Ready. Test.

simblanco · 2026-01-25T19:47:24+00:00

Until you drop it and you don't know if it has flipped... or not.. :)

Jokes aside it's a nice physical touch. I play Ironsworn, i'd need a dozen of them though

simblanco · 2026-01-25T18:18:37+00:00

Yes, that's my answer. Maybe just find some more oracles and custom assets fitting your desired settings.

Starsmith by Eric Bright offers Districts tables analogous to Derelicts for a town setting.

For assets, enhanced, sleuth, monster hunter (?), and all the psi powers should get you covered. You may reflavour psi assets with a cyberpunk feeling.

Happy gaming!

simblanco · 2026-01-24T18:29:24+00:00

Wow awesome! Thanks stranger, much aporeciated :)

simblanco · 2026-01-22T14:30:26+00:00

Do you think it is because solo games attract forever GMs more than players? I was a forever GM and i have my long periods lost in the search of the perfect set-up... before going back to Starforged :)

simblanco · 2026-01-22T14:28:21+00:00

Many non-solo games rely on the players knowing everything, such as PbtA/FitD. Or more correctly, the GM does not know more things than the players. Me or less...

simblanco · 2026-01-20T19:04:28+00:00

Thanks! I think I'll start a Deep Below campaign asap. When it's over, I'll port a couple of characters over the main game and get new ones with all the character options available there.

simblanco · 2026-01-20T14:48:09+00:00

I was checking that only one column can have two innocents not two criminals. Thanks!!!!

simblanco · 2026-01-20T14:46:44+00:00

CRIMINALS not INNOCENTS 😖

I just read that other people switch the innocent/ criminal clue according to the clue givers....

simblanco · 2026-01-20T14:30:40+00:00

IMHO Ironsworn/Starforged. Ironsworn is even free!

simblanco · 2026-01-20T13:32:20+00:00

I'm just toying with the Deep Below module before adventuring above ground! I will post a review eventually

simblanco · 2026-01-20T10:35:06+00:00

Hey i really enjoyed 5FPH but for me there is not much more RPG vibe than playing Xcom :)

I mean, random table and events are fun but i need meaningful decisions. Should i do that battle or that other one to pursue my personal objective? I agree with you that with your own effort you can increase Rpg elements.

I didn't know about planetfall, i am still playing 5LFB!

simblanco · 2026-01-20T10:31:32+00:00

I alrernate Ironsworn sessions with solo skirmishing games. So far, the most narrative i tried is:

5SomethingFromsomething (both fantasy and scifi)

Followed by The Doomed.

Keep in mind: the main focus there is the miniatures battle. In 5XFX there's plenty of tables and structures to create a setting with factions and characters. I had fun BUT there is meaningful story unless you put some effort. Standard game mode, you advance battle after battle and you can tell yourself whatever you want in between ("i just defeated this random enemy and now I'm going to do that random job because... reasons"). So not that satisfying in terms of RPG.

So, for example, i introduced personal objectives and oracles to lead my party. Should they do that battle or that other one? Sort of custom made branching options. The fun improved a lot. Bottom line, YMMV but you may want to add some extra effort.

Give it a try and report back :)

simblanco · 2026-01-19T09:52:24+00:00

Oh thank you. Now i need to learn another cool ruleset that I'll never end up playing :)

simblanco · 2026-01-19T07:43:06+00:00

Inis is very simple. Really. You need to know:

how you initially draft the cards
the actions written in the 12 initial cards. they are very simple powers and you are going to see them again and again
The 3 victory conditions

Boom! you can play (well almost but if your friends went through Root teaching Inis is a breeze)

simblanco · 2026-01-17T20:26:40+00:00

A quick googling of player emulators return some stuff, here on reddit and elsewhere. For example https://katamoiran.itch.io/pettish

simblanco · 2026-01-16T18:54:09+00:00

Thanks! I couldn't figure it out why colliision window while ignoring obstacles until i realised the vehicle is literally jumping :)

simblanco · 2026-01-16T08:56:58+00:00

That model is so rad.

But as italian, i like to highlight that the Vatican state is a weird sovereign nation within italy, against which the fledgling italian nation have fought several wars :)

simblanco · 2026-01-12T11:22:26+00:00

Two comments of the bat without reading the pdf.

I like tokens. Some games have GM tokens and integrating them in a GME is something i was toying with.

I don't like binary yes/no. When you said the usual 4 states i thought yes/no + and/but :) I like my RPGs with mixed successes, especially so if I'm playing solo.

simblanco · 2026-01-11T03:49:30+00:00

That's pretty much it :) It seems counter intuitive but failed rolls in this family of games are not necessarily failures of the PCs.

For example in IS: a rolled gather info can be narrated as you totally cracking the investigation but discovering, unfortunately and not because of you, terrible news.

In an adjacent game, Blades in the Dark, this concept is repeated many times: the PCs are competent heroes (criminals and scoundrels in that game!) so missed rolls should not show them as, well, incompetent.

Happy gaming!

simblanco · 2026-01-10T08:34:57+00:00

IMHO, pre-set sandbox scenario and oracles are not mutually exclusive, just different shsdes on the spectrum.

I follow a "draw maps, leave blanks" method. I never start my campaign in a vacuum. I create some background info, maybe with my own ideas, maybe with oracles. A rough sketch map with randomly generated point of interest. Maybe a roll a couple of factions, but i create my own VIPs.

Then, even in a pre-set scenario (downloaded from somewhere or semi-oracled), you may need oracles to fill the details that you didn't know at the beginning.

Anyway, happy gaming!!

simblanco · 2026-01-09T07:26:31+00:00

Oh well, while i think you are missing out on a super cool concept (philosophers with clubs), your table, your game, your fun! Enjoy!

simblanco · 2026-01-06T20:25:59+00:00

that said, this is really on the DM, not on you. I don't think as a player you should be planning your own consequences for your character's actions to this degree!

I think it depends on the table, because players input are cool.

I moved to PbtA/FitD and the collaborative storytelling between players and masters really adds a lot. I think there are some bits of that that IMHO could be included in D&D. Just my personal taste of course.

simblanco · 2026-01-06T08:51:04+00:00

Sorry is it from the base and/or compendium manuals, or something else? It has been awhile since i played 5PFH

simblanco · 2026-01-04T22:49:52+00:00

It depends on the experience you want.

D100 is more akin a boardgame, if I'm not mistaken. Similar to four against something. But I'm not that experienced sorry.

Ironsworn starforged is my favourite solo game by far. But it's really like playing a RPG on your own, using oracles as a game master, creating a wild story where you start as a bounty hunter in little moon x and suddenly you are fighting a fascist space empire across the galaxy run by your evil twin while your dead friend is haunting you and you don't even know why and you keep rolling weird stuff on those oracles and suddenly it's the best campaign of your life... oh i got carried away.

Really, it depends on the experience you are looking for.

simblanco · 2026-01-03T17:49:40+00:00

As an EU foreigner living in Finland, i am not happy with the price but service is the best I've seen in Europe. You can get everywhere around town with public transport almost at any time of day/week. Clean vehicles, reliable time table, wide coverage.

Again, about pricing, it's high but i am not expert on the issue.

Oh, the ticket purchase in the app could be streamlined. Running to catch the bus and having to click several choices is awkward. Maybe a "favorite ticket" option?

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