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The odds on the core gameplay page seem to be misleading? That is, that's not what the odds actually are.

If you have a +2 or more on a skill test, the only way to fail is by rolling a 2 on 2d6. This seems to put the odds of that at 9.09%, but it's actually much smaller - there's only a 1 in 36 chance of getting snake eyes. 2.78%. Similarly, this is the chance of success on any roll where you need to get a 12.

Since all of the math seems to be in multiples of 9.09%, it looks like it was calculated as though all results, 2-12, were equally likely. But that's not the case for 2d6, there's a bell curve. A 7 has a 1/6 chance of being rolled, and a 12 has only a 1/36 chance. The differences are significant, and very much shift the odds around.

Nitrogen Cringe Death Functions is a short, one-player microrpg about fighting a megacorporation in a dystopian future. It's a tragic game, but quick to play, and only requires a couple six-sided dice on hand. PWWY, too, so check it out for however much you wish to give!

https://sketchy-link-spambot.itch.io/impostor-syndrome


Impostor Syndrome is a microgame for 5-8 players, emulating hidden role games with a bit of a twist. Scheme your way to success, trying to work out who best to throw under the bus and whether innocence or guilt will lead you to victory. It's PWYW, so snag it for free if you want a look!

The Old Seal is a microrpg for 3-6 players, playing through the sacrifice of several great heroes as they seal away an even greater evil. It's a quick play, doesn't require any specialized equipment (or even dice, just a few tokens or slips of
paper will do), and it's PWYW!

Crossed Roads is a microrpg for two players. With a partner, you build a world and explore it through the adventures of two characters. The mechanics are geared towards narrative juxtaposition, exploring the traits of one character through the lens of the other. It's PWYW, so you can snag it for free!

(I deleted my first post, since what I thought was an error actually wasn't. My bad on that!)

So, the second time that the "select your perspective" option pops up (the time in the kitchen, if I'm wrong about that being the second time), when I select Amber's side, an error message pops up. Clicking ignore lets me continue just fine, and it doesn't happen when I select Marina's perspective, so it's not really much of a problem, but it still happens. Is anyone else having this? If not, I can trawl through the code that pops up to see where something's going wrong on my end - and, as I said, you can click "Ignore" at the bottom and continue on if it does happen to you.

This was fantastic, and resonated with me in quite a few ways. It was really well-written, I quite liked the characters, and generally speaking it was just a great time. That being said, while playing it I got to a point where (I'm going to try to be as vague as possible to avoid spoilers, since it was pretty close to the end) I got a few different things I could say, and I picked one that was a question to the tune of "who even are you?" I got the response to that, and then... nothing. No prompt for the next options. Waiting didn't seem to progress things, either. I assume that wasn't intended as an ending, so perhaps something went wrong? It would be a shame to have to start from the beginning (though I would be willing to do so, since, again, very well done), so I'm hoping I'm just missing something here.