Posted January 03, 2024 by ATELIER HWEI (Alone in the Labyrinth)
#ttrpg #sport #rpg #tactical #tactical rpg
An ongoing project begun in January 2024 for TTRPG JAMuary!
https://itch.io/jam/ttrpgjamuary
This a fantasy sports game set in a post-apocalyptic future inspired by Salute of the Jugger, Speedball 2, Blood Bowl and the traditional Aztec game tlachtli (though admittedly TSR's version as described in Gazetteer 10: The Orcs of Thar). Though everything is up in the air (ha! like a ball!) at the moment, the starting intent is to focus on developing the following:
The game engine I've decided to utilise as a chassis for the game's matches is DODECA by Peter Lattimore:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/371325/Dodeca-RPG
...but also keeping a close eye on how Peter's development of that engine in the heroic fantasy game Heroic Deeds continues to develop: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/433172/Heroic-Deeds-Quickstart
I've chosen this for the following reasons:
Why Publish Now? You've barely even started, never mind finished!
I haven't committed to a proper itch.io jam in about 3 years, and I want to really contribute to the jam's sense of community and the platform more broadly: that means sharing my working, with devlogs and, more importantly, seeing this page as my "workstation" (ordinarily I would use my blog for such things) So, here it is, then: the first devlog for Dogtown Drifters: AMA! Sofinho