Topic: Capes: I need help
Started by: Keiko
Started on: 2/14/2008
Board: Muse of Fire Games
On 2/14/2008 at 6:13pm, Keiko wrote:
Capes: I need help
First, I'd like to say that I am really fascinated by the concept of this game. But for some reason I am having the darndest time wrapping my head around the mechanics. They don't seem terribly complicated but I can't quite get them to click. Can anyone give me a very simple walk through or a link to one?
One immediate question though. Non Powered characters do not have Drives and thus cannot have Exemplars or accrue debt, correct?
On 2/14/2008 at 6:26pm, TonyLB wrote:
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In the Downloads section of the website, I recommend the Flash Demo, which takes you step by step. Each step of the game has three tabs: A narration (i.e. what happens in the story), the mechanics (i.e. how the dice and cards get shuffled around) and tactics (i.e. why the dice and cards get shuffled around).
I hope this helps!
On 2/14/2008 at 6:29pm, Keiko wrote:
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Thanks! I saw there is some errata for the game as well .Is that in the download section?
On 2/14/2008 at 8:48pm, TonyLB wrote:
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It is!
On 2/14/2008 at 9:04pm, Keiko wrote:
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Thanks again. I was right about Non powered characters and Drives?
On 2/14/2008 at 10:50pm, TonyLB wrote:
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Correct. The inability to accrue debt is, in mechanical terms, the thing that hampers non-powered characters ... far more important than the purely semantic distinction between a policeman's "Shoot Gun" and a superhero's "Shoot Laser Nano-tech Eye-Beam Cannon"
On 2/15/2008 at 4:46am, Keiko wrote:
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TonyLB wrote:
Correct. The inability to accrue debt is, in mechanical terms, the thing that hampers non-powered characters ... far more important than the purely semantic distinction between a policeman's "Shoot Gun" and a superhero's "Shoot Laser Nano-tech Eye-Beam Cannon"
I really appreciate you putting up with these noob questions. The Capeslite download is helping me (and my group) immensely as well. One more question. When numbering abilities do they have to go from 1 up? If you have, for example
Shoot Gun
Street Savvy
Dirty Infighting
can you number them 2 3 4 as long as its sequential?
On 2/15/2008 at 5:03am, hix wrote:
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Also, I found the Capes Lite pdf on the Downloads page to be the best walkthrough of a game I've ever read. It takes you through the whole process of a scene in really accessble language.
On 2/15/2008 at 1:03pm, Keiko wrote:
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hix wrote:
Also, I found the Capes Lite pdf on the Downloads page to be the best walkthrough of a game I've ever read. It takes you through the whole process of a scene in really accessible language.
It really is quite helpful!
On 2/19/2008 at 2:29am, JohnUghrin wrote:
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Keiko wrote:
I really appreciate you putting up with these noob questions. The Capeslite download is helping me (and my group) immensely as well.
Capeslite has my group playing it by those limited rules fairly regularly.
Keiko wrote:
One more question. When numbering abilities do they have to go from 1 up? If you have, for example
Yes, you have to start from one and go up. The value of a trait is an important strategic factor.