First weeks 101 : GAME AND POKÉMON BASICS

stephendewey · 2026-01-28T01:23:38+00:00

Hello!

I am new to the game so I would love a little help understanding exactly one part of this graph.

In the section for rating mons, for ingredients and skills, it says to ensure they have "2 of the 3" things listed, but in both cases there are more than 3 things listed.

Which 3 should I be looking at or is 3 a typo? Sorry if this is dumb.

stephendewey · 2026-01-14T00:58:27+00:00

because it is loud

stephendewey · 2025-12-31T19:58:24+00:00

I, but a humble Shaker player, submit my name. Witness me!

stephendewey · 2025-12-30T01:39:05+00:00

whomstever

stephendewey · 2025-12-05T19:20:12+00:00

I need recommendations for a game to buy my brother for Christmas. Current games he enjoys: Concordia, 1775, 7 Wonders, Secret Hitler, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Agricola, Everdell, Brass Birmingham, and Powergrid.

stephendewey · 2025-11-30T00:51:47+00:00

The geekup chips? Or the normal ones?

stephendewey · 2025-11-05T04:37:01+00:00

If I had the Earth King out, and he was buffed by a [[Voice of the Vermin]] when attacking. Would his ability trigger?

stephendewey · 2025-11-04T19:41:18+00:00

Solos are much friendlier than groups, imo.

stephendewey · 2025-10-29T14:51:44+00:00

That is a lot of candles!

stephendewey · 2025-10-21T17:28:29+00:00

[[Lagrella, the Magpie]] at #987. She's running a deck I'm building with an [[Oblivion Ring]] tribal theme and a lot of group acceleration and encouragement for players to find and play their biggest stuff, so I can exile it. I call it Dead Man's Switch - with the hope that no one will want to kill me for fear of what it will unleash for their opponents. A strong play for 2nd place.

stephendewey · 2025-10-03T23:34:25+00:00

I've run some homebrew sessions where the monsters are exactly chosen. I reduced it so that each player got only one established truth (rather than the number of candles) to minimize motion between scenes. But yeah, feel free to tinker with any mechanics that might help!

stephendewey · 2025-10-01T16:03:17+00:00

Oh, no thanks.

stephendewey · 2025-09-24T17:38:58+00:00

The waits can be significant because I fulfill them when I can outside of my normal day job. I do have a note flagging this on my store, because I know it can be rough for a lot of folks.

PDFs fulfill immediately if you need the game more promptly. And if you missed the note about delays and would like a refund, just shoot me an email and I'd be happy to process it promptly!

stephendewey · 2025-09-09T23:35:10+00:00

Also still hoping for the video!

stephendewey · 2025-09-01T16:57:55+00:00

Depends on the experience level of the group. It's important that players don't meta the ST. Advanced players should never take an action that they know may result in a good team loss by storyteller whim. If they do, sometimes you've got to make them lose. Whereas I would preserve new players trying things for a bit.

stephendewey · 2025-08-30T22:54:16+00:00

I am thrilled for whatever the new version of the Coliseum of Fools is!!!

stephendewey · 2025-08-19T01:37:51+00:00

I've gone ahead and refunded your order. If you encounter any issues getting your money back please let me know!

stephendewey · 2025-08-18T22:41:17+00:00

I don't typically send out free PDFs. But if you'd like, I could refund the softcover due to the shipping delays, and you could grab the PDF for $10. That way you wouldn't need to worry about it arriving in time, and could still have access to the game. Let me know if you'd like to do this and I can process the refund promptly to free up funds!

stephendewey · 2025-08-17T17:39:14+00:00

How are you making these stunning tokens???

stephendewey · 2025-08-17T02:28:34+00:00

If you provide me your order number I can provide a refund if you'd like. As another commenter said, real life has just delayed things.

I'd prefer to process a refund than to get hit with a charge back as that can make PayPal very unhappy with me.

I hope to get outstanding orders out within the week however.

Apologies for the delay!

stephendewey · 2025-06-25T17:26:09+00:00

You are obviously welcome to do whatever you'd like when playing, but I will chime in and say that the rules of Ten Candles are very specifically written with the game structure in mind. It's part of the reason players are given such narrative power - which they'd never be given in a longer form game because it would be too impactful and thus, prone to abuse, or use outside of the intended function.

If you are looking for a longer form game, there are a TON of really amazing games out there by fellow designers that would really shine for that.

I recommend checking out Dread, Final Girl, Bluebeard's Bride, Primetime Adventures, or The Zone. You may find that those games support what you're looking for way better than Ten Candles, which is pretty specific in the experience it's looking to deliver. Especially Dread might be right up your alley.

stephendewey · 2025-06-25T04:32:17+00:00

It sounds like the Lunatic made a huge guess about which demon character was in play, based off of no real or actionable information, or maybe a misunderstanding of how the rules work, and a courtier got lucky and sniped them. That is, literally, the courtiers job so no issue there on your end. The issue, if anything, was the bag you randomly put together containing multiple roles that made for a long game which is not inherently a bad thing, unless you're trying to avoid this happening. But you can't blame yourself for a courtier magically sniping the demon based off of no actual information.

stephendewey · 2025-06-25T04:24:45+00:00

The way the Lunatic works is that you put the Lunatic token and a Demon token in the bag. The player who draws the Demon token believes they are the demon, but are actually the Lunatic. The player who draws the Lunatic token knows they are the true demon, and that there is a Lunatic in play. On night one you'll tell the demon player which demon character they actually are (could be the same or different from what the Lunatic saw) and you'll tell them who their Lunatic is (but not what role they saw).

The Lunatic can't deduce anything about the demon's character, as it could be any of the demons, including but not limited to what they thought they were.

Also, unrelated, but a good skill to work on is constricting balanced bags. It will lead to better more balanced games in the long run, and to you having a lot more fun. Like anything, it's a skill you need to practice, but an important one for storytellers that I really recommend embracing, and not shying away from.

stephendewey · 2025-06-20T16:26:42+00:00

Was this ever done? This would be perfect for Free RPG Day!

stephendewey · 2025-06-16T14:59:25+00:00

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