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   Stuart Langridge (sil@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 22:42:51 JST Stuart Langridge

   I'm researching rules-light #ttrpg games for novice players. I want something with some vague of crunch -- that is, there should be *some* mechanics, not a pure storytelling game -- but not much crunch at all. Also, not rules intended for comedy wacky games, or rulesets which cost money to look at (I'm only looking for inspiration here, so I'm not buying a game to read once). On the list already are Risus, Freeform Universal, Fate Accelerated, Lasers & Feelings, Fireside; suggestions welcomed!

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     powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 22:42:50 JST powersoffour

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     @sil Are the "Powered by the Apocalypse" games not in the right sweet spot? What about Blades in the Dark or Kids on Bikes"? Maybe those aren't quite right either, but they don't seem too comedy-focused and (I think) are only somewhat crunchy.

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     Stuart Langridge (sil@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 22:45:10 JST Stuart Langridge

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     @powersoffour Blades is great and I like it a lot, but waaaay more in-depth than I'm looking at here for this particular project. By "rules-light" here I mean stuff like Risus or Freeform, where character generation is "pick three cool sentences about your character, and we're done", and dice rolls are more like "roll 1d6 and 4-6 is a success" :) Never heard of Kids on Bikes; I'll check that out!

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     powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Mar-2024 22:51:40 JST powersoffour

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     @sil Ohh, rad. I get it now! :)