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Yes!

Oh, oh no, why would you do this to me! I have such an urge to try this now!! I'm now fermenting the idea of a "prequel" short story that would be the set up for the actual dungeon as it is currently... hmmmmm...

Hey! Thanks for letting me know about this! I... honestly can't even say what I was thinking with that haha. The game was whipped up a little too fast and that flew under my radar. My initial intent is as you first described it - taking and dealing damage are always applied. I'll clarify it in a slight update coming Soon to remove that phrase and clear up any confusion around it, thank you for letting me know! 

I would be, yes! How can I contact you? 

Oh my gods these are PERFECT thank you for doing this!!

Absolutely LOVED reading through this, thank you for sharing!!

Hey! I wouldn't call the game too terribly complex, as far as numbers and crunch go. While the game has 80 something pages, the vast majority of those are Options for your Lordsworns and scaffolding to help play. It's designed to be more Vibes and Storytelling than complicated rules.

It can also be played Solo to test things out slowly and at your pace, which might help to digest everything easier for you :) Let me know if that cleared things up for you!! 

Hey! No problem at all, absolutely can! I've just restocked the Community Copies, feel free to grab one for yourself. :)

Ooooooh this sounds wild, gonna check it out (after the Prequel)!

Hey! I'm glad you're enjoying the game so far, I'd love to hear about how it goes! :)

As a note, if you're a backer of the game on Kickstarter you should definitely have received access to all of the digital files via both Itch and BackerKit, so if that's not the case please message me on Kickstarter and I'll work that out for you. However, if you bought the physical copy not through Kickstarter (at Breakout Con?), I can definitely send you the digital files free of charge of course, sorry about that! 

My X account is... basically not used anymore, sorry, so I wouldn't have seen the message there. It's also notoriously bad for not showing messages even when I was using it, so I likely missed it even if I did log on. It's best to reach out via Bluesky if that's an option for you!

I can issue you a refund really easily here if you'd like, but please message me on Kickstarter (if you're a backer) or Bluesky as it's easier to manage than X. :)

Hi! Thank you so much for wanting to leave a rating, those are always super helpful. :) When you go to "Rate this game," it should give you a little text box to leave feedback as well as the star rating. Let me know if it's still giving your trouble though, that is odd if so.

Ohhhh, I see now!! That's just a weird "Itch interface" thing, whenever we make a "reward" item (using the Rewards and Exclusive Content" part of the backend) for Community Copies, it shows up like that. There's no "exclusive content" gated behind it though, it's just a weird backend thing!! :)

Hi there, what exclusive content are you asking about? Are you having difficulty accessing the digital files here?

Having a read over these rules and this is some inspired stuff! Everything feels so tight and punchy, the Pitched Combat is genuinely such a clever idea, and it's just such a functional game (compliment!) for such a small amount of space!! Can't wait to give it a roll sometime. 

Thank you so much! You're far too kind! :)

Thank you! I'm surprised at how lite some of the rules writing went and was happy I could get all flowery in the prose parts! Glad you liked it! :)

Thank you!

Thank you for the compliment and the push to get a digital friendly version out, even if the image of people rotating their laptops does fill me with a certain joy haha! I'll see if I can't whip something up tonight or tomorrow, I've been slacking on doing that for another similar project so...! 

Excited to try this out this week!! Looks sick! 

Hi there!! First, I wanted to thank you so much for the kind words and letting me know about your game! I can't begin to express how happy it makes creators to know someone is playing our stuff. The Teapot has a special soft spot in my heart as my first "big" game, so I'm happy some of the elements of the design (limited scope of the character, interconnecting the eras via the Infusers etc.) seem to happening for you!

I do love this story already you've got going, like a lot. That's a fun arch of Alchemist Researcher into War Veteran that makes sense. I really like the idea of studying the tea plants in such a scientific way too, that's a fun angle. Makes me think of wine makers!

Thank YOU for playing! I'd love to hear about any further developments your little Teapot gets up to! :) I also hope it gets you into more Solo TTRPGs, there's so many good ones out there!

ah gotcha, I'll get that in tonight sorry!

Great game, easily the best way to get use for all those 5e products lying around! 

I'm so happy my little snail game got played and you enjoyed it!! To answer a few of your comments:

Tie breakers: I don't remeber if I actually addressed this in the text, apologies! It was one of those game jam games that just got a lot of crunch and definitely missed some things. I'll add those if I get around to fixing this game up a bit in the future (I'd like to!)

More Snail Stuff: Oh I love those ideas! Yes, I think beefing up the snails a bit more would do well! I'll definitely consider it, thank you for the ideas.

I hope one day, when bigger projects aren't dominating my time, to do a little touch up for this game, so stay tuned!

hey, love the minimalist vibes and prompt. I rolled a similar prompt and had a very different idea, would it be cool if I did a Pygeon Borg game as well?

Hey! Uhh, mostly just vibe checking how everyone feels if someone were to make a NOUN BORG game from a prompt already submitted? I know there ain't rules or something against that but don't want to ruffle any feathers. 

Hi! Sorry, this got lost in my notifications. Labelled as Queer for a few reasons, honestly - queer creator, queer co-creators, and in game queer deities.

Hey! Thanks for asking, apologies I realize it's a little less clear here than on the Kickstarter for the roadmap. I'll add that over the next few days to make it clearer! :) 

Version 0.7 will be coming Soon, likely February 4th/5th. Then progress continues to 1.0!

Always hyped for another Souls inspired TTRPG. Can't wait to see what this one brings!

Thank you for commenting and the reminder! My main WIP has been consuming a lot more time than I thought, but I have managed to make a template that should work to make these more digital friendly! I just need to transfer all the text into them, double check it all worked correctly, and then it'll be ready! I'm hoping to have it done by the end of the month. 

This is absolutely my favourite comment about a TTRPG thing I've done ever haha! It's absolutely at the intersection of those two. Thank you again! :) 

ALL HAIL BE TO RODERE! Squeak squeak in Their name haha!

Absolutely fantastic. Completely heartbreaking. Tragically hopeful. 

I haven't cried from a game in a good long while. Something about making a world so others could garden, do art, and cook... Just hits hard. Very wonderful, came from the TikTok as well, so happy to have stumbled upon it. 

I'd definitely toss my hat in for, "an extra week would be swell," so I can have some time to playtest my Realm rather than rushing it out! 

Hey! Totally fair request, I do a lot of my TTRPGing online too so! I'll see if I can find some time over the next few weeks to format these and create a screen-friendly version to be downloaded! :)

Thank you so much for the kind words!! :)

Thanks for reaching out! I'm hoping to be able to offer that, yes!! I'm going to look into if it's possible to, either through Kickstarter or the BackerKit once we're in that phase. :) So stay tuned (following my Twitter might be the best place to keep up to date on that though, but I will make an update for this game to let folks know too!)

I'm really excited for this Jam! I'm thinking of doing something a little... Safe? Going to do a twist on the Dark Souls 3 storyline of awakening Lords of Cinders to reignite the First Flame, but you're a Firekeeper and it's... slightly less "Chosen Undead beats up a lot of Guys" and more navigating that role of catalyst and diplomat almost. 

We'll see! I'm giving myself two weeks to "play around and have fun" after LORDSWORN finishes as a mental reset! 

Hi!! No worries at all to ask, I completely forgot to add some more community copies here! So thank YOU for asking! I've added another 100, enjoy!! :) 

This looks absolutely lovely! I'm going to see if I can get my players to play this after our mini-campaign finishes up -- sounds like the perfect pallette cleanser before jumping into our next one. Can't wait!!

What a fantastic and timely little game! I can't wait to try this with some friends, will report back when I do! :)