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A jam submission

Looking SharpView project page

A slice of life gm-less ttrpg for 2-5 players with a unique action resolution mechanic.
Submitted by glitterbandemissary — 17 days, 11 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall Look#14.6674.667
Unique and Fun Mechanics#15.0005.000
Most Fun to Play#14.0004.000
Favorite Art#33.3333.333
Overall#34.0674.067
Favorite Theme#53.3333.333

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

One Page TTRPG Description
Looking Sharp is a gm-less ttrpg for 2-5 players with a unique action resolution mechanic.

In Looking Sharp, players will take on the roles of people in a modern society who have had both their arms replaced with swords at the shoulders. This happened about a week ago to everyone. No one knows why, but that doesn’t matter - You have things to do!

About the Author
Min a nonbinary data engineer, parent, and table top game enthusiast.

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Comments

Submitted

The resolution mechanic on this is cutting edge. ðŸ˜œ The theme of this game is wonderfully weird with  novel mechanics to match. The physical challenge involved could definitely be frustrating for some, but I expect that would be offset by the fact that the game is clearly supposed to be goofy and absurd. I like that you went for a GM-less game, but outside of the "What are we doing" set-up there's very little direction about what to do when, which can result in folks struggling to know what to do next (this is one of the challenges I regularly see with No Dice/No Masters games;) I feel like you could use a final step after determining consequences that explicitly hands narrative control to another Player and drives the shenanigans forward.

Developer(+1)

I like that idea! I'll probably post a new version including that after the voting period ends. Sorry I missed you in peer review!