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Not legally 😂

So glad you had a great time! Your art is brilliant, and your story sounds fantastic! 🫀

Glad you felt confident making changes to the minigames on the fly! That's highly encouraged, and I think I need to add a bit more space for that in the game rules; you're not the first person to feel their story was too constrained by some of the assumptions in the game structure. 😊

Thanks! Yes, I agree, if I was redrafting or expanding, I'd spend all the time on the pick list. I'm not satisfied with it. 🙂 Alas, time and space didn't allow...

MAGIC TRAIN!

Love this. I know it's a simple thing, but I'm enamoured with the physicality of flipping the card to swap between states.

Good point, but don't worry,, I used "business card" as an indication of size, not actual size. Didn't have a better phrase off the top of my head. The card is Bridge size as per the jam specs. 😊

Thanks for giving it a try! 😊 Yes, an expanded GM section lives in my brain, but just needs to be put on paper (the hard part). If you have any queries or topics you'd particularly like that section to cover, don't hesitate to let me know!

Face cards are just high value words - they get removed from the deck during character creation so that you don't start with all your most powerful cards (if you were lucky) and have room for your grimoire to become more powerful as well as more flexible. But if you have ideas for additional effects, absolutely add them in!

🫀🫀🫀 Thanks so much for your review!

I love them! And I love so much the motivation of bringing someone back, that's a brilliant twist on the formula!

Would it be okay for me to share your drawings o on my Twitter? I'd link to your Insta. 😊

🫀🫀🫀 thank you so much! I love your Scientist (I'm assuming...)! Any art of your Creation?

Thanks so much for this review! 😁 I'm so glad you enjoyed your game! For more games in the same style, you should check out Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, the OG game using this system—that may scratch the itch for more stories in different settings!

Thank you! 😊🫀🫀🫀

No, hadn't heard of it until today. 😁 Sounds like a cool different take! 

https://mqsalmon.itch.io/prometheus

Good clarification. No, players don't draw new cards, they have to manage their hands and decide when to act and when to leave events to chance. 

Yes, setting aside the remaining cards within reach is redundant. I'll have to update that language on page 2.

Oh, I've been itching to do a ruleset around travelling communities, so rules for generating NPCs to form a caravan, and rules for overland travel. Maybe that can be a DungeonPunk thing!

Also considering rules for creating magical or mundane familiars, companions, constructs... 🤔

Great idea, thanks!

Hey, this game is very cool. I'm blown away by the amount of setting detail you developed in such a short amount of time!

I'm sorry if I missed it, but I can't find in the document what your core resolution mechanic is? When there's a challenge, what do players do to determine success or failure? I understand how to calculate my bonuses based on my stats, but is it a "roll d20 + stat bonus", or something else?

You've hooked me with your premise, I think it would be worth (when you want, and have time) to flesh out some of the mechanical elements to help me, the player, tell stories that fit in your setting.

Hey Game Dunk community, I've roughed out my game submission, and I'd love some thoughts and feedback, if anyone's interested in reading it! I think it could do with another edit to make it a bit more punchy, and do more to make the descriptions exciting. I'm also curious if you think there's enough meat to make it playable. Does there need to be a challenge-check mechanic for non-magical things, do you think?

https://itch.io/jam/game-dunk-2021/rate/1136670

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the review!

Hey, thanks! Hope you have a blast! 💙🤖🦖

No, I don't manage or know of any communities for my games. ☺️ But I reckon there are probably some general Powered By The Apocalypse (PbtA) homebrewing Subreddits and Discord servers out there where people would be talking hacks and original content for all sorts of games built on this framework.

Thanks so much! I'm so excited that you're homebrewing using it! 💛💛💛

https://mqsalmon.itch.io/prologue

https://mqsalmon.itch.io/getintherobot

https://mqsalmon.itch.io/shootnloot

They were the best of times

This game is great, and you should buy it. Preparing 4 Paris embraces the messy entanglements and relational drama of the Firebrands framework to create goofy high school adventures with real heart, and Logan innovates on the framework by blending in stats and dice rolls that give a strong cohesion to the overall story. The veneer is silliness, but the core is deep, strong relationships between characters, and the frameworks to help players pull these off in satisfying, and safe, ways. It's a joy to read, and even more fun to play.

(Disclaimer, I'm a contributor to this game as a stretch goal minigame writer. But I loved it long before I had a chance to write for it)

This is Ex. Tremely cute. Feels like I'm getting the hug. ♥️

My question for people more experienced with BitD/FitD playbook design (everyone) is, are there elements that every (or almost every) good playbook should have in its special abilities? For example, should every playbook have a push yourself move?  Should every playbook have a move that increases effect? Should every playbook have a Ghost move (like the core playbooks do)? What do you think?

That's really good feedback; I hadn't considered the angle that playbooks are supposed to be able to connect! Thanks!

Hey all, I just submitted a playbook to this jam, the Mechanist, which is my BitD-steampunk take on Iron Man. I've never done any design for BitD or FitD, so I'm really keen for any feedback or thoughts people might have. I think, in particular, I leaned heavily on PbtA style move design over the more specific BitD mechanics; there's not much in the way of moves around pushing, or effect, or the Blades-specific mechanics like Heat or stuff. What do other people think? https://mqsalmon.itch.io/mechanist

Thanks for the review, Arthur! You're a gem!

Holy crap! That sounds amazing! So glad you had fun!

I love cyberpunk mythic fantasy and magic, and this game delivers in spades. Plus, the layout and art are gorgeous. It's even exciting to read.

Spooky and interesting, and really clear concise rules that clearly push the narrative forward. Great approach to 'canon' and narrative twists.

Big fae energy. Beautiful, evocative writing, great balance of freeform imagining and straightforward mechanics. Beautiful to read and enjoy.

There is just a crazy amount of content and story potential contained in these seemingly simple rules. All the challenges are fun and varied, and the rules themselves are entertaining to read.

This game is beautiful in its design, its text, and its art and layout. Big fan of card prompt games, big fan of overgrown robots, big fan of all of this.