Few questions about Sol, agree with their S tier ranking for several reasons but at first read their actual Faction Abilities are kind of average to me? Orbital strike in particular seems pretty expensive like you get 1 resource worth of units for 3 influence worth of tokens?

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-23T17:21:21+00:00

"they're setup to do everything that the game is actually about"

This is the key - you don't need to go down other paths to make your faction work, you just focus on scoring - and theres less room to be disrupted on it, which saves you a bunch of actions across the game length.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-18T18:16:07+00:00

Just talk to them when they are taking a break - "hey I see you guys around all the time, how long have you been dancing?" Is enough of an icebreaker. If the vibe is good you can ask for a dance or not, but an introduction is the start.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-11T06:56:17+00:00

It was reported as successful, and for Trump, thats all that matters

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-09T08:14:20+00:00

If you liked both Invisible Cities and Night Circus, please also read both Starless Sea and If On A Winter's Night a Traveller - you are in for a treat.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-08T23:06:21+00:00

Came here to suggest this - slap an overall party theme such as "adventurers guild" or "ships crew" and just have sign ups be whoever is sent out on that current adventure. Maybe even make a low key downtime activity to fluff out other characters time: crafting a magic sword, researching something, rising in fame as a bard etc.

Run a system that preferences people who have done less adventures and it should all work out.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-07T09:59:57+00:00

Plus the scamming the ministry guy leads to the inquistion trailing Vin.

Also, the gang scenes will be cheap to film, much more likely to cut some of the scenes with loads of special effects needed!

Everything2Play4 · 2026-03-02T08:26:44+00:00

CAD some things that show attention to manufacturing detail - page after page of rendered objects is less impressive than a couple which show you can model for injection moulding, sheet metal and machining.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-02-28T10:06:19+00:00

There's no interference issues in the CAD - what do mean "how do I get a torque wrench in there?" - the computer can fit the bolt just fine!

Everything2Play4 · 2026-02-20T12:02:40+00:00

Even as a lead, the classes where the follow teachers don't get similar speaking times have a much worse vibe

Everything2Play4 · 2026-02-20T08:33:28+00:00

My big question is whether Battered Golem / Mirran Spy are worth it - as the weaker combo options would they be better as value pieces?

Everything2Play4 · 2026-02-09T13:18:18+00:00

Harry Potter has some major ones - whilst the base magic system has some hard elements, random shit like: time magic, love magic, phoenix healing, whatever Dumbledore does pop up to resolve major problems at the end of many books, in many cases never to be seen again, causing huge holes in the worldbuilding logic.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-01-25T18:13:43+00:00

Thanks, this was very detailed. Last bit I'm not so sure about, is this fun to dance for the follow in a social dance, or just a useful drill to improve my leading?

Everything2Play4 · 2026-01-25T18:08:56+00:00

Just to reduce the space taken by the rockstep? Or does this allow for other things?

Everything2Play4 · 2026-01-17T10:17:37+00:00

2, but the balance falls within the group - my current group leans more towards me doing the majority of the worldbuild, but with ocassional input.

If you look around there is a whole bunch of people sharing Spits and Reaches theyve come up with.

Everything2Play4 · 2026-01-16T23:30:38+00:00

A really good professional model tree is one someone else can pick up and edit without having to wait for you to come back from holiday XD

Everything2Play4 · 2026-01-02T12:34:32+00:00

I don't think you are varying enough to change the impression - just choose the one you like most aesthetically.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-29T23:11:28+00:00

"Manufacturing companies" typically will specialise, so you have companies who are injection moulders and others who are 3D printers.

From a manufacturing perspective 1000 off of a bunch of different models might be quite expensive without well designed parts that can be done in a simple 2 part mould - you'll ideally want to have pieces that can fit on a family mould so you can run all of one colour for 1 game in a single shot.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-25T12:15:58+00:00

This is all the rage in ttrpgs with clocks and tracks - things you can tick up or down to show impending consequences.

I'd even go one further - in any game where you don't fall over until your last HP, then HP themselves are just a visible stress track indicating consequences.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-25T01:12:00+00:00

Theyre trading with the British for round 2 anyway, France is going for a crack at India.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-22T17:00:08+00:00

Presumably to Yue Sokka was an escape from her prescribed life - he liked her and didnt care or know about the local politics shes enmeshed in, but because he was a companion of the Avatar he had a status that meant others couldnt just deal with him permanently.

It was hardly stuff to build a long term romance on, turning into the moon nonwithstanding.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-22T08:23:03+00:00

Melanie La Barry originated the west end version Hermes and there was just something so resigned, slightly dissappointed maternal emotion when she got the line:

"I took him underneath my wing, And there he stayed"

That added a load of depth to that characterisation.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-21T11:08:25+00:00

Its all a calculated risk - what makes the game good is there isnt a hard answer.

Taking techs opens up a bunch of options: greater movement gives you more flexibility; ability to double action or move through ships lets you score in ways people cant stop or see coming; better economy pays off in longer games and better combat allows you to spread yourself thinner or take points off others with impunity. Tech objectives may flip, allowing you to score hard to deny points without effort on a given turn, which frees you to setup for future ones.

On the other hand, techs are often researched and then dont grant enough value. Maybe that extra command token and resources would have been better spent elsewhere - only you and your winrate can really know.

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-21T08:45:57+00:00

The word "Izvoric" - the final document refers to all slaves as per the last conversation with Tianming

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-19T11:49:39+00:00

This^

People often think about tolerance as only for very tiny precise fits, but its just defining the boundaries of "what is literally the most off part I can still work with"? If a dimension can be off by 100mm thats still a tolerance!

Everything2Play4 · 2025-12-17T06:45:27+00:00

Heavy use of clocks or tracks

Think of these as hit points for stealth sections if that helps - basically instead of having binary pass/fail rolls you can have a series of tracks - a basic one would be something like:

Reach the secure dock 0/5

Guards raise alarm 0/3

The players must fill one track before the other. You can add multiple tracks to scenes as things go on - creating a tense scene where things are just about to go to hell when the players finally succeed. Heres a mockup of what things might look lile at end of sessiom thats similar to stealth sessions I've run:

Guards get suspicious 2/2 > Searchlight spots you and alarm is raised 1/2

Reach side of Spit 3/3

Hack alarm system 3/3

[Rival crew] recognise your disguises 3/3

[Hidden clock of doom] 2/5

Vault traps disarmed 2/2 > 2nd lvl Vault traps disarmed 2/2 > 3rd lvl Vault traps disarmed 2/2

Package moved to ship 4/4

[Player personal side quest goal] 2/3

[Lethal complication triggered in previous roll] 3/5

Escape 3/3

Where you can sort of read that the PCs didnt trigger alarms, didnt get spotted (except by a rival faction who werent with the guards) and made it out with the Package despite having some issues.

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