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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!

I think we're on the same page regarding consumables! Yess!

Also, I added the following to the special items text "You are encouraged to consider creative ways to use Special Items and their characteristics. The Arbiter may allow you to Promote a roll as a result."

Oooo tell me more about how you imagine Special Items to be used (outside of the mechanical benefits already listed). Are you thinking of creative uses that players figure out?

Hello! I love to hear when folks are making characters!

In short, there will be. The Arbiter Guidance section will include just this sort of advice. I am currently thinking about consumables that permanently change a Knight. What do you think?

These are great questions! Thank you!

I have generally run combat on a grid, but not always. I use words like adjacent, near, far, and very far when I’m not on a grid. I will be sure to include that in the Arbiters principles that we’re working on (I added it to my notes). For speed what I do if, say, someone is slightly slower, I’ll say “you don’t quite reach your destination because your speed is lower”. 

All this being said, I feel like the combat can be improvised on the grid without any issues. There’s no need to worry too much about a perfectly balanced encounter. 

Hope this helps!

Just uploaded a new version with those changes and the character sheet. 

Thanks again for the comments! You rock!!

Jim

Thanks again! I’ll get these into the next version of the PDF! 

Hi Logan! Thanks so much! 

It’s an original system, if you can say rolling dice to see who get the highest number is original. Also after I wrote it I found that Diogo’s Lost In The Fantasy World uses a similar versus roll system just with d6s which allows you to add +1 after rolling ties. It’s a nifty pamphlet game: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io/lost-in-the-fantasy-world/download/cJS3D6bAs4ebvFsdsjeM5jEXRT6E1OApY1K_Fx4X

Thank you for pointing this out!!! Spirit is an old magic system that was in the original version of the game. It’s gone through several iterations but I forgot to remove it from the Advancement and Resting. I’ll include that change in the next version!

I’m working on the character sheet right now! I hope to have it done in the next few days. 

I would love to hear any typos you find!

Sincerely,

Jim

Here is a good place for any other sorts of comments you might have!

Online, it was asked if there will be any adventures included. Yes! The Kickstarter will include a sample adventure plus enough world building goodies to keep you busy for ages. 

Have a question about the game or the Kickstarter? Post it here!