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Goat Song Publishing rated Basic Witches

A downloadable game.

A light, PbtA-like game based around teen femmes engaging in their subculture and embracing their witchiness in declare their identity in a world that is often hostile to it. Character creation and setting creation both occur by rolling 3d6 and referencing the results on a table, allowing for the game to easily establish tone and move into the crux of the game. The math is a little busted, a complete failure is only possible when rolling with one’s weakest stat, and there is a mechanic based around dealing with critical failures that is unlikely to come. The middle result is either failure or succeed at a cost, and I feel like offering that choice to the GM would only serve to complicate and slow action resolution.

Still, the game delivers on its thematics. It’s light, stripped down aesthetic still calls to mind those days of youthful, queer rebellion, and the flavor text strongly positions the characters as sub-culture icons that are still allowed to move with grace and power through the setting. I can easily see the game being an example of healthy and positive wish fulfillment for femmes of all ages, and a change to rejoice in that nostalgic feeling of youth.