social variant, I heard people say good words about “Iron Valley”…
OH MY GOODNESS IRON VALLEY!! there was a few weeks after I discovered it that my life was consumed by Iron Valley and I had to hold myself from blabbering about it to everyone everywhere xDD I didn't play Ironsworn, but seeing that it was the engine for Iron Valley and also related to pbta, I went to check it out a bit on YT review.
Part of why I look around for more TTRPG to study, though, is because I'm also making my own game. There's a lot of elements I still need to work out, plus I always get more ideas for more games anyway, so studying other games is always nice...
and thus said, thanks for yet another recommendation! I'll surely check them out uwu)b
The rules were a bit hard to parse on a first read, but after going through them again, I had a lot of fun playing out a psychedelic story on a desert planet.
Cool, I’m super happy it managed to give you some fun! :D thanks for sharing and leaving this comment! :D 💖
I’m really honored and curious what made you persevere and give it a second try, and not just ditch it, if you found the first reading to be a tough one 😅 I highly doubt if I myself would be so patient and generous in your place, so thank you 😅
Also, do you maybe have any thoughts what I could try to do to make the rules easier to swallow? 🤔
I noticed the example journal helped a lot, so my first thought would be more examples, but since you're working with limited space in the one-page format, this may already be the best you could've done with the concept.
I'm checking this, it looks cool.
Are you interested in a free translation to spanish?
Greetings from México :)
I would be honored!!
Is there a way you would prefer, and/or you think is better? Regardless, I would love to link to your account once it is done (in any case, whether a copy gets published here or only on your account).
(And, just to make sure you don’t miss it, please mark it as licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 as well - as far as I understand that’s how the license terms need to be propagated.)
Thank you for your kind words, and greetings to you from Poland as well! 🥰
I would like to translate this in Italian!
I would be honored!!
Once you do it, would you be so kind and let me know? I’d love to be pinged about it, so that I can either link to your account, or do it and also re-publish a copy of it here - totally depending on which you prefer and/or you think is better!
(And, just to make sure you don’t miss it, please mark your translation as licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 as well - as far as I understand that’s how the license terms need to be propagated.)