So, attempting to make notes on what a good narration-based version of several of my other rules sets would look like, I stumbled into writing a game engine.
...this is <URL=http://members.shaw.ca/LeviK/Exchange.pdf>The Exchange</URL>, a rules-light game engine I'm working on.
My questions to everyone here:
It has similarities to a few other game engines, here and there; is it *too* similar?
What do you think it would need, to be fully playable?
Drat. Can't make the tags work.
URL=http://members.shaw.ca/LeviK/Exchange.pdf
Let me use my impressive Forge-fu:
The Exchange (http://members.shaw.ca/LeviK/Exchange.pdf)
Now I´ll actually go and read it.
+M
It seems solid, and I can see the attraction. The forced order of trait usage is distasteful to me, but that is quite subjective.
I am not sure is the special treatment given to injury traits is applicable nearly all possible ones. You could define what constitutes an injury a bit better.
Quote from: Tommi Brander on January 22, 2006, 11:55:45 AMThe forced order of trait usage is distasteful to me, but that is quite subjective.
I've noted this; I'm going to try and reword the way players select their traits so that it feels more intuitive. Basically, test it a bit and see just how differently-rated traits "feel" in play, and then write to that.
Quote from: Tommi Brander on January 22, 2006, 11:55:45 AMI am not sure is the special treatment given to injury traits is applicable nearly all possible ones. You could define what constitutes an injury a bit better.
Yes. Injuries in the next draft will likely get a full page to themselves, since there's a lot of potential uses and nuances to them that I haven't really gone into enough.
Just updated the file to eight pages.
Same link. If you get the old file, click "refresh".
New questions:
Any obvious flaws of whatever kind that you can spot?
Should I put in more summaries?