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Trifold pamphlets are my favorite ❤️ 

This sounds like a perfect idea! Can’t wait to see it!!!

oh snap! That sounds great! 

I did the overworld map for Barkeep! We’re creator neighbors. Which bar did you do?

ok I have settled on a dangerous and dense thorn bush and fortress

I think that would be cool. You’re welcome here :)

That is correct, 2 emblems and slots, and 3 resolve by default. Plus 3 to each from Orb Weaver! 

Sometimes your special item will also give you slots, emblems, and resolve too

Yea that would totally be welcome!

Excellent! Sounds fun :)

I’m making an adventure location using foes from the core book!

Hey everyone! Welcome to the Beetle Knight Pamphlet Jam!

My biggest hope for this jam is that we all have fun making cool stuff that is great for other BK players. 

Submissions should be pamphlets or similarly short supplemental material. Feel free to submit multiple times if you’d like!

Restrictions: No bigotry on the basis of race, gender, nationality, sexuality, or really anything else will be tolerated. No AI please. 

What are you making?

How do you mean? I will say, you can submit multiple projects if you like. The more the merrier!

It’s available now!!!

Crawl on over here for the zines https://brookletgames.bigcartel.com/

Or look on my itch for the PDFs!

Interesting! You could find healing potions on any card 5 or less. Or spice it up:

• Heart - Red Healing potion 2d4+2
• Diamond - Shield - Cast the shield spell for free within 1 hour of drinking 
• Club - Reroll any 1 die roll
• Spade - For 1 min, each time you deal damage, you gain half that amount back in hp 

I just launched the worldbuilding guide on itch! Check it out! https://brookletgames.itch.io/litterfall-world-guide

Also here is the official first adventure: https://brookletgames.itch.io/the-elmroot-glimmer

I’m so sorry. Not yet!

Youre welcome! Have a blast ❤️✌🏼

I’ll add that you CAN use weapons with greater die values that your might and agility. It’s just you will only roll your might or agility. 

For example, if you use a d20 sword and your might is d10, then your would roll a d10 to attack. 

For one, Special Items and species traits aren’t limited by this. 

But for other weapons, the limit is meant to balance might and agility against the other stats. As you play you might increase your might or agility through special item upgrades, or through promotion, in that case you can roll higher dice as you progress. Hope this helps! 

Soon! I haven’t gotten a chance to publish them yet but hope to get to it in the next week or so. 

I’d say, wrap your head around the core mechanics, Contests and Emblems and Resolve, and other wise trust your existing rpg instincts within the new game’s vibes. That’s what I do when starting with a new system. 

Give the player and arbiter principles a read through right before starting your first session. Perhaps point it out to your players. 

I find new BK players neglect the benefits of team work. It’s super powerful using assists

Yes the example shows is for combat in general. Take a look at the Tie rules on page 27 under “Contests”

If you draw a Location with a secret, then you draw a card for a secret from the Locations deck. Sorry if that’s unclear. 

Here’s someone who played Escape the City if you’re looking for a video example. https://youtu.be/fKvvShsdaWU?si=aVDv_5adQasBg0Qk

Thanks for trying my game!

Yes! Once Kickstarter fulfillment is done I’ll add copies to my web store at BrookletGames.com.

You can follow here for updates or sign up for my mailing list! https://brooklet.substack.com/

Yes! I’ll get it uploaded in the next couple of days. 

Dearest Xagu,

You are interpreting the rule correctly. The idea is that a Knight with a low Might cannot properly wield a giant talon. Meanwhile, Knights with high Might have a wider selection to choose from. The exception would be special items which you are able to wield due to the exceptional quality of the weapon.

If your Might is low, you will have a higher Agility, Presence, or Intellect. Therein lies your Knight’s strength!

I highly encourage you to hack the rules to make them most fun for your table. 

Sincerely,

Jim Hall

Oh goodness! I’m so sorry this slipped my mind. 

Yes Backer Kit will be available sometime this summer! 

Yes! I expect to have Beetle Knight in my shop and I'm looking into wider distribution later this year!

Wow! Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you like it 

haha it’s no problem 

It will have replayability! Yes! That is the intention.

Regarding solo tools, these may be of interest to you

• You might want to check out Perplexing Ruins solo sheets: https://perplexingruins.itch.io/solo-gaming-sheets. 
• His oracle card is also a nice resource that I use: https://perplexingruins.itch.io/fallen-solo-oracle-card
• I also just backed this project which has a cool card-based region generator: https://crowdfundr.com/deck-of-dungeons?ref=cr_1DE4jf_ab_3DESi3

No this is a standalone role playing game. The solo rules are still under development but if you’re like me, you already have a pile of solo tools that you could probably use. 

WOO! Thank you! Going to print this now :) 

If its not too much of a bother, I would really love a color version of the foldbook. Perhaps without the tan background to save on ink. 

yaaay! I’ll keep an eye out for it so I can attempt a home print. 

That would be amazing and I would definitely appreciate that! You should be aware that the text is still being updated. It may take a month or two to solidify the text. 

Hello! Do you have plans for a low-ink version? White instead of black?

I want to encourage folks to create awesome things for Beetle Knight, publish them, and maybe even make some money off of those publications. For this reason, I'm officially opening up a Third Party License to allow you to publish your own Beetle Knight works.

1. You are allowed to make free or commercial works that mention compatibility with Beetle Knight without the express permission of Brooklet Games or Jim Hall.
2. You may use the mechanics and rules from Beetle Knight in free or commercial works. 
3. You may use text from Beetle Knight so long as you attribute the text to Jim Hall of Brooklet Games. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
4. You may use the text "Compatible with Beetle Knight" or "Powered by the Contests System" to indicate compatibility.

Go forth and create!

This is my first time making a public Discord server so let me know how I can make the experience better for folks, please!

Daria actually already wrote an additional 10 more since we last spoke 😅

They need testing and review still, of course 

Subject to change but take a look https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GLH0oDVutWUzus_RH6UgC0c8-9ZzRm_GIZUE85s02Rs/edit

There are 4 more written by Daria James LeFevre which are being edited now. So a total of 10!